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A Bioecological Model of Grief Recovery : Theory and Test of the Model

Creator:: Romo, Daniel L.
Abstract:: A primary aim of bereavement research is to alleviate suffering and promote well-being at the junction of life and death for the survivor in an attachment relationship. Bereavement research in the last decade has focused primarily on examining grief recovery within the context of intrapersonal processes. This emphasis has often...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"We are not all one puzzle piece" : youth voice, homelessness, and positive youth development

Creator:: Nott, Brooke Dolenc
Abstract:: Positive youth development posits that all youth possess the capacity to change and grow as they interact with their contexts. That capacity is activated and nurtured by a beneficial ecological environment often unavailable for homeless youth. Only a limited number of studies focus on the positive development and strengths of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Family influences on adolescent drug relapse : follow-up study of a treatment population

Creator:: Coughlin, Chris D.
Abstract:: Relapse is a common occurrence in the treatment of adolescent substance abuse. It is estimated that one out of three adolescents will relapse after treatment termination. Although much attention has been given to family factors which influence an adolescent's use and abuse of drugs, this same vigorous attention has not...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Self-care training for school age children : an impact study of parenting and employment

Creator:: Palmer, Diane J.
Abstract:: An increasing number of children care for themselves (self-care) while their parents are employed outside the home. A literature review suggested a connection between child care concerns and employed parents' increased stress, role overload, and lower productivity. This study evaluated the impact of an educational training program for families with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An investigation of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse and personality in a residential treatment center

Creator:: Toray, Tamina
Abstract:: Over the past ten years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of drug addicted teens in this country. Accompanying this increase in drug usage of adolescents has been an rise in the number of treatment and evaluation centers to serve the adolescent drug abusing population. Comprehensive and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Longitudinal study of the relationship between family coalitions and adolescent antisocial behavior

Creator:: Coughlin, Chris D.
Abstract:: Family therapists have proposed that specific types of family interactions are dysfunctional for the family system and can produce long-term negative effects for the child. They further propose that, for healthy family functioning to be maintained, parental alliances must be sustained and excessive cross-generational coalitions (parent-child alliances) must be blocked....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some determinants of parenting in American Indian and non-Indian families

Creator:: Kawamoto, Walter T.
Abstract:: An analysis was conducted to test current theories regarding education, income, and marital satisfaction as determinants of parenting in different ways for men and women. The gender specific issues in parenting to be tested were: 1) Education is positively related to parental involvement for both men and women. 2) Marital...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effect of a systems-oriented graduate training program on practitioner systemic thinking : a follow-up study

Creator:: Peterson, Raymond W.
Abstract:: This follow-up study investigated the effect of a systems-oriented graduate training program upon system thinking among practitioners who had completed training, using a post-test only, treatment-comparison group design. The subjects consisted of practitioners matriculated through two counselor-related programs at a medium-sized college in the Northwest during the years 1985-1991. A...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Stability and process issues in intermarriage : a study of martial satisfaction and problem solving in American Indian intermarried and European American endogamous families

Creator:: Kawamoto, Walter T.
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate process and stability issues in intermarried families utilizing data from a group of American Indian intermarried families and a group of endogamous European American families. Stability issues such as marital satisfaction and overall problem solving were investigated by comparing scores between the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Adolescent out-of-school programs and negative outcomes : a longitudinal analysis

Creator:: Luckey, Brian P.
Abstract:: This study examined associations between participation in voluntary out-of-school programs (e.g., scouting, Boys' and Girls' Clubs, 4-H, YMCA/YWCA) in adolescence and four negative outcomes: school dropout, early sexual activity, delinquency, and drug use. A prospective longitudinal design had collected four waves of interview data on a national sample of 15,000...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Bioecological Model of Grief Recovery : Theory and Test of the Model

"We are not all one puzzle piece" : youth voice, homelessness, and positive youth development

Family influences on adolescent drug relapse : follow-up study of a treatment population

Self-care training for school age children : an impact study of parenting and employment

An investigation of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse and personality in a residential treatment center

Longitudinal study of the relationship between family coalitions and adolescent antisocial behavior

Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some determinants of parenting in American Indian and non-Indian families

Effect of a systems-oriented graduate training program on practitioner systemic thinking : a follow-up study

Stability and process issues in intermarriage : a study of martial satisfaction and problem solving in American Indian intermarried and European American endogamous families

Adolescent out-of-school programs and negative outcomes : a longitudinal analysis

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