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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"family social capital"”.
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Investigating family social capital and child health: a case study of South Africa
The link between family social capital and child health has not been well investigated in developing countries. This study assessed socioeconomic inequalities in child health and in family social capital in South Africa. It also assessed the relationship between family social capital and child …
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Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
… child health and well-being are dependent upon social factors such as interactions with caregivers and communities. Family social capital (FSC) addresses the interrelated nature of child health and family interaction while also promoting family cohesion as currency to stimulate wellness. While …
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Family social capital, mother's perception of child's physical competence, and mother's acculturation as determinants of children's physical activity level and body mass index
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Kinesiology, 2010
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Social Capital and Adolescent Student At-Risk Behaviors
… of adolescent students in relation to levels of social capital of 9–12 grade students. Data were gathered from the Youth Risk and Protective Factors Survey (YRPFS), administered to ninth through twelfth grade students in a school district located in a medium size midwest city. Factor analysis …
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The inner life of a born-global family firm: the nexus between internationalisation, social capital and organisational change
This thesis investigates the evolution of social capital within a born-global family firm (FF) in the agricultural sector, focusing on how social capital develops and transforms throughout international expansion and organisational change. Conducting a longitudinal study of APV, an Austrian …
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A Study Of The Associations Between Childhood Obesity And Three Forms Of Social Capital
… between obesity in children and measures of social capital. </p> <p>Context: Persons between 2 and 20 years of age are categorized as "obese" if their BMI is in 95th percentile or above for their age and sex using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI-for-age growth charts. …
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Utilizing Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Examine Social Capital
… for assessing the latent factor structure of the Social Capital Rating Scale (SCRS). The rating scale, an instrument developed for measuring the parent involvement and the peer network of high school students, contains twenty-two items selected from the student questionnaire of the National …
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Adoptive Status, Social Capital, and Academic Achievement
… the relationships among adoptive status, social capital, and academic achievement. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) had 609 adopted and 11, 940 non-adopted adolescents. I used OLS regression models to help explain why adopted adolescents have …
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Religion and Academic Achievement Among Adolescents
… However, some studies show that this is due to family and community factors; for example, variation in levels of family capital among religious affiliates may explain this association. Yet, whether religious factors affect academic achievement among adolescents may also be due to the concordance …
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Social Capital and the Transition to College for Asian Americans
… for Asian Americans, this study explored if social capital is related to four-year college enrollment and the highest level of educational expectation. Whites were included in the study for comparative purposes.</p> <p>The main research question focuses on the extent demographic …
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Pathways from School Bullying to Adult Aggression: A Longitudinal Study
… sample of young people living in the Australian Capital Territory. This study consists of three waves of self-report data collected from 88 females and 63 males (N=151) during primary school (Time 1), high school (Time 2) and emerging adulthood (Time 3). The study extends earlier analyses to …
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Pathways from School Bullying to Adult Aggression: A Longitudinal Study
… sample of young people living in the Australian Capital Territory. This study consists of three waves of self-report data collected from 88 females and 63 males (N=151) during primary school (Time 1), high school (Time 2) and emerging adulthood (Time 3). The study extends earlier analyses to …
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The Predictive Influence of Family and Community Demographic Variables on Grade 7 Student Achievement in Language Arts and Mathematics
… to determine the combination of community and family-level demographic variables found in the 2010 U.S. Census data that most accurately predicted a New Jersey school district’s percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the 2010, 2011, and 2012 NJ ASK 7 in Language Arts and …
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The Effects of Parental Practices on Adolescent Sexual Initiation Prior to Age 16
In my dissertation I examine the transmission of family social capital from parent to child, as it impacts adolescent sexual initiation prior to age 16. I extend the application of James Coleman's ideas and borrow from the conclusions of Alejandro Portes to integrate social capital theory with …
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An investigation into emerging social relations among rural young people : the relationship between social networking and individual, family and community social capital
… becoming familiar with new technologies such as social networking. This has resulted in a reliance on the internet to create and sustain friendships. These online networks can comprise of many members and among teenagers frequently range from several hundred to over at house and online friends. …
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Family and Schooling Effects on Educational Attainment: Great Britain and the United States Compared
… societies, education is a key resource for social mobility, andknowledge about the educational attainment process is critical to understandinginequality. In this dissertation, I study how key family characteristics and earlyeducational accomplishments affect educational attainment as youths …