Human Development and Family Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
The items in this collection are the theses and dissertations written by students of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (formerly the Department of Human Development and Family Studies [2017]). Some items may be viewed only by members of the University of Missouri System and/or University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Understanding the experience of parents planning for the future care of adult children with autism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] This study explores the process of planning concerning parents and the future care and support of adult children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Eighteen parents between the ages of 50 and ... -
The interpersonal implications of discrimination : how discrimination in adolescence influences intergroup contact in young adulthood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Relationships do not occur in a vacuum, but within an environment of historical, cultural, social, and political contexts, which have important implications for relationship formation and decisions ... -
Emotion regulation mediates associations between parenting practices and ethnic minority college students' prosocial behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)The current study examined associations between Black and Latinx college students' mothers' and fathers' parenting practices, students' emotion regulation, and students' prosocial behaviors. College students (N = 567 ... -
Unveiling the influence of family of origin environment and relationship education programming on single adults' relational attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)Guided by the Development of Early Adult Romantic Relationships (DEARR) model (Bryant & Conger, 2002), the current study examined how single adults' relational attitudes are shaped by both family of origin environment and ... -
Growing pains : pubertal status, gender, and skin tone as influences on Latinx parent-child relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Puberty is a time of new changes for adolescents, both physical and social. Puberty signals changes in relationships such as the parent-child relationship, especially in Latinx families. Using a ... -
Examining how skin tone influences Black father daughter relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Previous colorism research has primarily focused on the role mothers and othermothers, who are the extended network of women in the lives of Black girls, have on transmitting messages about ... -
Conflict engagement and management among stepsiblings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how stepsiblings engage, manage, and resolve conflicts. The processes that facilitate or impede conflict management among stepsiblings were explored. The 25 stepchildren ... -
Unlearning the narrative: integrating relationship science and machine learning to identify the determinants of African American adults' romantic relationship satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Foundational theories in relationship science offer generalized explanations of relationship processes and outcomes that do not acknowledge the central role that race and racism may play in structuring intimate partnerships. ... -
Perceived norms and help-seeking intentions among college student-athletes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)College student-athletes are vulnerable to mental health-related issues with the constant stresses rooted in the dual responsibilities on academic and athletic performances. Despite the higher intention and resources ... -
US immigration policies: the lived experiences of international students with families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Research studies about international students have often focused on the students and their reasons for migration (Abuosi and Abor, 2015), the process of adjustment to the new context (Yeh and Inose, 2003), and the factors ... -
Characteristics of pretend play and their contributions to preschool children's emotion regulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Research on the benefits of pretend play for children demonstrates that engaging in this non-literal style of play is linked with better emotional skills (Lindsey and Colwell, 2013). While this relation between pretend ... -
Transition to Kindergarten: exploring concepts of worry, transition activities, and parent efficacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Kindergarten entry is a significant -- and fairly common -- transition experienced by young children and their families. Put simply, it is often a drastic new experience for young children including new behavioral, social, ... -
Romantic partner communication, familism values, and Latinx young adults' relationship maintenance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Young adulthood is characterized by an increased focus on serious, long-term relationships. Stressors such as negative communication within couples can impede the enactment of pro-social, relationship maintenance behaviors, ... -
The moderating role of behavioral self-regulation in relations between neighborhood connection and adolescents' positive adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The current study directly and longitudinally tested relational-developmental systems theories by analyzing whether neighborhood connection facilitates school engagement, self-esteem, and prosocial behavior depending on ... -
Short-term weekly effects of ethnic-racial discrimination on academic outcomes : ethnic-racial socialization and ethnic-racial identity as moderators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)African American and Latinx undergraduate students who attend historically white institutions continue to face incidents of discrimination which have been associated adverse health and academic outcomes (Del Toro & Hughes, ... -
The relations between parenting and prosocial behaviors: mediating roles of moral reasoning and familism in Nicaragua
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study examined the relations between supportive and strict parenting behaviors and adolescents' six types of prosocial behaviors, along with the ... -
Parent attachment and prosocial behaviors in Asian Indian young adults : prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family as intervening mechanisms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)The primary goal of this study was to examine the intervening roles of prosocial moral reasoning and respect for family in associations between parent attachment and prosocial behaviors in Asian Indian young adults. ... -
Barriers and catalysts of aging for LGBTQ+ older adults : a photovoice study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)For LGBTQ+ older adults, the intersecting influence of sexuality, gender expression, and sociocultural factors result in a distinct aging experience. The concept of successful aging is often utilized by professionals to ... -
Introducing a personal-originality approach for scoring children's divergent thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Divergent thinking (DT), which can be described as the ability to conceive of and express a variety of novel solutions to open-ended problems (Gibson et al., 2009), is one of the most commonly studied constructs related ... -
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 ...