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The Relationship Between Indirect Family Factors, Emotional Reactivity, and Young Adults' Interpersonal Competence
Dakin, Lanie (2006-08-15)
While interpersonal competence has been studied for decades by myriad disciplines, reviewers have noted again and again a deficit in the study of the development of interpersonal competence. The purpose of this study is ...
The Relationship Between Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Satisfaction as Mediated by Partner Perceptions of Power
Blythe, Kathryn (2016-08-01)
Using a sample of 34 clients from the Auburn University Marriage and Family Therapy Center, this study examined the relationship between sexual satisfaction, marital power and relationship satisfaction for males and females ...
The Relationships of Parental Involvement, Motivating Factors, and Socioeconomic Status to High School All-state Choir and Band Membership
Hickok, Stephen (2009-05-15)
The primary purpose of this study was to identify differences in parental involvement, motivational factors, and socioeconomic status (SES) between high school band and chorus participants. The secondary purpose of this ...
The Remarriage Belief Inventory: Testing the Factorial Structure and Validity with a Remarried Sample
Higginbotham, Brian (2005-08-15)
Recent figures have indicated that approximately half of all marriages each year are remarriages for one or both partners and that the majority of these remarriages form stepfamilies. Despite the prevalence of remarriages ...
Romantic Relationship Trajectories: A Qualitative Analysis of Young Adults Exposed to Marital Violence
Carlson, Camille (2016-08-05)
Guided by a review of the literature on the theory of intergenerational transmission of violence (ITV) and Johnson’s typology of violence, the current study qualitatively examined 25 young adults’ romantic relationship ...
Skin conductance reactivity moderates the association between parental behavioral control and adolescent externalizing behavior
Fixelle, Courtney (2018-07-18)
The present study examined whether skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) moderated the concurrent and longitudinal association between parental behavioral control and early adolescents’ externalizing behaviors. Data ...
Social Desirability, Formation of the Therapeutic Alliance, and Dyadic Adjustment in Couples Therapy
Hobby, Esperanza (2012-04-18)
Social desirability has been shown to have both positive and negative associations in the formation of intimate and professional relationships. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship that social ...
Spirituality and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Prayer
Espinoza Rangel, Reyna (2013-07-10)
Research has supported the association between spirituality and relationship satisfaction, whereby more spiritual individuals are more satisfied with their romantic relationships. However, it remains unclear why spirituality ...
Stepparents participating in Couples Relationship Education and mental health: Differences at baseline and improvements over time
Elliott, Caroline (2019-08-09)
The current study involves a sample of 1,313 parents participating in couple relationship education (CRE) programs as part of a larger randomized control trial. Drawing on theoretical assumptions from Family Systems Theory ...
Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Defenders of Bullied Peers: Associations with Defenders’ Race and Gender, and the Classroom Racial Composition
Christensen, Karl (2022-07-25) ETD File Embargoed
This thesis examined whether children’s defending of bullied peers predicts changes in teachers' reports of students' prosocial and aggressive behavior and whether those associations are moderated by children’s gender and ...
Therapeutic Alliance and Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Therapist Sex
Mauren, Elise (2013-07-10)
The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between therapeutic alliance (between system and within system) and therapeutic outcomes (individual distress and relational satisfaction) for males and females. ...
Therapeutic Alliance as a Mediating Factor between Couple Expectancy and Therapeutic Outcome
Gray, Mikael (2006-08-15)
The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether the therapeutic alliance mediated the relationship between couple expectancy for change and relationship satisfaction. The sample was comprised of 59 cases of males and ...
Therapist Effectiveness, the Therapeutic Alliance, and Change in Couples Therapy: An Exploratory Study
Long, Laura (2011-08-04)
The purpose of this thesis was to take an exploratory approach in examining how therapist effectiveness influences the therapeutic alliance and outcomes in couple therapy. Sample for this study was composed of couples ...
What is Good Spousal Support? Examining Support Delivery and Outcomes
Jensen, Jakob (2010-07-12)
Support from others is critical to both mental and physical health, and for married individuals, the spouse is the most important support provider. Although spousal support is known to be important, researchers have yet ...
Young Adults’ Perception of Fathering and the Father-Child Relationship in the Context of Marital Violence
Maddox, Lauren (2015-07-21)
The current study utilized a qualitative research design, combining grounded theory and thematic analysis, to examine fathering by maritally violent men from the perspective of their young adult children. Semi-structured ...