Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Risk and protective factors"”.
-
Resilience, Risk and Protective Factors among Nigerian Youth
… investigation studied resilience, self-efficacy, and factors that support or impede these qualities. A quantitative method design was used for the study, which applied ecological theory and the risk and resilience framework to obtain data relating to the impact of family, the environment, and …
-
Neurocognitive risk and protective factors in addictive disorders
Cognitive impairments and changes in the structure and function of related brain regions, namely the prefrontal cortex and striatum, have long been implicated in drug addiction. However, it is unknown whether these abnormalities predate substance abuse, potentially serving as risk factors for …
-
Neighborhood risk and protective factors for teenage childbearing and fathering
<p> <b>Background and Purpose:</b> </p> <p>Informed by ecological systems theory, social disorganization theory and social capital theory, this study investigates the neighborhood contexts associated with teenage childbearing and fathering for Latino and Black adolescents who resided in Denver …
-
SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
Arab Americans are a rapidly growing and increasingly marginalized ethnic group. Despite evidence that anti-Arab discrimination has increased in the past two decades, there remains a dearth of literature. The only published empirical investigation of suicide risk among Arab Americans utilized …
-
An investigation into the risk and protective factors associated with youth offending
This thesis examines risk and protective factors associated with youth offending and how these have been applied to legislation, prevention and intervention. The first chapter reviews current trends in youth offending and approaches to treatment and interventions with young offenders. The second …
-
Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Smoking in Rural versus Urban Environments
… The purpose of this study is to compare risk and protective factors for adolescents living in rural and urban environments. An ecological framework was used to examine variables from the individual, family, peer, school, and community contexts. The influence of these variables was …
-
Risk and protective factors in the relationship between peer victimization and internalizing disorders
… of individual (gender, ethnicity, grade level) and social (receipt of prosocial support from peers, peer victimization) risk and protective factors in terms of association with psychopathology. The examination was conducted in a rural sample of elementary school children of multiple ethnicities. …
-
The Intergenerational Transfer of Criminal Justice Involvement: Risk and Protective Factors As Moderating Variables
… has proven especially strong between parents and children. Different demographic factors slightly alter the strength and significance of the transfer, but the established relationship between the criminal justice involvement of the parent and the increased likelihood of the child’s criminal …
-
A Descriptive Multiple Case Study of Caucasian Female Suicide Attempters: Risk and Protective Factors
<p>Problem</p> <p>Suicide is a problem globally and in the United States. Suicide rates for youth have remained particularly high. Caucasian men complete more suicidal acts than women, but women are more frequent suicide attempters. To gain information about the phenomenon of female suicide …
-
Understanding Postpartum Depression from a Structural Family Theory Perspective: Examining Risk and Protective Factors
This study examined pregnancy risk and protective factors for developing postpartum depression from a structural family theory lens. The purpose of this study was to (1) examine previously identified pregnancy stressors to learn which stressors put women more at risk for postpartum depression and …
-
Understanding Postpartum Depression from a Structural Family Theory Perspective: Examining Risk and Protective Factors
This study examined pregnancy risk and protective factors for developing postpartum depression from a structural family theory lens. The purpose of this study was to (1) examine previously identified pregnancy stressors to learn which stressors put women more at risk for postpartum depression and …
-
Risk And Protective Factors Related to Female/Male Use Of Alcohol In Grades 7-12
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate risk and protective factors related to the use of alcohol during a 30-day time frame for 7th-12 th grade females/males. The comparisons were male non-users to male users, female non-users to female users, and male users to female users. Data were …
-
Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Distress Following a Morally Injurious Event in Combat Veterans
… likelihood of experiencing anxiety, depressive, and posttraumatic stress symptoms of combat veterans. Research has found that guilt and shame are associated with higher levels of symptomology following morally injurious events. Similarly, individuals who are high in trait proneness to guilt and …
-
Peer victimization and substance use in early adolescence: longitudinal analyses of risk and protective factors
This dissertation uses socio-ecological and transactional frameworks (Bronfenbrenner, 1977; Espelage & Swearer, 2003; Sameroff & Chandler, 1975) to examine how variables in adolescents’ individual, family, and peer contexts interact to predict, and prevent, peer victimization and subsequent …
-
Parenting : risk and protective factors for mothers with a history of exposure to family violence.
… the influence of intimate partner violence and early childhood abuse on women’s current parenting, and to identify other factors which aid or interrupt positive parenting and how these factors might affect their children’s’ behaviour. Method: Women from the greater Cape Town region in South …
Page 1 of 7