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Item Exploring school-family partnerships: a case study of teachers', parents', and students' perceptions of parental involvement in a middle level school(Texas Tech University, 2001-01) Halsey, PamelaUsing overlapping spheres of influence as a framework, the purpose of this case study was to explore teachers', parents', and students' perceptions of school-family partnerships in the education of early adolescents. Each teacher, parent, and student brings a unique set of perceptions and beliefs about parental involvement into the school family partnership. These perceptions influence each individual's role, their relationships, and the interactions between the schools and families. This study included parents, teachers, and students who participated in parental invol ement activities at Redwood Junior High School (pseudonym, RJHS) or at schoolsponsored events. A close explorafion of the types of activities in which parents at this school were involved, as well as how these activities were initiated and maintained provided a background for examining their attitudes toward parentl involvement and the roles they believe each group should play.Item Family factors, self-esteem, peer involvement, and adolescent alcohol misuse(Texas Tech University, 2003-05) Curry, Lynn E.Since the 1960s, there has been an increase in the number of single-parent families resulting, in part, from the rise in divorce (Simons, 1996). It is widely believed that the nuclear family stmcture is best for optimal child development and any deviation from that environment could only prove detrimental for the children involved (Amato & Keith, 1991a; Kitson & Holmes, 1992; Simons, 1996). Studies support that behef and indicate that children from divorced families demonstrate more problem behavior and lower psychological well-being than children from two parent families (Hetherington, 1989). This study examines national data regarding these issues to compare single parent with two parent families.Item Identifying temporal linkage in tetradic family interactions(Texas Tech University, 1995-12) Greene, Shannon M.Previous research on marital dyadic interaction indicates that contingency in expression of negativity distinguishes distressed from nondistressed relationships. This study comprised an extension of this previous work to the interactions of eight groups of family tetrads (N = 76) formed from the following factors: marital quality (distressed, nondistressed), family type (nuclear, step), and offspring gender (brother dyads, sister dyads). Videotapes of the families engaged in problem solving discussions were coded with a system designed to capture negative aspects of communication. Results indicated some level of contingency in relation to expressed negativity for all eight groups. Most of the groups became noncontingent in their responses relatively quickly, with five of the eight groups having no patterning by the third talk turn beyond the initial occurrence of negativity. The three groups which persisted in patterning to later lags were nuclear families with distressed marriages and female offspring, stepfamilies with distressed marriages and male offspring, and stepfamilies with nondistressed marriages and male offspring. The most persistent patterning was demonstrated by stepfamilies with distressed marriages and male offspring. A discussion of results centers around self-influenced (i.e., autocontingency) and other-influenced (i.e., cross-contingency) patterns of reaction to negative expression within an interfamilial context.Item Religious involvement, race/ethnicity, family and adolescent sexual activity(2007) Burdette, Amy Melissa; Ellison, Christopher; Regnerus, MarkItem Religious involvement, race/ethnicity, family and adolescent sexual activity(2007-05) Burdette, Amy Melissa, 1976-; Ellison, Christopher G., 1960-; Regnerus, MarkWhile previous research has generally shown that religious involvement is associated with delayed and reduced adolescent sexual activity, literature in this area has remained underdeveloped for a number of theoretical and methodological reasons. Further, few scholars have examined how the impact of religious involvement on adolescent sexual activity varies as a function of key social characteristics, namely gender, age, race/ethnicity and family context. Consistent with previous research, religious involvement (particularly adolescent religious salience) appears to delay and reduce multiple forms of adolescent sexual behavior. However, the impact of religion does appear to variety as a function of theoretically relevant characteristics. For example, religion appears to be a much weaker predictor for African American adolescents than for non-Hispanic White teens. Further, although the effects of religious activity on sex appear to be roughly linear for white adolescents, only the highest levels of religious involvement appear to delay sexual intercourse among African American youth. It also appears that close parent-child relationships and higher levels of parental monitoring may amplify the protective effect of religious involvement on adolescent sexual behavior.Item The influence of family communication patterns and launching on parent-adolescent conflict management strategies(Texas Tech University, 1999-05) Wrench, Jason StevenNot availableItem The influence of family perceptions on adolescent social competence(Texas Tech University, 1998-12) Rychener, Stacey ReneeAdolescents, mothers', and fathers' perceptions of family cohesion, conflict, and control on the Family Environment Scale was investigated in relation to adolescent selfreport of social competence on the TSBI and a behavioral Interview task. The results partially supported Grotevant and Cooper's (1985, 1986) model of individuation that postulates that both connectedness and separation to the family is associated with adolescent social competence. Adolescents' perceptions of family cohesion and conflict were significantly related to their self-report of social competence. However, father's perceptions of family cohesion were negatively related to adolescent social competence for sons. In addition, father's perceptions of family conflict were positively related to adolescent social competence. These findings suggest a rather complicated relationship exists between fathers and adolescents and should be examined in future research. The findings did not support Bengtson and Kuyper's (1971) "generational stake" model that postulated that parents tend to overestimate positive family characteristics and adolescents tend to underestimate positive family characteristics. Nor did the findings support the hypotheses that similar perceptions of the family among mother, father, and adolescents are related to adolescent social outcomes.Item The unique and moderating effects of religious, family and school connectedness on early adolescent adjustment(2007) Roalson, Lori Anne, 1969-; Loukas, AlexandraParent-adolescent connection is considered a core parenting component influencing adolescent psychosocial development. When the connection is poor, the adolescent has an increased risk of developing depressive symptoms and behavioral problems. Non-family socialization experiences increase in importance as the quality of family experiences decreases and may protect adolescents with low family connectedness from demonstrating depressive symptoms and behavioral problems. The school is one context that may provide socialization experiences to promote continued development for early adolescents. Stronger levels of connection to the school have been related to decreased prevalence of adolescent problem behaviors such as delinquency. The religious community represents another context in which early adolescents may develop important connections. This context is particularly important to study as over half of all adolescents in the U.S. report attending church services weekly and/or are involved in a church youth group and approximately 60% of adolescents report their faith is important to them. Research examining adolescent feelings of connection to their religious group and how this relates to delinquent behaviors and depressive symptoms, however, is lacking. The present study explored the cross-sectional contribution of adolescent connections to the family, school and religious contexts to the depressive symptoms and delinquent behaviors of a sample of 167 middle school students. Three aspects of religious connectedness (i.e., youth leader, congregation member, and spiritual connectedness) were found to uniquely contribute to the occurrence of early adolescent outcomes. Specifically, youth leader and spiritual connectedness uniquely contributed to early adolescent engagement in more serious delinquent behaviors. Congregation member and spiritual connectedness contributed to the occurrence of early adolescent depressive symptoms. Additionally, all three types of religious connectedness buffered the relationship between family connectedness and more serious delinquent behaviors. That is, high levels of religious connectedness protected early adolescents from engaging in the problem behaviors. Unexpectedly, an exacerbating relationship was demonstrated between school connectedness and youth leader connectedness as well as spiritual connectedness on early adolescent less serious delinquent behaviors. Findings are discussed from the perspectives of Social Control Theory and Attachment Theory.