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Research on adolescent substance abuse treatment effectiveness has grown in quantity, as evidenced by several review articles (Deas & Thomas, 2001; Muck, Zempolich, Titus, Fishman, Godley, & Schwebel, 2001; Williams & Chang, 2000). The...
Homelessness is a complex issue that impacts families in many ways. One pathway of addressing homelessness among families has been the use of transitional housing programs. Previous research demonstrates the importance of social support...
ABSTRACT Acquired hearing loss occurs when one loses their hearing postlingually. The condition is increasing as the world's population ages and is also increasing in younger adults as well. Little quantitative data is available on how...
The concurrent rising rates of two societal concerns, rising rates of obesity along with increasing reports of parental indulgence, make it imperative to look at these issues in tandem. Not only has obesity become a national epidemic, ...
This study examined the longitudinal influence of father involvement on emerging adult children's psychological well-being. This was explored in the contexts of mother involvement, interparental marital relationships, and children's...
Distressed relationships may be emotionally and economically costly to the couple, their families, and the community in which they reside. Given the current political endorsements, convenience, efficiency, capacity for prevention, and...
In the present study, a replication was conducted based on the Cummings et al. (2008) study, in which, a sample of predominantly White couples participated in a 4-week psychoeducational program that found positive results including...
There is an increase in the diagnosis of mental illness in the inmate population within correctional facilities in the United States. Most of these inmates are male, and many of them are fathers of minor children. Although fathers are...
This study investigated the effectiveness of providing a Gottman-based group therapy using art-based interventions to adjudicated male adolescents ages 14-18. The group provided structured interventions based on Gottman's Sound...
This study explored the extent to which differences in social capital among family structures predicted academic improvement in young children using data from the nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey, (ECLS)...
Suggestions from the self-determination theory and extant literature suggest the fulfillment of basic psychological needs (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness) is necessary for well-being and to prevent ill-being. Autonomy is the...
Despite contributing to our understanding of substance use among maltreated adolescents, research on this link has been limited by reductionist thinking and methods that do not accurately address the heterogeneity within these two...
Introduction. Overparenting is a parenting practice defined as parents being overly involved in their young adult children's lives by providing excessive assistance and exerting developmentally inappropriate control. Research conducted...
This study examined those early literacy skills and their relation to parent involvement. Two groups were chosen for the study, an intervention group and a comparison group. The intervention group, composed of three child care centers, ...
The study focused on testing a web-based parenting course called FosterParentCollege.com (FPC) Culturally Competent Parenting for parents who were fostering or adopting children transracially. Transracial parenting means parents who have...
The purpose of this study was to examine the interpersonal identity development of early adolescents from ages 11-14 and its effects on academic achievement. The study was also designed to allow for cross-sectional comparisons of early...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among specific variables identified in research literature as obstacles and benefits to interprofessional collaboration-- academic education, interprofessional education, teamwork...
Although research in the area of academic achievement has expanded over the past several years, questions about the individual and social factors, especially in early childhood, remain unanswered. The purpose of this study is to examine...
Few studies have examined how physical activities of family members affect the overall functioning of a family in general. This study utilized a family-systems perspective with the idea that what happens in one area of family system will...
Adolescent depression is a common health problem. Despite the cost of treatment for adolescent depression continually increasing, the majority of adolescents who experience a depressive episode will experience another episode before the...
Empirical knowledge about sibling relationships of youth in foster care is scant. The purpose of this study was to explore sibling relationships of youth in foster care and begin to build a stronger understanding of the potential...
This qualitative study was conducted to acquire a description of low income African American mother's beliefs about play's relationship with cognitive development. African American mothers of preschool children attending a Head Start...
Problem/ Purpose: Delinquent behavior is a concern during the period of adolescence. In 2009, there were approximately 2 million arrests of youth under the age of 18 (Puzzachera & Adams, 2011). Although a majority of delinquent activity...
Using the investment model, the purpose of this study was to predict two dimensions of commitment in Black men by comparing differences between Black and White men and explore within group variation among Black men. The investment model...
The purpose of this study was to examine 9-13 year old children's reasons and motivations for participation in physical activity. Child's activity level, age, gender, race, parental education level, and perceived child weight were...
Using family stress theory, the influences of parenting daily hassles, family coping, sibling warmth, parenting stress, and sense of coherence were examined for their predictive qualities in determining quality of life for mothers of...
