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Powson, Heidi. "Filipino families in Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1995. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35849/1/35849_Powson_1995.pdf.
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The Filipino community is one of the most rapidly expanding non-English speaking background communities in Australia: a young vibrant community, well educated and qualified, possessing exceptional English language proficiency.Because of a significant proportion of Filipino-Australian intermarriage, and a large family-oriented immigration trend, many unique cross-cultural and social issues have emerged in the Filipino community.
An examination of the literature revealed that many aspects on Filipino immigration to Australia are disproportionately studied, leading to the
perpetuation of stereotypes and myths. There has been a tendency to focus on Filipino wives (not women), without reference to Filipino men, or to cultural values and experiences of Filipino families. The main objective of this study was to provide a broad sociological survey of Filipino immigrant families and latter
generations in Australia.
This study analysed the amalgamation of Filipino and Australian cultures
through diverse family structures, and highlighted both differences and commonalities. The recognition of Filipino immigrants as active agents in their
own settlement, provided an understanding of the adaptive reconstitution of Philipino culture through family interactions, child-rearing practices, employment
and intergenerational experiences. An historical and cross-cultural perspective has employed to analyse the development of Filipino immigration to Australia
and the socio-cultural issues affecting Filipino families.
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Kartje, Michael J. "PASSED DOWN: MASCULINE FAMILIAL RELATIONS IN FILM." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1491.
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My short narrative film Passed Down follows three generations of men in a family: a son, a father and a grandfather. Composed of four short scenes, the film focuses on the three characters as they work through issues of masculinity, passed down from one generation to the next. My film suggests that this cultural sharing is part of a much larger set of social boundaries that help define what it is to "be a man". These scenes reflect my own personal experience with this phenomenon, as a son and as a father myself.
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Weiner, Kate. "Patient and professional constructions of familial hypercholesterolaemia and heart disease : testing the limits of the geneticisation thesis." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2006. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10190/.
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This thesis provides an empirical investigation of the geneticisation thesis. Geneticisation is one of the most prominent critiques of the social and cultural implications of developments in genetics. It incorporates a set of claims and expectations about the way genetic knowledge and technologies are transforming or will transform ideas about health and illness, and health care practices. This research aims to explore the empirical basis of these claims, by looking at the place of genetic discourses and practices in one specific area. The thesis focuses on familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a treatable hereditary cholesterol condition associated with high rates of coronary heart disease (CHD). It asks how much and in what ways patients with FH and professionals involved with the condition construct FH and CHD as genetic conditions. The thesis draws on three main areas of data - biomedical literature concerning CHD and FH; ethnographic work concerning the activities of HEART UK, the main UK health charity involved with inherited lipid disorders and cholesterol; and interviews with patients with FH and with staff and members of HEART UK. The analysis suggests that FH is not understood or managed within a strong genetic frame, and that neither professionals involved in HEART UK, nor patients with FH, provided or contributed to radically new or geneticised accounts of CHD. In short, the research suggests that geneticisation overstates the transformatory potential of genetics, and that factors such as the availability of effective therapeutics, the sites where care takes place, the disciplines involved, and existing lay and professional models of disease are important for the construction of a particular field. Furthermore, in arguing that FH is not associated with a strong specific disease identity or community, the analysis questions the notion of biosociality, suggesting that is may be less relevant to some biological states or conditions than to others.
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Molefi, Stanley. "Families’ experiences with schizophrenia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2567.
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Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Families of people with schizophrenia often experience difficult challenges when it
comes to dealing with this illness. Contemporary researchers suggest that families often
take on the task of caring for their ill relatives with limited resources and support. Mental
health professionals often fail to include the families in the treatment of their relatives.
Although psychoeducation has been shown to be an important process that helps not only
the families but relatives as well, mental health professionals commonly do not involve
families in such activities. This study explored the experiences of families of people with
schizophrenia and their subsequent contact with mental health professionals, as well as
their understanding of schizophrenia as a mental disorder. To this end, a small sample of
10 families (four Xhosa speaking families as well as six Coloured families) was drawn in
the Western Cape area on a convenience basis. In each case a family caregiver was
interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data were content analyzed.
The findings of the study indicate that families find it difficult to deal with their ill
relatives. Families often experience stigma-related incidents because of their relatives.
They feel isolated and alone. Families often yearn to receive more information about the
illness of their relatives. Also, the contact between mental health professionals and
families was reported to be minimal at best. Family members reported that mental health
professionals do not include them in the treatment process. Recommendations for further
research and practice are made.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die families van mense met skisofrenie kom moeilike uitdagings teë op hul pad met
hierdie versteuring. Hedendaagse navorsers vind dat die families gereeld die
verantwoordelikheid aanneem om na die siek familielid om te sien met beperkte
hulpbronne en ondersteuning. Geestesgesondheidswerkers sluit dikwels nie die families
in by die behandeling van hul familielede nie. Alhoewel psigo-opvoeding as 'n belangrike
proses erken word, wat nie net die families nie, maar ook die siek familielid help, word
dit nie in die praktyk toegepas deur geestesgesondheidwerkers nie. Hierdie studie verken
die ervaringe van die families van mense met skisofrenie en hul daaropvolgende kontak
met geestesgesondheid werkers, asook hul begrip van skisofrenie as ’n versteuring.
Heirvoor is ’n klein steekproef (vier Xhosa-sprekende asook ses Kleurling families)
geneem in die Wes-Kaap op ’n gerieflikheidsbasis. In elke geval is ’n semigestruktureerde
onderhoud gevoer met ’n familie versorger. Die data is geanaliseer
volgens inhoud.
