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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
Full Text:: 1, 2011. Title: Shaping Social Worlds: Exploring Relationship Regulation Processes in Older

Creator:: Ozretich, Robin Nathaniel
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify and examine risk and protective factors associated with residential instability within a sample of rural low-income mothers. Residential instability was defined as two or more residential moves within the course of a year. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to compare residentially...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Previous research has pointed to the severe negative educational, social, and developmental impacts of

Creator:: Hilberg, Beth Alyne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between frequent childhood mobility and perceived social support, education level, and economic well-being in a sample of former Even Start parents. Theoretically the mechanisms for the disruption of frequent mobility are studied through both social capital theory and an ecological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: because trustworthiness is taken for granted (Coleman, 1988). This aspect of social capital plays an

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:: Influence of Children's Learning-Related Social Skills and the Home Literacy Environment on Early Literacy

Creator:: Sektnan, Michaella A.
Abstract:: Children who have multiple family risk factors are at increased risk for poor developmental outcomes, including poor academic achievement. The present study focused on charting the pathways through which early family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and chronic maternal depressive symptoms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mediating role of children’s social competency and behavioral regulation at 54 months was explored

Creator:: Liang, Shu
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of family size, birth order, socioeconomic status, and parent-child relationships to young children's intellectual development. Seventy-four children, 39 boys and 35 girls, with a mean age of 4 years-8 months, and their parents (mothers and fathers), selected from 9 preschool...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was determined via Hollingshead's Four Factor Index of Social Status. Information on family size and

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