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Wrape, Elizabeth R. "Emotional and Cognitive Coping in Relationship Dissolution." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149556/.
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Romantic relationships are important for social development and can impact an individual’s functioning both positively and negatively, especially when the relationship breaks up. Emotional and cognitive coping strategies including emotion approach coping, avoidance, and rumination and variable response to expressive writing intervention were examined in relation to post-dissolution distress. Undergraduate participants randomized into two groups completed measures of cognitive and emotional coping variables and global distress, with the experimental group completing a three-session expressive writing protocol. Writing samples were rated for processing mode, or the degree of vague general statements. Avoidance and rumination demonstrated significant cross-sectional associations with Time 1 distress controlling for demographics and characteristics of the former relationship. Gender moderated the relationship between rumination and distress. Using a matched sub-sample, the groups did not differ on emotional coping variables or distress. Results demonstrate the importance of examining emotional coping strategies in conjunction with relationship dissolution.
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Tucker, Molly S. "Interpersonal Decentering in Relationship Breakups: Social Cognitive Maturity and Distress Recovery in Young Adults." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804932/.
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The termination of a romantic relationship, be it by breakup or divorce, is a fairly ubiquitous experience. Most individuals will recover from a traumatic experience of this nature; some however, experience substantial difficulties in recuperating that persist over time. For these individuals, relationship termination can invoke a variety of negative physical and psychological health outcomes. This project examines the role of social cognitive maturity, operationalized as Interpersonal Decentering, in recovery following a relational loss. Participants in this study were assigned to a pre/post control or measurement intensive (four visits) condition over the course of nine weeks. Individuals in the latter condition completed a Stream of Consciousness (SOC) task in which they discussed their breakup experience out loud for four minutes. These narratives were then transcribed and scored using the Interpersonal Decentering manual as adapted for Expressive Writing. Results indicate that – for women only – mature social cognition is inversely related to depressive mood at the initial visit. However, it is not related to initial PSTD symptomatology for men or women, nor does it predict decreases in depression and trauma symptomatology from the initial visit to the nine-week follow-up. Implications, limitations, and future directions for research of this nature are discussed.
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Davis, Caroline C. "Gender-Specific Emotional Expression and the Effects of Social Media on the Post-Relationship Coping Process." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/552.
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The current study aims to analyze the nature and duration of the intimate relationship breakup experience for young adult males and females as a function of socially encouraged gender behavior and Facebook use. Seventy male and seventy female (ages 18-25) participants who have endured an intimate relationship breakup within the past year will complete three pencil and paper survey measures in a classroom setting. Participants will be asked a series of questions about their resulting emotionality and Facebook use post-breakup. The researcher anticipates a series of t-tests will reveal that in accordance with socially encouraged gender behaviors, females will report a longer duration of the breakup process, overall higher levels of emotionality, and more time spent monitoring the activity of an ex-partner on Facebook. Male participants will report higher levels of anger as a result of a breakup, and while both males and females will report Facebook interference in the coping process, females will report significantly higher levels of Facebook interference than male participants. The increased understanding of social media use and gender stereotypes in regards to an intimate relationship breakup suggest that both hold significant power in society, and may particularly encourage gender differences in dealing with such a breakup. Furthermore, the two may function in sync to dictate the breakup experience differently for males and females.
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Nowlin, Rachel B. "Relationship Centrality and Expressive Writing: Understanding Post-breakup Distress." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc822743/.
