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Rodriguez, R. Mishelle. "Ethnic Differences in Caregiving Style." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc700008/.
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This study explored the caregiving styles of 306 grandparents raising grandchild across three ethnic groups (164 European Americans, 65 Latinos, and 77 African Americans). Significant differences were found in caregiving styles between European Americans and African Americans. Caregiver appraisal (burden, satisfaction, and Mastery) was found to be predictive of caregiving style across the entire sample, and differentially by ethnic group. Caregiver style was predictive of grandchild functioning across the entire sample, and differentially by ethnic group. Lastly, caregiver style was found to be predictive of grandparent well-being across the entire sample, and differentially by ethnic group. Implications are discussed in terms of the complex, multidimensional and culturally embedded nature of the caregiving experience and the importance of considering culture for optimal outcomes.
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Reynolds, Margaret Anne. "Adult daughters as caregivers to elderly parents : an exploration of the care relationship." PDXScholar, 1987. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3792.
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In this study, the nature of a current social problem is explored: the provision of services to elderly parents by their adult daughters - a part of the informal system of social support for the elderly. In particular, the influence of the caregiver's construction of old age on their assessment of parental autonomy is examined.
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Cone, Diane. "Congruence of Multi-level Perceptions Over the Length of Marriage and Marital Adjustment in Air Force Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278374/.
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Lee, Mi-Kyong. "Filial Therapy with Immigrant Korean Parents in the United States." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3236/.
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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy training in: (a) increasing immigrant Korean parents' empathic behavior with their children; (b) increasing immigrant Korean parents' acceptance level toward their children; and (c) reducing immigrant Korean parents' stress related to parenting.The experimental group, consisting of 17 immigrant Korean parents in the United States, received 10 weekly 2-hour filial therapy training sessions and participated in weekly 30-minute play sessions with one of their children. The control group, consisting of 15 immigrant Korean parents in the United States, received no treatment during the ten weeks. All the parents were videotaped playing with their child before and after the training as a means of measuring change in empathic behavior. The two written self-report instruments completed for pretesting and posttesting purposes were the Porter Parental Acceptance Scale and the Parenting Stress Index. Analyses of covariance revealed that the immigrant Korean parents in the experimental group had significant changes in 10 of 12 hypotheses, including (a) a significant increase in their level of empathic interactions with their children; (b) a significant increase in their attitude of acceptance toward their children; and (c) a significant reduction in their level of stress related to parenting. This study supports the use of filial therapy for promoting the parent-child relationship in immigrant Korean families in the United States. Filial therapy helps immigrant Korean parents to be therapeutic agents for their children. It helps them regain their own power as parents and restore positive relationships with their children.
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Yamamoto, Takashi. "Issues of Consensus and Concern: Family Relationships of the Elderly in the United States and Japan." DigitalCommons@USU, 1995. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2400.
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The purpose of this study was to explore cultural differences between America and Japan concerning four domains: past family relationships, current family relationships, the support network, and well-being.
Concern and consensus in the family are the principal background issues in this study. In America there has been a change from consensus (sharing basic similarity of values or attitudes and interests) to concern (an intense emotional involvement and affectional closeness). In contrasting the American and Japanese societies, consensus and concern constitute different orders from a more traditional context to the current societal context. This cultural difference impacts the relationship between the dynamics of the family in the early formative years, and how the individual responds within the current family. Ramifications are apparent in the quality of the current relationships, use of informal and formal support networks, and individual well-being.
The Family of Origin Scale was used to measure past family relationships. The Positive Affect Index and Interaction Index were used to measure current family relationships. The support network was measured by questions selected from the Older Americans Resources and Services Program. The revised version of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Moral Scale, the Life Satisfaction Index A, and the LSI-K (1990) constituted the measurement devices for personal well-being. The sample consisted of elderly individuals 70 to 79 years of age, 77 from America and 42 from Japan.
The major finding in America was that this society has changed from a consensus to a concern orientation. For example, autonomy is positively related to personal well-being. The relationship holds true in terms of past family experiences as well as current family relationships.
