While the concept of poverty has decreased in prevalence among African American adolescents and their families, it continues to serve as a vital issue. Because of this factor, the impact poverty can have on family function remains a major obstacle. One goal of this project is to…
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Background: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become widely known as one of the ‘signature injuries’ of the Iraqi-Afghanistan armed conflicts. The indirect experiencing of trauma from a close family member’s PTSD is conceptualized in the literature as secondary, vicariou…
Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a well-established evidence-based intervention for the treatment of conduct problems with youth and their families. Research on FFT has consistently demonstrated reductions in out-of-home placements, recidivism, and substance use disorders. FFT…
The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of the spouses of Foreign Service officers assigned to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. There are many complex challenges and stress that can occur as a result of relocating to a new country, leaving behind family and frien…
This study presents the results of an in-depth literature review on nonsuicidal self-injury in the adolescent population. It addresses family systemic factors that impact the onset, perpetuation, and cessation of NSSI. The literature review is comprised of 76 peer-reviewed artic…
School refusal and truancy is a community problem that affects individuals, families, and organizations while lacking a universally accepted definition. At-risk youth often exhibit academic failure, and externalized and or internalized problematic behaviors while schools lose fu…
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…
Communication within families has been studied in regards to health information, however gaps remain in our knowledge about family communication of genetic information. Mixed qualitative and quantitative interviews were done on probands with large familial cascade uptake, who we…
Pre-loss grief (PLG) has been defined as the presence of grief symptoms (e.g., longing/yearning for the person) while a family member with a life limiting illness is still alive. “Preparedness” has been consistently found to strongly predict PLG yet a consensus has not yet been …
This thesis, 'The life histories of teacher mothers: exploring a special situation' concerns a personally motivated study on the experiences and influences on Primary and Early Years teachers who are also mothers. The study involved unstructured life-history interviews with five…
This dissertation includes three essays in economic history and applied microeconomics. In the first chapter, I investigate the intergenerational effects of a negative shock in wealth for African Americans by examining the failure of the Freedman's Bank. I find that children of …