October 8-10, 2009

St. Louis, Missouri

Diane Montgomery (Oklahoma State) presented a basic Q workshop on Thursday afternoon for students and interested professionals. Registrants could attend the half-day pre-conference workshop without registering for the entire ISSSS conference.

Dr. Montgomery’s presentation discussed basic Q concepts involved in creating Q sorts, and she discussed how to choose factors with factor analysis techniques generally employed by Q researchers. Her approach involved multi-media techniques and she effectively removed the mystery surrounding the selection of factors which provide insight into the questions posed by researchers.

The traditional conference opening reception was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Thursday evening.

Friday morning featured a 25th anniversary panel discussing the history of the meeting from its beginnings at the School of Journalism, University of Missouri. Both Brenner and Rob Logan, host of the Bethseda conference, moderated the panel.

Friday night banquet keynoter was Don Brenner, retired Univ. of Missouri journalism professor, who was a faculty colleague of William Stephenson. Brenner served as the first president of ISSSS.

On Sunday morning, interested registrants could board a bus for a two-hour trip to Columbia, Mo. to visit the house of William Stephenson and family. Our host was Stephenson’s daughter, Mariel, who also attended the conference along with other family members.

Thursday – October 8th, 2009

1:00ISSSS Conference Welcome
1:15-2:30Q Methodology Workshop
Presiding – Dr. Diane Montgomery, Oklahoma State University
2:30-2:45Q Workshop Refreshments
2:35-4:00Q Workshop continues
4:30-5:30Meet members of the Operant Subjectivity Team
6:00-8:00ISSSS Conference Reception
w/Cash Bar

Friday – October 9th, 2009

9:00-9:15ISSSS Conference Welcome/Announcements
9:15-10:30ISSSS History Plenary: “ISSSS’ Origins & Aspirations”
10:45-12:15Concurrent Sessions
 Session 1ASession 1B
 International Communication Perspectives
Chair: John Carr
Health & Nutrition Perpectives
Chair: Noori Akhtar-Danesh
 A Q-Methodological Study of Quality Communication In Organizational Leadership

 

John Carr
University of Technology, Sydney, AU 

A Review of the Use of Q-Methodology in Health Research

 

Noori Akhtar & Andrea Bauman
McMaster University, CA 

 A Study on Adopting Factors of IPTV Users: Live Channels and VOC Uses

 

Hung Kyu Kim & Young Phil Yoon
Hankuk University, KOR 

The Type of Hope Among Korean Elderly

 

Keum-Sook Kim
Eulji University, KOR 

 The Virtuous Communicator: Quality Communication and Character Strength and Values

 

John Carr
University of Technology, Sydney, AU 

Evaluation of an Online Community of Practice for Street and Outreach Nurses

 

Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Ruta Valaitis, Dyanne Semogas & Sally Binks
McMaster University, CA, with Fiona Brooks, University of Hertfordshire, UK 

 The Impact of Visual Images on non-U.S. Citizen’ Attitudes about the United States

 

Olga Zatepilina & Dennis F. Kinsey
Syracuse University 

Graduate Nutrition Students Beliefs about Childhood Obesity

 

Norma DeVault

12:15-1:30Enjoy Local St. Louis Luncheon Cuisine
1:30-3:00Concurrent Sessions
 Session 2ASession 2B
 College Student Perspectives
Chair: April Nauman
Public Policy Perspectives
Chair: Stephen Jeffares
 Satisfaction of Employers for Agricultural Graduates: Perspectives for the Future

 

Virginia Gravina
University of Uruguay 

Interpreting a Rural Quality of Life with Q Methodology

 

Stephen Jeffares, Annie Austin, Corrine Williams, and Sarah Griffith

 We’re All on Differnet Pages: Multiple Perspectives of What Makes Writing ‘Good’ and Implications for Writing Instructions

 

April Nauman & Terry Stirling 1, and Arlene Borthwick 2
Northeastern Ill. Univ 1 and National-Louis Univ 2

The Effect of Local Climate Change Impact Information on Attitudes about Climate Change Policy

 

Marsha Walton & John Gowdy

 An Exploration of the Subjective Understanding of the Purpose of a College Education

 

Larry Bass1 & Dan Thomas2
Valparaiso University1, Wartburg College,2

Collaborative Planning, Action Research, and Public Policy Decision-Making

 

Perry D. Gross

 Perceptions of Successful College Students Toward Achievment Motivation Experiences

 

Angela Watson
Oklahoma State University 

Q Methodology to Measure Learning in a Stakeholder Dialogue on Bio-Energy in the Netherlands

 

Eefje Cuppen

3:00-3:15Conference Refreshments
3:15-4:45Concurrent Sessions
 Session 3ASession 3B
 International Perspectives
Chair: Hung Kyu Kim
Family Perspectives
Chair: Susan Corr
 Relationships Between General Attitudes toward PSAs and Attitudes toward National Issue Advertisements

 

Hung Kyu Kim & Wonjoo Choi

A Q Methodology Study to Establish Parents’ Views of Family Support Interventions

