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Horsfield, Yvonne. "A Ballarat chinese family biography – an intergenerational study." Thesis, Federation University Australia, 2020. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174070.
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This thesis addresses the gap that has existed in Ballarat’s historiography regarding the historical neglect and ignorance of Chinese family narratives and their life experiences. In doing so this thesis presents a longitudinal, three generational study of an immigrant Ballarat Chinese family from the early 1860s until the 1950s. It examines how members of each Tong Way generation strove to gain acceptance and establish an enduring sense of cultural belonging in a former regional, Victorian gold mining city. An ancestor, Liu Chou Hock, was a sojourner who arrived on the Haddon goldfield in 1862 and successfully worked a claim. Within three years, he returned to his village, Wang Tung, in Taishan, China. His experience was in sharp contrast to that of his son John Tong Way (Liu’ Zongwei) who permanently settled in Ballarat. The family strived to integrate against a background of migrant adjustment, ethnic discrimination and later a policy of assimilation. These factors represented a challenge for all Chinese who remained until the White Australia Policy was abandoned by the Whitlam Labor government in 1973. Unlike Caucasian immigrants, who could assimilate, whilst retaining certain features of their ethnic identification, the Chinese were culturally alienated and often excluded from everyday cultural life and practice. They represented a demographically significant ethnic minority. The thesis also compares the experiences of the Ballarat and Bendigo Chinese communities in order to examine the similarities and differences. In doing so, it analyses how they were able to establish a sense of belonging in their respective communities. The analysis of the Ballarat family’s experiences, combined with that of other Chinese descent families forms the basis of an extended case study. One that argues that adaptation was necessitated by their individual aspirations for acceptance, respectability and success.Doctor of Philosophy
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Alfano, Christopher J. 1964. "Seniors' participation in an intergenerational music learning program." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115599.
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Intergenerational programs that bring together young people and older adults have been the subject of investigation in recent years. However, there is little research on the topic of intergenerational education programs, and virtually no research on collaborative, intergenerational music education programs in public school settings. This study sought to capture senior citizens' reflections on their experience as co-participants with adolescents in an Ontario Ministry of Education fully-funded daytime instrumental band program. This program has been running continuously and successfully at a high school since 1994. The site is a rich source of information about the ways in which seniors interact musically, socially and educationally with their own age cohort and with adolescents in this co-learning environment. Qualitative data were gathered using tools of ethnography including participant observation, interview and document analysis, while quantitative data regarding demographic and other information about participants' backgrounds, experience, practice habits and so forth were gathered by means of a questionnaire. An instrumental case study approach was used to investigate the associations of young and old both in social and learning contexts in a broad sense, so that the findings would not be limited to the specific interactive associations that occurred in a music learning and performance environment, but could be applied to other intergenerational associative situations. The study reports on the personal, social and intellectual benefits that senior participants divulged as they reflected on their participation in an intergenerational instrumental music program. The study concluded that an active daytime high school music program that included senior citizens as registered music students, which supported the interaction of young and old as equals in music learning activities, resulted in a greater understanding, acceptance, care, respect and appreciation of one age group for another. Recommendations for social policy regarding support for intergenerational, collaborative, publicly funded educational programs are offered.
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Alfano, Christopher J. "Seniors’ participation in an intergenerational music learning program." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=113375.
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Note:lntergenerational programs that bring together young people and older adults have been the subject of investigation in recent years. However, there is little research on the topic of intergenerational education programs, and virtually no research on collaborative, intergenerational music education programs in public school settings. This study sought to capture senior citizens’ reflections on their experience as co-participants with adolescents in an Ontario Ministry of Education fully-funded daytime instrumental band program. This program has been running continuously and successfully at a high school since 1994. The site is a rich source of information about the ways in which seniors interact musically, socially and educationally with their own age cohort and with adolescents in this co-learning environment. Qualitative data were gathered using tools of ethnography including participant observation, interview and document analysis, while quantitative data regarding demographic and other information about participants’ backgrounds, experience, practice habits and so forth were gathered by means of a questionnaire.[...]
Les programmes intergénérationnels qui réunissent jeunes et aînés ont été l’objet d’études au cours des années récentes. Cependant, il existe peu d’études sur les programmes d’éducation intergénérationnelle et pratiquement pas de recherche sur les programmes en collaboration intergénérationnels d’éducation musicale dans des écoles publiques. La présente étude avait pour objectif d’obtenir les réflexions d’aînés concernant leur expérience de participation, en collaboration avec des adolescents, à un programme de jour d’ensemble instrumental entièrement subventionné par le Ministère de l’Éducation de l’Ontario. Il s’agit d’un programme offert sans interruption dans une école secondaire depuis 1994 et ayant connu beaucoup de succès. Le site constitue une source précieuse de renseignements sur la façon dont les aînés réagissent tant sur le plan musical que social et éducatif avec la cohorte de leur propre âge et avec des adolescents dans un environnement d’apprentissage en commun. Les données qualificatives ont été recueillies au moyen d’outils d’ethnographie y compris l’observation.[...]
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Langdon, Elizabeth Ann. "Place-Based and Intergenerational Art Education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011804/.
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This qualitative inquiry explored how art educators might broaden their views of place through critical encounters with art, local visual culture, and working with older artists. I combined place-based (PB) education and intergenerational (IG) learning as the focus of an art education curriculum writing initiative with in-service art educators within a museum setting to produce PBIG art education. This study engaged art educators in cooperative action research using a multi-modal approach, including identifying and interviewing local artists to construct new understandings about local place and art to share with students and community. I used critical reflection in our cooperative action research by troubling paradoxes in local visual culture, which formed views of place including Indigenous cultures. Using Deleuze's Logic of Sense (LOS) theories of sense and event, enabled concept development through embracing the paradoxes of this research as sense producing. LOS theory of duration complements IG learning by clarifying the contributions of place and time to memory and experience. Duration suggests that place locates the virtual past, which is actualized through memories--one of the shared experiences of IG learning. Rethinking IG relationships as a sharing of experience and memory while positioning place as a commonality, dismantles ageist notions by offering alternatives to binary thinking about old and young. By triangulating participant data based on the extended epistemology of cooperative action research and Deleuze's pure event, I assess the credibility of participant learning. Critical reflection in cooperative action research combined with LOS theory is significant because the reflective aspect of action research aligns with Deleuze's pure event. Vital curricula and teacher praxes resulted when participants integrated localized experiences of place through older artists' memories and art.
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Salvi, Lisa M. "Assimilating the Voices of Sexual Abuse: An Intergenerational Study." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1093122308.
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Ulanowsky, Carole Elizabeth. "Women as mothers : changing role perceptions an intergenerational study." Thesis, Open University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495993.
