Dissertations / Theses: 'Long term social assistance'

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Shelver, Amy. "The AIDS of aid?: long-term organisation challenges of a CBO dealing with HIV/AIDS, poverty and donor aid." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012321.

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The following treatise first frames the role of CBOs in responding to the HIV/Aids crisis in relation to their position in the global health governance system through a literature survey that moves from an analysis of the global structures down to the local. The survey covers the role of international organisations, international NGOs (INGOs), national governments, local NGOs and CBOs and outlines the context in which Masizakhe is working within the global health governance structure. Secondly the research design and methodology are outlined focusing on the longitudinal, case study and participant--‐observation approaches. Hypotheses, conceptualisation, definitions, key variables are described and data collection methods and fieldwork practice extrapolated upon. Following that data capturing, editing and analysis are discussed in conjunction with shortcomings and sources of error. In the fourth chapter the research discusses the history, structure and outlines the research findings by comparing what has changed within the organisation over time, presenting and discussing the results. The outcomes of this research have shown that existing problems in this particular CBO are very difficult to overcome without committed, sustained support from donors, government, community and the organisation’s members. CBOs are often hamstrung by a series of intersecting factors which hamper their ability to problem--‐solve, even when the route to overcoming the problem is clear, particularly when the capacity and will to do so is not always present from both within the organisation and from outside support systems. These challenges then impact on the overall quality of and ability to deliver the services the organisation is structured to deliver. The major challenge for the organisation remains the inconsistent donor cycle and resultant instability thus created within an organisation already working in a highly volatile, unstable situation marked by poverty and disease. Thus the title, The Aids of Aid?, captures the essence of Masizakhe’s struggle with its own syndrome of problems. It summarises a comment made by the project secretary said that: “Sometimes it feels like we are not only fighting for the health of our people – We are fighting for the health of our organisation. We are a sick organisation trying to help sick people. All we need is donors and funding –we can’t live without them, and when they don't give, we get sick” (Stamper, Pers Comm, 2011). The other emergent challenges were a battle internally with ‘founder syndrome’, lack of management transparency and a dysfunctional board.

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Jonasson, Ingrid. "Hur gick det sen? : Om tidigare bidragsmottagare ur ett livsloppsperspektiv." Doctoral thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-48673.

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The aim of this dissertation is to shed light on how life can turn out for individuals with long term social assistance and afterwards when it has ceased. The primary objective of the dissertation is to study the changes that have occurred during the life course and the impact of those changes on the life course at large. A key question of this dissertation is the development of selfsufficiency and work-life patterns in a longitudinal perspective. The dissertation consists of a longitudinal study based on qualitative interviews with an interval of 20 years. The empirical data is composed of interviews with 11 recipients of social assistance – seven of which have been interviewed again in 2008/2009. A life course perspective is employed in the data analysis as a comprehensive approach and analytical tool. Other analytical approaches are related to the impact of the welfare state on the life course and to the term marginality. The situation of the interviewed group regarding self-sufficiency, employment and social conditions is viewed from a one-year perspective, a 20- year perspective and a life course perspective. The different time perspectives generated widely diverse pictures and nowledge. Not everyone worked at the point of the last interview but all were in a better social and economical position. No one remained on social assistance. One conclusion is that the notion of social problems being reinforced and exacerbated over time is simplistic. Another conclusion is that it appears that social assistance and social services have little importance from a life course perspective. A concluding result is that cross-sectional studies of individuals in a vulnerable situation are of limited value. A brief look at a person’s life does not say much of what the rest of his or her life will look like. Keywords: Life course, long term social assistance, social welfare services, human agency, timing, social integration, notions of social problems, welfare state, marginality.

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Lam, Mei-yee. "Community support facilities planning for an aging population in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906481.

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Dokos, Malinda K. "The Role of Social Support in Dementia Care Facilities: Staff Member Perspectives." DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7648.

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In this study, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who work regularly with long-term care residents with dementia were interviewed to investigate whether they considered providing social and emotional support to people with dementia an important part of their jobs. They were given an online survey, then each participated in an in-person interview that was recorded and later transcribed and analyzed for common themes. Through data analysis, I found that the participating CNAs unanimously considered social support to be an important aspect of caring for someone with dementia, and several personal values were associated with this perspective. They also reported the trainings they had received in preparation for dementia care were largely not sufficient to prepare them for interacting effectively with the residents. Additionally, they cited various other barriers that impede their ability to provide the social support they feel is necessary to provide. Overall, this sample of CNAs did not provide great diversity, and future research should compare these results to more diverse groups.

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Espagnacq, Maude. "Mortalité à long terme et devenir social des blessées medullaires tétraplégiques : études à partir des enquêtes Tétrafigap 1995 et 2006." Paris 1, 2008. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00360948.

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L'atteinte de la moelle épinière provoque des séquelles irréversibles pour les victimes de ce traumatisme. La création des services d'urgence et des centres de rééducation ont fait augmenter leur espérance de vie et la question d'un devenir autre que médical se pose. C'est pourquoi, l'enquête TetrAfigap sur la situation des personnes tétraplégiques a été menée en 1995. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, une re-interrogation de cette population a été mise en oeuvre, pour connaître leur évolution a long terme. Une étude sur la mortalité entre les deux passages a été menée. Dans une première partie, les concepts sur le handicap, les spécificités de la blessure sont définis. La création du second questionnaire et les modalités de mise en place de l'enquête sont présentées. Puis on s'intéresse à la surmortalité, aux facteurs pronostiques et aux causes de décès. Enfin, on détermine les facilitateurs et les obstacles de la participation sociale au travers de deux exemples, la conjugalité et l'emploi.

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Richardson, James. "Targeted wage subsidies and long-term unemployment : theory and policy evaluation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1999. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1531/.

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Prolonged experience of high and long-term unemployment has led many governments to a renewed interest in active labour market policies. In particular, targeted wage subsidies have been seen as a means of both directly getting longterm unemployed people into work, and improving their future prospects of finding and keeping jobs. We examine three issues. Firstly, we look at the macroeconomic theory of targeted wage subsidies, and, to a lesser extent, job search assistance, within efficiency wage, union bargaining and search theoretic frameworks. Subsidies directly increase labour demand, but we also find that their effectiveness is enhanced by general equilibrium effects from targeting: wage pressure is reduced; and the average quality of the unemployed pool rises as long-term unemployed workers are removed from it, increasing the incentives for other firms to open vacancies. Secondly we address the optimal degree of policy targeting, using an extension of the Mortensen-Pissarides job creation and destruction model. We argue that there are real gains to targeting the long-term unemployed, but also diminishing returns. Hence, as the level of policy expenditure rises, the extent of targeting should fall. Simulating the model for the UK, we find that policy could have a significant impact on equilibrium unemployment, with more modest welfare gains. Finally, we look at longer-term employability effects by evaluating the Australian Special Youth Employment Training Program (SYETP). Controlling for selection bias using a bivariate probit, we find that participation increased the chances of having a job by 26% between 8 and 13 months after subsidy expiry, and 20% a year later. Much of this gain arose from retention of initially subsidised jobs, but even excluding this, participants were significantly more likely to be employed in subsequent years than if they had not gone on the programme.

