Factors Contributing to Reading Performance: An In-Depth Analysis of the “Boy Crisis”

This research used a quantitative study approach to investigate the “boy crisis” in Canada. Boy crisis advocates suggest that boys are being surpassed by girls on reading assessments and promote strategies to assist male students. A feminist framework was used in this study that allowed for an investigation and discussion of the factors that mediate between gender and success at reading comprehension, interpretation, and response to text without ignoring female students. Reading scores and questionnaire data compiled by the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program were used in this research, specifically the PCAP-13 2007 assessment of approximately 30,000 13-year-old students from all Canadian provinces and Yukon Territory (CMEC, 2008). Approximately 20,000 participants wrote the reading assessment, while 30,000 students completed the questionnaire responses. Predictor variables were tested using parametric tests such as independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, chi-square analysis, and Pearson r. Findings from this study indicate that although boys scored lower than girls on the PCAP-13 2007 reading assessment, factors were found to influence the reading scores of both male and female students to varying degrees. Socioeconomic status, perceptions of the reading material used in language arts classrooms, reading preference, reading interest, parental involvement, parental encouragement for reading, and self-efficacy were all found to affect the reading performance of boys and girls. Relationships between variables were also found and are discussed in this research. The analysis presented in this study allows parents, educators, and policy makers to begin to critically examine and re-evaluate boy crisis literature and offers suggestions on how to improve reading performance for all students of all socioeconomic backgrounds.

Is Brand Equity an Asset or a Liability in Brand Harm Crisis? Buffering and Amplifying Effects and Contingent Conditions

Brand harm crisis often result in negative consumer responses. This thesis addresses the buffering and amplifying theoretical perspectives of brand equity effects. We theorize that brand equity may interplay with the nature of brand-harm crisis in shaping consumer reactions. Results from focus group studies provide interesting insights into the amplifying and buffering effects. Moreover, research findings from two experiment studies show that brand equity amplifies consumer negative responses in a performance-related crisis but only when the crisis is extremely severe. When the crisis becomes less severe, the amplifying effect diminishes from outset. However, in a value-related crisis, the amplifying effect of brand equity is pervasive regardless of the level of crisis severity. The current thesis adds to the extant literature by demonstrating that brand equity can have very complex effects on consumer responses, which are contingent on the severity and domain of a crisis. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

Alleviating Negative Spillover of a Brand-Harm Crisis: Sensegiving vs. Sensehiding in a Competitor’s Denial Response Strategy

A brand-harm crisis not only affects the scandalized brand, but may also influence competing brands. Thus, marketers of competing brands need to develop response strategies for reducing negative spillover effects. This research takes a competitor’s perspective and introduces two types of response strategies used to convey a sense of denial: sensegiving and sensehiding. It also investigates how the effects of response strategies are contingent upon brand relatedness and individual thinking styles. The results from three experimental studies show that using a sensegiving strategy reduces negative spillover effects more than using a sensehiding strategy. Additionally, the studies suggest that the observed difference in the effects of response strategy tends to be greater when the level of brand relatedness is high than when it is low. However, individual thinking styles (holistic vs. analytic) seem to have little impact on consumers’ responses to the two denial strategies. This research contributes to the brand-harm crisis literature and provides novel insights into a competitor’s response to potential negative spillover effects.

Identificación de factores de riesgo para crisis familiar en una comunidad sub-urbana

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería, con Especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Intervenciones de enfermería comunitaria con familias en crisis.

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería con Especialidad en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Estrategias empleadas por las unidades domésticas para aumentar el ingreso y disminuir el gasto durante la crisis económica de 1995 : estudio comparativo entre dos colonias de diferente estrato social.

Tesis (Maestría en Trabajo Social) UANL

Creencias maternas y prevención de crisis en el niño con asma

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería con Especialidad en Materno-Infantil: Pediátrica) UANL

La toma de decisiones de la pequeña y mediana industria en esta época de crisis

Tesis (Maestro en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) UANL, 1997

La toma de decisiones de la pequeña y mediana industria en esta época de crisis por Eduardo Garza Guerrero

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) U.A.N.L.

La crisis de la pena preventiva de libertad como reacción estatal al delito en el sistema penal mexicano

[Tesis] (Maestría en Derecho con Especialidad en Derecho Penal ) U.A.N.L.

La crisis de la energía y temas afines

UANL

The rule of the turk a revised and enlarged edition of the Armenian crisis

UANL

La crisis ó la baja de los precios, la moneda

UANL

La crisis monetaria: estudios sobre la crisis mercantil y la de preciación de la plata, hechos por acuerdo del Sr. Presidente de la República en virtud de iniciativa de la Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización, Industria y Comercio

UANL

Could the Asian Crisis Have Been More Accurately Predicted? Improving and Early Warning System Model.

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