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Significant change in the positioning of motherhood in women's lives is starkly revealed by comparing the 1970s and 1990s. Though barely a generation apart, these two decades afforded socio-cultural settings of distinctive contrast. In the 1970s, for example, mothers felt constrained to put their working lives on hold and focus their energies on raising children. In the intervening years, however, feminist discourse, in parallel with economic and demographic change, served to strengthen the value of paid work above unpaid endeavour. By the 1990s, an increasing number of women would fit motherhood into the interstices of their working lives. These several considerations led to a broad theoretical enquiry, including the issues of gender, work, and the needs of mothers and their infant children. The focus has been on researching perceptions of motherhood among women representative of occupational groups 1, 2 and 3 only (SOC, 2000). High functioning women experience a particular tension between motherhood and other life roles, as the literature testifies. The aim of uncovering the essence of personal experience suggested a qualitative approach to data collection, within a feminist framework.
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Kime, Nicola. "Children's eating behaviours : an intergenerational study of family influences." Thesis, Leeds Beckett University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603329.
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Childhood obesity has become a major public health challenge. Work has already been done that focuses on schools and possible interventions in this area but there is apparently very little that targets the family environment and specifically looks at the family food culture within different generations. In recognition of the fact that the family environment has an important role to play in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic, this research aimed to redress the balance and examined the affect of the family on children's eating behaviours within an intergenerational context. The research process was governed by a qualitative, grounded theory approach that initially explored eating behaviours within different generations using sixteen focus group discussions. Following this, twenty seven semistructured one-to-one interviews were conducted that investigated eating behaviours of different generations within families, incorporating two types of families, those with an obese child and those with a normal weight child. What emerged was a substantive theory based on ordering of eating that explained differences in eating behaviours between the various families. The theory of ordering of eating enriches our understanding of familial influences on children's eating behaviours. It demonstrates how micro and macro order affects family choices concerning food and eating and the development of children's eating behaviours within this context. In addition, ordering of eating addresses the 'how' of eating and not simply the 'what' of eating. Current strategies for tackling childhood obesity tend to be more aligned with a medical approach where the emphasis is on controlling diet and the type of food intake which is a product of disordered eating behaviours. Focusing on family eating patterns and a return to the enjoyment of eating represents an innovative and promising alternative for those concerned with the development of interventions aimed at children's eating and childhood obesity, as these research findings demonstrate.
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Nealer, Janet Braun. "A multivariate study of intergenerational transmission of child abuse /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148777680132044.
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Jansen, Mikhail Chad. "Meaningfulness as a predictor of intergenerational commitment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40366.
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In South Africa’s rapidly changing social and cultural context, where family dynamics
and relationships are changing just as quickly, it is essential to discover which
factors contribute to successful relationships that persist over time. Previous
research has utilised the Investment Model Scale (Rusbult, 1980) in order to
understand commitment processes and the constructs satisfaction, quality of
alternatives and investment have been identified as key determinants of commitment
in romantic contexts. In the present study however I investigated the primary
research question, “How can commitment be measured in the context of family
relationships?” Data collection took place through the Family Commitment Scale
(which was adapted from the Investment Model Scale) and a new meaningfulness
scale was added in an attempt to explore whether meaningfulness would be a better
predictor of family commitment than satisfaction, quality of alternatives and
investment. The statistical analyses were conducted with the purpose of examining
the research question and hypotheses. The findings of the present study contribute
to commitment literature by underlining the utility of the Invest Model Scale in nonromantic
contexts and providing an instrument which can reliably measure family
commitment. Meaningfulness is also highlighted as a motivational feature behind
family commitment processes.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Johnson, La Toya Amese. "Intergenerational Communication Strategies for Generation X Supervisors." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7157.
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Millennials, who by 2024 will make up approximately 34% of the U.S. workforce, will play a critical role in organizational strategies and productivity, as will the supervisors who manage them. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the intergenerational communication strategies that Generation X supervisors used to motivate and engage high performing millennials in the workplace. The framework for this study was Mannheim's generation theory and the 2-factor theory of motivation by Herzberg, Mausner, and Snyderman. Data were collected from parks and recreation employees in the southeastern region of the United States, including 4 Generation X supervisors who completed semistructured interviews and 2 millennial cohort focus groups. Data were transcribed, coded, and validated through member checking and methodological triangulation. The 4 themes identified were culture and socialization, relationship building and intergenerational connectedness, employee growth and development, and rewards and recognition. The findings of this research may benefit millennials, frontline supervisors, parks and recreation agencies, and leaders in other organizations by providing an understanding of generational needs. The data presented in this study may support positive social change by showing that supervisors and millennial employees can build high quality relationships within their organizations, enabling those organizations to support the communities they serve.
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Wong, Yi-Lee. "Family strategy : a study of intergenerational mobility in Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249890.
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Haeney, Jane Gwyneth. "Culture, food, memory and health : an intergenerational study in Liverpool." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5979/.
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This intergenerational study within Liverpool communities employed embodied memory as an analytical tool to explore the changing nature of food practices and the consequent implications for diet and health. The methodology had a qualitative focus using a phenomenological approach that employed the ethnographic methods of participant/nonparticipant observation, natural conversations, document analysis and in-depth interviews with eight families that comprised three and four generations of mixed gender and socioeconomic backgrounds spanning almost one hundred years. Memory is a multi-faceted phenomenon through which I have explored a range of concepts in relation to food and familial practices; history, inter-generational transmission, identity, tradition, community and health. The notion of embodied memory involving the senses and emotions, revealed the cultural and social meanings my participants afforded to traditional, ritual and everyday foods and food practices and the extent to which these organised and embodied their relationship with the past bound up in life experiences that included transitions, turning points and significant events and relationships. Within particular temporal, social, economic and historical contexts such memories moulded food and eating practices that in turn, intersected with the major influences on food choice including available resources, corporate marketing, personal attributes and knowledge, family values and health concerns. The study produced evidence that health and illness are not independent variables that can be tested and measured, but rather are subjective experiences embodied in everyday life attention to which can help us develop a better understanding of why the relationship between food and health has become problematic. Food stories across time revealed that people draw on, and respond to, different knowledges that may, or may not, lead them to improvise or make adjustments to their food practices. A common sense stock of knowledge bound up in the notion of tradition once embedded in the community and family has, to a large extent, been superseded by 'expert' knowledge derived from surveys that provide evidence base for government advice on healthy eating from which, despite inconsistencies, the individual is expected to make rational, informed choices. My study challenges this ethos of individualism wrapped up in the aphorism 'you are what you eat', arguing that we need to focus our attention on the social and cultural ways in which food 'gets done', food as it is valued and practiced, that in turn may lead to more effective health promotion strategies.
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Bellass, S. "Intergenerational experiences of young onset dementia : a qualitative longitudinal study." Thesis, University of Salford, 2016. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40933/.