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When a romantic relationship ends in dissolution, the ex-partners may experience distress similar to post-traumatic stress or complex grief (i.e., dysphoric mood, feelings of loss, intrusive memories, negative rumination regarding the relationship, and a loss of self-esteem). Interventions designed to reduce post-breakup distress have historically attempted to foster integration of the breakup into the self-narrative through techniques such as expressive writing. Recent research indicates centrality, or heightened integration of an event or concept into an individual’s identity, predicts heightened levels of distress in the case of negative life events, including romantic relationship dissolution. Given the role romantic relationships themselves play in identity formation, exploration is warranted of the potential distress resulting from over-identification with a romantic relationship itself, or relationship centrality, after a breakup has occurred. Furthermore, if an individual has overly-integrated a relationship into their identity, the effectiveness of interventions focusing on further integration of the breakup is called into question. This study explored the centrality of participants’ previous romantic relationships, the distress resulting from the dissolution of those relationships, and the role of expressive writing as a distress reduction tool when centrality is taken into account.
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Barutcu, Kadriye Funda. "Adjustment To Breakup Of Romantic Relationships: Initiator Status, Certainity About The Reasons Of Breakup, Current Relationship Status And Perceived Social Support." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610891/index.pdf.
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The main purpose of the present study was to examine the possible factors that affect the adjustment to breakup of romantic relationships. Initiator status, certainty about the reasons of breakup, current relationship status, and perceived social support were examined in regard to adjustment to breakup. The sample of the study consisted of 397 participants (192 (48.4%) female, 205 (51.6%) male). At the beginning, the invited sample consisted of 561 (276 female, 285 male) participants164 of the participants who had not broken off their romantic relationship within the past two years were excluded. Data collection instruments of the study were demographic information form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Fisher&rsquo
s Divorce Adjustment Scale. One-way ANOVA and post-hoc test were conducted to determine the differences among initiator groups in terms of adjustment to breakup.Results showed that there were significant differences between the initiator and non-initiator groups and also between non-initiator and mutual decider groups. There wasn&rsquo
t significant difference between the initiator and the mutual decider groups. The results of t-tests showed that there was a significant difference between the groups who were certain about the reasons of breakup and those who were not in regard to adjustment to breakup. There was also significant difference between the groups who had another romantic relationship after the breakup and those who did not have regarding the adjustment to breakup. Besides these, bivariate correlation analysis indicated a significant relationship between perceived social support and adjustment to breakup.
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Campana, Kathryn. "SELF-FORGIVENESS INTERVENTIONS FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING A BREAKUP." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2099.
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This study examined the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase self forgiveness for women who have recently experienced a romantic relationship breakup. Of particular interest were the interactions between adult attachment style, treatment condition, and time. The current study examined how the following variables differ between attachment style groups and how they change over time with respect to treatment condition: aspects of the former relationship, emotional responses to personal transgressions within the relationship, general negative and positive affect, dispositional forgivingness, positive and negative attitudes toward self, feelings of unforgiveness toward self and ex-partner, and feelings of forgiveness of self and ex-partner. Data were collected over a period of four weeks from 74 undergraduate women who had experienced a breakup within the two months prior to beginning the study. Results found that there were some initial differences in dependent variables between attachment style categories, which were controlled for when examining interaction effects between attachment, treatment condition, and time. Results indicated that attachment did not affect participants’ responses to the self-forgiveness intervention. However, there were significant interactions between treatment condition and time. Results are discussed in terms of previous research. Limitations of the current study are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Hawley, Anna R. "The Roles of Spirituality and Sexuality in Response to Romantic Breakup." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1344123203.
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Lee, Lauren A. "The Social Context of Social Loss: Interpersonal Mediators and Moderators of Emotional Adjustment to a Romantic Breakup." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301658.
