Dissertations / Theses: 'Death of adult children'

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Murauskas, Virginia M. "The long-term impact of parent death on adult children in midlife." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000murauskasv.pdf.

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Novick, Katherine Britton. "Adults' experiences with faith following the death of a parent : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/7586.

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Carusi, Dawn L. "Narratives of Orphaned Adults: Journey to Restoration." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1157635067.

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Abrahao, Renata. "Acute leukaemia in children, adolescents and young adults in California : trends and inequalities in early death and survival during 1988-2011." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2016. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/3093642/.

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Survival after acute paediatric (0–14 years), adolescent (15–19 years) and young adult (20–39 years) leukaemia has improved substantially over the last five decades, particularly for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and acute promyelocytic leukaemia, a subtype of acute myeloid leukaemia. This progress represents one of the most successful achievements in the history of medicine and has been attributed to the development of effective chemotherapy regimens, improvement in supportive care, better risk stratification, use of targeted therapies, and advances in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Currently, long-term survival for children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is 80%–90% in developed countries. Strikingly, survival among adolescents and young adults with this disease is about 60% and 40% respectively. In addition, in these countries, 5-year survival for young patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (excluding acute promyelocytic leukaemia) remains approximately 60% in the modern era of treatment. This project aimed to evaluate how survival and, when appropriate, early death (death occurring within 30 days of diagnosis) after acute leukaemia varied during almost 25 years in California, the most populous and racially/ethnically diverse state in the United States (US). A second aim was to investigate the association between sociodemographic and selected clinical factors and outcomes. Using high-quality data from the California Cancer Registry, I evaluated survival trends from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia among patients aged 0–19 years, and survival and early death trends after acute myeloid leukaemia among patients aged 0–39 years. I also investigated whether early death has decreased among young patients after the approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia. The overall results of this thesis showed improvement in survival over time for all age groups and subtypes of leukaemia. Early death after acute promyelocytic and myeloid leukaemias declined during the study period. However, these outcomes varied widely by age at diagnosis and were associated with sociodemographic and clinical factors. Racial/ethnical survival inequalities were identified and found to persist even after adjustment for other covariates. These inequalities were more marked among patients of Hispanic (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia) and black race/ethnicity (for acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukaemias). Patients living in lower socioeconomic neighbourhoods had worse survival than those living in higher socioeconomic neighbourhoods (for acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukaemias). Early death and worse survival were associated with initial care at hospitals not affiliated with National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centres (for acute myeloid leukaemia) and lack of health insurance (for acute myeloid and promyelocytic leukaemias). Intriguingly, over the 25-year study period, adolescents and young adults with acute leukaemia continued to have worse survival than children. These results suggest that lack of timely access to treatment and suboptimal care have influenced outcome among vulnerable patients. In conclusion, survival and early death after acute leukaemia has greatly improved among young patients in California. However, inequalities in outcomes remain and are likely a result of multiple factors. My studies highlight the importance of population-based data to reveal the actual burden of the disease in this population and help clinicians, policy makers, government, and researchers better understand the predictors of outcomes. I expect my work to contribute to the development of strategies aimed at improving survival from acute leukaemia, especially among vulnerable and disadvantaged patients.

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Cranfill, Timothy D. "Giving sorrow words turning mourning into dancing : improving the quality of life of terminally ill children, adolescents, and adults through the use of therapeutic videography /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004.

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Ministry research project (D. Min.)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Ministry Degree. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-188).

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Aherne, Ruth. "Adult reaction to parental death." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34641.

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In this series of five questionnaire studies, an investigation was made into the kinds of fears and other feelings that adults had about dying, death, and grief. In the first two studies this was looked at in a general sense; then in the three subsequent studies the adult's loss of parents was specifically considered. In the first two studies it was found that subjects most feared the physical deterioration and pain of dying, particularly in relation to cancer; female subjects were more anxious than males about the death of others, and expected to feel a deeper sense of loss. When the next two studies were carried out, a fairly close parallel emerged between the ways in which the non-bereaved subjects anticipated feeling when their parents died, and the ways in which those who had already lost parents reported having felt; both at the time of the loss and later. Both sexes anticipated and experienced feeling more intense grief when the first parent died than when the second one did, whichever parent had been the first to die. The timeliness or untimeliness of the parental death was examined in the final questionnaire study. It was found that if the parent had died an untimely, early, death, while the subject was still in early adulthood, the grief reactions were initially more intense, and continued to be experienced at a higher intensity two or more years after the loss than was the case where a more timely death had occurred. These studies have put forward some evidence to show that the loss of parents in adult life constitutes a more important bereavement than was previously realised.

