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The Department of Human Development and Family Studies is one of the academic units of the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. HDFS focuses on lifespan human development and families in a variety of relational, social, and cultural contexts. Faculty conduct basic and applied research, with a unique investment in the application of new knowledge to issues facing individuals and families.
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Unforgiven and depressed late in life : the protective factor of forgivingness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Feeling unforgiven by others is associated with higher levels of depression (Ingersoll-Dayton, Torges, & Krause, 2010) and the tendency to forgive (i.e., forgivingness) may help us to feel better about ourselves (Baumeister ... -
Family Relationships and Mexican American Emerging Adults' Adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)I investigated associations between Mexican American parent-emerging adult relationships and the association on emerging adults' adjustment (N=186). Additionally, I explored the importance of family (familism values) and ... -
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)The goals of this study were to examine longitudinal relations between maternal parenting behaviors when children were kindergarten age and children's academic success and academic confidence in middle childhood. Direct ... -
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 ... -
The association between adults' experiences with violence, perceived social support, and health
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study examined the associations between adults' experiences with violence, spousal and non-marital perceived emotional support, and physical and mental health using hierarchical multiple regression. A sample of 3,612 ... -
Emerging Adults Views about Couple and Personal Satisfaction in Various Gender Role Relationships
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Mobile aging: A randomized trial of mobility transition counseling for high-risk older adults
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)Older adults with medical conditions that impair function are at the highest risk for driving retirement. This Randomized Controlled Trial investigated the efficacy of an intervention that facilitated planning for a likely ... -
Strengthening protective factors through parent-provider relationships : a study of family, friend, and neighbor child care settings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)According to Susman-Stilman and Banghart (2008), about 33 to 55 percent of children under the age of 5 are in some form of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care arrangement (i.e. child care provided in the caregiver ... -
Preschoolers' endogenously triggered self-regulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Self-regulation is one of the most important developments of early childhood. The ability to voluntarily control emotions, actions, and cognitions in the presence of two competing demands is vital to adaptive and autonomous ... -
Gay fathers' coparenting experiences with ex-wives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Despite the increasing focus on fathers and coparenting after divorce, little is known about the experiences of gay fathers and virtually nothing is known about their experiences coparenting with their ex-wives. This study ... -
From living apart, to living-apart-together :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study explores living-apart-together (LAT) relationships among Midwestern men and women between the ages of 60 and 88. Twenty-five men and women completed genograms and unstructured interviews addressing decision-making ... -
Religiousness and marital quality : a test of the relational spirituality framework
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)Several decades of research have established that religiousness and marital quality are positively correlated. The Relational Spirituality Framework, proposed by Annette Mahoney, is an attempt to organize this research by ... -
Coparental strategies for managing childhood chronic illness in post-divorce families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2010) estimates that 15% of children in United States require special health care for a chronic condition. Because family variables are related to children's ... -
A grounded theory investigation of skip-generation stepgrandparent-stepgrandchild relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Wachter (1997) projected that by 2030, grandparents will have as many stepgrandchildren as they do biological grandchildren, yet stepgrandparent-stepgrandchild relationships remain understudied. Using grounded theory, we ... -
Understanding nonresidential father-child relationship processes during emering [sic] adulthood
([University of Missouri--Columbia], 2014)The purpose of this study was to explore the processes by which emerging adults attempt to maintain or change their relationships with their nonresidential fathers. The present study focused on the relationships between ... -
The role of parent-child conversations and attributional biases in children's prosocial and aggressive behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The aims of the present study were to examine the relations between two dimensions of parent-child conversations and children's social behaviors and to assess the mediating role of children's attributional biases in these ... -
Religious similarity and relationship quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This analysis tested social support and joint religious activities as mediators of the relationship between religious similarity and relationship quality, as theorized by the relational spirituality framework. Using a ... -
Unintended pregnancy among Christian women : the influence of religious factors and educational goals in resolution decisions and post-pregnancy adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study examined the impact of Christian devoutness, church attendance, belief in scripture, moral opposition to abortion, and educational goals on unintended pregnancy resolution decisions and subsequent mental health ... -
Constructing a grounded theory of influences on paternal involvement in the treatment and care of children with type-1 diabetes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This dissertation was a grounded theory study of paternal involvement in the treatment and care of children with type-1 diabetes. The ultimate goal of this study was to generate a theoretical model of the influences on ... -
I'd rather beg for forgiveness than ask for permission: sexuality education teachers' identities and agency in the classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This study explored the process by which sexuality education teachers come to conceptualize their teaching identity. The findings suggest that teachers rely on what I am calling a Unique Identity when describing their role. ...