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del, Busto Cristina T. "Cognitive Beharioal-Therapy for Child Anxiety: Long-term Follow-up and Predictors of Long-term Outcomes." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3034.

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Anxiety and its disorders are highly prevalent in childhood and adolescence, and are associated with impairment in social and academic functioning. Empirical evidence has accumulated demonstrating the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for youth anxiety disorders delivered in individual, group, and parent formats. This dissertation study compared two of these formats, a youth only individual format, and two types of parental involvement formats to answer questions related to the long-term diagnostic outcomes and psychosocial functioning outcomes of youth who receive CBT for anxiety disorders. Specifically, this dissertation sought to compare individual and parent involvement to determine whether targeting parenting behaviors associated with youth anxiety produces significantly lower levels of psychopathology at a follow-up evaluation.The sample consisted of 173 youth and their parents who completed a follow-up evaluation one to seven years following treatment for youth anxiety disorders. Research questions were examined using regression analyses within a structural equation modeling framework. Results indicate that youth who demonstrated positive treatment gains at post treatment continued to maintain these gains at the long-term follow-up period one to seven years following treatment. Treatment condition significantly predicted ratings of youth anxiety symptoms at follow-up according to parent ratings, indicating lower youth anxiety symptom ratings for participants in the parent-involved conditions compared to participants in the youth only condition. Youth in the parent-involved conditions were also rated higher on social functioning at follow-up on the parent report, as compared to youth in the individual treatment condition. The study findings are discussed in terms of treatment design and clinical implications for the treatment of youth anxiety and its disorders.

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Desai, Mitul S. "Modelling future demand for long-term care." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2011. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341514/.

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This research was jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). As such, its underpinning and innovative aim was to explore the use of Operational Research (OR) techniques, a research area traditionally associated with the EPSRC, to address key societal problems traditionally associated with the ESRC. The ageing population presents many significant challenges for social care services at both a national and local level, one of which is to meet the demand for long-term care. The population of people aged over 65 will continue to grow for some time as the ―baby boom‖ generation ages. The concern for policy planners is whether there will be enough resources in place to handle the expected strain on the system in the future. The research presented in this thesis addresses this key issue, and was carried out in collaboration with the Adult Services Department of Hampshire County Council (HCC). The overarching aim of this thesis was to develop computer models (using data local to Hampshire) which would be of practical use in estimating the future demand and planning the supply of long-term care in Hampshire. A cell-based model was built to forecast the demand for long-term care in Hampshire from people aged 65 and over for the period 2009 to 2026. An important part of this research was to understand the main drivers of future demand for long-term care and to predict the future number of people with a disability. Hampshire County Council has already tried to address these issues of demographic change through a modernisation programme. Part of this has been the establishment of a contact centre called Hantsdirect. A discrete-event simulation model of the contact centre was developed. The two models were combined to explore the short- and long-term performance of the contact centre in the light of demographic change. This hybrid model has enabled HCC to explore the short- and long-term performance of the contact centre. This study combines OR with Gerontology, Demography and Social Policy. This research is novel as it iteratively combines a compartmental population model with a discrete-event simulation model. From an OR perspective, the aim was not only to explore the use of modelling in social care (where, unlike healthcare, there has not hitherto been a lot of research), but also to investigate the potential for combining different modelling approaches in order to obtain additional value from the modelling. This novel approach in a social care setting is one of the main contributions of this thesis.

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O'Meara, Tami. "Factors that affect long-term income assistance recipients' abilities to become employed, and implications for counselling." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0033/MQ62488.pdf.

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Siegal, Marilyn G. "Exploratory study of the long-term unattached." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=74352.

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This exploratory study was designed to identify a range of variables distinguishing long-term unattached (LTU) from long-term committed (LTC) adults between the ages of 30 and 50. Specifically, it attempted to identify explanations for, and consequences of, long-term unattachment.
LTU subjects selected were those who had not been in a committed, intimate relationship for eight or more years; LTC subjects selected were those who had been in a marital, or equivalent, relationship for eight or more years.
The study was done in two parts. The preliminary study was qualitative and consisted of interviews of 14 subjects--seven LTUs and seven LTCs. LTU and LTC subjects were closely matched on demographic and socioeconomic variables. Emerging themes were added to the range of ideas from the review of literature. A questionnaire was developed from the comprehensive list of ideas.
The final study was quantitative; 77 subjects were administered the questionnaire designed for the study, as well as the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). LTUs' responses to the questionnaire and scores on the MCMI were compared with those of LTC subjects. All variables were subjected to discriminant function analysis, and univariate analysis.
The results showed that: (a) LTUs came from families characterized by significant separations and losses, distant relationships with parents, and little communication within the family; (b) LTUs felt significantly more alienated from others as children and adults than LTCs; (c) LTUs were significantly higher than LTCs on MCMI scales schizoid, avoidant, passive-aggressive, schizotypal, and borderline, i.e., scales of personalities characterized by problems with intimate, committed relationships; (d) LTUs were not significantly more influenced than LTCs by sociocultural changes such as the human potential movement, the women's liberation movement, and the emphasis on romance in our culture; and (e) LTUs suffered significantly more than LTCs from despair and lack of meaning in their lives, and lacked satisfying ways of meeting others with whom they would like to be involved. Implications, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are proffered.

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Hackworth-Wilson, Angela. "Long term effects of foster care on social relationships." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3731886.

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Ainsworth and Bowlby’s Attachment Theory suggest that young children experience lasting effects of disconnection if separated from their primary caretaker. Foster children are legally removed from their primary caretakers, yet the effects of foster care on later social relationships of foster children is unknown.

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the perceptions of adult foster children, ages 18 years and over, who were placed into foster care under 5 years of age. The major challenge was to obtain qualifying participants, first, because this is an invisible population in the American culture and, secondly, these individuals are hesitant to share their stories. The initial population included 5 persons from a local shelter and, using the snowball method, the researcher secured an additional 15 adult foster children that met the criteria.

Applying the phenomenological approach, these long interviews included 6 questions that addressed the research question: What do adults who have been in foster care placements prior to age 5 and have experienced more than 5 years in foster care placements from age 0-18 perceive are the long-term effects of foster care on their adult social relationships? The interviews occurred throughout Southern California and were taped and lasted 40 minutes to 2 hours, often filled with tears and high emotion. The participants included 3 with prior jail time, 6 who were homeless, 14 who were employed, 10 with an addiction, and 2 who were married. All had obtained a high school degree. All shared repeated unsuccessful friendship or romantic relationships.

The transcribed interviews were reviewed by 4 trained coders in a doctoral program and produced 8 themes, leading to the 8 conclusions. The primary conclusions are adult foster children express that abandonment is a deep core aspect of their psychological profile (95%); share the mental health issues of low self-esteem, lack of trust, and putting up walls in their social relationships (100%); act out their generational cycles of various addictive behavior relating to abandonment (100%); spirituality helped to stabilize more than half of these adult foster children through challenging times; and those without spiritual connections described the support of mentors in their lives.

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Haynes, Philip. "Social complexity and government social care planning for the long term ill." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263978.

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Ishii, Karine. "Le système de prise en charge des personnes âgées dépendantes : le Japon un modèle pour la France ?" Thesis, Paris 9, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA090032/document.

