Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Human development and family studies (MU)"
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The association between raising grandchildren and grandparent caregiver marital relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Few studies have examined how raising grandchildren influences the marital relationship of grandparent caregivers even though raising grandchildren may strain marital relationships. This study used nationally representative ... -
Beliefs about intergenerational assistance following divorce and remarriage: does race and ethnicity matter?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)Most researchers who have studied beliefs about intergenerational assistance have studied primarily white European Americans living in nuclear families rather than diverse racial and ethnic groups. The purpose of this ... -
Coparental strategies for managing childhood chronic illness in post-divorce families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2010) estimates that 15% of children in United States require special health care for ... -
Cultural values mediate the effect of parenting styles on Mexican American adolescents' prosocial behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The aim of this study was to examine the relations between supportive and strict parenting, traditional Mexican American culture values (respect and traditional gender roles), and prosocial tendencies in Mexican American ... -
Cultural values reflected within Chinese children's stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)A total of 145 Chinese children's stories published from the 1980s to the present were examined to explore the changes in Chinese culture as a result of modernization and globalization in Chinese society. The selected ... -
Daily relationship interventions : an integrative review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] For decades scholars have observed the individual and societal costs of relationship instability. Due to these costs, state and federal agencies have ... -
The effect of parenting stress on children's cognitive development: examining the variables of sex and race/ethnic origin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Little research has focused on children's age, sex, and race/ethnicity as variables that may moderate the relations between parenting stress and children's cognitive development. Using Bronfenbrenner's (1986) bioecological ... -
The effects of adoption on foster children's well-being : a systematic review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)In this integrative review research pertaining to the physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and psychological effects of adoption on foster children was examined. A systematic review of the literature yielded 19 empirical ... -
Effects of phrase style in storybooks on children's word learning in small and large reading groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Shared storybook reading between adults and children has long been considered an effective activity that facilitates children's early language and literacy development (Brabham & Lynch-Brown, 2002; Chomsky, 1979; Elley, ... -
An exploration of the moderating impact of mentorship on the relationship between Christian religious orientation and moral reasoning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explored the moderating impact of quality mentorship on the relationship between two domains of religious orientation and principled moral ... -
Family relationships and Mexican American emerging adults' adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] I investigated associations between Mexican American parent-emerging adult relationships and the association on emerging adults' adjustment (N=186). ... -
A grounded theory investigation of skip-generation stepgrandparent-stepgrandchild relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Wachter (1997) projected that by 2030, grandparents will have as many stepgrandchildren as they do biological grandchildren, yet stepgrandparent-stepgrandchild ... -
Healthcare communication barriers encountered by child life specialists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Communication in the healthcare setting can be complicated due to various reasons such as language barriers or complex medical terminology, yet effective communication is necessary for overall care and safety of an ... -
Household labor and marital quality : perceived partner responsiveness as a buffer for unfair divisions of labor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Perceptions of household labor divisions as unfair are associated with lower marital quality, particularly for women. However, perceived partner responsiveness -- individuals' beliefs about their partner as caring, validating, ... -
The influence of self-perceptions of aging on cognitive functioning in older adult dyads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Older adults who report negative self-perceptions of aging (SPA) perform worse on memory tests and perceive their memory abilities to be worse than their counterparts who report positive SPA. Research suggests that romantic ... -
The intergenerational transmission of relationship instability : a focus on emerging adult cyclical relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The current study aims to extend prior research on the intergenerational transmission of divorce and relationship instability by examining parental relationship instability as predictors of emerging adults' own cycling ... -
Investigating the relative salience of race, sex, and facial expressions of emotion among preschoolers : introducing a new facial categorization task
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)The present study was used to explore the relative salience of sex, race, and emotion expression among preschoolers using an author-developed facial categorization task. Forty-one children between the ages of 2.76 and 5.45 ... -
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 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 ... -
Long-distance dating relationships among college students : the benefits and drawbacks of using technology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)As many as 75% of college students are or will eventually be in a long-distance dating relationship (LDDR), relying on various communication technologies to connect with their partner. This study seeks to explore the use, ...