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  • “We’ll Be That Kid That You Think We Are” : The Influences of Stigma and Interactions with Important Adults on Youth Identity Development in a Rural Context

    Creator:
    Lile, Joy R.
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    Adolescence is a developmental stage marked by crystallization in individuals’ sense of identity (Erikson, 1994; Harter, 1999). Research on positive youth development stresses the ways in which thriving trajectories during adolescence contribute to positive lifelong outcomes (Lerner & Overton, 2008; Scales, Benson, & Roehlkepartain, 2011) A symbolic interactionism perspective (Mead,...
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    ; Rhodes, Spencer, Keller, Liang, & Noam, 2006). However, low-income youth, especially those in

  • Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

    Creator:
    Bolkan, Cory R.
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    Grounded in life span theory, this study explored how personal goals (as measured by possible selves) related to depressive symptoms in older adults. Possible selves represent individuals' ideas of what they would like to become (hoped-for selves) and what they are afraid of becoming (feared selves). Possible selves are also...
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    of full or partial recovery, or relapse and remission (Keller, 1994). Data regarding the course and

  • Parenting styles and children's outcomes mediated by family problem solving

    Creator:
    Hadlock, Terry G.
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    Contemporary parenting strategies tend to involve parent-child interactions in which the parent neither repressively dominates the child nor follows a permissive laissez-faire course but respects the child's dignity as a person. This paper integrates several current theories of parenting and parent education into the construct of "respectful parenting," which is...
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    ), Keller & Reuss (1984), Yeates, Schultz, & Selman (1991), Beardslee, Schultz, & Selman (1987