The data also show the impact of rapid social change in the nation of Japan. Japanese culture reflects an orientation change from traditional family concern to more of a consensus perspective. Family and personal well-being are related to perceived family intimacy in the past. A positive perception of current family relations was related to solidarity. It was concluded that rapid social change and modernization in Japan have brought about these major changes in terms of consensus and concern. Shifts on these two dimensions have implications for the adjustment and well-being of the elderly in a family context.
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Nwagbara, Francis Ikefule. "Perception of domestic violence among Nigerian immigrants in the United States." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2773.
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Nigerian immigrants have been largely excluded from studies on issues relating to immigrants living in American society. This study examines the perception of domestic violence among Nigerians and their help seeking counseling for behavior problems.
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Murray, Taylor Danielle. "Untangled: The Effects Family Structure Has on Juvenile Delinquency." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062879/.
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Juvenile delinquency is an issue in today's society for various reasons. This issue can result due to different motives, but family dynamics is one of the most vital factors. The current study extends prior research done in regards to the family factors that affect juvenile delinquency and what policies and programs are available to eliminate these factors. The seven family dynamics that are studied are socioeconomic status, divorce, cohabiting, family transitions, parental incarceration, parental control, as well as parental substance abuse. A subsample of policies and programs are assigned to each factor and researched of whether or not they are effective. Majority of the programs were effective and were found to minimize antisocial behaviors among adolescents. The programs that were not evaluated were still found to have a positive impact on juveniles' behaviors due to the outcomes of the policies. Investing in these programs and policies are beneficial for juveniles and the impact that family dynamics play on delinquency.
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Pratt, Alan. "The Labour Party and family income support policy, 1940-1979 : an examination of the party's interpretation of the relationship between family income support and the labour market." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5023.
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The first two chapters examine the party's policy towards the wage-stop and the poverty trap. Until 1963 the party ignored the wage-stop but from then until 1975 a section of the party campaigned against the regulation expressing moral revulsion and concern about its administration but only rarely opposition to the principle. A Labour government removed the stop when its operation affected only a tiny minority of families. The party was quickly involved in the development of the poverty trap debate being particularly drawn to its disincentive characteristics, but Labour governments, like their Conservative counterparts, soon came to regard the idea as a mere statistical abstraction. After confirming the party's historical ambivalence about Family Allowances the thesis demonstrated that whenever it advocated allowances it did so because it believed the programme would alleviate family poverty rather than augment work incentives. However Labour governments consistently upheld the principle of substitutability, thus conferring de facto support on that less-eligibility dimension of Family Allowances which Macnicol has established informed the coalition government's decision to legislate for the programme in 1945. Despite the party's opposition to Family Income Supplement it became an important element in the Labour government's anti-poverty strategy after the Child Benefits debate in 1976. F.I.S. was criticised because of its contribution to the poverty trap and its potential for assisting in the pauperisation of the low paid, while Child Benefit was supported because it appeared to be a more equitable technique of delivering support to families with dependent children although some in the party were sensitive to the scheme's potential link with improved work incentives. In general, the Labour Party is seen to have failed to develop any coherent and sustained alternative to the ideas and programmes of its political opponents in this critical area of social policy.
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Howard, Julie Guenette. "Actor and Partner Effects Among Marital Dyads in Retirement Adjustment and Well-being." PDXScholar, 2005. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1661.
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Our understanding of and interest in how retirement impacts the lives of individuals have grown over the past 20 years. Studies to date have ranged from small, convenience samples composed primarily of men to large, national longitudinal samples of men and women from different professional and socioeconomic backgrounds. There is consensus in the literature that older adults generally function better with a partner; however, gaps remain. We know little about the impact of retirement beyond the individual, although research in other areas on couples has produced evidence of crossover and contagion effects relative to depression and other outcomes, including absenteeism, job stress and positive spillover effects. A major objective of this research was to offer a more holistic perspective of the factors which contribute to retirement adjustment among using dyadic data. A cross-sectional research design was used. The final sample included 183 couples. Structural equation modeling identified predictors of retirement adjustment and well-being in couples. Husbands' and wives' retirement adjustment were found to be highly intercorrelated, but, differences in predictors were found between husbands and wives and their adjustment to retirement. Men were more adversely affected by a forced retirement, and wives had lower levels of well-being than husbands. A forced retirement was not a predictor of retirement adjustment for wives. The relationship between a wife's forced retirement and a husband's well-being was mediated by husband's retirement adjustment. Wives' and husbands' well-being was predicted by health problems. Other positive predictors of retirement adjustment and well-being for wives included maintenance of living standards, low levels of boredom and high levels of social support and leisure activity. These variables also predicted adjustment for husbands. In addition, three other predictors of husbands ' retirement adjustment were found, including: a fully retired work status, higher household income, and retirement plans that remained unaltered. These findings can inform the mental health and counseling practices of professionals serving older adults. It is hoped that this research serves as a basis from which future research may generate ideas and identify other instances of partner and actor effects in retirement adjustment and well-being in older couples.
