A large body of literature addresses the effects of divorce on children. Only a small part of this literature, however, addresses the effects of divorce on young adult children. This smaller body of literature addresses the emotional effects of divorce, the way adult children of divorce perceive their families of origin, and the intergenerational transmission of divorce hypothesis. The present study examined the nature of the relationship between parental divorce and its effects on the expectations of adults children's own future families.It is hypothesized that the structure of the family of origin plays a significant role in these expectations and that young adults from intact families will differ significantly from young adults from divorced families.One hundred sixty-seven students from a midwestern university participated in this study. Participants completed two versions of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales III (FACES III). These two versions were for (1) the family of origin and (2) the future family. Participants also completed a demographic questionnaire. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) Family structure in the family of origin will predict expectations of young adults' own future familes; (2) Family functioning in the family of origin will predict expectations of young adults' own future families; (3) Family structure and family functioning in the family of origin will be related to each other in predicting the expectations of young adults' own future families.Contrary to expectations, only one of the three hypotheses was supported. Family functioning in the family of origin did predict expectations of family functioning in young adults' future families. This was true of both the cohesion and the adaptability contructs. Family structure did not predict expectations of young adults' own future families. An interaction of family structure and family functioning in the family of origin did not predict expectations of future families above and beyond what the two variables could predict independently. Implications of these findings and limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed. / Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

Poverty, specifically child poverty, has been an area of great concern impacting the United States for decades (Chen & Corak, 2008; Douglas-Hall & Chau, 2008; Fajth & Holland, 2007; Germany, 2007; Raphael, 2005; Wight, Chau & Aratani, 2010; Wilson, 2010). This paper explores the differing views, experiences and perceptions of poverty through interviews with three impoverished families: one child and mother each located in an (1) urban (2) suburban and (3) rural community. By looking at children and parents living in impoverished homes in diverse neighborhoods I sought to investigate the societal, social, and emotional perceptions and experiences of children and parents living in urban, suburban, and rural poverty. Children between the ages of 6 and 7 years old were interviewed, as were their mothers, utilizing a qualitative, case study methodology. Research found parental themes of overall concern regarding child well-being due to past personal and peer experiences, a fear of the future, and the differences in variations of family, community, and financial support. Child themes included an awareness of the financial burdens of their families, knowledge of crime and violence and perceptions of wealth and home. / Department of Elementary Education

Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-208). / Electronic reproduction. / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web / xiii, 208 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

The objective of this study was to investigate the conditions under which family counseling was terminated and the relationship of the type of termination to children's self-concepts and parents' attitudes. For the purposes of this study, family counseling was terminated by either mutual termination or by family termination. Mutual termination referred to the family and the counselor mutually agreeing that termination from counseling was appropriate. Family termination referred to the family deciding without counselor agreement that termination from counseling was appropriate. For the purposes of this study a family's degree of commitment to the counseling process was indicated by the type of termination the families chose, that is, mutual or family termination.

The purposes of this study are to examine the reported childrearing beliefs and practices of family day home caregivers, to examine the reported childrearing beliefs and practices of parents whose children are in a family day home, and to determine the congruency of the reported childrearing beliefs and practices between caregivers and parents. The childrearing beliefs and practices selected for the study are in the areas of discipline, sleeping, feeding-eating, toilet training, sex-role development, and selected home activities.

