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The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

Creator:: Harmon, Bethany J.
Abstract:: Past research on Head Start has focused on child outcomes, yet Head Start services also target the behaviors of parents. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCW), the current study examined the effect of Head Start on mother (n = 3,575) and father (n = 1,812)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: participation and at-home parent-child involvement

Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

Creator:: White, Diana L.
Abstract:: The death of a child is a traumatic family event. This qualitative study examined the experiences of parents and grandparents in 10 families who had lost a baby to SIDS, stillbirth, or birth defects. Key questions focused on support given and received, meanings attributed to the loss, continuing bonds, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: parent and child because their relationship is connected through the middle generation. Although they

Raising fragile : the experiences & perspectives of the families of male Fragile X individuals

Creator:: Shorb, JoAnne E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to address the experiences and perspectives of those who have grown up with and raised males who have Fragile X syndrome. The methods used in the study included surveying and interviewing the family members of adult individuals with Fragile X, reviewing resources...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unstable individuals would only create an equally unstable child. Between 1920 and 1950 the idea of

Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

Creator:: Biddle, Ronald Lon
Abstract:: This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the communication of values, the interaction between a parent and child often is a process of

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

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Creator:: Diaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: The transition to kindergarten can be challenging for many children who do not have the necessary skills to meet the demands of classroom settings such as paying attention, remembering instructions, and demonstrating self-control. Children who lack the necessary behavioral regulation skills to meet the demands in the classroom environment are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: studies have established the essential role that parent-child interactions play in the development and

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

Creator:: Pattison, Scott A.
Abstract:: There is growing evidence that children develop science-related interests in early childhood, before they enter school, and that these interests may have long-term implications for science participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in the preschool years, little is currently known about the proximal processes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: childhood interests and how these relate to other more distal factors, such as parent beliefs and

Head start parent education to promote positive parent-child feeding relationships

Creator:: Huang, Yu-Chi
Abstract:: Studies have shown that parental feeding practice has an impact on the child's dietary intake, food preference and weight status. Our study focused on teaching parents the division of responsibility in parent-child feeding relationship as well as benefits of eating meals together, since feeding practice takes place during the mealtime....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: letter to the parent, a parent-child feeding handout, refrigerator chart, buttermilk biscuit mix and

Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

Creator:: Roebber, Susan Merwin
Abstract:: In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to

Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Creator:: Weatherspoon, Joni
Abstract:: Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children who were enrolled in a primary prevention home visitation program targeting first birth families. In the first study, more and less acculturated high-risk Hispanic families were compared to high-risk non-Hispanic White families on differences in demographic characteristics, risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with poor child outcomes, and parent behaviors related to infant health. Using the General Linear

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The effect of Head Start on mother and father involvement

Intergenerational responses to the death of a child

Raising fragile : the experiences & perspectives of the families of male Fragile X individuals

Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

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

Parental beliefs and practices : influences of parenting in Latino/a and Caucasian children's behavioral regulation

Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

Head start parent education to promote positive parent-child feeding relationships

Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

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