This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Salem Teen Mother Program: A Follow-up Study, Frances L. Barton (Thesis)
An observational study of service provider client dyadic interactions, Joan Dayger Behn (Dissertation)
Patterns of information system growth in community mental health centers, Linda J. Bellerby (Dissertation)
Evaluative Styles of Clinicians in Private Practice, Daniel R. Brophy (Thesis)
Reduction of capacitor switching transients by controlled closing, John Herman Brunke (Thesis)
Adaptation to dominant society : a self study of a woman of mixed race, black/Indian, Helen Marie Camel (Thesis)
Geology of the southcentral margin of the Tillamook Highlands; southwest quarter of the Enright Quadrangle, Tillamook County, Oregon, Kenneth Allan Cameron (Thesis)
The process of short-term psychotherapy with mentally deficient adults, Joan Emily Carpenter (Thesis)
Age and the Comprehension of Spatial Adjectives, Barbara Ann Cassidy (Thesis)
A Comparison of Spanish Language Samples Elicited by the Investigator in the Clinic and by the Mothers in the Home, Soledad Chavarria Navas (Thesis)
Floral imagery, Vicki L. Clarke (Thesis)
A study of the crisis nature of the preparenthood period and implications for preventative social work practice, Julie Jean Colton (Thesis)
Aboriginal clay figurines from the upper Rogue Valley in southwestern Oregon, Lyman Patrick Deich (Thesis)
Cytologic Characterization of Human Constitutive Heterochromatin, Timothy Atchison Donlon (Thesis)
A Comparison of Three Measures of Waking Fantasy, Carey Sue Edney (Thesis)
Insertion loss values of earplugs, Michael Fairchild (Thesis)
The Degree of Acculturation and Success Patterns in Three Generations of the Japanese Americans in the Portland Area, Toshimasa Fujii (Thesis)
Late Pleistocene and recent archaeology and geomorphology of the south shore of Harney Lake, Oregon, Keith Donald Gehr (Thesis)
Social resources of the elderly as correlates of life satisfaction, Silvana Rigo Hale (Thesis)
Comparisons of Videotape Observation to Direct Observation, John W. Hanlan (Thesis)
The production of culture on the Oregon Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration, Carolyn Howe (Thesis)
A study of the photolysis of O-methyl podocarpinitrile oxide, Dianne Marie Hunter (Thesis)
A Generalist approach to social work practice : model and synthesis, Chuck H. Johnson, Paul S. Knight, Michael W. Krumper, and John H. Rademaker (Thesis)
Paintings and drawings, Anita M. Jones (Thesis)
Public transit and student choice : a survey with Portland State University students, Sheku Gibril Kamara (Thesis)
Electrostatic TEM Studies of Magnetic Domains in Thin Iron Films, Hideaki Karamon (Thesis)
Community impacts on organizational interaction, Frederick Dalton Keast (Dissertation)
Geochemical and biogeochemical interactions in a hot spring, William Delis Knox (Thesis)
Buddhistische Elemente in Hermann Hesses Siddhartha, Sawitree Kunapongsiri (Thesis)
Comparison of Two Receptive Language Tests (PPVT and TACL) Used with the Developmentally Delayed, Paul H. Lamb (Thesis)
An impact evaluation of home improvement loans on neighborhood decline: the case of Portland, Oregon, Geri Larkin (Dissertation)
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to the Control of Dream Content, Gary Nick Dean Lehto (Thesis)
Homemaker and former clientele evaluation of the Homemaker Service of Lane County, Marcia A. Leonard (Thesis)
The Ductuli Efferentes in Macaca mulatta: Electron Microscopic Evaluation of Changes After Vasectomy, Loyal Douglas Marsh (Thesis)
Toward a test for ethnocentrism and ethnorelativism based upon reference group orientation, James C. Mayer (Thesis)
Harney area cultural resources class I inventory, Ruth McGilvra Bright (Thesis)
