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Wu, Ya-Ling; Wu, Hsing-Chen – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Based on a sociocultural approach to adult learning and poststructural feminist theories, this study draws on interviews with 11 married Vietnamese women to explore the higher education learning experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. On the basis of their husbands' permission and support, Vietnamese immigrant women embraced the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Females, Higher Education
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Dalgiç, Gülay; Bakioglu, Aysen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine with whom Turkish and Danish school principals engage in reflective practice and how this interaction helps to develop them as reflective practitioners. A phenomenological approach was followed in the study. Data were collected from 37 school principals (24 from Istanbul and 13 from Copenhagen) who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Reflection, Phenomenology
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Klusek, Jessica; Losh, Molly; Martin, Gary E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
While there is a strong sex bias in the presentation of autism, it is unknown whether this bias is also present in subclinical manifestations of autism among relatives, or the broad autism phenotype. This study examined this question and investigated patterns of co-occurrence of broad autism phenotype traits within families of individuals with…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Genetic Disorders, Genetics, Pragmatics
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Kim, Jae Yop; Kim, Dong Goo; Nam, Seok In – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objectives: The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a form of family therapy developed in Korea. The "Thank you--Sorry--Love" (TSL) model was applied to a group of elderly retired men to improve the quality of their marriage and to reduce their stress. Methods: Thirty married retired Korean men were assigned to three groups.…
Descriptors: Therapy, Foreign Countries, Males, Family Counseling
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McCarthy, Michael J.; Lyons, Karen S.; Powers, Laurie E. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2012
Depression following stroke is a major problem for survivors and spouses, but few studies have focused on the experiences of couples. This study investigates associations between perceived relationship quality, communication and coping patterns, interpersonal misunderstandings and expectations, and survivors' and spouses' depressive symptoms after…
Descriptors: Spouses, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Brain
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Treas, Judith; Tai, Tsui-o – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Despite many studies on the gendered division of housework, there is little research on how couples divide the work of household management. Relative resource theories of household bargaining inform analyses of who does the housework, but their applicability to household management is unclear, if only because management responsibility may be…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Housework, Spouses, Sex Role
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Meyer Pitton, Liliane – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2013
This article contributes to the study of language maintenance as an everyday activity in binational-bilingual families. By embedding the question of language maintenance into a language socialization framework and adopting a conversation-analytic approach to language alternation, three excerpts of mealtime interactions in Russian-French speaking…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Bilingualism, Socialization, Educational Objectives
Clark, Steve Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative study explored paternal intentional involvement in the relational spiritual formation of their children. The main research question was to what degree are Protestant Evangelical fathers intentionally involved in the relational spiritual formation of their children? The research was based on two domains: relational spiritual…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Spiritual Development
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Wilson, Renee L. – Texas Music Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine what it is to be a mother and a band director from the perspectives of 15 women. The researcher hoped to create a document which will be helpful to band directors who are or who someday may become mothers. According to statements made in the Band Director Group on Facebook, there is a need for a sense of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Mothers, Music Activities
LaFee, Scott – School Administrator, 2012
The typical superintendent these days is male (though the percentage of female superintendents is steadily rising, now accounting for one in four, according to AASA's 2010 decennial study of the superintendency), in his 40s and almost always married with children. When educators become superintendents, the issues of family dynamics and related…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Superintendents, Women Administrators, Family Work Relationship
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Lin, I-Fen; Fee, Holly R.; Wu, Hsueh-Sheng – Family Relations, 2012
Using data from the 2004 wave of the National Long-Term Care Survey, we examined how negative and positive caregiving experiences differ by caregivers' gender and relationship to care recipients. We further considered how their caregiving experiences are affected by caregivers' demographic characteristics, care recipients' problem behavior and…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Risk, Data Analysis, Surveys
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Abrahamson, Iona; Hussain, Rafat; Khan, Adeel; Schofield, Margot J. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Despite infidelity being a highly traumatic experience, not all couples end their relationship after discovery of the affair. The present study provides insights into the experience of couples who remained together after having experienced infidelity by one partner. Narrative inquiry methods were used to undertake and analyze in-depth interviews…
Descriptors: Altruism, Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Marriage
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Roxburgh, Susan – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
This article examines whether there is an association between depression and parental time pressure among employed parents. Using a sample of 248 full-time employed parents and using the stress process framework, I also examine the extent to which gender, socioeconomic status, social support, and job conditions account for variation in the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Employed Parents, Depression (Psychology)
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Voordouw, Jantine; Antonides, Gerrit; Fox, Margaret; Cerecedo, Inmaculada; Zamora, Javier; de la Hoz Caballer, Belen; Rokicka, Ewa; Cornelisse-Vermaat, Judith; Jewczak, Maciej; Starosta, Pawel; Kowalska, Marek L.; Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz, Monika; Vazquez-Cortes, Sonia; Escudero, Cano; de Blok, Bertine Flokstra; Dubois, Anthony; Mugford, Miranda; Frewer, Lynn J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study estimates the effects of food hypersensitivity on individuals' perceived welfare and well-being compared to non-food hypersensitive individuals. Study respondents were recruited in the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and UK. The difference in welfare between food hypersensitive respondents and those asymptomatic to foods was estimated using…
Descriptors: Spouses, Health, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Hoppmann, Christiane A.; Gerstorf, Denis; Willis, Sherry L.; Schaie, K. Warner – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Development does not take place in isolation and is often interrelated with close others such as marital partners. To examine interrelations in spousal happiness across midlife and old age, we used 35-year longitudinal data from both members of 178 married couples in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Latent growth curve models revealed sizeable…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Psychological Patterns, Spouses, Marital Satisfaction
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