Browsing by Author "Smith, Thomas"

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Accepting Influence in Military Couples: Implications for Couple- and Family-Level Outcomes

Peterson, Clairee (2019-07-10)

Accepting influence is a salient couple-level phenomenon, first observed by Coan, Gottman, and colleagues (1997), that is well-known to impact outcomes amongst couples. While accepting influence has been discussed as vital ...

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 ...

Amount and quality of supervision as moderating factors between couple therapeutic alliance and change in couple therapy

Jindal, Meetika (2005-12-15)

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the moderating effect of quality and quantity of supervision on the relationship between couple therapeutic alliance and change in couple therapy. The sample is collected from ...

The Association Between Marital Conflict and BMI Among African American Married Couples

Tindall-Sickles, Marta Ann (2010-07-09)

Research has repeatedly noted the link between marriage and weight gain, but to date, there has been no satisfactory explanation for those findings. This dyadic study of African American married couples examines one ...

The Association Between Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction: Mediated by Perceptions of Relational Power

Smith, Mary (2021-07-30)

The goal of the current study was to determine the influence of equitable power balance on relationship satisfaction for couples in therapy. The Relational Theory of Power emphasizes that power is held within one’s standing ...

Autonomy and Control as Moderators for the Association between Parent Involvement and Educational Aspirations Among Latino Adolescents

Bertl, Yesenia (2013-07-10)

This study examined the relationship between parent academic involvement and educational aspirations among Latino adolescents. Additionally, this study examined the moderating effect of varying parenting practices, ...

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 ...

Client Symptom Distress, Stage of Change, and the Therapeutic Alliance in Couple Therapy

Porter, Robert (2007-08-15)

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 Clinical Experience of Therapists in a Training Program as a Predictor of the Therapy Alliance, Client Dropouts, and Duration of Therapy

Houghtaling, Austin (2006-12-15)

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 ...

Couple Satisfaction and Symptom Distress: What to Look for When Forming an Alliance

Bertagnolli, Shayden (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 ...

The Development of Self-Regulation During Adolescence: Understanding the Effects by Pubertal Changes and Parenting

Scarpate, Julia Melissa (2015-12-10)

Self-regulation (SR) has been suggested to be a key developmental precursor to a host of developmental outcomes (e.g., externalizing and internalizing behaviors, academic achievement, task completion, etc.; Baumeister, ...

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 ...

The Effect of Demographic Variables on Therapy Alliance in Couple Therapy Controlling for Relationship Adjustment and Symptom Distress

Walker, Catherine (2008-08-15)

Therapy alliance is a central concern in couple therapy as alliance has been consistently shown to predict therapy outcome. However, little is known about the factors that affect alliance formation. The purpose of this ...

The Effectiveness of Services Offered by an Intervention Program for Youth Status Offenders

Hamm, Emily (2005-08-15)

Juvenile crime is a significant issue facing Americans today, but how to properly intervene is an issue still in great need of consideration. Youth status offenders are a group in need of both protection and assistance. ...

An Examination of the Differences in Marital Expectations of Young Adults from Intact and Divorced Families

Hunt, Brittany (2006-12-15)

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hellfire, home, and harm: An investigation of the interaction between religiosity, family processes, and adolescent deviant behavior

Pickering, Lloyd (2005-05-15)

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). ...