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.
Theses
Coaching Parents to Use Positive Behavior Support: Function-Based Interventions for Preschool Children with Challenging Behavior, Lauren E. Pace
Cognitive Autonomy in Adolescence, Ruth A. Thompson
Commitment, Rituals, and Initiator Tendency in Married Couples, April Bakker
Common Characteristics of Young People Who Text: The Connection to Autonomy, Identity and Self-Esteem, Elizabeth M. Davis
Comparative Marital Adjustment of a Selected Sample of Active and Inactive L.D.S. Church Members, Paul K. Winward
Comparative Study of Four-Year-Old Preschool Children in the Area of Conservation, Joleen Mae Harwood
Comparison of Attitudes of Mothers and Fathers Toward Nursery School Education, Pamela Meals
Comparison of Mosaic Responses of Disadvantaged and Advantaged Preschool Children, Renée Ostler
Comparisons of Body Activity in Depressed, Manic, and Normal Persons, Bron B. Ingoldsby
Comparisons of Draw-A-Child Test Among Preschool Children, Margaret Prather Ezell
Comparisons of Marital Role Conceptions of Men and Women, Sandra Jorgensen Christensen
Competence and Acceptance of Children with Developmental Disabilities: An Examination of Self-Concept, Cindy S. Smith
Concept Development Among Kindergarten Children, Craig Boswell
Congruence of Perceptions of Motivation Between Adolescent Clients, Their Therapist, and Parent, Amberly R. Johnson
Congruency of Identity Style in Married Couples, Jerry L. Cook
Consistency of Cognitions in Remarriage: A Test of the Consistency Tenet of the Multidimensional Cognitive-Developmental Model, JaNae Elise Campbell
Consumer Credit Knowledge of a Selected Group of Personal Bankruptcy Petitioners in the State of Utah, Bernice Nelson
Contact Comfort Initiated by the Nursery School Child, Lana Kay Spencer
Contemporary Engagement: Attitudes and Practices of College Students, Stephen C. Brady
Cooperative Games: Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Children, Abbie R. Finlinson
Coping Strategies of Dairy-Farm Husbands and Wives in Five Northern Utah Counties, Joel Phillip Brandley
Correlates of Antidepressant Medication Compliance Use Among Depressed Women, Pamela Linton
Correlates of Marital Stability in Utah, Amy Lynn Andersen Harman
Couple Leisure Time: Building Bonds Early in Marriage Through Leisure, Joy Lynne Chavez
Couple Recovery from Problematic Pornography Use: A Phenomenological Study of Change Moments and Common Factors, Travis J. Spencer
Couples in Great Marriages with a Traditional Structure and Egalitarian Relationship, Pamela Kandior Morrill
Credit Card Usage and Knowledge in Thailand, Wanna Sangsutisearee
Crisis Intervention: An Evaluation of Services Provided to Families of Sexually Abused Children in Davis County, Utah, Karen Louise Letts
Day-Specific Time Use by Underachieving Adolescents, Dorothy Jean Cassingham
Decision Making in Two Types of Working Families, Nancy Ann Bueche
Decisions of Pregnant Adolescents as They Affect Later Well-Being, Myra Lynch
Defining Predatory Mortgage Lending in Utah: A Professional's Perspective, Luke V. Erickson
Demographic and Professional Dimensions of Child Care Providers, Carol Joan Armga
Demographic Influences on Attitudes Toward Adolescent Sexuality in a Rural Wyoming County, Michael J. Dalton
Demographic Influences on Perceived Urgency of Family Life Issues in Utah, Ted W. Warstadt
Depression, Coping Mechanisms, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and the Perceptions of Purpose in Life of Older Adults, Cheryl Jones
Determinants of the Student Loan Decision and Financial Well-Being: The Role of Financial Education, Financial Literacy, and Student Loan Characteristics, Emily Shaffer Hales
Developmental Learning of Concepts of the Pre-School Child, Gordon Geddes
Developmental Stages of Preschool Educators: A Study of Junior College Students in Taiwan, Hsin-Hui Lin
Development of the Couples Inventories and Testing the Reliability of the Communications Items, James K. Sessions
Differences in Frustration Reactions of a Group of Preschool Children, Lorraine Storey
Differences in Frustration Reactions of Nursery School Children, Sharon Marshall
Differential Responses of Student Teachers to Children in Nursery School, Carroll Carman Lambert
Difficulty of Decision-Making by Widows, Marilyn Bjorkman Noyes
Dimensions of Parent-Child Affinity in the Nation of Thailand, Kristine R. Thorson
Do Attitudes About Spoiling Children Affect Attitudes Regarding What Infants Need for Early Social-Emotional Development, Kathleen Westover
Do Booster Emails Improve Learning Transfer Among Parenting Professionals?, Benjamin C. Stout
Doctoral Dissertation Research in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT): A Content Analysis, Clinton L. Broadbent
Domestic Marital Role Expectations: A Comparison of Single American and Chinese College Students, I-fan Tso
Dyadic Approach and Withdrawal Sequences of Preschool Children when Interacting with an Adult Male, Paul M. Crane
Early Female Maturation as a Factor Related to Early Marriage, Arnold Gene Taylor
