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 Effect of Support Groups in Reducing Stresses During the Transition to Parenthood, Lynne Wilson Myers

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The Effects of a CD-ROM Computer Storybook Program on Head Start Children's Emergent Literacy, Susan Talley

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The Effects of an Active Learning Intervention on Increasing Parental Efficacy Regarding Sexual Communication With Toddlers and Young Children, Melissa M. Ferguson

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The Effects of an Adolescent Social Skills Training Program on Adolescent Sex Offenders, Roger B. Graves

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The Effects of a Social Skills Training Program on Constructive Conflict Resolution Techniques in Parent-Adolescent Dyads, Thomas A. Mills

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The Effects of a Social Skills Training Program on Interpersonal Communications in Parent Adolescent Dyads, Patrick Sean Noble

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The Effects of Degree of Sexual Homogeneity in Groups of Preschool Children on Task Performance, Ann K. Reardon

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The Effects of Empathy Teaching on Sociometric Status in Kindergarten Children from Urban and Rural Populations, Marilyn Egan Skinner

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The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Scholastic Performance of Children, Sandra Jean Zins

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The Effects of Pregnancy on Behavioral Interdependence in Premarital Relationships, Joan V. Wareham

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The Effects of the Childbirth Process on the Attitudes and Behaviors of New Fathers, Janice Ryser

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The Emergence and Function of Family Rituals in the American Family, John M. Kirkman

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The Evolution and Application of an Integrated Theoretical Approach to Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Mathew C. Withers

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The Evolution and Implementation of an Integrated Approach to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: A Case Study, Heather Thompson

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The Father Role as Seen by a Group of College Student Fathers, DeVona Alice Dean Luke

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The Global Assessment of Relationship Functioning as a Global Assessment of Individual, Couple, and Family Functioning, Ben Lowell Ashcraft

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The Identification and Measurement of Conditional and Unconditional Self-Liking, Alan Splendlove

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The Impact of Collaborative Behavioral Health on Treatment Outcomes of Diabetes, Adam M. Johnson

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The Impact of COVID-19 and Telehealth Services on Attrition Rates in Psychotherapy, Rylan B. Hellstern

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The Influence of Age, Sex, and Colors on the Number Recognition and Counting Abilities of Preschool Children, Connie L. Jackson

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The Influence of Social Class on Children's Perceptions of Parents, Ronald L. Mullis

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The Influence of Social Environment on Children's Perception of Policemen, Sarah C. Klingel

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The Influence of the Home and Hospital Program on Pregnant School-Age Girls, Alice Randall Thorsted

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The Meaning of "Being Single" for Mormon College-Age Single Adults, Jana Darrington

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The Micro-Characteristics of Adult-Neonate Social Interaction, Ann Marie Berghout-Austin

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Theory of Change Projects Used in Marriage and Family Therapy Programs, David J. Prior

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The Pill-Correlates of Attitudes Toward Oral Contraception, Carmen Knudson Ptacek

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The Play of Visually Impaired Preschoolers With Their Mothers, Claudia Weber

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The Preschool Child's Awareness of Body Structure in Sexual Differences, Genan Taylor Anderson

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The Preschool Child's Concept of God, Linda Thompson Saxton

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The Preschool Child's Knowledge of Musical Pitch, Farol Ann Nelson

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Therapists' and Families' Views on Family Involvement in Adolescent Residential Treatment, Jonathan D. Zabriskie

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Therapists Who Do Not Seek Therapy: An Examination of Marriage and Family Therapists in Three Western States, Austin Wood

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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

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The Relations Between Parenting Stress, Father Involvement, and Leisure, Among Fathers of Preschool-Age Children, Patricia Mehl Brown

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The Relationship between Attachment, Couple Conflict, and Recovery from Conflict, Nathan C. Taylor

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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

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The Relationship Between Blame, Maladaptive Guilt/ Shame, Couple Communication, and Relationship Satisfaction in Pornography Users, Joshua K. Otani

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The Relationship Between Coaching Mentors, Age, and Adolescent Problem Behaviors, Derek J. Hoke

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The Relationship Between Collateral Therapy and the Adult Pedophile's Ability to Advance Through Levels of Treatment, Julie G. Bennion

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The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Adolescent Deviant Behavior, Jennifer R. Lance

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The Relationship Between Erikson's Developmental Tasks and Children Identified as At-Risk, Michael McMaken

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The Relationship Between Grandparent Involvement and Identity Level in Late Adolescent Females, Catherine DiNicolangelo Stogner

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The Relationship Between Mandatory Divorce Education in Utah and the Level of Postdivorce Parental Conflict, Monte N. Criddle

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The Relationship Between Parental Attitudes and Behaviors and Their Adult Children's Attitudes Toward Marriage, Divorce, and Marital Counseling, Shawnery L. Mathis

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The Relationship Between Postretirement Activity and Life Satisfaction, Dorothy Jane Gould Nelson

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The Relationship Between Premarital Advice, Expectations and Marital Satisfaction, Cicile M. Rios

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The Relationship Between the Content Component of Cognitive Moral Development and Premarital Sexual Standards, Janet H. Anderson

