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Welsh, A. "'Living well' with insulin-dependent diabetes in adolescence." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3009508/.
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Collins, Sabrina. "Promoting positive mental health and reducing anxiety : lessons for living : think well, do well." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2011. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15480.
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Lennox, Thompson Bronwyn Fay. "Living well with chronic pain : a classical grounded theory." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10282.
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Chronic pain is a public health problem that is likely to increase as the population ages, and has few effective treatments. Although viewed by many as profoundly distressing and disabling, there are a surprising number of people (approximately 30%) who cope well with their chronic pain and do not continue to seek treatment. There is little theory to explain how and why these individuals manage their pain well. This means there is limited knowledge about the approaches used by people who cope well and whether these strategies could help those who have more difficulty.
This thesis presents a substantive grounded theory of living well with chronic pain, the theory of re-occupying self. Seventeen individual interviews were recorded, with data collection, analysis and theory generation following classical grounded theory methodological approach. Constant comparison, theoretical sampling, theoretical coding, and theoretical sensitivity were used to identify the main concern of people who cope well with pain. This concern is achieving self-coherence, and is resolved by re-occupying self. Resolution involves making sense to develop an idiographic model of their pain; deciding to turn from patient to person, facilitated or hindered by interactions with clinicians and occupational drive; and flexibly persisting where occupational engaging and coping allow individuals to develop future plans. By completing this process, individuals form a coherent self-concept in which they re-occupy the important or valued aspects of themselves.
This study supports using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy because of its functional contextual view of people and their actions. This study illustrates that coping strategies are used in different ways depending on the primary goal within that context. Occupations, or active; purposeful; meaningful; contextualised and human activities, are used by people to make sense of their situation, and as a key motivation for developing coping strategies. These findings lead to new research questions about values-aligned activity, coping with identity change, and acceptance.
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Andrews, Rhys William. "Perfectionist liberalism and living well : character, politics and education." Thesis, Swansea University, 2005. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42948.
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This thesis aims to show that a liberal character-ethics lies at the heart of perfectionist liberal aspirations for individual flourishing. In the past, liberal conceptions of the good life were tied to metaphysical conceptions of the self. However, the diversity of contemporary liberal societies leads liberals to seek new conceptual resources to underpin their normative theories. This thesis decontests a perfectionist liberal doctrine which highlights liberal ethical ideals associated with a malleable conception of the self can be most attractively conceptualised by reviving the currently neglected concept of character. For agents in liberal societies to live well they should possess a certain sort of character. The liberal concept of character defended here has two aspects: moral and individual. These two aspects together provide normative content and criteria for a liberal character-ethics which can be promoted by the liberal state (and throughout civil society). In particular, a liberal doctrine based on the dual concept of character can guide an education for significant autonomy that nurtures the ability of children to live well in later life. Such an education would pay especially close attention to encouraging virtues associated with responsible political engagement, as these are fundamental to significant autonomy in a liberal democracy. The philosophical presuppositions of promoting liberal virtues can then be edifyingly viewed at a meta-theoretical level in quasi-Foucauldian terms as the inculcation of 'technologies of the self'. The final chapter uses the perfectionist liberal doctrine defended in Chapters Four and Five to assess the normative cogency of political education in English secondary schools, reflecting on the current politics and philosophy of education and citizenship in the UK. The thesis then concludes by highlighting that liberal aspirations for character, politics and education must be openly and confidently explicated if they are to shape the processes of 'govemmentality' in liberal democracies.
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Niker, Fay. "Living well by design : an account of permissible public nudging." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/95047/.
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The thesis provides a full assessment of the moral permissibility of a set of new belief and behaviour modification techniques, now commonly known as “nudges”, which are grounded in and justified by reference to our new insights into human psychology. It asks what forms of nudging are permissible in light of the state’s new understanding of its capacity to modify behaviour using these insights; and it develops an ethico-political account of living well that directs this normative investigation. There are two main strands to this analysis of public nudging, one relating to behaviour change policies designed for the sake of the target and the other relating to those designed for the sake of others. Across both strands, it is argued that the kinds of interventions that are permissible share a similar character: specifically, they are compatible with creating and sustaining the conditions for living well, on account of their playing an ecological-educative role in supporting citizens’ personal autonomy and practical reasoning. The thesis uses its in-depth normative analysis as the basis for engaging with current practices in behavioural policymaking and for setting out an ethically-sensitive policy framework to guide the design of nudge interventions in practice. The extended argument presented in these pages offers a distinctive and timely contribution to this debate, setting out arguably the most sustained and complete philosophical assessment of the ethics of nudging in the literature to date.
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Phillips, Elizabeth. "Living Well: Mutual Vulnerability and the Virtue of Proper Interconnection." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595995.
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Most philosophical work on ethical questions concerning disability and impairment, human vulnerability and the cycles of life is found within feminist care ethics and the philosophy of disability. When it comes to eudaimonist virtue ethics, a discussion of such truths about our human condition usually falls within an account of external goods. Alasdair Macintyre's work is the most notable exception. In his book, Dependent Rational Animals, Macintyre argues that the cultivation of the virtues of acknowledged dependence is necessary for living a eudaimon life. Rather than focus, as Macintyre and some care ethicists do, on our often contingent dependence, I argue that it is a right orientation toward our interdependence which allows us to live with the vulnerabilities inherent in the human condition and live well. To that end, I put forward a hitherto unspecified virtue which I call Proper Interconnection and argue for its necessary role in sustaining human flourishing in an interdependent world. I establish that Proper Interconnection is a legitimate virtue in its own right by demonstrating that it meets the conditions which Rosalind Hursthouse in "Environmental Virtue Ethics," and Macintyre in After Virtue specify must be met in order for a trait to qualify as a virtue. In accordance with Hursthouse's conditions, I show that Proper Interconnection is a deep-seated disposition of character comprised of four cognitive and emotional components: recognition, compassion, acceptance and shared responsibility. Proper Interconnection is integral to the acquisition of practical wisdom, can be inculcated in children and plausibly fits within an account of human nature. Turning to Macintyre's conditions, I provide several examples from anthropology which I argue suggest that Proper Interconnection is both central to and helps sustain particular practices and traditions—such as the practice of hospitality and traditions of kinship. Macintyre argues that, just as the virtues help sustain practices and traditions, they also enable us to flourish by sustaining the integrity of our character and, by extension, our life narratives. We are both the authors of our lives and inextricably interconnected with those whose life narratives intertwine with our own. As our individual flourishing cannot exist apart from the flourishing of the whole, we cannot live an integrated life narrative by engaging in just any form of interconnection. We need to cultivate the virtue of Proper Interconnection, as we search and strive for both our own good and the good of humankind.
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Cho, Hing, and 曹興. "Ageing well, living well : ageing polis : a landscape planning scheme responsive to Hong Kong's demographic transformation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207161.
