Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS). This department was previously known as Family, Consumer, and Human Development (FCHD). The name was changed in Fall Semester 2017.

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The Relationship Between Adolescents' Use of Internet-Enabled Mobile Devices and Engaging in Problematic Digital Behaviors, Ryan Atwood

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The Relationship Between Marcia's Ego Identity Status Paradigm and Erikson's Psychosocial Theory, Lawrence Anderson

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The Relationships Among Caregiver Training, Mentoring, and Turn-Taking Between Caregiver and Child in Family Child Care, Carrie L. Ota

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"There's No Good, It's Just Satisfactory": Perfectionistic Reactivity in NCAA Student-Athletes, Daniel J. M. Fleming

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The Socialization of Home-Schooled Children in Rural Utah, Neil A. Mecham

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The Transition to Parenthood: Exploration of Systemic Changes and Implications for Future Treatment, David B. Jenks

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The Transition to Parenthood: Predictors of Father Involvement and Marital Satisfaction for First-Time Parents, Jerry L. Cook

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Time Use and Attitudes Among Siblings: A Comparison in Families of Children With and Without Down Syndrome, Glenna C. Boyce

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To Be, or Not to Be (Like My Sibling), That Is the Question: Examining Modeling and Differentiation Behaviors Among Siblings in Organized Youth Sport, Keith Vakafutu Osai

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Understanding Parent-Adolescent Transmission of Values, Jesse P. Higgins

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Using Maslow's Needs Model to Assess Individuals' Attitudes Toward Money, Mark D. Oleson

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“What Makes ‘em Tick?” The Impact of Parenting Style and Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate on Student Athletes’ Motivation Orientation in the Context of Intercollegiate Athletics, Logan Kateryna Lyons

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Women in Transition at Midlife, Kay T. Rawson

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Women's Marital Adjustment in Relation to the Number of Children Ever Born, Junius K. Merrill

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Young Children's Nutrition, Growth, and Cognitive Development in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Kristin N. Murphy

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Young Widows' Grief: A Descriptive Study of Personal and Contextual Factors Associated with Conjugal Loss, C. Ryan Dunn

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Correlations Between Ego Identity Development and Career Development, Kenyon M. Watkins

Theses

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4-H Contest Winners in Utah: Risk and Protective Factors, Ann E. Henderson

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Academic Goals, Achievement, and Age at First Sexual Intercourse: Reciprocal Influences, Paul L. Schvaneveldt

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A Comparative Study of Certain Typical Foods Baked in the Electronic Oven, the Conventional Oven, and the Combination (Electronic and Conventional) Oven, LaRae Bartholomew Chatelain

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A Comparative Study of Mother's Education and Early Child Rearing Practices in A Southwestern Indian Pueblo, Sherry D. Remund

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A Comparison by Sex, Age, and Marital Status of the Needs and Educational Goals of Students in a Community College, Susan Carol Bracken

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A Comparison of Cognitive Autonomy in Adolescents from a Residential Treatment Center and a Traditional Public High School, Matthew Laurence Reiser

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A Comparison of L.D.S. With Non-L.D.S. In Regard to Organizational Participation in Clearfield, Utah, Merlin C. Leonhardt

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A Comparison of Traditional Preschool and Computer Play from a Social/Cognitive Perspective, Jeanne M. Hoover

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A Comparison of Two Self-Conception Disparity Methods as Operationalized within an Adolescent Population, Diane Marie Stuart

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A Content Analysis on Emotions Presented in Preschool Children's Television, Sarah Austin

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Activities and Quality of Life for Persons with Dementia, Cassidy Rose

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A Definition of the Role of Homemaker by Two Generations of Women, Genevieve Wise

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A Descriptive Study of the Use of an Education-Sponsored Suicide Riskline, R. Kelly Haws

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Adolescent Attitudes Toward the Employment of Women, Ann Leigh Adams

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Adolescent Peer Perceptions Reflected in the Yearbooks of Mormon Homosexual and Heterosexual Men, David C. Pruden

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Adolescent Protective Factor Attainment: An Exploratory Study of Two Select Populations, Victor W. Harris

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Adolescent Relationship Concerns and Perceived Gains from a Relationship Education Course, Jenny Harris

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Adolescents' Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Their Grandparents, Dennis P. Barrett

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Adolescent Self-Described Volume of Texting: Discovering Relationships with Psychosocial Development and Interpersonal Relationships, Tessa Cutler

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Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Identity Development, Pamela Kay King

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Adolescents' Recollection of Early Physical Contact: Implications for Attachment and Intimacy, Mark D. Oleson

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Age and Sex as Influences on the Food Preferences of Preschool Children, Tish Wilson

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Agency Policies and Personnel Attitudes Toward Adolescent Fathers, Sandra Gunderson Warner

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A History of the Future Homemakers of America in Utah From 1945 to 1970, Ruth Atkinson

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"All the World's a Stage": Parental Ethnotheories and Children's Extracurricular Activities, Mary Annette Grove

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A Look at Some Grandfather Intergenerational Relationships As Perceived by Their Adult Children, Leonard E. Stout

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An Adolescent Journey: Expressive Letter Writing Through a Wilderness Adventure Therapy Program, Ava M. Crump

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Analysis of Selected Problems of Home Management House Students, Alta Geniel McConkie

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An Analysis of Mortgage Default Clients and Mortgage Default Counseling at the Utah State University Family Life Center, Leslie E. Green

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An Analysis of Reverse Mortgage Clients at the Utah State University Family Life Center Housing and Financial Counseling Services, Cindy R. Stokes

