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  • Stressors, resources, perception, and adaptation among military women during deployment

    Creator:
    Mawdsley, Jennifer Renee
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    This study explored factors that lead to adaptation among married women in the military during the stressor of deployment. The Double ABCX Model of Family Stress and Adaptation (McCubbin & Patterson, 1 983a, 1 983b, 1 983c) provided a strong theoretical model for this study, on which the empirical model...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Event PerceptionMarital pile-up of "a" Family pile-up demandsJob pile-up ( \ aA Financial pile-up J

  • Fostered Futures: A Campus Support Service for Former Foster Youth

    Creator:
    Kirker, Emma G.
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    An often overlooked student population within higher education, former foster youth, is a population that needs support. Students who were formerly a part of the foster care system who have since aged out, are left to navigate higher education institutions on their own. College support services tailored for the needs...
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    Capstone Project
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    : ______________________________________________________ (Spirit D. Brooks) An often overlooked student population within higher education, former

  • Ecology of adult day care for family caregivers

    Creator:
    Patterson, Susan L.
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    The purpose of the study was to learn more about the ways in which caregivers perceive the effects of adult day services. The goal was to help inform adult day providers about services family caregivers find useful. An ecological model was used as a framework. Data were collected from focus...
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    Dissertation
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    . Abstract approved: Abstract approved: J. Walker Leslie Richards The purpose of the study was to learn

  • Recounting, rethinking, and reclaiming menstruation

    Creator:
    Ashford, Teresa L.
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    I assessed influences on women's attitudes toward and experiences with menarche and menstruation using feminist qualitative methodologies. Bronfenbrenner's ecological model interpreted through a feminist lens was the organizing framework for the study, focusing as it does on the sociohistorical and multilayered context wherein the women developed. Fourteen college women between...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Rethinking, and Reclaiming Menstruation. Abstract approved: Alexis J. Walker / I assessed influences on

  • The association among care given, perceived reciprocity, and frustration with caregiving for daughters

    Creator:
    Alger, Georgina
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    Decreasing mortality rates and increasing life expectancy are contributing factors in a trend currently referred to as the "graying" of America. Some members of this aging population will require caregiving support from their families. Because women tend to outlive men, adult daughters generally assume this important role for their widowed...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: Alexis J. Walker- Decreasing mortality rates and increasing life expectancy are

  • Amount of care given by daughters and perceived relationship quality with care-receiving mothers

    Creator:
    Evans, Lorina S.
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    The relationship between mothers and daughters has been shown to be generally positive and strong throughout the life cycle. The relationship may become strained, however, as mothers become dependent due to deteriorating health or chronic health conditions. It has long been recognized in both the gerontological and intergenerational literatures that...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: Alexi J. Walker The relationship between mothers and daughters has been shown to be

  • Changes in the self-esteem, parental attitude, and generalized contentment among teen mothers enrolled in a parent program

    Creator:
    Guiles-Fellez, Cynthia Lynn
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    Adolescent pregnancy is a serious problem which creates social and emotional consequences for 1 in 10 teenaged girls and their families. Although the severity of the problem has been well documented in the literature, few empirical investigations have been conducted to expand information or to aid in the understanding of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Contentment Among Teen Mothers Enrolled in a Parent Program. Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: J

  • The influence of age stratification on motives for and outcomes of caregiving in mothers and daughters

    Creator:
    Shin, Hwa-Yong
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    The importance of developmental stages as well as cohort experiences has not been considered in family caregiving literature although both caregiving daughters and care-receiving mothers represent different age groups. The conceptual bases of the age stratification model and the life course perspective suggest that mothers in different age groups, as...
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    Dissertation
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    Daughters Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Dr. -Alexis J. Walker The importance of developmental

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    /Alexis J. Walkei''.- The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in contact, emotional

  • Early Predictors of Academic Achievement and Externalizing Problems for Children in Low-Income Families

    Creator:
    Duncan, Robert J.
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    Empirical studies and theory have identified many early predictors of children's academic achievement and externalizing problems. Moreover, research shows that children's early cognitive abilities and behavioral problems are strong predictors of later academic achievement and externalizing problems. The current dissertation studies extend previous work and unpack how early predictors relate...
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    Dissertation
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    OF Robert J. Duncan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family