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Sleep Functioning and Problem Behaviors: The Salience of Parental Warmth
(2009-02-23)
Inadequate sleep functioning, such as low sleep quantity and poor sleep quality, appears prevalent across age groups, but is particularly detrimental during adolescence, and the consequences vary widely; they include ...
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 ...
Therapeutic Alliance as a Mediating Factor Between Couple Attachment and Therapeutic Outcome
(2009-02-23)
The purpose of this thesis was to examine how the therapeutic alliance mediates
the relationship between the anxiety and avoidance dimensions on a couple attachment
measure and subsequent relationship satisfaction scores. ...
Predictors of Quality Caregiving in the "Family Child Care Partnerships" Home Visitation Program
(2009-02-23)
The primary focus of this study is to describe the Family Child Care Partnerships (FCCP) program and examine the possible relations among key features and processes of the FCCP training program in an attempt to identify ...
Legal Outcomes as Effectiveness Research of Forensic Interviewing at the Child Advocacy Center of East Alabama (CACEA)
(2009-02-23)
Sexual abuse is a devastating reality with tragic effects on the victims. It affects approximately one in four children before the age of eighteen. Legislation and prosecution of sex abuse crimes are intended to deter ...
Identity and Young Adult Well-being: A Closer Look at Identity Style and Identity Structure
(2008-09-09)
The current study examined identity from the Eriksonian perspective, where identity guides an individual’s experiences and future actions so as to promote the individual’s fit into society (Erikson, 1959, 1968). Identity ...
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 ...
Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behaviors: What Roles Do Parental Warmth, Parental Psychological Control, Adolescent Psychological Well-Being and Demographics Play?
(2009-02-23)
Although adolescents’ relationships with their parents have been widely studied, how adolescents’ relationships with their parents are associated with adolescents’ sexuality is one area of research that is beginning to ...
The Effects of African-Aamericans’ Attitudes/Beliefs about Marriage on Their Desire to Marry
(2008-09-09)
To address the state of marriage and family life in the African-American community, the purpose of this study was to gain understanding as to why many African-American singles are not choosing marriage. The primary predictor ...