Dissertations / Theses: 'Family's structure'

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Hadfield, Karin. "A structural family therapy approach to counselling families." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ53097.pdf.

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Carpentier, Mathilde. "Méthodes de détection des similarités structurales : caractérisation des motifs conservés dans les familles de structures pour l' annotation des génomes." Paris 6, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA066571.

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Wong, Siu Kuen. "Structural family therapy with Chinese immigrant families in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ62871.pdf.

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Andersson, Maria, and Hanna Kristofferson. "Structural Optimization of Product Families : With Application to Vehicle Body Structures." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-6078.

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Some products share one or two modules and while developing these products, structural optimization with stiffness as the objective function can be a useful tool. There might be no or very little CAD-data available in the pre-development phase and it is not certain that existing designs can be, or is desirable to use as a reference. The main objective of this thesis is to establish an accurate and fast-to-use methodology which can be utilized while developing new cars.

In this thesis, the Volvo products S40, V50 and C70 serve as a basis for this case study. All the models are beam structures and the masses of components are added as point and line masses. Several optimization analyses are performed on one or three products exposed to seven load cases. Additional analyses with shell elements, more simplified models and changed load case balance achieved by normalization of the different load case compliances are also studied to investigate how these factors influence the results.

Analyses show that front crash to a great extent dominates the results while normalization increases the influence of the remaining load cases. Since front crash is dominating and the front area is shared in all products, the performance is remarkably similar when three products are optimized compared to separate analyses of one product. Analysis of models without added point or line masses gives a result which greatly differs from previous results and therefore shows that added masses are required. The methodology is applicable to develop products and detect new load paths through the car.

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Sippell, Anne. "Structural family therapy and group interventions with single-mother families." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0004/MQ45153.pdf.

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Marais, Adéle. "The effect of a nuclear family's sudden loss on the personality structures of individual family members." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11132008-102311.

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Hettinger, Barbara J. (Barbara Jane). "Grandparent Satisfaction and Family Structure: a Descriptive Study of Multigenerational Families in Denton County, Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332273/.

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This descriptive study of 45 multi-generational families contributes empirical knowledge about grandparent-grandchild relationships. A questionnaire was developed and completed by 74 subjects who were part of a randomly selected sample taken from a tax roll of homeowners over age 65 in Denton County, Texas. The responses provide information which expands the existing data base in the area of grandparenting. The study pinpoints areas in the grandparenting literature which need refinement and contributes data to those areas, rather than producing a set of conclusions. Areas as yet undocumented or inadequately documented in the literature are identified as the following: (a) family structural composition; (b) grandparents' personal characteristics; (c) selected aspects of grandparent-grandchild contact; and (d) satisfaction with the grandparent role. Data for these areas should help reveal factors having an impact on grandparent-grandchild relationships. A base for further investigation in these areas is established, and data are also analyzed to determine satisfaction or lack of satisfaction with grandparenting. The seventy-four subjects, from 45 households, included 44 grandmothers and 30 grandfathers. The number of generations per family was used as the base to report the findings. The study substantiates other research on grandparenting, particularly in the area of timing of grand-parenthood. Data collected in this study support the view that the grandparent's chronological age and the time in his or her life cycle when grandchildren appear (role entry), religious affiliation, lineage, and frequency of contact all contribute to satisfaction with the role of grandparent. Almost all of the respondents described themselves as satisfied grandparents and indicated their pride in and pleasure derived from their grandchildren. A strong relationship between satisfaction and any one variable studied is not identified. The major contribution of the study lies in the descriptive detail and in ruling out any one characteristic as "the one variable" that really matters in determining satisfaction among grandparents.

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Preli, Rona. "Alcoholism and family structure." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49870.

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The purpose of this research project was to explore the structural variables of hierarchical reversals, cross generational coalitions, cohesion, and adaptability as they were manifested in families with an alcoholic member, families with a recovered member, and non-alcoholic families. One hundred and twenty-five families responded to written questionnaires including The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales (FACES III), the Madanes Family Hierarchy Test (MFHT), and a Demographic Questionnaire. Adult participants also completed the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) to ensure that control families had no potentially alcoholic members, as well as ensuring that recovered families had no actively addicted members. Information was obtained on age, ethnicity, educational employment status, family income, and the sex of participating children, to ensure that the three groups were demographically comparable. The statistical analyses confirmed structural family therapy theory and the current research on alcoholic families. The results further expanded the understanding of the nature of coalitions and hierarchical reversals as they were manifested in these samples.
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Klymkiw, Orysia Zora. "The combined uses of life cycle and structural family therapy with remarried families." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq23366.pdf.

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Perron, Michael J. "On the Structure of Independent Families." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1490003394000281.

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Bimm, Valerie Charlotte. "The use of structural family therapy and ecological systems theory with families experiencing violence." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0005/MQ32057.pdf.

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Asare, Lionel Kwame. "Examination of HIPPY Mothers' Parenting Efficacy: Association between Family Structure and Process." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505186/.

