Ineke Ceder Projects

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  Media and Identity Study
  
  

  Ongoing since 2011

  The purpose of this online nationwide survey study is to understand how different types of media impact young people’s sense of social identities.

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  Adolescent Communication with Family and Reproductive Health
  
  

  2017 - 2019

  Family communication about sex can reduce risky sexual behaviors, but most studies focus only on the teen-parent dyad.

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  Analysis of Adolescent Family Life
  
  

  2008 - 2011

  This project surveyed and assessed Title XX Adolescent Family Life (AFL)-funded research to assist in developing a new AFL research agenda that is applicable to prevention and care demonstration projects.

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  APT Validation Study II: Improving rater reliability
  
  

  2013 - 2016

  The goal of this study is to enhance rater accuracy of the Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT).

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  APT Validation Study III: Reducing Cultural Bias in Youth Program Quality Observations
  
  

  2017 - 2018

  Funded by William T. Grant Foundation in 2013-2015, the purpose of Afterschool Program Practices Tool (APT) II Study was to develop and test drive a multi-pronged online reliability training designed to improve rating accuracy for youth program observations.

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  Exploratory Study of Same-Sex Marriage
  
  

  Completed in 2005

  Researchers examined the ways in which same-sex couples in Massachusetts perceived marriage.

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  Oral Storytelling in Math: Evaluation Project
  
  

  1998 - 2001

  This was an evaluation of materials/programs to help educators teach spatial relations and geometry through the use of storytelling, and its benefits for girls and boys.

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  Parent and Peer Influences on Social Media Use in Early Adolescence
  
  

  2017 - 2018

  This project focused on how young adolescents use social media and the related health effects.

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  Puerto Rican Young Fathers' Involvement with Their Children
  
  

  1999 - 2003

  This study utilized the data from interviews to determine what factors permeated the experiences of young Puerto Rican fathers.

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  Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus: A National Assessment and Systematic Classification of the Scope and Challenges for Investigation and Adjudication
  
  

  2016 - 2019

  This study documented the landscape of U.S. college and university approaches to investigations and adjudication of sexual assault.

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  Social Context Of Puerto Rican Children's Health And Growth
  
  

  1994 - 1997

  This study sought to determine levels of healthy development of Puerto Rican children living in the U.S. mainland, and took into account family variables, perceived discrimination, and geographic location.

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  Women's Leadership in Resident Theaters
  
  

  2013 - 2018

  The Wellesley Centers for Women partnered with American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) to study gender equity in leadership opportunities in the nonprofit American theater.

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  Women in Development IQC: Gender Matters
  
  

  2002 - 2008

  This project was active from 2002-2005 and 2007-2008. Through this project, a review was developed to identify, annotate, and synthesize research studies and projects/interventions addressing primary and secondary school-related gender-based violence in developing countries.