Browsing Human Development & Quantitative Methodology Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Robust Means Modeling: An Alternative to Hypothesis Testing Of Mean Equality in the Between-Subjects Design under Variance Heterogeneity and Nonnormality
(2006-07-23)The study describes the various alternatives to the between-subjects ANOVA F test that have been performing reasonably well in the literature under different experimental conditions of sample sizes, variance ratios or ... -
The Role of College Students' Perceptions of Effort Source on Self-Evaluations of Academic Ability
(2016)In the present studies I investigated whether college students’ perceptions of effort source influenced their perceptions of the relation between levels of their own effort and ability in mathematics. In Study 1 (N = 210), ... -
The Role of Goal Structure in Undergraduates' Use of Self-Regulatory Variables in Two Hypermedia Learning Tasks
(2004-11-17)Think-aloud and posttest data was collected from 64 undergraduates to examine whether they use a different proportion of self-regulated learning (SRL) variables in two related learning tasks about science topics while using ... -
THE ROLE OF MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP QUALITY IN THE LINK BETWEEN MATERNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTROL AND INTERNALIZED MALADJUSTMENT IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE
(2010)Self-determination and attachment theorists and researchers have recently hypothesized about the role of parent-child relationship quality as a mediator or moderator in the relation between parental psychological control ... -
THE ROLE OF READING COMPREHENSION IN LARGE-SCALE SUBJECT-MATTER ASSESSMENTS
(2013)This study was designed with the overall goal of understanding how difficulties in reading comprehension are associated with early adolescents' performance in large-scale assessments in subject domains including science ... -
The Role of Social Presence in Online Communities
(2006-07-11)Online learning is emerging as a solution for professional staff development in public school systems that are looking for ways to improve the capacity of their teaching staffs. As teachers begin to take more online courses ... -
The Role of Syntax and Contextual Frame in Children's Use of a Causal Theory in Reasoning about Natural Kinds
(2005-05-27)A central focus of cognitive development research is the nature and organization of knowledge. Some researchers claim that young children use an intuitive theory to help them understand foundational domains such as ... -
THE ROLE OF VIETNAMESE AMERICAN FATHERS’ INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
(2016)Research in the field of parental involvement is important to identify ways to help support children’s academic achievement outside of school. This study extended the literature by examining father involvement within a ... -
School Mobility as it Relates to Adolescents' Civic Knowledge and School Belonging
(2009)The relation of school mobility to levels of adolescent civic knowledge and sense of belonging at school was examined using data collected from a nationally representative sample (N=2417) of 14-year-old adolescents from ... -
School readiness of maltreated preschoolers and later school achievement: The role of emotion regulation, language, and context
(2015)Academic achievement is an important indicator for the well-being of children with a history of maltreatment. Unfortunately, many of these children fall behind their non-maltreated peers in measures of academic performance, ... -
School-Related Apathy in 8th- and 10th- Grade Students: A Mixed-Method Exploration of Definitions, Construct Independence, Correlates, and Grade-Level Differences
(2007-04-26)Research-based and folk conceptualizations of school-related apathy were explored in 309 8th- and 10th- grade Catholic school students and their teachers. Definitions, construct independence, and relation to select individual ... -
SEEKING CULTURAL FAIRNESS IN A MEASURE OF RELATIONAL REASONING
(2016)Relational reasoning, or the ability to identify meaningful patterns within any stream of information, is a fundamental cognitive ability associated with academic success across a variety of domains of learning and levels ... -
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS TO MEASUREMENT NONINVARIANCE: A BAYESIAN APPROACH
(2014)Most previous studies have argued that the validity of group comparisons of structural parameters is dependent on the extent to which measurement invariance is met. Although some researchers have supported the concept of ... -
Sibling Relationships in Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2013)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the fastest growing disabilities in the United States. As the number of children diagnosed with ASD rises there is a parallel increase in families and siblings of children with ASD ... -
Social and Emotional Functioning of Children with Cochlear Implants
(2005-04-18)Studies of infants and children have demonstrated the importance of sensory processing in facilitating social and emotional development. Children who are deaf are deprived of the information typically provided by the ... -
The Social Engagement System: Functional Differences in Individuals with Autism
(2004-05-03)The Polyvagal Theory links the evolution of the autonomic nervous system to affective experience, emotional expression, facial gestures, vocalization and social engagement behavior. Therefore, the theory provides a plausible ... -
Social Exclusion in Cultural Context: Group Norms, Fairness, and Stereotypes
(2013)The current study investigated pre-adolescents' and adolescents' attitudes about social exclusion based on cultural membership, specifically exclusion of individuals from Arab descent. Developmental intergroup research on ... -
Social Influences of Error Monitoring
(2016)Adolescence is characterized by dramatic hormonal, physical, and psychological changes, and is a period of risk for affective and anxiety disorders. Pubertal development during adolescence plays a major role in the emergence ... -
Socialization practices in low-income immigrants and their young children: A qualitative approach
(2011)Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the U.S., yet little is known about how these families socialize their children to function in the U.S. Based on ecocultural theory, this study utilized focus groups interviews with ... -
Socially Co-Constructed Transformative Self-Regulation In Occupational Therapy: An In-Depth Analysis Of The Role Of Goal-Driven Guided Reflection In A Man With Bipolar Disorder
(2006-06-01)Lifespan development embraces an evolutionary perspective on individuals in context, incorporating both growth and decline in function. Health and social welfare programs influence an individual's capacity to accommodate ...