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Cette thèse étudie les politiques d’aide aux personnes âgées dépendantes à domicile menées au Japon, afin d’en tirer des enseignements pour la France. Nous développons notre étude à travers trois axes : i) l’analyse des différences entre le systèmes japonais et français dans l’organisation de l’aide publique et dans l’aide réellement perçue par les personnes en perte d’autonomie, ii) l’examen des barrières potentielles à l’accès aux aides publiques au Japon, iii) l’étude des conséquences de l’aide informelle sur l’emploi des femmes seniors au Japon. Dans cette perspective, nous avons effectué deux études qualitatives comparant les politiques japonaises et françaises, puis deux études micro-économétriques des comportements individuels et familiaux de prise en charge dans le contexte japonais. Ce travail met ainsi en exergue les spécificités des politiques menées dans les deux pays, et souligne les avantages et les faiblesses du modèle japonais
This thesis focuses on the long term home care policies conducted in Japan, in order to draw lessons for France. Our analysis is developped through three topics : i) the analysis of the differences between the Japanese and the French systems in the public care organisation and in the care received by the elderly, ii) the examination of potential barriers to access to public elderly care in Japan; iii) the study of the impact of informal care on the labor participation of Japanese middle-aged women. In this regard, we carried two qualitatives studies comparing Japanese and French policies, and two microeconometrics studies of individual and family behaviour of caring in Japan. This study outlines the specificities of the policies conducted in both countries, and highlights the strenghts and weakness of the Japanese model

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Swett, Megan L. "Early childhood education: It's long-term impact on social competence." Thesis, Wichita State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/2522.

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A majority of support for early childhood interventions comes from the strong evidence of the positive impact of rigorous evaluations of three comprehensive programs: the Abecedarian project, High Scope Perry Preschool, and the Chicago Child-Parent Centers (Issacs, 2008). There has been no major study of the long-term impact of preschool education since the 1970s. Thus, the purpose of the following study was to look at graduates from The Opportunity Project (TOP) program, a current preschool program in Wichita, Kansas and follow them through their first two years of school in the Derby USD 260 system. The study addressed social interactions of emotional maturity, social competence, and behavioral competence. The findings indicated that TOP second graders had the highest scores in all three areas. This indicated that second graders used behavior competence, social competence, and emotional maturity skills more than 75 percent of the time. The study also assessed teacher ratings of TOP graduates rank on social skills compared to other children in the classes. The findings show that the difference between TOP graduates and the rest of the class is significant for second graders in behavioral competence, social competence, and emotional maturity scores. This study found that these data begin to indicate a positive difference in social skills in program children than non-program children.
Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Counseling, Educational and School Psychology

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Worrod, Sue. "A case for social work intervention with long-term unemployed." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0017/MQ27392.pdf.

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Sharrief, Sultan. "Wrestling with systemic edges designing for long-term social change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128604.

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Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, September, 2019
Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. "September 2019." "Figure 17 is missing from p.51"--Disclaimer page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140).
In this work I seek to show how the lack of nuance in data representation and media practices of the American educational system impedes the design of effective educational interventions for low-income Black youth. First, I argue that data on educational attainment misrepresents race and class thereby masking the educational reality of low-income Black youth. "Data realities" and "Black Hole Data" emerge as hidden phenomena. Next, I analyze a successful transmedia civic initiative, the Ice Bucket Challenge, to illustrate how new media structures and technologies are being used to create new opportunities for social impact. I will then communicate the design process called HIIPE, as well as the work titled Black (w)Hole SC-i52 (Street Cred' iteration 52) that I produced using this process. The goal of this body of work and design approach is to create a new communication system using virtual reality that more clearly articulates the impacts of race and class on educational attainment for low-income Black youth.
by Sultan Sharrief.
S.M. in Comparative Media Studies
S.M.inComparativeMediaStudies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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Gonzalez, Carla Sofia Dávila Soares. "Interpreting change in human-nature and long term social relationships." Doctoral thesis, FCT - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/5877.

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Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Ciências do Ambiente, pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia.
A conservação da biodiversidade, o desenvolvimento e a ciência modernos tiveram um impacto profundo nos sistemas humanos e naturais acoplados e na sua gestão. Os desafios que hoje se colocam a este nível em regiões moldadas no longo prazo pela presença humana, como é o caso do Mediterrâneo, são exemplo evidente das limitações criadas pela dicotomização entre economia e ecologia, humanos e natureza, conhecimento leigo e científico, práticas institucionais formais e locais informais e perspectivas tecnocráticas ou sociais; resultantes daquelas tendências. O presente trabalho foi ancorado num tema de estudo que evidencia tais tensões: o processo de implementação da Rede Natura 2000, que se dedica à conservação da biodiversidade na Europa e ao mesmo tempo prioriza a consideração de características rurais culturais e socioeconómicas. Neste contexto, desenvolveu-se um estudo de caso sobre as Ribeiras Mediterrânicas de Monfurado (RMM), que vão de encontro a esta descrição. Foram articuladas diferentes tradições científicas e tipos de conhecimento de modo a testar a hipótese de que desta forma seria possível: i) compreender os agregados humano-natureza existentes nas RMM e contribuir para a sua gestão; ii) compreender as relações sociais no longo prazo, especificamente a nível da conexão entre diferentes grupos de actores sociais ligados às RMM, caracterizando o seu diálogo. Desta forma, foi proposto e aplicado um enquadramento transdisciplinar orientado para a prática e inspirado nos pensamentos coevolutivo e de investigação-acção utópica crítica. Para analisar as RMM, foram combinadas metodologias das ciências naturais e sociais, que variam desde biomonitorização à aplicação de um índice de integridade biótica, à análise interpretativa de entrevistas e à revisão histórica. A caracterização das ribeiras e da relação humano-natureza nelas existente contribuiu ao nível da gestão e da compreensão dos sistemas sócio-ecológicos das RMM. A importância da herança histórica de características sociais no longo prazo (como se mostrou ser o caso da desigualdade social) e de episódios históricos políticos específicos para as relações sociais actuais, e consequentemente para os programas de conservação, foi ainda assinalada. Os resultados também permitiram explorar e fundar perspectivas de melhoria futura do diálogo entre grupos sociais e da gestão de recursos naturais, adoptando-se uma postura de abertura perante a mudança sócio-ecológica e considerando-se o caso de estudo ‘inacabado’. Os resultados obtidos permitiram verificar ainda a possibilidade de reduzir as fronteiras entre sectores disciplinares, tipos de conhecimento e na conceptualização da divisão ontológica humano-natureza; cuja combinação, como se ilustra, pode contribuir para a gestão de recursos naturais e, mais importante, pode potenciar conhecimento e experiências acumuladas. Finalmente, colocou-se o caso de estudo nos contextos global e de longo prazo, ampliando o significado das relações humano-natureza e sociais tratadas; e gerando uma discussão sobre paradigmas de desenvolvimento e sistema mundial, sobre mudança e sua relação com utopia e experiências biográficas, sobre o potencial coevolutivo, sobre os significados de natureza e sobre a significância da capacidade humana de aspirar, pensar e agir.

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Singer, Patrick D. "Factors associated with long-term recovery from substance use disorders." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10001469.

