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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"parental roles"”.
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Parental Portrayals in Children's Literature: 1900-2000
… and sex of characters upon each of the five parental roles was assessed using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation, and multinomial logistic regression techniques. A survey instrument developed for this study was completed for each of the 300 books randomly selected from the list of …
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Marital equity among dual-career couples: a longitudinal perspective
… and distress in marital, professional, and parental roles, how perceptions of equity change over time, and to examine efforts to restore equity. Differences in well-being and distress in roles are identified by gender and equity group. study results indicate that for both spouses, …
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One parent families : some social implications of lone-parenthood
… how these lone-parents fulfil some of their parental roles and to determine which factors arising out of the state of lone-parenthood, or associated with it, affect their roles as parents, their children, and themselves as persons. From the research of lone-parenthood, the writer will draw …
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Young Mothers in Appalachia: Meanings of Help from Family
… facilitate young mothers’ autonomy in their new parental roles. Having autonomy, that is defined as the ability to make parenting decisions, along with support from family was associated with feeling confident and adequate as mothers. Mothers who were refused autonomy described distress and …
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Commitment to fathering: A structural equation model of college men's parental intentions
… 1981; McHale & Huston, 1984; Pleck, 1985) on parental involvement and attitudes about parental roles, and Gilbert and Hanson (1982, 1983) developed the Perceptions of Parental Role Scales to measure such attitudes more comprehensively. Most of these studies, however, examined variables in …
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Communication Processes of Dual-Career Couples in the Transition to Parenthood
… to a great extent to define and negotiate roles. The purpose of this study was to examine how communication influences role development and expectations for parenthood and to explore the role of communication in dual-career couples' transition to parenthood. Eight dual-career couples from a …
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Parental scaffolding: a case study of low-income families at a children's museum
… museum?"" with a supporting question of ""How is parental scaffolding facilitated or constrained by the exhibit environment and the interpretive programs?"" Drawing upon the case study method, the Playscape at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis was selected as the intrinsic and instrumental …
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Times are changing: Voices of adult learners' shared experiences
… as, learning communities, peer collaboration, parental roles, spouse roles, children's roles, self-awareness, and self-worth.</p>
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African-centered education in middle schools: the decision-making process in a parental engagement model
… MIDDLE SCHOOLS: THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN A PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT MODEL</p> <p>by</p> <p>LATRICE N. HICKS DUNN</p> <p>May 2012</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. David Whitin</p> <p>Major: Curriculum and Instruction</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Education</p> <p>The ways in which key stakeholders influencing …
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A cross-national comparative study of the roles of men in contemporary France and Britain
… to identify similarities and differences in the roles of men in France and Britain; and thirdly, to determine to what extent and in what way such similarities and differences are linked to the social structures and cultural background of each country. The thesis focuses on two main facets of the …
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The experiences of single teenage mothers in raising their children at Mtubatuba Local Municipality
… This would enable them to be effective in their parental roles thus also allowing them to continue with their education and remain empowered.
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A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experience of Single, Gay Adoptive Fathers
… The participants were highly invested in their parental roles, and indisputably dedicated to the care of their children. Shifts in the participants' support networks to include greater involvement with heterosexual parents were also common. Finally, these fathers tended not to utilize existing …
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Parenting Stress and Parenting Behaviors of Parents of Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
… Study 1 examined the relative contribution of parental ADHD and depression symptoms to the parenting stress of mothers and fathers of adolescents with ADHD. Study 2 examined the contribution of adolescent oppositional behavior, parental psychopathology, and parenting stress to the parenting …
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Chinese Language Family Literacy Program: Impact on Young Children's Literacy Development in Chinese and English
… cultural backgrounds also have differences in parental beliefs, parental roles in supporting educational achievement and communicating with the school. All these differences make the provision of family literacy programs which target minority families as one group a challenging endeavor, both …
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Ultraviolet reflectance of nestling plumage and the provisioning strategies of adult Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe)
… in young or to sex-specific differences in parental roles. For example, male phoebes may spend more time in other activities, such as territory defense, while females spend more time provisioning nestlings. </p>
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Causes and consequences of sex ratio bias in Nazca boobies
… monogamous, long-lived pelagic seabirds with bi-parental care and similar parental roles. A large colony on the island of Española, Galápagos has been the focus of long-term reproductive and demographic studies. The adult sex ratio at this colony has been significantly male biased for more than …
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Factors Associated with Space Use and Reproductive Success of American Kestrels in Northern Virginia, USA
… behavior was associated with sex-specific parental roles, local resource availability, and central-place foraging theory as a framework for linking movement to reproductive success. From 2021 to 2024, I used GPS loggers to track 69 kestrels (male = 27, female = 42) in northern Virginia and …
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Foraging ecology and parental care of common terns (Sterna hirundo) nesting in Windermere Basin, Lake Ontario
… rates. There was a clear separation of parental roles: males were primarily responsible for feeding chicks while females allocated more time to brood attendance. The prey species most commonly delivered to chicks by adults were rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) and alewife (A/osa …