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Exploring The Effects Of Guilt, Spousal Support, And Role Conflict On The Psychological Well-Being Of The Educated Full-Time Stay-At-Home Mother, Susan Donley Desimone Phd
Exploring The Effects Of Guilt, Spousal Support, And Role Conflict On The Psychological Well-Being Of The Educated Full-Time Stay-At-Home Mother, Susan Donley Desimone Phd
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of guilt, degree of spousal support, role conflict, and decreased psychological well-being experienced by educated stay at home mothers with young children. Social role theory is utilized as a basis for the development of a theoretical model. Relevant research literature does not identify a link between guilt, degree of spousal support, role conflict, and decreased psychological well-being in stay at home educated mothers. The significance of this study was to bring recognition to the phenomenon among educated stay at home mothers that little or no attention has been acknowledged. The …
School-Aged Sheltered Homeless Children's Stressors And Coping Strategies, Chu-Yu Huang
School-Aged Sheltered Homeless Children's Stressors And Coping Strategies, Chu-Yu Huang
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The purpose was to study the stressors, coping strategies, coping effectiveness, behavioral states, and gender differences of school-aged homeless children. The conceptual framework was Lazarus' and Folkman's (1984) stress and coping paradigm and child development perspectives.
A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. The sample consisted of 90 children and their mothers residing in shelters. The children ranged in age from 8 to 12 years, 46 were females and 44 were males, 65 were African-American, 23 were Caucasian, and it was the first time homeless for 55 of the families. Data were collected through interviews with the children using Homeless Sheltered …