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This thesis presents sociological understandings of processes that occur in intergenerational relationships when one person develops young onset dementia i.e. dementia before the age of 65. While interest in the subjective experience of this condition has increased in recent years, qualitative research has almost exclusively focussed on individuals - those living with the condition, their spousal carers or their children - rather than enmeshed family and friend relationships. In addition, virtually all of the research on this dynamic, unpredictable condition has been cross-sectional and is limited in the extent to which it can capture change as dementia progresses. To address this limitation in the knowledge base, this study uses a qualitative longitudinal methodology to generate insights into the effect of young onset dementia on intergenerational relationships over time. The research questions this study addresses are: 1) How do people within intergenerational families make sense of young onset dementia over the past, present and future and 2) To what extent and by what processes do people within different generations experience a sense of belonging to the experience of dementia? Eighteen participants from five intergenerational families where one person had received a diagnosis of young onset dementia were recruited via two third sector service providers. All five families participated in the first wave of interviews and three families were retained throughout the year-long data collection process and were interviewed at months 0, 6 and 12. Data were analysed as unique cases to create compelling, richly textured intergenerational accounts, then brought into conversation with each other through a cross-case generational analysis. The novel application of a longitudinal sociological perspective in a field dominated by cross-sectional practitioner research has enabled the generation of unique knowledge about how young onset dementia is lived in a broader relational context. Specifically, two generations were less connected to the experience of dementia: parents of people with young onset dementia, who were perceived to have unrealistic expectations about their child's limitations, and grandchildren, who were perceived to have limited awareness about the condition. Additionally, the concept of transgenerationality, where a grandparent with dementia was perceived to have relocated in a grandchild's generation, has been developed. The recommendations for policy and practice are that the provision of support should be broadened from the current focus on the carer-cared for dyad to encompass a wider range of interpersonal relationships.
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Boittin, Kévin, and Sandra Theys. "Managing Diversity of Age in an Age of Diversity : A contextual study of intergenerational relationships and their implications on knowledge management in today's organizations." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34709.
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“People resemble their times more than they resemble their parents.” How true is this arab proverb! Behind this proverb is hidden a universal concept: the concept of generation. This concept based on age implies some characteristics specific to each group.Those characteristics have long been subject to studies aiming at providing a better understanding of the intergenerational relations. Yet, few studies focus on the perceptions of the generations as a relational factor. In this thesis research, we want to focus on those perceptions and misperceptions that one generation can have of the others. Are there many differences between generations? Do they perceive the others the way they are? We will attempt to answer to those questions. We also want to give in this research an overview of the stakes represented by the combination between intergenerational relationships and the knowledge transfer in organizations. Indeed, we realize that within a decade, the mass departure of Baby boomers from the workplace will have significant consequences on the knowledge management field. Yet, what we see today is that only few companies worry about this huge human capital loss. It is time for leaders to react now if they do not want to lose their competitive advantage: knowledge transfer is a continuous process. And we hope that this work will provide some insights on the questions of intergenerational knowledge transfer to our readers.
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Johnston, L. P. "'You're just used to it' intergenerational relationships : a neighbourhood case study." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678700.
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Within the frame of global ageing and its perceived potential for social and economic generational conflict, relationships between age groups are of interest. Research has been mainly driven from within social gerontology and family studies and focused on the evaluation of intergenerational practice which relies on contact between generations to promote solidarity. This research addressed a gap by focussing on a 'natural' setting in the investigation of neighbourhood age relationships, which have received little research attention to date. The case study site is a Protestant public housing estate in Northern Ireland. Using an ethnographic and mixed method approach within a critical frame, the research exposed the highly contextualised social factors which drive age relationships within the neighbourhood. Theoretical analysis of the data views continued ageist stereotypes, social exclusion and the legacy of the Northern Ireland conflict as being packed with ambiguity. This ambiguity is interpreted as ambivalence grounded in the push and pull processes of group categorisations within the broader processes of social identification. The research concludes that age relationships are contextualised in and driven by the highly specific social contexts in this case study. This suggests that attempts to promote solidarity between age groups as a means to tackle the challenges of our ageing society should take account of this context. A focus on contact between generations, in the form of all-age projects, is helpful but only if these localised social conditions are present in the exchange.
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Ferris-Olson, Pamela. "A women’s talking circle: A narrative study of positive intergenerational communication." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1366205259.
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Mulford, Kymberli Fahlbeck. "A multimedia paradigm of engaged learning: An intergenerational approach." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1790.
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O'Connor, Henrietta Sophie Scarlett. "Women, work and childcare : an intergenerational study of two generations of mothers." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9129.
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The rapid increase in the rate of female participation in the labour market in the post-war period is a well-documented trend. However, the experiences of mothers balancing paid work and childcare responsibilities have received academic attention only in recent decades. Working class mothers, who have a long history of combining paid work and domestic responsibilities, have been neglected in the literature. There has also been a lack of research examining the impact of intergenerational transmission on the values and practices of mothers within families. This thesis addresses this gap by examining the childcare strategies of two cohorts of working women: grandmothers and mothers. Grandmothers and mothers in fourteen family chains were interviewed and their strategies for combining paid work and domestic responsibilities were examined. It is argued that these strategies have changed across time and the complexity of childcare strategies has declined reflecting changes in government policy. The younger generation have benefited from policy changes aimed at encouraging mothers to return to the labour market. It is also argued that the role of intergenerational transmission is of key importance in understanding mothers' decisions about combining work and childcare responsibilities. Indeed, the behaviour of mothers was influenced by their own mothers' actions, either positively, by 'mimicking' their role or negatively, by avoiding the reproduction of their mothers' behaviour. Whilst intergenerational ties were found to be important, the role of grandmothers as providers of childcare was not as important as argued elsewhere. An important finding of the thesis is that very few grandmothers provided childcare because most continued to be economically active. It is concluded that the changes to policy stemming from the Labour government's National Childcare Strategy have had a positive impact on working mothers' lives but further changes are still necessary to address the childcare needs of all families.
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Bhatti, Feyza. "Punjabi families in transition : an intergenerational study of fertility and family change." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9741.
