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Item Characteristics of Rorschach interpreter types: an exploratory study(Texas Tech University, 1971-05) Keller, Charles WilliamNot availableItem Clients' perception of clinically relevant dimensions of specific and nonspecific personality feedback(Texas Tech University, 1983-05) Boyle, Thomas LNot availableItem Co-occurring partner violence and physical child abuse: a test of competing models(2001-08) Appel, Anne Elizabeth; Holden, George W.In a review of the literature on co-occurring partner violence and physical child abuse, Appel and Holden (1998) found a significantly elevated rate (40%) of child abuse in samples of battered women, compared to the base rate of 6% in representative community samples. Given the considerable overlap between partner violence and child abuse, it is important to develop and test theoretical models that explain the link between these two forms of abuse. The purpose of the present study was to test several possible competing models that vary on identity of the perpetrator and the direction of the violence. In order to do that, the following components within the family were analyzed: direction and intensity of couple violence, externalizing child behavior, maternal parenting stress and antisocial behavior, the co-occurrence of partner violence, child abuse, and the chronological relationships between these components were examined. Participants were 46 victimized women recruited from the community in a medium-sized southwestern police department. Mothers were currently living with their children, and they reported primarily on one of their children aged four to 15 years. Results indicated that target children had been abused by partners in 34.3% of families, and by mothers in 4.3% of families. Retrospective survival analysis revealed that the onset of “more extreme” bi-directional couple violence was significantly related to the onset of partner-to-child abuse. Results indicated that a bi-directional model of co-occurrence most accurately describes violence between family members. The onset of child externalizing behavior was also significantly associated with the onset of partner-to-child abuse; and the onset of maternal parenting stress was significantly associated with the onset of mother-tochild aggression. Results also revealed an approximately simultaneous onset for child externalizing behavior, maternal parenting stress, and child abuse, which supports a coercive family process model. Finally, models of an antisocial behavior trait were not supported. Implications for assessment and understanding the dynamics of family violence are discussed.Item Critical factors in differentiating between effective and ineffective counselors: a dissertation in psychology(Texas Tech University, 1964-08) Horsman, Virginia GlennNot availableItem Evaluation of training programs in the Texas Tech University Counseling Center(Texas Tech University, 1988-08) Tucker, Karen L.An important aspect of graduate education in counseling and clinical psychology is clinical training, specifically practica and internships. There is a clear directive from the American Psychological Association (APA) to conduct evaluations of clinical training, and an implicit directive from psychologists' responsibility to their clients. State licensure laws and thirdparty payment agents also demand certain levels of competence and accountability. It is clear that the effectiveness of clinical training should be evaluated. The literature reports that clinical training evaluation is done, but that it lacks specificity and quality. There are many difficulties inherent in such evaluation. For one, there are no standardized criteria against which to judge successful therapist training outcome. In addition, therapist trainees enter training with different skills, paces, and methods of learning. Third, assessment instruments are not well developed. It is therefore important to utilize the best evaluation methodology and instrumentation available. This dissertation study evaluated the clinical training programs of the Texas Tech University Counseling Center (TTUCC), which offers both practica and an APA-accredited predoctoral internship. There were two major foci for improving the TTUCC evaluation process. One was to make the evaluation more broad-based and comprehensive, and the second was to make the evaluation more quantitative or performance-based. The major problems with this study involved low return rates and poorly developed instrumentation, producing few statistically significant results.Item The effects of inconsistent verbal and nonverbal cues in the clinical judgment of depression(Texas Tech University, 1983-05) Waechter, Donna MNot availableItem The effects of inconsistent verbal and nonverbal cues in the clinical judgment of depression(Texas Tech University, 1983-05) Waechter, Donna MNot available