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Using Natural Experiments to Study the Impact of Media on the Family
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Price, Joseph; Dahl, Gordon B. – Family Relations, 2012
The randomized trial is the gold standard in scientific research and is used by several fields to study the effects of media. Although useful for studying the immediate response to media exposure, the experimental approach is not well suited to studying long-term effects or behavior outside the laboratory. The "natural experiment" approach, a…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Family Violence, Children, Well Being
Family Interactions, Exposure to Violence, and Emotion Regulation: Perceptions of Children and Early Adolescents at Risk
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Houltberg, Benjamin J.; Henry, Carolyn S.; Morris, Amanda Sheffield – Family Relations, 2012
This study examined the protective nature of youth reports of family interactions in relation to perceived exposure to violence and anger regulation in 84 children and early adolescents (mean age of 10.5; 7-15 years old) primarily from ethnic minority groups and living in high-risk communities in a large southwestern city. Path analysis and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Path Analysis, Minority Groups, Economically Disadvantaged
Do You See What I See? Parent and Child Reports of Parental Monitoring of Media
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Gentile, Douglas A.; Nathanson, Amy I.; Rasmussen, Eric E.; Reimer, Rachel A.; Walsh, David A. – Family Relations, 2012
Research on parental monitoring of children's media use suggests parents can reduce the negative effects of media exposure on children, although this research is rarely conducted with elementary school children and leaves open questions about whether parents or children are better reporters. Participants were 1,323 children, their parents, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Media Research, Marital Status, Violence
Long-Term Effects of Child Death on Parents' Health-Related Quality of Life: A Dyadic Analysis
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Song, Jieun; Floyd, Frank J.; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S.; Hong, Jinkuk – Family Relations, 2010
This study examines the long-term effects of child death on bereaved parents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we compared 233 bereaved couples and 229 comparison couples (mean age = 65.11 years) and examined the life course effects of child death on parents' HRQoL. Variations in bereavement…
Descriptors: Grief, Quality of Life, Gender Differences, Death
Brief Interventions with Children in a Battered Women's Shelter: A Model Preventive Program.
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Hughes, Honore M. – Family Relations, 1982
Describes a number of brief interventions for providing services directly to children, including individual counseling as well as peer, sibling, and family group meetings. Mothers received education regarding parenting skills. A school liaison system was established; the shelter staff members were trained regarding child advocacy. (Author)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Advocacy, Children, Crisis Intervention
Assessment of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Offenders.
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Milner, Joel S.; Murphy, William D. – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews assessment approaches used to evaluate child physical and sexual abuse offenders. Discusses interview and observational methods and problems. Reviews and critiques selected personality measures used to assess child abuse offenders. Reviews offender specific measures. Problems related to the lack of measure specificity and selectivity are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Criminals, Evaluation