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Showing 1 to 20 of 455 for “"Family, Life Course, and Society"”.
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All in the family home: The biological children of parents who foster
… for the biological children of the foster family? While foster parents may feel drained by the needs of the foster children in their homes, the biological children may feel neglected by their parents. How do these children respond to—and perceive—the reality of foster children in their …
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Level of adaptive behaviour according to the occupational status of foster adolescents in independent living
… in school part-time, working part-time, and not in school or working. Information for adolescent profiles was obtained from case files, as well as from the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale which was completed by adolescents’ social workers. It is expected that these profiles will assist …
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Transracial adoption (TRA) and the development of ethnoracial identity
… on the experience of transracial adoption and the development of identity has indicated that supports for this process are required. Research that has not named transracial adoption as negatively impacting on identity has also recommended these kinds of family supports. There has, however, …
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Living with a memory-impaired spouse: (Re)cognizing the experience, (re)storying support
… results in severe cognitive deterioration and the victim will become increasingly unable to manage his or her own care needs. Someone else will be required to take on responsibility for attending to these needs. If married, the person most likely to be implicated is the spouse. Research has …
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The Bodhisattva and relationship: Thich Nhat Hanh and Rita Gross on the integration of parenting and Buddhist practice among non-Asian, North American Buddhists
One of the key elements in the growth and adaptation of Buddhism in North America is the integration of Buddhist practice and family life (see Farrer-Halls: 2002, 88; Ikeda-Nash: 2000, 297-300; Tsomo: 2000, 327; 1999b, 26; 1995, 12; Gross: 1999b, 105; Nhat Hanh: 1996, 200; Mandell: 1995, 51; …
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The Empirical Development of a Preparation for Marriage Curriculum for Twelfth-Grade Students
… enrich the student's knowledge about dating and marriage, and teach specific relational skills.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> A systematic procedure was undertaken in the development and validation of the product. First, the content of a pre-marriage course was identified through an examination of …
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Perceived Family Emotional Relationships, Person Orientations, and Expected-Job-Satisfaction Among Teachers in Training in Mexico : a Test of Anne Roe's Theory of Vocational Interest and Choice with the General Culture Group
… Anne Roe claims that occupational interests and person orientation develop to a significant extent from the complex interaction of family emotional relationships in the formative years. She describes three basic family patters (Accepting, Concentrating, and Avoiding) of needs satisfaction as …
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The Employed Versus the Nonemployed Mother: the Effects on the Seventh-day Adventist Family in Southwestern Michigan
… effects that the employed mother has on the family. The purpose of this study was to research the effects that the nonemployed and employed Seventh-day Adventist mother, in southwestern Michigan, has on the family.</p> <p>The broad hypothesis for this study is that nonemployed mothers have a …
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The Meaning of Marriage to the Voluntarily Childless Couple
… to show that childlessness is a contemporary and growing trend. However, no known study has been done to explore what marriage means to the couple who chooses childlessness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of marriage to the voluntarily childless couple.</p> …
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The Experience of Growing Up in a Minister's Home and the Religious Commitment of the Adult Child of a Minister
… between the unique aspects of the pastoral family, the relationships of the PK, and his or her adult religious commitment.</p> <p>Method. The population included Seventh-day Adventist pastors' children (PKs) who were age 25 or older and whose fathers were ministers for at least 10 years …
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Theoretical Orientations to Reading and Reading Instructional Practices of Selected Home-Education Parents in Southwest Michigan
… <br />(2) their reading instructional practices, and <br />(3) the consistency between parents' beliefs and practice.</p> <p>Method. This study used multiple sources of data. Demographic information was collected from 78 active home educators in southwest Michigan. DeFord's (1985) Theoretical …
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An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction in Stepfamilies Toward an Integration of Three Conceptual Models of Relationship Satisfaction
… marriages than remarriages. Although the stepfamily is a dominant and unique family type, it lacks its own theoretical framework from which to investigate factors that contribute to marital satisfaction and stepfamily success.</p> <p>Method. This study evaluated marital satisfaction in …
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