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Empty Cribs: Infertility Challenges For Orthodox Jewish Couples, Itay Kohane
Empty Cribs: Infertility Challenges For Orthodox Jewish Couples, Itay Kohane
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation discusses an issue that is of importance to many people throughout their lifetime—infertility. One in every eight couples (12%) is incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term after one year of natural attempts. This paper further examines the prevalence of infertility among couples, bringing into focus more common variables such as gender and age. But, going beyond these, the present study will demonstrate that other variables including stressors such as social factors, interpersonal dynamics, and personal judgment affect couples in a manner which indirectly reduces their chances of conceiving a child. This research will touch on a number …
An Exploration Of Overparenting And College Student Ability To Manage The Stress Associated With College Life, Isabelle Creste
An Exploration Of Overparenting And College Student Ability To Manage The Stress Associated With College Life, Isabelle Creste
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
There has been an increase in the level of anxiety, perceived stress, and mental health problems among college students. An examination of the contributions of parenting to these increases may help in improving college student mental health; however, research is limited in this area. This study examined the associations between overparenting, and other types of parenting including, authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting, and differentiation of self, cognitive emotion regulation, perceived stress, and state and trait anxiety. The participants were 163 undergraduate college students (74.8% identified as cisgender women, 25.2% identified as cisgender men). The participants completed questionnaires that described their …