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The breakup of a non-marital romantic relationship is a common experience, yet we know little about the factors associated with coping and recovery. Even less is known about the social context in which these breakups occur, such as how the ongoing relationship between two people (who were formerly in a relationship) impacts emotional adjustment. Relationship breakups are not always a definitive event, but rather a process that unfolds over time. By studying these associations, as well as the influence of other supportive people in shaping recovery, research can move beyond individual variables to cast a truly social or interpersonal light on this topic. With this broad goal in mind, my dissertation addresses four specific aims that are designed to: (1) Understand how specific forms of ex-partner contact are associated with variability in emotional adjustment following a romantic breakup; (2) Examine the moderators and mediators of these associations; (3) explore the associations between the social support efforts of close friends/family and participants' emotional adjustment with a specific focus on evaluating the correlates of target participants' received support with respect to informants' reports of support provided; and (4) explore the implications of having a friend/family member report on participants' responses to the separation in altering a target participant's self-report of adjustment over time. One-hundred forty-five (n = 25 men) participants provided reports of contact with ex-partners and emotional adjustment over a 5-week period, half of whom were randomly assigned to participate in the study with an informant. Out of 73 participants in this condition, 48 informants agreed to participate on behalf of their target participant also reporting the participant's ex-partner contact behaviors and emotional adjustment. For men and/or those with high attachment anxiety and avoidance, ex-partner contact is not associated with poorer emotional adjustment. Support also was found for two mechanisms, longing and rumination, which explain the association of ex-partner contact and emotional adjustment, as well as for attachment anxiety as a moderator of part of the indirect effect. No support was found for invisible support analyses or for cognitive reappraisal as a potential mechanism that explains the effects of invisible support, and the lack of findings is addressed. Finally, findings suggest that inclusion of informants may impact the validity of target participants' responses, insomuch as participants may alter their behaviors and/or the extent to which they are truthful about their behaviors due to knowing an informant was reporting on their behaviors.
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Schneller, Debora P. "After the Breakup: Adult Perceptions and Expectations of Post-Divorce Intimate Relationships." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26268.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the complex process adults traverse in their passage through divorce and in their establishment of post-divorce intimate relationships. The goal of this work was to describe how adults interpret their divorce experience, particularly in terms of how it connects with their ideas about intimacy and post-divorce intimate relationships.
Four theoretical frameworks guided this study. Social constructionism provided a framework for understanding that reaction to a divorce may be impacted by language, in terms of the explanations an individual makes, by social interchange with others, and by the cultural meanings of marriage and divorce that have influenced a person’s thinking and perceptions. Attribution theory contributed a systematic approach to understanding how people may construe their divorce in ways that may damage trust, promote a sense of mastery and optimism regarding future relationships, or encourage creative change. Attachment theory provided a conceptual basis for examining the interplay between stability and change in adult conceptualizations of intimate relationships, processes that underlie how adults cope with changing interpersonal situations. Finally, theories of loss and renewal offered a conceptual basis for understanding how reactions to loss evolve over time, and enter post-divorce relationships.
Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 21 divorced men and women. Analysis of data was guided by the research questions and structured by a phenomenological approach to the analysis of themes and variations of themes found in the interviews. Peer review and triangulation of data were used to ensure trustworthiness in the findings.
This study contributes new understandings about the connection between divorce experiences and post-divorce intimacy. Three conclusions can be drawn from this study. First, data analysis revealed divorce served consistently as a catalyst for interpretation and personal growth. An important component of this interpretive endeavor was the social context within which divorce occurred. Because divorce still carries some stigma in our society, divorce provided a challenge to create positive meanings from this experience.
Second, the idiosyncratic understandings developed through the interpretive process shaped adults’ post-divorce perceptions and experiences in intimate relationships. From the attributions made regarding causes of divorce, these adults claim to have made deliberate changes in communication patterns, interactions, attitudes, and expectations from self and partner in intimate relationships.
Third, during this process, some fundamental shifts in mental representations occurred. Changes were linked to gender, with women viewing themselves as more assertive in relationships, and men viewing themselves as more egalitarian and responsible for relationship maintenance.Ph. D.
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Kartsaklas, Aris. "Long memory, structural breaks and the volatility-volume relationship." Thesis, University of York, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495883.
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Barber, Lindsay L. Cooper M. Lynne. "Sex on the rebound motivations for sex and sexual experiences following a relationship breakup /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6475.
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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 17, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Thesis advisor: Dr. M. Lynne Cooper. Includes bibliographical references.
