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Leonard, Roger, and Andrea D. Clements. "Parental Attitudes Toward Cross-Gender Behavior." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7302.
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Baxter, Lauren N. "Coping Strategy as Mediator between Parental Attachment and the Parent-Child Relationship." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955056/.
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Previous research has shown that adult attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance are associated with both coping strategy use and the parent-child relationship. Additionally, research has shown that coping strategy is associated with aspects of the parent-child relationship. The current study aimed to further examine associations between parental romantic attachment, coping strategy use, and the parent-child relationship. It was hypothesized that coping strategy use would mediate the relationship between parental romantic attachment and aspects of the parent-child relationship. Participants included 86 heterosexual couples (N = 176 parents) from the Family and Kid Connection project archival dataset. Instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, a brief measure of coping, and the Attachment and Relational Frustration Subscales of the Parenting Relationship Questionnaire. An actor-partner independence model was proposed and tested via multilevel modeling. Higher levels of parental attachment anxiety predicted poorer parent-child relationships. Father's attachment avoidance also predicted poorer father-child relationships. Higher levels of both parental attachment dimensions predicted greater use of avoidant emotional coping. Finally, greater use of avoidant emotional coping predicted poorer parent-child relationships. Results partially supported proposed mediational hypotheses. Two mediational paths were supported by results: an actor-actor path in which fathers' avoidant emotional coping mediated the association between fathers' romantic attachment avoidance and father-child attachment, and an actor-actor path in which mothers' avoidant emotional coping mediated the association between mothers' romantic attachment anxiety and mother-child attachment.
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Raulston, Tracy. "Effects of the Practiced Routines Parent Training Program on Behavioral Strategy Use, Parental Well-Being, and Child Challenging Behavior in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23119.
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In this study, a concurrent randomized multiple baseline across three parent-child dyads single-case design was employed to evaluate the effects of a brief three-week parent training program, titled Practiced Routines. The Practiced Routines parent training program included positive behavior supports (PBS) and mindfulness strategies within the context of natural family routines. Three mothers and their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participated. Visual analysis combined with a standardized mean difference analysis revealed mixed results with a medium effect found for increases in parent behavioral strategy use and small effects found for reductions in parent stress and child challenging behavior. All three mothers rated the social validity of the Practiced Routine program favorably. Implications for science and practice in educational and behavior health early intervention for families of children with ASD are discussed.
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Oliveros, Arazais. "PARENTAL ATTRIBUTIONS AND DISCIPLINE OF CHILD BEHAVIOR." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2183.
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Extant empirical evidence suggests that multiple risk and protective factors implicated in children's development of behavior problems are intertwined. This study, therefore, investigated the relationships among parental depression and anger, attributions of control, discipline, parent-child relationship variables, and children's behavior problems. Results were based on the responses of parents (55 mothers and 13 fathers) with children in Head Start and parents (52 mothers and 4 fathers) with children in Private School settings. All parents had children who ranged in age from 3- to 8-years. Compared to Private School parents, Head Start parents had lower levels of nonviolent discipline, involvement, and autonomy granting and endorsed greater internalizing behavior problems in their children. Significant correlations were found among parent-child relationship characteristics, parental discipline practices, and child behavior problems in both samples. Regression analyses suggested that Private School parents' use of psychological aggression and autonomy granting interact in the prediction of children's internalizing behavior problems. Although Head Start parents' higher attributions of child control for failure predicted lower levels of nonviolent discipline, and Private School parents' use of psychological aggression predicted greater levels of children's externalizing behavior problems, there was no evidence of parental discipline mediating the relationship between parental attributions and children's behavior problems. These findings emphasize the importance of research involving disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged community samples in order to provide a context for understanding how parental discipline and children's behavior problems are related to parent traits and parent-child relationship characteristics.M.S.
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Yeung, Ka-ching Frederick. "The dynamics of interparental conflict and adolescent's behavior problems /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19853191.
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Horsch, Laura Marie. "Continuity of Behavioral Inhibition in Early Childhood: The Impact of Parental Attitudes toward Socially Inhibited Behavior." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77993.
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Although behavioral inhibition has been found to be relatively stable, such stability has not always been shown. Moreover, although an association between parental shyness and child behavioral inhibition has been reported, this relationship is imperfect and indirect. The present study proposed that one factor that may impact these relationships is the attitudes parents hold toward having a shy, inhibited child. Although shyness is typically regarded as a negative and maladaptive trait, it is not necessarily viewed as problematic by all parents. The present study investigated a series of ten specific hypotheses that centered around the notion that variations in parental attitudes toward shyness may lead some parents to encourage and other parents to discourage behaviors typically associated with shyness in their young children. Using a longitudinal design, the present study examined the relations among the constructs of parental attitudes toward shyness, child behavioral inhibition, childrearing strategies, and parental shyness over a span of two years in a sample of 3 to 6 year-old children and their parents. Results revealed several interesting and valuable findings. Maternal attitudes toward shyness emerged as a moderator of the relationship between behavioral inhibition at Time 1 and Time 2. Maternal attitudes toward shyness also emerged as a significant moderator of the relationship between maternal shyness and child behavioral inhibition. However, childrearing strategies did not mediate the relationship between maternal attitudes toward shyness and behavioral inhibition in children as predicted.Ph. D.
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Silva, Alessandra Turini Bolsoni. ""Habilidades sociais educativas, variáveis contextuais e problemas de comportamento: comparando pais e mães de pré-escolares"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59137/tde-10082004-134158/.
