This heuristic, qualitative study explores the lived experience of being raised by a single, alcohol-dependent father. There is a lack of heuristic studies that focus on the perceptions of offspring of alcohol-dependent fathers and psychologists and other health care professiona…
"21" Result
Sort By:
This dissertation is a quantitative investigation of father involvement among unmarried, non-resident fathers, and seeks to uncover the factors that keep them engaged in the parenting process over time using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well Being Study. Contrasting …
This dissertation demonstrates that the narrators of Genesis 34 and 2 Samuel 13 cast the sexual violations of Dinah and Tamar similarly. Chapter 1 attends to the words that link the two narratives. It also examines other Hebrew Bible (HB) passages containing inah, nevalah, and h…
Across much of South Asia, the basic unit of social and economic organization is the family. Within the family, norms of patriarchy and preferences for living in large joint-households induce predictable cycles of household formation and dissolution. The cycle begins when a male…
Most industrialised countries have witnessed a shift in the 'male breadwinner' model of family life as new generations of mothers have increasingly combined employment with parenting responsibilities. This has had implications for the role of fathers and their contributions to c…
Female development research has long focused on the mother's role, and more recently on the father's. Attachment theorists have emphasized continuity from early attachment patterns to later close relationships. They have also considered the role of early attachment in later ment…
The number of Arab-American households has almost doubled in recent years, increasing from 268,000 in 1990 to 427,000 in 2000 (Asi & Beaulieu, 2013). This is a growing immigrant population that has not been examined thoroughly. In this dissertation, the impact of immigration on …
Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric conditions in both developed and developing countries. In Turkey, eating disorders have been increasing in prevalence among adolescents. Family relations and parenting have been studied as sociocultural influences that sh…
Parenthood is a life-changing event that requires preparation and understanding of a child's needs. Since parenting skills are often acquired and not instinctual (Lamb, 1986), it is important to understand the process of how men learn to become parents. Men are often taught not …
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).…
The project director studied the personal spiritual disciplines and fulfillment of spiritual responsibility in the home of a select group of fathers from FBC Plant City. The director allowed for an honest look at a select group of father’s spiritual disciplines through a pre-stu…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand fathers’ decision making processes around help-seeking for symptoms of common perinatal mental disorders.
The damage caused by absentee fatherhood cannot be understated. The effects of this void are evident in every sector of society; some researchers call this void the singlemost pressing issue for government and religious institutions in America. Children of every socio-economical…
There are many pathways to juvenile delinquency; however, family structure, single parent gender, and parenting styles adolescents experience have been indicated to be significant predictors of delinquency in male adolescents. Family structure within the United States has experi…
Fathers play a significant role in the continuation of adolescent to young adults’ religiosity. Fathers transmit their religiosity through communicating beliefs and modeling practices (e.g., praying, attending church, engaging in other religious rituals). As adolescent transitio…
The purpose of this study was to elicit themes surrounding changes in fathers who have moved from a hierarchical understanding of God to perceiving God in a more relational sense and what effect that had on their parenting. Participants in the study were fathers who identified h…
Background: Childhood trauma has a direct impact on parenting. Parents with a history of adverse childhood experiences are more likely to struggle with mental illness in adulthood and have children at augmented risk for behavioral health issues. However, most of this work has fo…
This dissertation explores two intertwined topics of the Russian elites’ emotional culture at the turn of the 19th century and its role in the failed military revolution in December 1825. The unusual and tragic outcome of Russia’s first revolutionary attempt has long puzzled sch…
The thesis of this Doctor of Ministry project was to analyze the effectiveness of incorporating a web-based resource, formed.org (Formed), which was in line with the teachings and theology of the Church as a means to enhance adult faith formation (AFF) opportunities in a parish …