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Pakistan, a late starter in fertility transition, has been experiencing a rapid fertility decline since 1990. Although existing research often presents patriarchal family systems as a major reason for the delay of the onset of this transition, there is no empirical study investigating the transformations in these family systems or intrafamilial power relationships during the ongoing transition. Published research also often fails to reflect the complex nature and processes behind this fertility transition as it lacks diachronic analysis and remains within disciplinary boundaries. This thesis contributes to filling these gaps through investigating the social processes underpinning the fertility decline in Punjab, Pakistan by: 1. employing an interdisciplinary approach that links demography with sociology, and quantitative approaches with qualitative ones, to provide a more comprehensive analysis of fertility and family change 2. employing an intergenerational approach that enables diachronic analysis of the differences in the reproductive careers of two generations of women and the actors’ perceptions of factors contributing to these differences 3. providing multiple perspectives of family members regarding the reasons for fertility change, how reproduction is negotiated within the existing power hierarchies in the family, and how familial power relationships evolve to adjust these changes The study employs a two-phased explanatory sequential mixed methods approach. Phase one utilises two existing Demographic and Health Surveys to compare the changes in fertility preferences and behaviour of Punjabi women aged 25-34 in 1990/1 and 2006/7. Phase two is a qualitative study conducted in Punjab in 2010/11 among young women, their mothers, mothers-in-law and husbands to gather data on their perceptions of reasons for fertility change and the ways in which families and family relationships bearing on reproductive decision-making has transformed during the ongoing transition. The findings show that “planning a family”, which was seen to be in the hands of God among the older generation, has entered into the “calculus of conscious choice” among young women who have specific preferences with regard to when and how many children to have. This transition has mainly been a response to rapid socioeconomic developments and improved living conditions that are paradoxically experienced as growing economic constraints for the households through increasing costs of childbearing and rearing as well as generating aspirations for social mobility. This was also complemented by changes in values and attitudes regarding family planning, parenthood and familial relationships led by institutional changes and policy developments including expansion of family planning programme, changing religious stances about family planning, the spread of mass media, and increased (importance given to) female schooling. All of these developments also coincide with a subtle transformation of family systems in Punjab, as well as a limited dissolution of previously existing power relationships within the families by expansion of the boundaries of gender roles, honour and obedience. Although young women are expected to be obedient to their husbands and mothers-in-law with regard to fertility decisions, they have been able to influence the power dynamics between themselves and their mothers-in-law by building stronger conjugal relationships and being submissive to their husbands’ desires.
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Human-Hendricks, Anja. "A case study for intergenerational transference of parenting in genadendal: Developing guidelines." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8026.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDParenting practices are known to influence the development of children and family functioning. However, the extent to which these generational influences stretch, and the continuities brought forth between generations has not been adequately studied. Therefore, this study aimed to explore intergenerational parenting in Genadendal for the purpose of developing guidelines for parents and practitioners. The concept of parenting was extensively unpacked to understand the intergenerational transmitted parenting factors being transferred from one generation to the next, in order to examine the parenting styles, parenting practices, parenting traits, and how these are transmitted over generations.
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Wilcox, Janel Lynn. "Case Study of the Generation Connection Program: An Intergenerational Program Transfer Initiative." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35215.
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The Generation Connection Program (GCP), an intergenerational program transfer initiative, was examined as the focus of this study in order to determine how an enabling agency approach can advance the implementation and sustainability of innovative intergenerational programs throughout a community. Teachers and long term care staff from three sites with active programs and staff from two sites that had disbanded programs participated in this study. Additional data included field notes from intergenerational program activities and orientations observations, journal articles, implementation package materials, newspaper articles, and the GCP s internal written documents. This study was largely exploratory, as the critical factors for the successful transfer of social programs are not clearly understood. Five themes emerged from the data: the process of program transfer as a continual process, the transfer of knowledge and skills, building collaborative relationships between long term care staff and teachers, continual innovation, and building capacity through networks. The findings suggest that a community-based managed network approach, combining central agency leadership with capacity in long term care centers and schools/child care centers, can advance the implementation and institutionalization of intergenerational programs.Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Miles, John. "Reconnecting the disconnected : a study of the City of Manchester's intergenerational initiative." Thesis, Keele University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699663.
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Intergenerational practice brings young and old people together with the aim of improving social relations. Over the last twenty years proponents in the UK have pursued policy changes in support of making these new connections along the life course. This research examined such developments in the City of Manchester during the latter half of that period, and focused on the implementation of Generations Together!, a programme funded by national government. The study reports on a mixed methods qualitative design structured through two case studies. One was based around the central domain of city policy-making, the other on the view from Gorton. a deprived neighbourhood in east Manchester. A critical review of the literature concerning generational consciousness and the life-course suggested that policies in favour of age integration can offer a challenging framework for both structural and relational change. A second review, of the literature relating to the evaluation of intergenerational practice in the UK, indicated the need to better understand intergenerationality in everyday community life. Documentary analysis suggests that Manchester moved somewhat abruptly from a collaborative linking of policy and practice to an approach focused on commissioning more target-driven work. In the field, over an eight-month period, data was gathered through observation, and by over 40 semi-structured interviews. Fieldwork in Gorton examined the impact of interventionist practice alongside the ongoing activities of small associations, and indicated the value of a community development approach to deploying a centrally-coordinated initiative to accomplish locally-determined goals. The thesis advances the concept of reflexive seniority to identify the task older people face in accommodating new demands within the time-bound constraints of identity in later life. It offers a four-fold typology of generational exchange for which different practice responses would be required. Policy responses for Manchester and proposals for more extensive future research are outlined.
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Adams, Cecille Arlene. "An exploratory, phenomenological study of the maternal-intergenerational transference of sexual abuse." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5242.
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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)Childhood sexual abuse transcends boundaries of social class, race, age and gender. Research suggests that its effects are so profoundly debilitating that even in adulthood, victims struggle with a range of emotional, psychological and behavioural challenges. Nationally, South Africa has experienced a high prevalence of childhood sexual abuse, with a noticeable reporting of sexual abuse amongst children whose mothers survived childhood sexual abuse. The current study was aimed at exploring and describing the experiences of maternal survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) whose children also disclosed childhood sexual abuse. It furthermore explored the maternal intergenerational transference of sexual abuse and its influence on parenting, as well as exploring how the experience of childhood sexual abuse influences maternal parental practice and confirms or negates whether sexual abuse is generational. A qualitative research design was used to explore the experiences and perceptions of seven mothers who experienced sexual abuse as children, whose children also disclosed sexual abuse. The sample was purposefully drawn and the interviews were conducted at the premises of two counselling organisations, where they (mothers/children) were receiving counselling. The researcher made use of in-depth interviewing with maternal survivors of childhood sexual abuse whose children also disclosed childhood sexual abuse. The data was collected using an interview schedule with open-ended questions, which facilitated the interview process. Interviews that were conducted with the maternal survivors of childhood sexual abuse were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data from the study was analysed using thematic analysis, with all data managed manually. Ethical considerations were deliberated to participants who provided signed, informed consent for participation in the study. The findings were revealed in four themes. Theme one describes the experience of loss as a result of the CSA, which included loss of childhood, loss of relationships with family and friends, and loss of parental attachment. Theme two describes the interpersonal and psychological challenges resulting from CSA. A range of psychological and interpersonal sequelae resulting from the CSA experience poses many challenges for the maternal survivor of CSA. These include post-traumatic stress, cognitive distortions, emotional distress, avoidance, and interpersonal difficulties. Theme three describes the barriers affecting the maternal survivor's sense of Self, which includes negative body image and negative self-image. Maternal survivors of CSA struggle with issues pertaining to negative body image, which is as a result of the CSA experience. Issues pertaining to negative self-image were also captured. Theme four describes the parental practice of the maternal survivor and coping capacity, which includes challenges affecting the parental role, the maternal survivor's reaction to her children’s disclosure, as well as the coping strategies adopted to cope and move on. The results of the study show that maternal survivors of CSA experienced a shared feeling of loss, both on a personal level and a relational level. The findings furthermore indicate that the interpersonal and psychological challenges experienced by the maternal survivor are a direct consequence of the CSA and adversely affect the parental role of the maternal survivor. The findings indicate that in cases of intra-familial CSA, the chances are increased for CSA to re-occur in subsequent generations when contact with the mother's perpetrator is maintained. The findings indicate that when CSA occurs in a subsequent generation, regardless of whether intra-familial or extra-familial, maternal survivors are supportive towards their children’s disclosures, as they are confronted with their own CSA experience.