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Garcia-Rea, Elizabeth Ann. "Acculturation and Sociocultural Influences as Predictors of Family Relationships and Body Image Dissatisfaction in African American, Hispanic American, and European American Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5463/.
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Ethnic differences in etiological factors linked to body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders were examined. In addition, the interaction of acculturation and body image dissatisfaction in influencing minority women's relationships with their parents was investigated. Participants consisted of 302 undergraduates from three ethnic groups: Caucasian, Hispanic American, and African American women who were administered self-report measures. Differences were not found between the groups in body image dissatisfaction. Low self-esteem, internalization of the thin ideal, and family emphasis on weight and appearance were all related to more body image dissatisfaction for each of these groups; however, differences in degree of endorsement were also noted between the ethnic groups on these factors. Based on the interaction findings (body image x acculturation) separation from one's mother was found in the area of attitudes and emotions for the Hispanic sample but not for the African American sample on any of the parent scales. Areas for future research and implications for diagnosis and treatment of minority populations are also discussed.
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Sputa, Cheryl L. "Student perceptions of parent-adolescent closeness and communication about sexuality : relations with sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1063211.
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Both educators and parents are concerned with how best to shape sexual development because of the myriad personal and social complications that can occur for adolescents along with becoming sexually active. Many variables have been shown individually to influence sexuality. Of specific interest in this study was parent-adolescent closeness and communication about sexuality. Past research has found parental communication about sexuality and parent-adolescent closeness individually to have a positive impact on adolescent sexuality. However, other studies have found no relation between parent-adolescent communication about sexuality and sexual outcomes. Still others have suggested that the combination of the two variables may have the most significant influence on adolescent sexuality. The main goal of this study was to see if a combination of parent-adolescent closeness and parental communication about sexuality was more strongly related to adolescent sexual knowledge, attidudes, and behaviors than either communication or closeness alone. Participants were 157 boys and girls in the ninth through twelfth grades from two suburban high schools in the midwest: Questionnaire measures of adolescents' perceptions were used. Canonical correlation analyses revealed two significant combinations of variables. First, age and maternal and paternal communication were significantly related to sexual behavior and sexual knowledge. Specifically, younger age and less maternal and paternal communication were related to less sexual behavior and less sexual knowledge. Second, gender, age, and maternal communication were significantly related to less sexual knowledge and more conservative sexual attitudes. Specifically, being younger and female and receiving less maternal communication was related to less sexual knowledge and more conservative attitudes. Four important findings are evident in these results. Implications for interpretation and future research are discussed.Department of Educational Psychology
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Sandhu, Gurminder. "The Influence of Family and Cultural Values on the Career Development of Asian Americans." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799461/.
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Factors influencing the career development of Asian Americans have included family influences, including parental expectations and parent-young adult relationship, and adherence to Asian cultural values. Variables such as interests and values have been shown to be important factors in the career-related decisions of western, European American culture individuals, although interests have been found to be less important for Asian Americans. Research suggests that parental expectations and adherence to traditional Asian values have more influence on career development among this population. Sandhu found in 2011 that parental expectations are highly linked with career choice of a specific Asian subgroup. The current study examined the relationship between parental expectations, acculturation, career values, adherence to Asian cultural values, the parent-young adult relationship, and career choice in the Asian American population. The values gap between the parents’ and young adults’ cultural values as well as the gap’s effects on the parent-child relationship were assessed. A sample of 173 self-identified Asian Americans aged 18 to 25 were recruited from across the US to complete an Internet survey consisting of demographic questions, career choice questions, a measure of acculturation, an assessment of career-related values, an assessment of adherence to Asian cultural values, and an assessment of the parent-young adult relationship. Results from hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that the prestige of parents’ career expectations was a significant predictor of the prestige of young adults’ expected career choices. Although other family and process variables were not found to be significant predictors of young adults’ career choices, interesting correlations were noted among many of these variables.
