Browsing Auburn University Graduate School by Department "Human Development and Family Science"
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Harsh Parenting and Trajectories of Adjustment across Late Adolescence: Autonomic Nervous System Activity as a Moderator of Risk
(2022-04-14)
Adjustment problems including internalizing symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing behaviors (e.g., rule-breaking, aggression, hostility) increase across earlier adolescence but little is known about their ...
Health Disparities within Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Theoretical Framework and Application
(2021-08-06)
In America 5.3 million men, women, and children are living with the often devastating and permanent long-term Traumatic Brain Injury-related disabilities. TBIs require thousands of dollars in resources for immediate and ...
“I SEE You”: A Descriptive Analysis of Shared Emotional Experiences During Mother-Infant Interaction
(2022-07-16)
Extensive research and theory recognize the bidirectional contributions of parent and infant to the quality of early relationships. During mother-infant interaction, shared emotional experiences, defined as reciprocal and ...
Identifying the association between relationship hopelessness and relationship satisfaction and the moderating role of the therapeutic alliance
(2022-08-01)
Relationship satisfaction is a variable highly focused on in relationship literature through attempts to understand its influences and influencers. This study hoped to further contribute to that research by analyzing the ...
The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Age on Individual Mental Health and Couple Functioning in Couple Relationship Education Participants
(2021-08-03)
Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are negative events experienced throughout childhood and are consistently linked with poorer physical and mental health in adulthood. Recent literature also finds robust links between ...
The Influence of Classmates on Gains following Relationship Education
(2022-04-26)
Using data from a statewide couple relationship education (CRE) program efficacy study, this implementation science study considered whether and how classmates influence gains from CRE exposure. We pursued a theoretically ...
Investigations into religious coping among United States veterans: A lens on measurement and implications for psychological wellbeing
(2024-04-05)
Pew Research Institute estimates that in 2020 approximately 70% of individuals in the United States (U.S.) identified as religious with some ties to a religious community or belief system (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, ...
Longitudinal Effects of Juvenile Recidivism and Justice Contact on Parent-Adolescent Relationships
(2021-08-03)
Research consistently shows that parents play a significant role in the etiology and desistance of delinquent behaviors (Cottle et al., 2001; Flanagan et al., 2019; Hoeve et al., 2009). However, much research has not ...
A Longitudinal Examination of Popularity and Friendship Quality as Predictors of Depression in School Children from Fall to Spring
(2021-07-16)
Although researchers have established the significant role children’s peer relationships have on their socioemotional functioning, missing from the literature is an understanding of the subsequent effects popularity has ...
A Longitudinal Study of Defender Identity, Defending Behavior, and Peer Victimization in Childhood
(2023-07-27)
Research has shown the importance and benefit of children being willing to defend peers who are the target of peer victimization. Currently, little is known about the influence of having a defender identity on defending ...
Machine Learning for Community-Based Intervention Studies: Predicting Post-Program Levels of and Changes in Relationship Quality Following Couple Relationship Education Participation
(2025-06-23)
With the understanding that applying machine learning methods to study predictors of Couple Relationship Education (CRE) program outcomes could be particularly helpful for identifying critical factors for CRE program ...
Multi-Family Group Intervention: Affect Regulation to Improve Attachment for Adolescents Adjudicated of a Sex Offense and their Maternal Caregivers
(2021-07-21)
Research suggests that insecure attachment and deficits in affect regulation are common characteristics in youth who have been adjudicated for a sexual offense. Family therapies are not a focus in adolescent treatment, but ...
Multiple Investigations into Gaming and Psychosocial Functioning in a Community Sample of Adult Gamers
(2021-07-19)
As one of the world’s most popular pastimes, video games have been a focus of study for several decades. Yet, there are still necessary areas of investigation, particularly those informed by human developmental perspectives ...
Parental Protection and Guidance Related to Early Adolescents’ Stressful Peer Experiences
(2022-07-20)
Peer-related parenting has been connected to young adolescents’ social and emotional wellbeing, yet largely missing from the literature are attempts to understand how parents respond to youths’ social and emotional ...
Partnering with Reach Out and Read Alabama to Understand Families’ Experiences with Books and Their Babies: The Reading and Relationships Project
(2022-07-22)
Shared book reading is associated with higher quality parent-child interactions (Canfield et al., 2020a), as well as child cognitive (e.g., Baker, 2013; Baker et al., 2017) and socioemotional development (Downer & Mendez, ...
Piecing the Puzzle Together: Assembling a beautiful future for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation
(2025-07-16)
This investigation sought to develop a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of survivors of commercial sexual exploitation by considering the links between childhood background, trafficking experiences, and outcomes. ...
Pivoting to Meaningfully Connect with Youth: Youth Relationship Educators’ Perceptions of Success During the Coronavirus Pandemic
(2022-08-03)
This study considered the experiences of youth-focused relationship educators as they transitioned to online education due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aim was to understand the process and impact of these experiences ...
Prepared to Serve: Evaluating Two Interventions Promoting Readiness Among Service Members and the Helping Professionals Who Serve Them
(2025-11-24)
The social organization theory of action and change (Mancini et al., 2005) highlights the role of community service organizations and social processes in promoting adaptability and well-being within communities. Support ...
Reason for Referral and Treatment Focus as Moderators of Alliance and Individual Symptom Distress in Couple Therapy
(2021-05-03)
Therapeutic alliance is a significant predictor of positive treatment outcomes for individuals and couples undergoing therapy (Davis et al., 2012; Baldwin, Wampold, & Imel, 2008; Horvath, 2001; Flükiger et al., 2019; ...
The Relationship between Key Personality traits and Type I/II Alcoholism among College Students
(2021-07-19)
Alcohol use remains common among college students. This study used longitudinal data from a sample of 209 first-year students at a university located in the Southeastern United States to identify support for Cloninger’s ...