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Culturally Shaped Patterns of Disciplining Children by Giles-Sims, Jean, Lockhart, Charles

“…Research indicates an association between parents’ disciplinary practices and their children’s developmental outcomes. Research also suggests that disciplinary…”
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Explaining Cross-State Differences in Elderly Suicide Rates and Identifying State-Level Public Policy Responses that Reduce Rates by GILES-SIMS, JEAN, LOCKHART, CHARLES

“…Elderly Americans commit suicide at higher rates than other age groups. We contend that macro‐ and micro‐social variables contribute distinct aspects to…”
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States' Senior Residential Property Tax Abatements: Uncontroversial Benefit or Looming but Unrecognized Problem? by LOCKHART, CHARLES, GILES-SIMS, JEAN, CAMP, BAYLISS

“…All the U.S. states create residential property tax abatement policies that provide important benefits for a rapidly growing older population. These policies…”
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Variation in Elderly Friendliness across the U.S. States: Operationalization, Rankings, and Selected Consequences by Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean

“…The United States faces a rapidly growing population of elderly citizens. To learn more about their prospects, we engage in three tasks. First, we develop and…”
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Child, maternal, and family characteristics associated with spanking by Giles-Sims, J, Straus, M.A, Sugarman, D.B

“…This article presents descriptive data on frequency and distribution of spanking by mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Spanking rates…”
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Current knowledge about child abuse in stepfamilies by Giles-Sims, Jean

“…Analyzes current literature to examine the causes for higher rates of child abuse in US stepfamilies, comparing theoretical perspectives & discussing research…”
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Adolescent adjustment and stepparenting styles by Crosbie-Burnett, M, Giles-Sims, J

“…A model of parenting styles was adapted for stepparents. Relationships between stepparenting styles (Authoritarian, Authoritative, Supportive, and Disengaged)…”
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Marital Power in Stepfather Families: A Test of Normative-Resource Theory by Crosbie-Burnett, Margaret, Giles-Sims, Jean

“…A model of normative-resource theory of marital power in remarriage was developed and tested with a sample of 87 stepfather families with an adolescent…”
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Family Structure and Children's Needs: The Test Case of Moral Development by Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean, Coughlin, Richard M.

“…Family researchers disagree on the family characteristics essential for meeting children's developmental needs. Some argue that a particular family structure,…”
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Do Women Legislators Have a Positive Effect on the Supportiveness of States Toward Older Citizens? by Giles-Sims, Jean, Green, Joanne Connor, Lockhart, Charles

“…Increasing women in state legislatures is associated with greater legislative support for social policies serving families with children. We examine whether…”
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Do High Rates of OSCAR Deficiencies Prompt Improved Nursing Facility Processes and Outcomes? by Klopfenstein, Kristin, Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean

“…Recently, some researchers have argued that high state rates of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Online Survey, Certification and Reporting…”
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Spanking by Parents and Subsequent Antisocial Behavior of Children by Straus, Murray A

“…Used data from interviews with a national sample of 807 mothers of children ages six through nine to examine causal relationship between corporal punishment…”
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Stepfamily research: implications for policy, clinical interventions, and further research by Giles-Sims, J, Crosbie-Burnett, M

“…This article selectively reviews the clinical and empirical literature on stepfamilies to identify work that has major implications for policymakers, service…”
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Psychosocial functioning among adult drug users: the role of parental absence, support, and conflict by Knight, D K, Cross, D R, Giles-Sims, J, Simpson, D D

“…The relationship between perceptions of parental absence, support, and conflict during childhood and psychosocial functioning in adulthood was examined for 411…”
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THE SLOW MEDICINE MOVEMENT: DEFINITION AND DISCUSSION by Giles-Sims, J, McCullough, D, McClellan, M B

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Comparing States' Medicaid Nursing Facilities and Home and Community-Based Services Long-Term Care Programs: Quality and Fit with Inclination, Capacity, and Need by Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean, Klopfenstein, Kristin

“…States employ home and community-based services (HCBS) increasingly in Medicaid support of long-term care and rely less on nursing facilities. We examine how…”
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Grid-Group Theory and Corporal Punishment by JEAN GILES-SIMS, CHARLES LOCKHART

“…Family-violence researchers explain parental use of corporal punishment in a variety of ways. Many existing explanations rely heavily on personality…”
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Cross-State Variation in Conceptions of Quality of Nursing Facility Long-Term Care for the Elderly by Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean

“…We address two issues in this exploratory study. First, to what degree do variables prominent in explaining cross-state variation in the generosity of other…”
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Grandparents' Visitation Rights: Using Culture to Explain Cross-State Variation by Giles-Sims, Jean, Lockhart, Charles

“…As the number of persons affected by divorce rises, controversies develop within states over the appropriate character of laws about grandparents' visitation…”
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Countervailing Influences of Black and Women Legislators on State Age Friendliness by Giles-Sims, Jean, Connor Green, Joanne, Lockhart, Charles

“…We examine the influences of African-American and female legislators on the supportiveness of states toward elders. Previous research shows complementary…”
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