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Creator:: Vale, Elizabeth
Abstract:: This exploratory study examined whether temperament, home environment, and family stress impact the amount of prosocial behavior displayed by pre-school age low-income children and examined how much of an impact each factor has. Each factor was explored in depth along sub-scale dimensions including, (1) self-regulatory temperament, negative reactive temperament, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: enrolled in the program located at Oregon State University and fifteen of the children (7 males and 8

Creator:: Pettit, Rebecca Ward
Abstract:: As increasing numbers of poor children enter child care programs due to changes in work requirements under the Welfare Reform Act, there is a critical need to examine factors that may affect the quality of care that these children receive. One factor that has received limited attention in the literature...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Program (OPP) grant from the Oregon Department of Education. Children enrolled in the CDC under the OPP

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:: children's intellectual development. Seventy-four children, 39 boys and 35 girls, with a mean age of 4

Creator:: You, Hyun-Kyung
Abstract:: This study examined the experiences of five Korean American mothers in Oregon and California who have children with disabilities using qualitative research analysis. The mothers' adaptation processes were individually analyzed, and these mothers' overarching experiences were discussed with three major themes: (a) caring for family cohesiveness, (b) needs for social...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon and California who have children with disabilities using qualitative research analysis. The

Creator:: Notter, Megan L.
Abstract:: This analysis uses data from a larger ethnographic study examining community effects of mobile home park residence on child and youth development to explore the resilient pathways of 8 mothers and maternal guardians in order to understand better how successful adaptation is achieved despite significant threats present throughout the life...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Children First for Oregon & Washington Kids Count, 2004; Elder & Conger, 2000; Salamon, 2003). This

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how participation in a family literacy program can impact important relationships beyond the targeted parent-child dyad. Interviews with 108 parents, were collected over four program years, 1996-1999, as part of the statewide evaluation of Oregon's Even Start Family Literacy programs, were analyzed using...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Weatherspoon, Joni
Abstract:: 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 and less acculturated high-risk Hispanic families were compared to high-risk non-Hispanic White families on differences in demographic characteristics, risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: C. Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children

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