In this dissertation I analyze the development of contemporary US welfare policy with special consideration given to the importance of race and gender. In the introductory chapter I outline how the development of the American welfare state has continuously neglected the needs of…
"8" Result
Sort By:
Background Interpersonal theories of influence postulate that the interactions between two members of a dyad are characterized by bidirectional influence, mutual regulation, and interpersonal assimilation. Empirical support for an interpersonal sphere of influence comes from res…
In Indonesia, women are dying from pregnancy-related complications and childbirth at a relatively high rate, up to 470 per 100,000 live births. The majority of women give birth in their homes, under less-than-sterile conditions, and without the assistance of a skilled healthcare…
This qualitative, phenomenological study provides a broad view of the effects of Army female service members' post deployment psychological condition as described by their caregiver husbands' perspective. The Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes a …
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).…
In this dissertation, fertility and demand for contraceptives is analyzed within the non-unitary preferences framework. Husbands and wives are allowed to have differing preferences over number of children and timing of births and the impact of these differing preferences on coup…
In Victorian Glasgow, marital cruelty was understood by both the civil legal system and broader society to include emotional, psychological, verbal, economic, and physical abuses. In contrast to existing historiography, this thesis rests on the quantitative analysis of records o…