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Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

Creator:: Steggell, Carmen Dobson
Abstract:: The management of the home has been a central component of Home Economics since the early 1900s. It is, however, an enigmatic behavior that has not yielded easily to research. Recognizing that meal provision and food consumption by families incorporate management processes and occur on a regular and frequent basis,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in two-parent, two-child Utah families AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carmen Dobson Steggell for the

Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

Creator:: Lee, Megan
Abstract:: Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Place: A Contemporary Social Phenomenon Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell

Interactive video communication technology and successful aging in place : applying the selective optimization with compensation model

Creator:: Yamamoto, Toshiko
Abstract:: This study utilized the theoretical framework of selective optimization with compensation (SOC) (Baltes, 1987; Baltes & Baltes, 1990) to interpret older adults' definitions about successful aging in place. Factors contributing to successful aging in place, including the importance of social interaction and perceptions of the usefulness of interactive video communication...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with Compensation Model Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell This study utilized the

Person-environment fit and adaptation : exploring the interaction between person and environment in older age

Creator:: Lien, Laura L.
Abstract:: The ability to independently age in place requires an appropriate match between a person and the environment, or P-E fit. The person-environment interaction helps describe the adaptation processes employed in older age to achieve P-E fit, but is little understood. Therefore, the objective of this two-part study was to gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________ Carmen D. Steggell The ability to independently age in place requires an

Innovativeness and acceptance of retirement housing of faculty pre-retirees at selected Thai universities

Creator:: Buasri, Virajada
Abstract:: Changing demographics and lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the elderly within the family structure is no longer assured. However, the concept of living in retirement housing is unfamiliar to most senior Thai citizens. The purpose of this study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Thai Universities. Abstract approved: Leslie/. Burns Carmen D. Steggell Changing demographics and

Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

Creator:: Cox, Michelle J.
Abstract:: The goal of this study was to pursue the construct of transcendence from a psychosocial, developmental perspective to predict who will volunteer and its influence on the average number of volunteer hours worked per week. The predictor variable is the self-transcendence subscale score on the Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory (ASTI) (Levenson...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of functional ability, assistance from human resources, and built-environment features on relocation among older persons

Creator:: June, Kyung Sook
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine conditions under which functional ability predicts relocation of older persons. Data for this study came from a sample of 6,225 respondents aged 70 or older, who were interviewed both at Wave 1 (1993) and 2 (1995) of a longitudinal national survey of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and detailed corrections, Dr. Victoria Douglass, Ms. Carol Caughey, and Dr. Carmen B. Steggell for

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

Creator:: Bi, Xiaoyu
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship of career development interventions to English self-efficacy and English motivation in high school students

Creator:: Wood, Chris
Abstract:: Although some studies have demonstrated different career development interventions to be associated with positive student outcomes such as increased academic achievement, increased educational planning and increased career maturity, there has been no investigation of different quantities of career development interventions related to the student outcomes motivation and self-efficacy. Substantial research...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

Creator:: Dogaru, Cristian M.
Abstract:: This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

Interactive video communication technology and successful aging in place : applying the selective optimization with compensation model

Person-environment fit and adaptation : exploring the interaction between person and environment in older age

Innovativeness and acceptance of retirement housing of faculty pre-retirees at selected Thai universities

Does self-transcendence explain baby boomers' volunteer hours?

The effects of functional ability, assistance from human resources, and built-environment features on relocation among older persons

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

The relationship of career development interventions to English self-efficacy and English motivation in high school students

Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

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