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This study examined the relationships between family structure (organization and control), family process (cohesion, expressiveness, and conflict) with parenting sense of competency (parenting efficacy) for mothers (n = 138) engaged in Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) related activities. Family structure in this study looked at how the family system is organized regarding clarity of family rules. In addition, family processes of the research participants looked at daily family routines and interactions. General parenting self-efficacy, task-specific self-efficacy for nurturance, and task-specific self-efficacy for teaching which are the dependent variables, looked at the degree to which parents feel competent and capable of solving problems related to these processes in the parent-child relationship. Research questions were answered using multivariate analysis of canonical correlational analysis (CCA) to examine the associations between the independent and dependent variables. Results showed significant relationship between family structure variables of control and organization and parents' self-report of their general efficacy and their task specific efficacy for teaching and nurturing. The study also showed an inverse relationship between process variable of conflict and overall self-efficacy of parents' and their task specific efficacy for teaching and nurturing.

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Meyer, Christine Siegwarth. "Income distribution and family structure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11899.

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Panico, L. "Family structure and child health." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1344075/.

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This inter-disciplinary project investigates the relationship between family structure and early child health. The two main aims are: (1) to determine whether family structure and changes in family structure are associated with children's physical health in the Millennium Cohort Study; (2) to explore potential pathways through which these associations operate. In spite of much public debate around families, marriage, and child outcomes, UK literature on this topic remains incomplete. This thesis aims to fill two gaps: first, testing whether there is a link with children's physical health, rather than more commonly reported outcomes such as cognitive function or education achievements. Physical health outcomes included are respiratory health, childhood growth, and unintentional injuries. Second, few studies use prospective, longitudinal data and methods. Cross sectional studies cannot examine the direction of the relationship, nor capture the dynamics of changes in family structure. Here, longitudinal techniques test a complex model made up of variables ordered a priori. In unadjusted analyses, family structure presented a consistent gradient in child health: cross-sectionally, children living with married parents had better health than those living with cohabiting parents, while those living with lone parents had the worst health. Longitudinally, those who experienced changes in family structure fared worse than those living with continuously married parents, with some important exceptions, such as those living with cohabiting parents who subsequently married. Socio-economic factors were important predictors of family structure and child health. Proximal pathways through which socio-economic characteristics and family structure affected child health varied according to health outcome. Maternal mental health appeared to be important across outcomes. Concluding, this work shows the importance of using nuanced definitions of family, particularly when it comes to capturing its fluidity over time. Children who experienced changes in family structure were a heterogeneous group with diverse backgrounds and outcomes. Socio-economic factors emerged as important antecedents to both family structure and child health.

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Hur, Eun Hye. "Risk Factors for Children’s Socio-emotional Development in Different Family Structures." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397482147.

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Bere, Gamuchirai. "The challenges of cohabiting families with regard to discipline of adolescents." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3320.

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Cohabitation families have become a widely accepted and increasing form of family structure nowadays. However this family structure’s characteristics have caused it to be described as a risk factor to child development as it is associated it with negative child outcomes especially during the adolescence period. The adolescence stage itself has been described by literature as a unique human development stage coupled with a variety of physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes, making it a vulnerable stage characterised by experimenting with risk behaviours. Therefore the aim of this study was to explore and describe the challenges of cohabiting families with regard to discipline of the adolescents. An explorative and descriptive research design grounded in a qualitative research approach was used. Two set of data, namely (a) cohabiting biological parents, and (b) adolescent children living in cohabiting families, were collected for a better understanding of the situation. The population for the study encompassed all cohabiting parents and their adolescent children living in the city of Cape Town, and research participants were purposively selected from the caseload of Cape Town Child Welfare. Data was collected by means of individual interviews with the aid of an interview guide. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and field notes were taken. Data analysis was conducted according to Tesch (in Creswell 2009), and ethical considerations, such as confidentiality, voluntary participation, informed consent from parents and informed assent from adolescents, as well as no harm to participants, were adhered to. Most participants identified with cohabiting step-parent families. The reported challenges affecting discipline of adolescent children stemmed from poor parent-child relationships, ambiguous step-family roles, negative family communication patterns, and the applied disciplinary methods in cohabiting families. With consultation from some of the suggestions put forward by all the participants, the researcher concluded the study with recommendations for social workers working with cohabiting families.

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Barlow, Karen Haun. "Family Stress Factors Across Three Family Types." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330747/.

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This study investigated the difference in stress levels of stress factors according to the structure or type of family. The relatedness of the ranking of stress factors within and across three family types and the relationship between level of stress and number of years in current family type were also examined. Important aspects of this study were using three family types, using families seeking counseling as the subjects, and investigating numerous stress factors across family types. These research techniques avoided the limitations of previous research which investigated only one family type, thus isolating special stress issues for a certain family type where those special issues actually might not differentiate among family types. Also, considering numerous stress factors at one time, rather than only a few factors, indicated relative levels of stress as well as absolute stresses that families are likely to experience. Targeting families who had sought counseling should give counselors a more realistic view of clients and their problems.

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Feldman, Karie Ellen. "Post-Parenthood Redefined: Race, Class, and Family Structure Differences." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1267730564.

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Norberg-Schönfeldt, Magdalena. "The phase-out of the nuclear family? : empirical studies on the economics and structure of modern Swedish families." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Economics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1126.

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This thesis consists of three papers on the economics and structure of Swedish families.