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Acredita-se que pais socialmente habilidosos são capazes de priorizar práticas educativas positivas, sem esquecerem-se de estabelecer os limites necessários. No entanto, pais que possuem dificuldades interpessoais podem oferecer modelos de comportamentos indesejados e podem inadvertidamente contribuir para o aparecimento e/ou manutenção de problemas de comportamento. Diante disto, o estudo visa aprofundar o entendimento das relações pais-filhos, comparando as Habilidades Sociais Educativas Parentais (HSE-P) de diferentes grupos: a) pais x mães e b) pais (mãe/pai) de filhos com indicativos escolares de problemas de comportamento x pais (mãe/pai) de filhos com indicativos escolares de comportamentos socialmente adequados. Foram participantes, 96 pessoas, sendo 48 (24 pais e 24 mães), de crianças com indicativos escolares de comportamentos socialmente adequados (Grupo ICSA) e 48 (24 pais e 24 mães), de crianças com indicativos escolares de comportamentos socialmente indesejados (Grupo IPC). A coleta de dados foi conduzida através de questionário que avalia HSE-P, aplicado pela entrevistadora, na residência dos participantes; foram também aplicados dois instrumentos para avaliar o repertório adequado (QCSA) e indesejado (ECI) dos filhos. Os participantes foram contactados após a indicação de professoras de Escolas Municipais de Educação Infantil. Os principais resultados são: a) as HSE-P são mais freqüentes para os grupos de mães (por exemplo expressar sentimentos positivos, expressar opiniões, fazer perguntas, manter comunicação e ouvir perguntas sobre sexo) e para o Grupo ICSA (por exemplo demonstrar carinho, concordar com cônjuge, cumprir promessas, discriminar comportamentos adequados nos filhos); b) os grupos IPC e ICSA pouco diferem quanto às estratégias utilizadas para estabelecer limites; c) quando os pais estabelecem limites, as crianças dos grupos IPC e ICSA comportam-se de forma semelhante, obedecendo e também fazendo birras; d) o grupo ICSA apresenta um maior número de Habilidades Sociais Conjugais (HSC), referente àquelas que envolvem comunicação; e) os itens da ECI que se referem a indicativos de problemas de comportamento apresentaram maiores escores para o Grupo IPC, quanto a comportamentos externalizantes, segundo os relatos de pais e de mães; f) ambos os grupos de crianças, IPC e ICSA, alcançaram altos escores no QCSA. Desta forma, pode-se concluir que há diferenças na forma como pais e mães lidam com seus filhos, o que pode ser explicado, em parte, por práticas culturais que priorizam a mãe na educação dos filhos. Os resultados indicam que as habilidades sociais que mais diferenciam os grupos são aquelas utilizadas em momentos de interação positiva. Como ambos os grupos relatam HSE-P e também estratégias coercitivas nas interações com filhos, há a necessidade de estudos de intervenção que avaliem o quanto tais intervenções ajudam os pais a aproveitarem tais habilidades para a promoção de melhores interações pais-filhos e redução/eliminação de comportamentos considerados como indesejados.It is believed that socially skilled parents are capable of prioritizing positive educational practices without forgetting to establish the necessary limits to their children. However, parents who present interpersonal difficulties, offer inadequate behavioral model and can indeed contribute to establish and/or maintain behavioral problems in the latter. In this view, this study has the purpose of intensifying the knowledge about relationships among parent-children, comparing the Parental Social Educational Skills (HSE-P) of two different groups: a) fathers x mothers, and b) parents of children with schools evidence of socially behavioral problems x parents of children with schools evidence of socially adequate behaviors. The participants were 96 subjects, which 48 were parents (24 fathers and 24 mothers) of children with schools evidence of socially adequate behaviors (group ICSA) and 48 (24 fathers and 24 mothers) of children with schools evidence of socially inadequate behaviors (group IPC). The data collection was realized through the application of questionnaires formulated to evaluate the parents HSE- The questionnaires were applied by the interviewer at the families residences. Two other instruments were also utilized to measure the constructs adequate (QCSA) and inadequate (ECI) in children. The participants were contacted based on the indication of teachers from Public Day-Cares. The main results were: a) the HSE-P occurs more frequently among the mothers (i.e., express positive feelings and opinions, ask questions, establish communication, and listen to questions about sex), and in the group ICSA (i.e., demonstrate physical affection, agree with the spouse, to be dependable, discriminate adequate behaviors in their children); b) the groups IPC and ICSA differ only slightly with respect to the strategies used to establish limits; c) when the parents establish limits, the children of the groups IPC and ICSA behave in a similar way, obeying or also whining; d) the group ICSA presents a larger number of Marital Social Abilities (HSC), regarding those that involve communication; e) according to testimony of both fathers and mothers, the group IPC presented higher scores in the ECIs items related to externalizing behavior problems; f) both groups of children, IPC and ICSA, reached high scores in the QCSA. These results suggest that there are differences in the form that parents deal with their children, which can be to some extent explained through cultural practices that prioritize the mothers role in the education of children. The results indicate that the social skills that more differentiates the groups are those used in moments of positive interaction. Nevertheless, it seems that both groups of parents revealed HSE-P in the interactions with their children, calling the attention to the necessity of studies related to interventions that could help parents to take advantage of such skills and thus promote better parent-child interactions, reducing/eliminating the behaviors that are considered inadequate.
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Scherbinski, Michael D. "Parental behavior and the distinction between sexual and nonsexual delinquency /." Connect to CIFA website:, 2007. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pdwerner/cifa1.htm.
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Coffelt, Nicole L. "Parental Depression in Remission:." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2008. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/49.
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This study was designed to increase our understanding of remitted major depressive disorder among parents and how it relates to child externalizing problems. Specifically, various facets that may differentiate one remitted clinical depressive presentation from another were investigated: past depression severity, past depression chronicity, and residual or current levels of depressive symptoms. Relations of these characteristics of parent depression with youth externalizing symptomatology, as well as the mediating role of negative parenting, were studied among 118 parent-child dyads across two sites. Specifically, three hypotheses were tested: (1) all three indicators of parental depression would have a significant relationship with adolescent externalizing problems when examined individually; (2) when examined simultaneously, past depression chronicity and current depressive symptoms, but not past depression severity, would each have a unique association with young adolescent externalizing outcomes; and (3) negative parenting would partially mediate the relationship of each of the three indicators (i.e., current parental symptoms, past depression chronicity, past depression severity) with child externalizing behavior. Results revealed that residual parent depressive symptoms were most salient in their association with youth externalizing behavior. Further, negative parenting mediated this relationship for parent, but not child, report of child problem behavior. Findings highlight the importance of further research to investigate remitted clinical depression in parent populations, and the impact on child behavioral adjustment. As well, implications for preventive and other intervention efforts are considered.
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Grimes, Lisa K. "The Role of Parental Self-efficacy and Parental Knowledge in Parent-Infant Interactions and Infant Behavior during the Transition to Parenthood." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1339654181.