Art Therapy as a Mechanism for Increasing Life Satisfaction in Later Life, Phyllis Laulainen McGraw (Thesis)
Recall and recognition memory under varying conditions of hypnotically suggested amnesia, Christopher R. Meagher (Thesis)
Transport of ozone across an air/water interface coupled with aqueous decomposition, Ahmad Ali Mehrabzadeh (Thesis)
Normative data on the Auditory memory test battery, Mary Clare Mountain (Thesis)
Population dynamics of nonmetropolitan cities in five western states, Peter Carlton Munroe (Thesis)
Effective Force Constant Ratios: Iron in Iridium and Rhodium, Dennis Munsterman (Thesis)
Computer Aided Optimal Design of Helical Gears, S. N. Muthukrishnan (Thesis)
A Cross-Cultural Study of Role Behaviors Pertaining to the Roles of Student and Professor, Kathryne Jeanne Nadal (Thesis)
Kykloi : cyclic theories in ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson (Thesis)
A psychometric evaluation of the Bicycle drawing test and the establishment of preliminary norms, Mary Lee Nichols (Thesis)
An Evaluation of a Talking Machine: the HC 120 Phonic Mirror Handivoice, James Joseph Oggerino (Thesis)
The parcelization of the open range, a conflict in land use : grazing rights versus residential and recreation land sales in Klickitat County, Washington, Dennis A. Olson (Thesis)
The validity of the Leiter international performance scale in measuring the intelligence of intellectually superior children, Susan Braxton Paltrow (Thesis)
An Analysis of Gravity Surveys in the Portland Basin, Oregon, Janice C. Perttu (Thesis)
The validity of the Leiter international performance scale in measuring the intelligence of normal, borderline, and mentally deficient children, Marlin Pezner (Thesis)
Geophysical and geochemical analyses of selected Miocene coastal basalt features, Clatsop County, Oregon, Virginia Josette Pfaff (Thesis)
The Swamp Land Act in Oregon, 1870-1895, Richard Mark Pintarich (Thesis)
A survey of carryover practices of public school clinicians in Oregon, Joan Marie Cranmer Polson (Thesis)
The history of community theatre in Anchorage, Alaska, 1946-1976, Robert Pond (Thesis)
Non-linear behavior of unbraced two-bay reinforced concrete frames, Mehdi Shadyab (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Effects of Paced Practice and Progressive Practice Skillbuilding Procedures on the Development of Straight-Copy Speed and Accuracy in Beginning Collegiate Typewriting, Bonnie Sue Shannon (Thesis)
Studies of homogeneous nucleation and transient heat transfer in cryogenic liquids, Dipen N. Sinha (Dissertation)
Components Integral to the Consumer's Decision-Making Process Regarding the Regional Shopping Centers of Portland, Oregon, James A. Swanson (Thesis)
The status in 1980 of the Toulmin model of argument in the area of speech communication, Jeffrey Robert Sweeney (Thesis)
Selective reflection of light at a solid-gas interface and its application, Fumihide Takeda (Dissertation)
Alienation Under the Rainbow: A Survey of Oregon Graduate Students, Robert Michael Travis (Thesis)
Das Dreiecksverhältnis in Gerhart Hauptmann's "Einsame Menschen" und "Gabriel Schillings Flucht" und dessen Lösung im naturalistischen Drama, Ulrich Karl Tutsch (Thesis)
Integration, Judy Lee Vogland (Thesis)
Stability and resilience in business systems, Donald Bard Wilcox (Dissertation)
Storage and use of glycogen by juvenile Carcinonemertes errans, D. Mitchell Wolgamott (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Study of Multnomah County Community Support Services for the Chronically Mentally Ill, Karen Albers (Thesis)
Some observations of the Swedish psychiatric system, Gunnar Robert Almgren (Thesis)