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It is generally accepted that there is social alienation towards the elderly in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong society, the poor elderly are stereotyped as being a group of weak, handicapped, and lonely people. Often they are regarded as outdated and unable to adapt to rapid changes in society. The virtue of respecting elderly is facing challenges because of rapid social changes. Recently, the government has proposed the elderly move to China to grow old. “Aging in Place” has become harder to archive nowadays and it is common for Hong Kong families to commit their elderly family members to nursing homes away from society due to the changing family structure.
People admit that there are challenges and obstacles of letting elders “age in place”. Urban development, social gentrification, poverty and the decline of traditional cultural values have posed a considerable threat to the idea of “aging in place” in Hong Kong. Currently, in order to administrate with higher degree of convenience and effectiveness, nursing homes are often too “institutionalized” and lack relaxing and intimate environments.
This thesis is attempting to re-code this planning strategy for an aging population and develop a new precedent of living for the elderly in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, it is attempting to make a rectification on present elderly home and retirement housing settings and to investigate the real needs of elders.published_or_final_version
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Cole, Amanda Lesley. "Narratives of “living well”: Exploring the experiences of family members living with a family member with depression." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2022. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2498.
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Depression, originally termed melancholia, can be traced as far back as the Mesopotamian era (first civilisation, 3500 BCE). In ancient scriptures of the time, depression was considered a spiritual illness, and thought to be caused by demonic possession (Hercelinkskyj & Alexander, 2020). By the 21st century a vastly differently understanding of depression emerged. In contemporary mental health care, depression is viewed as a complex condition comprising physiological, psychological, social and environmental factors. Depression has a significant impact on both the national and the global burden of disease and is thought to affect around 300 million people worldwide (World Health Organization, 2018). Depression, a chronic mental health condition, is enduring globally and can be debilitating for the sufferer, affecting their emotional and mood regulation (Moxham et al., 2018). Given the high prevalence of depression, there is an increasing number of families assuming the role of caregiver to family members with the condition. Exploring the strengths of families managing and living with depression is important in supporting all family members to “live well.”
The aim of this study was to explore the family member experience of “living well” when living with a family member with depression. A qualitative approach and narrative inquiry were employed. Identified through convenience sampling, family members living with a family member with depression were invited to recount their stories and perception of living well with a family member with depression. Eight individuals with an adult family member who was diagnosed with depression, or undiagnosed, but met the criteria for a major depressive disorder, participated. Data were collected through individual, face-to-face narrative interviews, which facilitated discussion and garnered a rich depth of data. One interview was conducted with each participant. Narrative and thematic analysis was used. Through a re-storying process, each interpretive narrative was co-constructed between the researcher and the participant. Thematic narrative analysis facilitated the temporality of the experience, and the “wholeness” of each story. The content was further interpreted into themes.
Four themes were generated: “a time of uncertainty and distress,” when disruption and chaos ensued and family members lived in a heightened state of stress leading to feelings of anxiousness, worry and fear; “a time of change and adaptation,” when changes in environment or circumstances demanded adjustment, modification and accommodation, sometimes leading to transformation; “a time of perseverance and endurance,” when a family member continued to “function” and show determination and persistence in spite of difficulties or adverse conditions and “a time of hope and healing,” when family members’ experienced hope and hopefulness after having “survived” living iv through depression. During this fourth stage, family members sought a path toward healing linked to acceptance and personal growth.
The findings highlight the necessity for health professionals to adopt an integrated way of examining a family’s dynamics, strengths and concerns around health and illness, and consider the impact of depression on whole-of-family health. A family health systems approach, underpinned by shared decision-making, may best support the individual with depression, other family members and the integrity of the family unit. Nurses in general and mental health settings, general practitioners, mental health services, including psychological and counselling services, are best positioned to identify families and family members at risk of carer fatigue and distress. It is important for health professionals to act on the “living well narratives” of family members in order to support individual and family health and their positive functioning, while promoting strength, resilience and coping strategies.
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Ejaz, Muhammad. "Controlled Surface Grafting of Well-Defined Polymers by Living Radical Polymerization Techniques." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/150698.
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Roberts, Marc Warren. "Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari : ontology and the question of living well." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2010. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/1868/.
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This aim of this study is to investigate the manner in which Deleuze’s individual and collaborative work can be productively understood as being concerned with the question of living well, where it will be suggested that living well necessitates that we not only become aware of, but that we also explore, the forever renewed present possibilities for living otherwise that each moment brings. In particular, this study will make an original contribution to existing Deleuzian studies by arguing that what legitimises this conception of living well, and what can motivate us to engage in such a practice, is that a life that becomes aware of and explores the open field of present possibilities for living otherwise that each moment engenders is a life that reflects, or that is lived in accordance with, the challenging ontological account that can be discerned throughout Deleuze’s individual and collaborative work; a life lived in accordance with his open, dynamic and thoroughly temporal theory of Being or what I will suggest he came to refer to simply as ‘Life’. In addition, I will argue that in so far as each individual human being is to be understood as an ongoing and immanent expression of Life, an immediate expression of Life understood as a universal, impersonal and pre-individual dynamism, then a life that strives to explore the forever renewed present possibilities for living otherwise that each moment brings - a practice that I shall propose also necessitates that each individual strives to resist the diverse ways in which their present possibilities are continually hindered, thwarted and negated - is not only a life that strives to live in accordance with the temporal dynamism of Life, but is also a life lived in accordance with our own dynamic and thoroughly temporal being.
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Muhamad-Sarih, Norazilawati. "Synthesis of well-defined multi-end functionalized polymers via living anionic polymerization." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/497/.
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Numerous applications require specific properties at polymer surfaces that differ from the bulk, while retaining the advantageous properties of the bulk polymer. In this thesis, we describe work aimed at producing a series of multi-end functionalized polystyrene and polyisoprene additives with a wide range of molecular weights, carrying 1 to 3 fluoroalkyl groups that have been prepared by end capping the living chain ends of polymers prepared via anionic polymerization reactions. The resulting polymers have a well-defined structure with interesting surface modifying properties. We have also carried out hydrogenation of end functionalized polyisoprene to form poly(ethylene-alt-propylene) with the same functional group. The resulting polymers have been used as additives in an attempt to render the surface of polymer films hydrophobic/lipophobic and we have characterized these polymer films using static contact angle measurements with water as the main contact fluid. We have systematically studied the effect of additive molecular weight, concentration and annealing conditions on the surface properties. It has been discovered that these additives undergo rapid adsorption to a surface or interface and significantly enhance surface properties. In addition, to support the contact angles results, elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) and Rutherford backscattering analysis (RBS) have been carried out to acquire further quantitative evidence of surface segregation.
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Lyons, Renee Critcher. "Let’s Go Down to the Holy Well: Children’s Literature for Sustainable Living." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3206.
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Children’s literature might be considered the “holy well” providing healing refreshment and a direct path forward for the soul of every child: a troubled youngster, a young person experiencing a life trial, or a student seeking enlightenment. Whether folklore depicting animals congregating at the water hole at their time of need, learning to share and care; or realistic fiction presenting varying “time of drought” scenarios, and the resolution or healing necessary thereto; or even non-fiction revealing humanity’s dependence on clean water, and the knowledge necessary to help budding scientists, one-day, protect water sheds, these literary genres sustain children during their formative years and beyond. Without these literary selections, children founder and do not appropriately climb developmental ladders, in fact regress into unhealthy social, emotional or intellectual states of mind.
