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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 ...
Transitioning a Living-Center: Resident Ability and Preference in Activity Programming
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Gerontologists have noted the importance of physical fitness (McPhee, et al., 2004), socialization (Lang & Baltes, 1997), and cognitive maintenance (McDougall, 2000) to successful aging. Due to this, Assisted-Living Facility ...
Transgender Peoples’ Experiences of Religion and Spirituality
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The purpose of this study was to examine the religious and spiritual experiences of transgender people. The study used an existing data set consisting of interviews from five self-identified Christian transgender participants, ...
Contraception and Sexuality in Heterosexual Emerging Adult Women
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Our study aimed to gain a comprehensive look into heterosexual emerging adult women's preferred type of contraception, who women identify as primarily responsible for contraception, and how sexual self schemas, sexual ...
How Does Christian Religious Affiliation Influence Therapists' Beliefs about Sexual Orientation and Competence Working with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study explored the relationship between therapists' religious affiliation, their beliefs about sexual orientation in general and about lesbian and gay clients in particular. Specifically, therapists' who self-identified ...
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 Role of Spirituality in Therapist Self-Care: An Exploration of Students Beliefs and Practices
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which family therapy students used their spiritual and/or religious beliefs as a resource for preventing clinical burnout and in their self-care practices. Additionally, ...
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 ...
Identity and Daily Experience in Queer Emerging Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This study examined possible links between aspects of sexual orientation identity and daily experiences of queer emerging adults ages 18-24 in a sample of 20 college students and non-college students in the Midwest, using ...
Social Integration Among Older Adults: A Focus on Socio-Demographic and Health Characteristics
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Social integration is a multi-dimensional construct that is instrumental to healthy aging. The current study explores variation in older adults’ social integration based on socio-demographic variation (age, gender, education, ...