The Effect of Administrative Mandate on Social Workers' Clinical Decision Making, Richard Arthur Anderson (Thesis)
Dance and Self Concept Change in Women, Robin Dale Anderson (Thesis)
An Investigation of Sexuality and Life Satisfaction of Institutionalized Aged, Karla M. Baur (Thesis)
A survey of mental health clients admitted to general hospital emergency rooms, Marsha J. Beale (Thesis)
Follow-up Study of Children in Six Day and Residential Treatment Service (DARTS) Centers in Oregon, Doris M. Beard and L. Gail Bulkley (Thesis)
Affirmative Action Programs in Social Service Agencies: Status of the Female M.S.W., Geraldine Ann Berg (Thesis)
Pictoforms, Ellen Birnbaum (Thesis)
Structural geology of the southeast quarter of the Dutchman Butte quadrangle, Oregon, Gerald Lee Black (Thesis)
The Effects of Instructions on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children, Jane Marie Blackwell (Thesis)
Institutional economics and urban political economy, Forrest Clinton Blodgett (Dissertation)
Oregon Chapter, National Association of Social Workers : membership study, Gale Brewer, Leslie Hayashida, Kathy Lam, and Adrian Navarro (Thesis)
A Descriptive Study of Demography & Transportation Issues of Chronically Mentally Ill in the Eastern Oregon Comprehensive Community Mental Health Catchment Area, Tom H. Brubaker, David Emmons, and John Meade (Thesis)
A Comparison of Maternal Remarks to Normal and Language Delayed Children, Vanessa Jow Bunker (Thesis)
Assessment of the Health and Social Service Needs of the Elderly of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Bruce K. Cannon and Jan C. Goslin (Thesis)
The Bureau of Land Management and Cultural Resource Management in Oregon, William James Cannon (Thesis)
Thought, word and deed in the mid-Tudor Commonwealth : Sir Thomas Smith and Sir William Cecil in the reign of Edward VI, Ann B. Clark (Thesis)
The Allelopathic Potential of Rhododendron macrophyllum in a Western Cascades Clearcut, Ivan W. Clark (Thesis)
The Clinical Application and Practical Limitations of Bone Conducted Speech, Terry Scott Cochrane (Thesis)
An Evaluation of Parent Education and Parent Group Therapy as Treatment Components for Child Abusers, Jane Susan Crawford (Thesis)
Copper Toxicity and Extracellular Release in Selenastrum Capricornutum, Michael Edwin Darling (Dissertation)
Factors Involved in the Utilization of a Divorce Counseling Service, Jean G. DeMaiffe and Richard H. Weiss (Thesis)
Cultural Values, Educational Methods and Small Group Communicator Styles in the United States and the People's Republic of China, Lynda Lee Densem (Thesis)
Mastectomies and their effect on sexual behavior, Irene Marian Ellicott (Thesis)
The interruption of the developmental tasks through pregnancy in the female adolescent, Suzanne Epstein and Kathleen Perkins (Thesis)
The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey, Kathleen Palmer Ertur (Thesis)
Negotiating the guilty plea: a study of the process of felony case disposition in one urban court system, Kathryn Ann Farr (Dissertation)
The Effects of Morning and Afternoon Scheduling on the Clinical Performance of Severe Aphasic Adults, Judith Ann Fisher (Thesis)
A study of psoriasis : a methodological critique, Prudence Craig Ford, Roberta Jeanne Ford, and Susan Swanson (Thesis)
An Investigation of Client Fluency Maintenance Between 1972-1977 at Portland State University, Pricilla Lynn Ginter (Thesis)
An historical consideration of F.C. Baur, his life, works, and theological thought, especially in regard to his church history and historical theology, Steven Norman Goetz (Thesis)
A Critique of Bandler and Grinder's Method of Mapping Representational Systems, Leslie E. Goldmann (Thesis)
Die moderne Großstadt in ausgewählten Werken deutscher Lyriker, Hildegard Goranson (Thesis)