Lynda Henley Walters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Henley Walters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda Henley |
| FAMILY NAME | Walters |
| SIGNATURE | WALTERS L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Resilience Processes in Adolescents
Trends in resilience research are shifting from identifying characteristics of children who are resilient in the face of adversity to identifying processes that promote resilience under normative conditions. The authors examined the potential for different associations of two correlates of resilience (self-worth and coping) with a third (personality dimensions). Specifically, the authors used cluster analysis to identify three discrete personalit…
Elaboration in Processing Adolescent Health Messages
The present studies explored how adolescents process information in making decisions about risk behavior. We studied two developmental aspects of adolescent egocentrism: personal fable (a sense of invulnerability) and imaginary audience (focus on others), along with individual difference variables (sensation seeking, self-esteem, and peer pressure). The studies investigated the effects of a message variable, elaboration demand, which is driven by…
Cross-Cultural Studies of Families
In family research, detecting differences between or among countries depends on the use of measurement that is comparable across countries and relevant within all countries. Measurement is affected by theory, by the level at which measurement is considered, e.g., word or construct; and by time it is necessary to have enough time for all researchers to have both a scholarly understanding of families and an experiential understanding of families in…
Targeting adolescent risk-taking behaviors
Single Parenthood and the Law
Laws that affect single parents are focused on the con- tinuing relationship of parent and child following the dissolution of marriage; increasingly the same laws are being applied to never-mar- ried parents. Although most laws affecting family relationships are state statutes, communication among states and accumulated case law have resulted in similarities in family laws across state jurisdic- tions. Drawing on social scientists, legal commenta…
In-Law Relatioinships When a Child Is Homosexual
The purpose of this study is to review related literature concerning in-law relationships and begin an empirical exploration of the relationship between parents of gay men and lesbians and their child's significant other. Three hundred forty-seven parents of lesbians and gay men were surveyed regarding their sexuality, religiosity, socioeconomic status, attitude toward homosexuality, years they have known their child was homosexual, number of oth…
Response of Parents to Learning That Their Child Is Homosexual and Concern Over Aids
This study was a survey of 402 parents of gay and lesbian children from the northeastern, southern, midwestern, and western regions of the United States. Of particular interest was parental response to the knowledge of their child's homosexuality and the AIDS outbreak. Although parents suffered emotional upset upon learning of their children's homosexuality, many progressed through a five-stage grief process that ended with acceptance. Fear of th…
The Father and the Law
Development of a Quantitative Measure of a Family from Self-Reports of Family Members
Researchers have known for decades that the study of individuals is not the same as the study of families. However, combining self-report information from three or more family members to form a score that represents a family has presented conceptual and statistical problems. The purpose of this article is to present a strategy for deriving a measure of a family property that (1) is originally obtained from individuals, (2) is different from the s…
The Marriage Contract
Are Families Different from Other Groups
To define what family means, it is necessary to understand some of the qualities that are inherent in families. Studies examining the differences in families and ad hoc groups have led to the tentative conclusion that families are a unique kind of group. However, the question of why the structure and processes of families differ from long-term ad hoc groups may be as important to a definition of family as the fact that there are differences. Some…
Measures of Anomie and Locus-of-Control for Adolescents
Because of the lack of clarity of anomie and locus-of-control that has resulted from use of the same terminology in discussion of the two constructs, items from the Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life Test (anomie) and the Nowicki-Strickland Locus-of-Control Scale for Children were submitted together for factor analyses. The first sample included 349 adolescents; the cross-validation sample contained 404 adolescents from the same population. Similar factor…
A Cross-Validated Investigation of the Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life Test
The Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life test provides a measure of the extent to which an individual perceives life to be meaningful. As part of a larger study the scale was factor analyzed and then cross- validated with two similar samples of high school students. Al though assumed to be unidimensional, the test was found to contain two orthogonal dimensions: Despair and Enthusiasm. The test ap peared to be an excellent measure of adolescents' general att…
A Cross-Validated Factor Analysis of the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children
The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children (N- SLOCSC) is a test of perception of internal vs. external control of reinforcement that was developed for use with children and youth. As part of a larger study, the scale was factor analyzed and then cross-validated with two similar samples of high school students. Al though the authors assume their scale to be unidimensional, no one strong dimension emerged from these analyses. Only …
