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Item A case study of self efficacy and parental involvement among Hispanic parents of children with disabilities(Texas Tech University, 2003-12) Davis, Rebecca Sue LewisThe literature denotes a unique situation in which parents are assumed to be the recipients of knowledge regarding their children rather than the disseminators of information. Two distinct groups are represented in this case study of parents of children with disabilities: (1) parents from culturally and linguistically diverse homes; and (2) educators from the local education agency. Although legally mandated, parents and school representatives have struggled with the process of translating Congressional authorization into actuality. Current effect of this reversal of roles has resulted in unbalanced power relationships among potential collaborators and has contributed to low parental self efficacy (Bandura, 1977). This research is an in-depth exploration of the failure of both parents and educators to achieve full compliance with the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) of 1997. The compelling issue guiding this qualitative case study was derived from Bandura's (1977) social- cognitive-learning perspective: how does parental self-efificacy influence minority parent involvement in the education of elementary school children with disabilities? Research considered five underlying questions: (1) how well do parents understand the Individuals with Education Disabilities Act (1997); (2) how well do parents understand the evaluation and placement process; (3) how well do parents understand the Individualized Education Program; (4) what do parents contribute to the development and implementation of the Individualized Education Program; and (5) how do parental perceptions of school practices impact parental involvement?Item Commenting on "quality" : an analysis of 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and Parenthood as socially constructed tenants of the “quality tv” discourse(2012-05) Shelton, Brittany Lee; Kearney, Mary Celeste, 1962-; Kackman, MichaelIn order to better understand how viewers, critics, journalists and series producers help shape the “quality TV” discourse and position shows within it, this project uses case studies of 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and Parenthood to dissect how style, narrative and paratexts influence public discourse about “quality” programs both in print and on the Internet. Using Kristen Marthe Lentz’s theories on “quality TV” and “relevance programming,” I examine how each show uses a cinematic style in combination with various strategies such as special episodes, narrative complexity, intertextuality, patriarchal narrative and feminism to align themselves with other “quality” series more readily found on basic and pay-cable, while also allowing viewers and critics on popular culture sites like the A.V. Club to make “quality” comparisons.Item How representations of the parental marriage predict marital quality between partners during the transition to parenthood(2004) Curran, Melissa Anne; Hazen, Nancy Lynn.This study examined how couples’ representations of the parental marriage predict emotional attunement between marital partners prenatally and following the transition to parenthood, 24 months postpartum. Couple partners (N = 121) were interviewed individually about their parents’ marriage prenatally. Two aspects of these representations were assessed: content (memories of conflict, affection, and communication in the parents’ marriage) and process (making connections between their own and their parents’ marriage and presenting a believable, consistent picture of the parents’ marriage). Emotional attunement (i.e., dyadic emotional communication and connection) was rated from couple interactions observed prenatally and at 24 months (N = 89 couples). Surra and Bohman (1991) proposed that during relatively stable times in couple relationships, individuals use lower order, automatic processing when evaluating relationships, whereas their thinking during relatively unstable times is characterized by higher order, extensive processing. Thus, it was hypothesized that individuals would automatically recreate the content of the marital patterns they recalled from childhood in their own marital interactions prenatally, since this is assumed to be a relatively stable time compared to the postnatal period. Based on attachment theory and methods (Bowlby, 1973, 1980, 1988; Main, Goldwyn, & Hesse, 2002), it was also hypothesized that individuals high on process would score higher on emotional attunement both prenatally and postnatally, since they should view their parents’ marriage more objectively and work on avoiding negative aspects of their parents’ marriage at any time. The role of content during the relatively unstable postnatal period is less clear, however. When high-processing individuals automatically draw on recollections of the parental marriage, will they recreate positive recollections, or will positive memories result in disappointment and reduced emotional attunement? Results from path analyses revealed that prenatally, husbands and wives high on process showed higher emotional attunement toward their partner. Postnatally, wives who recalled low content using high process showed a greater increase in emotional attunement toward their partner than did wives in other groups, indicating that for high processing women, anticipating some problems and stresses about marriage following the transition to parenthood may result in greater attention to the marital relationship.