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Vocabulary Development of Preschool Children and Its Relation to Childcare Quality
(2008-09-09)
In the past decade, there has been an increase of the numbers of children in childcare centers and in preschools. Because of this increase, there has been a renewed interest in the effects of childcare centers and preschool ...
Developmental Antecedents of Adolescent Parenthood
(2008-09-09)
Adolescent parenthood is an issue of universal concern because of the negative outcomes associated with both the teen parents and their children. The current study sought to examine father absence and being born to a teen ...
Parenting Processes and Risky Sexual Behaviors in First and Second Generation Hispanic Immigrant Youth
(2008-09-09)
Despite the remarkable increase of Hispanic immigrant families with foreign-born and American-born children, the unique problems and behavioral characteristics of this particular population continue to be overlooked. Even ...
Trust in Dating Relationships: The Role of Communal Orientation
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between communal orientation and trust in recently established dating relationships. We expected that the degree to which one’s partner was perceived to have a ...
The Clinical Experience of Therapists in a Training Program as a Predictor of the Therapy Alliance, Client Dropouts, and Duration of Therapy
(2008-09-09)
Little research has addressed the effect clinical experience during graduate training has on students’ ability to improve therapeutic effectiveness. This study examined the relationship between student-therapists’ clinical ...
An Examination of the Differences in Marital Expectations of Young Adults from Intact and Divorced Families
(2008-09-09)
Prior research has been unclear about the effects parental divorce has on the attitudes toward marriage of young adults. This study aimed to clarify this past research by utilizing a more clearly defined sample to determine ...
Adolescent Action-taking: Associations with Identity Style, Possible Selves, and Parental Support
(2008-09-09)
Action-taking is the intentional behavior in which adolescents engage. Productive
action-taking promotes positive youth outcomes and future goal-achievement. The aims of the current study were to examine variation in ...
Young Children's Vulnerability to Achievement Goals: A Validation Study
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of this study was to explore validity of measures used to asses children as having a helpless or mastery oriented pattern of response to failure. Participants (N = 190) were part of a larger project, the Child ...
Marital Adjustment as a Mediating Factor Between Symptom Distress and Therapeutic Alliance in Couples Therapy
(2008-09-09)
Previous research on symptom distress and therapeutic alliance in conjoint treatment indicates that symptom distress does not impact the formation of alliance, rather, marital adjustment impacts alliance formation. Because ...
Sex Role Orientation as a Predictor of Women's Identity Statuses, Identity Styles, Priorities, and Time Use
(2008-09-09)
In the current study, we were interested in how the balance between expressive and instrumental qualities may be associated with women’s identity statuses, identity styles, priorities, and time use. Our sample consisted ...