 

Susan Corr
Oklahoma State University, United States 

 Why People Participate in Festivals

 

Hung Kyu Kim & Se Jung Oh

Working with Young Children of Divorce – Daycare Staffs’ Subjective Experiences

 

Klara Overland

 Comparing the Comparisons: Unique v. Identical Q Samples in Cross-National Research

 

Bedriye Aysuda Koleme

Perceptions of Need and Family Functioning

 

J. William Hitchcock & Diane Montgomery

 The Psychological Factors of Roh Moo-Hyun Syndrome

 

Hung Kyu Kim & Se Jung Oh

6:30-9:30ISSSS Awards Buffet w/cash bar
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Donal Brenner, professor emeritus, The Missouri School of Journalism

Saturday – October 10th, 2009

9:00-10:30Concurrent Sessions
 Session 4ASession 4B
 Q Perspectives
Chair: James M. Good
Faith Based Perspectives
Chair: John D. Hathcoat
 William Stephenson’s Self-Psychology and the Centrality of the Single Case

 

James M. Good

Exploring the Meaning of Pastoral Counseling

 

Wairimu W. Mutai

 The Quantization of Subjectivity

 

Steven R. Brown & James C. Rhoades, Jr.

Perceptions of Adults Attending Church toward Place and Sense of Community

 

Sheri Worth

 Lucy, the Barracuda, and the MS Patient: Exploring Alternative Ego-States in a Single Case

 

Dan B. Thomas

Something Old, Something New: The Faith Q Sort

 

David M. Wulff

 Subjectivity and Meaning

 

Amanda Wolfe

Answering the Challenge of Measuring Personal Epistemology: A Q Method Approach

 

John D. Hathcoat & Diane Montgomery

10:30-10:45Conference Refreshments
10:45-12:15Concurrent Sessions
 Session 5ASession 5B
 Motivational Perspectives
Chair: Mary Waters
Methodological Perspectives
Chair: Susan Ramlo
 Parental Ethnotheories of the Immigrant Parents from India

 

Aesha John

The Q Sort from Hell: Troublesome Data Processing Issues

 

Roland Arter

 Perceptions of School Counselors toward Their Roles as Social Justice Educators and Advocates: A Q Method

 

Mary Waters & Diane Montgomery

Q Methodology: A Preexisting Paradigm in a New Age of Mixed Research Methods

 

Susan Ramlo & Isadore Newman

 The Meaning of Motivation for At-Risk Youth

 

Amy Barnett & John Randall Barnett

My First Q Study Investigating Student Views about the Use of Instructional Technology and Lessons

 

John Nichols

 Motivational Styles of Drug Court Participants

 

Johnny Kirk

Fantasies and Foundations of Partnership: Applications of the Q Metholodgy Approach

 

Stephen Jeffares

12:15-1:30ISSSS Business Meeting w/box lunch
ISSSS President Noori Akhtar-Danesh, presiding
1:30-3:15Concurrent Sessions
 Session 6ASession 6B
 Environmental Perspectives
Chair: Garrett Hutson
Political Science Perspectives
Chair: Dan B. Thomas
 Percepstions of Forest Recreationists toward Nature Settings

 

Garrett Hutson & Diane Montgomery

What Were They Thinking? Investigating Voter Intentions & Interpretations of the Obama Victory in ’08

 

Dan B. Thomas & Larry Bass

 Perceptions of Risks and Benefits of an Outdoor Adventure Experience

 

Witney Ward

Not So Black and White: Using Q Method Analysis to Determine the Perceptions of Race in Memphis, TN

 

Katherine Mae Wiederhold

 Views on Grizzly Bear Management in the Banff-Bow Valley: A Before and After Study

 

Jutta Kolhi & Murray B. Rutherford

 
3:15-3:30Conference Refreshments
3:30-4:45Concurrent Sessions
 Session 7ASession 7B
 Media Perspectives
Chair: Michael Stricklin
Teaching Perspectives
Chair: Joseph A. Meloche
 Rush Limbaugh: A Study of Political Communication

 

Justin Erickson, Abhay Nadipuram, & Dan B. Thomas

The Chemistry of Innovation: Using Q to Enhance Innovation Efforts in Academic Chemistry

 

Angela Shartrand & Ricardo Gomez

 Patterns of Negative Expectations of Mass Media in a Municipal Election Campaign

 

Michael Stricklin, Gustavo Fortes Said, Antonio Ricardo Almeida, & L. Woods Stricklin

A Q Method Study on What Is Important for Collaborative Practices in School Classrooms

 

Joseph Meloche & Naoto Ogawa

 Politically Correcting theMedia: Examining the Assessment of the New Yorker’s Obama Cartoon

 

Jason Zenor

In-Service Science Teachers Views About Learning Physics

 

Susan Ramlo & John Nicholas

  Perceptions of Self-Efficacy Agricultural Education Student Teachers Have toward Teaching

 

Sheyenne Krysher