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Jensen, Dennis L. "Enhancing homeland security efforts by building strong relationships between the Muslim community and local law enforcement." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FJensen.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.Thesis Advisor(s): Christopher Bellavita. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p.95-100). Also available online.
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Kieley, Jeanie Martin. "Resiliency in adult children of alcoholics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/955.
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Vargas, Liliana. "Autism and family functioning: The role of parental coping." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3092.
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The present study employed a family systems approach to investigate the effects of level of autism severity on family functioning as mediated by parental coping. Participants were mothers of children with autism who were volunteers in an ongoing research program conducted within a university-based treatment center (N=146). Gilliam Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (GARS-2) scores were available for all of the children and, as part of the broader program, parents completed the Coping Scale for Adults, which assesses a range of coping styles, and the Family Environment Scale, which provides positive and negative indicators of family functioning. Data analyses indicated that nonproductive coping significantly mediated the relationship between level of autism severity and family cohesion and conflict. Results also suggested that level of autism severity was negatively related to family conflict. The study further examined the use of specific coping styles on family cohesion and conflict. Evaluation of findings suggest that parents who have a child diagnosed with severe autism may be employing maladaptive coping strategies, such as wishful thinking, blaming one's self, or avoiding the situation. Implications for intervention approaches for individuals working with families of children with autism are suggested.
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Hilt, Jennifer Falconi. "The advantages and obstacles of having been raised by a gay or lesbian parent." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3106.
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In an exploratory study 10 adult children, with at least one identifiable gay or lesbian parent, were interviewed and asked to discuss their childhood experiences growing up in diverse families. Understanding the introspective views of adult children with gay or lesbian parents will allow social workers the ability to tailor services to ensure the needs of these new family constellations are met.
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Midock, Randall L. "Family correlates of career maturity attitudes in rural high school students with learning disabilities." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-163929/.
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Troyer, Laura Marie. "Perspectives on familial and social adjustment of children of alcoholics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/398.
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Sharp, Ashli A. "Once Upon a Time in a Single-Parent Family: Father and Daughter Relationships in Disney's The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1630.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature, 2006.Colored illustrations in electronic copy only. Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-142).
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Seabolt, Erin. "Watering Marigolds: A Collection." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/426.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.Bachelors
English
Arts and Sciences
Creative Writing
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Clark, Nancy Elizabeth. "Perceptions of satisfaction in the delivery of services to kinship and non-kinship care providers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2463.
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Schafer, Patricia A. "Experiences of Prejudice Among Individuals in African American and Caucasian Interracial Marriages: A Q-Methodological Study." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1227230458.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jan. 5, 2010). Advisor: Cynthia Osborn. Keywords: interracial marriage, African American and Caucasian interracial marriage, multicultural marriages, Q methodology, prejudice, black and white marriages, miscegenation, anti-miscegenation, perceptions of interracial marriages, Black studies, Black history. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286).
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Earl, Tara Roshell. "How important is race and ethnicity?: examining caregiving practices of siblings caring for a brother or sister diagnosed with a severe mental illness." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2239.
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Sakashita, Shari S. "Different worlds? : asymmetry in graduate student marriages." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/34383.
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That graduate study is detrimental to marriages has received empirical
support. This study utilized systems theory to examine and help explain the
dissolution process of graduate student marriages. Specifically, it examined the
impact of marital structure on perceptions of marital quality. Drawing primarily
from Scheinkman's (1988) qualitative study, spouses in asymmetrical marriages
(i.e., marriages where only one spouse is in graduate school), as opposed to
symmetrical marriages (i.e., marriages where both spouses are in graduate
school), were hypothesized to report (a) less satisfaction with the division of
household labor, (b) lower perceptions of equity, and (c) less satisfaction with
emotional intimacy. These, in turn, were hypothesized to lower perceptions of
marital quality.
Participants from a list of master's and doctoral-level students at a west
coast university in the United States were randomly selected and contacted by
phone. Only married students and their partners were solicited for participation.
The final sample consisted of 121 married individuals (60 husband-wife pairs, 1
female) who responded to a mailed questionnaire. Of these 121 respondents,
85 were involved in asymmetrical arrangements and 36 in symmetrical
arrangements.
Contrary to expectations, asymmetry did not indirectly (and negatively)
affect marital quality through satisfaction with the division of household labor
and perception of equity. There was, however, some evidence that asymmetry
negatively influenced marital quality by lowering spouses' satisfaction with
emotional intimacy. This latter finding was considered to be meaningfully
significant because satisfaction with emotional intimacy was by far the strongest
predictor of marital quality.
The findings are discussed primarily in terms of the education level of
each spouse. Reconceptualizing asymmetry as an educational or power
differential, or even more generally as a difference in emotional experiences, is
recommended. In other words, it is not the number of spouses in school per se
that matters; it is the understanding and emotional connectedness between
them.Graduation date: 1997
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Moon, Susan F. "Women's feelings about the work-family interface of long-haul truck drivers : six days on the road and he's gonna be home tonight." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33547.
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Long-haul truck drivers are absent from their families for prolonged periods
of time. This paper examines the methods trucking families use to remain
connected given such absences. Interviews with ten women married to long-haul
truck drivers underwent qualitative analysis. Initially, personal profiles were
developed to illustrate life experiences of the women. While the trucking industry
set the context, the families decided how to cope with the lifestyle. Patterns of
coping strategies developed by the families were described by the women. Coping
strategies did not result from the efforts of one individual. All family members
contributed to it in a dynamic process. One instrumental source of support was the
driver's trucking company. Support systems instrumental in helping families utilize
coping mechanisms were identified. Women used ambivalent thought to resolve
negative emotions. In addition, an environmental analysis that compared the homes
of the women and the homes of non-truckers was conducted to determine whether
trucking women's homes reflected their lifestyle and attitudes toward their
husband's absence. The trucking family engages in an atypical lifestyle, yet their
issues are similar to those experienced by families whose husbands and fathers are
home every night. Trucking families continually seek to find methods that allow
them to think of themselves as normative.Graduation date: 1999
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Slack, Michael Byron 1957. "Factors influencing interdisciplinary team member agreement with social worker assessments of domestic violence incidents in the United States Air Force." 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/11298.
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Schmiege, Cynthia J. "Forging new paths : life course transitions for American women and their families." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35577.
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Families of remarriage constitute a growing number of
American families. The spiraling divorce rate of the 1970s
was accompanied by a concomitant increase in the number of
remarriages. Forty percent of American families today
contain at least one spouse that has been previously
married, thus studying relationships within families of
remarriage is crucial to understanding the experiences of
both children and adults in American families.
This study uses a life-span perspective to examine the
qualitative accounts of 62 women 43 of whom divorced, spent
some time as a single parent of at least one child, and
remarried and 19 of whom had divorced and did not remarry.
Some of those women also had a remarriage end in divorce.
Both qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques
were used to both explore relationships within families of
remarriage, and differences between those women that
remarried and those who remained single parents.
Quantitative analyses revealed that women who did not
remarry were better educated and had more conflict with
their former spouse over time. Women who were younger when
they became a single parent for the first time, had more
children, had jobs rather than careers, and had less
education reported more marriages overall.
Qualitative analyses showed that particular problem
areas in families of remarriage centered around the
adjustment period between the children and the new partner,
finances, and communication. Remarriages that failed were
characterized by problematic relationships between children
and their mother's partner.
As this was predominantly a white, middle-class
sample, generalizations to other populations should be made
with caution. Directions for future research are
discussed.Graduation date: 1994
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May, Cheryl. "Woman's work: an analysis of Dorothea Lange's photography career in conflict with family life." 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/27496.
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Chen, Min-hua. "Family literacy in a Chinese community in the United States: An ethnographic study." 1998. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9841851.