This paper contemplates three categories of children’s literature carrying the theme of spiritual development /healing and/or intellectual enlightenment: folklore, realistic fiction, and non-fiction. Books carrying themes, images, and symbols associated with the healing and life-sustaining qualities of water will especially be highlighted within these categories to reveal how each title selected for interpretation either: 1) quenches a child’s thirst for the internationalization of a life lesson or moral; 2) provides a means of resolving a problem or healing a wound; or 3) delivers knowledge necessary to the perpetuation of safe drinking water on our planet.
Titles selected for examination based in this theory of sustainability, this allusion to the Irish concept of a “holy well,” will be analyzed with regard to their ability to assist children on spiritual and intellectual levels, in a lasting, long-term fashion, providing wisdom, healing, and learning for the well-being of past, present, and future generations.
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Bogusch, Leah M., Erin M. Fekete, Matthew D. Skinta, Stacey L. Williams, Nicole M. Taylor, and Amanda R. McErlean. "Self-Compassion, Loneliness, and Psychological Well-Being in People Living With HIV." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8082.
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We hypothesized that higher levels of self-compassion among people living with HIV (PLWH) would be related to lower levels of loneliness, which in turn would be associated with better psychological well-being (lower levels of depression and negative affect and higher positive affect). 106 PLWH completed an online survey that measured demographic variables, self-compassion, loneliness, and psychological well-being. Mediation analyses revealed that loneliness mediated the relationship between self-compassion and depression and negative affect, but not positive affect. These findings indicate that encouraging self-compassion may have a positive effect on psychological well-being among people living with HIV by reducing loneliness.
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Jeng, Wei-Shiuan. "Intergenerational relations, living arrangements, and well-being of the elderly in Taiwan." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1225731377.
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Moore, Jesse Alexander. "The difficulty of living well: effort and failure in the good life." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002845.
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We all want to live good lives, but due to the difficulty involved, few of us ever succeed. We usually either fail in our attempts to live well or remain with our safer, and less worthwhile, options. In spite of this, there has been little, if any, investigation of the role that difficulty plays in our attempts to live well, and thus in our conceptions of the good life. Within the field of the good life, philosophers tend to acknowledge the fact that good lives are difficult to live, and leave it at that. Since we must all face the difficulty of living well, the lack of analysis of the implications of difficulty seems a glaring oversight. In order to redress this, I explore the role that difficulty plays in two requirements for living well, namely achievement and reflection. Firstly, I examine the relationship between effort and achievement. I argue that difficulty just is the requirement of effort, and that it is required in order for our achievements to be meaningful and for us to value them. Secondly, I look at the relationship between failure and reflection. I argue that reflection on our failures can lead us to knowledge that helps us to live well and that we would not usually come to if we did not fail. Finally, I look at the roles of effort and failure in some accounts of the good life and I draw on psychological research and theory to provide support for my conclusions about the positive effects of effort. I conclude by examining the implications of reducing difficulty for the future of humankind.
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Jeng, Wei-Shiuan. "Intergenerational relations, living arrangements, and well-being of the elderly in Taiwan /." Connect to resource, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1225731377.
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Teschers, Christoph. "Education and the Art of Living." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School for Educational Studies and Leadership, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8688.
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Today’s societies are characterised by a host of opportunities and challenges. The pace of life is quicker than ever before, and the changes and developments in societies, science and technology come about faster every day. One of the major challenges for human beings is to make a myriad of choices on a daily basis, which will define their place in society, in life and in the world altogether. To make prudent and sensible decisions is, therefore, one of the key competencies for a successful and good life.
This study revisits the idea of an education focused on the personal development and well-being of human beings instead of economic growth. Drawing on philosophical ideas about the good life -- especially Schmid’s art of living concept Lebenskunst -- and recent research in positive psychology, an argument is made for a shift of focus in education and schooling towards a good life and an art of living for today's students. Possible implications of this change of focus for educational practice are discussed, including suggestions for curricula and school subjects, the structure of schools and learning environments, teaching methods, and teacher training.
The original contributions to knowledge in this study are: a critique of Schmid's concept from an educational point of view; a comparison of positive psychology research and philosophical concepts of the art of living with a focus on Schmid's work; the development of an educational approach to the art of living, including a discussion of schooling in relation to the art of living; and consequent first steps towards the development of an education for life concept.
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Bratel, Yael. "SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES - AN EXPERIMENT IN LIVING WELL : Northern European examples of sustainable planning." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102300.
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This study examines the concept of sustainable lifestyles. It is concluded that the concept of sustainable lifestyles is derived from the bigger term sustainable development and that the concept sustainable lifestyles exists as an antipode to unsustainable lifestyles. Sustainable lifestyles are still a new concept within the academic field of urban planning and design and some confusion regarding the definition remains. Three case studies were made investigating urban planning for sustainable lifestyles. The sites were Houthaven in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Royal Seaport in Stockholm Sweden and Western Harbour in Malmö, Sweden. Urban planning for sustainable lifestyles was explicitly carried out in the Royal Seaport, in the other two cases the concept of sustainability was approached more generally but nonetheless the methods used were quite similar in all three cases. How people in the society of today are seen as responsible for e.g. buying ecological food, driving ecological vehicles and living a sustainable lifestyle, are analysed through the approaches of governmentality and biopower. There has been a shift from a centralised governing of sustainability implementations to a decentralised one where the individual responsibility stands in focus. There are different views of what a sustainable behaviour and lifestyle could incorporate. According to the technocentric approach, technical solutions to environmental problems are sufficient, but according to the ecocentric approach, behavioural changes are needed in order to obtain sustainability. This has implications for the planning of sustainable lifestyles. In some cases technical solutions are favoured in front of behavioural ones and the other way around. The two tracks of understanding leads to two different pathways of sustainability and a need to recognize and comprehend the differences are crucial in planning for sustainable lifestyles. Sustainable behaviour and habits relate to actions, which e.g. minimizes the use of natural resources or incorporates the switch from an unsustainable habit to a sustainable one. Sustainable behaviour is often referred to as pro-environmental behaviour and circles around consumption. There are several ways of replacing unsustainable habits with sustainable ones discussed in this study.email: bratel@kth.se
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DeSimone, Joseph M. "Synthesis of well-defined single and multiphase polymers using various living polymerization methods." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08082007-105123/.
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Delgado, Vintimilla Maria Cristina. "Aporetic openings in living well with others : the teacher as a thinking subject." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42557.
