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  • Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

    Creator:
    Guyer, Amy M.
    Abstract:
    This study used a multi-method approach to explore factors associated with high and low depression in a sample of rural mothers living in poverty. From a sample of 117 women with very high or very low CES-D depression scores, 40 cases were randomly selected for in-depth qualitative analysis. Qualitative comments...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Risk: An Examination of Rural Low Income Mothers. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards This study

  • Family literacy programs : can they make a difference in parenting?

    Creator:
    Bailey, Sandra J.
    Abstract:
    Parenting education is a process of providing information to parents on the challenges of parenting, services available for families, and ideas on how to interact with children. The federal Even Start family literacy program, designed to increase the educational opportunities of parents and children, has a strong parenting education component....
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    Dissertation
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    They Make a Difference in Parenting? Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards Parenting education is

  • Health, well-being, and financial self-sufficiency of low-income families in the context of welfare reform

    Creator:
    Corson, Corinne
    Abstract:
    The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 brought several changes to the welfare system. Among these changes are lifetime limits for receiving welfare benefits, and work requirements intended to foster economic self-sufficiency in welfare recipients. In the past few years, it has been acknowledged that there are challenges...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Reform. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation

  • Informal social support and attrition among nonpartnered, rurally-located, poor mothers

    Creator:
    Amity, Frederica A.
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study used interview transcripts to find clues to attrition from a longitudinal study among nonpartnered, rurally-located, poor mothers, a generally vulnerable population with characteristics commonly associated with attrition (low-income, low levels of educational attainment, and rural location). Drawing on Rural Families Speak data, the author used the number...
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    Dissertation
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    . Abstract approved: Alexis J. Walker Leslie N. Richards This qualitative study used interview