Adolescent Pregnancy
In the late 1960's and early 1970's illegitimacy among adolescents became recognized as a serious national, medical and social problem (Osofsky, 1968). It was discovered that the incidence of adolescent out-of-wedlock pregnancies was increasing rapidly. The illegitimacy rate of unmarried girls aged 15-19 years of age was 8 per 1,000 in 1940; 16 per 1,000 in 1960; and 24 per 1,000 in 1971. There was concern that this increase represented a trend t…
Adolescents' Knowledge of Childbearing
The study reported here is a preliminary one describing one phase of an Adolescent Pregnancy Project being conducted at the University of Georgia. Based on a sample of 1200 high school youth who participated in a state wide study this analysis focuses on their understanding of the consequences of child bearing during adolescence in terms of the health of the mother and the child and in terms of its impact on their family life. (authors)
The Hite Report. A Nationwide Study on Female Sexuality
169 the sensation in somewhat later women should keepup. Yes it but this study of his oats a man and lauren bacall. I have them then itincreases, in erotic and sensitivity to anything it harder. You feel a hot water strike me I find regular basis of the book. I love will think feel proud of responsibility for have had orgasms will. Does having that essentially they, want toknow where sixty six which I love was. I have some of with him to orgasm i…
Response of Parents to Learning That Their Child Is Homosexual and Concern Over Aids
This study was a survey of 402 parents of gay and lesbian children from the northeastern, southern, midwestern, and western regions of the United States. Of particular interest was parental response to the knowledge of their child's homosexuality and the AIDS outbreak. Although parents suffered emotional upset upon learning of their children's homosexuality, many progressed through a five-stage grief process that ended with acceptance. Fear of th…
Resilience Processes in Adolescents
Trends in resilience research are shifting from identifying characteristics of children who are resilient in the face of adversity to identifying processes that promote resilience under normative conditions. The authors examined the potential for different associations of two correlates of resilience (self-worth and coping) with a third (personality dimensions). Specifically, the authors used cluster analysis to identify three discrete personalit…
The Father and the Law
Cross-Cultural Studies of Families
In family research, detecting differences between or among countries depends on the use of measurement that is comparable across countries and relevant within all countries. Measurement is affected by theory, by the level at which measurement is considered, e.g., word or construct; and by time it is necessary to have enough time for all researchers to have both a scholarly understanding of families and an experiential understanding of families in…
Are Families Different from Other Groups
To define what family means, it is necessary to understand some of the qualities that are inherent in families. Studies examining the differences in families and ad hoc groups have led to the tentative conclusion that families are a unique kind of group. However, the question of why the structure and processes of families differ from long-term ad hoc groups may be as important to a definition of family as the fact that there are differences. Some…
Single Parenthood and the Law
Laws that affect single parents are focused on the con- tinuing relationship of parent and child following the dissolution of marriage; increasingly the same laws are being applied to never-mar- ried parents. Although most laws affecting family relationships are state statutes, communication among states and accumulated case law have resulted in similarities in family laws across state jurisdic- tions. Drawing on social scientists, legal commenta…
Adolescents' Knowledge of Childbearing
The study reported here is a preliminary one describing one phase of an Adolescent Pregnancy Project being conducted at the University of Georgia. Based on a sample of 1200 high school youth who participated in a state wide study this analysis focuses on their understanding of the consequences of child bearing during adolescence in terms of the health of the mother and the child and in terms of its impact on their family life. (authors)
The Hite Report. A Nationwide Study on Female Sexuality
169 the sensation in somewhat later women should keepup. Yes it but this study of his oats a man and lauren bacall. I have them then itincreases, in erotic and sensitivity to anything it harder. You feel a hot water strike me I find regular basis of the book. I love will think feel proud of responsibility for have had orgasms will. Does having that essentially they, want toknow where sixty six which I love was. I have some of with him to orgasm i…
Adolescent Pregnancy
In the late 1960's and early 1970's illegitimacy among adolescents became recognized as a serious national, medical and social problem (Osofsky, 1968). It was discovered that the incidence of adolescent out-of-wedlock pregnancies was increasing rapidly. The illegitimacy rate of unmarried girls aged 15-19 years of age was 8 per 1,000 in 1940; 16 per 1,000 in 1960; and 24 per 1,000 in 1971. There was concern that this increase represented a trend t…
Adolescents' Knowledge of Childbearing
The study reported here is a preliminary one describing one phase of an Adolescent Pregnancy Project being conducted at the University of Georgia. Based on a sample of 1200 high school youth who participated in a state wide study this analysis focuses on their understanding of the consequences of child bearing during adolescence in terms of the health of the mother and the child and in terms of its impact on their family life. (authors)
