Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Ispa, Jean"
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Biracial children's psychosocial development from kindergarten to fifth grade : links to individual and contextual characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] With a median age of 9.7 years Black-White biracial children represented the youngest race combination in the 2000 U.S. Census. Hence, how parents ... -
Coparenting in low-income, African American, single mother households : an examination of their formation, and the roles of social support and relationship quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Fifty-nine mothers, each with at least one child between the ages of 2 and 6, were interviewed regarding the formation and quality of their coparenting ... -
Diversity withi n: a parenting measure for immigrant Mexican American mothers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Using cultural change and social information processing (SIP) as frameworks, the present study constructed a self-report parenting instrument for use with immigrant Mexican American mothers of children ages 6-10. The 14-item ... -
Is breastfeeding related to maternal warmth and acceptance among Saudi mothers?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The majority of studies that explored the benefits of breastfeeding for mothers focused on the health benefits. Yet, this study among the first to consider the possible effect of breastfeeding on maternal caregiving behavior, ... -
Japanese and U. S. mothers' concerns and experts' advice : content analyses of mothers' questions on online message boards and experts' advice in parenting magazines
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)A total of 241 messages posted in 2007 by mothers of 0- to 2-year-olds on two U.S. and two Japanese parenting magazine websites were content analyzed. All messages pertained to one or more of six domains of childrearing: ... -
Japanese parents' perceptions about children's medical play
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Japanese parents' beliefs about medical play, one form of therapeutic play in healthcare settings, were examined. Mothers of 2- to 5-year-old children were recruited and asked to answer yes-no and open-ended questions about ... -
Longitudinal links between maternal parenting behaviors in early childhood and academic outcomes and mother-child relationship quality in middle childhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The goals of this study were to examine longitudinal relations between maternal parenting behaviors when children were kindergarten age and children's ... -
On autonomy support : low-income mothers' parenting of young children in contemporary China and the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)According to self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002), autonomy is conceptualized as a sense of volition or agency. Much research indicates that parental autonomy support contributes to children's well-being and ... -
Relations between videogame play and 8th-graders' mathematics achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Research on videogames has examined relationships between the amount of time children spend playing videogames and academic outcomes. This study ... -
Rural low-income mothers' perspectives on children's feeding practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, behaviors, motivation, and barriers that rural low-income women experience in feeding their young children. Qualitative descriptive research was used to investigate ... -
Social skills and siblings in India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)Parents and teachers in India completed questionnaires giving details about the quality of children's sibling and peer relationships. Analyses of social skills of children with and without siblings revealed no significant ... -
Symbolic play in low-income African American mother-toddler dyads : maternal behaviors and child outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In this exploratory investigation, low-income African-American mothers and their toddler-aged children were observed via videotaped recordings of semi-structured play activities when children were 14 and 24 months old. ...