Paper [I] examines the determinants of children’s educational achievement in Sweden. Special attention is given to the labour market work by mothers and fa-thers in terms of its influence on the educational outcome of their children, measured as grade point average (GPA) in compulsory as well as upper secon-dary school. The results show that there is a positive relationship between paren-tal income and GPA. Regarding the number of hours worked in the labour mar-ket, the results differ between mothers and fathers. Having a mother that works less than full time has positive effects on the child’s grades throughout the schooling of the child, whereas significant effects of the hours of work that the father puts in are found during upper secondary school only.

Paper [II] explores the role of financial surprises and match quality in the disso-lution of relationships. The analysis is carried out both for surprises in the short term earnings and surprises in the long-run earnings capacity. It is found that positive surprises in short term earnings have a destabilizing effect for a rela-tionship. Generally, a negative surprise in long-run earnings capacity for males has a destabilizing effect. However, if it is combined with a female positive sur-prise, the effect is stabilizing. Commitments become more stable the older the spouses are at the start, and if young children are present.

Paper [III] studies the role of unemployment in the dissolution of relationships by applying a two-step estimation method to an extensive data set, which con-tains information about young Swedish males and females. Unemployment is recognized as endogenous in the separation decision, and the results show that the effect of unemployment on separation is biased when unemployment is as-sumed to be exogenous in the separation equation. The probability of separation is found to be increasing with male unemployment, while female unemployment decreases the probability of dissolution.

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Norberg-Schönfeldt, Magdalena. "The phase-out of the nuclear family? : empirical studies on the economics and structure of modern Swedish families /." Umeå : Dept. of Economics, Umeå University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1126.

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CAO, Ting. "The impacts of modernity on family structure and function : a study among Beijing, Hong Kong and Yunnan families." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2012. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/29.

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For a generation in many sociological literatures, China has provided the example of traditional family with good intra-familial relationship, filial piety and extended family support which is unusually stable and substantially unchanged. However, with the emergence of modernity, in the forms of industrialization and urbanization; capitalization and public policy transformation, the family structure has undergone changes where nuclear and asymmetrical types have emerged. At the same time, family support for the elderly is affected by the changes in family formation, family dynamics, as well as people’s values and their way of life. Do the theories concerning the relationship between modernity and family change that have been proposed and developed by western scholars, apply to Chinese societies also? Are there any differences between Western and Chinese culture in forming family organizations during modernity? For answering these questions, this study explores the impact of modernity on family structure and changing functions in terms of family support for elderly in China. The aim is to understand why and how family change in its structure and functions within modernity. To fit the purpose and nature of this study, the exploratory strategy is used. By adopting historical review in the first stage, families in six historical stages (legendary and heroic age; Neolithic age; Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasty; Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin and the Western Han dynasty; from Eastern Han to early and middle period of Qing; and Late period of Qing until more recent years) are examined to show the “macro-transformations” and “micro-adaptive adjustments” that had happened to Chinese families in history. Then, adopting the methodological concept of invariance, multiple-case (M-C) studies in three areas in China are conducted to illustrate the Chinese families in different level of modernization, namely the agrarian pre-modern (Yunnan), the transforming-mix modern (Beijing), and the capitalist modernized (Hong Kong). Based on the survey data and from analysis of semi-structured interview with 62 respondents about their own family experiences and 8 experts about their viewpoint and explanations, there is evidence showing that corresponding structure and family support for elderly changes are aiding modernization under diverse socio-economic characteristics (i.e. under developed, developing and developed localities). To explain this phenomenon under study, a geo-adaptation model is developed from both macro and micro perspective to give insight on how modernity affects the ways of family support for elderly members. It has concluded that the development of modernity, as one of the vital reasons, contribute to changes in family structure globally (i.e. from stem and extended to nuclear and diverse form), but the care function for the aged, is not destined to deteriorate. To some extent, the Chinese tradition of filial piety and the family policy could strengthen social cohesion by maintaining the core functions once provided by the stem and extended family.

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Ryan, Susan M. "Effects of family structure on sibling relationships." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1041884.

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This study assessed the relationship and rivalry differences among siblings of intact families versus divorced families. It involved children, young adults, and adults from a Midwestern, moderately sized community. These participants answered two brief questionnaires requesting information on their age, sex, ethnicity, family structure, and perceived sibling relationships. The researcher found that there were no overall differences between children of married parents versus divorced parents except concerning the level of antagonism. Further, it was found that there were differing levels of dominance, nurturance, and quarrels in sibling relationships depending on the level of contact with step or half siblings and the child's perceptions of the parents' current relationship with each other.
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Kim, Kenneth. "Family structure, puberty and reproductive development." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266838.

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Santiago, Miranda, and Shirley Tamayo-Contreras. "FAMILY STRUCTURE CORRESPONDING WITH DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/840.

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The significance of this research study is to identify if an adolescences family structure impacts their developmental behaviors. The research design for this study was a quantitative design. The data analysis includes the independent variable (IV) and dependent variable (DV). For this study the IV was family structure and the DV in this study was delinquent behaviors. The findings suggest that during the pre-assessment tool researchers found there was no significance between family structure and delinquent behaviors. However, during the post assessment researchers found that there was significance between family structure and delinquent behavior. Although this study did not find significance during the pre-assessment, there were significant findings in the post-assessment that demonstrated that social workers should continue to consider family dynamics when assessing adolescents’ developmental behaviors.