A Cross-Validated Investigation of the Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life Test
The Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life test provides a measure of the extent to which an individual perceives life to be meaningful. As part of a larger study the scale was factor analyzed and then cross- validated with two similar samples of high school students. Al though assumed to be unidimensional, the test was found to contain two orthogonal dimensions: Despair and Enthusiasm. The test ap peared to be an excellent measure of adolescents' general att…
A Cross-Validated Factor Analysis of the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children
The Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children (N- SLOCSC) is a test of perception of internal vs. external control of reinforcement that was developed for use with children and youth. As part of a larger study, the scale was factor analyzed and then cross-validated with two similar samples of high school students. Al though the authors assume their scale to be unidimensional, no one strong dimension emerged from these analyses. Only …
Measures of Anomie and Locus-of-Control for Adolescents
Because of the lack of clarity of anomie and locus-of-control that has resulted from use of the same terminology in discussion of the two constructs, items from the Crumbaugh Purpose-in-Life Test (anomie) and the Nowicki-Strickland Locus-of-Control Scale for Children were submitted together for factor analyses. The first sample included 349 adolescents; the cross-validation sample contained 404 adolescents from the same population. Similar factor…
The Marriage Contract
Are Families Different from Other Groups
To define what family means, it is necessary to understand some of the qualities that are inherent in families. Studies examining the differences in families and ad hoc groups have led to the tentative conclusion that families are a unique kind of group. However, the question of why the structure and processes of families differ from long-term ad hoc groups may be as important to a definition of family as the fact that there are differences. Some…
Development of a Quantitative Measure of a Family from Self-Reports of Family Members
Researchers have known for decades that the study of individuals is not the same as the study of families. However, combining self-report information from three or more family members to form a score that represents a family has presented conceptual and statistical problems. The purpose of this article is to present a strategy for deriving a measure of a family property that (1) is originally obtained from individuals, (2) is different from the s…
The Father and the Law
Response of Parents to Learning That Their Child Is Homosexual and Concern Over Aids
This study was a survey of 402 parents of gay and lesbian children from the northeastern, southern, midwestern, and western regions of the United States. Of particular interest was parental response to the knowledge of their child's homosexuality and the AIDS outbreak. Although parents suffered emotional upset upon learning of their children's homosexuality, many progressed through a five-stage grief process that ended with acceptance. Fear of th…
In-Law Relatioinships When a Child Is Homosexual
The purpose of this study is to review related literature concerning in-law relationships and begin an empirical exploration of the relationship between parents of gay men and lesbians and their child's significant other. Three hundred forty-seven parents of lesbians and gay men were surveyed regarding their sexuality, religiosity, socioeconomic status, attitude toward homosexuality, years they have known their child was homosexual, number of oth…
Single Parenthood and the Law
Laws that affect single parents are focused on the con- tinuing relationship of parent and child following the dissolution of marriage; increasingly the same laws are being applied to never-mar- ried parents. Although most laws affecting family relationships are state statutes, communication among states and accumulated case law have resulted in similarities in family laws across state jurisdic- tions. Drawing on social scientists, legal commenta…
Targeting adolescent risk-taking behaviors
Elaboration in Processing Adolescent Health Messages
The present studies explored how adolescents process information in making decisions about risk behavior. We studied two developmental aspects of adolescent egocentrism: personal fable (a sense of invulnerability) and imaginary audience (focus on others), along with individual difference variables (sensation seeking, self-esteem, and peer pressure). The studies investigated the effects of a message variable, elaboration demand, which is driven by…
Cross-Cultural Studies of Families
In family research, detecting differences between or among countries depends on the use of measurement that is comparable across countries and relevant within all countries. Measurement is affected by theory, by the level at which measurement is considered, e.g., word or construct; and by time it is necessary to have enough time for all researchers to have both a scholarly understanding of families and an experiential understanding of families in…
Resilience Processes in Adolescents
Trends in resilience research are shifting from identifying characteristics of children who are resilient in the face of adversity to identifying processes that promote resilience under normative conditions. The authors examined the potential for different associations of two correlates of resilience (self-worth and coping) with a third (personality dimensions). Specifically, the authors used cluster analysis to identify three discrete personalit…
Psychology (17 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works)