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Increasing steadily in developed nations during the last several decades, intercountry adoption (ICA) brings unique challenges to the family system during role transition to parenthood. The fundamental change for women during and following ICA is the process of and transition to…

Purpose: In 2015, there were 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States. Over half are parents. The current assumption is parents are at greater risk of recidivism than non-parents, so additional resources should be allocated to parents to foster successful reentry. Ho…

The linkage between parenthood and cognitive health has not been explored in-depth in the United States. This dissertation contributes to the broad literature on parenthood and parental well-being by examining how parental status, parent-child relationship quality, and history o…