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  • Depression risk : an examination of rural low income mothers

    Creator:
    Guyer, Amy M.
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    This study used a multi-method approach to explore factors associated with high and low depression in a sample of rural mothers living in poverty. From a sample of 117 women with very high or very low CES-D depression scores, 40 cases were randomly selected for in-depth qualitative analysis. Qualitative comments...
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    Risk: An Examination of Rural Low Income Mothers. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards This study

  • Family literacy programs : can they make a difference in parenting?

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    Bailey, Sandra J.
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    Parenting education is a process of providing information to parents on the challenges of parenting, services available for families, and ideas on how to interact with children. The federal Even Start family literacy program, designed to increase the educational opportunities of parents and children, has a strong parenting education component....
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    Dissertation
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    They Make a Difference in Parenting? Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards Parenting education is

  • Health, well-being, and financial self-sufficiency of low-income families in the context of welfare reform

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    Corson, Corinne
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    The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 brought several changes to the welfare system. Among these changes are lifetime limits for receiving welfare benefits, and work requirements intended to foster economic self-sufficiency in welfare recipients. In the past few years, it has been acknowledged that there are challenges...
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    Reform. Abstract approved: Leslie N. Richards The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation

  • Informal social support and attrition among nonpartnered, rurally-located, poor mothers

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    Amity, Frederica A.
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    This qualitative study used interview transcripts to find clues to attrition from a longitudinal study among nonpartnered, rurally-located, poor mothers, a generally vulnerable population with characteristics commonly associated with attrition (low-income, low levels of educational attainment, and rural location). Drawing on Rural Families Speak data, the author used the number...
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    . Abstract approved: Alexis J. Walker Leslie N. Richards This qualitative study used interview

  • Job Strain in Toddler Teachers : Associations with Classroom Quality

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    Henry, Adrienne J. L.
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    This study examined four occupational health risks that contribute to job strain, the experience of infectious disease, musculoskeletal strain, job dissatisfaction, and depressive symptoms, for toddler teachers as predictors of classroom quality. Both the physical and social settings of early care and education (ECE) are influential in shaping children’s early...
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    study reported clinical level depressive symptoms (16 or higher on the CES-D; Radloff, 1977

  • The influence of support on divorce adjustment : an evaluation

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    Bearden, Stephen R.
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    Many divorcing persons turn to treatment programs hoping for assistance in managing the process of divorce. Treatment programs include individual as well as group process models. One of the goals of most group process programs is to generate peer support which in turn is hoped to facilitate the process of...
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    measures included the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977), the Rosenberg

  • Residential placement of patients with dementia : relationship to care recipient and caregiver variables

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    Coehlo, Deborah Padgett
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    The occurrence and timing of residential care of patients with dementia is impacted by several care recipient and caregiver variables. Previous research has shown a strong relationship among residential placement and marital status, cognitive decline, deterioration in functional abilities, and presence of behavior problems in the care recipient. Research on...
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    -being and the current placement of the care recipient. From the returned questionnaires (n = 100), a

  • Supporting children who struggle with self-regulation : the role of early family risk and child care quality

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    Pratt, Megan E.
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    Children's early self-regulation skills have long-term implications for a variety of academic, social, and health outcomes. Unfortunately, children facing multiple family risk factors (e.g., harsh parenting, economic disadvantage) are more likely to struggle with early self-regulation. Despite early disparities in self-regulation, promising intervention evidence suggests that high quality prekindergarten experiences...
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    (N =1364

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

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    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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    not cognitively impaired. The sample for this study (N=65) was drawn from a larger five year western

  • Longitudinal changes in stress-related growth : relations with stress severity and depressive symptoms

    Creator:
    Bi, Xiaoyu
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    Studies on the positive effects of stress, called stress-related growth (SRG), are increasing, and there are a variety of contradictory theoretical models and findings in the literature. This dissertation compared several of these models in two studies, using two waves of data from the Davis Longitudinal Study, a study of...
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    age from 30 – 50 (cross- sectional N = 1140; longitudinal N = 509). The first study examined whether