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  • Gender differences in the perceptions of sexual abuse

    Creator:
    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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    Sexual Abuse. Abstract approved: Patricia Moran The purpose of this study is to explore gender

  • Externalized and internalized manifestations of child maltreatment

    Creator:
    Chang, I-Tung Joyce
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    Although child maltreatment has been studied for several decades, there are still substantial gaps of understanding essential areas such as the consequences of child maltreatment and the variability in the impact of different types of maltreatment. This study examined whether externalization and internalization are two valid and distinctive dimensions in...
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  • Academic achievement trajectories of adolescents from Mexican and East Asian immigrant families

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    Jeong, Yu Jin
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    Academic achievement of adolescent children is directly associated with their success in adulthood. Little is known, however, regarding how adolescents in immigrant families academically grow over time and what factors influence the trajectories. Drawing on the National Educational Longitudinal Survey 1988 (NELS: 88), this study aimed to: 1) identify the...
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    : __________________________________________________________________ Alan C. Acock Academic achievement of adolescent children is directly associated with their

  • Adolescent health-risk behavior : a study of 15,650 images

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    Benthin, Alida C.
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    Despite recognition in the literature that adolescence represents a relatively high-risk developmental period for health-risk behaviors, only limited attention has been given to the subjective meanings adolescents assign to such behaviors. One potentially fruitful avenue to explore in understanding the adolescent perspective on health-risk behaviors is the use of word...
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    Behavior: A Study of 15,650 Images Abstract approved: Abstract approved: Patricia B. Moran

  • A content analysis of court opinions about grandparent visitation rights

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    Henderson, Tammy L.
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    The current study was a content analysis of court opinions on grandparent visitation rights using the method of grounded theory. The research questions addressed in this study were: (a) On what bases were grandparents granted legal standing to petition for visitation with their grandchildren? (b) What was the legal reasoning...
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    Court Opinions About Grandparent Visitation Rights. Abstract approved: Patricia B. Moran The current

  • The effect of religious coping on depression and anxiety in adolescence

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    Olszewski, Mary Elizabeth
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    confidence in my vision and ability. A very special thank you to Dr. Patricia Moran, my major professor

  • The impact of maltreatment on adolescent substance abuse

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    Hall, Nancy K.
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    While the general link between adolescent maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse is well established, questions remain regarding factors that may explain variability in the strength of this link. This study examines whether the link between maltreatment and substance abuse varies across three categories of maltreatment: physical, sexual and emotional. It...
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    Impact of Maltreatment on Adolescent Substance Abuse. Abstract approved: Patricia B. Moran THE IMPACT

  • Bereavement experiences following a death under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act

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    Srinivasan, Erica G.
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    Oregon residents with a terminal illness have had the option to use aid-in-dying under the Oregon Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) since 1997. The DWDA allows terminally ill Oregonians to make a request for lethal dosages of medication, prescribed by physicians for the purpose of self-administering to end one's life....
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    approved: Patricia B. Moran Oregon residents with a terminal illness have had the option to use

  • The point of confluence : a qualitative study of the life-span developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women

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    Sasser-Coen, Jennifer
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    In this qualitative, phenomenological study I employed oral history methodology, grounded in a life-span developmental and feminist approach, to explore the developmental importance of menarche in twenty older women's "bodily histories." Menarche is an important developmental event in the female life course because it represents a major point of confluence...
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    Developmental Importance of Menarche in the Bodily Histories of Older Women. Abstract Approved: Clara C

  • Personal, interpersonal and infant characteristics as predictors of marital satisfaction during the transition to parenthood

    Creator:
    Tomlinson, Patricia Short
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    Ninety-six couples were studied during the transition to parenthood in order to assess a) relative contributions of equity and traditionality in sex role attitudes to marital satisfaction prior to parenthood, b) changes in marital satisfaction and equity after the birth of the infant and c) contributions of traditionality, equity, father...
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    Patricia Short Tomlinson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies