Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is also highly prevalent in the United States, with approximately 14.1 million adults and 414,000 adolescents being affected. It is, therefore, extremely important to underst…
Reproductive labor, which encompasses all the work within the raising of a child, is endemic to the human condition - we do not exist without it. The production of the capitalist state depends on the reproduction of the human body. And yet, while the labor of industry is legitim…
I applied the Body CodeTM energy healing modality per chiropractic physician Bradley Nelson to 12 couples to investigate if it would work at a distance, at irregular intervals, and without communication during 3 months. I used a pendulum to identify imbalances and sent healing i…
This qualitative study looked into the parental academic support Hmong parents provided to their children and whether generational differences amongst Hmong parents influenced the support Hmong parents provided. Interviews were held online through Zoom with seven Hmong parents. …
Immunizations are scientifically proven, effective global health interventions that prevent infectious diseases and save lives. Yet, in Mozambique at the national level, less than 65% of children are fully immunized, i.e., received all the basic/routine vaccinations. The overall…
Guided by the normative approach this research seeks to understand how Black single adult mothers communicate with their religious Black married parents in terms of childrearing. This research examines the communication challenges faced by single mothers and their parents as the…
In this dissertation, I examine how categories of bondage in Khalkha Mongolia changed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to factors internal to Mongolian society as well as external factors such as Qing administration and the environment. I use Mongolian, Manchu, and…
Over the last two decades, the number of children in the United States who experience parental incarceration along with parents navigating the reentry process have drastically increased. Making this population of parents more vulnerable is the fact that 20% of incarcerated indiv…
Depictions of the mythical queen Clytemnestra in Classical Greek tragedy consistently utilized her character as a means to vilify the maternal figure. The failed defense of her motherhood brought conceptions of biological parentage to the forefront, sustaining a societal belief …
Adolescent mothers are a vulnerable population for a multitude of reasons. For one, adolescent mothers concurrently undergo two significant developmental phases and transitions: adolescence and parenting. Adolescence is the psychosocial period of adjustment marked by dramatic ne…
While Olivier Messiaen is an increasingly popular figure in music research, the life and works of his first wife Claire Delbos (1906-1959) are still shrouded in obscurity. Her compositional career spanned just over 10 years, blossoming alongside yet remaining independent from te…
Although there seems to be a growing acceptance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer (LGBQ), or same-gender-loving (SGL) identities within some Christian denominations, many Black LGBQ/SGL Christians are still receiving messages condemning their identities through involvement in mo…
Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an empirically supported parent training program shown to effectively reduce disruptive behaviors in children ages 2 to 7 and improve the parent-child relationship (Eyberg et al., 1995). It is unique in its use of two-way mirrors, real-…
This thesis aims to explore the extent, rationales and utilisation of informal support networks amongst Pakistani Muslims living in deprived areas of Sheffield. Historical data show that the early Pakistani migrants that came to Britain, engaged in informal support with fellow m…
Researchers working in the work-family conflict (WFC) literature have a long history of focusing on how conflict between the work and family domains influences employees and their experiences inside and outside of work (Eby et al., 2005). However, missing from the literature is …
Desk table is the place we work and study every day; desktop tidy or not will directly affect the efficiency and mood of workers. Therefore, efficient cleaning and organizing our desks is a topic that we must face in life. According to statistics, the average person has more tha…
Mindfulness has been shown through numerous contemporary research studies to have an abundance of health benefits for individuals and couples. Relationship education programs have also demonstrated notable efficacy in offering healing benefits. However, a RE program that is grou…
The Korean American community is a predominantly immigrant population with a long history of historical and cultural trauma, including the continued losses, hardships, and violence endured through the immigration process, that continues to impact the well-being and functioning o…
This study explored the impact of family environment on the relationship between stress and psychopathology in a sample of previously institutionalized, internationally adopted adolescents. Participants resided in a variety of institutional settings overseas before coming to liv…