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Student Papers

Chewning, A. (2010). Parenting cognitions and parenting stress among young mothers. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Decosta, N. (2010). The relation between young mothers' childhood histories and emotional availability in mother-child interaction. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Dym Bartlett, J. (2010). Young mothers, child neglect, and discontinuities in intergenerational cycles of child maltreatment. Doctoral dissertation proposal, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Miranda-Julian. C. (2010). Cumulative risk: An examination of adolescent parenting in the context of trauma. Unpublished qualifying paper, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Vashchenko, M. (2010). The role of young mothers' coping with parenting stress in the quality of their parenting. Doctoral dissertation proposal, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Dym Bartlett, J. (2009) When ghosts and angels meet: childhood contributions to neglect by very young mothers. Unpublished qualifying paper, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Driscoll, J. (2008). Is what young mothers do more important than how they feel? An exploration of relationships among maternal depressive symptoms, maternal-child emotional availability and child persistence. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Craddock, K. (2007). Mother to mother: Profiles of psychological resistance in young Black mothers and models of mother involvement in the relationship with their mothers. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Chaudhuri, J. (2006). Parenting styles and socialization goals of young mothers: The role of cultural context. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Goldberg, J. (2006). More than simply "non-compliance": An investigation of missed visits in a home visiting program for young parents. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Agnese, K. (2006). Does receipt of public assistance affect the educational attainment of young mothers in the Healthy Families Massachusetts program? Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Roy, P. (2006). Grandmother program involvement in Healthy Families Massachusetts: A study of the home visitor perceptions of extended family involvement in a teen parent support program. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Riley, S.B. (2005). Understanding the developmental pathways of successful teenage mothers. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Graham-Rawlings, C. (2003). Family support within a cultural context: An ethnographic study of consonance and dissonance in the parenting and help-seeking ethnotheories of program providers and their clients. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Redington, R. (2003, MA thesis). The relation of young mothers' perceptions of grandmother support in early childhood and adolescence to their interactions with their infants. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Olivo, C. (1998, MA thesis). What do teen mothers want? Including the client voice in the evaluation of Healthy Families Massachusetts. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Elson, D. (1998). Adolescent fatherhood and developmental identity: And exploratory study of the perceptions and experiences of young fathers. Unpublished master's thesis, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Student Grant Recipients

Dym Bartlett, J. (2010-2012). Young mothers, infant neglect, and discontinuities in intergenerational cycles of maltreatment. Doctoral fellowship awarded by the Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood (QIC-EC), (The QIC-EC was created by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children & Families, USDHHS as a five-year cooperative between the Children's Bureau and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, in partnership with ZERO TO THREE and the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds to prevent maltreatment among infants and young children.)

Claudia Miranda. (2008-2010). Posttraumatic stress and parental functioning in a sample of adolescent mothers. Pre-dissertation grant awarded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.