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  • A study of job satisfaction of elementary school counselors

    Creator:
    Birdsall, Bobbie Ann
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    This study investigated the job satisfaction of elementary school counselors in the Pacific Northwest, defined as Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of the study was to (a) describe current elementary counselor characteristics, duties and functions; (b) determine the overall level of job satisfaction of elementary school counselors; (c) investigate...
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    Dissertation
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    School Counselors. Abstract approved: James L. Firth This study investigated the job satisfaction

  • Morrison’s Magical Reality: Disrupting the Politics of Memory

    Creator:
    Littke, Amanda L.
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    Novelist Toni Morrison is well-known for using the concept she calls rememory, or the process of actively revisiting and reconstructing a cultural past. Many critics agree that Morrison uses rememory in a strategic way, so that it provides sturdy framework for a larger discussion of issues of race, class, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amanda L. Littke for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Gender Matters : The Perspectives and Experiences of Living Unit Staff in Juvenile Correctional Facilities

    Creator:
    Galardi, Tasha Randall
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    Front line staff members in youth correctional facilities are generally the primary adults in the lives of incarcerated young people. In many ways, they serve as surrogate parents who may promote positive development while holding delinquent youth accountable for their actions. They accomplish these often conflicting goals through the provision...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Front line staff members in youth correctional facilities

  • The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

    Creator:
    Harmon, Bethany J.
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    Past research on Head Start has focused on child outcomes, yet Head Start services also target the behaviors of parents. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCW), the current study examined the effect of Head Start on mother (n = 3,575) and father (n = 1,812)...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Father Involvement. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Richard

  • Disengaged and untrusting? Young adults' feelings of social integration and trust during the Great Recession

    Creator:
    Day, Jack K.
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    Navigating the transition to adulthood is fraught with challenges, especially for those coming of age during an economic crisis. Individuals often rely on support from existing social networks, and establish social capital through deepening and expanding social ties, as they establish footholds in roles marking adulthood. Yet investing in social...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Richard A. Settersten, Jr. Navigating the transition to adulthood is fraught with

  • Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

    Creator:
    Wood, Barbara L.
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    Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out...
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    Dissertation
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    domestic violence AN ABSTRACT of the THESIS OF Barbara L. Wood for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • An Oregonian Jarabe : Danza Folklórica and Mexicana Mothers

    Creator:
    Olvera, Monica L.
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    Acculturative stress can be associated with increased conflicts between Latino parents and adolescent youth, and have negative effects on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices. Yet, the potentially deleterious effects of acculturative stress on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices may be mitigated through positive acculturative...
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    Dissertation
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    Monica L. Olvera for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies

  • The impact of children with chronic health problems on marriage

    Creator:
    Eddy, Linda L.
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of having a child with a chrome illness or handicapping condition on marital quality and perceived marital stability. The subject is important because the belief that marriages in parents of chronically ill or handicapped children are uniformly less happy and...
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    Dissertation

  • Mothering a child with autism in the United States and in South Korea

    Creator:
    You, Hyun-Kyung
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    In this dissertation, I qualitatively examined the meaning of mothering a child with autism in two countries: the United States and South Korea. The overarching research question focused on how sociocultural ideas about mothering and disability, particularly autism spectrum disorders, shape women’s understanding of themselves and their children with disabilities....
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    Dissertation

  • Measurement of child care arrangement stability : a review and case study using Oregon child care subsidy data

    Creator:
    Weber, Roberta B., 1944-
    Abstract:
    Child care stability affects child and family outcomes. Stability reflects the time dimension of a child care arrangement. Although stability does not guarantee positive outcomes, instability appears to decrease the likelihood of achieving them. Some level of stability is a necessary, although not sufficient, characteristic of care that meets children's...
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    Dissertation