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Morris, Craig Eric. "The Breakup Project| Using Evolutionary Theory to Predict and Interpret Responses to Romantic Relationship Dissolution." Thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3713604.
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The formation and maintenance of romantic pair bonds is a well-represented topic in human evolutionary sciences. This extensive body of work, drawn mostly from the field of evolutionary psychology, has proposed mechanisms for attracting a mate (e.g., resource display, physical cues), attaining a mate (e.g., intrasexual competition), and keeping a mate (e.g., competitor derogation, emotional manipulation). However, this evolutionary model of human pair bonding has not fully addressed relationship termination. If we accept that we have an evolved suite of behaviors that encourage and facilitate pair bonding, then we must also look to breakups and ask whether evolution has played a role in shaping “heartbreak”—the post-relationship grief (PRG) which many individuals endure.
The evolutionary model of human mating predicts divergent mating “agendas” for men and women. The first step in our research program was to conduct a modest pilot study to address how and when PRG differs between men and women. This pilot study is included as Chapter One for convenience. Having concluded that many of the existing suppositions about breakups were not supported by our initial inquiry, we set out to expand and revise the current model so that it can be used to make accurate predications regarding a more complex suite of variables (e.g., life history, sexuality). Chapter Two explains the logic and implications of this expansion via the example of a specific breakup scenario: the loss of a woman’s partner to a romantic rival.
After presenting the possible evolutionary cause and adaptive benefits of PRG, we next tested both new and existing hypotheses as they relate to biological sex differences (Chapter Three) and life history variation (Chapter Four) in PRG. This quantitative foundation for ongoing qualitative study concludes with an overview of PRG in a population that is sorely underrepresented in evolutionary literature—individuals whose sexual orientation is not exclusively heterosexual.
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Sögner, Leopold. "Okun's Law. Does the Austrian unemployment-GDP relationship exhibit structural breaks?" SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2000. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1446/1/document.pdf.
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Okun's Law postulates an inverse relationship between movements of the unemployment rate and the real gross domestic product (GDP). Empirical estimates for US data indicate that a two to three percent GDP growth rate above the natural or average GDP growth rate causes unemployment to decrease by one percentage point and vice versa. In this investigation we check whether this postulated relationship exhibits structural breaks by means of Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods. We estimate a regression model, where the parameters are allowed to switch between different states and the switching process is Markov. As a by-product we derive an estimate of the current state within the periods considered. Using quarterly Austrian data on unemployment and real GDP from 1977 to 1995 we infer only one state, i.e. there are no structural breaks. The estimated parameters demand for an excess GDP growth rate of 4.16% to decrease unemployment by one percentage point. Since only one state is inferred, we conclude that the Austrian economy exhibits a stable relationship between unemployment and GDP growth. (author's abstract)Series: Working Papers SFB "Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science"
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Reimer, Jennifer E. "College Students’ Disenfranchised Grief Following a Breakup: The Effect of Relationship Closeness and Perceived Stigma on Grief." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2019. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1994.
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Grief is a universal reaction to loss. Losses are often associated to the death of a loved one, however, they may also originate from the end of an intimate partner relationship. Whereas studies have focused on grief after a divorce or on symptomology students endure after a death, this article attends to the understudied college student experience of grief following a breakup. Within emerging adulthood, the loss of a close romantic relationship may be challenging to navigate alongside the daily stressors of college. Stigmatization by means of social cues convey sentiments, such as the need to get over an ex-partner, which in turn can lead to disenfranchised grief where individuals do not feel heard, accepted, or valid in their experience of grief. It was hypothesized that as endorsed closeness of the past relationship increases so does grief intensity, and that as feelings of stigmatization increase also increases grief intensity. Multiple regression models supported the main effects, although the interaction effect between levels of closeness and perceived stigmatization was not supported. Implications and future directions are discussed.
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Cooke, Kathryn Louise. "Models of Forgiveness and Adult Romantic Attachment in Ended Relationships: Forgiveness Over Time." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1038.
