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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"mother daughter relationship"”.
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Influences of the Mother-Daughter Relationship on Motivations for Sexual Behavior
The influences of family relationship variables on motivations for adolescent sexual risk-taking were investigated. Previous research has linked these variables to adolescent sexual behavior, however, the nature of these links has not been specifically examined. Family variables were …
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTACHMENT STYLE AND BODY IMAGE IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS: A FOCUS ON THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP
… systems perspective, this study explored the relationships between attachment between mother and daughters, daughter's body image, and the daughter's perception of what her mother thinks of her body. It was hypothesized that secure attachment would correlate with satisfied body image in the …
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Stage(d) mothers: mother-daughter tropes in Twentieth-Century American drama
The relationship between mother and daughter is an important one for many women. In learning how to best become a successful member of society, daughters look to their mothers to demonstrate the behaviors and beliefs appropriate to a female. Such explicit and implicit instruction makes the …
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Exploring the intergenerational risk for intimate partner violence among Latina mother-daughter pairs
… parents who then later may enter abusive dating relationships. Latinos are growing segments of the population with unique cultural factors influencing the occurrence of IPV. The author used an existing longitudinal data from the Women and Family Project (McCloskey, Figueredo & Koss, 1995) to …
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"Mothers, Daughters, and Motherhood in ""Una Donna"" by Sibilla Aleramo, ""Lettera a Un Bambino Mai Nato"" by Oriana Fallaci, and ""La Cattiva Figlia"" by Carla Cerati"
"This study emphasizes the mother/daughter relationship and the ""sense"" of motherhood as reflected in the novels Una donna by Sibilla Aleramo, Lettera a un bambino mai nato by Oriana Fallaci, and La cattiva figlia by Carla Cerati. Motherhood, an aspect of women's life traditionally considered …
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Long-distance mother-daughter communication: Identifying changes and maintenance behaviors when daughters leave home
The mother-daughter relationship goes through many transitions and changes as the daughter grows up. In particular, when the daughter transitions out of the home and geographical distance is increased between mother and daughter. How a mother and daughter dyad adapt to the changes that happen in …
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Inter-generational transmission of values regarding weight, shape and appearance
… and dissatisfactions with family functioning in mothers of eating disordered adolescent girls. The present study sought to extend this research by examining the maternal influences on weight and dieting concerns at a younger age. The present study investigated dieting motivation and underlying …
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The mother of all dissatisfaction: Consequences of mother-daughter relationships on body dissatisfaction
… investigation further extrapolated how the mother-daughter dyad informs the internalization or deconstruction of sociocultural beliefs and attitudes crucial for body dissatisfaction maintenance. This mixed methods study utilized two separate samples of women during respective quantitative …
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The Familial cycle of adolescent pregnancy: fact or fiction
… (1995), an infant is born to an adolescent mother in Texas every 11 minutes. Inazu and Fox (1980) suggested that the mother-daughter relationship is primary in accounting for teenage sexual knowledge and behavior. The theoretical framework of the study was based on Bandura's (1977) theory of …
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Whimsyworld
… themes of familial psychology (especially the mother-daughter relationship), problems with hero's journey and chosen one tropes, the nature of truth, coming of age, and the importance of experiencing wonder as part of the human experience. The narrative follows the conflict of Thea trying to …
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The Mother-Daughter Dyad as Modernized Archetypal Mythology in The Last House On The Left and Carrie
… the feeling function, the dual nature of the mother archetype, and specifically, its constellation as the negative mother complex of the daughter. It examines the mother-daughter relationship as female-specific and a unique psychological experience, asserting how the sexual likeness to her …
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Latino Family Involvement: An Exploratory Study of Latina Mother-Daughter Relationships and Their Effects on Educational Attainment and Resiliency
… to examine Latino family involvement and the relationships and communication patterns between Latina mothers and daughters. The Latina mother-daughter relationship was studied in an effort to gain a better understanding of how this relationship affects a Latina daughter's educational …
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The Devil Made Her Do It: Three Horror Film Case Studies in the Exorcism Subgenre
… film including: bodily contortions, film-viewer relationships, and intertextuality. Based on the analysis, gender stands as a significant theme in the exorcism film’s content and in conceptualizing its constitution. Exorcism films portray women as inescapably connected to men, but rebellious …
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Women's Stories of Emotional Distress, Relational Experiences and Sense-making : Listening in a Different Way
… of maternal mental health difficulties on the mother-daughter relationship. Nine studies were synthesised which resulted in the development of seven themes. The findings indicated the ways in which maternal mental health difficulties can disrupt the attachment relationship between mother and …
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Lesbians and Their Mothers: A Taiwanese Experience
… studies have also addressed how their familial relationships have been shaped because of the experience. As a Taiwanese who has studied family therapy in the United States, my personal experience as well as research and professional interest brought me to conduct this qualitative study focusing …
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Maternal factors in the disordered eating of adolescent girls: Proposing and evaluating a new model
… eating, childhood feeding practices, and the mother-teen relationship quality have been implicated as risk factors for disordered eating in adolescent girls, but few studies have examined the interplay of these influences within a single model, controlling for adolescent age. To address this …
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Patterns in the Parables: Black Female Agency and Octavia Butler's Construction of Black Womanhood
… move the discussion into an exploration of black motherhood. Much like the aforementioned challenge to femininity vis-à-vis sexual morality, Octavia Butler often challenges and interrogates the traditional definition of motherhood, specifically, the relationship between mother and daughter. I will …
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Interpersonal Emotion Dynamics in Mother-Daughter Dyads during Adolescence
… dissertation was to examine emotion dynamics in mother-daughter interactions across different positive and negative contexts, and their associations with psychosocial adjustment—relationship quality and internalizing symptoms. This dissertation was informed by theoretical approaches that assert …
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Feasibility and acceptability of a mother-daughter intervention to address disordered eating behavior among adolescent girls living with type 1 diabetes mellitus
… and test the feasibility and acceptability of a mother-daughter intervention to address three of the major risk factors for DEB: low self-esteem, poor body image, and maternal- daughter communication. Participants in this study were ten mother-daughter dyads for a total of 20 participants (n …
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