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DeVinney, Joel. "Mixed marriages and divorce in Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Slaven, Donald J. "The canonical form and mixed marriages conciliar and postconcilar developments /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Allas, Audrey Catherine. "To love an(other) : narratives of mixed marriages amongst British Pakistani Muslims." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12597/.
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The main research objective of this thesis examines how individual, self-identifying British Pakistani Muslims negotiate their senses of belonging through their marital selections. Drawing upon cases on intermarried case studies, I ethnographically explore how these individuals experience and interpret wedding ceremonies, sequences of expected obligations and reciprocity, religious belonging and raising children, and how digital and social media serve as tools of inspiration and mediation around issues of intermarriage. Although disparate in ethnographic representation, what unifies and casts these case studies and themes as an anthropological area of reflection is the individual sense of ‘unique’ life stories, and more importantly how these life stories interlink with similar life stories through a multi-layered narrative process. Considered to be relatively endogamous, British Pakistani Muslims in cultural, religious, and racial intermarriages become anthropologically engaging. While some individuals of this study conceptualise their experiences as transcending kinship boundaries, others are continuously weighing their relationship choices against their traditional upbringings, considered by some participants to be contradictory experiences. In response, I argue that the diverse examples of intermarriage not only demonstrate how narrative is formed and reformed through past-present-and-future imaginings and experiences, but also how navigating social risks plays a significant role in partner selection, child rearing, and other relationship behaviours. Individuals, like those of this study who push the boundaries of risk, do not do so as isolated agents, but are able to do so due to an increasing testing of social boundaries and of weighing risk, emotional labour, and future imaginings that are reflected upon through collective narrative processes.
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Yildiztekin, Burin. "The Jewish-muslim Mixed Marriages: Self-identifications And Experiences Of Jewish-muslim Mixed Couples And Their Children In Contemporary Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612260/index.pdf.
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This thesis explores Jewish-Muslim mixed marriages with a particular focus on the mixed couples&rsquoand their children&rsquo
s self-identifications regarding religion and their experiences in a predominantly Muslim country, Turkey. By adopting a qualitative research design, in-depth interviews were conducted with 9 Jewish-Muslim mixed couples and 3 children in Istanbul and in Izmir. In addition, an official from the Turkish Jewish Community and an active member of the community were interviewed to determine the general perception of the Turkish Jewish Community regarding mixed marriage. The Jewish-Muslim mixed couples&rsquo
self-identifications with their Jewish and Muslim cultures and heritages reveal the importance of understanding individuals&rsquo
self-perceptions about their own identities since their self-perceptions cannot be understood by primordial ascriptions. The children of these mixed couples&rsquo
self-identifications provide important insights into the issue of the relative attractiveness of Jewish and Muslim identities in Turkey. The Jewish-Muslim mixed couples&rsquo
and their children&rsquo
s experiences in the private and public spheres reveal significant aspects of being Jewish, being mixed-married and being a child of a mixed marriage in a predominantly Muslim country, Turkey.
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Holtz, James Anthony. "Historical-comparative study on the law governing mixed marriages 1917 code to the present /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Bezzini, Rachele. "Boundary-making in an immigrant social space : Albanian-Italian and Albanian-Romanian couples in Italy." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/74878/.
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This thesis focuses on Albanian-Italian and Albanian-Romanian couples in Italy. Through application of the boundary-making framework to integration and intermarriage, this study looks at the processes by which partners in mixed unions deal with socially constructed boundaries inside and outside the couple and family sphere. The thesis is based on multiple qualitative methods, but primarily on in-depth interviews with 61 Albanian-Italian/Romanian couples in Italy. These research-participant couples differ in terms of marital and family status, place of origin and settlement, education and occupation. The core sample is composed of an Albanian in-between generation, now in their 30s, who emigrated during adolescence for various reasons (asylum, family reunification, healthcare, study, work). Thence, I moved towards an Italian or a Romanian partner of these primary participants. The original contribution of my study is both empirical and theoretical. From an empirical point of view, it explores the topic of intermarriage, which has not been previously examined in the existing literatures on the Albanian and Romanian migrations and is still understudied in Italy. In addition to this, the study specifically takes into account the combination of minority-majority (Albanian-Italian) and minority-minority (Albanian-Romanian) partnerships and marriages, whose conjoint analysis has been largely absent in intermarriage research. From a theoretical point of view, my research shows instead the importance of adopting a relational approach in migration studies through the inclusion of a plurality of social actors within the research design. In fact, while intermarriage in immigrant societies is usually interpreted as an indicator/agent of integration and through the essentialisation of the category of culture, my thesis proposes a novel understanding of intermarriage. I view intermarriage as a site of integration, and I see integration as a multi-way process of boundary change, which involves the national majority as well as multiple immigrant minorities interacting with and identifying each other in the construction of a common social space.
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Morris, Sheila Dianne. "Alienation and Isolation in Interracial Marriages in East Tennessee." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2003. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0815103-140846/unrestricted/MorrisS090203f.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.L.S.)--East Tennessee State University, 2003.Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-0815103-140846. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.
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Brown, John Joseph. "The evolution of the pre-nuptial promises in mixed marriages from the 1917 code to the new code." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Nolan, P. Terence. "The development of the law on mixed religion marriages from the 1917 code to the 1983 code." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Furlong, Patrick Jonathan. "The Mixed Marriages Act (1949) : a theological critique based on the investigation of legislative action and church responses to this legislation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17013.
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Bibliography: pages 208-228.The thesis is concerned with the nature of the interaction between church and state, and more generally between politics and religion, in the matter of so-called mixed marriages, and more particularly the debate surrounding the South African Mixed Marriages Act of 1949. The methodology of the study is interdisciplinary, dealing in detail with historical material as a basis for theological reflection and analysis. In the first chapter, marriage is dealt with generally from a theological viewpoint. Various approaches to marriage are considered, such as those in African society, the Bible, and in the Catholic and Reformation traditions. In contrast with the fertility-lineage, group-oriented ethic detected in the early part of the Old Testament and in many preliterate and patriarchal societies, a personalist and essentially 'sacramental' model of marriage is developed on the basis of New Testament teaching and later Christian theological reflection. The effects of a fertility-lineage and group-oriented ethic of marriage in South Africa are demonstrated in chapter two, which deals with the drive for anti-miscegenation laws in that country, with special reference to the role of the Afrikaans Reformed churches in this regard. The third chapter takes up this historical material, examining the nature of the initial debate on the Mixed Marriages Act in 1949-1950 and the aims of the Nationalist Government in introducing this legislation. The contrasting responses to the Act on the part of the Afrikaans Reformed churches and the more 'liberal', non-racial, mainly English-speaking churches are also considered here. In the fourth chapter the developments in the debate surrounding the Act since 1949 are discussed, with special reference to key points in the changing attitudes of the churches (especially the Afrikaans Reformed churches) to this legislation. This provides the background to the heated debate since the mid-seventies, when the Government began to show apparent signs of favouring a reformulation of apartheid which purportedly aimed at eliminating the most obviously racially biased aspects of that policy. The final chapter examines the theological assumptions of Afrikaans Reformed thought, and attempts to show how its roots in a particular view of Calvinism, Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism and the Bible result in the kind of fertility-lineage ethic which makes support for the Act possible. An effort is made to show the theological inadequacies of this thought from a Christian perspective, and to suggest an alternative, more dynamic theology, which recognizes the importance of individual choice and human rights. The impediments to such a fundamental reorientation are recognised, however, and it is argued that any major changes in position on the miscegenation laws on the part of either reformist government politicians or the Afrikaans Reformed churches in the near future will face major resistance.
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Nelson, Lotes. "Acculturation in Marital Satisfaction Among Mixed Caucasian and Asian American Heterosexual Couples." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1796.
