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Extended Family Relationships: How They Impact The Mental Health Of Young Adults, Kayla Jansen
Extended Family Relationships: How They Impact The Mental Health Of Young Adults, Kayla Jansen
Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences
This study bridges the gap in literature about the impact of extended family relationships on young adult depression and self-esteem. A sample of 304 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 21 at the University of Kentucky was recruited to complete an online survey about their immediate and extended family relationships and their mental health. The largest predictor of self-esteem and depression in early young adults is perceived social support from the family of origin, which is also moderately correlated with perceived support from extended family members. This indicates that extended family support collaborates with family of origin support …
Body Image And Sex: How Women's Body Image Influences And Impacts Sexual Experiences, Sarah E. Christian
Body Image And Sex: How Women's Body Image Influences And Impacts Sexual Experiences, Sarah E. Christian
Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences
Body image, the subjective view about one’s own body and how others perceive it, has been shown to have numerous impacts on women in multiple facets of their lives, including sexual experiences. This study seeks to examine the specific impact that body image has on women using sexual relationships for self-validation. Findings suggest that the more likely a woman is to perceive herself as overweight, the higher the chance that she seeks out sex in order to validate her feelings with regards to her body. Parental involvement and comments about the participant’s body were also shown with the woman seeking …
Hooking Up Vs. Pornography: A Vignette Approach About Acceptability, Kendall Coffman
Hooking Up Vs. Pornography: A Vignette Approach About Acceptability, Kendall Coffman
Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences
The purpose of this study was to examine how the intersection of gender scripts, gender identity, and sexual orientation impact perceived narratives and power hierarchies in sexual relationships. To drive participants to verbalize their underlying views about sexual scripts, two highly sexualized and controversial sexual cultures will be examined: casual sex and pornography. Feminist academics and advocates have long argued for a restructuring of sexual politics by implementing feminist principles into personal relations and public life (Connell, 1997). Therefore, competing feminist ideologies will also be assessed to gauge the campus’s feminist climate regarding self-identified feminists’ views on the exploitation and/or …
Rape Myth Acceptance: A Vignette Approach, Alyssa M. Campbell
Rape Myth Acceptance: A Vignette Approach, Alyssa M. Campbell
Theses and Dissertations--Family Sciences
The purpose of this study was to empirically examine the extent to which rape myth acceptance (RMA) varies according to four key contextual factors—race, the victim–perpetrator relationship, resistance strategies, and the decision to report—among those embedded within college and military cultures. Although sexual assault in a university context has been thoroughly investigated, it is typically in comparison to the general population that may not share the same high-risk elements that promote the environment for sexual assault. Therefore, comparisons of college, military, and a general population were sampled to better understand the attitudes that maintain RMA in these high risk environments. …