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Predictors and Consequences of Disruptions in Sleep among Children
(2012-05-10)
This dissertation includes two studies. In the first study, children’s emotional insecurity
was examined as a process variable and as a moderator of effects using three waves of data
spanning five years. Participants ...
Intra-individual systemic shifts: Linkages between relationship quality and depressed affect in a diverse sample of relationally distressed Couple and Relationship Education (CRE) participants
(2012-05-02)
The negative association between depression and marital satisfaction has been clearly documented, with theoretical approaches describing the direction of effects as depression leading to marital dissatisfaction (Stress ...
Achievement Motivation in High School: The Role of Teacher-Child Relationship Quality from Third Grade to Sixth Grade
(2012-11-12)
Using longitudinal data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 1,364), the purpose of the current study was to fill a significant gap in the ...
Associations Among Anxiety, Disengaged Coping, and Physiological Arousal in Early Adolescents
(2012-05-08)
This study examined associations among physiological responses to peer stress (heart rate reactivity, HRR, and skin conductance level reactivity, SCLR), coping responses to peer stress (engaged and disengaged), and anxiety ...
Couple Satisfaction and Symptom Distress: What to Look for When Forming an Alliance
(2012-07-19)
In this study, the relationship between dyadic adjustment ratings, individual symptom distress ratings and the therapeutic alliance for males and females was explored. Likewise, the interaction between individual symptom ...
Mental and Physical Health of Mothers and Children: Does Maltreatment Matter?
(2012-07-24)
Maternal depression (MD) and physical health (MH) can have great impact on children, specifically children’s internalizing, externalizing and physical health, but little research has examined how maltreatment and children’s ...
Actions Speak Louder Than Beliefs: Compassionate Love as a Mediator of the Relationship between Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction
(2012-07-24)
Research has generally supported the positive association between religiosity and marital satisfaction, whereby more religious individuals are more satisfied with their marriages. However, it remains unclear why religiosity ...
Effects of couples' anxiety and avoidance on physical health symptoms
(2012-07-23)
Couples presenting for therapy can be presumed to be experiencing relational distress. Attachment theory guides an understanding of couples’ problems in terms of each partner’s avoidance or anxiety in the relationship. The ...
A Multi-Study Approach to Examining the Transformative Potential of Teaching Social Justice to High School Students
(2012-07-16)
These three papers test existing educational and identity development theory regarding the phenomenon of transformative pedagogy and its effectiveness, in order to determine the predictive ability of a class on morals and ...
Marital Conflict, Maternal and Paternal Closeness and Monitoring, and Adolescent Internalizing Problems: A Test of Mediation and Moderation
(2012-11-12)
To explore the mechanism underlying the link between marital conflict and adolescent depression and anxiety (internalizing symptoms), this study examined parenting as a mediator in the relationship between adolescent reports ...