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50 Years of ERIC
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Gundersen, Craig; Koester, Brenda; Washington, LaTesha – Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
In 2009, 14.7% of households were food insecure at some time during the year. In other words, members of those households did not have access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. This is arguably the most serious nutrition-related public health problem facing the U.S. today. The serious developmental consequences of food…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Security (Psychology), Children
Fiese, Barbara H.; Schwartz, Marlene – Society for Research in Child Development, 2008
While lasting only twenty minutes, on average, family mealtimes are embedded in a social, cultural, and economic context that are associated with a variety of indicators of children's health and wellbeing. Shared family mealtimes have been associated with such diverse outcomes as reduced risk for substance abuse, promotion of language development,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Family Environment, Well Being, Family Relationship
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Sameroff, Arnold J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Discusses a theoretical rationale for studying family narratives as indicators of family functioning and influence on child development. Considers the development of a multidimensional coding scheme for these narratives. Presents analyses conducted across four study sites, including data on interrater reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence, Family Life
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Marjinsky, Kathleen A. T. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
The Syracuse Dinnertime project investigated the relationship between family dinnertime rituals and narratives and child behavior. Findings indicated that couples that worked together to tell their family story also worked together and with their children in positive dinnertime exchanges. Narratives were not significantly related to child behavior…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence
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Sameroff, Arnold J.; Fiese, Barbara H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Investigated reliability of the Family Narrative Consortium (FNC) scales for measuring the effect of social context on construction of family narratives. Analyzed data from four FNC studies to determine reliability of scale dimensions of narrative coherence, narrative interaction, and relationship beliefs. Found that the scale was a set of…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Family Environment, Family History, Family Influence