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The growing population of the United States is linked to the increasing migration of individuals from other countries. With migration comes the development of cross-cultural and interracial romantic relationships, many leading to marriages. This qualitative grounded theory study sought to understand how a migrant partner's adjustment process, acculturation, contributes to cross-cultural marriages. The main research question and purpose of this study was to investigate the role of acculturation in marital satisfaction among mixed Caucasian and Asian American heterosexual couples. This study utilized multiple data sources and a purposive sampling of 11 mixed Asian and Caucasian heterosexual married couples, with one partner who identified themselves as being Caucasian and U.S. born, and the other as Asian American and an immigrant to the United States. Data were coded and analyzed to identify themes and patterns that emerged from the participants' experiences. The study revealed the following emergent themes representing the couples' common acculturative stressors: (a) challenges related to English language proficiency, (b) communication styles differences, (c) cultural learning, and (d) difficulties due to the lack of social support. The findings of this study provide marriage and family counselors with important data related to how married couples experience acculturation as well as the unique stressors associated with a migrating partner's process. Implications for positive social change include information related to the development of interventions to address common acculturative stressors identified during this study, as well as data to support clinicians and clients when identifying appropriate coping strategies.
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Pfeffer, Karen. "Ethnic identity in Nigerian children of black-white mixed marriages. The relationship between child rearing practices and ethnic identification in interracial (Yoruba/Oyinbo) and Yoruba familes in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3874.
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This study examined the relationship between child rearing
practices and ethnic identity in interracial and Yoruba children
in Nigeria. An in-depth study of 20 interracial and 20 Yoruba
families was conducted. Three methods of measuring ethnic
identity (a doll choice technique, Draw-A-Person and 'Tell me about yourself') were administered to 20 interracial and 20
Yoruba children (aged 6-9 years) in the home environment. A
questionnaire was administered to the mother in each family to
measure the extent of use of 'elite' Yoruba child rearing
practices. A separate questionnaire was'also administered to
fathers. The mothers' questionnaire responses were correlated
with the children's test-results.
The doll choice technique and Draw-A-Person were found to be
more successful than 'Tell me about yourself'. However, an
additional 'food preference' measure was extracted from 'Tell me
about yourself'. The results indicated that Yoruba children
showed a stronger Yoruba identity than interracial children and
that the majority of children in both groups showed correct owngroup
identification. As expected, Yoruba mothers were found to
use more Yoruba child rearing, practices than interracial mothers.
A significant relationship between child rearing practices and
ethnic identity was found in the interracial group but not in the
Yoruba group. Correlations between doll play, Draw-A-Person and
the food preference measure were generally low. Race of experimenter
(white and Yoruba) did not affect children's test results.
Results were interpreted within a family interactions framework and with considerations given to the social and cultural
background of the subjects. It was suggested that socialization
may be important for the development of ethnic identity in the
'minority' interracial children but not in the 'majority' Yoruba
children. The implications of this finding for interracial
children in other societies and for other ethnic minority groups
was discussed.
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Pfeffer, Karen. "Ethnic identity in Nigerian children of black-white mixed marriages : the relationship between child rearing practices and ethnic identification in inter-racial (Yoruba/Oyinbo) and Yoruba familes in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3874.
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This study examined the relationship between child rearing practices and ethnic identity in interracial and Yoruba children in Nigeria. An in-depth study of 20 interracial and 20 Yoruba families was conducted. Three methods of measuring ethnic identity (a doll choice technique, Draw-A-Person and 'Tell me about yourself') were administered to 20 interracial and 20 Yoruba children (aged 6-9 years) in the home environment. A questionnaire was administered to the mother in each family to measure the extent of use of 'elite' Yoruba child rearing practices. A separate questionnaire was'also administered to fathers. The mothers' questionnaire responses were correlated with the children's test-results. The doll choice technique and Draw-A-Person were found to be more successful than 'Tell me about yourself'. However, an additional 'food preference' measure was extracted from 'Tell me about yourself'. The results indicated that Yoruba children showed a stronger Yoruba identity than interracial children and that the majority of children in both groups showed correct owngroup identification. As expected, Yoruba mothers were found to use more Yoruba child rearing, practices than interracial mothers. A significant relationship between child rearing practices and ethnic identity was found in the interracial group but not in the Yoruba group. Correlations between doll play, Draw-A-Person and the food preference measure were generally low. Race of experimenter (white and Yoruba) did not affect children's test results. Results were interpreted within a family interactions framework and with considerations given to the social and cultural background of the subjects. It was suggested that socialization may be important for the development of ethnic identity in the 'minority' interracial children but not in the 'majority' Yoruba children. The implications of this finding for interracial children in other societies and for other ethnic minority groups was discussed.
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Southwood, Katherine. "Ethnicity and the mixed marriage crisis in Ezra 9-10." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669966.
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Campbell, Mark A. "Pastoral care for mixed marriage canonical prescriptions and practice from the 1917 code through Matrimonia mixta /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Bria, Benyamin Y. "The development of mixed marriage legislation through missionary law from 1622 to the present." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6685.
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Dennison, Renee Peltz. "The Effect of Family of Origin on Early Marriage Outcomes: A Mixed Method Approach." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195645.
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The present study examined the effect of family of origin characteristics on current marital satisfaction, within a sample of newlywed couples, using dyadic and mixed methods approaches to conceptualization, data collection, and data analysis.The data used to investigate this process--sometimes called intergenerational transmission--was collected in two phases. First, quantitative data in the form of close-ended questions was collected separately from each member of 190 newlywed couples via hard-copy questionnaires. These questionnaires included measures of family of origin characteristics (e.g., interparental conflict), current marital processes (e.g., conflict resolution style), and marital outcomes (e.g., marital satisfaction). Second, in-depth and open-ended questions were asked of 18 couples in semi-structured couple interviews. The 18 couples who were interviewed in phase two of the data collection represent a purposive sub-sample of the original 190 couples from phase one of data collection.Results of structural equation modeling of a conceptual model based on the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Cook & Kenny, 2005) indicated that the family or origin characteristics measured predicted a decrease in marital satisfaction, especially for wives. In addition, mixed evidence was found for the potential meditational role of conflict resolution style. Results of thematic coding of the interview data revealed that: a) families of origin serve as marriage role models in complex and multifaceted ways; b) there are other important models of marriage, aside from families of origin, that influence marital outcomes; c) it is likely that couples use a combination of different marriage role models to form their ideas of marriage (and therefore their marital outcomes); and d) it is possible that in some cases families of origin do not provide a marriage role model at all.Finally, results of a configural comparative analysis utilizing both the quantitative and qualitative data revealed that couples negotiate the pathway from their families of origin to their own marriages in diverse ways. Three distinct pathways were identified, including a "modeling" pathway, a "modified modeling" pathway, and a "compensation" pathway. Interpretations and implications of these findings are discussed. In addition, future directions for research in this area are suggested.
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Soma, Ikki. "Case studies in premarital counseling of interracial couples." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Ham, Tjeng Sin. "A contextual, comparative, legal and theological examination of mixed marriage as practised in Indonesia 1974-1994 : with special emphasis on pastoral considerations." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683146.
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Jordal, Christian Edward. ""Making it Work": A Grounded Theory of How Mixed Orientation Married Couples Commit, Sexually Identify, and Gender Themselves." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27664.
