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  • Evaluation of a social-emotional and character development program : methods and outcomes

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    Lewis, Kendra M.
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    Schools are increasingly expected to prevent and decrease violence, substance use, and other problem behaviors linked to academics and prepare students to be contributing members of society. One approach with proven success in promoting positive outcomes related to a broad range of student behaviors and personal characteristics is social-emotional learning,...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Samuel Vuchinich Schools are increasingly expected to prevent and decrease violence

  • Emotion regulation and hyperactivity during the transition into adolescence

    Creator:
    Lewis, Kendra M.
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    This study posited that maturational growth in emotion regulation should be associated with reduction in hyperactivity during the transition into adolescence. The longitudinal design assessed emotion regulation and hyperactivity in an urban community sample of children in three waves, at ages 10.6, 11.6, and 12.6 years. A parallel growth curve...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Samuel Vuchinich This study posited that maturational growth in emotion regulation should be

  • A cross-cultural comparison of parenting styles and adolescent competencies in Asian Americans and European Americans

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    Wang, Helen Yanqing
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    Guided by Ogbu's cultural-ecological model of human development, this comparative study offers a comprehensive and explicit way of conceptualizing and measuring parenting within the cultural context. Multiple hypotheses are generated for the cross-cultural comparison of parenting styles in Asian Americans and European Americans. The study uses the National Longitudinal Study...
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    European Americans. Abstract approved: Samuel Vuchinich Guided by Ogbu's cultural-ecological model of

  • Stressors, resources, perception, and adaptation among military women during deployment

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    Mawdsley, Jennifer Renee
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    This study explored factors that lead to adaptation among married women in the military during the stressor of deployment. The Double ABCX Model of Family Stress and Adaptation (McCubbin & Patterson, 1 983a, 1 983b, 1 983c) provided a strong theoretical model for this study, on which the empirical model...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Alan Acock, and Samuel Vuchinich. Special thanks to Anisa Zvonkovic for her guidance, support, and

  • The relationship between abortion and depression : evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

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    Warren, Jocelyn T.
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    A majority of states require parental consent or notification before a minor may have an abortion. Parental involvement laws are based in part on the assumption that abortion poses a risk to the psychological health of adolescents. Previous research has catalogued the risks to adolescent mothers and their children posed...
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  • Amount of care given by daughters and perceived relationship quality with care-receiving mothers

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    Evans, Lorina S.
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    The relationship between mothers and daughters has been shown to be generally positive and strong throughout the life cycle. The relationship may become strained, however, as mothers become dependent due to deteriorating health or chronic health conditions. It has long been recognized in both the gerontological and intergenerational literatures that...
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    Dissertation

  • Pathways to Well-Being : A Mixed Methods Study on Purpose in Life in Middle Adulthood

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    Ko, Han-Jung
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    An ability to meet the changing demands associated with development promotes purpose in life, a defining feature of psychological well-being. Midlife adults consistently report higher purpose in life compared to older adults. However, less is known about the dynamics of purpose in life in the transition from middle to older...
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    . de Aubin, 1992; McAdams & Logan, 2004). American adults tend to see their lives as recovering from

  • Measures of executive function : convergent validity and links to academic achievement in preschool

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    Duncan, Robert J.
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    Executive functions (including attentional shifting/flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of children's early school success (Blair & Razza, 2007; Espy et al., 2004). The current study explored questions related to measurement of executive functions in preschool-aged children. Convergent and predictive validity were assessed for two traditional executive...
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    appreciated. Additionally, thank you to Dr. Samuel Vuchinich for your guidance and help in furthering my

  • Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

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    Cox, Michelle J.
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    The goal of this study was to pursue the construct of transcendence from a psychosocial, developmental perspective to predict who will volunteer and its influence on the average number of volunteer hours worked per week. The predictor variable is the self-transcendence subscale score on the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (ASTI) (Levenson...
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    ). McAdams, de St. Aubin, and Logan (1993), however, found support for A Inner Desire B Cultural

  • Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

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    Sandras, Eric
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    The purpose of this study is to explore gender differences in adult perceptions of sexual abuse encounters between an adult male and children of both genders and of various ages. Subjects were four hundred and fifty three students from a northwestern university. They were recruited from a lower-level human development...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Eric W. Sandras for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human