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In the United States, an estimated 24.6 million people aged 12 or older use illicit drugs. In 2013, 4.1 million people were treated for alcohol and other substance use disorders yet there continues to be gaps in the research on the factors that sustain recovery from chronic substance use disorders. This research aimed to explore the characteristics of individuals who sustained their recovery from mind or mood altering substances and understand the common experiences and events that initiated and facilitated their recovery process. An online survey was completed by 80 participants who self-reported a minimum of 24 months in recovery. Findings from this mixed method design suggested that spirituality,12-Step fellowships and accepting help were the main factors which caused them to get in to recovery. The most common factor for maintaining long-term recovery was found to be fellowship and being connected with others. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.

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Berghoff, Ashley, Meaghan Tipton, and Amanda L. Williams. "Linking Learning Disabilities with Long-Term Mental Health." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/34.

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The challenges associated with having a learning disability have been found to persist throughout the life course. A healthy sense of self, as well as family support, are pivotal factors that shape outcomes for youth with learning disabilities. Using data from 8,915 participations in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, the present study identified longitudinal links between adolescent learning disabilities and depressive symptoms during adolescence and young adulthood. Mother-adolescent relationships emerged as an important protective factor. Latent growth models are underway to determine whether adolescent human agency mediates the link between learning disabilities and mental health.

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Dawson, Walter. "The CLASS act and long-term care policy : the politics of long-term care financing reform in the United States." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fa5269a1-8ce2-4105-b643-f9c2fffb23d8.

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This thesis seeks to contribute to the knowledge base about social policy in the United States, using long-term care (LTC) financing policy reform as an illustrative example. Specifically, this thesis explores LTC financing reform efforts during three U.S. Presidential administrations: Bill Clinton (1993-2001), George W. Bush (2001-2009), and Barack Obama (2009-2010). Within this historical framework, the LTC provisions of the Health Security Act of 1993, the development of the Community Living Assistant Services and Supports or 'CLASS' Act during the Bush Administration, and the legislative success of the CLASS Act as a part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 provide comparable cases to compare the drivers of social policy. Drawing on the explanatory frameworks of the welfare state such as ideology, historical institutionalism, and an actor-centered approach to policy analysis, this thesis argues that successful path-departing legislation is difficult to achieve due, in part, to the presumed high costs of social programs and the complex institutional framework of the American political system. Policy outcomes result from the interaction between the complex processes and dynamics of the political system through which policy change (or the failure to change) actually occurs. The fact that the CLASS Act was politically successful, yet administratively inoperable as designed, reinforces the argument that social policy outcomes in the United States are reflective of a complex, enduring struggle of competing ideologies. This continual struggle, coupled with a heightened concern over cost control and fiscal austerity, helps to ensure that policies which are legislatively successful within the institutional architecture of the American political system are unlikely to produce major expansions of the welfare state. Social change is therefore highly difficult to achieve, even in the face of significant unmet social needs. Comprehensive reform of U.S. LTC financing arrangements will remain an elusive goal for the foreseeable future. Instead, incremental, highly pro-market solutions are likely to be the types of policies promoted in the years of ahead.

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Davis, Leslie Karen. "The impact of long-term psychotherapy on the social activism of social activists." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ35398.pdf.

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Miller, Camille. "Patterns of Social Participation: Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Creating Social Capital." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2587.pdf.

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Sun, Pei. "Studies on public economics and long-term care." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33020.

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The Third Chapter: The aim of this research is to study individual choices of precau- tionary saving and long-term care spending when an individual faces the uncertainty of after-retirement health shocks. To do this, an improved two-period life-cycle model is employed. This paper also explores how individual choice affects economic development and capital accumulation in an overlapping generation economy. The study shows that the rise in the possibility of getting after-retirement health shocks will result to an increase in long-term care expenditure and the level of precautionary saving. The steady state will also increase in this case. The Fourth Chapter: The increasing and intensifying long-term care (LTC) demand brings great financial pressures for both governments and individuals. From the public perspective, the underlying economic question is how adequate real resources can be re- distributed to support long-term care need and how efficient the policies targeting is. As many LTC policies are accessed through means tests, individuals saving behaviour can be affected. This paper examines and compares the welfare effects that different means- tested policies have on individuals. We did this by embedding life-cycle models with after-retirement health shocks. Means-tested policies of long-term care, one with a top- up choice, and one without, were then simulated. The results show that the means test regime with a top-up option can bring a higher social welfare. Under this scheme, a higher means test threshold can decrease societys dependency on a social benefit system and increase social welfare. The Fifth Chapter: Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance are the dis- ability cash benefits provided for people who are over 65 in the U.K. As the government plans to divert more public resource from these benefits to means-tested local care ser- vices, it is important to understand the effects and targeting of these cash benefits first. Using the survey data from English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this study examines the relationship between the receipt of disability cash benefits and recipients’ character- istics among those who are over 65 in England. Although income is not a key factor to decide on the receipt of the benefits in the criteria, the results show that it still has a self- selection process where the benefits are given to those who are both most in need and on low incomes.

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Tahler, Heather. "Relational Satisfaction in Long-Term, Non-monogamous, Heterosexual Relationships." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3644027.

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Objectives: Study was designed to explore questions examining relational satisfaction in long-term non-monogamous heterosexual couples in comparison to relational satisfaction in long-term sexually monogamous heterosexual couples, as well as gain insight into whom those involved in non-monogamous relationships disclose to and the potential stigma felt by this disclosure. Demographic variables were also explored to see if any prediction of marital satisfaction occurred.

Methods: Both long-term sexually monogamous and long-term sexually non-monogamous participants responded to a secure online survey. The survey consisted of informed consent, inclusion criteria, ENRICH marital satisfaction scale (Fowers and Olson 1993) items, and open-ended questions for items not assessed by the ENRICH scale alone.

Results: After checking for univariate normality and outliers and assessing missing value patterns, results show that both the Marital Satisfaction and Idealistic Distortion scales were reliable. The findings in the study revealed that relationship type did not have a significant impact on marital satisfaction or idealistic distortion, with similar levels of satisfaction and idealistic distortion in both monogamous and non-monogamous couples. The results also demonstrated, through linear regression for demographic variables, that only income level significantly predicted marital satisfaction. After qualitative data was coded, there were many themes found within both monogamous and non-monogamous couples.

Conclusions: Data supports the original hypothesis that there was very little difference in marital satisfaction between monogamous and non-monogamous heterosexual couples. With these results, non-monogamy is a more viable relationship option than previously recognized for couples that are interested, and it is necessary to create models to work with these couples. Developing further research within this population specifically is also necessary for the future.

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Sterner, Melanie. "Relocating into long-term care from hospital: a comparison of two systems." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119413.

