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Browsing Department of Human Development and Family Sciences by Author "Pratt, Clara C."

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Adolescent health-risk behavior : a study of 15,650 images

Benthin, Alida C. (1993-05-12)

Despite recognition in the literature that adolescence represents a relatively high-risk developmental period for health-risk behaviors, only limited attention has been given to the subjective meanings adolescents ass ...
Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Weatherspoon, Joni (2004-01-08)

Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children who were enrolled in a primary prevention home visitation program targeting first birth families. In the first study, more ...
Decision-making influence strategies and relationship quality among elderly mothers and their caregiving daughters

Jones-Aust, Laura Lynn (1992-10-09)

It is well established that family members, particularly adult children, are involved in their frail parents' decision making. It remains unclear however, how intergenerational decision-making influence is exercised a ...
The effects of the family context and parent involvement on perceptions of children's school achievement

Katzev, Aphra R. (1994-02-01)

The study examined dimensions of the family context associated with variations in parent involvement and parent perceptions of children's school achievement using data from 1,085 male and 2,239 female respondents with ...
An evaluation of Oregon Youth Conservation Corps 1996 summer programs

Miller, Marc S. (1998-02-05)

The Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OYCC) is a youth work program created by the Oregon Legislature in 1987. The OYCC provides both summer and year-round employment programs primarily for disadvantaged and at-risk you ...
Families' experiences with Oregon Healthy Start

Kapsch, Marybeth M. (2001-12-12)

This study utilized a qualitative approach to explore how Healthy Start home visiting services affect participants' parenting and lives in general. The purpose of this study was to explore both the intended and uninten ...
The influence of caregiver role satisfaction and perceived control as mediating variables on levels of depression resulting from caregiver stress

Russell-Miller, Mary P. (1996-11-01)
Measurement of child care arrangement stability : a review and case study using Oregon child care subsidy data

Weber, Roberta B., 1944- (2005-03-17)

Child care stability affects child and family outcomes. Stability reflects the time dimension of a child care arrangement. Although stability does not guarantee positive outcomes, instability appears to decrease the li ...
The point of confluence : a qualitative study of the life-span developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women

Sasser-Coen, Jennifer (1996-01-16)

In this qualitative, phenomenological study I employed oral history methodology, grounded in a life-span developmental and feminist approach, to explore the developmental importance of menarche in twenty older women's ...
Relationships among health and demographic characteristics, latitude of choice, and elderly hospitalized patient adjustment

Boehne, Rebecca E. (1990-11-27)

Adaptation to role transitions can have various outcomes. Health and demographic characteristics as well as environmental control have been shown to affect the transition to the role of patient. The acutely ill elder ...
Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

Wood, Barbara L. (1999-05-06)

Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic vio ...