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Married bisexuals who come out to their heterosexual partners do not invariably divorce. This qualitative study included 14 intact, mixed orientation married couples. The mean marriage duration was 14.5 years, and the mean time since the bisexual spouse had come out was 7.9 years. The research focused the negotiation processes around three constructs: (a) sexual identity; (b) gender identity; and (c) marital commitment. Dyadic interviews were used to generate a grounded theory of the identity and commitment negotiation processes occurring among intact mixed orientation married couples. The findings revealed two sexual identity trajectories: Bisexuals who identify before marriage and reemerge within marriage; or bisexuals who do not identity before marriage but who emerge from within marriage. Two gender identity processes were reported: gender non-conformity and deliberate gender conformity. Finally, two negotiation processes around marital commitment were found: (a) closed marital commitment, and (b) open marital commitment. Closed marital commitment was defined as monogamous. Open marital commitment had four subtypes: (a) monogamous with the option to open; (b) open on one side (i.e., the bisexual spouse was or had the option to establish a tertiary relationship outside the marriage); (c) open on both sides or polyamorous; and (d) third-person inclusive (i.e.. couples had or were seeking a third person to bring into their marriage for both spouses). The implications for research and clinical practice were discussed.Ph. D.
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Theron, Petria Magdalena. "Pastoral guidance of the "unequally yoked" marriage partners / Petria Magdalena Theron." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/354.
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This study deals with problems of the unequally yoked marriage partners (a couple where one is a
Christian and the other not). The practical theological model of Zerfass was followed by establishing
a basis-, a meta- and a practice theory.
The basis theoretical perspective shows that God forbade mixed marriages in the Old Testament due
to the danger that His people could be lured into heathen practices. In the New Testament, Paul warns
Christians not to many unbelievers. Unequally yoked marriages happened when one of the partners
got converted after the marriage. Paul's advice to believers is that divorce is permissible, but the
decision lies exclusively with the unbeliever. If the unbeliever wants to leave, the believer must let
him/her go. Peter's advice to the believing wife is that she must submit to her unbelieving husband
and not say a word, as he may be won over for Christ through her deferential behaviour.
From the metatheoretical perspective, the literature consulted shows that religious commitment and
homogamy have a positive effect on marriages. Believers in unequally yoked marriages revealed in
the empirical study the problems they experience and how they cope. A relatively fulfilled marriage
is possible. Pastors consulted in the empirical study want to help couples to accept each other and to
learn to live with their differences. The pastors focused mostly on the believer's relationship with
God.
Guidelines for a possible model which pastors can follow in their pastoral guidance of the unequally
yoked couple are given and focus primarily on the believing partner. Prayer and Scripture are
fundamental in the pastoral guidance.Thesis (M.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Pang, Mengxi. "Exploring 'mixed-race' identities in Scotland through a familial lens." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8741/.
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This thesis takes ‘mixed-race’ individuals and parents of ‘mixed-race’ children in Scotland as its subject, exploring the meanings and significance of ‘mixed-race’ and the process by which ‘mixed-race’ identities are constructed. Contributing to the burgeoning ‘mixed-race’ scholarship in Britain, and more broadly to the intersection of the sociology of ‘race’ and the sociology of family relationships literature, this thesis presents a qualitative analysis of ‘mixed-race’ identities by exploring how mixed individuals view themselves through interactions with others. Informed by a theoretical approach combining interactionist and intersectional perspectives, this thesis stresses the role of everyday interactions with family members in shaping one’s views of the self, but it also pays attention to the ways in which meanings associated with ‘mixed-race’ are conditioned by and produced in the wider social context. Based upon thirty-one in-depth interviews with ‘mixed-race’ individuals and parents of mixed children conducted over a 24-month period, this thesis qualitatively examines interviewees’ experiences and interpretations of ‘mixed-race’ by locating them within the wider socio-cultural context. Focusing on personal and family experiences of being ´mixed race’ or being associated with mixedness, this thesis pays particular attention to family dynamics, seeking to explore the ways in which family practices influence children’s attitudes towards mixed heritages. In so doing, empirical data is analysed and presented in a ‘thick description’ fashion. Illustrative cases are employed to draw out and exemplify the complex processes of negotiating and constructing meanings of ‘mixed-race’. Contending that the relative centrality of mixedness varies between individuals, the analysis shows that ‘mixed-race’ identities are embedded in various forms of social relations and conditioned by structural constraints. Due to the uneven access to symbolic and material resources, mixed individuals have different capacities to mobilise collective meanings ascribed to ethnicities in order to negotiate racialised differences. Within this process, ‘mixed-race’ families play a pertinent role in providing their children with access to knowledge about their mixed heritage. Furthermore, parents have an impact on children’s early attitudes towards their ethnic heritages by either reinterpreting or reproducing racial ideologies. Once again, parents’ priorities, strategies and specific plans to communicate the idea of ‘mixed-race’ are structured by their racialised, classed and gendered positions.
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Osanami, Törngren Sayaka. "Love ain't got no color? : Attitude toward interracial marriage in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-70799.
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This dissertation focuses on the geographical area of Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden, and examines the majority society’s opinions and attitudes toward interracial dating, marriage and childbearing. The dissertation is driven by two theoretical frames: the theory of race as ideas constructed through the perception of visible differences and the theory of prejudice and stereotypes. Mixed methods have been chosen as a means of exploring people’s attitudes toward interracial relationships. Quantitative data was collected by means of an attitude survey and the qualitative data was collected by means of follow-up interviews with some of the respondents who participated in the survey. The study shows that although their attitudes vary depending on the different groups in question, the majority of the respondents and interviewees could imagine getting involved in interrelationships and would not react negatively if a family member got involved in such a relationship. The quantitative results address the importance of intimate contacts, in other words having friends of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in having more positive attitudes toward interracial dating, marriage and childbearing. Age, gender, education and the place of upbringing also affects people’s attitudes. The qualitative inquiry probes the reasoning behind the survey results and points to the complicated relations between individual attitudes and the sense of group position. The interviewees’ words depict color-blind ways of talking about attitudes toward interracial marriage and different groups. Ideas of race emerge in this color-blind reasoning and the role of visible difference is highlighted both through the quantitative and qualitative inquiries.Denna avhandling granskar majoritetssamhällets åsikter och attityder till “interracial marriage and relationships” (blandäktenskap och annan blandrelation). Populationen för denna granskning är ett representativt urval av befolkningen i Malmö, Sveriges tredje största stad. Studien drivs främst av två teoretiska inriktningar. Den ena är teorin om “race” (ras) som innebär att race är tankar och idéer som väcks utifrån fysiska och synliga skillnader hos olika grupper. Den andra är teorin om fördomar och stereotyper. Metoden som använts för att undersöka befolkningsmajoritetens attityder är “mixed methods”. Den kvantitativa enkätstudien följs upp med kvalitativa intervjuer till en del av de svarande. Studien visar att även om det finns variationer i val av preferenser beroende på vilken grupp det handlar om, kan majoriteten av respondenterna i enkäten och intervjupersonerna tänka sig att leva i blandäktenskap eller i annan blandrelation. Majoriteten svarar också att de inte skulle reagera negativt om någon i familjen väljer att leva i ett sådant förhållande. Resultaten från den kvantitativa undersökningen tyder på ett starkt samband mellan att ha vänner med olika etnisk bakgrund och i att vara mer positiv till blandäktenskap och blandrelation. Ålder, kön, utbildningsnivå och var man är uppväxt påverkar också attityderna. Den kvalitativa undersökningen utforskar resonemangen bakom resultaten från enkäten och avslöjar en komplicerad relation mellan individers attityder och känslan av grupposition. Intervjupersonernas ordval och uttryckssätt reflekterar ett “färgblint” sätt att tala om attityder till blandäktenskap och olika grupper. I resonemangen bakom färgblindhet framkommer i både enkäten och intervjuerna tankar och idéer om “race” (ras) och betydelsen av fysiska och synliga skillnader hos olika grupper.
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Austin, Jason Paul. "Getting Them In: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study with Implications towards Marketing Marriage and Family Therapy." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79484.
