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Creator:: Christopher, F. Scott
Abstract:: Fifty-four premarital couples were interviewed in an attempt to: (a) delineate pathways of premarital involvement; (b) investigate differences in the relationships of individuals who follow different pathways; and (c) examine which background variables predispose individuals to follow a specific pathway. Four sexual pathway types were established using a cluster analytic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Furneaux, Noël Annette
Abstract:: The present study examined fathers' and mothers' attitudes toward fathering and fathers' involvement with their infant sons and daughters. Subjects included 42 pairs of parents with infants from upper and middle socioeconomic class families. All subjects were of the Caucasian race. The Attitudes Toward Fathering Scale and the Father Behavioral...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: It has been proposed that individuals develop models of premarital relationships based on their preferred ways of experiencing love with another person. This study attempted to operationalize the concept of relationship models to determine if individuals differ in how they expect their feelings of love to develop over the course...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Wilson, Barbara G.
Abstract:: Contrasted to the rich body of literature on ill children in medical settings, well children's reactions to routine health care has drawn little attention. This study assessed healthy children's under standing of their bodies, medical procedures, and how this knowledge relates to their behavior during routine health care. The study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Lloyd, Sally A.
Abstract:: The purpose of the present study was to describe the process of premarital relationship dissolution. This description entailed typologizing relationships on the basis of their trajectories to involvement and eventual dissolution. One hundred individuals who had been involved in a serious relationship that had broken up within the past 12...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Emery, Beth C.
Abstract:: Until recently the study of premarital abuse has received relatively little attention from researchers. Those studies which have been concerned with this phenomenon reveal that approximately 22% of their college samples reported involvement in abusive dating relationships, indicating that there is a need for further study in this area. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Escobar, Iris Violeta
Abstract:: The central goal of this study was to assess Venezuelan parent attitudes toward specific areas of parent-child relationships such as child creativity, child play, parental sense of frustration in childrearing, the amount of parental control exercised over their children, and parents' perception of themselves as teachers of their own children....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Emery, Beth C.
Abstract:: There has been much interest generated recently regarding the nature and cause of dating violence. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors affected individuals' attitudes toward dating violence. A sample of 403 college volunteers completed questionnaires which were designed to assess their attitudes toward abuse as it...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Henning, Douglas D.
Abstract:: Preparation for marriage has been in a process of evolution since the early 1960s. At present, preparation for marriage is primarily focused on several pre-marital group counseling sessions. This study examined the impact of a six week post-wedding follow-up program with newly married couples who had participated in a seven...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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