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Living in the Global Village: The Value and Development of Global Citizenship among Youth
(2009-04-28)
Globalization in the 21st century is imposing new complex sociopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges that point to the need for global citizenship (Arnett, 2002; Korten, 1996). Given the demands on young people ...
The Effects of Relationship Quality on Affect Expressed in Dyadic Interactions of Preschool-Aged Children
(2009-07-02)
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of relationship quality on expressed affect in the dyadic interactions of preschool-aged children. The effects of six different types of relationship quality ...
Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Comfort with Intimacy, Parental Warmth and Support, and Exploration of Dating Partner Identity
(2009-05-06)
Adolescent romantic relationships may have a significant and long-lasting impact on important developmental processes and outcomes. The goal of this study was to examine how parental warmth/ support and comfort with intimacy ...
Hellfire, home, and harm: An investigation of the interaction between religiosity, family processes, and adolescent deviant behavior
(2008-09-09)
There is an abundant literature dealing with the relationship between religiosity and deviant behavior in adolescence (Baier & Wright, 2001; Johnson, de Li, Larson, & McCullough, 2000; Johnson, Jang, Larson, & de Li, 2001). ...
An investigation of the relationship between supervision quality, quantity, and type with client outcomes in therapy
(2008-09-09)
Shockingly few studies have investigated the relationship between clinical supervision and client outcomes in therapy. This study attempted to better explain this relationship by tracking the type, amount, and quality of ...
Client Symptom Distress, Stage of Change, and the Therapeutic Alliance in Couple Therapy
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of this thesis was to examine how the relationship between client symptom distress and the therapeutic alliance was mediated by client stage of change in couple therapy. Sample for this study was composed of ...
The Interplay of Parental Marital Conflict and Divorce in Young Adult Children's Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners
(2008-09-09)
A substantial body of literature has documented the effects of parental divorce and marital conflict on adult children’s interpersonal relationships with parents and romantic partners. However, few studies have tested the ...
Family Processes, Low Self-Control, and Deviance: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Control Theory
(2008-09-09)
The purpose of the current study was to test a number of theoretical propositions by Self-Control Theory (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990). More specifically, the current study tested three theoretical propositions that ...
Career Decision-Making: Implications for Emerging Adults’ Career Identity Development
(2008-09-09)
Identity exploration in the areas of work and love is theorized to be salient in emerging adulthood, and therefore, commitments often are delayed (Arnett, 2000). The exploration that takes place during adolescence and ...
The Beliefs About PVA Harm Survey: Testing the factor structure, validity, and relationship to use of parental verbal aggression and stress
(2009-02-23)
Recent prevalence data indicate that parental verbal aggression (PVA) (e.g., yelling/screaming, threatening to hit, swearing, insulting, and threatening to send away) is used by a majority of parents at one time or another ...