Human Development & Family Science Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Transgender Couples' Beliefs and Experiences of Couple and Family Therapy
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The purpose of this study was to explore transgender couples’ beliefs and experiences of couple and family therapy. This study utilized a secondary data set of interviews from seven transgender participants and three ... -
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 ... -
How Partnered Gay Men Do Relationships: Negotiating the Tensions Between Hetero- and Homonormativity
(North Dakota State University, 2015)This study explored partnered gay men’s experiences of negotiating heteronormativity and homonormativity in their relationships. Twenty-six men involved in a current or past, gay intimate partner relationships participated ... -
Predictors of Prosocial Behavior and Civic Involvement: Differences in Middle Aged and Older Adults
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Generativity is important for wellbeing throughout middle and late life. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what contributes to generativity during these life stages. Parenting and work are common ways middle age adults ... -
Self Perceptions of Aging: Women's Views of The Aging Process
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Society has generally taught women in a rather subliminal way they should remain young, thin, and beautiful (Horton, Baker, Cote, & Deakin, 2008; Mock & Eibach, 2011; Stark- Wroblewski, Edelbaum, & Bello, 2008). As the ... -
Goal Congruity within Copreneurial Partners: An Exploration of Family Business Continuance
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This study utilized data from the 1997 and 2000 waves of the National Family Business Survey to explore goal processes of 320 copreneurial and noncopreneurial family business households. Ecological systems theory (Deacon ... -
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, ... -
Age and Gender Differences in Attitudes and Knowledge about Alzheimer's Disease
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to examine possible age and gender discrepancies in knowledge and attitudes towards individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Data were taken from a Midwestern survey study of community-dwelling ... -
Assessing Child Care Standards and Rates of Expulsion for Problem Behaviors in Preschool Children
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Quality in child care programs has been studied often and researchers search to find correlations between quality measures and positive child outcomes. Some studies also show that problem behaviors result in large numbers ... -
Parents’ Impact on Pregender Children’s Toy Preferences
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Societal messages of what it means to be a boy or a girl influence children at an early age, shaping their developing identities into adulthood. Parents, for example, offer children toys and other objects that are ... -
Links between Sexual Health Content and Teacher Characteristics in North Dakota's Secondary Schools
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Numerous studies indicate the ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education in preventing teen pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet many U.S. schools still rely on abstinence-only ... -
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 ... -
North Dakota's Nurturing Parenting Programs: An Exploratory Evaluation Using Multilevel Modeling
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Parent education is a common form of tertiary prevention of child maltreatment. The Nurturing Parenting Programs (NPP) include tertiary prevention programs, and general support exists for their effectiveness. However, the ... -
Using Objectification Theory to Interpret the Relationships Among Self-Schemas, Cognitive Distraction, and Sexual Satisfaction in Emerging Adult Women
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The sexual objectification of women is prevalent in Western culture, and researching how this impacts sexual satisfaction is important. This study used objectification theory to explore how cognitive distraction may be ... -
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 ... -
"You'd Better Get in There and Be the Advocate": Parents of Gender Nonconforming Children's Perspectives on Support
(North Dakota State University, 2013)In this project parents of gender nonconforming children shared their perspectives on finding emotional support for themselves and their family. Ten women-identified mothers participated in semi-structured interviews via ... -
The Relationship between Dating and Body Image in Adolescence
(North Dakota State University, 2013)During adolescence, individuals often experience dating for the first time, and negative body image as a result of increased socialization. In this study, we sought to investigate the connection between dating and body ... -
Strategies for Integrating Spirituality in Therapy: Student Perspectives
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Spirituality and religion are considered an important aspect of the human experience and is considered to be valuable to the practice of Couples and Family Therapy (CFT). However, there is nothing in the literature that ... -
LGB Affirmative Training and Clinical Competency: Differences in Couple and Family Therapy Students Who Receive Training at Religious Vs. Secular Institutions
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study determined if any differences exist in the level of affirmative training received, beliefs about sexual orientation, and perceived clinical competency with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients of 231 couple ... -
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 ...