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This study was conducted in a Chinese community located in an academic community in the United States. Ethnographic data were collected from the Chinese community in general and subsequently a close study of ten families who had school aged children was conducted. As international graduate students or visiting scholars, the parents in the families had affiliations with institutions of higher education and lived in the United States temporarily. The purpose of this study was to document, analyze, and find the meanings of the Chinese families' home literacy practices, as well as their strengths and difficulties. Theories of literacy as social and cultural practices led to the study's focus on the social and cultural backgrounds of the parents and their use of home literacy as cultural practices for achieving social goals. This study addressed the following research questions: (1) What are the home literacy practices of a group of Chinese families living in a community in the American society; (2) What are the Chinese parents' perspectives about literacy, schooling, their roles in their children's literacy development, and how have these factors influenced the families' home literacy practices; (3) How have families experienced literacy learning in the American schools, and how have these experiences influenced the families' home literacy practices. This study was ethnographic in methodology. Data were obtained through interviews and participant observation. Analysis of the data showed that the parents, who grew up in Chinese society, formed their views of literacy in that particular sociocultural environment. Those views guided them in home literacy practices. These practices served as a process of cultural transmission. Through home literacy practices, the parents helped their children construct and maintain identity with Chinese culture, traditional social relations, and the values of literacy learning. Home literacy practices also helped the families make adaptations when they came to the United States. When the families came to this country, the host culture posed as challenges to the families' lives. The children's schools served especially as the representative of the new culture to the families. The school culture made a strong impact on the families' home literacy practices. Soon the parents found that what counted as literacy in this new sociocultural environment was different from their previous experiences. They used home literacy practices to help cope with the difficulties they faced. These practices enabled them and their children to negotiate between the Chinese and the American cultures, to help the children function in American schools, and to prepare them return to home country.
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Opitz, Marlana Kathryn. "Family caregivers' narratives of coping with chronic stress : is anything funny?" 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/18452.
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This dissertation is a qualitative study of six daughter-caregivers' narratives of their experiences in caring for their mothers who were afflicted with a progressive dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Many correlational and experimental studies have attempted to show whether humor can be utilized to reduce stress, or promote wellbeing. Results are mixed. This outcome is due in part to the ways different kinds of humor may function in different circumstances for different individuals. Few studies have analyzed directly how humor may function in circumstances where it is generated in a natural context that is potentially threatening to highly relevant personal values. The family caregiving context provides a setting for generating narratives about how individuals cope with such circumstances. This study analyzes six caregiver narratives in terms of personal problem-solving processes and emotion regulation under conditions of chronic stress. This study addresses how caregiver-humor may function in this context. These caregivers exhibited and reported a variety of non-humorous coping strategies such as problem-solving to change aspects of the situation where appropriate. They evaluated and changed thoughts, feelings, and attitudes to develop new meaning, to find benefits, and to develop more integrated frames of reference for meeting caregiving challenges. Caregiver humor was embedded in this natural problem-solving process. This study extends support for the contentions from prior research and theory that humor can, under certain conditions, support stress relief and the development of attitudes that are conducive to promoting increased well-being in situations that seriously challenge or threaten valued outcomes. The personal experience narratives of these participants provide evidence that supports many humor theories and extends the range of their application. Participants utilized humor in ways that confront and to some extent resolve the incongruities of caregiving by regulating emotion and motivation, and by celebrating mastery and adaptation to life's challenges. The data support the proposition that, specifically, humor may diminish the impact of negative affect, and boost the motive power of positive affect in problem-solving processes.text
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Jacobson, Sarah Williams. "Careers in cross-cultural context: Women bank managers in Finland and in the United States." 1991. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9207416.