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This dissertation is a philosophical inquiry that addresses two questions: First, what does it mean to live well with others in educational contexts? And second, what might the way we engage with this question mean for the possibility of the teacher as a thinking subject? In support of this exposition, the author draws from the work of Jacques Derrida, Jean Luc Nancy, and Roberto Esposito and, to a lesser extent, Michael Hardt and Alain Badiou. This dissertation is concerned with the predeterminations and determinations that arise from particular conceptualizations of what it means to live well with others in educational contexts and how these may prevent or create conditions of possibility for the teacher as a thinking subject, and for the event of thinking. It responds to such commitments in education by engaging with a critique of the concept of community as one of the key concepts that animate educational practices today. It further presents the importance of the recognition of the constitutive aporetic character of community, and also of education. Such recognition, the author argues, is necessary for a conceptualization of the teacher as a thinking subject, and for the teacher as subject to the event of thought.
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Schwarz, Tanya. "Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel : living well and 'becoming deaf' in the homeland." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1998. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2603/.
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This thesis is an ethnographic study of the Ethiopian Jews, or Beta Israel, a few years after their migration from rural Ethiopian to urban Israel. For the Beta Israel, the most significant issue is not, as is commonly assumed, adaptation to modern society, which to a large extent they have successfully achieved. But rather, their primary concerns revolve around the notion of "belonging" in their new homeland, and the loss of control they are experiencing over their lives and those of their children. The thesis analyses the experience of immigration from the Beta Israel's own perspective and focuses on: first, the factors which contribute to the Beta Israel's sense of well-being in Israel, second, the problems and difficulties they experience, and finally, the strategies they are developing to overcome these difficulties. This study elucidates the meanings of two apparently contradictory ascriptions which the Ethiopian Jewish immigrants make about themselves: "being well" and "becoming deaf'. Their sense of well-being is a result of their successful recreation of communal life, their expression of ethnic pride, and their appreciation of their new country. The expression "becoming deaf', which also means in Amharic "becoming ignorant", denotes the older generation's frustration at their inability to understand Hebrew, their feeling of being excluded by dominant society, and the loss of control they experience over most aspects of their lives. For the younger generation, the sense of exclusion revolves around issues of racial discrimination. Ethiopian Jewish immigrants resist those aspects of dominant society which they dislike: they reject normative Jewish practices and uphold Beta Israel religious and cultural ones, ideologically counteract disparaging Israeli attitudes, develop strong ethnic bonds and engage in overt forms of resistance. The difficulties of the present are also overcome by creating a perfect past and an ideal future: in what I have called 'the homeland postponed', all Jews will be united in a colour-blind world of material plenty and purity.
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Cobb, Rachel Kidd. "How Well Does Spirituality Predict Health Status in People Living With HIV-Disease?" VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1653.
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Soilemezi, Dia. "Living well with dementia at home : understanding the role of the home environment." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2017. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/living-well-with-dementia-at-home(8a380095-fb5d-4e70-b439-08955908fe6a).html.
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The research presented in this thesis aims to explore the role of the home environment in dementia care and support, drawing on two complementary approaches. The thesis consists of three papers to offer evidence of the various environmental aspects and strategies that explore environmental aspects in living with dementia at home. The first approach and paper presents a systematic review of international qualitative studies exploring people’s experiences and perceptions on the role of the home environment, environmental home elements and strategies. The second approach involved conducting in-depth walking interviews with thirteen co-resident carers. The interviews were analysed thematically and are presented in two papers reporting on (a) the subjective and (b) the objective impact of their home environment. Exploring both subjective and objective aspects provided a holistic way to synthesise the literature and understand participants’ experiences of their home environment. The main findings offer evidence on potential environmental barriers and facilitators and a number of important architectural and design aspects that need to be taken into consideration to support community dementia care. There is no universal solution in addressing dementia care. Family carers implemented a plethora of strategies and often adapted their home through trial and error. Barriers to implementing adaptations were around the carers’ scepticism about the use and need of environmental interventions, mistrust towards practitioners, financial difficulties, timing and property restrictions. The present study highlighted the need for educating carers on the dementia trajectory and available environmental strategies. The findings offer guidance to professionals in many areas (health and social care, architecture, interior design, policy making) and bring more light into areas that require further research. New strategies support carers in their own homes and design future housing solutions are needed. The walking interviews were helpful as the main data collection method in order to understand the interplay between the family carers and their home situation. It was also useful to draw upon a number of theories in order to interpret and refine the findings. Future research and services should be directed to enhance dementia and caring friendly home environments.
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Huang, Yun. "Synthesis of Novel Polymer-brush-afforded Hybrid Particles for Well-organized Assemblies." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/189679.
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Roos, Susanne. "Living with coeliac disease beyond the diagnosis." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Hälsa, Aktivitet, Vård (HAV), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71898.
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Introduction: Studies show that women living in Sweden treated for coeliac disease have lower subjective health than other women. After showing signs of remission, adults who have coeliac disease and follow a gluten-free diet, are expected to handle the treatment without any further planned follow-up by health care. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study aspects of living with coeliac disease in adults in the years beyond the diagnosis. Methods: Quantitative methods were used in Studies I, II and III. A qualitative content analysis was performed in Study IV. Results: The results show that women with coeliac disease have a lower level of well-being than men with coeliac disease. The women who have coeliac disease reported a high rate of gastrointestinal symptoms, although they followed a gluten-free diet, and they visited health care services more frequently than women who did not have coeliac disease. A low rate of gastrointestinal symptoms, a positive self-image and few comorbidity emerged as factors that positively affected well-being. Worries also seemed to be a companion of women diagnosed with coeliac disease in adulthood, typically evident when socializing with others. Conclusion: This thesis may provide evidence questioning the validity of declaring all women with coeliac disease showing a normalized intestinal mucosa to be in remission, and thus leaving them to self-management. Clinical implications: Health care professionals need to be aware of that the transition to a gluten-free life may vary for individuals. It does not seem enough to follow a gluten-free diet to reach a state of good well-being for all women. A major task for health care providers is therefore to support women with CD in reaching better subjective treatment outcomes. The results may also contribute to that health care system develops routines in order to optimise the care and treatment of these patients.
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Brolin, Låftman Sara. "Children's Living Conditions : Studies on Health, Family and School." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutet för social forskning (SOFI), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-31627.
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The present dissertation includes four empirical studies, each of which focuses on specific aspects of children’s living conditions. Study I analyses the association between young people’s social relations and health complaints using Swedish nationally representative survey data on 10- to 18-year-olds. Both relations with parents and with peers are associated with health complaints. Relational content is more strongly associated with health complaints than is relational structure. With regard to relational content, strained relations are more strongly associated with health complaints than are supportive relations. Study II investigates how effort and reward in school are associated with pupils’ subjective health using data from the Stockholm School Survey. Both effort and reward are shown to be positively associated with subjective health, and in particular pupils who report to put in high effort in school have high levels of subjective health. Contextual variation in health is found for girls but not for boys. Study III is based on Swedish register data and analyses the association between family type and choice of programme in upper secondary school. Children in single-mother households less often choose the natural science/technology (NT) programme compared with children who live with two original parents. Having a resident or a non-resident parent with NT skills is positively associated with choice of the NT programme. Study IV analyses the association between family type and social support, health, and material resources in 24 countries. The data are derived from the international Health Behaviour of School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. In a majority of the countries studied, children in single-mother households report smaller resources compared with children living with two original parents. No clear pattern is found with regard to differences between countries.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 4: Accepted.