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Le, Forner Hélène. "Human capital inequalities : family structure matters." Thesis, Paris 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA01E039/document.

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Ces dernières décennies, la famille a connu des changements majeurs dans la majorité des pays de l’OCDE. D’une part, le taux de fertilité a baissé ; d’autre part, le nombre de séparation a fortement augmenté. Cette thèse se propose d’étudier les effets de ces changements de la structure familiale sur le capital humain des individus, en l’envisageant comme une nouvelle source d’inégalités. Dans un cadre micro-économique, cette thèse mobilise les outils économétriques pour les appliquer à de larges bases de données. Les trois chapitres de cette thèse présentent des résultats nouveaux sur l’effet de la séparation parentale et de la taille de la famille sur le capital humain de l’individu. Le premier chapitre porte sur l’effet de la séparation parentale en France sur la réussite professionnelle des individus, et montre un effet négatif de la séparation parentale sur le niveau d’étude et la position sociale de l’individu. En s’appuyant sur des données américaines, le second chapitre s’intéresse aux mécanismes expliquant cet effet, et en particulier, sur les changements du temps passé avec les parents. Ainsi, 30% de l’effet de la séparation parentale sur le développement socio-émotionnel des enfants serait expliqué par la baisse du temps passé avec au moins un parent présent. Le troisième chapitre considère un autre aspect de la structure familiale : la taille de la famille. Nous trouvons que l’arrivée d’un troisième enfant dans la famille diminue les compétences socio-émotionnelles des autres enfants, en particulier chez les filles
Family has known great transformations in the last decades in a large number of OECD countries. On one hand, fertility rates have decreased. On the other hand, the number of separations has increased sharply. This thesis asks whether these major changes of family structure affect child’s human capital, being a new source of inequalities. Using very large datasets and micro-econometric methods, the three chapters present original empirical evidence on whether parental separation and family size impact individual’s human capital. The first chapter studies the effect of parental separation in France on individual’s achievement, and find a negative effect of parental separation on individual’s educational attainment and social position. Using an American dataset, the second chapter asks whether this effect is driven by changes in time spent with parents, and find that 30% of the effect of parental separation on socio-emotional skills is explained by the decrease in time spent with at least one parent present. The third chapter accounts for another aspect of family structure: the number of children. Using a British dataset, we find that having a second sibling in the United Kingdom decreases the child’s socio-emotional skills, especially for girls

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Magee, Pamela A. "Symbol or structure, the effects of family structure on youth's education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0001/MQ33821.pdf.

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Playford, C. J. "The role of families in the stratification of attainment : parental occupations, parental education and family structure in the 1990s." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3600.

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The closing decades of the 20th century have witnessed a large increase in the numbers of young people remaining in education post-16 rather than entering the labour market. Concurrently, overall educational attainment in General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) qualifications in England and Wales has steadily increased since their introduction in 1988. The 1990s represent a key period of change in these trends. Some sociologists argue that processes of detraditionalisation have occurred whereby previous indicators of social inequality, such as social class, are less relevant to the transitions of young people from school to work. Sociologists from other traditions argue that inequalities persist in the stratification of educational attainment by the family backgrounds of young people but that these factors have changed during this period. This thesis is an investigation of the influence of family background factors upon GCSE attainment during the 1990s. This includes extensive statistical analysis of measures of parental occupation, parental education and family structure with gender, ethnicity, school type and housing tenure type within the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales. These analyses include over 100,000 respondents in 6 cohorts of school leavers with the harmonisation of data from cohort 6 (1992) to the Youth Cohort Time Series for England, Wales and Scotland 1984-2002 (Croxford, Ianelli and Shapira 2007). By adding the 1992 data to existing 1990s cohorts, the statistical models fitted apply to the complete set of 1990s cohorts and are therefore able to provide insight for the whole of this period. Strong differentials by parental occupation persist throughout the 1990s and do not diminish despite the overall context of rising attainment. This relationship remains net of the other factors listed, irrespective of the measure of parental occupation or the GCSE attainment outcome measure used. This builds upon and supports previous work conducted using the Youth Cohort Study and suggests that stratification in educational attainment remains a significant factor. Gender and ethnicity remain further sources of persistent stratification in GCSE attainment. Following a discussion of the weighting system and features of the Youth Cohort Study as a dataset, a thorough investigation of missing data is included, with the results of multiply imputed datasets used to examine the potential for missing data to bias estimates. This includes a critique of these approaches in the context of survey data analysis. The findings from this investigation suggest the importance of survey data collection methods, the limitations of post-survey bias correction methods and provide a thorough investigation of the data. The analysis then develops and expands previous work by investigating variation in GCSE attainment by subjects studied, through Latent Class Analysis of YCS cohort 6 (1992). Of the four groups identified in the model, a clear division is noted between those middle-attaining groups with respect to attainment in Science and Mathematics. GCSE attainment in combinations of subjects studied is stratified particularly with respect to gender and ethnicity. This research offers new insight into the role of family background factors in GCSE attainment by subject combination.

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Al-Sharfi, Mohammad Ahmad. "The effect of family structure on adolescents in Saudi Arabia : a comparison between adolescents from monogamous and polygamous families." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2017. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/28650/.