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Ruggiano, Nicole. "Intergenerational human service delivery in the formal care industry / a case study." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 310 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1654499651&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Hamby, April. "Intergenerational activities : an observational study of the experiences of children and adults /." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222008-063724/.
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Holmes, Heather Jeanette. "Students with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Comparative Intergenerational Study of Inclusive Participation in New Zealand schools." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2467.
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic condition commonly known as Brittle Bones. The purpose of this study was to listen to and document the experiences of those with OI to investigate if there were barriers to inclusive education for students with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Persons with OI are often small in stature, have limited strength and varying degrees of mobility. Adventurous behaviour or everyday activities may result in fractures. Often in the world of disability the focus is on the medical condition rather than the personal experiences of those with the condition. This study provided an opportunity to articulate the personal experiences of the participants. In this study two specific aspects of educational experiences were examined. The first aspect explored was the way students managed physically within the educational setting, while the second aspect examined how students coped emotionally. Five major questions were used to determine if special education policies have affected the quality of inclusiveness for students with OI in New Zealand classrooms over a period of forty years. These questions examined what barriers exist in the past and whether the same barriers still exist within today's educational setting. The questions investigated what or who may be the cause of these barriers and what possible effects these barriers might have on the student The present situation was compared with the past and finally how might these barriers be overcome was investigated. This qualitative study focused on three individuals, each representing a different generation. The participants exemplified a particular phenomenon, specifically the daily school lives in New Zealand of those with OI. The difficulties these students faced were explored through semi-structured interviews to encourage the three participants to voice their individual experiences. All three participants gave freely of their thoughts in an articulate, thoughtful and open manner, sharing both their positive and unpleasant experiences. This study revealed that some New Zealand schools have yet to implement recent inclusive education policies set out by the Ministry of Education. The three participants identified barriers to inclusive education from their own personal perspectives. The physical environment of school presented challenges. Distance between classrooms and assembly halls and accessibility to the playground, ramps and toilet facilities created difficulties for students with OI who did not walk independently. Attitudes of parents, teachers, and the wider school community impacted on the self-attitude of students with OI. Over-protection, fear and anxiety were identified as unintentional attitudes that placed limitations on participation of meaningful activities and added to student feelings of isolation and difference. Lack of knowledge of the medical and psychosocial aspects of students with OI could account for the continued barriers imposed by some teachers. Barriers do still exist in some New Zealand schools for students with osteogenesis imperfecta. Improved access could result in more participation. More participation could allow for an improved quality of social interaction and thus result in greater focus on the person and less focus on the disability. Collaboration between all school staff, parents and students with OI is essential to minimise barriers and maximise academic and social opportunities.
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Shah, Sheetal R. "Understanding intergenerational family conflict : a case study of Hindu Asian Indian American families /." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1967969461&sid=8&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Cotterill, Pamela. "Mothers and daughters-in-law : a study of intergenerational relationships between family women." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329810.
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Shah, Sheetal Rajendra. "Understanding Intergenerational Family Conflict: A Case Study of Hindu Asian Indian American Families." OpenSIUC, 2009. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/100.
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Intergenerational family conflict is an important experience to study in Hindu Asian Indian families, given the process of acculturation that occurs for immigrant families as well as how Hindu religious beliefs influence duties towards the family (dharma). The current study was designed to understand the various factors that influence intergenerational family conflict including acculturation and religious values in Hindu Asian Indian families. This study is a qualitative group (family) interview investigation conducted in order to identify sources of intergenerational family conflict, understand the retention of cultural values within a family given the process of acculturation, understand if and how Hinduism (religious values) plays a role in intergenerational family conflict and family cohesiveness given acculturation, and find strategies families use to overcome identified sources of intergenerational family conflict. A grounded theory approach was used to study the different families (cases). Separate results for parents and siblings are presented and overall findings are discussed. A theory about understanding conflict for the Hindu Asian Indian family is presented.
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Cadwell, Terry W. "A strategy for preaching to a multi-generational congregation an empirical study /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Bjørnholt, Margunn. "Modern men : A Norwegian 30-year longitudinal study of intergenerational transmission and social change." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-34980.
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The dissertation addresses men and change, intergenerational transmission, historical change and agency, employing as a case a longitudinal follow-up study over two generations of men, where the fathers participated in an experimental research project, the Work-Sharing Couples Project, which aimed to promote egalitarian work–family adaptations in Norway in the early 1970s. The original project was based on both spouses working part-time and shift parenting. The summary presents a multidimensional analysis of the work–family adaptations of the two generations of men: the untraditional adaptation of fathers in the 1970s; and the neo-traditional adaptations of sons in the 2000s. Their different work–family adaptations are discussed as situated agency, taking into account different aspects of time and space, personal biography, discursive and material structures of opportunity, and intergenerational dynamics at the family level as well as at social level. The five articles present the empirical material: Bjørnholt (2009a) presents the impact on the couple relation and the family of the the parents’ work–sharing arrangement, concluding that the work-sharing arrangement was perceived by the participants to have been beneficial for their couple relationship as well as for the family as a whole. Bjørnholt (2011) explores the motivations of the work-sharing men to act as agents of change towards gender equality, concluding that personal biography, an authoritative way of being and new masculinity ideals, notably a partner- oriented masculinity, were important. Bjørnholt (2010b) analyses the consequences of the work-sharing arrangement on the work-sharing men’s careers, concluding that there were few negative career effects. They were rather successful, and their house-father experiences tended to be valued by employers as management skills. Bjørnholt (2009b) concludes that a father–son design is insufficient in explaining intergenerational transmission and Bjørnholt (2010c) finds that the untraditional work–family arrangement had not been passed on to sons.
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Morton, Susan Mary Bennett. "Life course determinants of offspring size at birth : an intergenerational study of Aberdeen women." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2002. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682224/.
