Browsing by Author "Vazsonyi, Alexander"

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ADOLESCENT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR EXAMINED FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Radcliffe, William (2021-08-10)

Researchers have been trying to understand the causes of deviant behaviors for decades. While there is a solid foundation in the past work done in the fields of psychology and criminology, there is also significant work ...

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 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 ...

A Comparative Study of the Relations Between Parenting and Deviance and Parenting and Academic Achievement Among Chinese and European American Youth from Taiwan and the United States

Huei, Brian (2010-07-12)

The current investigation studied the relations between parenting and deviance and parenting and academic achievement among Chinese and European American youth from Taiwan (n = 906) and the United States (n = 627). More ...

The Effect of Affect Regulation on the Relationship between Attachment and Internalizing/Externalizing Behavior Problems in Male Adolescents who have Sexually Offended

Zaremba, Laura Allison (2009-11-19)

It is important to better understand those who perpetrate sexually; however, much of the available research has been conducted with adult sex offenders. Since research has found that these adults frequently report ...

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. ...

The Effects of African-Aamericans’ Attitudes/Beliefs about Marriage on Their Desire to Marry

Kirkland, Cassandra (2008-08-15)

To address the state of marriage and family life in the African-American community, the purpose of this study was to gain understanding as to why many African-American singles are not choosing marriage. The primary predictor ...

The Effects of Parenting and Religiosity on Deviance in Slovene Adolescents

Emerson, Andrea (2014-04-23)

The current investigation studied the relations between positive parenting (parental warmth and monitoring), adolescent religiosity, low self-control, and deviance among Slovenian adolescents (N = 816). The study sought ...

An Examination of Collaborative Training Methods among Participants in the Family Child Care Partnerships Program

Manning, Jessica (2007-12-15)

The purpose of the study was to examine the differences between various forms of collaborative training methods for family child care providers, and to determine which methods were most effective in increasing the use of ...

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 ...

Family Functioning and Children's Sleep Schedule, Quality and Quantity

Martin, Karen (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

Browder, Sara (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

Huang, Li (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 ...

Future Orientation, Impulsivity, and Deviance: Longitudinal Relationships and Multilevel Processes

Chen, Pan (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 ...

Health Related Outcomes among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth and Young Adults

Jenkins, Dusty (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

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). ...

The Interplay of Parental Marital Conflict and Divorce in Young Adult Children's Relationships with Parents and Romantic Partners

Yu, Tianyi (2007-08-15)

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 ...