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Yeung, Ka-ching Frederick, and 楊家正. "The dynamics of interparental conflict and adolescent's behavior problems." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29807384.
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Finkeldey, Jessica Grace. "Parental Incarceration, Identity, and Adult Children's Antisocial Behavior." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1498737646793808.
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Quiran, Lesley Vanessa. "Parental Views on the Perceived Efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/198.
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The purpose of this study was to explore parental views on the efficacy of parent-child interaction therapy. Research indicates that early intervention and prevention is essential when treating children with disruptive behaviors. Intervening at an early age prevents the disruptive behaviors from progressing into more complex disorders that can occur in the teenage and adult years. This study utilized a quantitative method to better understand if parents identified as parent-child interaction therapy as effective. This study consisted of 29 parent-child dyads that had completed parent-child interaction therapy and reported their satisfaction with parent-child interaction therapy through the use of parent-stress index scores. Results indicated that parent-child interaction therapy was viewed as successful by parents. However, success of parent-child interaction therapy is only applicable to certain domains that were chosen in this study; limiting the generalizability of overall success of parent-child interaction therapy. Parent-child interaction therapy has shown success in strengthening the parent-child dyad and decreasing disruptive behaviors such as distractibility and hyperactivity. It is recommended that parent-child interaction therapy continue to be utilized by professionals and focus on all the domains rather than selected domains.
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Castillo, Michael G. (Michael George). "Perceived Influence of Single-Parent Sexual Behavior on Quality of Parenting and Sexual Development of Offspring." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331399/.
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Double standard effects in inferences about quality of parenting and adult sexual outcomes for children were investigated under five conditions of single-parent sexual behavior. The sample comprised six hundred married parents from three major metropolitan areas in Texas. Subjects were administered a scenario about a hypothetical single parent family. The scenario varied with respect to parent gender, child gender, and type of parental sexual activity (e.g., abstinence, limited affairs away from home, involvement with a live-in lover, frequent partners spending the night, and a control condition containing no sexual message). Subjects were asked to rate a parent from the scenario on quality of parenting and predict the adult sexual behavior of the child. Hypothesized double standard effects did not emerge. A double standard in judgments about sexually active single parents and parenting did appear. Main effects were found for child gender and sexual lifestyle of the parent (e.g., parents with boys rated less favorably than parents with girls; promiscuous fathers were rated lower than promiscuous mothers). Several interaction effects among parent gender, child gender, and sexual lifestyle condition were also found (e.g., promiscuous parents were rated lower as parents and seen as negatively influencing the child's sexual development). Recommendations for future research include refining the two scales used in this study; extending the study to include data from single parents; examining whether the judgments of sexually active single parents affect the quality and quantity of interactions others have with either the parent or child.
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Patel, Monica Rajiv. "Parental Attitudes Toward Advanced Behavior Guidance Techniques used in Pediatric Dentistry." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337600857.
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Cooksey, Christy. "Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behavior Among Homeless Youth." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67969/.
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Homeless youth face numerous risks. Data on 602 homeless youth from the Midwest Homeless and Runaway Study and binary logistic regression were used to identify factors associated with their participation in risky sexual behaviors. Specifically, the effects of abuse/neglect and three potential moderating resiliency indicators, namely self-esteem, parental warmth, and parental monitoring, on having sex before adulthood and thinking about trading sex for food or shelter were examined. While none of the three resiliency indicators had the hypothesized moderating effects, controlling for abuse/neglect and various sociodemographic characteristics, parental monitoring had a direct, negative effect on having sex before adulthood, and self-esteem and parental warmth had direct, negative effects on thinking about trading sex for food or shelter. Policy implications of the findings are discussed.
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Kennedy, Caitlin E. "Parental Adherence Intentions for Obese Children's Health Behaviors| Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3592033.
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The current study examined how parental underestimations of child’s weight status, parental worry, and the Theory of Planned Behavior variables (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) predict intentions to adhere to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) recommendations of four childhood health behaviors. These behaviors include: 1) eating five fruits and/or vegetables per day; 2) spending two hours or less on screen time (television, computer, and video games) per day; 3) engaging in at least one hour of physical activity per day; and 4) limiting (having zero) sugarsweetened beverages. Parents (N = 78) of overweight and obese children, ages six to 13 years old, were recruited from pediatric medical clinics and participated in an online study, where they were exposed to these AAP behavioral recommendations for children and completed online measures. Attitudes predicted of behavioral intentions for all recommendations except fruit and vegetable consumption. Subjective norms marginally predicted behavioral intentions for physical activity and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Perceived behavioral control predicted behavioral intentions for the four recommendations. Parental worry predicted behavioral intentions for fruit and vegetable consumption. Additional theoretical and practical implications of this research are also discussed.
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Heiblum, Naamith. "The mediated effects of parental attributions on parenting behaviors : implications for adolescent antisocial behavior /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3036829.
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Hope, Sydney Frances. "Consequences of avian parental incubation behavior for within-clutch variance in incubation temperature and offspring behavioral phenotypes." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104144.