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Offspring size at birth is the result of a complex interplay of biological and social variables acting over several generations. However much current epidemiological research tends either to focus on measures of size at birth as initial explanatory variables in the pathway between early life and later adult health outcomes or it limits the context of the determinants of offspring size at birth to concurrently measured adult parental characteristics. This ignores the temporally distal influences on fetal growth, in particular the intergenerational influence of the maternal intrauterine environment. Integrating the distinct periods of influence on offspring size at birth requires a lifecourse approach that allows for the cumulative influence of both proximal and distal biological and social factors. The Aberdeen intergenerational cohort contains extensive parental, perinatal and developmental data on over 5000 females born between 1950 and 1955. Probabilistic record linkage to the Scottish Morbidity Record system linked 4000 females to over 7000 offspring delivery records. The linked intergenerational data were used to determine the effect of temporally ordered social and biological factors operating across a woman's lifecourse on her offspring's size at birth. The lifecourse approach suggested that socioeconomic inequalities seen in offspring size at birth were largely generated by continuity of social environments across generations and the effect of the early childhood social environment in particular on differential maternal lifetime growth. Most notably maternal intrauterine growth had an enduring intergenerational effect on offspring growth that was not diminished by later adult maternal or paternal, biological or social characteristics. Therefore interventions aimed at improving offspring size at birth on a population scale require intergenerational and lifecourse considerations, which acknowledge the long-term effect of the social environment, rather than just a short-term focus on the pre-pregnancy and pregnancy period.
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Dunn, Suzanne. "Effects of a Simulation Game on Trainees' Knowledge and Attitudes About Age-related Changes in Learning and Work Behaviors of Older Workers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2537/.
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This investigation was conducted in response to the need for effective diversity awareness programs to help employers create intergenerational-friendly work environments. An experimental pre- and post-test control group randomized block design was employed to answer two research questions about the effects of a simulation game on knowledge and attitudes about age-related changes in learning and work behaviors of older workers. Participants were assessed immediately prior to and following the treatment, followed by a third assessment 60 days later. Necessary measures were taken to control for threats to the study's internal validity. An applicant pool comprised of human resource management and development practitioners and senior undergraduate students enrolled in human resource management courses yielded a sample of 65 participants. Chapter one introduces the study. Chapter two provides a review and summary of relevant literature on ageism in the workplace, training older workers, and simulation games. Chapter three describes the procedures and methods used to answer the research questions. Chapter four presents the results of all analytic procedures related to the investigation. Chapter five provides the conclusions and recommendations based on the findings of this investigation. In this investigation, the treatment group did not score significantly higher on their knowledge of age-related changes in learning and work behaviors of older workers than the control group following treatment. The attitudinal change experienced by the treatment group did not differ significantly from the attitudinal change experienced by the control group. Recommendations for further research include the following: (a) the disordinal interactive effect of the control group's performance on the knowledge measure during the 60-day interval between post assessments warrants further investigation, (b) the statistically significant change in attitude that occurred within each group during the 60-day interval following treatment warrants further investigation, and (c) more reliable instruments need to be developed for measuring the effects of heightened awareness following diversity interventions.
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Melis, Gabriella. "Attitudes to authority : life-course stability, intergenerational transmission, and socio-psychological mechanisms in the British Cohort Study 1970." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/attitudes-to-authority-lifecourse-stability-intergenerational-transmission-and-sociopsychological-mechanisms-in-the-british-cohort-study-1970(f91f6734-e247-4fd1-926f-37b52f3ffa3e).html.
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My PhD work aimed to assess intergenerational transmission and life-course change of attitudes towards authority. Intergenerational transmission is hypothesised as the mechanism through which parents' authoritarian attitudes affect their children's attitudes towards authority in adulthood. In the assessment of this transmission mechanism, this analysis accounts for individual-level theoretically relevant factors such as gender, education, social class, offspring's cognitive ability in childhood, as well as family background, in a longitudinal, single-cohort perspective. The research used the British Cohort Study 1970 (BCS70), which allows for the analysis of change at both the intra- and inter-individual levels. The sweeps analysed are those in years 1975 for the parents, and 1980, 1996, 2000 and 2012 for the cohort members. The analytical chapters of the thesis are made of three papers: The first assessed change (or stability) in attitudes to authority in the BCS70 from 1996 to 2012; the second looked at how parental authoritarian worldviews affect their children's attitudes towards authority when the children are adults; finally, the third paper aimed to evaluate the effect of parental attitudes on cohort members' attitudes towards authority in adulthood, after controlling for the latter's cognitive ability in childhood. I found that attitudes had a reasonably high level of stability across the life course. Despite moderately strong correlations across attitudes within waves, the different attitudes showed different patterns of longitudinal evolution, suggesting different causal influences. The evidence for direct transmission of attitudes from parents to children was surprisingly weak; the social statuses of the parents and cohort members, and especially the members' childhood cognitive ability, were the strongest predictors of authoritarian attitudes in adulthood.
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Ho, Oi-chu Jessica. "An exploratory study on the breaking of the cycle of intergenerational transmission of child abuse /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41208043.
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Whiteland, Susan. "Examination of learning relationships between intergenerational students in an after school art program." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9820/.
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Learning relationships between intergenerational students in an after school art program provided mutual benefits for participants in Denton, Texas. This qualitative case study of older, active adults and elementary students involved in visual art experiences gives insight to a contextual learning environment that fosters lifelong learning and addresses the interpersonal issues of an aging society.
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Gadson, Shari B. "Adult Children of the Incarcerated: An Exploratory Study of Risks and Outcomes Among College Students." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cj_theses/3.
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To date, research concerning children affected by parental incarceration has focused primarily on children that are eighteen years of age and younger. The effects of parental incarceration on adults that are eighteen years of age and older has remained unexamined. The purpose of this exploratory study is to explore the outcomes of young adult college students that have been affected by parental incarceration. A sample of 345 undergraduate college students was surveyed at a sizeable University in the southeastern region of the United States to create a demographic and behavioral profile of college students affected by parental incarceration. It was hypothesized that college students affected by parental incarceration will have lower institutional grade point averages (GPA), higher accounts of criminal involvement, higher likelihoods of substance abuse, and lower levels of self-control than college students that have not been affected by parental incarceration. Results indicated that, the outcomes of college students affected by parental incarceration were comparable to college students not affected by parental incarceration.
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Koo, May Yeok. "Under one roof : intergenerational care for people with dementia in Singapore-Chinese families : a case study design." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/under-one-roof-intergenerational-care-for-people-with-dementia-in-singaporechinese-families--a-case-study-design(b7127495-cdb9-4efd-a0df-207147b5477f).html.
