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Therapist Effectiveness, the Therapeutic Alliance, and Change in Couples Therapy: An Exploratory Study
(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 ...
Continuity of Parenting across Generations: The Interplay of Parenting Styles and Age at First Birth
(2011-07-28)
Using prospective longitudinal data, this study examined cross-generational linkages in positive and negative parenting and in age of becoming a parent. Of particular interest was whether early-childhood parenting and being ...
Linkages Between Identity Formation, Romantic Relationship Attachment, and Life Role Salience Among Young Adult Women
(2011-04-06)
Several important developmental processes occur in the young adulthood period. Young adults must form their identities, determine trajectories regarding careers, marriage, and parenthood (as well as the importance of these ...
Is the Level of Weight Gain During College Freshmen’s First Semester Related to Changes in the Regulation of Food, Strength Training, and Appearance Satisfaction, During the Second Semester?
(2011-11-15)
Multiple studies have found that college students gain a significant amount of weight during their college career. The present study goes beyond measuring the amount of weight that college student gain, and identifies ...
Predicting Dyadic Synchrony in Early Childhood: Maternal, Child, and Contextual Antecedents
(2011-01-05)
Parent-child dyadic synchrony has been found to predict children’s later adjustment outcomes. However, few studies have examined the factors that promote or interfere with the development of synchrony. Using data from the ...
Children’s Cortisol in Preschool and Aggression One Year Later in Kindergarten
(2011-01-05)
Previous research has examined associations between aggression and cortisol throughout the lifespan, with most studies concluding that individuals with lower basal cortisol exhibit more aggressive and antisocial behavior. ...
The Influence of Family Routines on the Resilience of Low-Income Preschoolers
(2011-04-28)
Using data from the Birth to Three Phase (1996-2001) of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, I investigated whether family routines play a role in the development of young children’s social competence and ...
The Influence of Gender Views, Behaviors and Their Consistency on African American Marital Quality
(2011-11-30)
Prior research findings have repeatedly supported the link between egalitarianism and high marital quality among married Americans overall. However, findings linking egalitarianism to marital quality for African American ...
Sleep and Cognitive Functioning: The Moderating Role of Vagal Indices
(2011-12-05)
This dissertation contains two studies. In the first study, vagal tone and vagal reactivity (indexed by respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA) were examined as possible moderators of the associations between both actigraphy ...
Examining Family Structure and Half-Sibling Influence on Adolescent Well-Being
(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 ...