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This study investigated the effects of family structure on 13-18 year-old adolescents in Saudi Arabia. Comparisons were made between adolescents from polygamous and monogamous families in psychological well-being (self-esteem, satisfaction with life, depression), bullying and victimization. A series of investigations assessed the effects of family structure and several demographic variables on adolescents’ psychological well-being and behaviour. Also, the mediating role of parent-adolescent relationships measured by parent-adolescent bonding and father availability was investigated. A systematic review of previous research established that few studies had investigated mediating variables, such as demographic variables. In the first study, comparisons were made between 98 adolescents from polygamous and monogamous families. Results found that adolescents from polygamous families reported more problems in their psychological well-being, bullying and victimization than adolescents from monogamous families. The aim of the second study was to establish the validity of the Parental Bonding Instrument for use with adolescents in Saudi Arabia. The parental bonding instrument was validated for use in Saudi society with 301 participants aged 13-18 years. Results found that the ‘care’ dimension of the parental bonding instrument was valid for use in Saudi Arabia but the ‘overprotection’ dimension was not considered to be culturally valid because of different cultural patterns found in Saudi culture. The third study compared 266 adolescents from polygamous and monogamous families using the validated parental bonding instrument. The results found that adolescents in polygynous families reported lower ‘care’ scores than those in monogamous families. Also, comparisons by age group and gender found no effects of age or gender for father care, mother care, self-esteem, satisfaction with life, bullying or victimisation. A significant difference was found between age groups for depression. The fourth study was conducted with 500 adolescents using structural equation modelling to test the role of the parent-adolescent relationship measured by parental bonding on adolescent self-esteem, satisfaction with life, depression, bullying and victimisation. For polygamous families, parental care was a significant mediating variable between adolescent outcomes and the family variables of father availability and the position of the mother as the first or later wife. For monogamous families, although parental care predicted adolescent outcomes, family variables did not affect parental care. The fifth study was a qualitative analysis of interviews with 30 adolescents and 10 teachers on perceptions of father fairness, family functioning, attitudes toward polygamous marriage and academic achievement. Problems reported for polygamous families were lack of father fairness and family cohesion, emotional and behavioural problems, and poor academic achievement. In conclusion, this thesis is the first study to investigate the effects of polygamous family structure on adolescents in Saudi society and the first to provide a culturally validated measure of adolescent-parent attachment relationships. It was found that polygamy affects adolescent psychological well-being and behaviour, also adolescents’ perceptions of parental care and the fairness with which they feel that their father treats them have important effects on their relationship with their parents, their sense of well-being and their behaviour. The findings will be valuable for educators, counsellors and psychologists in Saudi Arabia.

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Qiu, Ronghong. "La structure du pouvoir dans les familles chinoises." Grenoble 2, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997GRE21008.

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Notre recherche a pour objet l'etude sur la structure du pouvoir de la famille chinoise. Cette recherche nous permettra non seulement d'avoir une vision globale de l'organisation domestique chinoise, mais aussi de reveler les interactions des membres de la famille ; la relation entre le pere, la mere et l'enfant unique. Dans cette recherche, nous prenons en compte a la fois la relation pere-mere-enfant dans une perspective triadique de la structure familiale. La recherche effectuee jusqu'a present s'appuyant seulement sur le modele dyadique soit la relation parents/enfant et pere/mere. Dans notre modele conceptuel triadique, l'enfant est considere comme un role independant, non complementaire dans la prise de decision familiale. Notre recherche est composee de trois parties : le cadre theorique, la methodologie de la recherche et les analyses et traitements des donnees. Dans la premiere partie, nous avons definit le cadre theorique, sa pertinence sera analysee en faisant le bilan de la litterature occidentale concernant la famille en comportement du consommateur et son adaptation au contexte chinois. Le premier et le deuxieme chapitre de cette partie sont consacres a la presentation des perspectives inter-culturelles de la famille. Dans le troisieme chapitre, nous nous interessons surtout a la structure du pouvoir de la famille chinoise. Le quatrieme chapitre est consacre a delimiter la problematique de notre recherche. La partie consacree a la methodologie est composee de deux chapitres. Le premier chapitre se concerne essentiellement la mise au point d'instruments de mesure. Dans le deuxieme chapitre, nous presenterons le deroulement de l'etude : la procedure d'echantillonnage, la mise en place de la procedure et la realisation de l'enquete. La partie portant sur le traitement des donnees est divisee en trois chapitre. Le premier est consacre a la verification de la fidelite et de la validite des echelles qui ont ete mises en evidence par les etudes precedentes. Ensuite, nous essayons de mettre en evidence les differents types de familles chinoises grace a l'analyse typologique. Dans le deuxieme chapitre, nous avons etablit les hypotheses de la recherche. Le dernier chapitre porte sur l'analyse des resultats de notre etude. La introduction et la conclusion ont ete aussi presentees
Our research examines the power structure of the chinese family. This study not only permits us to have a global vision of the chinese organisation domestic, but also to reveal the interactions between father, mother and only child in the chinese family. In this research, we use a triadic model to treat the father-mother-child relationship in the chinese family. Previous researches were based only on dyadic model being relation parents-child or husband-wife. This paper is composed of three parts : theoretical outline, methodology of the research and the analysis and treatments of data. In the first part of this paper, we define the theoretical outline, its pertinence has been analysed by summarising the occident literature concerning the family in the research of the consumer's comportment and its adaptation in the chinese context. The second part of this paper consist of two chapters. The first chapter concern essentially the process of measure instrument's choice. In second chapter, we present the march of research : sampling procedure realisation of investigation. The part which present the data treatment is divided into three chapters. The first present the verification of scale's fidelity and validity. Then, we clarify the differents types of chinese family by the aide of typology analyse. In the second chapter, we establish the hypothes of research. The last chapter concern the results analyse of the research. The introduction and the conclusion are also presented

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Gould, Thomas E. Herman Robert D. "Homelessness, families and structural effects." Diss., UMK access, 2006.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration and the School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2006.
"A dissertation in public affairs and administration and urban leadership and policy studies in education." Advisor: Robert D. Herman. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Jan. 29, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-107). Online version of the print edition.