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Parents can have large effects on their offspring by influencing the early developmental environment. In birds, a major way that parents can influence the early developmental environment is through egg incubation. Not only is incubation necessary for hatching success, but small changes of <1C in average incubation temperature have large effects on post-hatch offspring morphology and physiology. However, incubation is energetically costly and time-consuming for parents, and thus parents must allocate resources between incubation and self-maintenance. This can lead to differences in parental incubation behavior and egg temperatures among and within populations. Understanding which factors influence incubation, and the subsequent effects for offspring, is crucial for understanding parental effects, non-genetic drivers of phenotypic variation, and how environmental changes affect avian populations. I used wood ducks (Aix sponsa) as a study species to investigate how factors (disturbance, clutch size, ambient temperature) that influence parental demands may affect parental incubation behavior, physiology, and egg temperatures, and subsequently how egg temperatures affect offspring behavior and physiology. In a field experiment, I found that nest disturbance (i.e., capture) reduced both parent prolactin concentrations and the amount of time that parents spent incubating (Chapter 1). Further, ambient temperature was positively and clutch size negatively related to egg temperatures. Notably, in large clutches, differences in average incubation temperature among eggs within nests were large enough (i.e., >1C) to lead to different offspring phenotypes within broods (Chapter 2). Then, in a series of experiments in which I controlled incubation temperature, I provided evidence that lower average incubation temperatures lead to a reduced ability of ducklings to exit the nest cavity (Chapter 3), a more proactive behavioral phenotype (Chapter 4), a smaller body size, and a reduced efficiency in food consumption (Chapter 5), compared to those incubated at higher temperatures. Together, my dissertation illustrates how disturbances, clutch size, and ambient temperature can influence an important aspect of avian parental care, which has wide-ranging effects on offspring traits and fitness. This has broad implications for understanding the evolution of clutch size, development of behavior, and the effects of anthropogenic changes on wildlife.Doctor of Philosophy
Animal parents can have large effects on the development of their offspring. In birds, an important way that parents affect their offspring is through incubation, where parents physically warm their eggs to stimulate embryo development. Eggs must be incubated in order to hatch, but recent research has shown that small changes (<1C/2F) in average incubation temperature have major consequences for the quality (e.g., size, ability to thermoregulate) of offspring after they hatch. However, parents must balance how they spend their time and energy between incubation and other important activities (e.g., eating, avoiding predators), and thus incubation behavior and temperature can vary among birds. Understanding which factors affect incubation, and the consequences of altered incubation temperatures for the offspring, will help us to better understand how animals care for their offspring and how environmental changes may influence offspring development. I investigated how human disturbance, environmental temperature, and the number of eggs in the nest influenced parental incubation behavior and egg temperatures, and subsequently how egg temperatures affected offspring behaviors. By studying wood ducks (Aix sponsa) in the wild, I found that parents spent less time incubating after a human disturbance (i.e., capture) than before (Chapter 1), egg temperatures increased as environmental temperatures increased, and egg temperatures decreased as the number of eggs in the nest increased (Chapter 2). Further, in nests with many eggs (>12), some eggs experienced much lower average incubation temperatures (>1C/2F difference) than others in the same nest (Chapter 2). Then, by studying wood duck ducklings in an aviary, I found that ducklings incubated at lower temperatures were less successful at exiting a nest (Chapter 3), exhibited bolder and more exploratory behaviors (Chapter 4), were smaller, and consumed less food (Chapter 5), than those incubated at a higher temperature. Together, my dissertation shows that the number of eggs in a nest, environmental temperatures, and human disturbances can influence parental behaviors, which then affect offspring. This has broad implications for understanding why birds lay the number of eggs that they do, how animal behaviors develop, and how environmental changes (including those caused by humans) can affect wildlife.
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Gaumond, Stéphane. "Parental influences on adolescents' physical activity motivation and behavior." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ57118.pdf.
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Clarke, Peter, and n/a. "Parental Gift Giving Behaviour at Christmas: An Exploratory Study." Griffith University. School of Marketing and Management, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040520.103119.
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Christmas is generally described as cultural, ritual and sociological phenomena of devotion, community and consumption. The topic of this dissertation concerns a specific stream of research within the general domain of consumer behaviour. The focal objective of this study is to develop a model and generate theory about parental gift giving behaviour at Christmas. My study is unique because it attempts to model parental gift giving at Christmas in a consumer behaviour context. Consumer behaviour theory suggests that parents seek information about possible gifts, set selection criteria for gift purchase, evaluate alternatives and buy the gifts for their children. Following this broad view of theory, parents respond to children's request behaviour, evaluate the suitability of any requests and purchase the approved or appropriate items as Christmas gifts. Children are encouraged to request any gifts that they desire, and these gift requests are often for specific brands. In general Christmas gifts are selected from children's products and brands and there is extensive debate and research relating to television advertising and children's request behaviour at Christmas. However, parents are not exposed to the same sources of advertising as their children and there is little evidence of research into the very important topics concerning motives, strategies, evaluations and the giving of brands that characterize parents' Christmas gift giving to their children. The significance of this dissertation resides in the development and presentation of a comprehensive model for the conceptualisation of parental gift giving at Christmas, based on antecedents to parents' social roles of gift giving and direct and indirect behavioural outcomes of those gift giving roles. Measures for each of these outcomes are developed and gender effects are also explored. The sample frame was described as a parent with at least one child between the ages of 3-8 years and a survey package was delivered to parents of children from participating schools and kindergartens. There were 2560 surveys distributed, with 450 individual responses representing a return rate of 17.6%. The 450 cases available for analysis were factor analysed and formed into composite and latent variables to facilitate statistical analysis via Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression, which is an appropriate procedure when the relationships are unknown or theoretical. The results of the research have two distinct streams. The first stream relates to the creation and validation of measurement constructs for the concept of Christmas spirit, parental gift giving, request communication, brand benefits and use of information sources, as well as involvement in giving gifts and involvement in giving brands as gifts. The second stream relates to the relationships between variables; the results support the relationships antecedent to the parents' social roles of gift giving. There is a significant relationship of Christmas spirit with involvement in giving gifts and with parental gift giving roles. A significant relationship also exists between involvement in giving gifts and parental gift giving roles. However, there is limited support for propositions related to outcomes of parental gift giving roles where there are significant relations between these roles and Christmas request communication, brand benefits and information sources. There is also a significant, indirect relationship between brand benefits and involvement in giving brands as gifts. As part of the second stream, gender differences were examined; the results show that mothers' Christmas spirit has no effect on their gift giving roles and gift giving roles have no significant effect on request communication and information source usage. On the other hand, the results show that the fathers' gift giving activities reflect the relationships outlined in the parental model. The study has academic implications for sociology and consumer behaviour disciplines and commercial implications for manufacturers, advertisers, brand owners and retailers. Further investigations will be necessary to incorporate other elements into the parental gift-giving model and to extend the theory toward a fuller understanding of the parental Christmas gift giving phenomena.
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Ng, Lai-ping, and 伍麗萍. "The study of mother's parental behavior and child's behavior as affected by father's affair." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893739.
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Ng, Lai-ping. "The study of mother's parental behavior and child's behavior as affected by father's affair." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19471002.
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Brewer, A. Lauren. "Perfectionism and parenting : the relationships of perceived parenting style of parent, attachment, parent status, and gender to parental perfectionism /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3025605.
