Browsing by Author "Adler-Baeder, Francesca"

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Actions Speak Louder Than Beliefs: Compassionate Love as a Mediator of the Relationship between Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction

Sabey, Allen (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 ...

Adolescent co-parenting relationships and their effect on parental self-efficacy

Lipsmeyer, Kara (2005-12-15)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the structure and quality of the co-residential co-parenting relationships on the self-efficacy of adolescent and young adult unmarried mothers. Forty one predominately ...

Adolescents' Attitudes towards Counseling by Demographic Group: Before and After a Youth Relationship Education Curriculum

Stover, Cassidy (2008-12-15)

Although marriage relationship education and counseling programs have been shown to be effective in promoting healthy relationships, participants are typically not from diverse backgrounds. Adolescent attitudes towards ...

Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behaviors: What Roles Do Parental Warmth, Parental Psychological Control, Adolescent Psychological Well-Being and Demographics Play?

Lathem, Bailey (2009-05-15)

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 ...

Advancing a better understanding of influences on relational health: A prevention science approach

McGill, Julianne (2016-07-28)

One of the strongest predictors of optimal health, well-being, and life satisfaction is having stable and supportive relationships (Pinker, 2014). Yet as evidenced by high rates of relationship dissolution, maintaining ...

The Beliefs About PVA Harm Survey: Testing the factor structure, validity, and relationship to use of parental verbal aggression and stress

Griffin, Melody (2008-12-15)

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 ...

Contextualizing Relationship Education Effects on Adolescent Attitude toward Sexual Behavior Delay: Considering Class Social Climate

Morrison, Sandra (2014-05-02)

Using data from a statewide relationship education (RE) program targeting youth, this study used a more complex theory-driven and empirically-based model to explore the influence of the program on adolescent attitudes about ...

Couples and Childhood Adversity: A Prevention Science Approach to Exploring Resilience with Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Methods

Cooper, Erin (2023-08-02) ETD File Embargoed

Contemporary research on couple relationship education (CRE) goes beyond testing the effectiveness of CRE for the average participant and assuming a “one size fits all” approach. Scholars acknowledge the complexity of the ...

A Developmental and Relational Perspective on Marital Closeness in Older Adulthood

Albers, Leah (2015-07-24)

Although research has generally found that marital closeness is a vital resource for older adults, the literature has focused minimal attention on this key construct in older marriages. Even less attention has been focused ...

Economic Hardship, Stressors, and Marital Quality Among Stepcouples: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects

Schramm, David (2007-12-15)

Previous research has established that economic hardship (EH) and stressors can have both direct and indirect effects on the marital quality of spouses in traditional first marriages. However, these factors have seldom, ...

Examining Changes in Parenting Behaviors Among a Diverse Sample of Marriage Education Participants

Calligas, Alexandra (2010-07-06)

Research has shown that the quality of the couple relationship is a critical factor in the environment in which children develop, in that it affects parent involvement and parenting practices. This spillover process suggests ...

Examining Family Structure and Half-Sibling Influence on Adolescent Well-Being

Harcourt, Kate Taylor (2011-12-05)

Using data from a statewide education project for adolescent youth (N=2,555), this study explored family structure variations of youth in two-parent families and their influence on coping, sexual activity delay, and alcohol ...

Examining Potential Pathways to Adolescent Dating Violence and the Impact of Youth Relationship Education on Common Correlates of Adolescent Dating Violence

Savasuk-Luxton, Rachel (2018-04-24)

Romantic relationships play a significant role in adolescent development and set the framework for future relationship behaviors (Collins, 2003; Collins & Steinberg, 2006; Kerpelman et al., 2010). A national study recently ...

Examining Well-Being Indicators of Adolescents in Military and Civilian Families: A Comparison Study

Mahle, Charlsey (2012-05-04)

Using data from a statewide education project for adolescent youth (N=2,430), this study explored the well-being indicators of coping, depressive symptoms and self-esteem in military and civilian youth. While the majority ...

Experiences in Youth Relationship Education for Adoptive and Nonadoptive Youth in Alabama

Braddock, Addison (2022-07-29)

While recent studies have explored effects of youth relationship education (YRE) (e.g., Adler-Baeder et al., 2007; McElwain et al., 2017; Simpson et al., 2018; Huntington et al., 2021), and differences between subgroups ...

Exploring Dyadic and Longitudinal Associations between Couple Relationship Skills, Perceived stress, and Sleep Quality among Couple Relationship Education Participants

Wei, Menglin (2022-05-02)

Couple relationship education (CRE) has been used as one of the primary prevention methods targeting couples’ relationship functioning. Considerable evidence suggests that CRE programs are effective in improving couples’ ...

Exploring Participants’ Variation in Relational Outcomes based on Couple Relationship Education Curriculum

Rodriguez, Priscilla (2015-07-21)

The purpose of this study was to advance explorations of content of two different Couple Relationship Education (CRE) curricula, ELEVATE and a Mindfulness-Based CRE (MBCRE), and how each of two program experiences influenced ...

Exploring the Influence of Residential Status of Stepparents on Program Effects of Couple and Relationship Education

Stewart, Sheena (2015-12-11)

While the research on CRE programs has expanded significantly in the past decade, only a handful of studies have considered family structure and its influence on the program experience or explored the specific experiences ...

Father Involvement in Context: The Effects of Fathers’ Intergenerational, Psychological, and Relational Functioning on Children’s Development

Kirkland, Cassandra (2012-07-27)

Moving toward a process model for understanding the antecedents to father involvement and the effects of father involvement on child development is important for gaining insight on the mechanisms by which father involvement ...

Front Porches and Freeways: Does Rural or Urban Residence Matter for Couple Relationship Education Outcomes?

Fuller, Sarah (2017-07-27)

The purpose of this study was to advance explorations of the possible differential effects of rural versus urban residence and income on individuals’ couple relationship outcomes following participation in a couple ...