Die bevindinge van die studie dui aan dat families dit moeilik vind om hul siek
familielede te hanteer. Families ervaar dikwels stigma as gevolg van hul siek familielede.
Hulle voel geïsoleerd en alleen. Families smag dikwels daarna om inligting te bekom oor
die versteuring van hul familielede. Verder is die kontak tussen families en
geestesgesondheidswerkers minimaal ten beste van tye. Families rapporteer dat
geestesgesondheid werkers hulle as families nie by die behandelingsproses insluit nie.
Voorstelle vir verdure navorsing en die praktyk word gemaak.
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Connor, Liam. "Adolescents with congenital heart disease: an exploration of psychosocial development, intra-hospital and familial experiences." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009.
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The last twenty years has seen a significant improvement in the physical health of sufferers of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) due to advances in medical assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Children with CHD are living longer into adolescence and adulthood. Research now assesses the psychosocial development of this population. Two studies were conducted: phase one used qualitative research analyses to interview adolescents (N=6) about their experiences with CHD. A number of themes emerged: CHD defines sense of identity and experience of the disease generates apprehension. Phase 2 used quantitative analysis to measure experiences of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and psychopathology in a larger sample (N-42). Older adolescents were more likely to experience negative mood, anger, poorer cognitive and social functioning. A number of HRQoL scales were related to depression, anxiety and stress. Results are discussed in the context of chronic illness behavior and developmental tasks of adolescents and have implications for the provision of psychological services to this population.
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Carr, Jonathan. "Familial adult myoclonus epilepsy : a clinical, neurophysiological and genetic study of a familial form of myoclonic epilepsy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1201.
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Thesis (DMed (Medicine. Internal Medicine))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies (PME) are characterized by progressive neurological
impairment with myoclonus, seizures and dementia. In contradistinction, Familial Adult
Myoclonic Epilepsy (FAME) is characterized by a benign course with rare seizures and
cortical tremor. Both conditions have neurophysiological features suggestive of a cortical
origin for their myoclonus.
This dissertation reports on a novel form of PME. Many of those who were affected had no
or minimal progression of their illness, low seizure frequency and were cognitively intact,
suggestive of non-progressive disorders linked to the FAME loci.
The majority of patients had features of cortical myoclonus, with generalized spike and wave
discharges on electroencephalography, enlarged evoked potentials, enhanced C reflexes,
and evidence of cortical excitability with magnetic stimulation. However, there was evidence
of cerebellar dysfunction both pathologically and on imaging. With regard to similar
conditions, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy and Unverricht-Lundborg syndrome were
excluded by linkage analysis. Similarly, linkage was not present for either the FAME 1 or
FAME 2 loci.
This syndrome is both clinically and genetically novel, and has a nosology which is difficult to
characterize, in which the condition appears to lie on the spectrum between FAME and
PME. The dissociation between the pathological and radiological findings which suggest
subcortical dysfunction, and the neurophysiological findings of cortical myoclonus is striking.
Review of the literature associated with the neurophysiology of related conditions associated
with PME and FAME suggests that:
1. The assumption that generalized forms of myoclonic disorders represent multifocal
forms of focal cortical discharges is an oversimplification.
2. The dissociation between initial and later components of the evoked potential is less
robust than is generally supposed, and that subcortical inputs may affect later
components of the evoked potential.
3. In a high proportion of cases the latency from cortical spike discharge to myoclonic
jerk obtained with jerk locked averaging is incompatible with a cortical origin for the
spike discharge.
4. The proposal that myoclonus is a form of long latency reflex and that myoclonus
represents a reflex arising from subclinical sensory input, is unproven.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Progressiewe Miokloniese Epilepsie (PME) word gekenmerk deur progressiewe
neurologiese agteruitgang met mioklonus, konvulsies en demensie. Daarenteen word
Familiële Volwasse Miokloniese Epilepsie (FAME) gekenmerk deur 'n benigne verloop met
ongereelde konvulsies en kortikale tremor. Beide entiteite het neurofisiologiese kenmerke
suggestief van 'n kortikale oorsprong vir die mioklonus.
Hierdie manuskrip beskryf 'n nuwe vorm van PME. Baie van die aangetaste persone toon
geen of min agteruitgang van die siekte oor tyd nie, met 'n lae frekwensie van konvulsies en
is kognitief intak, wat suggestief is van 'n nie-progressiewe siekte gekoppel aan die FAME
loci.
Die oorgrote meerderheid van pasiente het kenmerke van kortikale mioklonus gehad, met
algemene spits en boog ontladings op elektroensefalografie, hoë amplitude ontlokte
potensiale, versterkte C-reflekse, en tekens van kortikale eksiteerbaarheid met magnetiese
stimulasie. Met neurobeelding en patologie was daar egter bewyse van serebellêre
disfunksie. Soortgelyke toestande, naamlik dentatorubro-pallidoluysiese atrofie en
Unverricht-Lundborg sindroom is uitgeskakel deur middel van koppelingsanalise. Koppeling
met die FAME1 of FAME2 loci kon ook nie aangetoon word nie.
Die sindroom is beide klinies sowel as geneties nuut en het 'n nosologie wat moeilik
gekaraktiseer kan word. Dit wil voorkom of die siekte op 'n spektrum lê tussen FAME en
PME. Die dissosiasie tussen die patologiese en radiologiese bevindinge, wat suggestief is
van subkortikale disfunksie, en die neurofisiologiese bevindinge van kortikale mioklonus is
opmerklik.