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Dotse, Nathaniel. "PARENT-ADOLESCENT CONFLICT IN KENYA: THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL BEHAVIOR ON ADOLESCENT’S AUTONOMY AND CONFORMITY." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1479749859041545.
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Wu, Zheng. "Molecular Dissection of Neural Circuits Underlying Parental Behavior in Mice." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11193.
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Mice display robust and stereotyped behaviors towards pups: virgin males typically attack pups, while virgin females and sexually experienced males display parental care. I show here that virgin males that are genetically impaired in vomeronasal sensing do not attack pups and are parental, suggesting a key role of the vomeronasal system in controlling male infanticide. In addition, we have identified putative vomeronasal receptors (or receptor groups) for the detection of pup odors, thus uncovering new tools for the molecular and genetic dissection of male infanticide. Further, we have uncovered galanin-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) as key regulators of male and female parental behavior. Genetic ablation of MPOA galanin- neurons results in dramatic impairment of parental responses in both virgin females and sexually experienced males. In addition, optogenetic activation of these cells in virgin males suppresses infanticide and induces pup grooming. Thus, MPOA galanin-expressing neurons emerge as an essential node of regulation of innate behavior in the hypothalamus that orchestrates male and female parenting while opposing vomeronasal circuits underlying infanticide. Our results provide an entry point for the genetic and circuit-level dissection of mouse parental behavior and its modulation by social experience.
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Lowery, Virginia. "The Influence of Children's Gender and Behavior on Parental Perceptions." TopSCHOLAR®, 2006. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/293.
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Parents' perceptions of children's behavior may vary depending on the gender of the child and the type of behavior displayed. It is important to delineate which factor(s) influence parental perceptions because parental perceptions directly influence whether or not parents respond to their children's behavior and how parents choose to manage the behavior. The present study examined how the gender of the child and the types of behaviors (internalizing vs. externalizing) the child displays affect parental perceptions regarding the severity of the behavior. One hundred and three parents of children ages 1 V2 to 5 years in the Southeast region of the United States participated by reading several vignettes, which manipulated child gender and type of behaviors (internalizing vs. externalizing). Parents were also asked to rate the severity of the behavior described in four vignettes. A demographics questionnaire, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000, 2001), the Parenting Stress Index (PSI-SF; Abidin, 1995), and the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ; Sarason & Sarason, 1982) were also completed. Results indicated that parents rated the male/externalizing scenario the most problematic of all four scenarios, while the female/externalizing scenario was rated the second most problematic. Parents rated the female/internalizing scenario as the third most problematic, while the male/internalizing scenario was rated by parents as the least problematic.
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Peterson, Damon. "Reproductive behavior of southwestern willow flycatchers| Factors influencing parental provisioning." Thesis, Northern Arizona University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1537802.
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We tested the hypothesis that aerial invertebrate biomass would vary with proximity to water and thereby impact food availability and habitat quality for insectivorous birds. We used malaise trapping of aerial invertebrates and video-camera observation of nests to test whether food availability (biomass of aerial invertebrates) and nestling provisioning rates varied with distance from standing water for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) We then used a longer-term data set to test whether two indices of habitat quality (clutch size and nest productivity) were higher in nests placed near standing water. We found that 1) aerial invertebrate biomass declined by half at 30m from standing water, 2) parents provisioned nestlings at a lower rate (one fewer delivery per hour for every 100m) as distance to water increased, and 3) nests more likely to lay fewer eggs and times more likely to fledge fewer young as distance to water increased. These results indicate that for some Willow Flycatcher populations, patterns of inundation throughout the breeding season may drive invertebrate prey availability and potentially habitat quality.
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Mueller, Kay E. "Perceived parental communicator style and subsequent behavior : an exploratory study." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/539797.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived parental sexual communicator style and adolescent sexual behavior and information accuracy. Slightly revised versions of Norton's Communicator Style Measure, Jorgensen and Sonstegard's Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior Inventory, and the Miller-Fisk Sexual Knowledge Inventory examined 234 college students' perceptions of parental sexual communicator style and self-reports of sexual behavior and knowledge. The study also investigated the extent to which gender of the subject and gender of the primary source of sexual information (parent) impacted sexual behavior. Lastly, the study tested the impact of perceived parental communicator style on sexual activity and contraceptive use across three time frames: Junior High School, High School, and College.Pearson product-moment correlations revealed significant relationships between some perceived parental sexual communicator styles and sexual activity, contraceptive use, and sexual knowledge accuracy. Utilization of t-tests revealed significant difference only of parent-adolescent sexual between gender of the subject and sexual knowledge accuracy--female subjects reported a higher level of sexual knowledge than males. It was recommended that research be continued in the area communication.Department of Speech Communication
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Hoff, Alexandra Louise. "Targeting Parental Overcontrol in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxious Youth." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/475616.
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Many parent factors have been associated with child anxiety, and researchers have examined how parents may be most beneficially involved in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for anxious youth. Results have been mixed as to whether parent CBT, family CBT, and parent interventions addressing parental anxiety or overcontrol have an added benefit over youth-focused CBT. The present study compared (a) a parent group intervention targeting autonomy granting, (b) a parent CBT skills group, and (c) a parent support control group, all provided in conjunction with individual CBT for anxious youth ages 7 to 17. Randomly assigned group conditions, as well as variance in overall parent attendance across conditions, were examined as predictors of change in parenting behaviors and in child anxiety. No significant differences in youth anxiety outcomes were found across parent group conditions, and parental beliefs and involvement improved most for the support control group. However, youth whose parents attended more group sessions showed a significantly greater decrease in anxiety severity than youth whose parents attended fewer (0, 1) sessions, which was mediated by a significantly greater decrease in parental avoidance of child anxiety. The results suggest that additional parent participation in treatment may have an added benefit, even with an unstructured support group format, but do not offer clarity about the benefit of targeted interventions for parents.
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Wilbon, Matisa Danielle. "Sex'n the hood: the interrelationships among neighborhood characteristics, parental behavior, peer networks, and adolescent transition to first sex." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110379896.
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Lozano, George A. "Parental care and female mate choice in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia)." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40389.