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The purpose of this sequential exploratory mixed methods study was to develop and test a theory of planned behavior questionnaire that includes both direct and belief-based measures for seeking professional help from a MFT for participants and their spouses during times of relationship distress. To complete this goal, three focus groups (N = 24) were conducted to elicit the salient behavioral, normative, and control beliefs associated with seeking professional help from a MFT for participants and their spouses during times of relationship distress. The data was member checked and then analyzed using thematic analysis.
Next, two quantitative measures were constructed, one using the salient beliefs elicited during the focus groups and the second using general questions that assessed participants' overall attitude, perceived norm, and perceived behavioral control. Both measures were placed online pilot tested (N = 102) using Qualtrics panels. The results suggest that the measures were accurate predictors of behavioral intention. The main stage then used both measures to assess the predictive ability of the elicited beliefs.
The results also suggest that the beliefs accurately predicted participants' behavioral intentions for seeking professional help from a MFT for them and their spouses during times of relationship distress. The results also indicate that an intervention could be used to encourage troubled individuals, couples, and families to seek professional help from a MFT when experiencing relational issues.Ph. D.
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Toudji, Sonia. "Frontières Intimes : Indiens, Français, et Africains dans la Vallée du Mississippi." Phd thesis, Université du Maine, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00675452.
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Ma thèse explore les rencontres qui eurent lieu entre Français, Amérindiens et Africains en Louisiane, à l'époque de l'Amérique coloniale. C'est plus précisément sur la partie sud du territoire que ce travail s'est penché. Les bornes chronologiques sont 1686, découverte du territoire par Robert La Salle et 1803, vente du territoire, alors Français, aux Américains par Napoléon en 1803. Mon projet était d'analyser les rapports établis entre ces trois groupes en mettant l'accent sur les relations intimes qui se sont créées entre eux (relations sexuelles, concubinage, mariages mixtes), et les liens de parenté sont également des objets d'étude dans cette recherche. De ces relations intimes émergent diverses communautés : ainsi, les " métis " font référence aux enfants nés de Français et d'Amérindiens alors que les " Griffe " désignent une autre communauté, résultat d'unions entre Africains et Amérindiens. L'étude de ces deux groupes représente une partie de ce travail. Cette thèse s'attache aussi à analyser les conséquences de ces unions sur les rapports sociaux, économiques, et diplomatiques entre ces différents peuples.
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Zemmel, Nicola Elise. "Intermarriage, variations on a theme : examining the reality of mixed and conversionary marriage in contemporary Anglo-Jewry." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343505.
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Madari, Sheethal. "Shorter time interval treatments for early medical abortions : a mixed methods research approach." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7445/.
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Purpose This dissertation focuses at assessing the efficacy of shorter time intervals in the treatment of medical abortions along with the use of various follow up methods. Methods This initial part of dissertation was carried out as an extensive study of literature, followed by observational study on shorter time intervals and follow up methods for the feasibility of the study. The main dissertation met its research aims through an RCT of 121 women comparing shorter to standard time intervals and assessing the various follow up methods at the end of 2 weeks. The qualitative component of the study was achieved by conducting in-depth interviews of women undergoing medical abortion on various aspects of medical abortions with emphasis on shorter time intervals and follow up. Findings This research produced a number of key findings: the RCT showed that both treatments have equal efficacy and acceptability with minor differences in their side effects however the sample size was small to generalise the findings; the follow up methods showed varied responses with preference to confirmatory investigations at 2 weeks follow up. Conclusions The main conclusions drawn from this research were that shorter time intervals can be offered as an alternative to standard treatment intervals in well informed women, however a larger RCT is needed. In order to provide these treatments as outpatient robust follow up methods will need to be incorporated into the abortion services.
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Wanhalla, Angela Cheryl. "Transgressing Boundaries: A History of the Mixed Descent Families of Maitapapa, Taieri, 1830-1940." Thesis, University of Canterbury. History, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/946.
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This thesis is a micro-study of intermarriage at the small Kāi Tahu community of Maitapapa from 1830 to 1940. Maitapapa is located on the northern bank of the Taieri River, 25 kilometres south of Dunedin, in Otago. It was at Moturata Island, located at the mouth of the Taieri River, that a whaling station was established in 1839. The establishment of this station initiated changes to the economy and settlement patterns, and saw the beginning of intermarriage between 'full-blood' women and Pākehā men. From 1848, Otago was colonized by British settlers and in the process ushered in a new phase of intermarriage where single white men married the 'half-caste' and 'quarter-caste' daughters of whalers. In short, in the early years of settlement intermarriage was a gendered 'contact zone' from which a mixed descent population developed at Taieri. The thesis traces the history of the mixed descent families and the Maitpapapa community throughout the nineteenth century until the kāika physically disintegrated in the 1920s. It argues that the creation of a largely 'quarter-caste' population at Maitapapa by 1891 illustrates the high rate of intermarriage at this settlement in contrast to other Kāi Tahu kāika in the South Island. While the population was 'quarter-caste' in 'blood', the families articulated an identity that was both Kāi Tahu and mixed descent. From 1916, the community underwent both physical and cultural disintegration. This disintegration was rapid and complete by 1926. The thesis demonstrates that while land alienation, poverty, poor health and a subsistence economy characterized the lives of the mixed descent families at Maitapapa in the nineteenth century, it was a long history of intermarriage begun in the 1830s and continued throughout the nineteenth century which was the decisive factor in wholesale migrations post World War One. Education, dress and physical appearance alongside social achievements assisted in the integration of persons of mixed descent into mainstream society. While Kāi Tahu initially welcomed intermarriage as a way of integrating newcomers of a different culture such as whalers into a community, the sustained pattern of intermarriage at Maitapapa brought with it social and cultural change in the form of outward migration and eventual cultural loss by 1940.
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Reynoso, Adriana. "Who am I now? The changing roles of husbands, wives, and children in mixed-marriage families in Nazi Germany." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33819.
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This thesis examines the human impact of Nazi policy on mixed marriages in Germany, especially the psychological and emotional effects that this policy had on spouses and children in these families. The Nazi regime wanted to remove all Jewish persons from the Reich in an effort to uphold the rhetoric of “racial purity” and maintain the supposed superiority of the so-called Aryan race. Intermarriage between Germans of Jewish and Christian faiths made this goal much more difficult than the regime had anticipated. Intermarried Germans were not so easily convinced of the correctness of Nazi rhetoric, so the regime enacted policies and regulations that attempted to convince mixed couples that divorce was their best option. These policies prevented any future intermarriages and criminalized “racial mixing” while simultaneously promoting the action of divorce. Most intermarried Germans refused to divorce their Jewish spouses, however, and faced dire consequences because of this refusal. To access their experiences, this thesis examines memoirs and diaries written by children and wives of mixed-marriage families as a means of exploring the emotional and psychological effects of getting divorced or remaining married. This thesis argues that these effects were made evident in a change of each family member’s sense of self with respect to their designated role within the family unit as a result of the Nazi policies on intermarriage. Women in this situation often emerged as the emotional mainstays of their families while men-whether Aryan or Jewish- were deeply damaged by their inability to continue their traditional role of protector and provider.
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Salihi, Donika. ""Detta enbart på grund av min familj och släkt" - Kosovoalbanska ungdomars syn på blandäktenskap i dagens Sverige." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21339.
