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In this paper, I attempt to identify the factors that lead some post-foster youth to successfully enter college. I decided to conduct this research in an effort to understand how to create educational equality for post-foster youth, who...
Occupational sex segregation, the gender wage gap, and ghettoization persist despite improvements in women's opportunities since World War II. Recent research calls for a focus on the social psychological factors in early life that...
ABSTRACT Acquired hearing loss occurs when one loses their hearing postlingually. The condition is increasing as the world's population ages and is also increasing in younger adults as well. Little quantitative data is available on how...
Homelessness is a complex issue that impacts families in many ways. One pathway of addressing homelessness among families has been the use of transitional housing programs. Previous research demonstrates the importance of social support...
This longitudinal study includes 397 parents from the National Survey of Families and Households and examines whether the effects of corporal punishment on future disobedience, when controlling for previous disobedience, differ depending...
Ada Kortischoner-Kelley, Giulia Kortischoner's aunt, writes to Giulia thanking her for her letter and her picture. Robert Kortischoner says Giulia looks just like her father. Both Robert and Ada are interested in Giulia and her work. Ada...
Distressed relationships may be emotionally and economically costly to the couple, their families, and the community in which they reside. Given the current political endorsements, convenience, efficiency, capacity for prevention, and...
Susi Weiss writes to Thomas Heller thanking him for a book he had sent her. She asks if he has gotten use to the idea of being a grandfather yet she also laments at how difficult it is to stay in contact with family.
This study developed and tested a new measure to assess the three dimensions of maternal gatekeeping as outlined by Puhlman and Pasley (2013) to determine the validity and reliability of the measure. Using data from a survey of 460...
This study compared the effectiveness of a multi-family treatment program on court-mandated families and voluntary families. The participants (n=109) included 36 voluntary families and 38 mandated families. Demographically, the families...
The purpose of this study was to examine longitudinally how father involvement mediates the relationship between a variety of factors thought to influence the father-child relationship and later child cognitive development. The...
This qualitative case study of five couples in which one spouse has Alzheimer's disease in the early stage, and the other spouse is a caregiver, investigated including both spouses in couple interview sessions which included using...
The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between prior maltreatment history and placement instability among pre-teen children in the foster care system and perceptions of mother-child relationship when children are age 14....
The African immigrant population in the U.S. has roughly doubled every year since 1970 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). The increase in African immigrant families in the U.S. coincides with a rise of African immigrant families interacting...
The goal of this dissertation was to advance understanding of family financial socialization in Black families by documenting specific content socialized, how (implicit or purposive) that content was socialized, and the relation of such...
Emerging adulthood is a time of great vulnerability for psychological well-being, as during this time, individuals are facing numerous challenges stemming from societal demands in this transitional period. Most notably, emerging adults...
Everyday stress is associated with negative maternal-adolescent relationship quality, which can impact adolescent mental and physical well-being. Guided by family stress theory, the purpose of this study was to test the associations...
ABSTRACT In the past, the majority of infant caregiving has been done by mothers or other female care-givers (Bailey, 1994; Hossain, Field, Pickens, Malphurs, & Del Valle, 1997). Yet, most fathers (91%) were involved with the mother at...
Alice Sigerist writes to Mia Hasterlik thanking her for the updates on Giulia and her new life in the United States. Alice writes updates and greetings from family and friends in Schaffhausen, Switzerland that Giulia may be interested in...
Researchers have demonstrated that several risk factors are linked to adolescent delinquency, but less is known about how these factors are specifically linked to female adolescent delinquency. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to...
A common decline in marital functioning has been observed in couples as they adjust to first-time parenthood. This prospective, longitudinal study examined the trajectories of change in marital quality and observed warm and hostile...
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