List of Tables

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Acknowledgments

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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History of the Problem

1

Formulation of the Problem

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Chapter 2: Background

5

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

15

Assumptions

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Chapter 3: Methodology

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Sample Selection

25

Procedures

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Visit One: Semi-Structured Qualitative Interviews With Subject and Caregiver

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Visit Two: The Beck’s Depression Questionnaire and the Peer and Parent Attachment

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Visit Three

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Instrumentation

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Semi-Structured Interviews

27

Beck’s Depression Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-II)

27

Inventory of Peer and Parent Attachment (IPPA)

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