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Transitioning into a long-term care home has been described as a difficult experience for both patients and families. This is particularly true of transitions from hospital where pressure to make immediate decisions is increased, choices are limited and policies resulting in multiple moves have been implemented. This study quantitatively analyzed hospital data in a Quebec based hospital prior to and following the implementation of a new policy requiring all patients deemed medically stable to be discharged to a temporary facility prior to their permanent relocation. More specifically secondary data analysis was used to explore (1) if patients' decisions to opt out of the public system increased when the new transitional system was implemented and (2) if rates of return through the ER increased under the new system. Data from 321 patients were analyzed including 161 patients under the old system (LTC) and 160 patients under the new system (PHPE). Analysis of the data revealed that more patients followed the public process in the new system and that there was a trend towards increased visits to the ER by patients in the new system. As provincial governments across Canada continue to adopt policies that force multiple moves from hospital more research is needed on the impact of such policies on patients' and families' experiences of care, physical and mental health and health care utilization.
Effectuer la transition dans un établissement de soins de longue durée a été décrite comme une pénible expérience à la fois pour les patients et les familles. Ceci est particulièrement vrai pour les transitions de l'hôpital alors que la pression exercée pour prendre des décisions rapides est plus grande, que les choix sont limités et que les procédures engendrant de multiples déménagements ont été appliquées. Cette étude quantitative a analysé les données d'hospitalisation dans un hôpital du Québec avant et après l'application d'une nouvelle politique décrétant que tous les patients jugés médicalement stables soient évacués vers une installation temporaire avant leur réinstallation permanente. Plus précisément, une analyse des données secondaires a été utilisée pour déterminer (1) si les décisions des patients de se retirer du système public ont augmenté quand le nouveau système transitoire a été mis en place et (2) si le nombre des visites à l'urgence a augmenté dans le cadre du nouveau système. Les données recueillies auprès de 321 patients, parmi lesquels se trouvaient 161 patients sous l'ancien système (LTC) et 160 patients sous le nouveau régime (PHPE), ont été analysées. L'analyse des données a révélé qu'un plus grand nombre de patients ont suivi le processus public dans le nouveau système et qu'il y avait une tendance à l'augmentation des visites à l'urgence parmi les patients du nouveau système. Alors que les gouvernements provinciaux du Canada continuent d'adopter des politiques qui forcent les déménagements multiples à la sortie de l'hôpital, davantage de recherches sont nécessaires pour connaître l'impact de ces politiques sur les expériences de soins vécues par les patients et les familles, sur la santé physique et mentale et sur l'utilisation des soins de santé.

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Wolf, Miriam. "Acute and long-term effects of chronic social stress on cognition." Diss., lmu, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-149908.

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Pierre, Gaëlle. "The economic and social consequences of unemployment and long-term unemployment." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2000. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4028/.

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This thesis studies the economic and social consequences of unemployment and long-term (or repeated) unemployment. The first two chapters are concerned with economic consequences. They study how unemployment affects the working of the labour market. The last two chapters are interested in social consequences. They look at whether future generations' outcomes are altered by their parents' unemployment. Chapter two uses data on UK regions over a period of 23 years to test the hypothesis that the composition of unemployment alters the dampening effect of unemployment on wages. Several specifications are estimated using dynamic panel data methods and are tested to check the robustness of the results. The hypothesis is verified for manual or unskilled workers, but not for non-manual or skilled workers. The next three chapters use the British National Child Development Study (NCDS). The third chapter studies the job search behaviour of individuals who declared themselves unemployed and looking for work when aged 23 years old. We define job search as the combination of three decisions: whether they have considered applying for a job which would mean moving house, which would have a lower pay than their previous job, or which would require a lower qualification. We find that using a model that incorporates the dependence of these decisions improves efficiency. Young people who have been unemployed before are found to accept mobility but not to alter their expectations on wages and skill content. In the fourth chapter, we want to determine whether the labour market situation of the parents influences in any way the social behaviour of children. The findings show that, controlling for - persistent - financial difficulties, the unemployment of the father during childhood seems to have a detrimental effect on his children's outcomes. There is some evidence that those who have a non-working mother during early childhood are better off than others, except in cases where the mother is single. The last chapter draws on the previous one and studies whether these effects can be translated into unfavourable outcomes in adult life, in particular social exclusion. A new index of social exclusion is constructed. We find that anti-social behaviour and social difficulties during childhood are associated with later risks of social exclusion.

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McAuley, M. Colette. "Children in long term foster care : emotional, social and psychological development." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324834.

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Johnston, Debora. "Building Long-Term Donor Relationships in Nonprofit Organizations Through Social Media." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7669.

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The purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies that leaders of a nonprofit organization used to build long-term donor relationships through social media. Participants included a purposeful sample of 3 senior leaders of a small nonprofit organization in Southern California who demonstrated successful approaches to using social media to manage donor relations. The conceptual framework for this study was Hon and Grunig’s concept for measuring long-term organization–public relationships. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with organization leaders, review of publicly available organizational documents, and information including financial statements, strategic planning documents, organizational budgets, employee handbooks, and board manuals. Member checking and methodological triangulation were used to validate the findings. Data from organizational documents and interviews were manually coded, and themes were identified using content analysis. Five themes emerged related to process strengths and opportunities including leadership succession and performance evaluation, workforce capacity, revenue diversification, performance measurements and data collection, and the expansion of relationship management via social media. The findings from this study might contribute to positive social change by providing strategies for building long-term relationships with donors through social media and the supporting processes that nonprofit leaders can use to increase financial resources through a loyal donor community and enhance organizational sustainability.

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Solomon, Joel W. "Family satisfaction following spinal cord injury: Long-term follow-up." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1385390769.

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Åkerman, Jonas. "Transport systems meeting long-term climate targets : A backcasting approach." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-29712.