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Fantahun, Mesganaw. "Mortality and survival from childhood to old age in rural Ethiopia." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1559.

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Olin, Teresa Clare. "Discussing Death with Young Children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/323.

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Research has shown that young children have some understandings of death. However, adults are hesitant (or even avoidant) to discuss death with young children for fear that they will scare them, or they are not sure what to tell them. Sessions were part of this project, educating adults in a child’s development and how that development affects what young children understand about death. The three sessions, completed over two weeks, included three topics including anxieties the adult may have about death, cognitive and emotional development of the young child, and the adult’s role in discussing death with young children. Participants completed a pre- and post-test. Results indicated that adults felt more comfortable discussing the death of a person with a young child, as well as feeling less avoidant of having those discussions.

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Hafey, Sandra M. "Exploring end of life issues a four part workshop for adult Catholics /." Chicago, IL : Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.033-0847.

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DeLap, Hilary. "Personal readiness for marriage in adult children of alcoholics and adult children of non-alcoholics." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000delaph.pdf.

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Holland, John Marshall. "Children and the impact of parental death." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2483/.

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Breckenridge, Danielle Leigh 1969. "Adlerian characteristics of adult only children." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291924.

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This study used a questionnaire designed to identify Adlerian characteristics of adult only children. It was hypothesized that not all of the characteristics mentioned in Adlerian theory will be found in each of the only children and certain characteristics will not be evident in any of the only children used in this study. Four adult only children volunteered to participate in this study. The study found that all 15 Adlerian characteristics that were measured for were identified in this sample. Only one characteristic was reported by 100% of the participants-reliability. This study also attempted to clarify whether or not only children grew up with friends significantly older than themselves, have high educational levels, and have high aspirations pertaining to occupations. And whether or not female only children tend to marry people significantly older than themselves, have children at a later age, and have small families.

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Kieley, Jeanie Martin. "Resiliency in adult children of alcoholics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/955.

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Williams, Aurielle C. "Black American Adult Children of Divorce." ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7847.

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While a plethora of studies have examined the effects of divorce on children, fewer have looked at young adults who have experienced parental divorce after they were 18 years of age, and even fewer have examined the experiences of Black American adult children. Using concepts from Social Identity Theory, the goal of this study was to understand the experiences of Black adult children whose parents have divorced and the phenomenon of their self-perception based on family identity. This was a phenomenological study conducted through guided face-to-face interviews and utilizing Photovoice with four Black adult children of divorce, whose parents divorced after they were 18 years old. The data collected from narrative interviews and photographs through this study were analyzed using narrative and visual content analysis. Findings were that adult children who are emerging as adults with their identity struggle to reidentify themselves, their familial relations not only with their divorced parents, but even more so with their siblings; where relationships are also impacted. This study contributes to social change by identifying the needs of this population at an important time in their lives. Therapists, universities, and communities may use this study to better support Black adult children of divorce of American descent.

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Dooley, Sandra Y. "A Comparison of Adult Children of Alcoholic Families with Adult Children from Non-Alcoholic Families: a Replication." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279247/.

