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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Families and Family Life"”.
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Effects of teaching on coping behaviors of family members of schizophrenic patients
Coping is a complex combination of thoughts and actions used by individuals to deal with real or perceived stress, and one potentially stressful situation is living in a family with a person who has a schizophrenic illness. This study was designed to investigate the effects of teaching on the …
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Can nurture alter nature? The effects of a parenting intervention program on reducing antisocial behaviors
… of antisocial behaviors, ranging from genetic and biological factors (such as temperament) to environmental influences (such as parenting), have been implicated in previous research. Most contemporary researchers recognize an interactive relationship between the innate and environmental …
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Perceptions of Schools and Implications for Best Practices
… to changing social conditions, the role of grandparents in America is being redefined. Rather than playing the traditional role in the lives of their grandchildren, grandparents have assumed full responsibility for raising them during times of crisis. The number of children living in …
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Growing up adopted: an examination of adoptees' socialization experiences
… exploratory fashion, the self-reported positive and negative remarks made to adult adoptees' while growing up as an adopted person in our culture and their attitudes towards adoption. Our current understanding of adoption adjustment is based on unsupported opinion emanating primarily from theory, …
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Married, Cohabiting, and Dating Couples Presenting for Couple and Family Therapy
There is limited research on the nature and presenting concerns of different-sex cohabiting couples attending therapy. Research suggests that cohabiting and dating couples have lower levels of commitment, which makes their participation in therapy idiosyncratic (Smock, 2000). Information on this …
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Fatherhood and a Partner's Postpartum Depression: Coping, Relationship Satisfaction, Gender Roles, and Empathy
… existed between father’s coping style and their level of relationship satisfaction, empathy, and views on gender. Five fathers, between the ages of 27 and 46 volunteered their participation in this study. Fathers were recruited through their partners from medical and mental health …
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The Effects of Family, Neighborhood, and Child Care Contexts on Preschool Children's School Readiness
The purpose of this study was to examine how family socioeconomic risk, neighborhood disadvantage, and child-care quality are associated with children's school readiness. A sample of 420 children from 48 early child-care programs yielded multi-informants' data from an evaluation study of a Quality …
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Proactive vs. Reactive Parental Mediation: The Influence of Mediation’s Timing at Reducing Violent TV’s Effect on Children’s Aggression-related Outcomes
… the relationship between active mediation and children’s aggression-related outcomes. An experiment with 150 children ages 5-7 and 10-12 revealed that the timing of active mediation alters the influence of the mediation, and that the effect of mediation’s timing depends on children’s level …
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A women’s talking circle: A narrative study of positive intergenerational communication
Narrative inquiry was used to understand how women’s experiences with their mothers, grandmothers, and daughters and as mothers, grandmothers, and daughters contribute to their meaning making of communication and connectedness with unrelated women. A purposeful sample of nine women aged 31-69 from …
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Separated by Removal: Impact of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Children’s Post-Secondary Educational Goals
… Coleman’s (1988) framework of social capital, and Bronfenbrenner’s (1979; 2005) Ecological Systems Theory framework, as a way to interpret the reciprocal relationship between the adolescents and their environments, and to discuss how this relationship could affect their aspirations to pursue a …
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Rents, efficiency, and incomplete markets: exploring the inner workings of the emerging market for private land preservation and conservation easements
This economic study explores land market development and identifies contributing sources to incomplete markets (markets that do not operate efficiently or yield consistent price information). I make the case that the market for private land preservation–land that is preserved through the efforts of …
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Kin and Kilometers: A Qualitative Study of Long-Distance Relationships from the Perspective of Transgenerational Theory
… Theory, a foundational theory in the Marriage and Family Therapy field. Semi-structured individual and conjoint interviews were conducted via web-based communication technology with six LDR couples who were separated due to the demands of work, school, or family care giving. Genograms were …
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Communication Apprehension in the Classroom: A Study of Nontraditional Graduate Students at Ohio University
A common practice in colleges and universities throughout the United States is to make verbal communication and class participation a requirement for academic success. However, for some students this type of verbal communication in the classroom can produce physical and emotional anxiety that can …
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Glorified Daughters: The Glorification of Daughters on Roman Epitaphs
… described on their tombstones based on their age and the Roman virtues valued at the time. It primarily focuses on descriptors, superlatives used, the dedicators who commissioned the work, girls who died before their wedding, and ages of girls which have excesses in the months or days she lived as …