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Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka hur kosovoalbaner ser på blandäktenskap i dagens Sverige. Vidare var studiens frågeställningar: hur intervjupersoner ser på relationer med någon med annan bakgrund och hur de upplever familjens åsikter. Dessa frågor har i sin tur besvarats med hjälp av empirisk studie, tidigare forskning och teoretiskt ramverk. Kvalitativa intervjuer med sex kosovoalbaners intervjusvar har varit grunden för insamlingen av materialet. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet att respondenterna inte har något emot blandäktenskap, men att de själva inte hade valt att gifta sig med någon utanför den etniska gruppen. Vidare visar resultatet att föräldrarnas åsikter spelar en stor roll för respondenternas liv och därmed påverkar det även deras val av partner.The purpose of the study has been to explore ideas about how Kosovo Albanians view mixed marriage in today's Sweden. Furthermore, the questions of the study were: how interviewees look at relationships with someone with a different background and how they experience the family's views. These questions have in turn been answered with the aid of empirical studies, previous research and theoretical framework. Qualitative interviews with six Kosovo Albanians as respondents has been the basis for the collection of the material. Based on the purpose and the issues of the study, I have chosen to investigate what these six respondents think about relationships with someone who has a different background, and if the experience of family opinions is of importance to young people's choice of partner. In summary, results have shown that respondents do not mind interracial marriage, but they have not chosen to marry anyone outside the ethnic group. Furthermore, results have shown that their parents' views play a major part in their lives and thus indirectly affect their choice of partner.
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Kennedy, Susan. "Group based cognitive behavioural therapy programme for menstrual pain management in young women with intellectual disabilities : a mixed methods feasibility evaluation." Thesis, City, University of London, 2016. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19796/.
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Research on pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities has largely focused on identification of pain and medical management of pain symptoms. Pain management programmes have not routinely been offered to such individuals. In view of the ample evidence that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) can be used for chronic pain management including the management of dysmenorrhea in the general population, and the preliminary evidence for its effectiveness in people with intellectual disability (McManus & McGuire, 2014), there is a rationale for evaluating a CBT-based pain management programme for menstrual pain in women with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a theory-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) programme for menstrual pain management in young women with intellectual disabilities. The programme was developed from the theory-based programme “Feeling Better” (McManus & McGuire, 2010). The study used a mixed methods design with the intervention delivered in group format, on a weekly basis, to those in the treatment condition. Those in the control condition received treatment as usual. Information was gathered throughout the process on a number of key pain variables including pain management knowledge, pain coping strategies, pain intensity and pain interference. Process evaluation was conducted with key stakeholders to examine which elements of the programme were most relevant in promoting change. Results suggest that participation in the menstrual pain management group had a positive impact in terms of increasing pain management knowledge over time, and increasing the use of wellness-focused coping strategies to manage pain in everyday situations. Findings suggest that a cognitive-behavioural therapy programme can be effectively used to support menstrual pain management amongst young women with intellectual disabilities.
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Bratawidjaja, Andrew. "The experience of being parents of mixed-heritage children : phenomenological analysis." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/455.
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Robbins, Eva. "A constructivist grounded theory study of the decision-making processes of professionals in a Children's Service, mixed multi-disciplinary assessment team." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16523/.
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Since 2003, Children’s Services have sought to promote more consolidated work by professionals of different disciplinary backgrounds who might otherwise follow independent forms of practice. This is believed to enhance efficacy and reduce inequality in providing for vulnerable children (Boddy, Potts, & Statham, 2006; DCSF, 2003). Evidence that this improves child outcomes is mixed, however. Professionals may have difficulties working together effectively, for example Anning, Cottrell, Frost, Green, & Robinson (2006) and Sloper (2004). This research presents a qualitative study into the decision-making processes of a Children’s Services multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of educational, health and social care professionals. The study explores which aspects of the MDT strengthen and undermine collaborative work, and how this influences child assessment outcomes. The study was exploratory, using Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) analysis of the recorded discussions of professionals concerning six preschool child cases. All six children were referred with neurodevelopment difficulties. The transcripts revealed a fragmentary MDT with a singular, medical model approach to practice, which in this particular situation, averted collaborative working. The established context for the operation of decision-making was in the professionals’ referral system, whereby a Child Assessment ‘pathway’ functioned. Decision-making comprised System routines, Weighing-up significance, Expediency including Centralisation and Convenience, Continuation of Function, and Avoidance of Difficulty/Unpleasantness. Use of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) cut-off score to diagnose autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was an outcome of the decision-making process. Discussions revealed that once such decisions were made, they remained unchanged. Psychoanalytically informed concepts (Hollway, 2011) were used in analyses. This enabled a framework of understanding for professionals’ work, as well as for promoting organisational development and change.
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Amokran, Legutowska Grazyna. "Le mariage islamo-chrétien en France : une approche anthropologique." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00978512.
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Le monde entier est en train de subir le brassage des populations au moins deux fois plus intense qu'il y a cinquante ans. Les gens traversent le globe, menés d'un côté par la curiosité, la volonté de connaître et de comprendre les différentes nations, cultures, religions etc., l'envie d'élargir ses propres horizons, et d'un autre côté par la recherche d'une vie meilleure. Sur ces routes dessinées par les différentes volontés les destins des personnes dissemblables se croisent et c'est à ce moment-là, confrontés à la diversité nationale, culturelle, religieuse, linguistique, ... qu'ils choisissent de vivre ou de renoncer à une histoire d'amour avec un 'étranger' à ses propres valeurs. Je souhaite comprendre cette partie de la population, statistiquement minoritaire, qui décide de braver des interdits et de s'unir avec une personne d'une autre confession, et ceux malgré la société et surtout les représentants religieux qui favorisent les couples homogames. Pourquoi choisir 'un(e) étranger(ère)' quand la grande majorité préfère de se marier avec une personne qui leurs ressemble de point de vue religieux et culturel? Qu'offre de plus l'union interconfessionnelle pour renoncer aux solutions plus faciles ? Dans quelles conditions est-il possible un tel mariage ? Quelle sont des relations des couples mixtes avec la société ? A travers nos recherches, basées sur la théorie de don de Marcel Mauss : donner, recevoir, rendre, nous souhaitons apporter les réponses à toutes ces questions.
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Valovirta, Ana Maria, and Mostafa Geha. "Ett ohederligt äktenskap? : En kvalitativ studie om hur troende muslimska män i Sverige upplever muslimska kvinnors rätt att ingå äktenskap med en icke-muslim." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Sociologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-27963.