This research study sought to understand parents? use of intuition in their parenting and how its use affects their sense of competence as a parent. Systems Theory and Phenomenology provided the foundation for this study. Metaphors were...
Twelve married couples fostering special needs children completed a 6-month, weekly, individualized marital strengthening intervention based on Gottman's Sound Marital House model. 66% (8 couples) were located three to seven years later...
Alcohol misuse and overuse has become a critical issue in the United States; however, the majority of intervention work has focused on the individual struggling with the addiction rather than including loved ones and family members in...
Family leisure is conceptualized as engagement and satisfaction with experiences that involve joint participation in activities with other family members during one’s free time. Although family leisure has been linked to family...
While the number of children born in cohabiting unions has greatly increased, studies have shown that cohabiting unions are significantly less stable than married unions and that the unions instability is negatively associated with the...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between child sexual abuse and high-risk maternal parenting indicators and the extent to which maternal depression and self-perceived parenting competence influence that...
Family and romantic relationships have been linked to both mental and physical health outcomes. Previous research has lacked attention on precise pathways by which these associations occur and continue to use predominately White, middle...
Investigating the possible complex role of paternal stress in life satisfaction is essential because of the increasing importance of the role of fathers in our society. There are many difficulties and demands that face not only fathers...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate factors that contribute to the social adjustment to college for gifted emerging adults. Specifically, perceived parental attachment, and social competence were included. Additionally, ...
There are currently over 500, 000 children in foster care in the United States. Foster care places them at a high risk for immediate and long term psycho-social-educational problems. In an effort to prevent some of the immediate behavior...
Father involvement is critical for youth’s development across their lifespan (Barton, Kogan, Cho, & Brown, 2015; Doyle, Clark Goings, Cryer-Coupet, Lombe, Stephens, & Nebbitt, 2017; Passley, Gerring, & Gerson, 2007). Thus, researchers...
This descriptive study investigated whether emerging adults' gender differentially impacted perceptions of mother (figure's) parenting style and subsequently identity formation in African American undergraduates. To assess whether...
The Long-Term Influence of Family Contexts and Processes in Biological Families and Stepfather Families on Young Adult Children's Intimate Relationships
The main purpose of the present study was to examine the influences of parental relationship instability, parental relationship happiness, and parent-child relationships on young adult intimate relationship outcomes. The effects of...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between family structure, SES, and condom use and hookup rates among a sample of N=1, 346 African American college students. In addition, the moderating role of sexual attitudes in...
The relationship between identity formation and religious/spiritual commitment has been connected theoretically since Erikson's work in the mid-20th century. Specific relationships within the constructs, such as spiritual maturity...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between delinquency and the three primary relationships of adolescents in the foster care system, biological parent-child relationship, foster parent-child relationship, and...
The factors that currently impact professional practice in the field of human sexuality are invisible in the available literature. The current study addresses this gap, and also identifies similarities and differences between professions...
The focus of this study was to examine the influence of parental infidelity on college students' level of commitment in romantic relationships. Parental infidelity was assessed on three levels, young adults who were: (a) not aware of...
Despite the prevalence of delinquency during adolescence and the influence of culture on parenting behaviors and adolescent outcomes, few comparative studies have examined the association between parental warmth and delinquency...
Transgender parents and their children are virtually invisible in the current literature. Little is known about child outcomes for children of transgender parents or about how transgender families negotiate the transition and subsequent...
The purpose of this study was to examine relations between body image, eating disordered behaviors and ethnic identity. One-hundred eighteen college women, 48 Black participants and 70 White participants were sampled from two...
ABSTRACT During this case study there was an investigation of the perceived impact of social media posts on a college athlete's performance and self-evaluation. The goal was to have up to ten Division I athletes from Southeastern...
The Relationship of Body Mass Index Leves, Nutriton Knowledge, Influences on Food Choices, Dietary Habits, and Nutrition Education of Adolescent Students
The Primary purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of body mass index levels, nutritional knowledge, selected food habits, influences that effect food choices, and nutrition education among adolescent students enrolled in...
The purpose of the study is to examine the relation between the ethnic identity status and other-group orientation of Chinese young adolescent immigrants who currently live in the U. S. and their psychological adjustment. Psychological...
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