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The Relations Among Parenting Style, Parent-Adolescent Relationship, Family Stress, Cultural Context And Depressive Symptomatology Among Adolescent Females, Dayna M.V. Diaz
Psychology Dissertations
This study examines the relations between depressive symptom expression and cultural and family contexts among adolescent females from different ethnic groups. Specifically, ethnic identity, parenting style, family stress and the quality of parent-adolescent relationships were examined as potential protective factors for depressive symptom expression among a diverse group of female adolescents. This study addressed the following research questions: 1) Are there ethnic group differences in depressive symptom expression across Latina, African American and Asian adolescent females? 2) Are there ethnic group differences in the association of family processes with depressive symptom expression across these three ethnic groups? 3) Regardless of …
Evaluation Of A Body Pillow To Aid Pediatric Spinal Fusion Recovery, Naomi Eve Joffe
Evaluation Of A Body Pillow To Aid Pediatric Spinal Fusion Recovery, Naomi Eve Joffe
Psychology Theses
Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure used to correct structural spinal damage or abnormalities. Recovery is painful and consists of a minimum 3-day hospital stay. Specific body positioning is necessary for healing but is difficult to maintain due to physical discomfort. The purpose of this study was to use a single-subject multiple baseline design to compare the current practice of using standard hospital pillows to a body-sized pillow for increasing comfort and decreasing pain in pediatric patients recovering from spinal fusion surgery. Four adolescents who had recently undergone spinal fusion surgery served as participants. Outcome measures included self- and nurse-report, …