’n Oorsig van die literatuur in verband met die neurofisiologie van toestande geassosieer
met PME en FAME suggesteer die volgende:
1. Die aanname dat algemene vorme van miokloniese toestande multifokale vorme van
fokale kortikale ontladings verteenwoordig, is ’n oorvereenvoudiging.
2. Die dissosiasie tussen inisiële en latere komponente van die ontlokte potensiaal is
minder robuust as wat algemeen aanvaar word, en subkortikale invoer mag latere
komponente van die ontlokte potensiaal beïnvloed.
3. In ’n groot proporsie van gevalle is die latensie van kortikale spits ontlading tot
miokloniese ruk, verkry deur “jerk locked averaging”, nie verenigbaar met met ’n
kortikale oorsprong vir die spits ontlading nie.
4. Geen bewyse bestaan vir die teorie dat mioklonus ’n vorm van ’n lang latensie refleks
is en dat mioklonus ’n refleks is wat ontstaan uit subkliniese sensoriese invoer nie.
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Du, Toit-Gous Carien. "Resilience in remarried families." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50439.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Using a cross-sectional survey research design the present study aims to explore
those resilience factors which enable remarried families to withstand and rebound from
the disruptive challenges they face. Furthermore, recovery factors were examined
which enabled remarried families to cope more effectively and to emerge har-dier___fr_om a
crisis. Remarried families who were married between one to four years, with at least
one family member presently in school, were approached to take part in this study. A
parent and a child from 38 families independently completed six questionnaires and an
open-ended question. It is proposed that the most important resilience factors identified
in this study, through qualitative and quantitative measures, include (1) family
relationships and support (mutual respect, cooperation and a loving bond), (2) family
communication that is affirming, conveying care and support, as well as less incendiary
communication that tends to exacerbate a stressful situation, (3) the ability to have a
sense of control over outcomes in life by having a active orientation in adjusting to and
managing stressful situations, (4) activities and routines that helps the family in spending
time together and creating togetherness, (5) a strong marriage relationship (consisting of
clearly defined roles, equality and support for each other), (6) support from family and
friends, (7) internal and external handling of problems by redefining stressful events and
acquiring and accepting social support, (8) spirituality and religion within the family that
provides meaning and purpose beyond a crisis situation.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Dwarssnit navorsingsontwerp is gebruik om veerkragtigheidsfaktore te
identifiseer wat hersaamgestelde gesinne in staat stelom weerstand te bied in
ontwrigtende uitdagings wat hulle in die gesig staar. Verder is herstellingsfaktore
ondersoek wat hersaamgestelde gesinne in staat stelom 'n krisis effektief te hanteer.
Hersaamgestelde gesinne wat tussen een tot vier jaar getroud is, met ten minste een
gesinslid op skool, is genader om aan die studie deel te neem. 'n Ouer en 'n kind van
38 gesinne het onafhanklik ses vraelyste en 'n oop-end vraag beantwoord. Die
volgende veerkragtigheidsfaktore is met behulp van kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe
metings geïdentifiseer: (1) gesinsverhoudings en ondersteuning (wedersydse respek,
samewerking en 'n liefdevolle band), (2) oop gesinskommunikasie wat bevestigend is en
wat sorg en ondersteuning oordra, sowel as minder opruiende kommunikasie wat
geneig is om stresvolle situasies te vererger, (3) die vermoë om 'n sin van kontrole oor
uitkomste in die lewe te hê deur 'n aktiewe orientasie in aanpassing tot en die beheer
van stresvolle situasies, (4) aktiwiteite en roetine wat gesinne help om tyd saam te
spandeer en die skep van samesyn, (5) 'n sterk huweliksverhouding (bestaande uit
duidelike gedefinieerde rolle, gelykheid en ondersteuning van mekaar), (6)
ondersteuning van familie en vriende, (7) interne en eksterne hantering van probleme
deur die herdefiniëring van stresvolle gebeure, sowel as die verkryging en aanvaarding
van sosiale ondersteuning, (8) spiritualiteit en godsdiens in die gesin wat doel en
betekenis verskaf wat verder gaan as die krisissituasie.
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Bartolo, Irma. "Word definitions by Spanish and English bilingual children from low-income families /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1240684121&sid=13&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Frohnmayer, Lynn Frohnmayer Dave Coste Emmanuelle Delannoy Louisiane. "Fanconi anemia : a handbook for families and their physicians /." Monterey, Calif. : Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2002. http://library.miis.edu/thesis/TI02%5F2A.pdf.
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Teoh, Lay Mui Lucilla. "Happy families : a search for form." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35908/1/35908_Teoh_1998.pdf.
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Based on Iain Chambers' observations in Migrancy, Culture, Identity (1994, pp. 6-24), the process of migration can be summarized as the relentless transformation of a single entity into multiple spaces and tempos while various histories of language, of politics, of culture and of experiences are distilled. The migrant then has to negotiate the shared
occupation of the same new signs with the 'natives' of the new host country. This ongoing process is evident as each new community of migrants arrives in Australia. As each new generation matures, they contribute or
distill elements of their home cultures into the fabric of multicultural Australian society. The genesis of Happy Families as a play could be attributed to what Chambers calls the 'relentless transformation' of my
migrant family as it attempts to negotiate the spaces in the various communities into which it has been transplanted. This transformation has many facets; some painful, some pleasant, and all inevitable. Hence the
play is an attempt to analyze the forces and the circumstances surrounding the transformation such as the issue of assimilation with the attendant loss
of cultural roots and the recent unprecedented rise in racial tensions in multicultural societies like Australia.
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Aslett, Michelle. "Fowl feathered fox: Monsters, pipers, families and flocks." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1633.