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In this thesis my initial goal was to use yellow warblers to examine the effect of paternal care on female mate choice. I first examined whether mate choice based on paternal care could be considered adaptive. Paternal care was variable among males and important to female fitness, but, contrary to a previous report, male chest striping could not be used to predict paternal care. Females did not compensate for reductions of male parental care, which resulted in significantly reduced nestling growth. In chapter two I tested the idea that monogamy in birds is maintained because of the need for biparental care. I reduced the need of strict biparental care by providing pairs at some nests with supplemental food, and found that the main effect of supplemental food was on maternal, not paternal behaviour. The first two chapters suggest that males and females provide for their brood independently from each other, which is in disagreement with current models on the maintenance of biparental care. These models assume that any given factor must affect maternal and paternal care equally for biparental care to be maintained. In Chapter three I showed that the effects of brood size and nestling age on parental care are similar for both sexes. In Chapter four I deal with age-related changes in reproductive success and the possible effects on female mate choice. Age affected the likelihood of breeding in females, but only the time of breeding in males. These changes were accompanied by age-related increases in size in both sexes. These results raise the possibility of age-related increases in parental ability, and female preference for older males.
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Gay, Mary Jo Krantz Steven R. "Perceived self-efficacy in parenting and parental nurture." Diss., UMK access, 2006.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Nursing. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2006."A dissertation in nursing." Advisor: Steven R. Krantz. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Oct. 30, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-174). Online version of the print edition.
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Sears, Lonnie. "Development of the Parent - Child Situation Scale: A Measure of Parental Attributions Toward Handicapped Children's Behavior." TopSCHOLAR®, 1986. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2823.
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The Parent - Child Situation Scale (PCSS) was developed to measure parental attributions toward handicapped children's behavior. The PCSS was administered to mothers of handicapped children. The final version of the scale possessed good reliability. Coefficient alphas for the PCSS were .74 for the internal - external attribution subscale, .70 for the stable - unstable subscale, and .72 for the global - specific subscale. Factor analysis of the PCSS revealed three factors corresponding to the three attribution types. The internal - external subscale's validity was supported. The other two subscales, however, appeared to have only moderate validity. Responses of college students to the PCSS suggested that the scale was not as suitable for this population. Recommendations for further research concerning the scale's reliability and validity were made. The study concluded with a discussion of the PCSS' utility for research on stress in parents of handicapped children.
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Steadman, Pamela Lea. "An examination of the relationship between perceived parental involvement and adolescent eating and exercise habits /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3225331.
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Lambrecht, Mary J. "Nurturance deficits and the benefits of reparenting methods for families and individuals." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999lambrechtm.pdf.
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Kramer, Alison. "The Influence of Parental Verbal Messages about Fighting and Nonviolent Responses on Adolescent Aggressive and Effective Nonviolent Behavior." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1999.
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Research suggests that adolescent health requires both reducing problem behavior and promoting the development of social competence. There is strong support for the influence of parenting practices on both aggressive and competent behavior. However, there has been little research to date focused on parental messages, or the verbal communication parents provide to their children, about aggressive and effective nonviolent responses to conflict. The present study used hierarchical regression to examine parental messages supporting fighting and parental messages supporting effective nonviolent responses to problem situations in relation to adolescent aggressive and effective nonviolent behavior. These relations were expected to be moderated by adolescent gender. Additionally, the unique influence of parental messages was explored, relative to the effects of parental behavioral modeling of antisocial and prosocial acts. Messages supporting fighting and messages supporting nonviolent responses were analyzed as distinct constructs in the current study, and were expected to produce different patterns of influence on each adolescent behavior. Discrepancies based on respondent (parent or adolescent) were also anticipated. Participants included a predominantly African American sample of 105 adolescents and a parent or caregiver, who were assessed as part of a larger project evaluating the effects of a neighborhood intervention. As hypothesized, youth reports of parental messages supporting nonviolent responses were significantly related to lower levels of youth aggression, even when controlling for parental modeling. Youth reports of parental messages supporting nonviolent responses also predicted higher levels of effective nonviolent behavior, but these effects could be better accounted for by parental modeling. Contrary to expectation, parental messages supporting fighting did not significantly predict adolescent aggression or effective nonviolent behavior, and only minimal support was found for the moderating influence of gender. As anticipated, youths’ perceptions of parental messages were better predictors of their behavior than were parents’ reports. Overall, the current study’s findings have important implications for violence prevention efforts, and call for continued research.
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Kent, Sheryl J. "Parental Memory Predictors of Children's Daily Diabetes Management and Metabolic Control." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1276.
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This study examined, for the first time, specific links between parents' memory and children's diabetes behaviors and metabolic control. Data revealed that parental memory and responsibility predicted children's percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, and metabolic control, accounting for 7.3% of the variance in calories from fat and 18.5% of the variance in metabolic control for the total sample. These effects were stronger when limited to dietary behaviors of younger youth; parental memory accounted for 30.3% and 33.6% of the variance in percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, respectively, for younger children. Level of parent responsibility, with memory, moderated younger children's percentage of calories from fat and carbohydrates, and children's metabolic control. Parents with higher memory scores and more responsibility had disease indictors that were closer to ADA recommendations. Results suggest intervention to enhance parent memory may improve diabetes care and health status for youths with IDDM.
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Carnes-Holt, Kara. "Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with Adoptive Families: Effects on Child Behavior, Parent-Child Relationship Stress, and Parental Empathy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28403/.
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This randomized controlled study is a preliminary investigation on the effects of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) with 61 adoptive parents. The participants in this study identified themselves as the following: 54 European American, 3 Black American, 3 Hispanic/Latino, and 1 individual who chose not to indicate ethnicity. The study included 23 couples and 15 individual mothers. The CPRT is a structured, time limited approach that trains caregivers to be an active participant as a therapeutic change agent in their child's life. Results from a two (group) by two (measures) split plot ANOVA indicated that adoptive parents who participated in 10 weeks of CPRT reported statistically significant decreases in child behavior problems and parent child-relationship stress. Statistically significant increases in parent empathy were also reported by raters blinded to the study. CPRT demonstrated a medium to large treatment effect on reducing children's behavior problems and parent-child relationship stress. In addition, CPRT demonstrated a large treatment effect on increasing parental empathy. The results of the study provide preliminary support for CPRT as a responsive intervention for adoptive parents and their children.