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The Relationship Between the Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Latino Youth and Their Parents, Andrew O. Behnke

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The Relationship Between the Outcome Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale in Marital Assessment, Adam Malan Poll

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The Relationship Between Weather and Children's Behavior: A Study of Teacher Perceptions, Carrie Dabb

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The Relationship of Family Religious Ritual in the Home and the Marital Adjustment of Young Couples, Adlin Lamar Huish II

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The Relationships of Parental Marital Status, Quality of Family Interaction and Gender to Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use, Stephen K. Hunsaker

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The Relative Effects of Education and Cognitive Complexity of Employment Experience on the Rate of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Women, Janet M. Lundahl

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The Role of Deception in Mediating Relationship Involvement of Couples Interacting on the Internet: Stages of Intimate Formation, Dustin W. Edgerton

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The Role of Multifamily Real Estate Investments in Retirement Planning, Miguel A. Fernandez

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The Role of Parents as Formal Math Instructors of Prekindergarten Children, Monica Jane Blanch

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The Role of Sexual Communication in Committed Relationships, Adam C. Jones

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The Role of Sibling Authority in the Occurrence of Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior in Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Sibling Dyads, Todd J. Braeger

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The Role of Social Support in Dementia Care Facilities: Staff Member Perspectives, Malinda K. Dokos

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The Role of Verbal Incentives and Researcher Attitude in the Motivation of Preschool Children from Different Socioeconomic Levels, Carol Hunter Byrnes

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The Salience of Parent Education for Adolescents: Gender and Gratification Orientations, Katrina H. Miller

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The Satisfaction of Participants in Utah's Mutual Self-Help Housing Program, Lucas D. Martin

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The Self-Perceived Need for Parent Education by Divorced Parents, T. Wayne Hunsaker

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The Social Transmission of Attractiveness Stereotypes: An Investigation of Parental Expectations of Children's Behavior, Marianne White Hicken

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The Unwed Father as Perceived by Himself, Daryl E. Ellis

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The Use of a Musical Tutoring Experience in a Compensatory Education Program, Margaret Burdge

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The Use of a Phonetic Approach to Reading With Three and Four-Year-Old Children, F. Walda Hopkins

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The Use of "Fashion Therapy" as Adjunctive Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Psychiatric Patients, Virginia Geddes Eyestone

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The Use of Social Science by the United States Supreme Court in Cases Raising Husband-Wife and Parent-Child Legal Issues, James R. Tanner

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The Use of Story Reading as a Method of Improving Verbal Expression of Head Start Children, Romayne Norris Sternad

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The Use of Therapeutic Rituals in Substance Abuse Treatment, Becky L. Thomas

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The Young Child's Concept of Human Conception and Birth, Julie Ann Broberg Puzey

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#ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike: Twitter Users’ Narratives About the Interpersonal Effects of Anxiety, Raechel B. Russo

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Toddler Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behaviors and Child Care Provider Mental Health, Danielle M. Jensen Egan

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Touch and Gaze in Parent Infant Social Play, Lori A. Roggman

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Trainee Perspectives of Basic Family Therapy Skills, Nancy Webb

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Transition into Parenthood and the Effects of Childbirth Education, Margaret B. Haycock

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Transitions During University Life: Academic Persistence for Married and Single Students, Sandra A. Krambule

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Trends in Cooperative Extension Calls from 2010 - 2019, Emily Elizabeth Smith

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Trusting the Dating Partner in the Face of Relationship Problems and Uncertainty: The Moderating Role of Parents and Friends, Rebecca Johnson

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Types of and Negotiation of Connection Rituals in Newlywed Couples, Rachel N. Davis

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Understanding a Therapist's Way of Being: A Modified Delphi Study, Kaity Pearl Young

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Use, Payment, and Knowledge of Retail Credit Transactions by a Selected Group of Single High School Senior Girls, Shirley Ann Lindsay

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Using Head Start Children's Language Development to Predict Social Information Processing Ability, Kendra Newman

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Utah Kindergarten Teachers' Challenges and Concerns About Teaching Kindergarten, Ruth Jane Liebschutz Moore

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Verbal Memory of Preschool Indian and Non/Indian Headstart Children, Karen L. Swenson Carter

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Visual Perception in Pre-School Children, Howard Mark Bardwell

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Visual Perception in Pre-School Children, Candace Savage

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Welfare Status, Gender, and the Utilization of Marital Counseling Services, Courtney A. Wyatt

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When the Children are Gone: Changes in Mental Health and Marital Relations During the Transition to Postparenthood, Kenneth Holland Cannon

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"When They Called Us Jie Mei (Sister)" An Autoethnographic and Narrative Study of Religious Development in Emerging Adulthood, Katie Nichole Ball

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Who Is More Likely to Be Delinquent in Their Mortgage Payments Among Homeowners? The Role of Financial Literacy, Ellie Donne Hansen

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Women's Substance Abuse Treatment With Supplemental Couple's Therapy: Changes in Women's Levels of Intimacy and Autonomy in Relation to Treatment Outcomes by Treatment Modality, Charles N. Davis

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Young Children‘s Mathematics References During Free Play in Family Child Care Settings, Shawnee M. Hendershot