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Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: This research focused on the experiences of 15 low income Mexican women immigrants participating in MAS and Superando, two family literacy programs at the center of these women's sociocultural change. This research sought to understand the extent to which participation in these two programs empowers women to create change in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Goals 61 Previous Educational Experiences 62 Inner Transformations 66 Increasing Awareness 68 Social

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

"Because we didn't have nowhere to go" : residential instability among rural low-income families

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

Moving on : the effects of frequent childhood mobility on a low-income population

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

Leaving home for the streets : voices of youth from Ghana's streets

Creator:: Amantana, Vivian
Abstract:: Homelessness is a social concern worldwide. In Ghana, homelessness among the youth comes as a result of several factors, the major one being rural-urban migration. Rural-Urban drift is impelled by several factors ranging from perceptions of economic opportunities in urban areas, to increasing rejection of aberrant traditional practices such as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Poverty and child neglect : subtypes of neglect and stress as a mediator

Creator:: Shepherd, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: This study examined the association between poverty and child neglect. The existence of a general association has been established for some time. However, there is much debate, and little detailed research, on the specific processes that create this association. This study focused on the form of neglect that involves the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Social Isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

Creator:: De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
Abstract:: The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: expected and their actual responsibilities encompassed a wide range of duties. The social factors that

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

Early family risk and children's academic achievement

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

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986

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Finding personal power through literacy : Latina women's transformative learning experiences in two family literacy programs

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

"Because we didn't have nowhere to go" : residential instability among rural low-income families

Moving on : the effects of frequent childhood mobility on a low-income population

Leaving home for the streets : voices of youth from Ghana's streets

Poverty and child neglect : subtypes of neglect and stress as a mediator

An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

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

Early family risk and children's academic achievement

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

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