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Nguyen, Phuong. "Immersing the lay self into medication reasoning : a theory of parental health behavior in the context of Asian developing countries." Thesis, Paris 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA01E064.
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Cette étude vise à explorer et comprendre le domaine substantiel des prises de décisions parentales et son principal soucis de développer une théorie du comportement parental envers la santé des enfants dans le contexte de la vie quotidienne des pays asiatiques en développement, qui sont caractérisés par des systèmes de santé non structurés et incertains. Nous avons employés la théorie classique de méthode fondée et nous avons analysé les données collectionnées au Vietnam provenant de 34 interviews avec des parents, du personnel de pharmacie et de six thèmes liés à la santé d’un forum parental en ligne. Nous avons observé des modes de comportements qui, sous les conditions d’incertitudes de haut niveau et de méfiance dans de multiple relations sociales, vivre les normes sociales et l’identité de rôle, les parents dans les pays asiatiques en développement étendent leur soi posé dans l’informel raisonnement de la médication. Les services de santé et les médicaments ne sont pas seulement des produits ou des services mais un processus dans lequel les parents s’immergent pour construire leur expérience. Nous proposons une théorie originale de l’immersion parentale du soi posé dans le raisonnement de la médication. Nous avons défini la construction d’immerger le soi posé comme le dévouement de la mentalité des parents et l’occupation centrale des parents quant aux services de santé des enfants. Nous arguons que l’immersion du consommateur n’a pas nécessairement lieu dans des extraordinaires cadres hédoniques, mais que c’est aussi intégré dans l’expérience de la vie quotidienne des parents et que c’est reflété à travers divers contrats social et interactions dans des pays asiatiques en développement. Notre théorie proposée prévoit une meilleure compréhension des comportements de santé parentale d’immersion concernant la santé des enfants et les médicaments dans les pays en développement. La construction de l’immersion du soi posé étend le concept d’implication des services de santé et exige des études supplémentaires et une conceptualisation d’un point de vue plus étendu quant à l’implication du consommateurThis study aims to explore and understand the substantive area of parental decision-making and its main concern to develop a theory of parental behavior towards children health in an everyday life context in Asian developing countries, which are characterized by unstructured and uncertain healthcare systems. We employed classic grounded theory method and analyzed data collected in Vietnam from 34 interviews with parents and pharmacy staff and six health-related themes of a parental online forum. We observed patterns of behaviors that under the conditions of high-level uncertainties and mistrust in multiple social relationships, living the social norms and role identity, parents in Asian developing countries extend their lay selves into the informal reasoning of medication. Health care services and medications are not just products or services but a process in which parents immerse themselves to build their experience. We propose a novel theory of parental immersion of the lay self into medication reasoning. We defined the construct of immersing the lay self as the devotion of parents’ mentality and the occupancy of parents’ centrality to the health care of children. We argue that consumer immersion does not necessarily happen in extraordinary hedonic settings, but it is also embedded in the everyday life experience of parents and reflected through various social contracts and interactions in Asian developing countries. Our proposed theory provides a greater understanding of parental health behaviors of immersion regarding children’s health and medications in developing countries. The construct of lay self immersion expands the concept of healthcare involvement and requires further studies and conceptualization from a broader view of consumer involvement
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Wetzel, Daniel P. "THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN PARENTAL CARE BEHAVIOR." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_etds/12.
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Behavioral traits can be remarkably flexible depending on the conditions in which they are expressed, yet, in spite of this flexibility, persistent differences between individuals appear to limit the potential expression of behaviors. For example, despite evidence that parents provide variable amounts of parental care in response to changing environmental conditions, they also differ in the overall level of care they provide. I used a behavioral reaction norm approach to study individual variation in parental care behavior in free-living house sparrows (Passer domesticus). I investigated the nature of this variation by studying the relationship between different forms of parental care, the biological basis of individual variation in care, and the effect of this variation in care on offspring. First, I found a positive covariance between nestling provisioning and nest defense. Parents that provided high levels of care in one context provided high levels of care in the other context, even after accounting for measures of offspring value. Second, I sought to identify the biological sources that create and maintain consistent individual differences in the level of care a parent provides. I found that the likelihood of feeding nestlings large food items was positively associated with genetic heterozygosity, but did not find evidence that nestling provisioning was influenced by additive genetic variation in this population. Parents hatched from larger eggs provisioned offspring at a higher rate than parents hatched from smaller eggs, but there was no effect of other conditions experienced in the nest on the level of care expressed as an adult. I also tested if differences in problem-solving ability were related to differences in parental care behavior. Although I found that problem-solving parents fledged more offspring than parents that could not solve the problem, parental care was not associated with any measure of problem-solving ability. Finally, I found that individual variation in parental care reaction norms predicted the growth rate, size, and immune response of nestlings, which in turn positively affected offspring survival and recruitment. My findings reveal factors maintaining individual differences in parental care behavior and offer new insights into the causes and consequences of individual variation.
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Clark, Warren G. "Parental role behavior, psychological centrality and self-esteem among the elderly." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27986.
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Previous research has failed to identify a strong relationship between parental role involvement and self-esteem of parents despite theoretical and intuitive support for the prediction. An explanatory model of the interaction between role occupancy, psychological centrality of the role, and self-esteem among older parents was presented. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) were used to test a path model examining the effects of the roles of parent, spouse, and worker, as well income, age, sex, and health on self-esteem. The data failed to support the model as presented. Role involvement did not affect self-esteem and psychological centrality had a direct effect instead of the proposed interactive effect. Health was the strongest predictor of self-esteem. In contrast to previous research, age negatively affected self-esteem in this sample.Ph. D.
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Ayub, Sana. "Validation of a Parental Tolerance Measure: The Child Rearing Inventory." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/24.
