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Children's moral narratives: Links to aggression and early relationships
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)
This study addressed connections among young at-risk children's behavioral status, their moral emotion attributions and their attachment relationships. In general, it was expected that children with more behavioral problems ...
Comparing sex offending and conduct disordered youth: The role of family
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)
Juvenile sex offending is a serious and growing problem in the United States, and has significant mental health and financial repercussions. Yet, to date, the etiology of this behavior has not been ascertained. The present ...
Socialization influences on the acquisition of gender constancy
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)
This research focused on Kohlberg's (1966) cognitive-developmental model of gender constancy. Specifically, the present study was designed to examine the level of gender constancy in 80, 3 and 4-year-old children who, ...
The development of representation: A study of pretend play and language
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)
This study investigated the relationship between the pretend play and language longitudinally in 9 participants aged 14-17 months at the onset of the testing. Measures of language (the MacArthur Language Inventory) and ...
The impact of yoga on cardiovascular reactivity, empathy & mindfulness
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)
Previous studies have suggested that yoga may impact on health via a reduction in blood pressure (BP) among hypertensive populations, and a reduction in anxiety and depression among varied clinical populations. The current ...
Task-related expressions of pride and shame: Links to attachment security and language development
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012)
This study was designed to explore relations among children's attachment representations, task-related expressions of pride and shame (TEPS), and the potential influence of gender on these associations. Links between ...
Relationship -based, dyadic Early Head Start intervention
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2004)
This project assessed the effects of a relationship-based, dyadic Early Head Start (EHS) intervention on mothers' responsiveness, child attention and play and whether changes in maternal responsiveness relate to child ...
Eating attitudes, behaviors, and body image of Orthodox Jewish girls in grades 3--8
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2009)
This study focused on disturbed eating attitudes and behaviors in a sample of pre-adolescent Orthodox Jewish girls, an age group and population that is only beginning to gain attention. This cross sectional, correlational ...
Parental monitoring and its role in alleviating child externalizing behaviors
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)
Family factors have been identified as contributing factors in relation to presence of child externalizing behaviors. The study objective was to examine the effects of parental discipline effectiveness, monitoring, and ...
Efficacy of a parent -child therapeutic nursery: Assessing outcomes of mothers of high functioning children on the autistic spectrum
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2006)
There are a limited number of intervention programs for children on the Autistic Spectrum and their parents, still fewer have been researched and shown efficacious. This study evaluates the parents (N=8) of children on the ...