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
The Credit Card Behaviors and Financial Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Jessica Ralphs
The Development of a Value Scale to Assess Familial and Social Values, Donna Marie Cole
The Development of Empathy, Role-Taking and Listening as a Function of Preschool Experience, Joseph P. DeMarsh
The Development of Print Awareness in Four-Year-Old Children, Barbara Ann Bybee Glover
The Effect of an Educational Intervention on Adolescent Cognitive Autonomy, Identity, Hope, and Educational Aspirations, Celestial Starr Brandley
The Effect of an Extended Music Curriculum on the Behavior of Nursery School Children, Dorothy Ann Miller
The Effect of Geographical Setting, Duration in a Single Parent Family, Sex and Dethronement on Stepsibling Relationships After Parental Remarriage, Sharon D. Cannon
The Effect of Housing and Food Expenditures on Diet Quality of Low-Income Households in Salt Lake County, Rebecca Low
The Effect of Nursery School Experience Upon Readiness of Children in Kindergarten, Glenna C. Boyce
The Effect of Parental Divorce on Young Adult Women's Marital Attitudes, Anne Catherine Schmidt
The Effect of Rituals on Newlywed Marital Adjustment, Bryan D. Bingham
The Effect of Social Network Disapproval on Partners' Dating Relationship: The Romeo and Juliet Effect Revisited, Rebecca Rawlins
The Effect of Support Groups in Reducing Stresses During the Transition to Parenthood, Lynne Wilson Myers
The Effects of a CD-ROM Computer Storybook Program on Head Start Children's Emergent Literacy, Susan Talley
The Effects of an Active Learning Intervention on Increasing Parental Efficacy Regarding Sexual Communication With Toddlers and Young Children, Melissa M. Ferguson
The Effects of an Adolescent Social Skills Training Program on Adolescent Sex Offenders, Roger B. Graves
The Effects of a Social Skills Training Program on Constructive Conflict Resolution Techniques in Parent-Adolescent Dyads, Thomas A. Mills
The Effects of a Social Skills Training Program on Interpersonal Communications in Parent Adolescent Dyads, Patrick Sean Noble
The Effects of Degree of Sexual Homogeneity in Groups of Preschool Children on Task Performance, Ann K. Reardon
The Effects of Empathy Teaching on Sociometric Status in Kindergarten Children from Urban and Rural Populations, Marilyn Egan Skinner
The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Scholastic Performance of Children, Sandra Jean Zins
The Effects of Pregnancy on Behavioral Interdependence in Premarital Relationships, Joan V. Wareham
The Effects of the Childbirth Process on the Attitudes and Behaviors of New Fathers, Janice Ryser
The Emergence and Function of Family Rituals in the American Family, John M. Kirkman
The Evolution and Application of an Integrated Theoretical Approach to Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Mathew C. Withers
The Evolution and Implementation of an Integrated Approach to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Heather Thompson
The Father Role as Seen by a Group of College Student Fathers, DeVona Alice Dean Luke
The Global Assessment of Relationship Functioning as a Global Assessment of Individual, Couple, and Family Functioning, Ben Lowell Ashcraft
The Identification and Measurement of Conditional and Unconditional Self-Liking, Alan Splendlove
The Impact of Collaborative Behavioral Health on Treatment Outcomes of Diabetes, Adam M. Johnson
The Impact of COVID-19 and Telehealth Services on Attrition Rates in Psychotherapy, Rylan B. Hellstern
The Influence of Age, Sex, and Colors on the Number Recognition and Counting Abilities of Preschool Children, Connie L. Jackson
The Influence of Social Class on Children's Perceptions of Parents, Ronald L. Mullis
The Influence of Social Environment on Children's Perception of Policemen, Sarah C. Klingel
The Influence of the Home and Hospital Program on Pregnant School-Age Girls, Alice Randall Thorsted
The Meaning of "Being Single" for Mormon College-Age Single Adults, Jana Darrington
The Micro-Characteristics of Adult-Neonate Social Interaction, Ann Marie Berghout-Austin
Theory of Change Projects Used in Marriage and Family Therapy Programs, David J. Prior
The Pill-Correlates of Attitudes Toward Oral Contraception, Carmen Knudson Ptacek
The Play of Visually Impaired Preschoolers With Their Mothers, Claudia Weber
The Preschool Child's Awareness of Body Structure in Sexual Differences, Genan Taylor Anderson
The Preschool Child's Concept of God, Linda Thompson Saxton
The Preschool Child's Knowledge of Musical Pitch, Farol Ann Nelson
Therapists' and Families' Views on Family Involvement in Adolescent Residential Treatment, Jonathan D. Zabriskie
Therapists Who Do Not Seek Therapy: An Examination of Marriage and Family Therapists in Three Western States, Austin Wood
The Relation Between Religiosity and Late-Life Depression in a Community Sample of Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Lynn Marie Franklin
The Relations Between Parenting Stress, Father Involvement, and Leisure, Among Fathers of Preschool-Age Children, Patricia Mehl Brown
The Relationship between Attachment, Couple Conflict, and Recovery from Conflict, Nathan C. Taylor
The Relationship Between Attachment, Love Styles, and Marital Quality in a Sample of Married Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jeannine D. Nielson
The Relationship Between Blame, Maladaptive Guilt/ Shame, Couple Communication, and Relationship Satisfaction in Pornography Users, Joshua K. Otani