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The purpose of this study was to re-examine the issue of whether adult children of alcoholics experience more depression, anxiety, and lower self-esteem than do children of non-alcoholic families. This study is a replication of the study of David Dodd, entitled A Comparison of Adult Children of Alcoholic Families with Adult Children from Non-Alcoholic Families. 1990. The measures used in this study were as follows: Children of Alcoholics Screening Test, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Coopersmith Adult Self-Esteem Inventory, and a questionnaire developed by this writer designed to obtain family history regarding not only alcoholism, but other issues of family dysfunctionality as well. The subjects for this study were 231 students enrolled in the counselor education program at this university, all aged 19 or older. Of the 230 subjects, 31 were male and 199 were female. Eleven males identified themselves as children of alcoholics, as measured by the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test, and 60 females identified themselves as children of alcoholics. Thus, a total of 71 subjects in this study were identified as children of alcoholics. T-tests were conducted to see whether any differences existed between the male and female groups. No significant differences were found. Results of this study showed that family dysfunctionality rather than parental alcoholism was the factor of variability regarding depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. There appears to be a strong relationship between parental alcoholism and family dysfunctionality, but dysfunctionality clearly has more impact upon depression, anxiety, and self-esteem in the adult children of these families than does alcoholism.

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Schmitz-Binnall, Elizabeth. "Resilience in Adult Women Who Experienced Early Mother Loss." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1612283099761066.

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Draper, Ana. "Exploring the future for children experiencing parental death." Thesis, University of East London, 2008. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3784/.

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This thesis explores associations that could have an impact on the experience of a parental death in childhood. It suggests a methodology for establishing the prevalence of parental bereavement that helps the author to explore quantitatively any associated links between parental death in childhood and delinquency rates in 16-year-olds. As well as helping to establish the prevalence of parental death in childhood, the methodology also enables the author to explore possible contributing factors that could increase a child's vulnerability to the experience of parental death such as social class, age and gender of child and dead parent these are presented as a set of risk variables in which the data shows an increase in a parentally bereaved child's susceptibility to delinquent behaviour. It also compares themes within essays written by parentally bereaved children and none parentally bereaved children. The exploration used the Thematic Apparition Test coding as a framework from which to identify differences in the stories told about the future by each comparison group.

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Li, Wai-kei Vickie. "Request sequences in adult-child interaction." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42575953.

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Robertson-Malt, Suzie. "Life or death : a donor parent's dilemma /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phr6524.pdf.

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Lewis, Mary Anne. "Relational functioning in adult children of alcoholics /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1989. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/8909279.

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Moran, Theresa A. "Adult children of alcoholics : a phenomenological perspective /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1992. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11226894.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Keville Frederickson. Dissertation Committee: Barbara C. Wallace. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-124).

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Ackerley, Jane. "Adult children of alcoholics: An ethnographic study." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291909.

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This study explored the cultural knowledge of the adult who identified, through remembrances and behavior, their childhood experiences with an alcoholic parent. Ethnographic interviews were conducted with four adult children of an alcoholic father. Data were analyzed for relevant domains of meaning and cultural themes. Four cultural themes were identified from the data: (1) A lot of negative things happen when you have an alcoholic parent, (2) There are ways to take care of an alcoholic, (3) You learn to live with secrecy, (4) We sometimes make the same mistakes but we try not to. Recommendations for nursing practice based on the experiences of the adult child of an alcoholic are presented as well as recommendations for further research.

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Dove, Lydia. "The experiences of adult children of 'alcoholics'." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/11959.

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Background: A wealth of quantitative literature exists exploring the impact of parental alcohol misuse on adult and child offspring. It is often proposed that children of alcoholics are at risk of experiencing a host of negative outcomes, many of which are said to persist into adulthood. Confusing and contradictory results have led researchers to identify a subset of offspring deemed to be resilient. Little remains known about the factors that influence who becomes negatively affected and who becomes resilient, or how these factors are experienced by individuals. The recent up rise of qualitative methodologies also suggest this divide is not clear, with offspring of alcoholics demonstrating a range of functioning. Aim: With this in mind, the current study aims to explore the lived experience of adult children of alcoholics to gather a richer understanding of how these individuals develop into the people they are today. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six individuals who grew up with at least one alcoholic parent. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse verbatim transcripts. Results: The analysis produced four master themes. These were: ‘Dealing with the loss of connection to parents’, ‘Feeling hopeless and helpless’, Struggling to stay sane’ and ‘I know who I want to be more than I know who I am’. The master themes and corresponding subordinate themes are discussed in relation to the relevant literature. Clinical implications, methodological considerations and directions for future research are also presented. Conclusions: This study provided insight into the lived experience of being an adult child of an alcoholic. It highlighted the challenges and struggles they faced in childhood and the ways in which they battled to overcome the difficulties they experienced to forge a preferred identity in adulthood. It also emphasised the importance of perceived parental rejection as the pathway to causing distress and the desire to be better than their parents as a pathway to resiliency.

