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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Family & Consumer Sciences"”.
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Exploring Intersections in the Intimate Lives of Mexican Origin Women
Relationship research on Mexican origin women often focuses on their ethnicity while ignoring other aspects of their lives. Mexican origin women are diverse and as researchers we need to study this diversity. Informed by Chicana Feminism, this dissertation examines the experiences of Mexican origin …
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Aggressive, Assertive and Non-confrontational Forms of Defending: Differentiation of Forms and Consequences of Defending
The factor structure of the newly created Enacted Defending Scale (EDS) was investigated to better understand what strategies of defending children and adolescents enact to defend their peers from peer victimization. This investigation resulted in a 5-factor model, representative of assertive, …
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An Examination of Relational Sacrifices: Associations with Daily Commitment and Satisfaction and Tripartite Commitment Experiences
In this dissertation, I focus on associations between relational sacrifices and commitment (e.g., daily commitment and tripartite dimensions of commitment). This collection of empirically and conceptually related studies are guided by interdependence and commitment theories. First, in Paper 1, …
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Attrition of Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teachers: A Phenomenological Analysis of Former Secondary CTE Teachers
… applied to the participants in the study. The Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge was also applied to evaluate the perennial issue of teacher attrition. The emerging themes include insufficient salary, lack of career progression, teacher burnout, the development of a quality …