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Exploring Obesity And After-School Supervision With Adolescents In Rural West Virginia, Sallie Dawn Richards
Exploring Obesity And After-School Supervision With Adolescents In Rural West Virginia, Sallie Dawn Richards
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Both childhood obesity and the number of children in self-care have increased during the past several decades. Child care arrangements for working parents of middle school children can be a complex problem because unsupervised children who “hang out” with peers after school are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, although unsupervised children at home after school tend to watch more television than their supervised peers. Because children in self-care at home after school tend to engage in more sedentary activities, they may be at greater risk for becoming overweight or obese. The purpose of the present study was to …
Gendered Perceptions Of Batterer Intervention Co-Facilitation, Dorothy Lynne Boston
Gendered Perceptions Of Batterer Intervention Co-Facilitation, Dorothy Lynne Boston
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the experience of co-facilitating male batterer intervention groups as reported by male and female facilitators and to identify how that experience differs along gender lines, given that dual-gender facilitation is an expectation of licensing standards that has not been researched. The following research questions were asked: 1) are there notable differences in how co-facilitation of male batterer intervention groups is experienced by males and females, 2) are females more sensitive to and affected by issues of power and control within the facilitation process than their male peers, and 3) is it more …