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  • Shaping social worlds : exploring relationship regulation processes in older adults' daily lives

    Creator:
    Mejía, Shannon T.
    Abstract:
    The social aspects of older adults lives are strongly linked to well-being outcomes. Social relationships in older adulthood are rewarding, but also complex, and to maintain a positive social environment, older adults must reconcile long relationships histories, negotiate changing roles, and deal with increasing dependencies. Older adults are known to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ,  committee  members  Alexis  Walker,  and  Richard  Settersten,   graduate  representative

  • The slow emergence of the "new father" : understanding fathers' perceptions of messages about fatherhood

    Creator:
    Day, Jack K.
    Abstract:
    The concept of the "new father" has been discussed in the literature and popular media for over 25 years. Yet current studies regarding father involvement continue to show that fathers do not contribute equally to childcare and domestic labor, even among parents in dual-income families. Furthermore, as roles within families...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    wish to thank my committee members, Dr. Alan Acock and Dr. Alexis Walker, who not only guided me

  • Beyond high hopes : educational attainment among children of immigrants

    Creator:
    Feeney, Sarah L.
    Abstract:
    In light of broadening racial/ethnic educational attainment gaps, growing diversity within young populations, and the increasingly critical relationship between higher education and outcomes in adulthood, understanding the factors that shape educational attainment is an especially important task for research. With this goal in mind, the current study examined how national...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    this study. Alexis Walker has been an indispensable source of guidance with respect to my writing

  • Breast cancer survivorship : contributing factors for special populations

    Creator:
    Jabson, Jennifer M.
    Abstract:
    More women than ever before survive breast cancer with 89% of those diagnosed becoming survivors (NCI, 2008). However, according to the National Cancer Institute (2005) some groups of women bear a greater burden of difficulty in survivorship. Sexual minority women (SMW), or women who partner with other women in romantic...
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    Dissertation
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    : ________________________________________ Rebecca J. Donatelle More women than ever