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Anderson, Ryan J. "Triangulation between Elderly Parents And Adult Children." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd904.pdf.

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Mayhall, Christine Ann. "Adult children of alcoholics : intimacy and identity." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1240657467.

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Settle, Karen Ree. "Intimate Relationships of Adult Children of Alcoholics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331220/.

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Difficulties developing and maintaining intimate relationships are often attributed to adult children of alcoholics (ACAs). However, the focus of the literature has been on those obtaining psychological treatment and has primarily involved clinical impressions. The purpose of this study was to examine intimacy in the close friendships and love relationships of ACAs. Autonomy and intimacy in respondents' families of origin were also analyzed. Comparisons were made between ACAs currently in (n = 59) and not in (n = 53) therapy, and comparisons who had (n = 48) and had not (n = 77) received therapy. Alcoholics were eliminated. It was hypothesized that ACAs would score significantly lower than comparisons on love and friendship intimacy and autonomy and intimacy in their families of origin. Among the ACAs, those in therapy would score lower than those not in therapy. Hypotheses were tested using MANOVAS. ANOVAs were administered where there were significant differences, and Newman-Keuls contrasts further delineated the divergence. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to obtain explanatory data. The two ACA groups seem to represent distinct populations with those not in therapy failing to report intimacy differences previously ascribed to them. While all of the groups were similar in friendship closeness, only the ACAs in therapy had significantly less intimacy in love relationships. Furthermore, clinical ACAs differed from the other groups by having less family of origin health, more physical and sexual abuse, more maternal drinking, more depression, and more suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Family of origin health predicted intimacy in a love relationship. Family characteristics encompassing honesty, empathy and respect, which may or may not involve alcoholism, seemed to create an atmosphere of faulty parenting in the ACA clinical group which may have subsequently affected the child's intimacy in a love relationship. Results of the study support a developmental model and demonstrate the importance of including nonclinical ACAs as well as clinical comparisons in future research.

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Coxsey, Stephen Andrew. "Attributional Style of Adult Children of Alcoholics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500907/.

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115 undergraduate students were surveyed to see if attributional style would be different for individuals with alcoholic parents, depressed parents, or neither factor. Subjects were sorted into the three groups based on their responses to a family history questionnaire. Each subject filled out two attributional style questionnaires, the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Attributional Style Assessment Test (ASAT-II). The three groups did not differ on attributional style for interpersonal, noninter- personal, or general situations. Within the adult children of alcoholics group, subjects reported that their successes in interpersonal situations were due to their strategy and effort, rather than ability, more so than for noninterpersonal successes.

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Deans, Sharon. "Teen Gothic : sex, death and autonomy in young adult Gothic literature." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/15908.

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Adolescence – that tricky time when children have not yet reached adulthood – is a time of much disturbance, change and growth. Faced with a body that changes, stretches and grows in all directions, as does the mind, the adolescent finds that they are not who they once were, and that their concerns are not what they once were. According to David Punter, the nature of adolescence is integral to Gothic writing; for him, adolescence can be seen as a time when there is a fantasised inversion of boundaries: ‘where what is inside finds itself outside (acne, menstrual blood, rage) and what we think should be visibly outside (heroic dreams, attractiveness, sexual organs) remain resolutely inside and hidden’ (Punter 1998, 6). However, this is to ‘Gothicise’ adolescents - to view adolescents themselves as Gothic beings – rather than to understand what the true nature of their concerns and fears really are. This thesis intends to investigate, therefore, those fears and concerns as they are represented through the medium of Gothic texts written for adolescents. I propose to examine what happens to the Gothic mode in the gap between young children’s literature and adult fiction and will look at, through the Gothic lens, Young Adult literature which explores the teenager's relationships with issues such as sex, death and autonomy. As the Gothic is ‘erotic at root’ (Punter 1996, 191) and often focused on the centrality of sexuality, I explore the nature of ‘changing bodies’ and consider the adolescent’s burgeoning sexuality and desire for romantic relationships; however, the Gothic is not just about sex, and I also examine adolescent engagement with the concept of death, before finally going on to study issues of adolescent power and autonomy.