abstract: Ultimately, the examples and foundation provided at home will impact the child as a student and lifelong learner. In Navajo society, there are some families who continue to instill the importance of heritage language and culture. And then there are those who choose not to, or who are not capable of doing so due to the lack of knowledge to share such teachings. Diné language and culture are vital elements of who we are as Diné. They are what identify us as a people. Our language and culture separate us from the western society. As parents and educators, our attitudes affect our homes, schools, and children. Our way of thinking may inhibit or perpetuate cultural teachings. However, no one knows how parents' attitudes affect cultural integration at an immersion school. This quantitative study examined parents' attitudes toward cultural integration in a Navajo language immersion school (Ts4hootsoo7 Diné Bi')lta' with the Window Rock Unified School District #8 in Fort Defiance, Arizona). Surveys were used to examine parents' attitudes about language and cultural integration. The survey asked about Navajo language and culture, about the extent to which it was practiced at home, and their opinions about how Navajo language and culture was being taught at school. The data were reported in basic descriptive statistics for the total group of respondents and then disaggregated by age, place of birth (on the reservation or off), gender, marital status, and highest grade completed in school. The data has shown that overall parents are supportive of Navajo language and culture. Their attitudes may vary based on age, place of birth, gender, marital status, and education. In spite of this, Navajo language and culture are in the home. However, the degree to which it is spoken or practiced is not measured. Parents are supportive of the school teaching Navajo language and culture. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

Orientador: Selma de Cássia Martinelli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T02:19:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aguena_ElaineCristiane_M.pdf: 1434088 bytes, checksum: 36c2a3203b8180885f35b64edb07c800 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Atualmente estudos empíricos estão, cada vez mais, enfatizando a importância da participação da família no processo de aprendizagem escolar infantil, diferentes aspectos e condições presentes no ambiente familiar estão relacionados com o desempenho escolar dos estudantes. Diante deste contexto, o presente estudo teve o objetivo de verificar se há possíveis relações entre as crenças e as atitudes dos pais com o desempenho escolar de estudantes do Ensino Fundamental. Participaram desta pesquisa 262 alunos da 2ª e 4ª séries, de ambos os sexos, com idades variando de 7 a 13 anos, e seus respectivos pais, provenientes de três escolas da rede estadual de ensino de uma cidade do interior do Estado de São Paulo. A coleta de dados seguiu os seguintes procedimentos: os pais responderam a uma Escala de Avaliação das Crenças e Atitudes dos Pais (EACAP), que foi desenvolvida para esta pesquisa. Para avaliar o desempenho escolar dos estudantes, foram utilizadas duas medidas distintas, foi aplicado uma Escala de Avaliação da Escrita (EAVE), além de se considerar as notas de português e de matemática dos alunos, a partir da avaliação feita pelos respectivos professores. Os resultados demonstraram uma correlação significante entre as crenças e as atitudes dos pais com o desempenho na escrita, em português e em matemática dos estudantes. Desta forma, este estudo evidencia uma relação entre os tipos de crenças e atitudes dos pais com o desempenho escolar dos seus filhos, possibilitando, assim, que novos aspectos presentes no ambiente familiar sejam considerados ao se pensar a relação entre a aprendizagem infantil e a família. / Abstract: Presently, empirical studies are, even more, emphasizing the importance of the family participation in the process of children school learning, different aspects and present conditions in the family environment are related to the scholastic performance of the students. In this context, this present study had the objective of verifying whether there are possible relations between the beliefs and attitudes of the parents with the scholastic performance of students of Middle School. Participated in this study 262 students of the 2ª and 4ª grades, from both sexes, with ages ranging from 7 to 13 years old, and their respective parents, from three inner state cities in the State of São Paulo. The collection of data followed theses procedures: the parents answered an Scale of Evaluation of Beliefs and Attitudes of Parents (EACAP), that was developed for this research. To evaluate the scholastic performance of the students, two distinct measures were used, an Scale of Writing Evaluation (EAVE) , also there were considered the portuguese and math grades of the students, from an evaluation done by the respective teachers. The results showed a significant correlation between the beliefs and attitudes of the parents with the writing performance, in portuguese and in math. This way, the study shows a relation between the types of beliefs and attitudes of the parents with the scholastic performance for their children, allowing that new aspects present in the family environment be considered when thinking the relation between children learning and family. / Mestrado / Psicologia da Educação / Mestre em Educação