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Fowl Feathered Fox: Monsters, Pipers, Families and Flocks is a doctoral work consisting of a full-length stage play and an exegesis. An introduction outlines the scope of the doctoral work, while a concluding chapter reflects on research findings and considers staging issues and implications. Appendices include images incorporated into the play’s action as well as photographed excerpts from a series of visual diaries used to document the play’s evolution. The play, Fowl Feathered Fox, explores the nature of delusion, deception and the tragedy of The Beast Within. Borrowing as it does from the traditions of revenge tragedy, comedy and horror, the style of Fowl Feathered Fox is both sensual and sensationalistic. Indeed, by virtue of overstepping traditional ideological, stage and venue boundaries to tap into an audience’s faculties of taste, physical sensation and smell, I aim to confront, seduce and repel on every possible sensory level. Here, in keeping with the conventions of Renaissance revenge tragedies as well as contemporary re-imaginings of the genre in popular culture, a tragic protagonist is forced to behave as a detective in order to put an end to a terrible, taboo curse. As a black comedy however, Fowl Feathered Fox makes light of taboo topics, as the darkness of the subject matter is buoyed by meta-theatrical gags, ironic humour, word-play and brief forays into interpretive dance. In the tradition of horror film and fiction, my eponymous ‘fowl feathered fox’ is a specifically Australian re-imagining of the archetypal shapeshifter, blending the qualities of the wolf in sheep’s clothing, the false prophet, the Pied Piper and the werewolf. Surrealism, with its roots in psychoanalysis, underscores the play’s visual aesthetic: this stage is littered with fearful, surgically invasive and aggressively sexual forms, objects and images. The exegesis, Monsters, Pipers, Families and Flocks, interrogates various mythic, historical and fictional examples of charismatic cult leadership, locating patterns in the paradigmatic nexus shared by monsters, cults and families. A trio of exegetical essays considers the tragic nature of lycanthropy, Nietzsche’s conception of the Apollonian/ Dionysian dichotomy, the socio-cultural dynamics of charismatic cult leadership and the frightening, fascinating phenomenon of pseudologia fantastica. The first exegetical essay explores the lycanthropic and messianic qualities of two real-life malevolent cult leaders: Rock Theriault (Canada) and William Kamm (Australia). The second exegetical essay interrogates the enthralling, intoxicating qualities of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and Greek demi-god Dionysus, finding parallels in tragic revenge narratives wrought by infamous American cult leaders such as Charles Manson and David Berg. Finally, the third exegetical essay examines monstrous, messianic mothers from Greek myth, horror fiction and memoir: specifically, the goddess Demeter, Margaret White from Brian de Palma’s Carrie (1976) and notorious Australian cult leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne.
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Konz, Tiffany Marie. "Familial factors and attachment styles of adult children of alcoholics /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131567239.pdf.
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Theis, Julian [Verfasser]. "Identifizierung und Charakterisierung eines neuen Inhibitors der PH-Domäne der Cytohesin-Familie / Julian Theis." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1044081708/34.
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Mahlangu, Elijah. "The family (reality and imagery) as a hermeneutical procedure for interpreting the gospels within the socio-cultural context of the ancient Mediterranean world an African social-decriptive approach /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11132006-162036/.
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Krivonosov, Alexander Pencak William. "Where east meets west a landscape of familiar strangers - missionary Alaska, 1794 - 1898 /." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2008. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-2684/index.html.
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Smyth, Jolene D. "Family structure and adult well-being the effects of duration, timing, transitions, and recentness /." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2004/j%5Fsmyth%5F042804.pdf.
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Magor, Noel Philip. "Empowering marginal farm families in Bangladesh /." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1996. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm211.pdf.
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Guttormson, Heather. "Personal views of racism in white families a qualitative study /." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003guttormsonh.pdf.
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König, Heiko. "Familienbewusste Personalpolitik in Unternehmen : theoretische Ansätze und empirische Analysen /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2008. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-3544-2.htm.
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Shendock, Jennifer. "Comparing friendships of college students from intact and divorced families /." Full text available online, 2007. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.
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Landskron, Rolf. "Common-law and civil-law legal families : a misleading categorisation." ePublications@bond, 2008. http://epublications.bond.edu.au/theses/landskron.
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This thesis examines common-law and civil-law jurisdictions in order to find differences between them. These differences are then being qualified as either relevant or irrelevant for the categorisation of individual jurisdictions. This reflects the argument that only features occurring in only one of the legal families can be relevant when categorising jurisdictions. Only such features can be, from the author’s point of view, specific and typical for their legal family and inherent features of them.The first thing to be considered under this premise is the respective sources of law (Chapter 1). These are in civil-law jurisdictions traditionally statutes and in commonlaw jurisdictions predominantly courts’ decisions. There are, of course, statutes also in common-law jurisdictions and previous courts’ decisions play an important role also in civil-law systems. The differences are not inherent. Furthermore, there are fundamental legal concepts, that is important concepts underlying the respective rules. These concepts may explain differences between the rules. The examination of sources of law, altogether, does not reveal any distinguishing factors.Chapters 2–5 discuss the issue of attitudes of common-law and civil-law judges to statutory interpretation. Chapter 2 examines the respective methods of statutory interpretation. This does not reveal any differences as to common-law and civil-law judges’ attitudes; for instance, greater adherence of common-law judges to the literal meaning of rules arguably does not exist. As shown in Chapter 3, this is true also in the area of Criminal Law under the special safeguards this subject provides. Chapter 4 asserts terminology causes differences between the systems; this is true even in case of identical terminology which is sometimes being interpreted in a diametrically different way. Moreover, differences can also be compensated for elsewhere in the legal system. Altogether, Chapter 4 does not reveal any inherent differences between the systems. As Chapter 5 shows, there is an ongoing process of convergence between common-law and civil-law systems, which means the categorisation into legal families becomes even less plausible.Chapter 6 shows that the categorisation into legal families is not only incorrect but also highly misleading and that there are numerous scholarly statements relying incorrectly on the family concept. The proposition (Chapter 7) is that it may nevertheless be feasible to structure comparative-law texts according to the wellknown legal families, as these show a common historical background. However, for conducting research into particular foreign legal rules (micro-comparative research), the family concept becomes a misleading starting-point. Insofar the concept should be abandoned or, at least, used only together with an appropriate warning.