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Blandäktenskap inom islam definieras som att gifta sig utanför tron och skiljer mellan män samt kvinnor. Män är tillåtna att gifta sig med en kvinna från de Abrahamitiska religionerna (Judisk/Kristen). Kvinnor däremot får enbart ingå äktenskap med en muslimsk man.Denna kandidatuppsats i sociologi hade som syfte att via en kvalitativ ansats undersöka hur troende muslimska män i Sverige ser på muslimska kvinnors rätt att ingå äktenskap utanför islam.Undersökningen inriktar sig på vilka synsätt och attityder männen har angående blandäktenskap. Eftersom kvinnans position i val av äktenskap var ett återkommande tema under studien, valde vi att även att behandla frågan, hur påverkas muslimska kvinnor av dessa synsätt och attityder. Studiens primärdata samlades in genom sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex troende muslimska män i Sverige, utan någon relation till varandra. Behandling av empiriskt insamlade data utfördes genom tematisering som slutligen ledde till fyra teman.Syftet med studien är att använda R.W. Connells maskulinitetsteori (hegemonisk maskulinitet) och begreppet homosocialitet för att analysera muslimska mäns attityder samt synsätt ifråga om muslimska kvinnors rätt att ingå blandäktenskap.Resultaten visade att samtliga sex intervjuade muslimska män hade en negativ inställning till muslimska kvinnors rätt att gifta sig utanför islam. Männen var även negativa till förändringar i förhållande till kvinnor och ökade rättigheter ifråga om blandäktenskap. Somliga män fokuserade mer på tolkningar samt antaganden om religiösa texter, medan andra la emfas på kultur och tradition. Ett tydligt mönster bland de muslimska männen var åsikten att äktenskap är en kollektiv angelägenhet snarare än en individuell rättighet. Vi har dragit slutsatsen att det finns en skillnad mellan män och kvinnor ifråga om att ingå äktenskap inom islam. Detta i sin tur leder till att kvinnors beteenden, frihet och valmöjligheter påverkas av mäns åsikter och antaganden kring tolkningar av religiösa texter.Mixed marriages within Islam are defined by marriage outside of the religion, and differs between men and women. Men are allowed to marry women from the Abrahamic religions (Jewish/Christian). Women on the other hand are only allowed to espouse a Muslim man. This Bachelor’s Thesis of Sociology had the purpose through qualitative measures, investigate how believing Muslim men in Sweden view Muslim women’s rights to engage in marriages outside of the Islamic faith. The study focuses on the views and attitudes of Muslim men. As women’s position in the choice of marriages was a recurring theme in the study, these were also accounted for in terms of how their views and attitudes affects Muslims. The study’s primary data has been collected through six semistructured interviews with six faithful Muslim men in Sweden, with no relationship to each other. Through the collection of empirical data, which, through thematizing, resulted in four distinct themes. The purpose of this study was to answer the analysis from a perspective that adheres to Connells theory of masculinity (hegemonic masculinity) and the term “homosocial”. The result from the study showed that all six interviewed Muslim men, generally, had a negative attitude towards Muslim women’s rights to marry outside the religion. The (Muslim) men were also negative to changes regarding (Muslim) women and the liberation of their rights around mixed marriages. Some men exhibited an increased focus on the interpretation of religious texts, as well as assumptions, whilst others emphasized culture and tradition. An articulate pattern amongst the Muslim men manifested through opinions that a marriage is a collective matter rather than an individual affair. The analysis concludes that there is a difference between men and women and their rights within the engagement of marriage. This leads to women’s behavior, freedom and choices are dictated by men’s opinions, assumptions and interpretations of religious texts. Although demonstrating a clear division between women and men’s rights within Islam’s approach to mixed marriages. The (Muslim) men considered the established religious interpretations to be legitimate and logically developed to protect the woman from precarious marriages. The interviewees considered the approach to be a conserving measure to protect Islam.
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Bagnall, Kate. "Golden shadows on a white land an exploration of the lives of white women who partnered Chinese men and their children in southern Australia, 1855-1915 /." University of Sydney. Arts. Department of History, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1412.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)This thesis explores the experiences of white women who partnered Chinese men and their children in southern Australia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It has been based on a wide range of sources, including newspapers, government reports, birth and marriage records, personal reminiscences and family lore, and highlights the contradictory images and representations of Chinese-European couples and their families which exist in those sources. It reveals that in spite of the hostility towards intimate interracial relationships so strongly expressed in discourse, hundreds of white women and Chinese men in colonial Australia came together for reasons of love, companionship, security, sexual fulfilment and the formation of family. They lived, worked and loved in and between two very different communities and cultures, each of which could be disapproving and critical of their crossing of racial boundaries. As part of this exploration of lives across and between cultures, the thesis further considers those families who spent time in Hong Kong and China. The lives of these couples and their Anglo-Chinese families are largely missing from the history of the Chinese in Australia and of migration and colonial race relations more generally. They are historical subjects whose experiences have remained in the shadows and on the margins. This thesis aims to throw light on those shadows, contributing to our knowledge not only of interactions between individual Chinese men and white women, but also of the way mixed race couples and their children interacted with their extended families and communities in Australia and China. This thesis demonstrates that their lives were complex negotiations across race, culture and geography which challenged strict racial and social categorisation.
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Brown, Monique. "Benevolent Sexism, Perceived Fairness, Decision-Making, and Marital Satisfaction: Covert Power Influences." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1387296162.
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Gueye, Seynabou. "Souffrance : anthropologie de la violence conjugale." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR22136.
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L’objectif de ce travail est de faire une anthropologie de la violence au sein de couple marital composé d’une femme Noire et d’un homme Blanc. Malgré, les nombreuses lois votées ce fléau perdure et les réponses apportées à ces situations de couple varient selon les représentations que l’on se fait de ces femmes. Partant du constat que la couleur de peau détermine les réponses des institutions françaises, cette recherche s’appuie sur les récits de trois femmes Noires décrivant leur vie conjugale auprès d’hommes Blancs. Des vécus jalonnaient de violence qu’elles tentaient de dénoncer. Elles se sont heurtées à des institutions policières qui n’ont pas voulu les écouterThe objective of this work is to an anthropology of violence within marital couples consists of a black woman and a white man. Despite the many laws passed this scourge continues the responses to these situations torque vary representations that we have of these women. Based on the observation that skin color determines the responses of French institutions, this research is based on narratives of three black women describing their married life with men whites. Of experienced marked out of a violence she tried to terminate. They clashes with police agencies that did not want to listen
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Minami, Edison. "Casamento misto e ecumenismo em São Paulo - SP (1958-1978)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-28022011-114400/.
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Esta tese procura compreender o casamento misto na cidade de São Paulo, SP no período compreendido entre os anos de 1958 até 1978. O casamento misto ocorre quando um dos cônjuges é cristão, mas não pertence à Igreja Católica. Para os protestantes, o equivalente seria o chamado casamento ecumênico, onde basta que um dos cônjuges pertença a mesma denominação religiosa, luterana por exemplo, para que o casamento possa ser celebrado. O tema remete a leituras sobre o ecumenismo, o relativismo religioso, o papel da mulher nas Igrejas, podendo também servir de termômetro para a situação da família brasileira no séc. XXI, que nas últimas décadas sofreu profundas transformações, assim como transformações no perfil religioso do brasileiro, devido ao intenso movimento de conversão para novos movimentos religiosos de dentro ou de fora do cristianismo.These theses try to understand the mixed marriage matrimony at Sao Paulo city, in the period of years 1958 till 1978. The mixed marriage is performed when one of married couple is Christian but not belongs to the Catholic Church. For the protestant the equivalent would be so called ecumenical marriage, in which the fact that one of married couple belongs to the same religious denomination for example Lutheran, is enough condition to celebrate the union. The subject calls for a reading about the ecumenism, religious relativism, the role of women in the churches, becoming also able to serve as a parameter for evaluation of Brazilian family situation in the XXI century, which in the last decades had suffered a very deep transformations, as well transformations in Brazilian religious profile, due to intense conversion effort to new religious movements inside or outside the Christianism.
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Benedictsson, Elin. "Connected on a heart level : An anthropological discussion about interracial relationships in post-apartheid South Africa." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-339541.
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Throughout history South Africa has been dominated by a white race group and during the era of apartheid racial segregation was encouraged as well as an idea of racial order was established through institutionalised racism. Marriage across racial borders was prohibited according to the Mixed Marriages Act. The end of apartheid and the transition to democracy in 1994 meant a radical political change within the country, but the issue of race became a question of social and economic inequality. In this essay I study the approaches and experiences of interracial couples in the post-apartheid society, and interracial couples impact on the South African society. I am particularly interested in the South Africans idea of social order today and whereas racial thinking is still present in the postapartheid society. I use qualitative content analysis to discuss ideas of order in relation to race and my material consist in audio files from interviews with interracial couples, as well as literature, books and articles. In my analysis I discuss cultural and social norms, fear of race pollution, prejudice and racial stereotypes as well as thoughts about unity and humanness. Racial thinking is still present in the South African society although the development of relationships across racial borders has increased since the end of apartheid. The interracial couples in my study notice a certain uncomfortableness among the people in their surroundings, some more than others, because people are still getting used to the thought of interracial couples. Although racist beliefs and power relations are still implied by the surroundings the couples appear to feel increasingly at home in South Africa, even though they live in an in-between world, in a New South Africa.
