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Long-distance caregivers and stress

Creator:: Kolb, Karen N.
Abstract:: Grounded in the life course perspective, this study examined stress among long-distance caregivers, asking whether stress levels vary by family relation to the care recipient or by geographic distance. A growing older adult population forecasts a corresponding need for caregivers. Although family members are the primary source of care for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: lives in our society, there has been an increase in the number of people with chronic illnesses, health

Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

Creator:: Bolkan, Cory R.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: was associated with depressive symptoms. The presence of health related possible selves was

A Bioecological Model of Grief Recovery : Theory and Test of the Model

Creator:: Romo, Daniel L.
Abstract:: A primary aim of bereavement research is to alleviate suffering and promote well-being at the junction of life and death for the survivor in an attachment relationship. Bereavement research in the last decade has focused primarily on examining grief recovery within the context of intrapersonal processes. This emphasis has often...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: death of a spouse is associated with improved psychological health in the early stages of widowhood

Selected factors impacting burnout in professional and paraprofessional caregivers in acute care and long-term health care facilities

Creator:: Hare, Janette M.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: working with dying patients. Fear of Death. In the examination of health caregivers' fear of death

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

Creator:: Choun, Soyoung
Abstract:: Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Health: The Effect of Traits and States in Predicting Health-Goal Progress Abstract approved

Impact of parental divorce on delingquent behavior and psychosocial development in early adolescents : the moderating effects of social support, self-esteem, and locus of control

Creator:: Olszewski, Mary Elizabeth
Abstract:: Research has shown that stress is related to negative physical and psychological changes among adults. Compared to the large body of literature on stress among adults, research on the effects of life stress among children and adolescents is relatively sparse. There is evidence, however, that stressful life events are related...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Impact of parental divorce on delingquent behavior and

Giving credit where credit is due : the relationship between partner acknowledgement of the division of labor and couple intimacy

Creator:: Ottusch, Timothy M.
Abstract:: Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), this study assessed the implications of the division of labor on relationship intimacy for married and cohabitating dual-earner couples (N= 392 couples). The study focused on what mothers and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Jr. Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Study of

“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.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Co-Director of the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Dean of the

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

Creator:: Benthin, Alida C.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Adolescent health-risk behavior : a study of 15,650 images

Factors related to the use of pediatricians as resources for child behavior problems

Creator:: Jones, Laura Lynn
Abstract:: All parents experience some problems with their children and may look to various parenting resources for guidance and reassurance (Stoltz, 1967). The literature on the problems parents experience, including tantrums, bedwetting, whining/crying, has not comprehensively explored the range and co-occurrence of child behavior problems across all ages (Kanoy and Schroeder,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , parenting classes, and other health professionals. The role of the pediatrician as a resource for

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Long-distance caregivers and stress

Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

A Bioecological Model of Grief Recovery : Theory and Test of the Model

Selected factors impacting burnout in professional and paraprofessional caregivers in acute care and long-term health care facilities

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

Impact of parental divorce on delingquent behavior and psychosocial development in early adolescents : the moderating effects of social support, self-esteem, and locus of control

Giving credit where credit is due : the relationship between partner acknowledgement of the division of labor and couple intimacy

“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

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

Factors related to the use of pediatricians as resources for child behavior problems

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