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The influence of children's learning-related social skills and the home literacy environment on early literacy skills

Creator:: Farris, Carrie L.
Abstract:: The present study investigated how the home literacy environment and children's learning-related social skills independently and interactively predicted early literacy skills in a sample of 72 children. Hierarchical regressions revealed that the home literacy environment predicted children's early reading and vocabulary skills, when controlling for maternal education and child age....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carrie L. Farris for the degree of

Ecology of adult day care for family caregivers

Creator:: Patterson, Susan L.
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to learn more about the ways in which caregivers perceive the effects of adult day services. The goal was to help inform adult day providers about services family caregivers find useful. An ecological model was used as a framework. Data were collected from focus...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Susan L. Patterson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Creator:: Croucher, Racheal L.
Abstract:: The history of American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) in education is filled with conflict and painful memories for many. Indian boarding schools that lasted through the early 1900s were used as a tool for forced assimilation of AIAN people. With the disturbing motto of “Kill the Indian, save the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Racheal L. Croucher for the degree of Master of Science in Human Development and Family

Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

Creator:: White, Diana L.
Abstract:: The death of a child is a traumatic family event. This qualitative study examined the experiences of parents and grandparents in 10 families who had lost a baby to SIDS, stillbirth, or birth defects. Key questions focused on support given and received, meanings attributed to the loss, continuing bonds, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Diana L. White for the

The Role of Family Characteristics in Predicting Self-Regulation and Early Literacy in Kindergarten

Creator:: Sciuto, Isabella C.
Abstract:: The family context is an important aspect of a child’s environment that can provide helpful resources for fostering positive development or can be a source of risk. One risk factor that is present in an overwhelming number of families is low income status (Child Trends Databank, 2019). Children growing up...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

Creator:: Tominey, Shauna L. M.
Abstract:: Behavioral self-regulation has emerged as an important predictor of academic success as early as preschool. Few studies, however, have examined ways to improve children's behavioral self-regulation in preschool, prior to formal school entry. This dissertation includes two studies examining a pilot intervention using classroom games to improve behavioral self-regulation with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Shauna L. M. Tominey for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies

Emotion regulation and hyperactivity during the transition into adolescence

Creator:: Lewis, Kendra M.
Abstract:: This study posited that maturational growth in emotion regulation should be associated with reduction in hyperactivity during the transition into adolescence. The longitudinal design assessed emotion regulation and hyperactivity in an urban community sample of children in three waves, at ages 10.6, 11.6, and 12.6 years. A parallel growth curve...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: predictor (see Ponitz, McClelland, Jewkes, Connor, Farris, and Morrison, 2008; Vitaro, Brendgen, Larose

Domestic violence, parents view of their newborn, and risk for child abuse

Creator:: McGuigan, William M.
Abstract:: This investigation identifies one pathway by which domestic violence increases the potential for child abuse in both mothers and fathers of newborns. Longitudinal data from 181 couples with firstborn infants were used to test a mediational model linking domestic violence and the family's risk of child abuse. Analysis of covariance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: problems than are mother-child relationships (Brody, Pellegrini, & Sigel, 1986; Jouriles & Farris, 1992

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Creator:: Diaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: The transition to kindergarten can be challenging for many children who do not have the necessary skills to meet the demands of classroom settings such as paying attention, remembering instructions, and demonstrating self-control. Children who lack the necessary behavioral regulation skills to meet the demands in the classroom environment are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Strengthening school readiness for children at risk : evaluating self-regulation measures and an intervention using classroom games

Creator:: Schmitt, Sara A.
Abstract:: In recent years, self-regulation has emerged as a foundational skill for academic success and well-being. Unfortunately, many children enter kindergarten without the self-regulation skills necessary to succeed. Children from high-risk backgrounds (e.g., low-income) are particularly vulnerable for difficulties in self-regulation development. Given these documented gaps in self-regulation, it has become...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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The influence of children's learning-related social skills and the home literacy environment on early literacy skills

Ecology of adult day care for family caregivers

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

The Role of Family Characteristics in Predicting Self-Regulation and Early Literacy in Kindergarten

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

Emotion regulation and hyperactivity during the transition into adolescence

Domestic violence, parents view of their newborn, and risk for child abuse

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Strengthening school readiness for children at risk : evaluating self-regulation measures and an intervention using classroom games

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