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Rabbat, Fadi. "Le mariage mixte : une réalité antiochienne orthodoxe à réexaminer." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAK005/document.
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Le mariage, l’un des sacrements orthodoxes, préfigure l’Église qui accueille, nourrit et véhicule la communion de foi de ses fidèles. La foi est don de Dieu et réponse de celui qui la reçoit, trait d’union entre grâce divine et liberté humaine. Mais, l’unité de foi implique aussi l’unité sacramentelle, surtout dans le mariage. Dans ce sens, les mariages mixtes peuvent engendrer des problèmes conceptuels, juridiques et sociologiques. Pourtant, ils sont toujours célébrés. Cette thèse pose un certain nombre de questions. Faut-il mettre en garde les couples mixtes ? Sont-ils moins bien considérés que les « vrais » couples orthodoxes ? Les diverses positions orthodoxes liées aux mariages mixtes sont-elles vraiment conformes à l’esprit de l’Église universelle / Mysticum corpus Christi ? Pour l’Église orthodoxe, le mariage mixte est « incomplet » car il ne porte aucune unité de foi et n’est pas scellé par l’eucharistie, même s’il a les mêmes effets juridiques que le mariage ecclésial. Cette pratique ne risque-t-elle pas de porter atteinte à la liberté humaine ou de pousser certains fidèles à s’engager, malgré eux, dans une double appartenance confessionnelle ? C’est entre autres à ces questions que cette thèse tente de répondre. L’Église orthodoxe doit, à notre avis, s’interroger sur certains aspects pragmatiques des mariages mixtes. L’hétérogénéité du couple n’a au final pas grande importance par rapport à la miséricorde divine et l’amour des conjoints. Nous pensons que les couples mixtes sont parfois capables de réaliser leur unité dans le Christ, en instaurant un véritable dialogue œcuménique, basé sur l´expérience antiochienne de l’économie : oikonomiaThe marriage is one of the orthodox sacraments; being so, it prefigures the church that welcomes, nourishes and conveys the faith communion of its supporters. The faith is a grant from God and an answer to the one that receives it, and a link between divine grace and human liberty. But, the unity of faith also implies the sacramental unity, especially in the marriage. In this sense, the mixed marriages can generate conceptual, legal and sociological problems. Yet, they continue to be celebrated. This thesis asks some questions. Is it necessary to put in guard the mixed couples? Are they less well considered than the "true" orthodox couples? The distinct orthodox positions relative to the mixed marriages are really in conformity with the spirit of the universal church / Mysterious body of the Christ? The Orthodox Church considers the mixed marriage as "incomplete" because it doesn't concern a unity of faith and the Eucharist does not seal it. Yet, it carries the same legal effects that the ecclesiastic marriage. Doesn't this practice risk to undermine the human liberty or to push some supporters to enter, without wanting, into a double confessional adherence? This is one of those questions that this thesis tempts to answer. The Orthodox Church has, in our view, to reconsider some pragmatic aspects of mixed marriages.The heterogeneity of the couple doesn't have big importance compared to the God's mercy and love between spouses. Therefore, we think that the mixed couples are sometimes capable to achieve their unity in Christ, while instituting between them a real ecumenical dialogue, based on the Antiochian experience of economy: oikonomia
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Bauer, Michael G., Chauney Peck, Aubrey Studebaker, and Naomi Yu. "Art Therapy and Evidence-Based Practice: An Exploration of Interactions." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2015. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/167.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes and beliefs of art therapists towards Evidence-Based Practices (EBP). EBP is a rising trend in healthcare that refers to the process of using empirically validated research to make clinical decisions that best meet the needs of each client (Patterson, Miller, Carnes & Wilson, 2004).The investigators used a mixed methods approach to the research topic. Part A consists of a survey distributed to graduates of the Department of Marital and Family Therapy (MFT) at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). In addition to answering questions, survey participants were asked to create an art response depicting their perspective on the relationship between art therapy and EBP. In the second phase (Part B), the researchers used an arts-based methodology to further explore the findings from Part A. Part B involved the creation of key idea cards pulled from the literature review and the findings, individual art responses by each investigator, and verbal and written analyses of the content and process. The idea that art therapists are already integrating EBP and art therapy in their practices emerged as the major finding of the research. This realization that clinicians are already at the intersection of EBP and art therapy was a contrast to the cautious divided attitudes that were discovered in the literature review. Further research could not only strengthen the evidence base of art therapy, but also illuminate how exactly therapists have managed to bridge the gap between EBP and art therapy.
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Reynolds, Kathryn Evelyn. "Cost Effectiveness of Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adolescence: A Comparison by Provider Type and Therapy Modality." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5753.
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is frequently found in primary care settings and is highly prevalent among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the cost effectiveness by provider type and therapy modality in treating adolescents (ages 13-17) with a GAD diagnosis (DSM-IV 300.02). A national insurance company in the United States provided outpatient and unidentifiable data for adolescent GAD cases (n = 2,932). These cases were used to analyze the cost effectiveness, total cost, treatment length, dropout, and readmission rates for the treatment of adolescents with GAD. Descriptive statistics signify that the mean cost of treatment for GAD in the first episode of care across all provider types is $439.28. Results revealed significant differences in cost effectiveness, total cost, treatment length, and readmission rates by provider type and therapy modality. MFTs and counselors were most cost effective, had the lowest total cost and number of sessions, as well as the lowest readmission rate among the provider types. In contrast, MSWs and psychologists were the least cost effective, had the highest number of sessions and the highest readmission rate. Therapy modality comparisons indicated that family therapy is most cost effective followed by individual, then mixed therapy modalities. Significantly fewer sessions were found when conducting family therapy upon treating adolescents with GAD. There were no significant differences in dropout by provider type, therapy modality or age group. The results of total cost by gender were also insignificant. Professional and clinical implications and future directions for research will be discussed.
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Pack, Holly. "Treatment Outcomes for Mood Disorders with Concurrent Partner Relational Distress: A Comparison by Treatment Modality and Profession." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5541.
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Mood disorders are often linked with concurrent partner relational distress. The present study compared the cost effectiveness of treating mood disorder alone versus when the condition is comorbid with partner relational distress. Cigna, a leading health insurance management company in the US, provided outpatient data. Participants included patients with solely a mood disorder diagnosis (n = 72,712) and those with both a mood disorder and a comorbid partner relational distress diagnosis (n = 113, including 69 females and 44 males). These participants were treated in outpatient settings throughout the US. These numbers are surprisingly low considering the extensive literature showing a strong relationship between mood disorder and partner relational distress. A multivariate general linear model and binary logistic regressions were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that having a mood disorder present with a partner relational distress disorder significantly increased the average cost of care by about $471 per person compared to having solely a mood disorder. For mood disorders alone, there were also differences in cost effectiveness and readmission for mood disorders by professional license type, age, and gender with counselors being the most cost effective and medical doctors being the least (60% more costly). The treatment modality used impacted readmission rates, with family therapy having the lowest (8.54%) and mixed therapy having the highest (33.54%). Due to the small sample size, we were unable to determine the significance of subsequent analyses for comorbid disorders. Clinical implications and future directions for research will be discussed.
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Jones, Edward Allen. "Reading 'Ruth' in the Restoration period : a call for inclusion." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3061.