The Relationship Between Coaching Mentors, Age, and Adolescent Problem Behaviors, Derek J. Hoke
The Relationship Between Collateral Therapy and the Adult Pedophile's Ability to Advance Through Levels of Treatment, Julie G. Bennion
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Adolescent Deviant Behavior, Jennifer R. Lance
The Relationship Between Erikson's Developmental Tasks and Children Identified as At-Risk, Michael McMaken
The Relationship Between Grandparent Involvement and Identity Level in Late Adolescent Females, Catherine DiNicolangelo Stogner
The Relationship Between Mandatory Divorce Education in Utah and the Level of Postdivorce Parental Conflict, Monte N. Criddle
The Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and Behaviors and Their Adult Children's Attitudes Toward Marriage, Divorce, and Marital Counseling, Shawnery L. Mathis
The Relationship Between Postretirement Activity and Life Satisfaction, Dorothy Jane Gould Nelson
The Relationship Between Premarital Advice, Expectations and Marital Satisfaction, Cicile M. Rios
The Relationship Between the Content Component of Cognitive Moral Development and Premarital Sexual Standards, Janet H. Anderson
The Relationship Between the Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Latino Youth and Their Parents, Andrew O. Behnke
The Relationship Between the Outcome Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale in Marital Assessment, Adam Malan Poll
The Relationship Between Weather and Children's Behavior: A Study of Teacher Perceptions, Carrie Dabb
The Relationship of Family Religious Ritual in the Home and the Marital Adjustment of Young Couples, Adlin Lamar Huish II
The Relationships of Parental Marital Status, Quality of Family Interaction and Gender to Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use, Stephen K. Hunsaker
The Relative Effects of Education and Cognitive Complexity of Employment Experience on the Rate of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Women, Janet M. Lundahl
The Role of Deception in Mediating Relationship Involvement of Couples Interacting on the Internet: Stages of Intimate Formation, Dustin W. Edgerton
The Role of Multifamily Real Estate Investments in Retirement Planning, Miguel A. Fernandez
The Role of Parents as Formal Math Instructors of Prekindergarten Children, Monica Jane Blanch
The Role of Sexual Communication in Committed Relationships, Adam C. Jones
The Role of Sibling Authority in the Occurrence of Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior in Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Sibling Dyads, Todd J. Braeger
The Role of Social Support in Dementia Care Facilities: Staff Member Perspectives, Malinda K. Dokos
The Role of Verbal Incentives and Researcher Attitude in the Motivation of Preschool Children from Different Socioeconomic Levels, Carol Hunter Byrnes
The Salience of Parent Education for Adolescents: Gender and Gratification Orientations, Katrina H. Miller
The Satisfaction of Participants in Utah's Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, Lucas D. Martin
The Self-Perceived Need for Parent Education by Divorced Parents, T. Wayne Hunsaker
The Social Transmission of Attractiveness Stereotypes: An Investigation of Parental Expectations of Children's Behavior, Marianne White Hicken
The Unwed Father as Perceived by Himself, Daryl E. Ellis
The Use of a Musical Tutoring Experience in a Compensatory Education Program, Margaret Burdge
The Use of a Phonetic Approach to Reading With Three and Four-Year-Old Children, F. Walda Hopkins
The Use of "Fashion Therapy" as Adjunctive Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Psychiatric Patients, Virginia Geddes Eyestone
The Use of Social Science by the United States Supreme Court in Cases Raising Husband-Wife and Parent-Child Legal Issues, James R. Tanner
The Use of Story Reading as a Method of Improving Verbal Expression of Head Start Children, Romayne Norris Sternad
The Use of Therapeutic Rituals in Substance Abuse Treatment, Becky L. Thomas
The Young Child's Concept of Human Conception and Birth, Julie Ann Broberg Puzey
#ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike: Twitter Users’ Narratives About the Interpersonal Effects of Anxiety, Raechel B. Russo
Toddler Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behaviors and Child Care Provider Mental Health, Danielle M. Jensen Egan
Touch and Gaze in Parent Infant Social Play, Lori A. Roggman
Trainee Perspectives of Basic Family Therapy Skills, Nancy Webb
Transition into Parenthood and the Effects of Childbirth Education, Margaret B. Haycock
Transitions During University Life: Academic Persistence for Married and Single Students, Sandra A. Krambule
Trends in Cooperative Extension Calls from 2010 - 2019, Emily Elizabeth Smith
Trusting the Dating Partner in the Face of Relationship Problems and Uncertainty: The Moderating Role of Parents and Friends, Rebecca Johnson
Types of and Negotiation of Connection Rituals in Newlywed Couples, Rachel N. Davis
Understanding a Therapist's Way of Being: A Modified Delphi Study, Kaity Pearl Young
Use, Payment, and Knowledge of Retail Credit Transactions by a Selected Group of Single High School Senior Girls, Shirley Ann Lindsay
Using Head Start Children's Language Development to Predict Social Information Processing Ability, Kendra Newman
Utah Kindergarten Teachers' Challenges and Concerns About Teaching Kindergarten, Ruth Jane Liebschutz Moore
Verbal Memory of Preschool Indian and Non/Indian Headstart Children, Karen L. Swenson Carter
Visual Perception in Pre-School Children, Howard Mark Bardwell