The present study investigated the relation between parental beliefs, estimations and expectations and children's competencies with low-SES parents of learning disabled and nondisabled children. Forty-eight mothers who had boys in the third- through the fifth-grade were interviewed in their home: twenty-four mothers of learning disabled children and twenty-four mothers of nondisabled children. The following measures were used to assess parental beliefs, estimations, and expectations: 1) parental ratings of a series of statements that past research has shown negatively affect children's cognitive competence, 2) parental estimates of their children's performance on a series of cognitive tasks that range from Piagetian-type thru more school-related items, and 3) parental reports of the educational and occupational aspirations for their children. The mothers of learning disabled children did not report more traditional, non democratic beliefs regarding child rearing and academic development than parents of nondisabled children. However, they did more strongly believe that their child's school problems are caused by the child's own ability and school successes are caused more by effort. Also, mothers of LD children reported less success estimations for school-related tasks, specifically spelling and reading tasks than mothers of NLD children. The two groups did not differ on their success estimations for the Piagetian- and intelligence-type tasks. The children were shown these same tasks. The LD children were able to complete less of the school-related tasks than the NLD children. However, the two groups did not differ for the other two types of tasks. Generally, the mean number of success estimations was higher in both groups for children in higher grades. Finally, the two groups did not differ overall in their educational and occupational aspirations. The results are discussed in terms of the affect that children's competencies have on parental beliefs, estimations, and expectations. / Ph. D.

La prématurité est un sujet de plus en plus étudié. Les professionnels de la santé, plus précisément l'équipe des soins intensifs néonataux, réaniment des bébés nés extrêmement prématurés sur une base presque quotidienne. La prématurité soulève encore beaucoup de questionnements au sein de l'équipe des soins intensifs néonataux. En effet, les conséquences sur le développement du nourrisson et de l'enfant sont les aspects les plus questionnés. Plusieurs études sont en cours et plusieurs recherches ont déjà eu lieu à ce sujet. Un sujet particulièrement étudié est la qualité de vie de ces enfants qui sont nés extrêmement prématurés. Cette étude descriptive corrélationnelle, qui s'appuie sur le modèle d'adaptation de Roy, a pour but de décrire la qualité de vie des enfants nés extrêmement prématurés durant la petite enfance selon la perception parentale. Les objectifs spécifiques étaient de décrire les différentes dimensions relatives à la qualité de vie des enfants nés extrêmement prématurés et d'explorer les relations entre les variables sociodémographiques/cliniques et la qualité de vie des enfants. Un total de 42 parents d'enfants nés extrêmement prématurés, âgés de 2 à 5 ans, ont répondu par téléphone à l'échelle PedsQL 4.0. Les résultats indiquent que les enfants nés extrêmement prématurés ont en moyenne une bonne qualité de vie et qu'il existe certaines corrélations entre les variables sociodémographiques et la qualité de vie de l'enfant. En effet, les mères perçoivent que la qualité de vie de leurs enfants est meilleure pour la dimension santé physique que pour les autres dimensions de l'échelle. À l'inverse, elles relatent que la qualité de vie est moindre pour le fonctionnement émotionnel. De plus, les enfants provenant d'une famille intacte ont une meilleure qualité de vie que ceux ne provenant pas d'une telle famille. Finalement, les enfants dont les pères détenant un niveau d'éducation universitaire (BAC) ont une moins bonne qualité de vie que les enfants dont les pères détenant un niveau d'éducation collégial. Les infirmières pourront adopter une approche personnalisée avec les enfants dans les cliniques externes de suivi néonatal (0-5 ans). Par exemple, sachant que le fonctionnement émotionnel est la dimension la plus affectée, les infirmières pourront prioriser cette dimension dans leurs conseils à donner aux parents de ces enfants et donc, optimiser leurs interventions

The purpose of this project was to explore parent perceptions about their children's weight and the perceived barriers to implementing healthy eating habits and patterns of physical activity for their children.