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Bisiak, Francesco. "Structural studies of the Roundabout protein family." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAV006/document.

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Les systèmes neuronaux et vasculaires nécessitent un réseau complexe pour exécuter correctement leurs fonctions. Les processus impliqués dans la création de ce réseau s'appuient sur des voies coordonnées, souvent activées par des systèmes protéine/récepteur communs, qui conduisent au remodelage du cytosquelette.En général, les cellules neuronales et vasculaires répondent aux stimuli extracellulaires sous forme de protéines solubles sécrétées, qui interagissent avec les récepteurs de surface pour favoriser l'attraction ou la répulsion vers la source des protéines sécrétées. Ce processus, appelé guidage, est régulé par sept familles de récepteurs et leurs ligands respectifs, qui s'influencent les uns sur les autres et peuvent agir sur le système neuronal, le système vasculaire ou les deux ensembles.Cette étude est centrée sur deux récepteurs transmembranaires à passage unique, les membres des familles de protéines Roundabout et UNC5 qui sont principalement impliquées dans l'angiogenèse: Robo4 et UNC5B.L'information structurelle sur la région extracellulaire de plusieurs de ces récepteurs, et comment le signal est relayé à travers la membrane, fait défaut.La déglycosylation enzymatique a confirmé que les domaines extracellulaires de Robo4 et UNC5B sont largement glycosylés avec des glycanes liés en azote du complexe type. La mutagenèse dirigée des sites de glycosylation prédits de Robo4 perturbe son expression, indiquant que ces résidus sont nécessaires pour la stabilité de la protéine et que leur glycosylation, ou leur passage dans la voie de glycosylation, pourrait être nécessaire pour un repliement correct. Les données MALS et SAXS montrent qu'en solution, Robo4 ecto est un monomère flexible de forme allongée. Les domaines ne présentent pas des caractéristiques distinctes dans le modèle construit à partir des données SAXS. Plusieurs Fabs se liant au domaine extracellulaire de Robo4 ont été caractérisés, avec l'espoir d'identifier les Fab qui pourraient inhiber l'interaction Robo4 / UNC5B rapportée pour une caractérisation plus poussée. La formation du complexe a été vérifiée par SEC-MALS et SAXS, et les constantes d'interaction ont été déterminées en utilisant SPR. Des cristaux de certains complexes domaine Fab / domaine extracellulaire Robo4 ont été produits, bien que la structure du complexe n'ait pas pu être résolue à l'heure actuelle.Les expériences de pull-down, SEC-MALS et SPR montrent que Robo4 ecto et UNC5B ecto n'interagissent pas entre elles, malgré une étude par un autre groupe montrant le contraire. Étant donné que différentes lignées cellulaires ont été utilisées, des modèles de glycosylation spécifiques, ou une tierce partie non détectée, pourraient être nécessaires pour l'interaction. En raison de leur implication avec les récepteurs extracellulaires, les héparanes sulfates sont un candidat probable, mais d'autres partenaires devraient être envisagés.La structure cristallographique de l'UNC5B ecto est similaire aux structures existantes de UNC5A et UNC5D. Le haut degré de conservation des domaines del’Ig pourrait être une indication de l'importance de cette région, qui est responsable de la liaison à Netrin. Bien que la région de liaison de Netrin soit connue pour être dans les domaines Ig, le site de liaison précis n'a pas encore été déterminé, mais il pourrait être situé à proximité ou à l'intérieur des surfaces chargées négativement présentes sur les domaines Ig observées dans la structure d’UNC5B.Le travail présenté ici devrait servir de base à une meilleure caractérisation biochimique et structurale des récepteurs extracellulaires Robo4 et UNC5B
Neuronal and vascular systems require a complex network to properly perform their functions. The processes involved in creating this network rely on coordinated pathways, often activated through common protein/receptor systems, which lead to cytoskeletal remodelling. In general, neuronal and vascular cells respond to extracellular stimuli in the form of soluble secreted proteins, which interact with surface receptors to mediate attraction or repulsion towards the source of the secreted proteins. This process, called guidance, is regulated by seven families of receptors and their respective ligands, which influence each other and can act on the neuronal system, the vascular system or both.Structural information about the extracellular region of many of these receptors, and how signal is relayed across the membrane, is lacking.This study is focused around the extracellular domain of two single-pass transmembrane receptors of the Roundabout and UNC5 protein families that are majorly involved in angiogenesis: Robo4 and UNC5B.Based on the findings of this study, the Robo4 and UNC5B extracellular domains are extensively glycosylated with N-linked glycans of the complex type. Site-directed mutagenesis of the predicted Robo4 glycosylation sites disrupts protein expression, indicating that they are necessary for protein stability and passage through the glycosylation pathway might be necessary for correct folding. MALS and SAXS data show that in solution the Robo4 extracellular domain is a flexible monomer with extended shape. Several Fabs binding to the extracellular domain of Robo4 were characterised, with the expectation to identify those Fabs that could inhibit the reported Robo4/UNC5B interaction for further characterisation. Complex formation was verified by SEC-MALS and SAXS, and interaction constants were determined using SPR. Crystals of some Robo4 extracellular domain/Fab complexes were produced, although the structure of the complex could not be solved at the present time.Despite a study by another group showing otherwise, pull-down, SEC-MALS and SPR experiments show that the Robo4 and UNC5B extracellular domains do not interact with each other. It is proposed that the difference may be caused by different glycosylation patterns specific to the cell lines used for each study, or by an undetected third party necessary for interaction. This, however, still requires further study. SEC-MALS analysis showed that the UNC5B extracellular domain is a monomer in solution and its crystal structure was solved at 3.4 Å resolution. Comparison to the existing structures of human UNC5A and rat UNC5D shows striking similarities and a high degree of evolutionary conservation of the Ig domains might be indication of the importance of this region, which is responsible for binding to the guidance cue Netrin. Although the Netrin binding region is known to be within the Ig domains, the precise binding site has not yet been determined, but it might be located in proximity, or within, the negatively charged surfaces present on the Ig domains which are observed in the UNC5B structure.It is hoped that the work presented here will give the basis for better biochemical and structural characterisation of these two receptors