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Chesser, Bruce G. "Equipping parents in developing a Christian view of death in their children." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Smith, Loni A. "Children and parental death effects and school-based interventions /." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009smithl.pdf.

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Kraemer, Jennifer Lynn. "A correlational study of self-esteem and family support in adult children of alcoholics and adult children of non-alcoholics." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999kraemer.pdf.

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Nowak, Kelly. "My mommy died, is there a book about me? Death and dying in children's picture books, 2000-2006 /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1174786861.

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Bertoia, Judi. "Drawings from a dying child : a case study approach." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28964.

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Only in the past two decades have adults become aware that terminally ill children do know at some level when they are dying. This research used a case study format to investigate the changes in how one child dying of leukemia viewed herself. Specifically, it looked for symbolic and emotional themes which emerged in the material, including Decathexis (separation) and Rebirth. Each of twenty-eight drawings created by this child was analyzed in-depth for content by the researcher. Convergent material from hospital records and a parent journal supplemented the stories and teacher notes accompanying the drawings. Six experts from three countries also categorized each drawing for images of Decathexis and Rebirth. Initially, themes of threats, dreams, trickery and intuition appeared along with fear and sadness. Once the child seemed to clearly understand that she would die, these changed to fading and distancing images, indicative of separation. There was a slight increase in images supporting themes of resignation and happiness. Physical deterioration and resistance appeared throughout the series as distortions of a girl and dilapidated and edged houses. Themes of a new home and travel also appeared throughout. The classification by experts according to Decathexis and Rebirth resulted in unanimous agreement on twenty-five per cent of the pictures and two thirds of the experts agreed on the placement of eighty-six per cent of the pictures. It would appear that on one level the child knew from the beginning that she would die, but at another level she resisted that knowledge for a time. As clear awareness of death was developing, defensive themes such as trickery and dreaming appeared in stories which accompanied the drawings. However, the images, themes and convergent material suggest that she reconciled the dual awareness levels and worked towards acceptance of her fate.
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Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Anderson, Melissa Fay. "Estimation of adult skeletal age-at-death using the Sugeno fuzzy integral." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5750.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

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Sams, Khia L. "Forgiveness, Mental Health, and Adult Children of Alcoholics." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/157.

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Research has shown that spirituality can play a role in addiction and recovery. However, little work in this area has focused on adults who have grown up with parents who have had alcohol and/or drug problems. Cross-sectional data was collected from college students from a regional university in southern Appalachia. Multiple dimensions and aspects of forgiveness and mental health were examined among undergraduates, including differences based upon participants’ likelihood of being an adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA). Individuals likely to be an ACOA had poorer levels of the forgiveness and mental health related variables. Among ACOAs forgiveness of others was associated with psychological distress and somatic symptoms in a deleterious fashion. Forgiveness of situations was associated with mental health status, psychological distress, and dysfunctional behaviors associated with being an ACOA in a salutary fashion. The process of forgiveness intervention may be an added benefit during the recovery process associated with growing up as a child in an alcoholic family.

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Alcaraz, Roxanna. "What, if anything, are adult children of alcoholics?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/741.

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Siri, Julie. "Personality characteristics of adult children of substance abusers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/846.

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Loera, Diana I. "Examining Relationship Interactions of Adult Children of Alcoholics." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/423.

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The following study explores the factors associated with security of romantic attachment in Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs). ACOAs are more vulnerable to inconsistent parenting and consequently are more likely to develop negative internal models of self, a stable construct that affects romantic attachments (Bowlby, 1982; Ainsworth et al, 1989; Bartholomew, 1990). This study examined associations between parent, and peer relationships as possible resiliencies. It was hypothesized that ACOAs will report less secure attachments with their parents (as measured by the IPPA), less romantic attachment anxiety and avoidance (as measured by the ECR-R), and no significant difference in peer attachment (as measured by the IPPA) when compared to ACONAs. It was also hypothesized that there will be an association between peer attachments and romantic attachments for ACOAs and not for the ACONAS. One hundred forty-three undergraduate students participated in the study. An independent T-test showed no significance for the initial hypothesis. The second hypothesis was partially supported, an independent T-test showed significant findings unique to ACOAs. ACOAs with more positive peer attachments had more positive romantic attachments.