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Adu, Nana Ama Takyibea. "Children’s Assessment of Well-Being. A Study of the Experiences and Subjective Well-Being of Orphans Living in Institutions in Ghana." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norsk senter for barneforskning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13868.
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This study is concerned with the experiences of orphans living in institutions in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It attempts to understand how they assess their sense of well-being subjectively. The study goes further to gain knowledge on the interpretations children give to a good and bad childhood and to explore the kind of coping strategies that children employ in the institution. The theories that guided this study were the Social Studies of Childhood and Children‟s Rights. Social Studies of Childhood acknowledges children as competent social actors who are active in their societies and therefore advocates that children be given the opportunity to talk about issues that concerns them. Children‟s rights also state that children have the right to impart information and thus, acknowledging them as competent. It further discusses „the best interest of the child‟ as the fundamental principle to consider when deciding for a child. Aside these two main theories, theories on play were also discussed emphasising the effect play has on children. Theories that concern the care for orphans were briefly discussed exploring the capacities of the extended family system to be able to absorb the increasing number of orphans in our societies. Some concepts that have been used in the study are orphans, subjective well-being, residential care or institutions, resilience and coping strategies. All these concepts have been explained briefly in line with how it has been used in the study, considering the fact that these concepts do not have one specific meaning. The study is a qualitative one and several methods were used in the collection of data to check for consistency in responses given by children. The major informants for this study are children although few adults were interviewed. In the study, the findings revealed that initially the children were apathetic about coming to the institution. However, after staying in the institution for a while and considering the prospects they had, most of them were willing to stay until they were done with their education. Majority of the children considered a good childhood to mean one that has all needs provided. Some of the children formed bonds with either their sponsors or other children and this served as a form of a coping strategy for them. It is worth noting that names of individuals and the institution used are not the original names because of ethical reasons.
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Matteson, Jason Kent. "On Ethical Thoughtfulness." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202749.
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One way to engage with ethics is in a thoughtful way. Chapter 1 shows that there is disagreement about the value of ethical thoughtfulness. Chapter 2 gives a careful account of ethical thoughtfulness in terms of four norms. Chapter 3 shows that being ethically thoughtful is possible for many of us, but is also likely to be costly. Chapter 4 argues that connections between ethical thoughtfulness and behavior do not provide compelling reasons to pursue ethical thoughtfulness. Chapter 5 argues that ethical thoughtfulness is not significant because of connections to moral epistemology, moral accountability, or moral standing. Chapter 6 argues that it is unlikely that ethical thoughtfulness is good for all humans, but that it may be a good for some people in some circumstances.
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Jemtå, Lena. "Children and Adolescents Living with Mobility Impairment." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Rehabiliteringsmedicin, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9289.
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Aim: This thesis aims to describe perceived overall well-being, coping strategies, experiences of intimacy and sexuality, and global and dimension-specific self-esteem among children and adolescents with mobility impairment. Methods: The study included 141 children and adolescents aged 7–18 years with mobility impairment. Data was gathered by comprehensive semi-structured interviews and the self-report inventories “Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist” (CCSC) and “I Think I am”. Perceived overall well-being was measured by the nine-grade visual “Snoopy scale”. Motor function and pain were measured by the BL motor assessment, and independence or dependence by Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living. Results: The majority reported a favourable level of perceived overall well-being and positive global and dimension-specific self-esteem. Lower global self-esteem was significantly related to: greater age, being a first-generation immigrant, having an acquired disease or injury and experience of pain, while lower level of perceived overall well-being was significantly related to all of these in addition to not living with both parents. Generally, children and adolescents identified themselves as sexual beings and most expressed future aspirations as living together with partner having children. However, many had limited or no experience of partner-related intimacy and sexual activities, and socio-demographic and disability characteristics had a marginal influence. A history of sexual abuse was reported by 7% in the age cohort 13–18 years. A four-dimensional model of coping strategies including “active coping”, “distraction”, “avoidance” and “support seeking” strategies provided an adequate fit to the CCSC data. Three of the four strategies, all except “avoidance”, were significantly related to several demographic and disability features. Well-being was not significantly related to coping strategies, although the higher the trust in the strategies, the higher the estimation of well-being. Conclusion: The understanding of vulnerability factors as well as identification of coping strategies among children and adolescents with mobility impairment is essential for providing proper care, treatment and support during childhood and adolescence.
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Wu, Huijing. "Living apart together (LAT) in older adulthood." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566408515111424.
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Hsu, Shu-Yao. "Fabrication of Well-Defined Architectures of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polymers by Living Radical Polymerization." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/215574.
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Stridsman, Caroline. "Living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with focus on fatigue, health and well-being." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-16978.
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The overall aim of this thesis was to describe and evaluate experiences of living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with focus on fatigue, health and well-being. A mixed method study design was used to reach the overall aim. All studies were based on data from the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden (OLIN) COPD study. Papers I (n=1350) and III (n=1089) included participants (aged 35-88 years) with and without a spirometric classification of COPD. Bivariate, multiple logistic regression (I, III), and correlation (III) analyses were performed. Papers II (n=20) and IV (n=10) included participants (aged 59-77 years) with moderate to very severe COPD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and data were analysed through qualitative content analysis. The result showed that fatigue was worse among people with COPD compared to people without COPD. Fatigue increased with disease severity, and was already worse in COPD grade I among people with respiratory symptoms compared with the non-COPD group. COPD grade II with respiratory symptoms (OR 1.65) and grade III-IV with respiratory symptoms (OR 2.66) were significant risk factors for clinically significant fatigue when adjusted for sex, age, heart disease, and smoking habits (Paper I). Fatigue was described to mainly be COPD related; it was accepted as a natural consequence of COPD, but it was unexpressed. Fatigue affected and controlled the daily life of these people, and with dyspnea, fatigue was described to be overwhelming. Planning physical activity was the most important strategy to manage fatigue (Paper II). Fatigue had a great impact on both physical and mental dimensions of the health status, irrespective of having COPD or not. Among people with clinically significant fatigue, those with COPD had significantly lower physical health scores. Fairly strong correlations existed between FACIT-Fatigue and physical as well as mental health dimensions in SF-36. Increased fatigue and decreased physical and mental dimensions of health, each predicted mortality, but only among people with COPD (Paper III). Identified aspects for increased well-being for people living with COPD were adjusting to lifelong limitations, handling variations in illness, relying on self-capacity and accessibility to a trustful care. People had to adapt to limitations and live forward by finding a balance between breathing and viability (Paper IV). In conclusion, increased fatigue can be experienced in COPD already at grade I when respiratory symptoms are present, and COPD grade ≥II is a risk factor for clinically significant fatigue. Fatigue is common but seems to be unspoken, and an increased awareness of the symptom is necessary for an early identification. It is therefore important for health care professionals to take fatigue into consideration, to objectively assess and ask patients about it. This is important, since fatigue clearly worsens the health status among people living with COPD, and furthermore is associated with mortality in COPD. To enhance health and well-being, an increased viability may facilitate self-capacity and increase the strength for illness and fatigue management among people living with COPDGodkänd; 2013; 20131105 (andbra); Tillkännagivande disputation 2013-11-15 Nedanstående person kommer att disputera för avläggande av filosofie doktorsexamen. Namn: Caroline Stridsman Ämne: Omvårdnad Avhandling: Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Focus on Fatigue, Health and Well-Being Opponent: Professor Britt-Marie Ternestedt, Ersta diakoni & Ersta Sköndal Högskola, Stockholm Ordförande: Professor Siv Söderberg, Luleå tekniska universitet Tid: Fredag den 6 december 2013, kl. 10.00 Plats: Aulan Sunderby sjukhus, med sändning till A211 vid Luleå tekniska universitet
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Hartzler, Rachel Nafziger. "Loss as an invitation to transformation living well following the death of a spouse /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (M.A. in Christian Formation)--Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 2004.Abstract. Thesis supervisor: Daniel S. Schipani. Appendix 1: "A Questionnaire for People Who Are (or at One Time Were) Widowed." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-150, 191-194).
