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A Study Of Cultural Cognitive And Physical Competencies In 4-Year-Old African American Children., Beverlyn Cain
A Study Of Cultural Cognitive And Physical Competencies In 4-Year-Old African American Children., Beverlyn Cain
Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014
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The Effectiveness Of Play Therapy In A School-Based Counseling Program, Aimee Marie O'Keefe
The Effectiveness Of Play Therapy In A School-Based Counseling Program, Aimee Marie O'Keefe
Theses Digitization Project
This research project attempted to determine whether play therapy used to treat elementary and junior high school children in a School-Based Counseling program is effective. There is conflicting evidence in the literature as to the effectiveness of therapy with children, especially play therapy. This project used a qualitative design to evaluate play therapy used in a School-Base Counseling program (SBC). Randomly selected case files from the 1998-99 academic year were analyzed using questions considering demographic information for each child, the reason the child was referred to the program, the intervention used by the therapist, and the outcomes of therapy. The …
Self-Esteem: The Influence Of Parenting Styles, Jean Wolff
Self-Esteem: The Influence Of Parenting Styles, Jean Wolff
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study examines parent/child relationships and their possible influence on self-esteem. The parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and unmatched, are assessed (by child report) and compared to levels of global and specific domains of self-esteem to determine whether parenting style influences self-esteem in children. Eighty-four children aged 11-12 years of age; male and female were asked to complete three questionnaires. The questionnaires were: Child Report of Parental Behaviour Inventory (Schluderman & Schluderman, 1970) to ascertain their parent's parenting style; Harter's (1985), Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), to measure the child's self-esteem and a demographic questionnaire. ANOVA and ANCOVA were used …