Franklin College

About: Franklin College is a education organization based out in Franklin, Indiana, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Biology & Geology. The organization has 83 authors who have published 97 publications receiving 1262 citations. The organization is also known as: Franklin College of Indiana.

Validation of Feeling, Belief, and Intention to Act as Three Components of Attitude and Their Contribution to Prediction of Contraceptive Behavior.

Abstract: Using attitude toward birth control as the issue an attempt was made to establish whether feeling belief and intention to act are 3 separate components of global attitude structure and to determine the contribution of these components to prediction of contraceptive behavior. 4 verbal measures of each component were independently constructed using the techniques of Thurstone equal-appearing intervals Likert summated ratings Guttman scalogram analysis and Guilford self-rating. The scales were developed by interviewing 2 random samples of 32-36 users and 32-36 nonusers of contraceptives among low-income married Negro women (15-45 years) who were residents of North Carolina public housing projects. Administration of the 12 scales on 50 users and 50 nonusers of the same ethnic group yielded a 12 x 12 multitrait-multimethod correlational matrix. 2 factor analysis of the matrix identified 3 factors - feeling belief and intention to act - which although correlated were shown to possess convergent and discriminant validities as predicted by the first hypothesis. A stepwise multiple discriminant analysis performed to determine the best predictor of behavior supported a second hypothesis: verbal measures of intention to act were better predictors of behavior than either the feeling or the belief verbal measures. Implications of this finding for prediction and control of behavior and for educational programs are considered. The sensitivity of each method of measurement is discussed.(Authors modified)

Weight-Bearing Dorsiflexion Range of Motion and Landing Biomechanics in Individuals With Chronic Ankle Instability.

Abstract: Context: People with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit less weight-bearing dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) and less knee flexion during landing than people with stable ankles. Examining the relationship between dorsiflexion ROM and landing biomechanics may identify a modifiable factor associated with altered kinematics and kinetics during landing tasks. Objective: To examine the relationship between weight-bearing dorsiflexion ROM and single-legged landing biomechanics in persons with CAI. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: Fifteen physically active persons with CAI (5 men, 10 women; age = 21.9 ± 2.1 years, height = 168.7 ± 9.0 cm, mass = 69.4 ± 13.3 kg) participated. Intervention(s): Participants performed dorsiflexion ROM and single-legged landings from a 40-cm height. Sagittal-plane kinematics of the lower extremity and ground reaction forces (GRFs) were captured during landing. Main Outcome Measure(s): Static dorsiflexion was measured us...

Views of sport science graduates regarding work skills developed at university

Abstract: There has been recent interest in how higher education might improve the employability of students, although there is little feedback from graduates about the value of university experiences to their working life. The aim of the study therefore was to investigate the views of graduates regarding the extent to which work skills had been developed while at university. A survey of 57 physical education and sport science graduates found that they felt university experiences had helped to develop many work skills. Personal and interactive skills had been developed to a greater extent than business skills. However, this study produced more questions than answers. Skills acquired depend on the ethos of the institution, content of the programme and the quality of the teaching and learning experiences. In addition, students arrive at university at varying stages of maturity, react differently to particular experiences and need diverse qualities in future jobs.

Telling the Code of the Street: An Ethnomethodological Ethnography

Abstract: In traditional ethnographies, codes explain conduct. A code of conduct is implied by research participants, explicated by researchers, and used by both to explain interactions. The Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson epitomizes this orthodox ethnographic analysis of codes. In ethnomethodology, conduct explains codes. Researchers analyze how research participants refer to codes of conduct in their interactions. "Telling the Code" by D. L. Wieder exemplifies this ethnomethodological analysis of codes. In this ethnomethodological ethnography, we analyze how the code of the street influences the conduct of black male basketball players and how those players explain their conduct by telling the code. This article clarifies how ethnographers can use ethnomethodology to analyze codes as causes and consequences (doing so will produce more skeptical texts).

Pietism and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Prussia

Abstract: Preface Introduction 1. The German territorial state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries 2. Reformed confessionalism and the reign of the Great Elector 3. The nature of the pre-1713 Hohenzollern state 4. Lutheran confessionalism 5. Spenerian Pietism 6. From Spener to Francke 7. Halle Pietism I: ideology and indoctrination 8. Halle Pietism II: growth and crisis 9. Pietist-Hohenzollern collaboration 10. The impact of Pietist pedagogy on the Prussian army and bureaucracy 11. Civilian mobilization and economic development during the reign of Frederick William I Conclusion Bibliography Index.