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Agenbag, Gloudi. "Molecular genetic analysis of familial breast cancer in South Africa." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/953.
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Faivre, Raphaële. "L' émergence d'un droit familial alimentaire du couple : étude critique." Lyon 3, 2009. https://scd-resnum.univ-lyon3.fr/in/theses/2009_in_faivre_r.pdf.
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Dans un contexte d'effacement de l'institution familiale derrière l'individu, l'étude met en lumière l'émergence d'un impératif alimentaire commun à tous les couples. Le mariage opère comme un modèle vers lequel l'autorité publique fait converger l'union libre et le pacs. A travers l'émergence d'un modèle familial de couple fondé sur la solidarité alimentaire, l'autorité publique développe un droit familial fondé sur un utilitarisme « économique et social ». Mais cette modélisation est incertaine et met en lumière les incohérences existantes dans le traitement juridique des formes de couple. Analyse critique et prospective, si l'étude identifie la solidarité alimentaire comme un enjeu du traitement juridique contemporain des formes de couple, elle réfute l'idée d'un alignement autour d'un modèle unique. Elle envisage les voies possibles d'un droit de collaboration et de protection alimentaire adapté aux différentes formes de couple. Diversité, équité, liberté, sécurité juridique et engagement, en sont les principes directeurs. Elle conduit à réaffirmer le principe de liberté qui préside à l'union libre fermant la voie à toute idée de création d'un statut familial au profit d'un maintien de l'union libre dans la sphère du droit commun et d'une solidarité alimentaire conventionnelle. L'étude propose la création d'un devoir de collaboration alimentaire pendant l'union, unifié entre époux et entre partenaires, adapté aux attentes des individus, conciliant solidarité et autonomie. Articulé autour d'un devoir de protection alimentaire à la dissolution de l'union, ce droit se veut comme une des réponses aux enjeux économiques sociaux et démographiques de la France contemporaine<br>In a context where the family is losing ground to the individual, the study highlights the emergence of a requirement for cohabitants to provide each other with financial support. Marriage serves as an example on which French public authorities model forms of common-law union and “civil solidarity pacts” (equivalent to British Civil Partnerships). With the development of a family model of the couple founded on financial interdependence, French legislators are paving the way for a new set of family laws based on pragmatic economic and social principles. However, this modelling is flawed and brings to light inconsistencies in the current legal treatment of the different forms of union. A critical and forward-thinking analysis, the study identifies mutual financial commitments as being at stake in the contemporary legal treatment of the various forms of partnership, but equally refutes the notion of any adherence to a single approach. The study envisages the possibility of legal codes of collaboration and financial protection adapted to the different forms of union. Diversity, fairness, freedom, legal security and commitment are the guiding principles. The study leads to a reaffirmation of the principle of free-choice which presides over common-law unions, thus excluding any notion of the formalisation of one set of rules for the family, arguing instead in favour of the conservation of informal unions within the sphere of common law and of conventional obligations of financial support. The study proposes the introduction of a requirement for economic collaboration throughout the duration of the union, acknowledged by spouses and partners, and adapted to the individuals' expectations, thus reconciling mutual obligations with independence. Recognising the need for individual protection upon the dissolution of a partnership, this legal framework aims to provide an answer to the economic, social and demographic questions at stake in contemporary France
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Lloyd, Jana. "Finding Where I Am: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction - Creative thesis." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd771.pdf.
