Thesis (M.S.) in Resource Economics and Policy--University of Maine, 2002. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-67).

Thesis--Boston University. / Forced moving is a problem in social change. Reanalyzing survey data from interviews with 102 Boston households who made a forced move between 1968 and 1970, a theoretical model is developed which explains the type and variety of these changes. The household, the residents of one dwelling unit, is the unit or system affected by a forced move. All social systems must solve the four Parsonian functions to continue to exist. Households differ in the adequacy of their solutions. In the model the independent variables are the household's levels of functioning before the forced move and the dependent variables are the housing and attitudinal changes accompanying a forced move. Two hypotheses specified the relationship between the changes accompanying a forced move and influences on these changes. Hypothesis I stated that households with positive functioning before the forced move would report positive changes after the forced move. In the model all four household functions do not contribute equally to forced move outcomes. Assuming that rehousing after a ... [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (D.C.P. / M. Sc.)--School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, 2006. / Title from title screen (viewed 13 January 2009). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology/ Master of Science to the School of Psychology, Faculty of Science. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. David L. Sjoquist, committee chair; Geoffrey K. Turnbull, Erdal Tekin, Charles L. Jaret, committee members. Electronic text (118 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed on July 14, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-117).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 135 p.; also includes maps, graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-135). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (D. Min.)--Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009. / Title from screen (viewed on August 28, 2009). Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Linda Haas. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-104).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Rodney Anderson, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 9, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 251 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between frequent childhood mobility and perceived social support, education level, and economic well-being in a sample of former Even Start parents. Theoretically the mechanisms for the disruption of frequent mobility are studied through both social capital theory and an ecological model. As individuals are uprooted and moved from one environment to the next they are faced with the developmental challenge of continuous adaptation. With each move losses of social capital at the individual, family, and community level are experienced. The most striking factor about the results of the qualitative analysis is the parallel it finds to previous quantitative studies on the outcomes and risk factors of frequent mobility. The participants who experienced frequent mobility in childhood described lives that were chaotic and uncertain. Frequent childhood mobility was directly mentioned by several of the participants as a factor increasing hardship in their lives, associated with participants' retrospective accounts of their poverty status in childhood and their economic status at the time of the interviews. A lack of significant parental social support in the group experiencing high childhood mobility, and its presence in the low childhood mobility group suggests the disruption frequent childhood mobility may cause in the ability of this group to obtain needed parental social support. In a population where risk factors are already present frequent childhood mobility seems to be a key factor in further reducing life chances. / Graduation date: 2004

The purpose of this study was to identify and examine risk and protective factors associated with residential instability within a sample of rural low-income mothers. Residential instability was defined as two or more residential moves within the course of a year. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to compare residentially stable and residentially unstable participants in order to isolate the factors that differentiated the two groups. These factors were analyzed through life course and ecological theoretical perspectives. Significant factors associated with residential instability included childhood and adulthood contexts, as well as changes in family structures throughout the life course. Based on the findings from this sample, it could be conservatively estimated that 10 to 25% of rural low-income families with children were residentially unstable between 2000 and 2001. Previous research has pointed to the severe negative educational, social, and developmental impacts of residential instability on children. Findings from this study suggest that the children who are most at risk for future residential instability in any given year are likely to have experienced residential instability already, compounding the impact of residential instability on these children. This study also supports the previous finding that residential instability is transmitted across generations, with childhood residential instability predictive of residential instability in adulthood. Participants who had moved frequently during childhood were significantly more likely to be residentially unstable, as were participants who had been homeless within the two years previous to being surveyed. Participants who were sharing housing with relatives were also at risk of residential instability, due to strain on relationships between participants' families and the relatives with whom they were sharing housing. Relationship strain associated with residential instability also occurred between participants and their partners, with partnership separation significantly predictive of residential instability. Many residentially unstable participants went through cycles of moving in and out of relatives' and/or partners households, moving in and out with partners, or both. The connection between previous residential instability and subsequent residential instability was theorized to be associated with persistent poverty, and may also have indicated other destabilizing conditions. Difficulty in maintaining relationships or holding down a job, mental health problems, poor survival skills, or patterns of bad choices were all destabilizing conditions that could theoretically lead to residential instability. These destabilizing conditions may have often been associated with persistent poverty and their consequences may have been amplified by persistent poverty. / Graduation date: 2005