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Development Of The Parenting Style And Practice Scale (Psps) In Examining Parenting Practices And Children's Academic Performance, Morgan Kubisch, Danieele Poissant, Beth Friedman-Romell Jan 2017

Development Of The Parenting Style And Practice Scale (Psps) In Examining Parenting Practices And Children's Academic Performance, Morgan Kubisch, Danieele Poissant, Beth Friedman-Romell

Undergraduate Research Posters 2017

What roles do parents play in fostering children's academic success in school? There is a general consensus that confirms the importance of parenting styles and practices on children's academic performance (e.g., Pinquart, 2015). However, there is a lack of up-to-date systematic parenting scales with acceptable validity and reliability. For this reason, it limits our understanding of parenting related studies in the current context. Developing a questionnaire is critical to conduct cross diverse comparisons which would broaden the generalizability of the related research. Adopting the review of literature research approach, the purpose of this study was to develop a scale that …


Identity And Career Experiences Of Muslim Immigrant Women: The United States Context, Basak Kacar Khamush Jan 2017

Identity And Career Experiences Of Muslim Immigrant Women: The United States Context, Basak Kacar Khamush

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Muslim women's sense of self is at stake due to prevailing stigma and oppression toward Muslims. Employment and workplace have emerged as primary settings for encounters of negative bias, prejudice, and discrimination. Muslim immigrant women face multiple disadvantages on the basis of their various intersecting identities. The purpose of this study was to explore identity and career experiences of first generation immigrant Muslim women in American society, particularly in work and career settings. Informed by relational approaches to career development and social identity perspective, and grounded on the constructivist paradigm, a phenomenological qualitative analysis using consensual qualitative research (CQR) was …