Browsing by Department "Human Development and Family Studies"
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Examining the Relationship between Work Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Adult-Child Interactions among Family Child Care Providers
(2013-09-18)
This study examined work-family stress, emotion regulation, and how the combination of these variables affect the quality of adult-child interactions in a sample of family child care providers. I hypothesized that family ...
Examining the Reliability and Validity of a Measure of Child Care Provider Motivation
(2009-08-04)
The concept of motivation in the child care area has not been based in theory and no standard measure has been used to assess it. The limited work examining the influence of providers’ motivation on care giving quality has ...
Examining Well-Being Indicators of Adolescents in Military and Civilian Families: A Comparison Study
(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 ...
An Exploration of Participant-Level Factors Associated With the Success of the Begin Education Early Program
(2005-12-15)
This study explored the participant-based factors identified in Cummings’ (1999) organizational framework of factors associated with the successful implementation of family-based, educational programming, and examined the ...
Exploring Participants’ Variation in Relational Outcomes based on Couple Relationship Education Curriculum
(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
(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 ...
Family Functioning and Children's Sleep Schedule, Quality and Quantity
(2007-08-15)
Although sleep problems are prevalent in U.S. children, very little is known about family variables associated with children’s sleep disruptions. The objective of this study is to examine children’s sleep quality and ...
Family Influences on Risky Sexual Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Abortion Decisions in Swiss Adolescents
(2008-08-15)
Teenage pregnancy remains a social problem. In 1997, almost 15 million adolescents gave birth (Whan, Nissen & Ahlberg, 2005). Although Switzerland has a relatively low teenage pregnancy rate (5.2 births per 1,000 youth ...
Family Processes, Low Self-Control, and Deviance: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Control Theory
(2007-08-15)
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 ...
Father Involvement in Context: The Effects of Fathers’ Intergenerational, Psychological, and Relational Functioning on Children’s Development
(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?
(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 ...
Future Orientation, Impulsivity, and Deviance: Longitudinal Relationships and Multilevel Processes
(2009-07-06)
Using a sample of over 14,000 adolescents from 145 schools of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current work tested the longitudinal relationship between future orientation and deviance ...
Gender role attitudes: An examination of within-individual malleability and the value of dyadic congruence
(2012-05-17)
Suggestions from structural symbolic interactionism and recent empirical studies are that gender role attitudes are malleable – able to change and be redefined – at the individual-level in relation to significant experiences. ...
Health Related Outcomes among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth and Young Adults
(2010-07-12)
Study I: Using data from Waves I thru IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current study compared initial levels, rates of change, and quadratic curvature in three measures of substance ...
Hellfire, home, and harm: An investigation of the interaction between religiosity, family processes, and adolescent deviant behavior
(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). ...
Herramientas Culturales: The Relationship Between Parental Influence, Social Initiative, and Academic Aspirations
(2017-07-27)
This study examined the relationship between parental influence, social initiative, and academic aspirations among Latino adolescents. Additionally, this study examined gender differences between the variables. Sample data ...
Hispanic, African American, and White ministers: The Intersection Between Spiritual and Mental Health Counseling.
(2020-07-24)
If talk therapy is to “shape the way people think and behave” (Minuchin & Fishman, 1981, pg. 2), then the vast majority of relational and mental health therapy is done outside of therapy clinics. It is conducted by friends, ...
How Husbands’ and Wives’ Physical Health are linked to Their Marital Satisfaction
(2011-12-06)
Spouses reap many benefits from marriage, from being healthier to recovering better from illnesses. The majority of the research explaining why married people are healthier has assumed marriage contributes to health and, ...
Identity and Young Adult Well-being: A Closer Look at Identity Style and Identity Structure
(2005-08-15)
The current study examined identity from the Eriksonian perspective, where identity guides an individual’s experiences and future actions so as to promote the individual’s fit into society (Erikson, 1959, 1968). Identity ...
Identity Formation in Context
(2009-12-11)
The overarching goal of the proposed study was to expand Berzonsky’s model by examining associations among identity processing styles and contextual and behavioral factors, and by investigating whether these associations ...