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Parents’ Experiences as They Interact with Their Transgender Children’s Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of parents and caregivers in a parenting role of a transgender child as they interacted with their children’s schools. For this study, 22 interviews with parents and ...
Parent and Child Perceptions of Parenting Practices: Do Differences Matter for Child Outcomes?
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The aim of the current study was to examine whether differences in perceptions of parenting have an effect on child outcomes. Data were taken from an Early Risers study, which incorporated the Early Risers evidence-based ...
The Impact of Psychosocial Outcomes in Long-Term Bariatric Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The disease of obesity is a serious and significant public health epidemic affecting more
than 78 million Americans. The increase in human life expectancy also increases the chance of
reduced quality of life and well-being ...
Perceptions of Support and Relational Changes Following Peer Suicide in Emerging Adulthood
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Suicide in emerging adulthood continues to be a tragic but common occurrence. Research regarding support needed by emerging adult peer survivors of suicide is sparse. The current study uses a qualitative approach with ...
Nurturing Parenting Program: A Study of Engagement and Activities During the Parent and Child Activity Time
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The Nurturing Parent Program (NPP) aims to build protective factors in families such as: nurturing, attachment, social connections, parental resilience and knowledge of child development. This qualitative study looked ...
Older Adults Fighting Obesity with Bariatric Surgery: Benefits, Side Effects and Outcomes
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The prevalence of obesity has increased at a rapid rate indicating that it is one of the fastest growing diseases in the older adult population. Since life expectancy has increased, some obese older adults are living longer; ...
Caregiver Stress : First Person Accounts of the Perception and Utilization of Support Services
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The majority of care for older adults is provided in the home. Many studies show that the daily demands placed on informal care providers produce high degrees of strain and stress. In an effort to reduce the over-arching ...
Connections between Parental Eating Behaviors and Adolescents’ Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Optimal Parenting Style as a Mediator
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
An optimal parenting style consists of high warmth and low overprotection, and can influence the development of adolescents’ eating attitudes and behaviors. Evidence suggests that parental eating behaviors influence their ...
Couple and Family Therapy Faculty Members' Level of Training in LGB Affirmative Therapy
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
This study sought to investigate the training that Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) faculty members have received on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) affirmative therapy. The sample for this study included 65 faculty members ...
Graduate Counseling Students' Interest in Gerocounseling A Quantitative Study
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
A growing population of older persons in the United States will require not only additional
counselors but counselors who are trained to work with an aging adult population. Recent trends
indicate that counselor education ...