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Gofton, Lucy Veryan. "Older adults' experiences of having managed well in making the transition to assisted living." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46811.
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The number of Canadians over the age of 65 is consistently increasing, and it is estimated that by 2026 over one fifth of the population will be 65 years or older. A significant transition faced by individuals later in life is the move to residential care. In order to better understand the phenomenon of managing well in making the transition to assisted living, eleven individuals between the ages of 66 and 95 were interviewed. The study used an interpretive phenomenological approach guided by the research question: What is the meaning and experience for older adults, of managing-well in making the transition to assisted living? Participants’ accounts of the meaning of managing their transition to assisted living well and common aspects of the experience were identified. The results found that seven themes were common to their experiences of having managed well in making the transition: (1) sense of improved quality of life, (2) sense of belonging, (3) willingness to get involved, (4) sense of continuity, (5) sense of acceptance, (6) perceived sense of openness and (7) not wanting to be a burden. This study provides an in-depth understanding of what may contribute to managing well in making what has previously been identified as a challenging transition. Potential implications for theory, research, and policies for assisted living facilities are discussed. In addition, implications of the study’s findings for counsellors working with older adults and their families around entry into assisted living are addressed.
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Williams, Stacey L., M. D. Skinta, and M. D. Fekete. "HIV-Stigma, Self-Compassion, and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual Minority Men Living With HIV." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000133.
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Gay men living with HIV (MLWH) are often adversely affected by stigma related to both their serostatus and their sexual orientation, and the experience of living with HIV appears to increase feelings of internalized homophobia (IH). Little research attention has focused, however, on factors that may buffer the impact of HIV-stigma and IH on well-being among men living with HIV. Self-compassion, which consists of self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness, has been associated with resilience against the negative effects of stigma on well-being. We hypothesized that HIV-stigma would be indirectly related to poorer psychological well-being through increased levels of IH. Moreover, we expected that self-compassion would attenuate the negative effects of HIV-stigma on well-being through IH. Our sample consisted of 90 ethnically diverse gay MLWH. Participants completed an online questionnaire that assessed levels of HIV-stigma, IH, self-compassion, depression, anxiety, and positive and negative affect. After controlling for a variety of sociodemographic, health, and social characteristics, results revealed that more HIV-stigma was indirectly related to more depressive symptoms and anxiety through higher IH. Moreover, self-compassion emerged as a moderator of the indirect association of HIV-stigma on higher negative affect through higher IH, such that this indirect effect was significant for those with low self-compassion, but not for those with high self-compassion. Compassion-focused practices should be explored as a means of increasing resilience among gay MLWH.
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Angen, Maureen J. "An interpretive inquiry into the paradox of living well with a life-threatening cancer diagnosis." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0016/NQ47883.pdf.
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Andersson, Josefina. "Drama groups: Stigma challenging and well-being of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10707.
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The purpose of this narrative study was to describe the role and potentials of drama groups for enhancing and maintaining well-being for female drama group members living with HIV in Uganda. Six semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed through a thematic analysis. The analysis was made within a theoretical framework based upon Sen's notion of the capability approach and social psychological theories of the self. The results showed that the activities carried out by the drama group empowered the women through increasing their access to important capabilities such as inclusion and self-respect. It further indicated that the women needed other forms of support before being able to benefit from these activities. However, some capabilities were still inaccessible to the women due to obstacles as poverty and harmful gender norms.Syftet med den här narrativa studien var att beskriva dramagruppers roll och potentialför att förbättra och upprätthålla välmåendet för kvinnliga dramagruppmedlemmar somlever med HIV i Uganda. Sex semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes ochanalyserades genom en tematisk analys. Analysen gjordes inom ett teoretisk ramverkbaserat på Sen's idé av the capability approach som kombinerades medsocialpsykologiska teorier om självet. Resultatet visade att aktiviteterna som utfördes idramagruppen stärkte kvinnorna genom att öka deras tillgänglighet till viktigakapabiliteter såsom social inkludering och självrespekt. Vidare tydde resultaten på attkvinnorna var i behov av annat slags stöd innan de kunde gagnas av dessa aktiviteter.Dock var vissa kapabiliteter fortfarande oåtkomliga för kvinnorna, vilket orsakades avbegränsningar som fattigdom och skadliga könsnormer.
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Mokhethi, Thelma Joalane. "The psychological well-being of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the workplace / Joalane Mokhethi." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1136.
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The history of HIV/AIDS dates back to 1985, when it was thought to be a disease affecting
animals. Later, HIV/AIDS was regarded as an illness which affected gay individuals.
However, research world-wide has shown that HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects everyone
irrespective of race, gender, social status and sexual orientation. Research regarding the
psychological well-being (coping, sense of coherence, locus of control and general health) of
HIV infected persons in the workplace seems appropriate and relevant.
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sense of coherence,
locus of control, coping, and general health. A cross-sectional survey design was used to
achieve research objectives. For the purpose of this study, an availability sample of (n = 91)
HIV infected individuals in the workplace was used. Four questionnaires were employed in
the empirical study, namely the General Health Questionnaire, the Coping Orientations to the
Problems Experienced Questionnaire, the Work Locus of Control Scale, and the Orientation
to Life Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, skewness and
kurtosis) were used to analyse the data. Pearson correlations and canonical analysis were used
to assess the relationships between sense of coherence, locus of control, coping strategies and
general health.
Approach coping strategies such as active coping, planning, seeking support for instrumental
reasons, seeking support for emotional reasons, positive reinterpretation and growth, and
acceptance were positively related to a strong sense of coherence and a low external locus of
control. Avoidance coping strategies, such as focus on and ventilation of emotions, denial,
behavioural disengagement, and mental disengagement were negatively related to sense of
coherence and positively related to an external locus of control. HIV infected employees who
measured high on planning, low on focus on and venting of emotions, and low on mental
disengagement, experienced less anxiety and fewer somatic problems.
Recommendations for future research were made.Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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Williams, Alexandra. "The well-being of Kenyan-Canadian parents and youth living in mixed families in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=121460.