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Assumptions of neo-classical economics have defined most career theorizing and research in management and organizational scholarship. However, over the thirty years following enactment of equal opportunity legislation in the USA, the incorporation of career experiences of women managers within this model has been uneasy. This dissertation, informed by feminist epistemological standpoints, demonstrates an approach for exploring career experiences of women managers outside traditional theoretical models. Assumed splits between organization/individual, career/private life, and objective/subjective experience, common in past scholarship, are abandoned in favor of a holistic view which considers the careers of individuals in relation to the organizational, economic, legal, governmental, and cultural contexts in which they are conducted. Adopting a comparative/polycentric research design, career experiences of women managers in two diverse societies (the USA and Finland) were studied. The inductive, socio-linguistic project was guided by two research questions: (1) How do a group of women managers in two diverse cultures frame the subjective experience of "career"? (2) What can be learned about cultural, institutional, and organizational values and priorities from the subjective expression of individually experienced lives? Using Q-methodologies for data collection in each location, career "scripts" were fashioned which connect the micro (individual) and macro (contextual) levels of analysis. Results support contentions that: (1) scholarship examining career experiences of women managers must, of necessity, include experience in both the world of work and private life; (2) universalizing career concepts are faulty because they ignore the importance of institutional form and practice in molding individual experiences; (3) scripts of career have a parochial dimension and are filtered through values of the wider culture in which they exist; (4) any study of "managerial careers" must distinguish the context in which notions of "management" exist; (5) traditional requirements of objectivity and neutrality in the research process, as well as a distancing relationship between researcher/researched, block collaborative research approaches; collaborative approaches, however, seem necessary in understanding careers in context; (6) it is important to recognize the contextual situatedness of traditional scholarship (mostly developed in the USA) when analyzing the current status of knowledge about "careers."
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Beckford, Sharlene Tanica. "Relationships among differential acculturation, family environment, and delinquency in first and second generation immigrant youths." 2001. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2373.
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Lee, Youjung 1977. "Korean American dementia caregivers' attitude toward caregiving: the role of culture." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3786.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how Korean American caregivers view dementia caregiving and analyze the role of culture in their attitude toward caregiving. Demographic characteristics, stressor factors, social support factors, and cultural factors were examined in the model. Stressor factors were measured by care receivers' problem behaviors, duration of caregiving, and amount of caregiving. Social support factors were composed of the amount of social support and the quality of social support. Cultural factors included level of acculturation, years in the U.S., filial piety, and familism. The study compared a group of spouse caregivers with a group of children providing care in order to investigate the differences in their attitude toward caregiving. In addition, the interaction effect between social support and acculturation on dementia caregiver's attitude toward caregiving was examined. Eighty five Korean American dementia caregivers participated in the survey through a convenience sampling method. Among the Korean American dementia caregivers, child caregivers showed a more positive attitude toward caregiving then spouse caregivers. The effects of social support on caregivers' attitude toward caregiving did not vary with the level of acculturation. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that, among the study factors including stressor factors, social support factors, and cultural factors, only social support factors contributed significantly to Korean American dementia caregivers' positive attitude toward caregiving. Among the predictors of Korean American dementia caregivers' attitude toward caregivng, the amount of caregiving per day was the most significant variable, followed by the quality of social support and care receivers' problem behaviors. Higher levels of daily caregiving and higher quality of social support were positively related to positive attitude toward caregiving. A higher level of care receivers' problem behaviors was negatively related to positive attitude toward caregiving. Comparison of the beta coefficients from the spouse caregiver group and nonspouse caregiver group revealed that there was a discrepancy of predictors of Korean American caregivers' attitude toward caregiving between the two caregiving groups. The model had a better fit for immigrant spouse caregiver groups indicated by significantly different R² from spouse caregivers and non-spouse caregivers, 85% and 33%, respectively. The results of this study imply the importance of incorporating cultural diversity in social policy. Because of the salient findings in this study, inclusion of content on increasing and enhancing quality of social support is recommended for social work practice with Korean American dementia caregivers.
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Smitton, J. Alan. "Sons’ narratives of growing up with a World War II combat veteran father." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14826.
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Ten men participated in this study; all had fathers who served six months
or more in active combat during World War II. Each son was asked about his
relationship with his father specific to the father's combat experience. Each
interview was audiotaped and transcribed. From each transcribed interview a
narrative was developed representing the life story of growing up with a combat
veteran father. Reading across all ten narratives, eight themes were extracted that
were consistent for seven to ten of the participants. Two follow-up questions
were later asked of each participant. These questions were also taped and
transcribed and formulated into themes. The four most important themes were:
avoiding the topic of combat, emotional distancing, father's perceived change in
personality because of the war, and wanting to have more intimate time with
their fathers growing up. Fifty-five years after the end of World War II there
remains a residual effect on these sons. It is anticipated that this research will
assist Canada's Peacekeepers in adjusting to their civilian life as they raise their
families.
