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  • Employment hours and household tasks : a longitudinal analysis

    Creator:
    Hawley, Jeffrey E.
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    The effect of changes in employment hours on changes in household task hours was studied. Data were used from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) waves one and two. Wave one was a probability sample of 13,017 age 19 and older in the United States who were interviewed...
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    and household labor of both men and women. The purpose of this study is to explore the longitudinal

  • Gender and housework : postretirement change

    Creator:
    Richards, Catherine M.
    Abstract:
    Retirement is a later life transition that may affect a variety of areas in a person's life. One area is the division of household labor. Historically, women have been responsible for and performed the majority of household labor. Women's responsibility for household labor follows the traditional dual sphere ideology, which...
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    Masters Thesis
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    much men and women invest in household labor. This issue was addressed using longitudinal data from

  • Contribution of perceived social support from close family and background characteristics to the well-being of women providing care to dependent mothers

    Creator:
    Oppy, Nancy Chun
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    The increasing elderly population is creating a greater need for care providers. Research indicates that while caregiving can be rewarding, it can also generate stress which, in turn, impacts individual well-being. Social support, however, may foster the well-being of persons who are experiencing stressful events. The purpose of this study...
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    foster the well-being of persons who are experiencing stressful events. The purpose of this study was

  • Longitudinal study of the relationship between family coalitions and adolescent antisocial behavior

    Creator:
    Coughlin, Chris D.
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    Family therapists have proposed that specific types of family interactions are dysfunctional for the family system and can produce long-term negative effects for the child. They further propose that, for healthy family functioning to be maintained, parental alliances must be sustained and excessive cross-generational coalitions (parent-child alliances) must be blocked....
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    Longitudinal study of the relationship between family

  • Family influences on adolescent drug relapse : follow-up study of a treatment population

    Creator:
    Coughlin, Chris D.
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    Relapse is a common occurrence in the treatment of adolescent substance abuse. It is estimated that one out of three adolescents will relapse after treatment termination. Although much attention has been given to family factors which influence an adolescent's use and abuse of drugs, this same vigorous attention has not...
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    Masters Thesis
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    study of a treatment population AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Chris D. Coughlin for the degree of

  • Perceptions about mother-daughter relationships during daughters' childbearing

    Creator:
    Martell, Louise Kelly
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in contact, emotional closeness, and aid exchange in the mother-daughter, relationship during daughter's first pregnancy. According to the literature reviewed, women increase contact with and become emotionally closer to their mothers with pregnancy. It appears that pregnant women have increased feelings...
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    48) as part of a longitudinal study. The investigators asked the respondents to evaluate their lives