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This thesis examines the well-being of Kenyan-Canadian parents and youth living in ethnically- and racially-mixed families in Montreal. The objectives of the thesis are to determine whether there are challenges unique to immigrants belonging to small ethnic communities and living in racially- and ethnically-mixed families, and to educate policy makers and health practitioners as to needs that may be specific to this understudied group. The participants generally seem to be adapting well to life in Montreal, although the experience of racism and difficult y with language policies do generate some stress. Notably, the parents have taken advantage of possibilities afforded by other immigrant communities with greater institutional completeness to promote the well-being of their children. This suggests that an important role can be played by established immigrant communities in welcoming and assisting individual migrants without a receiving community, even when ethnic affiliation may be lacking.Cette thèse s'intéresse au bien-être de parents et d'enfants canadiens originaires du Kenya et vivant à Montréal dans une famille mixte sur le plan ethnique et racial. L'objectif de la thèse est de déterminer si les immigrants appartenant à une communauté immigrante de petite taille et vivant dans un contexte de famille culturellement mixte font face à des défis particuliers. Les retombées permettront de sensibiliser les décideurs politiques et les professionnels de la santé aux besoins particuliers de cette population encore peu étudiée. Les participants à l'étude ont, de façon générale, réussi à bien s'adapter à leur vie Montréalaise et ce, malgré un certain stress associé à des expériences de racisme et aux difficultés inhérentes aux politiques linguistiques. Les parents vivant en famille mixte ont quant à eux pu profiter des possibilités offertes par la communauté du conjoint, et ainsi eu accès à une plus grande complétude institutionnelle ce qui a favorisé le bien-être de leurs enfants. Ce constat met en lumière le rôle important qui peut être joué par les communautés immigrantes bien établies dans l'accueil et le soutien des immigrants qui ne peuvent compter sur une communauté d'accueil et ce, même si l'affiliation ethnique s'avère inexistante.
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Ring, Jacobsson Lisa. "Perspectives on living with coeliac disease in remission : Daily life experiences, symptoms and well-being." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Hälsa, Aktivitet, Vård (HAV), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-122382.
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Background and aims: Despite living with a gluten-free diet (GFD) Swedish women with coeliac disease (CD) report a lower level of well-being than women without the disease and men with the disease. The all-embracing aim of the thesis was to study experiences of living with coeliac disease in remission and to discover whether a patient education intervention can influence the perceived health and daily life of women with coeliac disease. Methods: Studies I-IV were based on the same sample, a total population of 106 women, > 20 years old, with confirmed CD, who had been treated with a GFD for a minimum of five years. From the total population of 106, 15 and 14 purposefully selected women were included in studies I and IV respectively, which had a phenomenological approach by which data was collected through recorded personal narrative interviews. The participants in studies II & III, comprising the total sample of 106 women, were randomized to one of two groups: either to the intervention group (n=54) that underwent a ten-session patient education (PE) program with problem based learning (PBL), or to a control group (n=52) that received information regarding CD, which was sent to their home on a regular basis. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaires. Study V included 22 purposefully selected people (11 women and 11 men) with confirmed CD that had experienced any kind of residual discomfort despite treatment for at least five years with a GFD. Data was collected by recorded semistructured interviews. Well-being (II-III) was assessed at baseline and after 10 weeks in all patients and after six months in the intervention group using the Psychological General Well-Being index and the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale. The interviews (I & IV), which were carried out before the start of the PE (I) and within two weeks of completion of the PE program and about three months after the first interview (IV), were analysed with descriptive phenomenology. The data from study V was analysed by content analysis. Results: In the results, the experience of living with CD in remission was described by participants as a constant quest for a normal life (I, V). Three constituents representing conditions necessary to achieve a normalised lifeworld were described (I) as: being secure, being in control, and being seen and included. The balance of thoughts in relation to these constituents proved to be crucial for the individual woman’s ability to experience a normal life, despite the disease. Participants described (V) conditions facilitating the opportunities to live a normal life, but also various barriers to reaching this goal. The results from the PE based on PBL (II-III) showed that the PE improved psychological well-being (II) and GI (III) in women with CD to some extent, but not sufficiently as the improvement reached normative values for women only at 10 weeks regarding PGWB mean total index, and at no point in time regarding GSRS mean total index. The effect had waned at the follow-up six months after the intervention was completed as regards the women’s psychological well-being. In coping with CD, it seems essential for women to interact with others with the same disease (IV). The interaction made women feel individually strengthened, and provided them with a broader perspective on life with CD. As a result, this strengthened their sense of self in relation to the disease. Knowledge given by other participants and experts could result in both relief and anxiety. The results from the PE based on PBL (II-III) showed that the PE improved psychological well-being (II) and GI (III) in women with CD to some extent, but not sufficiently as the improvement reached normative values for women only at 10 weeks regarding PGWB mean total index, and at no point in time regarding GSRS mean total index. The effect had waned at the follow-up six months after the intervention was completed as regards the women’s psychological well-being. In coping with CD, it seems essential for women to interact with others with the same disease (IV). The interaction made women feel individually strengthened, and provided them with a broader perspective on life with CD. As a result, this strengthened their sense of self in relation to the disease. Knowledge given by other participants and experts could result in both relief and anxiety.
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Clemerson, Gemma. "Towards living well with dementia : an exploration of coping from the perspective of those diagnosed." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1049/.
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Crabb, Brooke Evangeline. "Perceptions of the transition to assisted living as a function of psychological well-being, instrumental activities of daily living, and coping: A prospective study." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2439.
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This study examined the influence of three predictor variables on perceptions of assisted living: psychological well-being, functional status, and coping strategies. A multiple regression analysis was used to examine the influence of these factors on perceptions of the transition to assisted living.
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Lee, Sang-Ho. "Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Well-Defined Polymers:Positional Programming of Complementary Hydrogen Bonds." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/189675.
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Ndlovu, Nosipho Londiwe. "Experiences of resilience and its contribution to well-being among international students living in a University of Pretoria residence: a phenomenological inquiry." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78414.
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International students generally face unique challenges when studying at university because they have to live in a country that may be completely different to what they are familiar with (Evivie, 2009; Goyol, 2002; Mudhovozi, 2011; Murara, 2011; Zar, 2009). International students in South Africa may face another challenge of being discriminated against by those who hold xenophobic attitudes, this depending on which country they grew up in because of the perception that students from African countries take away limited resources from South African students (Evivie, 2009; Murara, 2011; Weber, 2016; Zar, 2009). These challenges are likely to lead to difficult emotions such as frustration, fear and loneliness, which may likely impact their well-being (Evivie, 2009; Goyol, 2002; Zar,). However, there are resources and strategies in place that the international students can and do utilise in order to protect them against the emotional impact of these experiences (Evivie, 2009; Mudhovozi, 2011). These resources and strategies may come from the international students’ inner world or in their outer environment and they are likely to build and maintain resilience in the international student which may possibly contribute to their on-going well-being (Kumar & Singh, 2014; Masteen & Reed, 2005). Well-being lies at the core of positive psychology and resilience is considered a good indicator of well-being (Pawelski, 2016; Kumar & Singh, 2014; Masteen & Reed, 2005; Seligman, 2011). Although the literature speaks of the experiences of international students and their emotional impact, there is little exploration on these resources that serve as a protector against them and, in turn, positively contribute towards well-being. This study aimed to do so through the positive psychology lens, adopting the qualitative approach and using phenomenology to explore their experiences and understanding of their resilience and its contribution to their well-being. Three participants were interviewed and the data was analysed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis procedure. The results show how the international students utilise a wide range of inner and outer resources that speak to their resilience and positively contribute to their on-going well-being, while living and studying in South Africa.Mini Dissertation (MA (Counselling Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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au, yhaigh@murdoch edu, and Yvonne Therese Haigh. "Living well towards others: The Development of an Everyday Ethics Through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz." Murdoch University, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040503.144708.