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Chiu, Hsin-Yao. "Family Structure and Family Instability: Evaluating Their Influence on Adult Outcomes." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3398.

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Family structure is a widely used independent variable. However, in recent years researchers have questioned its predicting power. They also strive to improve its use. This study drew on Holman's (2001) theoretical model and examined the association between the family structure independent variables (Family Structure, Family Instability, and Parental Romantic Partners) and the outcome variables (Coming to Terms, Self-esteem, Maturity, and Depression). The analysis was conducted with a sample of 3,705 individuals (2,316 females and 1,389 males) randomly selected from the entire population that completed the Relationship Evaluation Questionnaire (RELATE). Results showed that Family Instability was a stronger predictor than Family Structure and Parental Romantic Partners. Among all of the outcome variables, Coming to Terms had the strongest association with each of the independent variables. Implications of the results are discussed.

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Anderson, Catherine. "Family structure and support among older adults." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37390.pdf.

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Thorell, Stina. "The transaldolase family : structure, function and evolution /." Stockholm, 2001. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2001/91-628-4923-9/.

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Akbarali, Ahmed, and Awambeng Foma. "Determinants of Capital Structure in Family Firms." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-28285.

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Most firms are using optimal combination of equity and debt so as to maximize firms value and the wealth of the shareholders. To achieve all these, firms should be aware of the factors that influence the capital structure decisions. Previous empirical studies attempted to explain what determines the choice of capital structure in firms. The focus was on firms in general without categorizing family firms and non-family firms. The primary objective of this study is to examine what determines the capital structure of family firms in OECD countries. Amadeus database was used to obtain the data needed for the statistical analysis. Measures for firm-specific characteristics were calculated based on the previous stud-ies. The study was conducted over a period of 9 years from 2005-2013. Dataset com-prised of 95 family firms resulting in 850 observations. The results from the study indicate that the capital structure for family firms in OECD countries is influenced by profitability, asset tangibility, growth, size, debt tax shield , non-debt tax shield and liquidity. Both pecking-order theory and trade-off theory explain the capital structure of family firms.

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Chang, Hyun-Seob. "Modernisation and changing family structure in Korea." Thesis, Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.243850.

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Smith, Kenneth McCaslin. "The Relationship between Family Structure and Delinquency." W&M ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626017.

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Aguilar, Jamie M. "Family Structure and Marijuana Use Among Adolescents." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500045/.

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Family structure as a predictive variable of juvenile delinquency has been studied for the last hundred years. This relationship originated due to societal belief that divorce was detrimental to adolescents. Due to the changing societal roles in the United States, family structure has been changing. More children are growing up in non-intact families, such as single-parent households, households with stepparents, cohabitating families, and households without a parent present. To study the effect family structure has on juvenile delinquency, researchers have utilized social control theory, differential association, self-control theory and general strain theory to conceptualize variables to explain why family structure influences delinquent behavior. A review of previous literature on this topic indicates that living in intact households, which are households with two biological parents who are married, have, on average, the lowest rates of delinquency. This thesis investigates the relationship between family structure and lifetime marijuana use among eighth and tenth grade adolescents in the United States through the use of secondary data analysis of Monitoring the Future Study, 2012. The results provide support for the relationship between family structure and lifetime marijuana use.

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Westbrook, T'Pring Rushia. "Pathways between exposure to violence, maternal depression, family structury [i.e. structure] and child outcomes through parenting a multi-group analysis /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7261.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.
Thesis research directed by: Human Development. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Roberts, Petra. "Structural family therapy with families from diverse backgrounds with an adolescent involved in the mental health system." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0010/MQ32236.pdf.

