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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Individual & family studies"”.
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In whom we trust: factors that influence university student
This paper explores the sources of parenting help and child growth and development information for parents who are also college students. Student parents' levels of hope in relationship to their likelihood to accept help and information from a variety of sources is also examined. The …
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Making Coffee
Making Coffee is a fiction film shot in Toronto during the spring of 2014. It is a social drama that explores the fatherson relationship within a contemporary Canadian society. The story also touches upon issues of immigration and the importance of friendship in coping with loneliness in a foreign …
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Verbal aggression in sibling relationships
The major focus of this study was to further investigate the area of sibling verbal aggression. In order to research this area, students at West Virginia University and their siblings were asked to complete a questionnaire about verbal aggression. The results showed that self-reports of verbal …
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Parents living within the paradoxes of infant death from life-limiting anomaly: A grounded theory study
BACKGROUND: Life-limiting congenital anomalies are the leading cause of death of infants in the United States. Most of these infants die in intensive care units with limited access to adequate palliative/end-of-life care. There is an extensive knowledge gap about the experience of the parent of …
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Determining the effects on parental attitudes and parenting styles towards child rearing after participation in a rural parenting program
The intent of this study was to examine parental attitudes toward parenting and parenting styles before and after participation in a rural parent education program. The parental attitudes toward parenting were measured by the Parental Attitude Research Instrument (PARI). The three parenting styles; …
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Analysis of the West Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect 2005 Court Improvement Program's re-evaluation
This is a secondary Analysis of the West Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Circuit Courtroom system based on the 1995 and 2005 Court Improvement Programs State Evaluations. This article focuses on the West Virginia child abuse and neglect court in relation to Reasonable Efforts Policy. The …
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Parent Civic Behavior and Observed Civic Messages: Associations with Adolescent Civic Behavior and Prioritization
The current study employed observational and multi-informant survey methodology to explore associations among parents' civic behaviors, observed parent and adolescent messages about civic obligation, and adolescents' civic behavior and prioritization (should) judgments. A sample of 160 adolescents …
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Maternal attitudes and their influence on the creativity level of preschool children
The purpose of the study was to determine if maternal attitudes influenced the creativity of preschool children. The Torrance Test of Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement (TCAM) was used to measure the creativity level of the children. The Parent As A Teacher (PAAT) was used to assess …
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Father-Son Family Communication Patterns and Gender Ideologies: A Modeling and Compensation Analysis
… to advance father-son research by investigating family communication and gender ideologies. Specifically, the study assessed the specific messages fathers transmit to sons regarding gender ideologies, relationships between family communication patterns and gender ideologies, and the utility of …
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Adolescents' perceptions of interparental conflict and the impact on their aggressive communication traits
This study examines the relationship between interparental conflict and adolescents' aggressive communication while utilizing tolerance for disagreement as a mediating variable. Participants were 159 high school students. Participants completed a modified version of the Children's Perception of …
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Parents With Adverse Childhood Experiences: Exploring Buffering Effects Of A Brief Couple Intervention
Adults with Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) report greater relational distress and lower relationship satisfaction. Enhanced risk amongst those with ACEs may be due to increased stress sensitization. The transition to parenthood (and years thereafter) is therefore an important window for …
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Parent and sibling relationship influences on late adolescent social anxiety and other adjustment outcomes
… study was to examine associations among several family relationships and adolescent social anxiety utilizing a family systems perspective. The second objective was to investigate specific family relationships and their association with adolescent adjustment outcomes such as depression, general …
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Parental influences on high school student achievement and goals
The present study examined parental influences on educational and career goals of high school students. Data on educational and career goals from the Perceived Life Chances Interview were derived from 124 rural adolescents. One hundred of their mothers and 36 of their fathers completed the …
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A West Virginia family in World War II
As an analysis and examination of the letters of two West Virginia residents written during each resident's service in World War II, this thesis compares the wartime experiences of a brother and sister against secondary and primary source literature covering World War II and the Women's Army …
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Tattooing and high-risk behavior among adolescents
High-risk behavior in the domains of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, and sexual behavior were investigated in relation to tattoo presence/absence among adolescents aged 18-22 years. Adolescents' motivations to become tattooed were also explored. Participants included 400 tattooed and non-tattooed …
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Sexual objectification, self-objectification, self-efficacy, and female identity development: A preliminary study
Sexual and self-objectification, self-efficacy and identity status were investigated using data collected from undergraduate and graduate classes from West Virginia University. Subjects were 267 females, ages 18--23. The four variables were measured as follows: (a) Cultural Sexual Objectification …
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Emotion-based personality traits and associations with conflict tactics and relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships
The purpose of this study was to assess the role that emotion based personality traits play in conflict tactic choice and relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships. The researchers proposed that emotional intelligence and affective orientation influenced the choice of verbally aggressive …
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University students' perceptions of their parents' childrearing styles associated with their inclinations to become parents
… (APAQ) completed by Child Development and Family Studies majors in 2007. The purpose was to determine patterns of perceptions in guardians' parenting styles, then compare the participants' inclinations to become parents and their rankings of importance (low, medium, or high; low and high) …
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Friendship characteristics associated with adolescent friendship maintenance and dissolution
This study examined the association between early adolescents' friendship features and friendship outcomes (maintenance vs. dissolution and overall quality) following friendship problems. Also of interest was whether the reported causes of friendship problems and friendship dissolution differed. …
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Friendship Quality of Early Adolescent Girls in relation to Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Social Anxiety, and Interpersonal Skill
… quality in a sample of early adolescent girls. Family triads (N = 67) including male and female caregivers and a daughter between the ages of 12 and 14 completed questionnaires regarding parental autonomy-granting and communication. Adolescents completed measures of parental psychological …
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