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Choosing Childfree Living, Amanda Jane Retsek Jan 2006

Choosing Childfree Living, Amanda Jane Retsek

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This study focuses on the decision-making process that men and women go through when choosing to live a childfree life. In the hypothesis, the decision is not made lightly but instead requires much thought, consideration and support to go against the powerful cultural push towards motherhood.


The Effects Of Family Size On The Development Of Delinquency, Tasha Deleeuw Gilbert Jan 2005

The Effects Of Family Size On The Development Of Delinquency, Tasha Deleeuw Gilbert

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This proposed study used a pre-existing data set, which is a longitudinal study of children born between 1959 to 1962. The sample consists of 987 "high risk" black children whose mothers were participating in the Collaborative Perinatal Project at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Findings demonstrate that family size is more important in predicting delinquency than previously thought.


The Contribution Of Family Resilence To Positive Attachment Among Middle-Age Adults From Northern Ireland, Nicola Gillen Jan 2000

The Contribution Of Family Resilence To Positive Attachment Among Middle-Age Adults From Northern Ireland, Nicola Gillen

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No abstract provided.