My dissertation examines the economic links between people's experiences in early and later-life. It offers new empirical evidence on the effect of income in infancy on later-life outcomes, and investigates the performance and econometric properties of the linking tools often us…
Melville's revision and completion of his two most ambitious novels, Mardi and Moby-Dick, uncannily mirrored the pregnancies and births of his first two children. With both, Melville revised nearly complete but less ambitious works at learning of the pregnancies. Despite financi…
Sleep in children is important for the functioning of a range of cognitive processes, including memory, attention, arousal, executive functioning, and the processing of emotional experiences. This, in addition to the high comorbidity between sleep problems and anxiety, may sugge…
This humanistic research explores the central Christian doctrine of the Trinity as a guide for reviewing the apostolate and reshaping the mission of the Church and religious education in the Catholic Diocese of Awka in Nigeria. The study contends: the Christian belief in the Tri…
The overarching goal of this thesis was to compare the mother-child relationship and child behaviour across cultures. The three articles in this thesis were part of a multi-method investigation comparing England (an individualistic culture) and Turkey (a collectivistic culture).…
Opportunities for individuals with exceptional needs to participate in inclusive environments have increased in recent years due to the implementation of various laws. Throughout the history of education, individuals with exceptional needs were prevented from attending higher ed…
The thesis examines the development and implementation of special education’s transition policy in the United States and North Dakota from the 1980s to the 1990s. Researchers have primarily sought to further evidence-based practices in preparing adolescents with disabilities for…
This study examines the association between adolescents’ family backgrounds and their first union formation (marriage and cohabitation) from the ages of 16 to 35. This research additionally tests whether the influence of family processes varies by age. This study includes three …