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This study examined models of self and other as they relate to attachment, forgiveness, emotional and cognitive reactions to a breakup, relationship variables, and positive and negative feelings toward the self and former partner after a romantic relationship is ended. This study also tested how these variables change over time. Data were collected over a period of five weeks from 130 undergraduates who had experienced a breakup within the two weeks prior to beginning the study. Data were analyzed with a series of univariate and multivariate analyses of variance. Results found that there were differences in how participants reacted to the relationship breakup based on attachment style. There were some changes over time in the variables for all the attachment styles, and there was only one interaction between time and attachment style. Results are discussed in terms of previous research findings. Limitations of the current study are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Haynes, Porscha Kem. ""When It's Good It's Great, but When It's Bad It's Awful": The Relationship between Compassionate Goals and Breakup Distress." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403199273.
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Harvey, Abby. "THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS ON ADJUSTMENT FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/166629.
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PsychologyPh.D.
Many people experience a romantic breakup at some point in their lives, but people's reactions can vary considerably. A common way of coping with the dissolution of a romantic relationship is to seek support and opportunities to talk with close others. Although talking with social network members may prove helpful for some, the Social-Cognitive Processing (SCP) model posits that interpersonal interactions can hinder emotional recovery and adjustment if the disclosers feel the social network members are responding in a socially constraining way. As a result of perceiving social constraints, individuals may try to avoid thinking and talking about the breakup altogether, which, in turn, may interfere with the cognitive processing necessary to move forward from the breakup. The current research marked the first time the SCP model was explored with regards to the dissolution of romantic relationships, and it evaluated the utility of the SCP model in potentially explaining the variable nature of adjustment to a romantic breakup. One hundred and seventy-four eligible participants completed this online study. Participants completed various questionnaires pertaining to their previous relationship and subsequent breakup, their feelings and experiences following the romantic dissolution, their tendencies to think about the breakup, and the degree to which they discussed the relationship dissolution with others and the reactions they received during these conversations. In support of the SCP model, the results indicated that social constraints were associated with greater psychological distress. Furthermore, avoidance partially mediated the relation between social constraints and psychological distress as levels of social support decreased. This suggests that higher levels of social support might help buffer against engaging in avoidance in response to social constraints. In an initial attempt to examine whether the extent of avoidance displayed varied as a function of a dispositional variable (i.e., self-monitoring), no support was found. Future research should continue to investigate additional factors that may moderate the relation between social constraints and psychological distress through avoidance.
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Tenbrink, Allison N. "The Straw that Breaks the Camel's Back: Do Shocks Moderate the Relationship between Attitudinal Variables and Turnover?" Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1354136778.
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Singh, Baldev. "The relationship between DNA double-strand breaks and mutation induction following treatment with X-rays and restriction endonucleases." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14249.