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Background: The family-centred cultural construct of filial responsibility forms the core foundation of the traditional mosaic of a typical intergenerational Singapore-Chinese family. Due to modernization, several generations co-habiting within the same household or living in separate households have shrunk to smaller-sized immediate and extended families residing in mostly high-rise apartments. This change has impacted on the social norm of traditional intergenerational Singapore-Chinese caregiving. Currently, there are gaps in understanding the intergenerational Singapore-Chinese families and caregiving in dementia. Only a few studies to date have discussed the intersection on intergenerational family care, but an in-depth exploration of intergenerational Singapore-Chinese families' cultural beliefs and values is an important consideration when attempting to understand the family and determine their support and maintenance of relational bonds. Aims: The aim of this longitudinal, case study research using a participatory approach was to better understand the everyday caregiving experience of intergenerational Singapore-Chinese families within the context of each family unit living together in Singapore 'under one roof'. Family biographies were co-constructed with five intergenerational families living 'under one roof' during repeated and scheduled visits with each participating family over a period of between six to 15 months. The interviews included the completion of a 23-item structured questionnaire, co-construction of a genogram and ecomap with each family, drawings, audio recordings and digital photographs of the home environment, items and activities. Results: Narrative analysis of the five intergenerational cases resulted in the emergence of three themes that explained and explored the various dynamics in the data, namely: i) Family values, and its supporting sub-themes of culture; religion; and filial piety; ii) Family support, and its supporting sub-themes of timeliness; internal support network; and external support network; and iii) Family bonds, and its supporting sub-themes of relational; closeness and conflict; and challenges. Data analysis also generated a meta-theme 'Intergenerational Family Connections' which was supported by three properties: i) Strongly held beliefs and practices; ii) Shared space; and iii) Supporting family togetherness. Conclusion: This study has led to an in-depth understanding of the everyday experience of the intergenerational Singapore-Chinese families of a person with dementia, within the shared context of their family construction. This study makes an original and significant contribution to knowledge through the development of a new theoretical model on intergenerational family connections in dementia care. The findings will better inform formal and informal service providers and policy makers on how best to support and maintain the relational dynamics of intergenerational Singapore-Chinese families who provide care for the person with dementia at home.
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Calantone, Carl S. 1954. "A study of intergenerational equity and the optimal depletion of a finite resource : Canadian natural gas." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75990.
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This thesis is a study of the problem of intergenerational equity and the optimal depletion of finite resources. A review of the economics literature on the subject precedes an interdisciplinary study of equity in static and intertemporal contexts. Reasons for the use of non-market rules for depletion policies are examined. A simulation model of the Canadian natural gas industry, which integrates non-market rules similar to those used for Canadian gas exports for the last thirty years, is developed to assist in the evaluation of these types of rules, focusing on their intergenerational impacts.
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Ludvigsen, Anna Hedegaard. "Books and food in the reproduction of middle-class values : an intergenerational study of British families." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.632804.
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Young, Tiffany Lenell. ""Having Our Say": Exploring the Processes and Feasibility of a Community-Based Participatory Intergenerational Physical Activity Program for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5405.
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Over the past twenty years, the number of grandparents raising grandchildren has increased substantially. In many cases, raising grandchildren can be stressful and may aggravate pre-existing health conditions. Grandchildren in these kinship relationships often experience poor health outcomes as well. Typically, both grandparents and grandchildren do not engage in positive health behaviors. Thus, there is a need to develop intergenerational health promotion interventions for grandparents raising grandchildren. This study used the community-based participatory research approach to develop and implement an eight-week intergenerational program for kinship families. The specific goals of this descriptive study were to understand the process and feasibility of developing and implementing the intervention from the perspective of key stakeholders. Content analysis of observational, focus group, and interview data from grandparents, nurses, exercise consultants, and recreation staff provided an in-depth account of the intervention's process (i.e., recruitment, dose delivered, dose received, fidelity, and context) and feasibility (i.e., acceptability, demand, practicality, and integration). Repeated measures ANOVAs were used to determine if the intervention had an effect on participants' health outcomes (i.e., depression, blood pressure, waist circumference, heart rate, weight, balance, and BMI) over time. Although analyses did not result in statistically significant effects on health outcomes, the data trends indicated the possibility of health improvements given a larger sample size. The distinct details gleaned from this study can provide researchers, community organizations, and practitioners with guidance on how to use community partnerships and existing strengths to develop and implement effective community-based intergenerational interventions.
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Palmtag, Eva-Lisa. "Break-up and then what? : A study of intergenerational contact between adult children and their divorced/separated parents." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-84331.
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It is well known that a parental break-up in childhood has a negative influence on the intergenerational contact in adulthood. The intergenerational contact within dissolved families is less frequent than in intact families. Nonetheless, even among families that experienced a break-up in childhood, differences in contact frequency are observable. How come those individuals seem to be affected in different ways by a parental break-up? Previous research is lacking the answer to this question. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to contribute to research on dissolved families by exploring which conditions influence intergenerational contact among adult children and their divorced/separated parents. The data used in this thesis come from the Swedish Level of Living Survey and the analyses are conducted using OLS-regressions. First, it was verified that dissolved families have a less frequent intergenerational contact than intact families in contemporary Sweden, however, with the exception of the contact between divorced/separated mothers and their daughters. Second, the variation in contact among dissolved families is, to a large part, explained by differences in living distance between the adult child and the parent. Furthermore, it was found that conflict between the respondent and the parent in childhood has a significant influence on intergenerational contact in adulthood. The results thus highlight the importance of including childhood events other than the divorce/separation when investigating intergenerational contact.
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Azcorra, Hugo. "Intergenerational factors that shape the nutritional status of urban Maya households in Merida, Mexico : a 3-generations study." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14159.