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Human, Berquin. "Resilience in families in which a parent has died." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52434.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The death of a parent calls on the family to utilize all its resources in order to adapt
successfully and maintain normal family functioning. Within the mental health field a
paradigm-shift from pathology-based to health-oriented is underway. Integral to this
health-oriented paradigm is resilience, the ability to rebound after being stressed or
challenged, as well as being able to rise above adversity and to survive stress. Family
resilience theory emphasizes the role that family characteristics, behaviour patterns and
capabilities play in cushioning the impact of stressful life events and in assisting the family
in recovering from crises (McCubbin, Thompson, & McCubbin, 1996). Using a crosssectional
survey research design, the present study aimed to explore and explicate those
resiliency factors which enable families to adjust and adapt successfully after the loss of a
parent. Families in which the death of a parent took place 1 to 3 years ago, and in which
the eldest child was between 12 and 19 years old were approached to take part in this
study. Thirty nine families completed questionnaires, as well as an open-ended question
in which they were asked to report the most important factors or strengths which they felt
helped their family through the stressful period. Results indicate that intrafamilial support
such as emotional and practical support amongst family members, and family hardiness
characteristics such as the internal strengths and durability of the family unit, contribute to
resilience within the family. Individual characteristics, such as positive personality
characteristics like optimism, are as important. Support from extended family and friends,
as well as support obtained from religious and spiritual beliefs and activities, were reported
as facilitating successful adjustment to the loss.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die dood van 'n ouer vereis dat 'n gesin alle bronne moet benut ten einde suksesvolle
aanpassing en gewone gesinsfunksionering te handhaaf. Binne die geestesgesondheidsveld
is daar 'n paradigma-verskuiwing vanaf patologie-gebaseerd na
gesondheidsgeoriënteerd. Integraal tot hierdie gesondheidsgeoriënteerde paradigma is
veerkragtigheid, die vermoë om terug te bons, uit te styg, en te oorleef nadat teëspoed
ervaar is. Gesinsveerkragtigheidsteorieë beklemtoon die rol wat gesinseienskappe,
gedragspatrone en bekwaamhede speel met betrekking tot die versagting van die impak
van stresvolle lewenservaringe, asook die gesin se herstel na die krisis (McCubbin,
Thompson, & McCubbin, 1996). 'n Dwarssnit opname-navorsingsontwerp is gebruik om
die veerkragtigheidsfaktore te identifiseer en te beskryf wat gesinne help om suksesvol na
die dood van 'n ouer aan te pas. Gesinne waar 'n ouer tussen een en drie jaar vantevore
gesterf het, en die oudste kind tussen 12 en 19 jaar oud is, is genader vir deelname aan
hierdie ondersoek. Nege-en-dertig gesinne het vraelyste sowel as 'n oop-end vraag
voltooi waarin hulle gevra is om die belangrikste faktore te beskryf wat hul gesin deur die
stresvolle periode gehelp het. Resultate dui daarop dat intragesinsondersteuning soos
emosionele en praktiese ondersteuning, en gesinsgehardheid met kenmerke van interne
sterkte en die volhoubaarheid van die gesin as eenheid, bygedra het tot
gesinsveerkragtigheid. Individuele eienskappe soos optimisme het net so 'n essensiële rol
gespeel. Ondersteuning van familie en vriende, asook ondersteuning as gevolg van
godsdienstige en spirituele oortuigings en aktiwiteite, was fasiliterend in die suksesvolle
aanpassing na die dood van 'n ouer.
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Smith, P. N. "Resilience in Xhosa families." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1478.
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Thesis (DPhil (Psychology))—University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>This study addresses unprivileged dichotomies in an endeavour to make audible the
silence surrounding Xhosa family resilience. This study is essentially descriptive and
exploratory in nature and directed towards an understanding of the factors
contributing to the resilience of Xhosa-speaking, rural black South African families.
To contextualise the discussion a selection of theories on resilience are viewed within
their cultural contexts. Western psychology’s privileging of a) the scrutiny of
pathology while disregarding resilience; of b) white participants to black participants;
and c) individuality to relationship centeredness and familial systems; are uncovered
and a hypothetical understanding of Xhosa family resilience is construed. The line of
thought culminates in the theoretical discussion and empirical exploration of The
Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation (McCubbin,
Thompson, & McCubbin, 1996). In the concluding remarks of this project an
adaptation of this model, namely the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Strength,
Adjustment and Adaptation, is construed. The derived model is based on an
integration of the findings of this study with resilience theory.
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Morgan, Verity. "'The nature of things'." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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This is the story of Beth. And Beth's father, Jack. Her earliest memory is of her mother making a lot of noise. At first it makes her cry. Then her mother is there, picking her up and rocking her. Her mother is warm and soft. 'It's all right, it's all right Bethy.' She puts her hand up to feel the red stuff on her mother's mouth. It sticks to her fingers. Wet and warm. It tastes of salt when she puts them in her mouth. Her mother smiles and Bethy is happy. Then her father puts his hand, and it is a big hand, on her head and sings. 'Tu ra Lura Lura. Tu ra lu ra li. Tu ra lu ra lu ra.' He sings the lullaby. She likes the sound of his singing and it makes her sleepy. Beth falls asleep in her mother's arms but it is her father's voice in her head.
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Pierce, Jennifer. "The dual career couple : a human resource management perspective." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998.
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Tatman, Anthony W. "Role stressors, interrole conflict, and well-being the moderating influence of spousal support and coping behaviors among employed parents: a replicative study /." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001tatmana.pdf.
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Moua, Teng. "The Hmong culture kinship, marriage & family systems /." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003mouat.pdf.
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Webb, Janis. "The interplay between the experience of doctoral education and familial relationships for mid and late-career academics employed in Australian universities." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2010. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/64516.
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This investigation explored how family relationships are affected when adults with significant cross-generation responsibilities undertake doctoral study. How family commitments impact on these students’ study and work was also considered.<br>Doctor of Philosophy
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Marr, Gregory M. "Development of a Methodology for Creating Families of Parts." Digital WPI, 1999. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/823.
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The purpose of this thesis was to develop methodologies and procedures for the construction and use of CAD part families. This project uses the software CADDS5 created by Computervision, Inc., and its "Family of Parts" module. This software allows the creation of an entire family of similar parts using a single parametric master model and a text file containing the necessary parameters for each member of the family. CADDS5 users at Raytheon were surveyed to determine how they use standard parts, what types of standard parts are used, and typical modeling strategies. A set of criteria were developed to determine which groups of parts would be good candidates to be used as test cases. Four test cases were used to develop the methodology or procedure for the creation of families of parts. In addition, efficient use of these part families required the development of a set of search engines to allow the users to find parts more easily, and a parts server to generate new family members. The Family of Parts software in CADDS5 serves as a starting point for the creation of a usable library of standard parts. However, it has a poor user interface and has no system for part management and database administration. This thesis has made up for several of these shortcomings, and has created the core of a working library that can be easily used by all of the designers without requiring detailed knowledge of the details behind the implementation. The methodology developed during this project provides the necessary information for designers to create the majority of standard parts in use at Raytheon. For those who want to expand the library, it has provided useful information that will help them create high-quality parts that will work well with this system.