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DNA double-strand breaks (dsb) are thought to be major radiation-induced lesions in biological end-points such as cell lethality and chromosome aberrations. Based on this notion, this project aimed to extend further the investigation of the role of dsb in radiation-induced mutagenesis. The initial part of the project involved optimising conditions for the mutation assay so as to select for 'true' tk-mutants in Chinese hamster cells, following treatment with X-rays. This was important, due to the insufficient previous mutation data involving this locus in Chinese hamster cells. Furthermore, the choice of the tk locus over the more commonly used hprt locus was based on existing evidence of its higher sensitivity, as found in mutation experiments with the L5178Y mouse lymphoma cell line (Evans et al, 1986). An Initial comparative study was carried out to measure the induced mutation frequency following X-ray irradiation in both the parent Chinese hamster Ovary (CHO KI) cell line and its X-ray- sensitive mutant (xrs 5) cell line. This mutant line was chosen because of its characteristic marked deficiency in dsb repair, yet normal ability to rejoin single-strand breaks (Kemp et al, 1984., Costa and Bryant, 1988). This allowed the study of the role of dsb in mutation induction. The enhanced mutation induction observed in xrs 5 over that in CHO KI cells suggested the Importance of dsb in radiation-induction mutagenesis. The next experimental strategy adopted involved the use of the DNA synthesis inhibitor, 9-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (ara A). The choice of this drug was based on previous work by Bryant and Blocher (1982) and Iliakis and Bryant (1983) who, using DNA unwinding and neutral velocity sedimentation, showed ara A to strongly inhibit dsb repair, Plateau-phase CHO KI cells were exposed to X-rays alone or in combination width ara A , the latter treatment showing an increased induction of mutations. This suggested the possible existence of dsb which are fixed as mutations in the absence of DNA polymerization, suggesting a sub-class of dsb which may be critical in the steps leading to the induction of a mutation. XV The third approach was to use restriction endonucleases (RE) which were introduced into cells by electroporation. This method unlike ionising radiation, induced 'pure' dsb. The use of this method was based on the work of Bryant (1984), who used RE to mimic radiation-induced damage in the induction of chromosomal aberrations. Two different types of RE were used: those which produce blunt- and those which produce cohesive-ended dsb. In all mutation experiments with these enzymes, blunt-ended dsb were found to be more effective in generating mutations compared to cohesive-ended dsb. This suggests a possible further resolution of type(s) of dsb that would be induced by radiation in the ability to induce mutations i.e dependent on the end-structure of the induced dsb. Blunt-ended dsb may thus represent the major type of critical pre-mutational lesions which may be fixed as a mutation, as a result of misrepair. Cohesive- ended dsb may be of lesser importance. Finally, a RE (Pvu II) which generates blunt-ended dsb was used to induce mutations at the hprt locus in Chinese hamster (V79) cells. DNA from mutant cells was analysed using Southern blot and PCR analysis of 3 exons in the hprt gene. Some of the mutants (5/15) showed large deletions (representing complete loss of the gene), a change similar to that observed in mutants Induced following treatment with ionising radiation (e.g. Thacker, 1986). However, the percentage of large deletion mutants (70%) observed in radiation- induced mutants was higher than that (~34%) obtained with RE- induced mutation data. This preliminary data on the analysis of RE- induced mutations suggests that blunt-ended dsb mimics radiation- induced pre-mutational lesions, resulting in some large genomic changes (e.g. large deletions). However, a larger number of RE- induced mutants would have to be analysed before a more accurate comparison between RE and ionising mutation data can be made. In summary, this study provides evidence for dsb as a major pre-mutational lesion in cells exposed to ionising radiation, and suggests the existence of a sub-class of dsb in relation to mutation induction. In addition, RE offer the possibility of gaining further understanding of the role of dsb in the origin of mutations such as those caused by deletions.
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Dickson, Jeanette. "Predicting normal tissue radiosensitivity." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366256.
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Hawley, Anna R. "A Longitudinal Analysis of Psychosocial Coping, Religious/Spiritual Appraisals, and Religious/Spiritual Coping in Predicting College Students’ Adjustment to Non-Marital Breakup." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1431551368.
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Blume, Martin [Verfasser]. "3D Flow Simulation for the Investigation of Cavitation and Its Relationship To Erosion, Turbulence and Primary Breakup in Hydraulic Components by Single-Fluid Multi-Phase Methods / Martin Blume." Düren : Shaker, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1238497381/34.
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Yoho, Michael. "Self-Monitoring and Friendship: Individual Differences in Relationship Dissolution." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/854.