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Soro, Etienne Tena. "Structures de familles d'isomorphismes locaux et reconstructibilité." Lyon 1, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997LYO10295.

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Mon travail se situe en theorie des relations et porte sur le theme de la reconstructibilite des multirelations binaires et des relations ternaires. La problematique de la reconstruction remonte a s. Ulam (1954) : soient deux relations r et s de meme base e et verifiant la condition : pour tout x de e les restrictions r et s a e - x sont isomorphes. La question est : r et s sont-elles alors isomorphes. Une reponse affirmative a ete obtenue pour de nombreuses classes de graphes et de relations. Mais la reponse est negative dans le cas general avec notamment des contre-exemples de cardinalite arbitrairement grande dus a p. K. Stockmeyer pour les relations binaires et a m. Pouzet pour les relations d'arite plus grande que 2. Une premiere partie de la these porte sur les multirelations (suite de relations) dont une composante appartient a une classe de tournois rotatifs (t#h). Je montre que ces mutirelations sont reconstructibles des que le nombre d'element de leur base est plus grand que 7. Ceci prolonge les travaux de p. Ille, f. Reverdy-vilotitch et m. Pouzet. L'isomorphisme obtenu entre les multirelations r et s est defini a l'aide des isomorphismes locaux entre t#h et son homologue. J'affine egalement le resultat de f. Reverdy-vilotitch, en determinant la nature des paires de e dans chaque composante de r et s. Dans la deuxieme partie de la these j'etudie la propriete de non reconstructibilite et la notion de forcage d'isomorphismes locaux due a g. Lopez. A partir de l'analyse des contre-exemples de m. Pouzet, je defini les notions d'emboitement et de point critique. Je construis plusieures classes de relations ternaires reconstructibles. Je parviens notamment a exhiber une classe de relations ternaires reconstructibles dont tous les sommets sont critiques.

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Stephens, Crystal Michelle. "Investigating the Effects of Adolescent Family Structure and Family Structure Disruption on Adolescent Delinquency and Young Adult Criminal Behavior." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1211561454.

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Joy, William F. "Leading young adult parents at Woodlawn Baptist Church, Crestview, Florida, in developing structured family worship." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Al-Hashmi, Sultan M. "The effect of urbanization and modernization on family structure in Oman." PDXScholar, 1991. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4123.

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This thesis was designed to describe family change in Oman as it undergoes urbanization and modernization. A survey questionnaire to measure these changes was developed. Some questions were developed in two forms for a comparison of family change across two generations. Respondents were asked to answer the questions as they applied to their current family situation. They were then asked to consider, according to their best recollections, what the situation was in their parents' generation.

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Hudson, Caroline. "Young people's experience of family and schooling : how important is family structure?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a9bcdeea-5444-4478-b9e5-6dea3c056c09.

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The thesis concludes that, overall, commonly used categories of family structure do little to inform understanding of the experience of family and schooling of these 32 young people; the boundaries around the categories of family structure are permeable.

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Englehart, Michael. "Beyond Family Structure: Examining the Association between Family Instability and Childhood Delinquency." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1462895401.

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Harijono, 1970. "Capital structure decisions of Australian family controlled firms." Monash University, Dept. of Accounting and Finance, 2005. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5133.

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Kuo, Chien-Wen Sharon. "The genomic structure of the CYP4 gene family." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310930.

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Heltsley, Martha. "Beauty Pageant Mothers: Demographics, Motivations, and Family Structure." TopSCHOLAR®, 1998. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/311.

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An exploratory analysis of national beauty pageants for children was conducted through the administration of a questionnaire and through observation. The population surveyed was mothers with daughters sixteen years old or under. Questionnaires were distributed at six national pageants in five states with a total of 134 respondents. The questionnaire probed a variety of areas concerning the child's involvement, expenses incurred, beauty enhancements worn, and general demographic information concerning the contestant's family. Attitudinal statements concerning the role of women in society and the importance of beauty in society were investigated. A comparison was made between the attitudes of the pageant mother and a sample of mothers taken from the 1993 General Social Survey. The results suggested that pageant mothers were more supportive about the changing roles of women. In addition, mothers were given an attractiveness scale on which they rated themselves and their daughters. Data analysis on a variety of variables was carried out at univariate and bivariate levels.

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Johnson, Melanie Kay. "Effects of family structure on children's self-concepts." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/495215.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of family structure (intact, stepparent, and single-parent) on children's self-concepts using Parish & Parish's Personal Attribute Inventory for Children (PAIC). A review of the literature indicated that there seemed to be a trend for children living in single-parent families and stepfamilies to have a lower self-concept when compared to children living in intact homes.Participants in the present study were one hundred ninety-nine (199) students in grades 7 through 12 attending Burris Laboratory School. All were given the PAIC and a demographic questionnaire during their usual class times. A 3 X 3 (family structure by grade level) and a 3 X 2 (family structure by sex) factorial design analysis of variance was computed utilizing the .05 level of confidence. Although a trend was noted for students from stepfamilies to check fewer positive adjectives on the PAIC, they did not differ significantly from the means of children from single-parent or intact families. Adjectives actually chosen by children in each of the three family structures were also identified in an attempt to determine the relationships between the adjectives checked and the family structure. sex, and grade level of the student.

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