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Olofsson, Emmie. "Adult Children of Divorce : Stress and Well-Being." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172964.

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Parental divorce has not only been associated with negative long-term effects for children of divorce (CD), but also for adult children of divorce (ACD). ACD more often have poorer mental well-being than adult children of marriage (ACM). Neurological research further suggests that ACD have lower baseline levels of the “stress hormone” cortisol. However, research of Swedish ACD is extremely sparsely. Therefore, the study’s aim is to examine the possible long-term effects of Swedish ACD. Do ACD have lower well-being and experience more stress than ACM? A sample of 227 Swedish participants (81 ACD and 146 ACM) were included. The majority (75.7%) were between 18-30 years old, 157 females and 70 males. An online survey including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS), and questions about the parental divorce was distributed via social media. Independent t-tests and one-way ANOVA analysis were performed to compare ACD’s and ACM’s results. The study found that ACD rated their well-being (satisfaction with the past) (p ≤ .001), and stress (p ≤ .019), significantly lower than ACM. Moreover, female ACD perceived more stress than female ACM (p ≤ .010), and male ACD (p ≤ .015). The group between 10-14-year-old at the time of the divorce rated significantly lower well-being (past) (p ≤ .035). In conclusion, the study suggests that Swedish ACD also suffer from long-term effects of divorce. Future research ought to investigate the matter further.
Skilsmässa har inte bara visat negativa långsiktiga effekter för skilsmässobarn (CD), utan också för vuxna skilsmässobarn (ACD). ACD har oftare ett sämre mentalt välbefinnande än vuxna med gifta föräldrar (ACM). Neurologisk forskning vidare påvisar att ACD också har lägre grundnivåer av ”stresshormonet” kortisol. Forskning kring svenska ACD är extremt sällsynt. Därför är det studiens mål att undersöka de möjliga långsiktiga effekterna av svenska ACD. Har ACD ett längre välbefinnande och upplever mer stress än ACM? Ett urval av 227 svenska deltagare (81 ACD och 146 ACM) var inkluderade. Majoriteten (75.7%) var mellan åldrarna 18-30 år gamla, 157 kvinnor och 70 män. En online enkät innehållandes Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS), och frågor kring skilsmässan distribuerades via sociala medier. Independent t-tests och one-way ANOVA analyser tillämpades för att jämföra ACD:s och ACM:s resultat. Studien fann att ACD uppskattade att deras välbefinnande (tillfredställelse med det förflutna) (p ≤ .001), och stress (p ≤ .019) signifikant längre än ACM. Fortsättningsvis, en signifikant skillnad upptäcktes där kvinnliga ACD upplevde mer stress än kvinnliga ACM (p ≤ .010), och manliga ACD (p ≤ .015). Gruppen mellan åldrarna 10–14 år gamla vid skilsmässan uppgav ett signifikant längre välbefinnande (förflutet) (p ≤ .035). Sammanfattningsvis, studien påvisar att svenska skilsmässobarn också lider av långsiktiga effekter från skilsmässa. Framtida forskning bör undersöka området vidare.

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Jones, Melissa Taylor Watson. "Adult Discouragement: Parents of Children with Craniofacial Anomaly." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278310/.