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McGuire-Schwartz, Mary Ellen. "An exploration of the relationships between family and social support and parent -child attachment: Multicultural perspectives in the United States and Ireland." 2003. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3096302.
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This study explores the relationships between family and social support and parent-child attachment. It uses an ecological approach to study ten at-risk families in two family support programs in two different cultural settings. The experiences and perspectives of the ten participants in the family support programs inform the study. The participants are mothers with children under five years of age. Five live in the United States and attend a family center. Five live in Ireland and use a home visiting program. The findings of this study are rooted in the unique cultural contexts of the two family support programs and the ten participants, their individual meanings, experiences, and understandings. A qualitative case study approach within the unique cultural contexts of the two family support programs is used. In-depth interviews, observations, surveys, videotaping, and document analysis are the primary research methods used. From these data, the findings are presented using descriptions and contextual details to compile portraits of the participants' experiences and perspectives. Member checks and peer debriefing established trustworthiness. The findings of this study suggest positive relationships between family and social support and parent-child attachment for the ten participants. The social support programs provided emotional support, material support, and information to the participants. Within the context of the family support programs, the participants reported that they experienced positive supportive relationships, a sense of empowerment and positive affirmation that promoted their self-esteem, self-worth and maternal confidence. They experienced non-judgmental support from the staff, opportunities to network and talk, respect for mothers, and models for parenting options and alternatives. Their relationships and interactions with staff and other mothers helped to relieve their depression, reduce their sense of social isolation, foster communication and provide social networks. They also positively affected maternal sensitivities and responsiveness and promoted feelings of self-confidence. The findings suggest that these family support programs aided in the development of parent-child bonds and parent-child attachment for the ten participants in their unique cultural contexts.
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Kawamoto, Walter T. "Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some determinants of parenting in American Indian and non-Indian families." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35757.
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An analysis was conducted to test current theories
regarding education, income, and marital satisfaction as
determinants of parenting in different ways for men and
women. The gender specific issues in parenting to be tested
were: 1) Education is positively related to parental
involvement for both men and women. 2) Marital
dissatisfaction is positively related to maternal
involvement and negatively related to paternal involvement.
3) Income is positively related to parental involvement for
both men and women.
One focus of the test of the above theories was a
sample of twenty-five American Indian families primarily
recruited with the assistance of the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz. Twenty-five non-Indian families with similar
education and income characteristics were matched with the
Siletz sample from the larger Oregon Family Study sample for
comparison/control group purposes.
Significant gender and ethnic differences in the
significance of education, income, and marital satisfaction
on paternal involvement are reported.Graduation date: 1994
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Garcia, Karen Marie. "Migrant Puerto Rican women in the United States under economic stress: A theoretical framework for a national study." 1989. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9001505.
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This study examines current understanding of the experience of Puerto Rican migrant women as they cope with a new environment. Acculturation theory is analyzed and found limited in its conceptualization of migration as confined largely to the individual. An interdisciplinary review of the literature is used to explain the process of adaptation as an interplay of personal and social factors. The personal and social functions of ethnicity and gender are found critical in migrant women's search for economic advancement. A demographic account of the experience of Puerto Ricans in the United States is provided. A review of empirical studies suggests that being head of household is a significant factor keeping Island born Puerto Rican women out of the labor force. This economic disadvantage is seen to affect the process of acculturation, and reciprocally, acculturation is seen as a requirement for labor force participation. A multidimensional framework is developed which explains that the exclusion of these women from the labor force is rooted in this country's issues of gender and ethnicity. Educational implications are discussed and suggestions for public policy are included. Future research must investigate the effect of prevailing social influences on migrants which place assimilation as their most desirable status. Acculturation studies must focus on the interrelated nature of ethnicity and gender and incorporate into their analyses the effect of socioeconomic resources on adjustment. The experience of migrant Puerto Rican women heads of household must be further examined and new methods derived to quantify their status by means of the available census procedures. A longitudinal national study of the experience of Puerto Ricans in the United States would provide significant interdisciplinary impact.