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Background. The Maya are one of the largest Mesoamerican groups. The decline of the classic Maya society, the subsequent Colonial domination and the current national economic policies has had a severe biological and social impact on the Maya across several generations. Accumulated evidence suggests that conditions and environments experienced by one generation can affect the health, growth and development of the next generation (Emanuel, 1986). Historical evidence of political, educational and socioeconomic deprivation suffered by the Maya from Yucatan, Mexico, provides us with the opportunity to test the intergenerational influence hypothesis and ascertain the impact of the biosocial background of urban Maya grandmothers (first generation) and mothers (second generation) on the growth and nutritional status of their children (third generation). Aims. The main objective is to assess the impact of socioeconomic and intergenerational factors on the growth of Maya children, in a sample of children, their mothers and maternal grandmothers. The specific objectives are: 1) to assess the nutritional status and nutritional dual burden prevalence in participants, 2) to identify the pre and postnatal biosocial and economic factors that relate to the nutritional status of the children, and 3) to assess the intergenerational influences on the growth of participants: from grandmothers to mothers and from grandmothers and mothers to children. Methods. The sample is composed of 109 triads of Maya children (6-8 years old), their mothers and their maternal grandmothers from the city of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. From September 2011 to June 2012 we collected anthropometric, body composition and socioeconomic data on the three generations. We also assessed parameters about living conditions of maternal and grand-maternal childhood. Nutritional status was assessed by comparing the participants against the Comprehensive Growth References published by Frisancho (2008) and based on the NHANES III. Pre and postnatal biosocial and economic factors were analysed through multiple regression models. Intergenerational influences were assessed through: 1) bivariate and partial correlations in anthropometric and derived variables between participants, 2) path analysis to identify the direction and magnitude of direct and indirect causal effects between the three generations, and 3) multiple regression models to identify the effect of anthropometric and socioeconomic intergenerational factors on the growth of mothers and children. Results. Eleven percent of the children were categorized as stunted and 36% met the criteria of risk for abdominal obesity. Only 1% of children exhibited the combination of stunting and abdominal obesity. Mothers and grandmothers showed very low average heights and high levels of abdominal obesity. The combination of maternal abdominal obesity and child stunting was present in the 6% of mother-child dyads. It was found that preeclampsia and cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy and household overcrowding impacted negatively the linear growth of the children. Maternal education and the presence of grandmothers at home predicted healthier values of BMI, waist circumference, body fat and body lean mass percentages on children. Maternal height and leg length (LL = height sitting height) were positively associated with the linear growth of children. These associations were not modified by the grand-maternal size, in terms of very short stature. In contrast, associations in weight, body mass index, sum of skinfolds and fat mass were stronger in grandmother-child pairs than in mother-child pairs. The birth weight of the children was positively associated with maternal head circumference and negatively associated with the absence of a toilet at home during maternal childhood (i.e. when the mother was growing up). Grand-maternal intergenerational predictors of children s height, leg length, body mass index, waist circumference and skinfolds were: index of household characteristics, family size and school attendance during childhood. Family size and paternal job loss during maternal childhood were the maternal intergenerational factors that influenced significantly the body mass index, waist circumference and skinfolds of children. Conclusions. Growth and nutritional status of the children, mothers and grandmothers reflect the effects of chronic deprivation and poverty that are a constant among the Maya in the Yucatan. Under and-overnutrition coexisted in this sample of three generations. Pre-and-postnatal biosocial and economic factors impacted the growth and nutritional status of children. Harsh living conditions experienced by mothers and grandmothers during their childhood influenced the prenatal and postnatal growth of children. We suggest that disadvantaged conditions experienced by mothers and grandmothers during their first years of life impacted their own growth and this in turn is influencing the growth of children of the third generation. Substantial reductions in poverty levels and increase educational levels of the mothers are required to overcome the intergenerational traces on the future generations.
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Fredlund, Jesper, and Timmy Biedron. "Is trust in SEM an intergenerational trait? : A study of sponsored links and generational attitudes towards them." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37186.
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Title: Is trust in SEM an intergenerational trait? Date: 2018-05-22 Level: Bachelor Thesis in International Marketing Author: Jesper Fredlund 930427 & Timmy Biedron 961128 Supervisor: Henrietta Nilson Problem formulation: How do age correlate with trust and attitude towards SEM on Google in Sweden? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to see if the Swedish Digital Natives are more likely to be trusting search engine marketing, as opposed to the older generations of Digital Immigrants, and by doing this gaining a better understanding of the attitudes towards search engines and search enginemarketing in Sweden. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework of this paper consists of theories about BannerBlindness, Text Blindness, EHS Theory, Search Engine Marketing, Sponsored Links, Organic Links,Generations. Methodology: This is a quantitative study with 429 respondents in an online survey. It contains Swedish users of search engines divided into groups of those born before 1980 and those born after. Empirical findings: Our study found out that Digital Natives are slightly more likely to favour Search Engine Marketing than Digital Immigrants are. Conclusion: No matter the target of your Search Engine Marketing campaign you should approach itcautiously, since both Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants have been shown to hold a negative bias against these campaigns over organic links. Keywords: SEM, SEA, Search Engines, Search Behaviour, Organic links, Sponsored links.
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George, Daniel R. "Can intergenerational volunteering enhance quality of life for persons with mild to moderate dementia? : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527307.
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Wang, Ning. "Social change and intergenerational family support amongst three cohorts of older people in China : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2018. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/427250/.
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China's ageing process is accelerating as the large birth cohorts of the 1950s and 1960s enter their old age. Existing literature in China, as in many developing countries, has largely regarded older people as a homogeneous group and neglects the changing life experiences of different ageing cohorts and how their characteristics change accordingly. This study contributes to ageing research by using a life-course perspective and cohort lens to investigate the early life experiences and later life ageing scenarios amongst the cohorts born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; cohorts whose lives have been shaped by China's social and economic transformation over the past seven decades. It sheds light on the possible family care circumstances of future older people, represented by the 1960s cohort, and proposes relevant policy interventions. By employing a sequential-explanatory mixed methods approach, this research finds that: 1) Each birth cohort has been influenced by the transformation of the last 70 years in a distinctive way. Thus they have different needs and expectations for later life, and the vulnerable groups within each cohort are distinct and have specific primary needs. 2) Overall, there are four main influences on the patterns of intergenerational support between older people and their adult children: parents' SES, parents' needs, children's SES, and the effect of investment.3) Although the 1960s cohort has fewer adult children 'available', they are better off, better educated, and more modern and independent than previous cohorts. Consequently, they are likely to expect more emotional rather than material support from their children. 4) Social support agencies need to collaborate, and to work alongside adult children, to provide long-term care for future cohorts of older people in China. More targeted social policies are needed to meet the specific needs of vulnerable groups amongst different cohorts of older people. Future research needs to address the following groups: older men who have experienced divorce, those older people who have migrated, and one-child families; and issues: technological development and ageing scenarios, and long-term care provision for rural and less-developed communities.
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HUANG, SHIH-CHIEH, and 黃世傑. "An Empirical Study of Intergenerational Transfers." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g5wx4p.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the intergenerational transfers in Taiwanese family. Data used in this study are from the 2011 Taiwan Social Change Survey which is conducted by National Science Council in Taiwan. Both Ordered Logistic and Multi nominal Logistic Models are used to explore whether the demonstration effect and reciprocal effect exists when Taiwanese adults make intergenerational transfer decision. The results show that adult children prefer to provide more transfers if their parents provide more transfers to there grandparents. If their parents provide more emotional support to their grandparents, adult children tend to provide more economic transfers to the parents. These findings suggest that there is a demonstration effect that parents make intergenerational transfers to their elders would elicit the same behavior from their children. We also find that adult children prefer to provide more transfers to their parents if their parents provide more transfers to them.If parents provide more housekeeping assistance to their adult children. their adult children would tend to provide more economic transfers to the parents. However, if parents provide fewer transfers to their adult children, their adult children would provide fewer transfers to the parents. These findings suggest that there is a reciprocity effect that parents make intergenerational transfers to their children would elicit a feedback from their children.
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Kaufmann, Elizabeth Rae. "The intergenerational transmission of anxiety: a prospective study." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/689.
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Kaufmann, Elizabeth Rae Tharinger Deborah Jacobvitz Deborah. "The intergenerational transmission of anxiety a prospective study /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3119541.
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Torfin, Susan Kay. "Equity in parent-child relationships an intergenerational study /." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/12728057.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-166).