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Gruber, Jessica J. (Sylla). "What school counselors can do to help children of military families." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008gruberj.pdf.
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Ryan, Marquita. "In-home family therapy with African American families new approach possibilities /." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000ryanm.pdf.
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Conti, Jean-Louis Roussillon René. "Adolescence féminine et violence familiale." Lyon : Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2004. http://demeter.univ-lyon2.fr:8080/sdx/theses/lyon2/2004/conti_jl.
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Nolting, Claudia. "Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4371.
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Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Family resilience refers to the family’s ability to overcome adversity using inherent and/or
acquired strengths and resources. The aim of this study was to identify factors contributing to the
successful adaptation, or resilience, of families following the birth or diagnosis of a child with a
developmental disability. The study is based on the theoretical frameworks of family resilience
proposed by McCubbin and McCubbin (1996) and Walsh (2003), namely the Family Resiliency
Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation and the Family Resilience Framework. The
study population in this study comprised 40 families with a child with a developmental disability
living in the Boland region of the Western Cape. One parent from each family was asked to
complete a number of quantitative measuring instruments and answer an open-ended question
aimed at identifying the strengths and resources contributing to the family’s adaptation.
Quantitative data was analysed through analyses of variance, Pearson product-moment
correlations and a multiple regression analysis. The qualitative data was analysed using thematic
content analysis. These analyses revealed that an acceptance of the situation, positive patterns of
family communication, commitment and support within the family unit, and a positive attitude
with regard to new experiences and challenges facilitate family adaptation and resilience, while
negative patterns of communication within the family were found to be inversely related to
family adaptation. An inverse association was also found between age of the child with a
disability and family adaptation. These findings suggest some possible avenues of intervention
by which the adaptation of families with a child with a developmental disability in South Africa
can be facilitated or supported.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gesinsveerkragtigheid verwys na die gesin se vermoë om terugslae en teenspoed te oorkom deur
die gebruik van bestaande en aangeleerde sterktes en hulpbronne. Die doel van die huidige studie
was om kwaliteite te identifiseer wat tot die aanpassing, en dus veerkragtigheid, van gesinne met
‘n kind met ‘n ontwikkelingsgestremdheid bydra. Die studie is gebaseer op die teoretiese
raamwerke wat deur McCubbin en McCubbin (1996) en Walsh (2003) voorgestel is, naamlik die
Family Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation en die Family Resilience
Framework. Veertig gesinne van ‘n kind met ‘n ontwikkelingsgestremdheid wat in die Bolandgebied
in die Wes-Kaap bly, het aan die studie deelgeneem. ‘n Reeks kwantitatiewe vraelyste en
‘n oopeinde-vraag is deur een ouer van elke gesin voltooi. Hierdie vraelyste en oopeinde-vraag
was gerig op die identifisering van sterktes en hulpbronne wat tot die suksesvolle aanpassing van
die gesin bydra. Die kwantitatiewe data is ontleed deur gebruik te maak van variansieontleding,
die berekening van Pearson-produkmomentkorrelasies en meerregressie-ontledings. Die
kwalitatiewe data is ontleed deur gebruik te maak van tematiese inhoudsontleding. Die
kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe ontledings het getoon dat aanvaarding van die situasie, positiewe
kommunikasie tussen gesinslede, toegewydheid tot die gesin, gesinseenheid en ‘n positiewe
houding om krisisse as `n uitdaging te beskou, belangrike veerkragtigheidskwaliteite is, terwyl
negatiewe en opruiende kommunikasie in die gesin omgekeerd met aanpassing verband hou. ‘n
Omgekeerde verband is ook gevind tussen gesinsaanpassing en die ouderdom van die kind met
‘n gestremdheid. Hierdie bevindings kan bydra tot die ontwikkeling van ingrypingsprogramme
waardeur die aanpassing van Suid-Afrikaanse gesinne met ‘n kind met ‘n gestremdheid
gefasiliteer en ondersteun kan word.
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Lubbe, Carien. "The experiences of children growing up in same-gendered families." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08022005-102856/.
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Erasmus, Elrika. "Play in psychotherapy with HIV/AIDS-affected children and families." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12072005-155941.
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Botha, Johanna Maria. "Vroeë moeder-kind kommunikasie interaksie in lae sosio-ekonomiese families." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07172006-152250.
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Van, der Merwe Annelize. "Genetic heterogeneity in South African facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) families." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10262005-110841/.
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Petering, Julie. "The relationship between fluid and crystallised abilities, self-esteem and metacogniton on familiar and unfamiliar tasks /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SPS/09spsp479.pdf.
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Cherry, Jessica. "The Communication Patterns and Experiences of Children in Single Parent Families." TopSCHOLAR®, 2016. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1595.
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This study gained the perspective of children from single parent families and explored their family communication patterns. An inductive, qualitative approach was used. Interviews were conducted with eleven participants gathered from undergraduate classes, who had lived with their single parent for a minimum of 3 years. Four major themes emerged from the data: communication, challenges and triumphs, structure, and how parents came to be single. The majority of participants appeared to exhibited pluralistic family communication patterns. Results also revealed the importance of open communication in single parent families and what they learned through their experiences living with their custodial parent. Limitations and directions for future research will also be discussed.
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Szabo, Eva. "Molecular and clinical genetic studies of a novel variant of familial hypercalcemia." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2002. http://publications.uu.se/theses/91-554-5300-7/.
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Lambrecht, Mary J. "Nurturance deficits and the benefits of reparenting methods for families and individuals." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999lambrechtm.pdf.
