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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Families & family life"”.
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Prostate Cancer Screening Intention among Black Men: A Multivariate Analysis
… men, Immigrant Black men, Prostate Cancer, Families, Family Life Education, Intimacy, Relationships</em></p>
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The Process of Ending Domestic Violence among Latinas: Aguantando No Mas
… and religious beliefs, the importance of family, and the needs of their children were reasons for aguantando or enduring the abuse. The decision to no longer aguantar, or endure, occurred through a series of encounters with "allies", the loss of hope their partner was going to change his …
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Functioning among Taiwanese Families with a Child Having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
… the factors with functioning among Taiwanese families with a child having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). This research investigated the level of a child's mobility upon family hardiness, functioning, and support from a family perspective. A total sample of 126 of participants was parents …
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Homeless Mothers' Perceptions of Parenting in Shelters
Descriptions of parenting in a homeless shelter were obtained from nine single mothers housed in one of two shelters in a major southwestern border metroplex. Case study methodology was used to obtain their perspectives on parenting in this unique context. Content analysis was used to organize and …
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The Relationship between Marital Interdependence and Adaptation to Parenthood in Primiparous Couples
Using marital interdependence and adaptation to parenthood as exemplars of Roy Adaptation Model concepts of Interdependence and Role Function, this study investigated relationships between prenatal expectations and postpartum realities of marital interdependence, adaptation to parenthood, and …
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Effects of Family Stress, Family Social Support, and Family Balance on Maternal Adaptation in Post Birth Families
… study was to describe the effects of perinatal family stress, family social support, and family balance on post birth maternal adaptation. The birth of a new infant is a transitional event that causes stress to the individuals within the family and the family as a unit. The childbearing woman …
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The Experiences of Taiwanese Women Caregiving for Parents-in-Law
… care and was influenced by the depth of family relationships, their appreciation and degree of reinforcement. The extent of the difficulties and the resources for care also affected the ability to continue caring. Additionally, the strategy of Keeping Harmony, was adopted by caregivers to …
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A Phenomenological Inquiry of Nurse Transition to Family-Centered Perinatal Nursing
… nurses caring for perinatal patients and their families view their clinical practice role after experiencing the transition from traditional maternity care to family-centered perinatal nursing. The volunteer participants in the study were 13 female registered nurses employed on a family-centered …
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Families Moving Forward: Homeless Women with Children Transitioning to Independent Living
Family homelessness is one of the most profound and disturbing social problems of the 21st century and is projected to remain an ongoing issue for the United States in upcoming years. The fastest growing segment in the homeless population continues to be families, specifically single women with …
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Children with HIV: How they Feel About What Parents Say
… they are capable of perceiving the stigmatizing, life-threatening nature of their illness. Many parents desire to protect them from this knowledge by avoiding an open dialogue about their disease, even though pediatric professionals advocate disclosure. Research-based guidelines about the risks …
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Storytelling in Project Heart to Heart: A Means to Bridge Generational Gap in Post-1965 Filipino Immigrant Families
… shared with. This is how stories are told. Most families usually develop a body of stories that is passed on from one generation to the next generation. These stories are used to preserve the family member's identity, history, and values. The stories touch not only our past experiences, but also …
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Giving Up and Giving In: Young Adolescents' Dilemmas when Caring for a Grandparent with Alzheimer's Disease
… negating the impact caregiving has on younger family members. Importantly, 75% of caregivers are female; 31% of these women have children at home under the age of 12 and 23% live with a child aged 12–17. As such, adolescents will be increasingly involved in the care of Alzheimer's victims. This …
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The Balancing Act: Work Environment Issues for Women with Children in Student Affairs
… by women. This work with the co-curricular life of the students in higher education requires administrators at all levels to have a flexible schedule with the ability to commit evenings and weekends to their work. Challenges for academe and for women in the profession have emerged as more …
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Nobody's Ever Asked Me That Before: Middle School Students Talk about Motivation to Achieve in School Contexts
… relied heavily on their network of friends and family as they adjusted to their new school contexts, and teachers also influenced motivation through their teaching practices, interactions with students, and expectations for student success or failure.
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Exploring the Impact on Students of Western Universities on Foreign Soil: A Case Study of Qatar
… while attending the universities with their own family traditions and religious beliefs. Individual student interviews, a focus group, and administrator interviews were the primary methods of data collection, and a cross case analysis was conducted to discover patterns that cut across the …
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How Working Mothers Negotiate Work-Family Conflict: An Exploration of Work Satisfaction, Home Life Satisfaction, and Partner Supportiveness
The demographics of the American workforce and family structures have shifted dramatically over the past 60 years, but traditional work and domestic roles have evolved only slightly. Women are more impacted than men by fixed interpretations of gender roles due to their assumption of professional …
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Leadership in a Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study of a Latina Chief Executive Officer in a California Community College
… were strongly influenced by their close family ties, their cultural identity, and their parents' emphasis on education. They developed their bicultural identity and bilingual ability early in life. All spoke unaccented English and Spanish. Their female gender and the Hispanic culture …
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Investigating the mediating effects of family emotional expressiveness, language skills, social skills, on relationship between the early caregiving environment and future adolescent behavior outcomes
… but this relationship was not mediated by family emotional expressiveness in 3 rd grade. Family emotional expressiveness was found to predict 6 th grade social skills, but this was not mediated by 4 th grade language skills. Evidence of an indirect effect of language skills on social skills …
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Leadership for Social Change: Learning from Latina/Chicana Activist Educators
… and community mentors/models, significant life events, and educational experiences. Their heightened and evolving consciousness and social justice identity fueled their activism and leadership. The stories of their experiences demonstrate a theory of action that emphasizes a …
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