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This study considers the origin and purpose of Ruth and concludes that it is best to read the narrative as a call for an inclusive attitude toward any person, Jew or Gentile, who desired to join the Judean community in the Restoration period. In chapter one, I review the difficulties that scholars face in ascertaining Ruth's place in Israel's history, and I outline approaches that they have used to try to establish its purpose and origin. I discuss major interpretive positions, which date the book either to the monarchic period, to the exilic period, or to the Restoration period, and I articulate the format of my own study. In chapter two, I consider how the author of Ruth uses characterization to highlight Ruth, a Gentile outsider, and to criticize the Bethlehemite community. Only Boaz accepts Ruth, which leads to his participation in the line of David. In chapter three, I discuss how the author also magnifies Ruth's character by comparing her with Israel's ancestors. In these ways, Ruth demonstrates that an outsider can embody the ideals of the Restoration community and that they can also be a benefit to the nation. In chapters four and five, I examine arguments for dating Ruth to particular periods in Israel's history. In chapter four, I consider efforts to date the language of Ruth as well as the legal practices that the story describes. I also discuss the narrative's supposed congruence with the concerns of various social settings in Israel's history. In chapter five, I draw on current research on refugee communities to see how the experiences of such people can help us understand the concerns of the Restoration community. In chapter six, I review my arguments for regarding Ruth as a call for inclusion in the Restoration period, and I consider how this conclusion should affect the field of Ruth studies as well as the wider field of Second Temple studies.
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Mailler, Emma Cornelia. "For love or money : perceptions and conceptions of the work ethic held by a group of preservice teachers in Queensland." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16221/.
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The work ethic has been a popular topic for public comment and for research in the social sciences. The work ethic is usually understood to embody the values, beliefs and principles an individual has in relation to work. Work is an important dimension of human experience. Governments and employers are particularly interested in increasing productivity and competitiveness in connection with work and the work ethic is perceived as an important catalyst in achieving these goals. The main point of reference for discussion about the work ethic in the past century has been Max Weber's Protestant ethic thesis. Weber's thesis has attracted much criticism over the years and contemporary writers have suggested that alternative conceptions of the work ethic do exist. Despite widespread agreement that this is the case, consensus has not yet been reached on how such conceptions should be defined or how they may manifest in an individual. The majority of research on the work ethic has been limited to the collection of quantitative data using one of several survey instruments that are available. Fewer studies have collected data on the work ethic using a qualitative approach and yet, this is exactly what is required to achieve progress in identifying the range of conceptions that may exist. This study occurs in the context of teacher education and the work ethic has relevance to teachers and teacher educators for several reasons. Teachers, through the explicit and hidden curriculum they provide, have some responsibility for inculcating a work ethic in their students. It follows that it is important to understand the work ethic of teachers on this basis alone. A most logical starting place for accomplishing this task is during their career preparation. This study advocates explicit examination of preservice teachers' conceptions of the work ethic and exploration of how this might affect their career and curriculum decision making processes. This research is primarily intended to inform teacher educators who wish to pay attention to these things in their programs, along with researchers from other disciplines who are interested in the work ethic. Inspired by a pragmatic philosophy, this study utilised a mixed method research design to investigate the conceptions of the work ethic held by a group of preservice teachers studying in Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. Priority was given to the first phase of the research, which was to identify the qualitative conceptions of the work ethic held by the preservice teachers. The second quantitative phase was intended to complement and expand those findings by demonstrating that an established instrument in the measurement of work ethic could be used to profile conceptions of the work ethic held by an individual. The first phase of the research adopted a phenomenographic approach to identify nine conceptions of the work ethic held by a group of 22 preservice teachers. A courtship metaphor was used to characterise each of the nine conceptions which were labelled as Honeymoon, Monogamist, Serial Monogamist, Arranged Marriage, Celibate, Obsession, One-night Stand, Hedonist and Polyamorist. The second phase of the research used quantitative techniques involving factor analysis and linear modelling to link anonymous responses from 411 preservice teachers to the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI) with the nine conceptions identified in the first phase of the research. It was found that the OWEI could be used to profile an individual's orientation to the work ethic conceptions that were defined. This research responded to calls in the literature for a better understanding of the characteristics of the people who choose to become teachers. It also suggested ways in which teacher education could be improved to prepare preservice teachers better through socialisation practices and the university curriculum. This study confirms that there are qualitatively different conceptions of the work ethic that may provide an alternative to the traditional Weberian conception. A technique is proposed to associate OWEI responses with the model of nine work ethic conceptions. Suggestions are also made with respect to potential improvement of the OWEI.
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"Raising Children Bilingually in Mixed Marriages: Stories of Four Vietnamese-Caucasian Families." Doctoral diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14399.
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abstract: This study examines the experiences of parents in mixed marriages (Vietnamese married to non-Vietnamese) raising their children in the United States. Specifically, this study focused on what factors influence parents' development of family language policies and patterns of language use. While research has been done on language policy and planning at the macro-level and there are an increasing number of studies on family language policy at the microlevel, few studies have focused on couples in mixed marriages who are heritage language speakers of the language they are trying to teach their children. This study used both surveys and interviews to gather data about parents' beliefs and attitudes towards bilingualism and the heritage language (HL), strategies parents are using to teach their children the HL, and major challenges they face in doing so. There were three main findings. First, parents without full fluency in the HL nevertheless are able to pass the HL on to their children. Second, an important factor influencing parents' family language policies and patterns of language use were parents' attitudes towards the HL--specifically, if parents felt it was important for their children to learn the HL and if parents were willing to push their children to do so. Third, proximity to a large Vietnamese community and access to Vietnamese resources (e.g., Vietnamese language school, Vietnamese church/temple, etc.) did not assure families' involvement in the Vietnamese community or use of the available Vietnamese resources. The findings of this study reveal that though language shift is occurring in these families, parents are still trying to pass on the HL to their children despite the many challenges of raising them bilingually in the U.S.Dissertation/Thesis
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2011
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Grunberg, Sarah. "Race and Identity in the Polish-African Communities of Poland." Doctoral thesis, 2016. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/2722.
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Phaswana, Ntavhanyeni Sampson. "Marital problems in religiously mixed marriages amongst the Vhavenda people of South Africa : an African-Christian perspective." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15765.
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Marriages with differences in religion are a source of misunderstanding, friction, and disharmony,
and as a result, such marriages are exposed to a breakdown. Religion is not merely a set of
beliefs, but a way of living and thinking. When this differs, it causes misunderstanding in the
family and may cause marriage failure as adjustments to each other becomes compocated. D vorce
is much more common in mixed marriages whether of different culture, religious or
socio-economic background than when the backgrounds are similar. Religious similarity is linked
to marital durability.
The researcher wanted to indicate through this work that the increase of. marriages
between people of different religious faiths does not really matter to people any longer. It
is proved in this research that the outcome of such marriages is in most cases disastrous.
Mixed marriages are the object of attention in every society because of their life meaning.
Marriage is more than a relationship between individuals. It involves many more people, It is
suggested in this study that African traditional methods like mahundwane (camping or a miniature
village), betrothal and the giving of thakha (bride wealth} in marriage should be used to prevent
both mixed marriages and marital problems which usually leads to marriage breakdown.Religious Studies and Arabic
D. Litt et Phil. (Religious Studies)
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Kučerová, Barbara. "Identita členů evangelického reformovaného sboru v Zelově." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-354150.
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Based on field research among Czechs living abroad, the diploma thesis introduces the offsprings of the Czech 18th -century exile, members of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Poland, is. While the community decreased due to massive re-emigration after the Second World War, at first it remained endogamous. Eventually though, interfaith marriages with Polish Catholics increased and language usage shifted. However, offsprings of Czechs from Zelów who stayed true to the reformed faith still maintain and pass on their faith which is the main part of their identity even nowadays. Furthermore, some of them still adhere to their Czech origins. They established the Association of Czechs in Poland in 2010 and then the Czech Club in Zelów. This study refers to how members of the Evangelical Reformed congregation in Zelów see their own identity and the existence of mixed marriages within the community of the congregation.