The purposes of this study were to explore the relationship of
cognitive complexity to norms and sanctions for the traditional family
roles; to investigate intergenerational relationships involving
roles and cognitive structures and to estimate the reliability of
the questions from the Washington Role Inventory regarding norms
and sanctions for the...
In this study patterns of shared family time in 210 two-parent,
two-child Oregon households were described. The relationship between
amounts of shared time and a number of family and environmental
characteristics was also researched.
The study used the Oregon data from a contributing project of
the Northeast Regional Research Project...
The development and maintenance of a family achievement
theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three
propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement
theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of social
position and stage in the family life cycle on the use of living and
family rooms in houses with and without a family room.
Homes built from two floorplans were selected for the sample.
These two floorplans were...
The main objective of this study was to identify family life
competencies needed by high school graduates, as perceived by a
majority of respondents. In addition, the null hypothesis tested was:
that age, sex, and educational level are each independent of response
on each individual competency statement. Testing was done...
In response to the growing preference for the small family, this study was carried cut to acquire information about women who expect zero, one, or two children. The purposes of the study were: to identify the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of these women; and to determine which of these characteristics...
All individuals are part of a family, and are confronted with
all the complexities that accompany family life during some portion
of their lifetime. Thus, inter-relationships between all family
members are an important aspect of education.
The school curriculum should be relevant to the needs of youth.
Family life education...
The major purpose of this study was to develop a resource
unit in family life education for boys. To plan this unit, which was
divided into two parts, personal and family relations and child development,
the writer
1. Surveyed the homemaking teachers in Oregon to discover
who taught boys homemaking...
The major purpose of this study was to determine the current status
of family life/sex education programs in the public high schools of
Oregon. A mail questionnaire was submitted to all health teachers in
all the high schools in Oregon. The questionniare was mailed twice to
447 health teachers in...