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  • "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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    settings that are likely to influence a rural low- 7 State and National 7 Economic Trends (Macrosystem

  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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    neglect (Carter & Myers, 2007). Berger (2006) found that poor families who had more economic resources