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Future transport systems consistent with long-term climate targets are examined in this thesis, using a systems perspective covering the entire transport system. Aviation is given particular attention, as expansion of this mode is difficult to reconcile with climate targets. The aim is to provide scientific decision support for current transport policy-making, especi-ally regarding structures with high inertia, e.g. urban structure, roads, railways, fuel produc-tion systems and vehicle fleets. An additional aim is to widen the perception of possible transport futures consistent with meeting climate targets, and to support a wider discussion in society on this topic. Papers I and III are backcasting studies which encompass the whole transport system. Paper III outlines an image of future Swedish transport by 2050, in which energy use per capita is reduced by 60%. This reduction is consistent with a 42% reduction in total global greenhouse gas emissions. Paper IV shows that total air travel by Swedes generates about 8.7 million tons of CO2-equivalents annually. This corresponds to about 12% of total Swedish emissions. Considering the rapid growth in emissions, aviation is key to achieving overall climate targets. Paper V indicates that building high-speed tracks between Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö may yield emissions reductions of about 550,000 tons of CO2-equivalents annually, if a life-cycle perspective is considered for all modes. However, this reduction is contingent on continuing growth of transport volumes, which seems diffi-cult to reconcile with the images in Papers II and III. This might consequently be a „second best‟ solution if a more radical break in transport growth is deemed unlikely due to external drivers. The overall conclusion from this thesis is that improved vehicle technology and low carbon fuels are necessary, but not solely sufficient, to achieve long-term targets consistent with limiting global warming to two degrees. The growth in volume, especially of car and air travel and truck transport, must also be curbed. However, total travel volume can be maintained at 2005 levels if substantial modal shifts to cycling and public transport are achieved. Moreover, if conscious measures are taken regarding urban planning and the use of communications technology to replace travel, functional accessibility may increase considerably. The trend-breaking development needed to achieve climate targets requires a combination of different policy measures. Pricing of external effects, e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, is a key strategy and would involve ending aviation‟s exemption from carbon tax and value-added tax. Other possible pricing measures include differentiated charges for car travel in urban areas, km-charges on trucks and increased fuel taxes. However, to gain acceptance for pricing measures and maintain a well-functioning society, better alternatives with a lower climate impact are needed. Increased road capacity in urban areas usually increases car travel. Therefore, to achieve the targets set, strict prioritisation of investments in public transport, cycling and ICT infrastructure is needed, especially since public resources are limited. Another conclusion is that, for transport policies to be effective and not lead to sub-optimisations, it is necessary to consider the wider system delimitations explored in this thesis.
Denna avhandling handlar om vilka förändringar av transportsystemet som krävs om långsiktiga klimatmål ska kunna nås. Flyget ägnas speciell uppmärksamhet eftersom dess snabba ökning är mycket svår att förena med klimatmålen. Ett syfte med avhandlingen är att ge underlag för nutida beslut, speciellt sådana som gäller strukturer i samhället med lång livslängd. Det gäller bebyggelsestruktur, vägar, järnvägar och system för bränsleproduktion, men även fordonsflottor. Ett ytterligare syfte är att vidga föreställningen om möjliga trans-portframtider, i syfte att ge underlag för en bredare diskussion i samhället om vilka fördel-arna och nackdelarna är med olika utvecklingar. Artiklarna I och III utgör backcastingstudier där hela transportsystemet behandlas. I artikel III presenteras en framtidsbild för det svenska transportsystemet år 2050 där energianvändningen per person har minskat med 60%. Detta är förenligt med en minskning av de globala utsläppen av växthusgaser med 42%. I artikel IV visas att utsläppen från den svenska befolkningens totala flygresande (inrikes och utrikes) år 2006 uppgick till 8,7 miljoner ton CO2-ekvivalenter. Detta motsvarar 12% av de totala svenska utsläppen av växthusgaser från alla sektorer. Artikel V visar att ett bygge av höghas-tighetsjärnväg mellan Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö (Europabanan) skulle kunna minska de årliga utsläppen med 550 000 ton CO2-ekvivalenter per år, utifrån ett livscykelperspektiv. Denna utsläppsminskning är dock relaterad till ett referensscenario med en relativt kraftig ökning av transportvolymerna, en utveckling som synes svår att förena med framtidsbild-erna i artikel II och III. Höghastighets järnväg kan således betecknas som en ”näst bästa” lösning, som kan bli aktuell om ökningstakten för transportvolymerna inte bedöms kunna bromsas kraftigt. Den övergripande slutsatsen från denna avhandling är att förbättrad fordonsteknik och större andel icke-fossila bränslen är nödvändigt, men att ökningstakten för främst bilresande, flygresande och lastbilstransporter också behöver brytas. Om en kraftig överflyttning kan ske till mer klimatvänliga transportslag, som cykel, buss och spårtrafik, så skulle dock det totala resandet kunna vara ungefär lika stort som det var år 2005. Med en medveten satsning på transporteffektiv samhällsplanering samt ett smart utnyttjande av IT för att ersätta en del resor med virtuella möten, så kan dessutom tillgängligheten till olika funktioner öka mar-kant. För att åstadkomma de trendbrott som behövs om klimatmålen ska nås, krävs en kom-bination av olika styrmedel. Ekonomiska styrmedel är mycket viktiga, inte minst att flygets nuvarande undantag från klimatskatter och moms avslutas. Andra viktiga styrmedel är trängsel- och miljöavgifter för bilar i stadsområden, km-skatter för lastbilar samt i viss mån höjda koldioxidskatter. För att nå acceptans för dessa styrmedel samt bibehålla ett väl funge-rande samhälle krävs dock, i vissa fall, bättre alternativ med låg klimatpåverkan. Eftersom ny vägkapacitet oftast leder till nygenererad trafik, är det viktigt att tillgängliga resurser konsekvent prioriteras till kollektivtrafik, cykel och informations- och kommunikations-teknologi.
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Vivekananda, Savithri, University of Western Sydney, and College of Social and Health Sciences. "Long-term multiple stressors, coping and academic performance." THESIS_CSHS_XXX_Vivekananda_S.xml, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/311.

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This research comprised of three studies designed to investigate the coping strategies utilised by high and low performing university students with non-academic stressors. Coping research has frequently focused on single stressors providing a distorted picture of coping. Utilising a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this research provides new insights into the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of coping with long-term, multiple stressors. It extends our understanding of coping beyond traditionally individualistic conceptualisations where active coping is valued over prosocial relationship-focused coping. Conceptualisations of social support is broadened to view it in more complex interactional terms. In Study 1, 521 university students were surveyed using a standardised coping inventory, the Ways of Coping Checklist revised. Several demographic groups were identified as at academic risk. Having good health, along with the high use Social Support and Problem Solving and the low use of Self Blame strategies all predicted high GPA. Study 2 involved a content analysis of 179 Exclusion Appeal letters submitted by excluded students. When confronted with multiple stressors, poor performing students compartmentalised or amplified multiple stressors which resulted in patterns of reactive problem-focused or emotion-focused coping. Passive and uni-directional approaches to social support resulted in the depletion of such resources. Study 3 investigated adaptive coping patterns using an open-ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview with twenty high performing students. High performers viewed multiple stressors as inter-related, which is termed cross situational appraisal and displayed a versatile coping pattern across stressors termed cross situational versatility. Proactive and prosocial coping are critical for the acquisition and maintenance of social support over a long-term period. Implications of these research findings for Student Services staff are discussed.
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Roberts, Rebecca. "The impact of assistance on the coping mechanisms of long-term refugees : the case of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon." Thesis, University of York, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411472.

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Heath, Douglas R. "Long-Term Western Residents in Japan: Hidden Barriers to Acculturation." Scholarly Commons, 2017. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/234.

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This study explores the acculturation experiences of long-term Western residents in Japan using a broad intercultural studies approach. First, the historical context of Westerners coming to Japan is discussed. Next, literature from the field of intercultural studies is considered. This literature is used to provide a framework for analyzing Western sojourners’ acculturation experiences in Japan, as well as for choosing the research methods for conducting a qualitative analysis. The research involved interviewing 12 expatriates from English-speaking countries who have been in Japan for at least 10 years. Their acculturation experiences were analyzed, with a particular focus on finding hidden barriers to acculturation. The study concludes that numerous barriers to acculturation do exist. Commonly observable barriers included lack of employment security for some sojourners, and a poor fit between an individual’s personality and the host culture. These issues are applicable to anyone adapting to life in a different culture. However, this research also exposed a number of hidden barriers arguably unique to the Western sojourner’s acculturation experience in Japan. These barriers include the challenge of developing satisfying relationships with Japanese, due primarily to different expectations for psychological closeness and self-disclosure in Japan and the West. Another is the social effect of Othering, the centuries-old process where Japanese society divides things into those which are Japanese and those which are not, and the consequent empathy deficit that Japanese experience toward outsiders. The thesis concludes by offering recommendations for how long-term Western residents in Japan can improve their adaptation and acculturation experience. These include the obvious advantages of learning the Japanese language, and the less obvious benefits of learning and practicing mindful intercultural communication.

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Yu, Kaidong. "Long-term coping strategies for food safety issues, from consumers' perspective." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/30599/.

