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Family functioning and adolescent leisure patterns
The relationship between leisure and the family is one that has been studied by both family scholars and leisure scholars. However, due to definitional and methodological limitations of the research, the understanding of this relationship still remains unclear. Moreover, this relationship is …
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Family Functioning in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder
Poor family functioning is common among children and adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Previous research suggests that depressed children describe their families as less cohesive, supportive, communicative, and as more conflictual than do their nondepressed peers. The present study …
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Family Leisure Involvement and Family Functioning in Samoa
… was to (a) examine the relationship between family leisure involvement and aspects of family functioning (adaptability and cohesion) among Samoan families residing on American Samoa, and (b) to compare the Samoan data to a broad sample of American families to provide a cross-cultural …
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Family Functioning and Hypertension in a Black Population
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Kinetic family drawings as indices of family functioning
Kinetic Family Drawings (KFDs) are Projective drawings which require the drawer to give 'action' to the depicted figures. A number of studies have been conducted following its inception in 1970. (Burns & Kaufman, 1970; 1972). Upon examination of these studies, however, it is evident that those …
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The Relationship between Family Functioning and Adolescent Substance Use
… variables of adolescent's perception of family adaptation, cohesion, and communication, parental use of substances, adolescent age and gender and the criterion variables of adolescent behavioral intention and self-reported use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. The theoretical …
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Maladaptive cognitive schemas associated with perceptions of family functioning
Cognitive manifestations of personality functioning have recently been hypothesized as a critical dimension for understanding personality styles. Core cognitive schemas are believed to originate in early family experiences as the individual develops cognitive strategies and behavioral patterns in …
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Family preservation, a study of change in family functioning
This study on family preservation services examined the relationship between certain family characteristics and their impact on child placement rates. Information on families that received family preservation services was collected using the Family Assessment Form (1993). The variables that were …
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Teaching Problem-Solving to Improve Family Functioning and Decrease Suicidality
… including poor problem-solving skills, poor family functioning, excessive risk-taking behaviors, legal difficulties, and school difficulties. Deficits in problem-solving skills and poor family functioning are typically reported together, indicating a relationship between the two. However, no …
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Multiple Role Women and their Spouses: Variables Effecting Family Functioning
… role conflict, coping and marital adjustment on family functioning as experienced by multiple role women and their spouses. The family has long been recognized as the most important contextual influence in human growth and development. Nurses have been working with families for generations, …
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Risk, family functioning, and child competence in head start families
… effects on more proximal factors, such as family functioning. Participants were 25 preschoolers who were enrolled in Head Start programs in Southern New England and their families. Parents completed self-report questionnaires that provided information on 10 risk factors, including family …
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Family functioning and coping behaviors in parents of children with autism
… affects the dynamics and coping behaviors of a family. A majority of studies on families with a child with autism collect information from the mother but not the father. Therefore, this study examined the involvement of both parents from a family systems theory approach, which compares …
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Contributions of Family Leisure to Family Functioning Among Single-Parent Families
… of this study was to examine the contribution of family leisure involvement to the family functioning of single-parent families among a large national representative sample. Two samples were gathered. The single-parent sample consisted of 384 families (384 parents and 384 youth). The dual-parent …
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An Examination of Family Skiing and Its Relationship to Family Functioning
… study was to examine the relationships between family downhill skiing patterns and family functioning. The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II), was used to measure family functioning. Questions created by the researcher were used to measure the average number of family …
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Families Created by Identifiable Egg Donation: Family Functioning in Early Childhood
… the UK since 2005, no studies have yet examined family functioning in families formed this way when children are in early childhood. The aim of this thesis was first, to examine the effect of the absence of a genetic link between mother and child and, second, to examine mothers’ perspectives on …
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Expressed emotion and child disturbance: An investigation of parent and family functioning.
… expressed emotion in parents and two other family risk factors known to contribute to child disturbance, psychological distress in parents and overall family dysfunction. The degree to which this set of risk factors predicted child problem behaviour ratings was also examined. The sample …
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Chinese migrant families in New Zealand: Family functioning and individual well-being
Migration is a process that affects family functioning and well-being. The purpose of my thesis was to examine the influence of migration on family functioning and individual well-being in Chinese migrant families with adolescents in New Zealand. To achieve this, three studies were conducted. Study …
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Professional and Personal Lives of Psychologists: Spillover, Family Functioning, and Life Satsiafction
… was used to examine work life, spillover, family, and personal lives. A measure of spillover, Stressors and Enhancers for Psychologists, was also evaluated. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated two negatively correlated dimensions of work spillover: positive spillover termed family …
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