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Sedlak, Lisa J. W. "Investigations of therapeutic implementation within family preservation programs." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999sedlakl.pdf.
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Rosier, J. Phillip. "Jumping the broom from slavery to today /." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000rosierj.pdf.
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Bélassian, Muriel. "L'organisation familiale face à l'incarcération du père." Lyon 3, 2005. https://scd-resnum.univ-lyon3.fr/in/theses/2005_in_belassian_m.pdf.
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Les hommes représentent majoritairement et donc presque généralement la population carcérale en France et à l'étranger. Parmi ces hommes, 80 % d'entre eux environ sont pères de famille. Apparaissent alors, dès l'entrée en prison de ces pères, des difficultés d'ordre personnel et patrimonial pour le détenu et sa famille. En effet, en milieu pénitentiaire, le droit au respect de la vie familiale instaurée par les textes nationaux et internationaux se révèle partiellement utopique dans la mesure où les règles de vie et surtout de sécurité priment sur les liens familiaux et la collaboration financière du père pour son foyer. Le père conserve en théorie ses prérogatives parentales, le droit de fonder une famille, de se marier, ou encore de participer à la vie économique de la cellule familiale. En pratique, cela se révèle être très complexe à mettre en œuvre tant le système carcéral français est lourdement sécurisé. On aboutit à des séparations, des divorces, à une privation paternelle pour l'enfant, à des suicides de ces pères de famille. A l'étranger, certains systèmes pénitentiaires tentent de favoriser le maintien et donc le respect des liens familiaux. En France, les mesures récentes permettent d'être partiellement optimiste sur ce point notamment grâce à l'instauration des unités de visites familiales.
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Erasmus, Wilna. "Die effek van korrektiewe toesig op die eggenote of saamwoonmaat van die manlike toesiggeval." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08032006-113937.
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Hadwen, Kate Margaret. "Leaving home: Investigating transitioning challenges faced by boarding students and their families." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1628.
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Transitioning to boarding school during the middle years of childhood impacts upon the social, emotional and academic wellbeing of young people (Bramston & Patrick, 2007; Connell & Wellborn, 1991; Deci, Vallerand, Pelletier, & Ryan, 1991; Earls & Carlson, 2001). Students who live at school as boarders, may experience greater transitional changes in all three components of wellbeing due to the extent of change experienced during this transition. While research addressing transitioning to school has indicated the importance of connectedness to school, bonding, friendships and a sense of autonomy (Eccles et al., 1993), there is limited research addressing the transitioning experiences of boarding students and their families.
This mixed methodology study sought to understand how boarding students experience transitioning into boarding school, its possible association with connectedness to the boarding house, reported levels of staff support, loneliness, homesickness and help-seeking for homesickness. Focus groups and interviews were used to better understand how parents experience the transitioning of their children into boarding school.
This thesis used data collected from a Healthway funded Starter Grant. The research was cross-sectional by design involving a purposeful sample of 267 students, 59% male and 41% female, aged 12 - 15 years, who lived in one of eight metropolitan and regional boarding settings in Western Australia (WA) in 2011, and 37 of their parents. Data for this project were collected from October, 2010 to September, 2011
The first research question used qualitative data to explore the experiences of boarding parents. Findings suggested parents appeared to be more affected by their children leaving home than did the majority of boarding students. The following strategies were suggested as helpful to support positive transitions: preparing both parents and their children effectively for the move; making contact with other boarding parents at least six months prior to the transition; having meaningful connections with the staff caring for their children communicating and visiting their children regularly; co-developing with their children communication and visiting plans; and, keeping busy.
Research questions two to five analysed quantitative data collected through a student survey. The following transitioning activities were found to be either very helpful and / or associated with other benefits (as listed above): tour of the boarding house; sleepover with or without parents; separate information targeting students and parents sent or given to boarding families, up to date information on the Internet; Orientation Day; peer mentors; staff telephoning students prior to transition; and, boarding staff meeting with each family individually on or following Orientation Day.
Homesickness was most commonly experienced during the first two weeks of boarding and when students returned after their holidays. Girls, younger students and International students reported experiencing more homesickness. Three factors: psychosomatic symptoms; separation distress; and, grief and loss, best explained how students in this study experienced homesickness.
Help-seeking behaviours comprised the factors contacting parents, keeping busy and conversing with staff and students. A number of activities were associated with reductions in both psychosomatic symptoms and separation distress; however, for those students who experienced grief and loss, going on leave with their parents and knowing when their parents would next be visiting or taking them on leave appeared to be the only activities that reduced students’ grief response.
Help-seeking was most evident for students who experienced psychosomatic symptoms or feelings of separation distress. Students who experienced grief and loss were less likely to report seeking help. Girls and younger students reported utilising the most help-seeking strategies.
The findings of this study and the subsequent recommendations will assist families and staff to better understand the experiences of boarding students and their families as students transition into boarding.
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Moloney, Adrianne. ""Family" as Constructed by Adoptees After Making Contact with Their Birth Families." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/238.
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Legislative changes during the 1980s and 1990s opened confidential adoption files of the past enabling many adoptees and relinquishing parents to establish contact. This study examines the way in which the meaning of family is constructed by adoptees who have made contact with their birth relatives, and how these constructions were altered after contact. The ways in which biological and social definitions of family are constructed and contested in these settings is explored. Sociological definitions of family are discussed and the gap between ideal notions of 'family' and the lived experience of 'family' is explored. The study focuses on the process by which people are assigned as family. It explores what 'family' means to those involved in the study and the criteria they employ to construct their meanings of 'family'.