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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Distal Factors"”.
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Understanding the Determinants of Parental Decision-Making and Harsh Parenting Behavior
… who were new to parenting was mostly impacted by distal factors (e.g., age, race, traditional beliefs about parenting); negative affect inducing conditions had an effect on their increase in preference for harsh parenting. Specific individual differences in the effect of cognitive-emotional strain …
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Becoming and Remaining an Activist: A Qualitative Study of Animal and Disability Rights Activism among Older Youth
… study explored seven early childhood (i.e., distal) and current (i.e., proximal) factors self-reported by older youth as being important in shaping their personal life course toward becoming and remaining involved in the animal rights movement: 1) education, 2) gender, 3) lifestyle, 4) …
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A Model of the Relationship of Perceived Mental and Emotional Problems in the Family-of-Origin on Marital Satisfaction of Adult Offspring
… the data well. Results showed that historical (distal) factors (such as psychopathology in the family-of-origin) explain only a small portion of the variance in adult offspring marital satisfaction and suggest that more contemporary (proximal) factors (such as individual characteristics) have a …
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Maternal Caregivers' Organization of and Reasoning Behind Coping Suggestions to Deal with Community Violence Exposure
… Regression analyses were used to examine distal influences on caregivers' reasoning behind their coping suggestions to their children; these analyses were conducted separately by caregiver education. The most important determinant of caregivers' reasoning was their own coping style, …
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Risk, family functioning, and child competence in head start families
… Kasser, Zax, Sameroff & Seifer (1993), risk factors were classified by theoretical proximity to the child into distal intermediate and proximal risk indices. Focusing on socio-emotional competence, this study tested the theory that distal factors, such as poverty, influence competence largely …
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Behavioural Difficulties in Early Childhood: Findings from a Longitudinal Birth Cohort
… and executive control. Investigation into risk factors indicated that maternal mental health at multiple time points was associated with the development and persistence of early childhood behavioural difficulties. Parenting factors, such as maternal self-evaluation and harsh parenting styles …