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The Discouragement Scale for Adults (DSA) was developed to assess for the Adlerian construct of discouragement in adults age 18 years and over. Data were collected from three samples: norm (n=586), presumed discouraged (n=47), and parents of children with craniofacial anomaly (n=105). Five subscales corresponding to life tasks identified in Adlerian literature as work, love, society, self-significance, and spirituality underlie the 60 item DSA. Item selection was based on ratings by five notable Adlerians and item correlations with scale scores. Gender, age, and ethnicity norms were established for the norm, presumed discouraged, and craniofacial samples. Across three samples, no significant ethnic differences were found. Normative findings indicated females are less discouraged than males on the Total DSA, the society and spirituality subscales. Age findings indicated the 18-34 year old sample is more discouraged than other ages on the Total DSA, the work, society, and spirituality subscales. Presumed discouraged findings indicated females are less discouraged than males on the society subscale. Craniofacial findings indicated females are less discouraged on the society subscale, but more discouraged on the self-significance subscale than males. Age findings indicated the 18-34 year old sample is more discouraged than other ages on the self subscale. Research on CPA parents' relationship status, CPA child's birth order, parental role of adult to CFA child, length of time the parent has cared for CFA child, the CFA child's age, CFA parent's education level, and CFA child's craniofacial anomaly diagnosis was conducted. Findings indicated birthmothers are less discouraged than birthfathers on the society subscale, but more discouraged on the self-significance subscale. Internal consistency ratings of the DSA were .9392, .9496, and .9365 for three samples. Correlations to measures of social interest were negative and significant, reflecting an inverse relationship between discouragement and social interest. Factor analysis and interscale correlations are presented. Future research could include continued instrument validation and establishment of score ranges to indicate adult discouragement.

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Querry, Mark Edwin. "Coping resources utilized by adult children of alcoholics /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148776035781956.

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Burrow, Tess Kira. "Single parenting: a perspective from young adult children." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19187.

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Family Studies and Human Services
Karen S. Myers-Bowman
Single parenting has become a part of American society, yet it seems that through stereotyping and shaming these parents are looked down upon. Often times, single parents do not have the same resources as two parent homes, but single parents can still be effective and raise well-rounded children. This is a qualitative study that sought to provide a different perspective of single never-married parents by interviewing their young adult children. This study focused on the experiences of the young adult children and used Family Stress Theory to help understand and capture specific moments in their lives.

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Dodd, David T. (David Tennyson) 1957. "A Comparison of Adult Children of Alcoholic Families with Adult Children From Non-Alcoholic Families on Depression, Self-Esteem, and Anxiety." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331053/.

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The problem of this study was to test the differences between adult children from alcoholic families with adult children from non-alcoholic families on levels of depression, self-esteem, and anxiety. The sample consisted of 203 volunteers, all from the Counselor Education Department, 150 females and 53 males, ages 19 and older. Volunteers who were noted as being adult children of alcoholic families numbered 60. Measures used were the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Coopersmith Adult Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI). Multivariate Analysis of Variance was used to test for differences between groups. In addition, a secondary analysis using a one-way MANOVA was used to test for differences between dysfunctional and functional family of origin status on the dependent variables of depression, self-esteem, and anxiety.

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Marlow, N. "Death and later disability in children of low birth weight." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354846.

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Wilkey, Lisa. "Social workers’ experience working with families with children facing death." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54372.

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This study addressed the question: “What meaning do social workers give to their experience of working with families with children facing death?” Its purpose was to explore the meaning social workers attach to their unique professional role in this particular area of practice. Four social work participants from a children’s hospital were recruited, chosen because of their experience in working directly with this population. Criteria for inclusion were a minimum education level of a Master’s Degree in Social Work and at least two years of experience working in the hospital setting. A qualitative descriptive approach, drawing on phenomenology, was utilized. Each participant was individually interviewed for one hour using a semi-structured format. A phenomenological approach to data analysis was used. After careful review, four areas of meaning-making emerged: what brought participants to this work; meaning-making within the function of the role; connection and companionship; and, challenges faced within the role. These results add to the relatively small base of knowledge regarding the experience of social workers who work in pediatric end-of-life care in a healthcare setting.
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Griffiths, Maya. "Young children's emotional response to understanding the concept of death /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18412.pdf.

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Ott, Meredith C. "Child actor ethics : children in plays with adult themes /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9882.

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Waller, Jeanne Rene. "Stress factors on adult children caring for elderly parents /." View online, 1986. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211130498071.pdf.

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Jaquess, David Lynn. "Lying in children as a function of adult monitoring." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02132009-172504/.

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Washle, Edwin J. "Fathers and young-adult children : factors affecting relationship strength /." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-135908/.

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