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
| 1:00 | ISSSS Conference Welcome |
| 1:15-2:30 | Q Methodology Workshop Presiding – Dr. Diane Montgomery, Oklahoma State University |
| 2:30-2:45 | Q Workshop Refreshments |
| 2:35-4:00 | Q Workshop continues |
| 4:30-5:30 | Meet members of the Operant Subjectivity Team |
| 6:00-8:00 | ISSSS Conference Reception w/Cash Bar |
Friday – October 9th, 2009
| 9:00-9:15 | ISSSS Conference Welcome/Announcements | |
| 9:15-10:30 | ISSSS History Plenary: “ISSSS’ Origins & Aspirations” | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 1A | Session 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 | A Review of the Use of Q-Methodology in Health Research
Noori Akhtar & Andrea Bauman | |
| A Study on Adopting Factors of IPTV Users: Live Channels and VOC Uses
Hung Kyu Kim & Young Phil Yoon | The Type of Hope Among Korean Elderly
Keum-Sook Kim | |
| The Virtuous Communicator: Quality Communication and Character Strength and Values
John Carr | Evaluation of an Online Community of Practice for Street and Outreach Nurses
Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Ruta Valaitis, Dyanne Semogas & Sally Binks | |
| The Impact of Visual Images on non-U.S. Citizen’ Attitudes about the United States
Olga Zatepilina & Dennis F. Kinsey | Graduate Nutrition Students Beliefs about Childhood Obesity
Norma DeVault | |
| 12:15-1:30 | Enjoy Local St. Louis Luncheon Cuisine | |
| 1:30-3:00 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 2A | Session 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 | 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 | 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 | Collaborative Planning, Action Research, and Public Policy Decision-Making
Perry D. Gross | |
| Perceptions of Successful College Students Toward Achievment Motivation Experiences
Angela Watson | Q Methodology to Measure Learning in a Stakeholder Dialogue on Bio-Energy in the Netherlands
Eefje Cuppen | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Conference Refreshments | |
| 3:15-4:45 | Concurrent Sessions | |
| Session 3A | Session 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 6:30-9:30 | ISSSS Awards Buffet w/cash bar Keynote Speaker – Dr. Donal Brenner, professor emeritus, The Missouri School of Journalism |