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Food safety issues such as food hygiene, unsafe food and poisoned food have had a significant influence on consumers’ health and their daily lives for decades. The situation is deemed to be worse in China, which has a long history of using farm chemicals and frequent scandals involving food. However, the extant research on food safety issues has not been adequately examined, especially from the perspective of the consumer. Chronic food safety issues in China are believed to be a cause of psychological distress (Mathur et al., 2006). The wellbeing of consumers might be influenced by the issues in a more serious way, both psychologically and physically, over time. Hence, it is important to advance our understanding of consumers in terms of their psychological states and corresponding behaviours when faced with long-term and ongoing food safety issues. This thesis aims to conceptualise and empirically explore consumers’ long-term coping strategies and to achieve an in-depth understanding of the factors that may predict and influence consumer coping behaviours in the context of a long-term and ongoing food safety situation. In order to achieve the overall research aim, this research adopted a mixed-method approach comprising a qualitative study (consumer interview) and a quantitative study (questionnaire survey). Using semi-structured interview data from 20 consumers, the qualitative study identified specific psychological states and consumer coping actions when faced with food safety issues and informed and modified the conceptual framework. A total of 848 survey responses from the quantitative study were used to develop a new scale to measure and conceptualise consumer long-term coping strategies and tested the research hypotheses. Structural Equation Modelling in AMOS and regression with categorical variables in SPSS were used to test the hypotheses. The results suggest that the interplay of psychological states and cognitive appraisal and psychological states and personality traits, relate to different consumer long-term coping strategies. The extant literature has shed some light on long-term coping in general; however, there is no literature on long-term consumer coping. This research theoretically and empirically contributes to the consumer coping theory by offering a comprehensive conceptualisation and measurement in terms of the multi-dimensional model of consumer long-term coping. When faced with food safety issues, the specific emotions that consumers experience are under researched. Identifying specific emotions is important for two reasons: 1) the study of emotion and coping is inextricably linked. Different emotions involve distinct appraisals of the situation, which may lead to various forms of coping. This extends our knowledge of the emotion-coping relationship by linking the specific emotions to coping behaviours; 2) the behavioural tendencies of the specific emotions in chronic stressful situation can be articulated. Therefore, the current research contributes to the growing literature on consumer psychology by identifying and validating both negative and positive emotions simultaneously in a long-term and ongoing food safety situation. This is also the first study to identify the positive emotion of hope in the chronic food safety situation and consumer coping, advancing our understanding of consumers’ possible positive emotional appraisals when facing chronic food safety issues. Furthermore, the current research challenges the transactional theory of stress, which establishes a strong correlation between the individual’s experience of stress and the emergence of coping behaviours. The findings from this research show that consumers demonstrate various coping actions to deal with the problematic situation even when no stress was expressed. This provides a new angle for discussing stress and coping as previous research overlooks the conditions of eliminated stress. This corrective, thereby, optimise the theory’s explanatory power. Lastly, the antecedents of consumers’ decision to employ in particular ways of coping are not well articulated. Based on the results of this research, consumers’ situational cognitive appraisals and dispositional personality traits are identified as the influential moderating factors of the stress/emotion-coping relationships. This enriches extant understanding of the interactive patterns in consumers’ distinct coping responses.

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Persson, Stefan. "Long-term CSR incentives at fashion chains in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8814.

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In recent time the pressure on companies from groups like governments, regular citizens and media on taking its social responsibility has increased in rapid pace. This has led to increased interest from companies all over the world about social issues and the companies’ responsibility for these issues.

In the more competitive environment were companies act today the use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to differentiate itself against other company’s increases in importance. Together with increasing interest from stakeholders about social issues has made it central for companies not only to be social responsible but also to be good at finding future social trends that will give them competitive advantage against other actors.

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the three largest fashion chains in Sweden, Hennes & Mauritz, Lindex and KappAhl, are managing its CSR work now and how good their organisation is prepared to manage the CSR work in the future. The examination will focus on the factors that make the management of CSR successful or not, and to get an overview of if the conditions for current and future successful CSR is present at the companies. By doing a qualitative document analysis of the selected companies the conclusion is made that there is much work to be done at the three largest Swedish fashion chains to more effectively use CSR and the positive effects that a well developed CSR plan can bring to the companies. The conclusion is based on the lack of long-term remuneration incentives for the management that rewards a short-term decisions and the extensive use of collective commitments instead of exclusive CSR work.

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Marice, Prior. "Professional Development of Physiotherapists Working in Long-term Care." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23414.

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The purpose of this study is to learn about the professional development practices of physiotherapists working in long-term care homes in Ontario. A survey was created based on relevant literature and piloted for this study. The survey included both quantitative and open-ended questions. 44 Physiotherapist responded, which represents approximately 10% of physiotherapists working in long-term care in Ontario. The results indicate that physiotherapists are isolated from their physiotherapist peers and lack access to communities of practice, professional socialisation, professional culture and social regulation. Although physiotherapists’ interactions with interprofessional teams added breadth to their knowledge, these interactions did not enhance their profession-specific skills. Many physiotherapists are seeking professional community and social supports in healthcare settings outside of the long-term care context. The implications of this study are that physiotherapists, their professional associations, and their college must understand the importance of professional socialization in learning, and ensure that physiotherapists working in long-term care have access to and seek such social support. Physiotherapy service providers in long-term care should provide mentoring, support and opportunities for social learning for their clinicians. Finally, long-term care homes and the Ministry of Health and Long-term care need to ensure that policies provide a better definition of the role of physiotherapists in long-term care.

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Nolan, Elizabeth Mintzer Herbert James D. "Long-term follow-up of cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2005. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/542.

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Kinert, Jenny. "Increase long-term retention by adding social features in mobile multiplayer games." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-156725.

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This paper investigates if the social aspects of playing with friends and participate in clans can increase long-term retention for mobile games. Speciﬁcally for the game Edge of Combat developed by the company Level Eight. To gain knowledge about how the players and industry perceive these features, a background study was conducted. The study reveals that playing with friends increases long-term retention in mobile games. It also indicates that participating in clans increases long-term retention but the evidence is not that strong. The next phase of the project indicates that playing with friends also increases long-term retention in Edge of Combat. Finally, participating in clans were investigated more thoroughly. The industry is very positive towards clans but that does not seem to reﬂect the player’s opinions about clans. Because of this the research question ”Can clan participation increase long-term retention in mobile games?” can not be conﬁrmed. That clan participation could increase long-term retention in Edge of Combat could not be conﬁrmed either. However, to be certain of this more research is needed on clans in mobile games taking into account the demographics of the participants in the project.

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Clarke, Rachel. "Artful social engagement : long-term interaction design within an international women's community." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2794.

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Long-term commitments, a rich understanding of - and sensitivity towards - identities are considered of value for researchers working within technology design to support community participation. However, few studies have explicitly discussed how researcher relationships are built and how communities negotiate their technology use around identities over time. This thesis presents the findings and insights from a three-year long, in-depth participatory project at an international women's centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The thesis contributes to interaction design research, and experience-centred design more specifically within social care communities. The research demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches, combining critical methodological perspectives from feminist postcolonial studies with narrative inquiry and speculative design, can be used constructively in complex and sensitive community contexts. The thesis outlines how such approaches contribute opportunities for the negotiation and celebration of diverse community identities using technology. This is achieved through exploring how 'dialogical aesthetics', as articulated through socially engaged arts, can sustain conceptual resources and practical approaches to reflexively inquire into personal identities within communities. Through 'space-making' workshops, involving digital portraits and digital story making and through the design and use of a speculative photo-sharing device, the thesis provides insights into exploring and responding to identities, while engendering inspiration and resonance for sustainable future technical practices within a culturally diverse social care community.