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This dissertation is concerned with what it means to live well towards others. It develops a form of everyday ethics that emphasises how existing in the world and being ethical are entwined. To develop this approach to ethics this study employs Alfred Schutzs phenomenological descriptions of everyday world and Emmanuel Levinass concept of the ethical. The purpose of the thesis is to develop an understanding of ethics that operates at the everyday level of human-to-human contact. This form of ethics is significant in that it indicates that being ethical is an important aspect of human life. My intention is to show that ethics is always more than simply the institution of codes of conduct that govern the way people act.
The significance of the thesis is that it contributes both to ways in which ethics can be understood and to the manner in which ethics can be operationalised at an institutional level.
My thesis has four specific aims. First, to examine the conditions and characteristics that constitute the everyday world as understood in Alfred Schutzs work. Second, to explore Emmanuel Levinass understanding of the ethical. My third aim is to synthesise these theorists ideas through my heuristic device, Echoes of the Other. This device will allow me to extract the conditions for and features of an everyday ethics. My fourth aim is to point to an in situ illustration of this approach to ethics. This will be drawn from my observations at the Western Australian Police Academy.
My argument is that synthesising Levinass and Schutzs ideas will enable the development of an everyday ethics. This will highlight the ways in which ethics functions at the micro levels of human life. This study contributes to approaches to ethics, and specifically, ethics derived from Levinass ethical relation. This approach can be of use to people interested in ethics, phenomenology, the works of Levinas and Schutz and those concerned with developing ways to live well towards others.
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Haigh, Yvonne Therese. "Living well towards others: the development of an everyday ethics through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz." Haigh, Yvonne Therese (2003) Living well towards others: the development of an everyday ethics through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/90/.
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This dissertation is concerned with what it means to live well towards others. It develops a form of everyday ethics that emphasises how existing in the world and being ethical are entwined. To develop this approach to ethics this study employs Alfred Schutz's phenomenological descriptions of everyday world and Emmanuel Levinas's concept of the ethical. The purpose of the thesis is to develop an understanding of ethics that operates at the everyday level of human-to-human contact. This form of ethics is significant in that it indicates that being ethical is an important aspect of human life. My intention is to show that ethics is always more than simply the institution of codes of conduct that govern the way people act.
The significance of the thesis is that it contributes both to ways in which ethics can be understood and to the manner in which ethics can be operationalised at an institutional level.
My thesis has four specific aims. First, to examine the conditions and characteristics that constitute the everyday world as understood in Alfred Schutz's work. Second, to explore Emmanuel Levinas's understanding of the ethical. My third aim is to synthesise these theorists' ideas through my heuristic device, Echoes of the Other. This device will allow me to extract the conditions for and features of an everyday ethics. My fourth aim is to point to an in situ illustration of this approach to ethics. This will be drawn from my observations at the Western Australian Police Academy.
My argument is that synthesising Levinas's and Schutz's ideas will enable the development of an everyday ethics. This will highlight the ways in which ethics functions at the micro levels of human life. This study contributes to approaches to ethics, and specifically, ethics derived from Levinas's ethical relation. This approach can be of use to people interested in ethics, phenomenology, the works of Levinas and Schutz and those concerned with developing ways to live well towards others.
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McClenahan, Marika R. "Living in the Moment: Dispositional Mindfulness and Its Differential Relationships to Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/196.
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The current study investigated the effects of dispositional mindfulness on well-being conceptualized in two ways: as hedonic well-being and as eudaimonic well-being. These represent feeling well and functioning well, respectively. Mindfulness, a type of consciousness marked by a nonjudgmental, present centered awareness, was expected to relate more strongly with eudaimonic well-being. Data from 112 participants were collected through an online survey. The mechanisms emotion regulation, low rumination, attentive awareness to one's emotional states, and clarity and understanding of one's emotional states were examined as mediating variables between dispositional mindfulness and the two conceptualizations of well-being. Correlational analysis demonstrated that dispositional mindfulness is significantly correlated with both hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being, though more strongly related to eudaimonic well-being. Mediational analysis demonstrated that low rumination significantly mediated the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and hedonic well-being. Additionally, both low rumination and clarity and understanding of one's emotional states significantly mediated the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and eudaimonic well-being. Implications, limitations, and future directions of research are discussed.
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Gibson, Allison K. "Investigating the Association of Social Network and Well-Being of Individuals Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408309903.
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Haigh, Yvonne. "Living well towards others: The development of an everyday ethics through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz." Thesis, Haigh, Yvonne (2003) Living well towards others: The development of an everyday ethics through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/90/.
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This dissertation is concerned with what it means to live well towards others. It develops a form of everyday ethics that emphasises how existing in the world and being ethical are entwined. To develop this approach to ethics this study employs Alfred Schutz's phenomenological descriptions of everyday world and Emmanuel Levinas's concept of the ethical. The purpose of the thesis is to develop an understanding of ethics that operates at the everyday level of human-to-human contact. This form of ethics is significant in that it indicates that being ethical is an important aspect of human life. My intention is to show that ethics is always more than simply the institution of codes of conduct that govern the way people act.
The significance of the thesis is that it contributes both to ways in which ethics can be understood and to the manner in which ethics can be operationalised at an institutional level.
My thesis has four specific aims. First, to examine the conditions and characteristics that constitute the everyday world as understood in Alfred Schutz's work. Second, to explore Emmanuel Levinas's understanding of the ethical. My third aim is to synthesise these theorists' ideas through my heuristic device, Echoes of the Other. This device will allow me to extract the conditions for and features of an everyday ethics. My fourth aim is to point to an in situ illustration of this approach to ethics. This will be drawn from my observations at the Western Australian Police Academy.
My argument is that synthesising Levinas's and Schutz's ideas will enable the development of an everyday ethics. This will highlight the ways in which ethics functions at the micro levels of human life. This study contributes to approaches to ethics, and specifically, ethics derived from Levinas's ethical relation. This approach can be of use to people interested in ethics, phenomenology, the works of Levinas and Schutz and those concerned with developing ways to live well towards others.
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Haigh, Yvonne. "Living well towards others : the development of an everyday ethics through Emmanuel Levinas and Alfred Schutz /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Thesis Project, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040503.144708.
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