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Research on child misbehavior has examined the influence of many factors, including the child’s typical behaviors and functioning, child temperament, parenting strategies, parental stress, parental attributions, perceptions of parenting, and parental tolerance.The concept of parental tolerance has recently been advocated as an important variable influencing child misbehavior by Brestan, Eyberg, Algina, Johnson, and Boggs (2003) who developed two parent report measures for it. The present study investigated the validity of one of these measures, the Child Rearing Inventory (CRI). In the present study, parental tolerance as measured by the CRI was compared to other standardized measures of parent and child behaviors and observational data obtained from mother and child interactions. Scores on the CRI were expected to correlate with scores on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI), Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2), Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF), and Perceptions of Parenting Inventory (POPI), and the frequency of directives, prompts, and criticisms. However, only one of the hypotheses was partially supported, where there was a significant positive correlation between scores on the CRI and the number of directives regarding the child leaving the area. The reliability of the CRI in the present study is questionable, due to an alpha of .64. This was compared to good alpha levels of .88 and .93 on the ECBI scales. The findings of the study demonstrate the need for further study of the CRI as a measure of parental tolerance, investigating its reliability with a younger age range, before exploring the validity further.
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Campbell, Carroll C. "Adolescents’ Perception of Parental Deterrents of High-Risk Behavior and Prediction of Involvement in Risk Behaviors as Measured by the Risky Behavior Scale." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306342286.
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Prelow, Hazel (Hazel M. ). "The Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on the Behavior of School Children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501187/.
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The purpose of the present archival study was to investigate the relationship between parental substance abuse and the risk for maladjustment and psychopathology in children in a clinic sample. Children of alcoholic parents and children of drug-dependent parents were compared to children of non-substance abusing parents. The subjects were 83 boys age 6 to 12. Children of substance abuse parents had lower levels of adaptive functioning and higher levels of school behavioral problems. Although previous studies have reported a strong association between an adverse family environment and the risk of child maladjustment, the present study did not find that the addition of an adverse family environment increased the risk for maladjustment or school behavioral problems in children of substance abusers.
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Ahluwalia, Ekta. "Parental Cultural Mistrust, Background Variables, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services for Their Children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330704/.
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Attitudes toward mental illness and the willingness to seek psychological treatment for their children among ethnic minority group parents were investigated. Participants consisted of black, Hispanic, Native American and Asian parents. All parents were given the Terrell and Terrell Cultural Mistrust Inventory, Cohen and Struening Opinions About Mental Illness Scale, Reid-Gundlach Social Services Satisfaction Scale, Fischer-Turner Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Help Scale, and Ahluwalia Parents' Psychological Help-Seeking Inventory. A multiple regression model was used to explore the purpose of this study. Parental mistrust level, ethnicity, education, income level, and opinions about mental illness served as predictor variables. The criterion variables consisted of scores on the Social Services Satisfaction Scale and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale.
The results indicated that the most significant predictor of psychological help-seeking was parental cultural mistrust level. Parents with higher cultural mistrust levels were less likely to seek help. Education was also predictive of black and Native American parents' help-seeking attitude and willingness to seek psychological help for their children. Black and Native Americans with lower levels of education were less willing to seek treatment for their children than members of those ethnic groups with higher levels of education. Ethnicity was also related to parental willingness to seek help for their children. Hispanic and black parents expressed more willingness to seek help than Native American and Asian parents. Finally, parents' opinions about mental illness were found to be significantly related to help-seeking attitude. Parents with positive opinions about mental illness were more likely to utilize professional psychological help than those parents with negative opinions about mental illness. Some clinical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Westover, Frances Marie. "Group intervention to modify undesirable behavior in children who have experienced parental loss." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1172.
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This study uses a cognitive group intervention approach in an attempt to alter anti-social behavior in elementary school children who experienced parental loss. The findings demonstrate improvement in some behaviors and worsening in others.
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McKenzie, Mack LaTasha. "Associations among adolescents' health-risk behavior, their perceptions of their friends' health-risk behavior, parental support and school support within the context of a school transition." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1091808687.
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Edmonson, Elizabeth. "Factors Which Effect Parental Agreement on Ratings of Temperament and Behavior Problems." TopSCHOLAR®, 1996. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/907.
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This investigator conducted a critical analysis of the literature on parental agreement on temperament and behavior problems ratings and the factors which impact parental agreement. Information was gathered through an extensive search of the computer databases, Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC, 1966-1996) and PsycLIT (PsycINFO, 1973-1995) using key terms - such as temperament, behavior, behavior problems, rating scales, parental agreement, parent ratings, socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and congruence. Results of the search identified several factors that are associated with ratings. These were socio-economic status (SES), gender, and marital satisfaction/parental psychological status. An annotated bibliography and tables were created for the relevant findings. Directions for further research and suggestions for viewing ratings of an individual child by different raters were discussed.
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MCKAY, JOYCE LINDERS. "AN ADLERIAN PARENTAL ASSESSMENT OF TEEN BEHAVIOR SCALE: A VALIDATION STUDY (STEP)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188153.
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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Adlerian Parental Assessment of Teen Behavior Scale (APATBS). Twenty-five test items were developed to measure five major constructs (cooperation, responsibility, respect, independence, and decision making) addressed in Adlerian parents of teens study group curricula. Four additional items identified misbehavior goals. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) was incorporated for adjunct instrumentation. The APATBS pilot test instrument was examined for content validity, factorial validity, internal consistency, convergent/discriminant validity, external validity, and predictive validity. Sixteen test site coordinators were selected from widely dispersed geographic locations throughout the United States and Canada. The test was administered in a group setting or mail and return format. Two hundred and fifty-two parents (56 percent return) who had not participated in Adlerian parents of teens study groups responded. Content validity was established by concurrence of seven expert consultants on percentage of agreement for each item--x = 85.8 for all items. Although the five constructs failed to emerge in the factor analysis, four factors evolved from the item loadings: Consideration for Self and Others, Responsibility for Self, Responsibility for Social Living, and Autonomy/Independence. Discriminant validity was obtained by calculating zero-order (Pearson) correlation coefficients between the RSE and all four subscales of the APATBS. The range was from r = .02 to r = .13. Convergent validity was established with shared variance (r²) within the four subscales of the APATBS ranging from 20 to 49 percent. Alpha coefficients ranging from .68 to .89 for the four subscales attest to instrument reliability. External validity was confirmed when neither respondent gender, marital status, education level of the respondent, or sex of the specified adolescent were significant determiners of parental perceptions of the adolescent behavior. Predictive validity for the four misbehavior goals ranged from 83 to 86 percent and can be used to monitor parents' progress by examining changes in parental perceptions. It was concluded the APATBS has practical potential representing a major step in meeting the need for Adlerian measurement devices.