Effectiveness of Graduate Teaching Assistants, Sarah S. Tulane
Effectiveness of Utah Level Six Treatment Programs for Juvenile Males Who Offend Sexually: The Client Perspective, Darren B. Brown
Effect of Sex Orientation of Stimulus Objects on Sex Differences in Language Development, Cathy Walters
Effects of an Instructional Program on Concept Attainment of Middle-Class Pre-Kindergarten Children, Joan Spencer Ross
Effects of a Systematic-Motor Reinforcement Experience on Alphabet Letter Discrimination Tasks by Preschool Children, Jean Wilson
Effects of Sensori-Motor Reinforcement on Alphabet Letter Discrimination Tasks, Leona Magnus Peters
Effects of Therapist Gender on Client Communications in Marital Therapy, Laurel C. Agee
Ego-Identity Formation and Value Orientations in College Students and Working Youth, Gordon Bruce Munro
Emerging Literacy and Family Rituals, Melanie Williamson
Emotional Experience During Couple Support Interactions: The Role of Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance, E. Megan Lachmar
Employers' Perceptions of Utah State University's Marriage and Family Therapy Program Requirements, Blake D. Altom
Enhancing Female Adolescent Identity Development Through Ideological Perspective-Taking Training: A Replication and Extension Study, Deborah Lynn Huston
Ethnic Identity and Migrant Youth, Amanda K. Morgan
Evaluating a Financial Assessment Tool: The Financial Checkup, Alena C. Johnson
Evaluating the Relationship between Women's Sexual Desire and Satisfaction from a Biopsychosocial Perspective, Katherine J. Chartier
Evaluation of the Division of Securities Investor Education Seminars, KristiLyn J. Wilkinson
Evaluation of the USU Retirement and Savings Seminar, Diana Burk
Examining The Relationship Between Connection Rituals and Marital Satisfaction: A Correlational Study, Heather Holmgren Brown
Executive Functioning and Brain Activation in Young Monolingual and Bilingual Children: An fNIRS Study, Matthew L. Cook
Exploring Extension Faculty Members' First-Time Experiences With Funded Couple Relationship Education, Jacquelyn M. Alderete
Exploring Predictors of Parent Involvement for Rural Head Start Children, Benjamin E. Wynn
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Couples Making the Transition to Parenthood and the Meaning They Ascribe to Brief, Couple-Focused, Preventative Interventions, Dolores D. Michael
Exploring the Moderating Effect of Cognitive Autonomy on the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Youth’s Externalizing Behaviors, Liam J. Fischback
Expressive Writing and Marital Satisfaction: A Writing Sample Analysis, Rachel B. Williams
Facilitator Assessment Following a Stepfamily Education Course, Heather Sparks
Factors Associated With Financial Stressors, Financial Stress, and Financial Behaviors, Paula Andrea Lopez Alvarado
Factors Associated with Marital Adjustment of Young Mormon Married College Students, Ronald Shill Jones
Factors Predictive of Commitment to Invest in Marriage, Randy A. Gilchrist
Factors that Influence Marital Satisfaction in Couples Raising a Child with Cerebral Palsy, Sarah L. Stoker
Families Without a Home: Child-Rearing Patterns in a Palestinian Refugee Camp, Hala Jamal Hammad
Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Needs Assessment of a STEM-Enhanced Food and Nutrition Sciences Curriculum, Cathy A. Merrill
Family Background and Personal Characteristics as Correlates of Sexual Intercourse Experience Among Adolescent Females, C. Raymond Bingham
Family Communication Patterns, Emotion Regulation, and Coping Behaviors in Young Adults, Caleb J. Price
Family Involvement in Three Utah Adolescent Residential Treatment Centers, Wesley W. Larson
Family Life Education in the High Schools of Utah, Chad B. Howells
Family Naming Practices and Intergenerational Kinship Affiliations, Nancy Immel
Family-Owned Businesses: Determinants of Business Success and Profitability, Jeffrey S. Wallace
Family Planning of Mormon Women in Three-Generation Families, Brent C. Miller
Father Book Reading Behaviors and Pre-Kindergarten Emergent Literacy, Cherri H. Brooks
Father-Child Interactions at 24 and 36 Months and Developmental Outcomes at Prekindergarten, Shareesa L. McMurdie
Father-Child Play Behaviors and Child Emotion Regulation, Amanda Hagman
Father Involvement, Nurturant Fathering, and the Psychological Well-Being of Young Adult Daughters, Camille C. Peterson
Fathers' Perceptions of Relationships With Young Adolescent Children: Implications for Family Therapy, Tyler D. Patrick
Feasibility of Implementing Technology-Assisted Intervention for the Treatment of Mental Health-Related Problems in Rural Communities, C. Scott Roper
Female Adolescent Role Models and Body Image, Tracy L. Funk
Finances in Strong African American Marriages, Bonnie Lichfield Anderson
Financial Management and Financial Problems as They Relate to Marital Satisfaction in Early Marriage, Barbara C. Kerkmann
Financial Management Practices and Conflict Management Styles of Couples in Great Marriages, Amanda Marie Horrocks