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An Analysis of the Differential Responses of a Group of Nursery School Children to a Variety of Musical Presentations, Eva Louise Godfrey

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An Assessment of Housing Affordability in Cache County, Utah, Melanie Jewkes

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An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction, Marital Adjustment, and Problematic Areas During the First Few Months of Marriage Among a Sample of Newlyweds in Utah, David G. Schramm

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An Assessment of the Concurrent Validity of the Family Profile II, Denim L. Slade

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A National Profile of Child Development Laboratory Schools, Owen Arthur Anderson

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A Needs Assessment of Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Supervision in Utah, Daniel J. Woodbury

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An Epistemological Checkup: the Explication, Application, and Evolution of an Integrated Theory of Couples Therapy, McKenzie Leigh Christensen

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An Evaluation of a Physical Activity-Based Residential Treatment Program, Eric Alan Mikkelsen

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An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Dual-Earner Couples in Great Marriages: The View from the Empty Nest, Reva C. Rosenband

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An Exploratory Study of the Termination Process in Marriage and Family Therapy, Jennifer H. Childers

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An Impact Study of the Youth and Families with Promise Mentoring Program on Parent and Family Outcomes, Janet H. Cox

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An Investigation of Stability, Change, and Observed Associations during Infant-Mother Face-to-Face Interaction, Sarah Elizabeth Gable

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A Pilot Study Examining the Use of Technologically Assisted Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Delivery of Therapy to Women with Anxiety Residing in Rural Utah Communities, Benjamin K. Farmer

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A Pilot Study of Solution-Focused Brief Therapeutic Intervention for Couples, J. Wade Stewart

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A Profile and Analysis of Repeat Bankruptcy Petitioners in the District of Utah 1984-2004, Bonny C. Llewellyn

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A Profile of Professional Activities and Practice Patterns for Marriage and Family Therapists in Utah, Thane R. Palmer

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A Program for Hospitalized Children, Leslie Joan Bishop

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Are Effort and Helpfulness Ratings of Session Activities Associated with Improved Outcomes in Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Caregivers?, Hannah R. Cragun

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A Replication and Validation Study of Methods for Calculating Self-Conception Disparity, George F. Loesch III

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A Retrospective Look at a Sample of Juvenile Sex Offenders From Two Level Six Residential Treatment Centers in Utah: 1998-2007, Miriam Elizabeth Gunn

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Assessing Family Strengths Using the Family Profile: Study to Validate and Evaluate Constructs Across Four Models of Family Functioning, Troy D. Randall

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Assessing the Cognitive Development of a Sample of Infants in Paraguay, Shannon Peairson

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Assessment of the Impact of the Premarital Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge (PICK) Program on Adolescents, Raquel R. Boehme

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Associations Between Adolescent and Parent Media Connection and Perceptions of Emotional Climate in the Home, Laura A. Woodland

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A Study of Adolescents' Reactions to Temporary Absences From Home in a Crisis Situation, Imogene Ward Christensen

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A Study of Mothers’ Perceptions and Practices of Kindergarten Readiness, Kirsten Smith

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A Study of the Rural Home on the Small Income in Utah, Thelma Huber

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A Study of Utah Teachers' Developmentally Appropriate Beliefs and Practices as Related to Perceptions of Kindergarteners' Successful School Entry, Mary McEuen Darnell

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Attachment, Identity Development, and Sexual Behavior Among College Students, Diana D. Coyl

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Attitudes of High School and College Females Toward Family Life and Children, Pauline Nelson

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Attitudes Toward and the Consequences of Infant Oral Pacification, Faye M. Preece

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Attitudes Toward Creativity of Day Care Teachers and College Nursery School Teachers, Bonnie Kay Magleby Bishop

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Attitudes Toward Immediate Annuities, Devon K. Robb

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Attitudes Toward Love: A Developmental Investigation, Brenda Elizabeth Munro

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Attitudes Towards Household Task Allocation Related to Time Spent Accomplishing Household Tasks, Robyn Ann Carling

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Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Their Novice Year of Teaching, Rebecca Bingham Rees

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Birth Order and its Effect on the Attainment of The Eagle Scout Status, Kevin Randy Moesser

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Black-White Differences in Wealth Accumulation Among Americans Nearing Retirement, Eun Hyei Shin

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Borrower- and Mortgage-Related Factors Associated with Foreclosure, Amber C. Gallagher

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Building a Bridge Between Graduation and Marriage and Family Therapy Core Competency, Todd Graves

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Burnout in Marriage and Family Therapists, Cory A. Eddington

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Change in Parental Attitudes as a Result of Experience in a Cooperative Nursery School Program, Melba Judge Lehner

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Characteristics of 4-H Participants and Their Psychosocial Development, Lauralee Lyons

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Characteristics of Helping Relationships For Emotional Distress: Older Adults' Perceptions, Alison L. Rencher

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Childhood Experiences in Mormon Polygamous Families at the Turn of the Century, Dorothy Geneve Young Willey

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Children's Attitudes Toward the Dental Experience, Tom Leo Day

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Children's Awareness, Knowledge, and Understanding of Aids in Bahrain, Anne Thomas

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Children's Awareness of Environmental Pollution, Carol A. Darling

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Children's Determination of Gender Appropriateness of Clothing, Malihe Attaran

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Children's Experience of Parental Divorce Disclosure: A Look at Intrafamiliar Differences, Heather Westberg

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Children's Perceptions of Parental Responses to Boys' and Girls' Aggressive Behavior, K. B. Rohrbach

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Children's Perceptions of the Nurse, Nancy Adams Coulter

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Children's Relationships with Peers, Carla Nelson