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Waldinger, Maria. "Historical events and their effects on long-term economic and social development." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/963/.

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This thesis uses econometric methods to examine the effects of historical events and developments on aspects of economic and social development. Its objective is two-fold: The thesis examines causes and effects of different historical events using econometric methods and newly constructed and newly available data sets. By studying these historical events, broader theoretical questions are addressed that are relevant and have implications for today. The first chapter studies the economic effects of the Little Ice Age, a climatic period that brought markedly colder conditions to large parts of Europe. The theoretical interest of this study lies in the question whether gradual temperature changes affect economic growth in the long-run, despite people’s efforts to adapt. This question is highly relevant in the current debate on the economic effects of climate change. Results show that the effect of temperature varies across climate zones, that temperature affected economic growth through its effect on agricultural productivity and that cities that were especially dependent on agriculture were especially affected. The second chapter examines the role of adverse climatic conditions on political protest. In particular, it assesses the role of adverse climate on the eve of the French Revolution on peasant uprisings in 1789. Historians have argued that crop failure in 1788 and cold weather in the winter of 1788/89 led to peasant revolts in various parts of France. I construct a cross section data set with information on temperature in 1788 and 1789 and on the precise location of peasant revolts. Results show that adverse climatic conditions significantly affected peasant uprisings. The third chapter examines the role of different Catholic missionary orders in colonial Mexico on long term educational outcomes. I construct a data set of the location of 1000 historical mission stations. I use OLS and instrumental variables estimation to show that only Mendicant mission stations have affected educational attainment while all orders affected conversion.

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Scholtz, Megan Lynn. "Permanency planning and long-term foster-care : a guideline for practice." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22513.

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Many children are unable to remain in the care of their biological families, and often the only solution is to commit them to long-term foster-care in order to ensure their emotional, physical and social well-being. Children in long-term foster-care in South Africa are subject to impermanence in their living arrangements. Long-term foster-care, in reality, is for an unlimited time-period, during which the biological family can at any time rehabilitate itself and petition the court for the return of the child. This is further exacerbated by childcare legislation which does not provide for legal guardianship in foster-care through termination of parental rights and reconstruction services to natural parents. At present, the move in childcare practice is to institute permanency planning philosophy and tennets for children placed in foster-care in order for them to experience stability and continuity of relationships and family life. The move to implement permanency planning in foster-care is new in South Africa and is not supported through South African research and legislative procedures. There is a definite need for the development of a guideline which will exclude natural parents from resuming the care of their placed child, thereby advocating foster care as the next option of permanency for a child, given the situation where adoption is not a feasible alternative. This guideline can hopefully be utilised to gather data motivating for legal guardianship in foster care, through termination of parental rights, thereby assuring the long-term foster child of permanency in his living arrangements.

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Lo, Chi-yin Albert. "Prospects of long term private vehicle rental in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19908878.

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Welsh, Addison E. "Long term effects of reverse culture shock in study abroad." Scholarly Commons, 2015. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/249.

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More students at college and universities are taking advantage of the opportunity to study abroad. During their time overseas, many will confront culture shock. Upon their return, they may also encounter a difficult transition, resulting in reverse culture shock. This study explores the various long term effects of reverse culture shock among study abroad alumni at a land grant institution. The alumni in this sample represent a variety of study abroad programs as well as experiences with reentry shock. By contributing further evidence regarding the influence of reverse culture shock over an extended period, it can provide incentive for universities to increase the level of reentry support for their students. Furthermore, by assisting students through the challenges of their reentry, educators can enhance the level of cultural learning from the experience as well as contribute to the students’ personal development.

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Givens, Lynn Marie, and Jesse Ornelas. "Degree of privacy afforded in long-term care." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3335.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the level of privacy among the elderly living in long-term nursing and communal facilities. The data was collected through a probability sampling at the Veterans Home of California in Barstow.

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Felts, Christopher P. "Social Centrality, Deviance, and Well-Being: Understanding the Immediate and Long-Term Relationships." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573570021775454.

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Tak, Min Young. "Transition and choice in residential long-term care for older people in England." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:49ce17a1-ba76-4fb8-ae94-a7fd35c2fa5e.

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Care transition, the process of moving from community care to residential care, is one of the biggest changes that older people can experience in their later life. Evidence from the literature suggests that older people's experiences of care transition tend to be negative and traumatic, with most of them being little involved in the process of care transition. How older people exercise choice during the period of care transition is important for understanding their experiences of care transition for the following two reasons: first, choice has been referred to in the literature as the key to less stressful care transition experiences, which can subsequently lead to a better quality of life in residential homes; second, the introduction of choice in public services has been the key plank of British social policy in recent decades and there has been a movement towards extending choice in residential care. This research aims to study older people's care transition experiences and their exercise of choice during the process of care transition, to explore the meaning and the perceived effects of choice and to identify the role of choice in promoting a positive care transition. This thesis presents findings from 48 in-depth interviews with older people who became new residents in one of the ten participating residential homes in London and had their care paid for by the local authority. This research identified four groups of older people who showed marked differences in terms of their needs, their exercise of choice during the care transition process and their adaptation to residential care: Active Planners, Conformists, the Unsettled and Shelter-Seekers. The findings from this research suggest that the older people's care transition experiences varied and that they stretch beyond the prevailing evidence emphasising the stressfulness of the care transition. The cases of Active Planners and Shelter-Seekers show the potential for positive roles for care homes in the case of users with genuine needs for residential care. An overwhelming majority of the older people who were interviewed were great proponents of choice and many of them actively exercised choice in the course of their care transition. This challenges the claim of the passivity of older people which has been argued in the literature. However, the cases of some Conformists who did not want to exercise choice also highlight that having no choice can be a choice for some older people. On the whole, older people’s exercise of choice played an important role in facilitating a positive transition, despite it not being a precondition for such a transition. However, there were administrative issues limiting the level and the extent of choice that were available to the older people and the Unsettled experienced an undesired move into a care home, having their choices denied or rejected. This thesis also questions the working of choice and competition in residential care, as the older people did not seem to enjoy the expected benefits of choice relating to service improvements which have been argued for in the literature.

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Hollister, Brooke. "Systems advocacy and the local long term care ombudsman program." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3324596.

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Cooke, K. R. "Determinants of the labour supply behaviour of families in long-term unemployment." Thesis, University of York, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233200.

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Valerio, Cassandra. "Effortful Control as a Mediator of Long-Term Declarative Recall in Toddlers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/70.

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This study investigated the relationship between effortful control and long-term memory (LTM) in toddlers. It was hypothesized that children high in effortful control would demonstrate better long-term recall. Participants were 43 children who visited the lab at 18 and 21 months. A word-learning task and an elicited imitation task were administered to assess children’s LTM. Effortful control was assessed using the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ). The results of this study showed that children high in effortful control did not demonstrate significantly better LTM than children low in effortful control on either the word-learning or the elicited imitation task.

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