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High self-monitors choose as friends skilled activity partners, whereas low self-monitors select friends who are similar in attitude and values. We hypothesized that (a) as self-monitoring increased, individuals would identify the loss of shared interest as the cause for dissolving a former friendship and (b) as self-monitoring decreased, individuals would identify the loss of shared attitudes and values as the cause for dissolving a former friendship. One-hundred sixty one (82 males, 79 females) participants were recruited from MTurk. Participants were prompted with a forced choice measure to identify one of two reasons why a past close friendship dissolved. For one response participants could identify a loss of shared activities, for the other a loss of shared values. Participants then completed the 25-item Self-Monitoring Scale. For exploratory purposes, participants then completed a measure of the strategies they used to terminate that relationship of a best friend. Our results were consistent with our predictions, as self-monitoring appeared to influence the cause of dissolution in former close friendships. Additionally, as self-monitoring tendencies increased, participants were more likely to report using cost escalation, manipulation, distant/mediated communication, and de-escalation as strategies for ending a friendship. Explanations for these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Lyon, Sarah Elizabeth. "Dating violence and the stay/leave decisions of young women in college." Diss., Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18654.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Family Studies and Human Services
Sandra M. Stith and Amber Vennum
Ending a college dating relationship is common as college coeds begin trying on romantic relationships for size. Ending the relationship because the relationship has become violent can add more complexities to an already unpleasant task. This study was an attempt to better understand the stay/leave decisions for college women who were victims of dating violence and whether or not these decisions differed for college women who were involved in violent versus non-violent dating relationships. Structural equation modeling was used to explore the factors that influenced the likelihood of female college students’ dating relationships to end using Choice and Lamke’s (1999) two-part decision-making model. In summary, victims reported greater relationship distress, less attraction towards someone other than their partner, less relationship safety, lower relationship efficacy, less social support, and fewer good friends than non-victims. Results also indicated that college women’s consideration of “Will I be better off?” was more important in the decision to leave a dating relationship than their perception of “Can I do it?” In addition, results from Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) modeling found that, while victims believed they were more likely to be better off leaving their violent, dating partners, they felt less able to actually leave the relationship than their non-victim counterparts. MIMIC modeling also found that being a victim or not of dating violence did not predict breakup directly. These findings have important implications for prevention and treatment of dating violence and can be used to further the research in the area of dating violence, college students, and stay/leave decisions.
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Grunbaum, Liselotte. "A Study of Anxieties and Dilemmas Relating to Breaks in the Therapeutic Relationship with Children Whose Relationships in Early infancy were reported to have been emotionally unstable and traumatised: a systematic study of a young child who had suffered early abuse and neglect." Thesis, University of East London, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.668137.
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Scarfe, Bradley Edward. "Oceanographic Considerations for the Management and Protection of Surfing Breaks." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2668.
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Although the physical characteristics of surfing breaks are well described in the literature, there is little specific research on surfing and coastal management. Such research is required because coastal engineering has had significant impacts to surfing breaks, both positive and negative. Strategic planning and environmental impact assessment methods, a central tenet of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), are recommended by this thesis to maximise surfing amenities. The research reported here identifies key oceanographic considerations required for ICZM around surfing breaks including: surfing wave parameters; surfing break components; relationship between surfer skill, surfing manoeuvre type and wave parameters; wind effects on waves; currents; geomorphic surfing break categorisation; beach-state and morphology; and offshore wave transformations. Key coastal activities that can have impacts to surfing breaks are identified. Environmental data types to consider during coastal studies around surfing breaks are presented and geographic information systems (GIS) are used to manage and interpret such information. To monitor surfing breaks, a shallow water multibeam echo sounding system was utilised and a RTK GPS water level correction and hydrographic GIS methodology developed. Including surfing in coastal management requires coastal engineering solutions that incorporate surfing. As an example, the efficacy of the artificial surfing reef (ASR) at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, was evaluated. GIS, multibeam echo soundings, oceanographic measurements, photography, and wave modelling were all applied to monitor sea floor morphology around the reef. Results showed that the beach-state has more cellular circulation since the reef was installed, and a groin effect on the offshore bar was caused by the structure within the monitoring period, trapping sediment updrift and eroding sediment downdrift. No identifiable shoreline salient was observed. Landward of the reef, a scour hole ~3 times the surface area of the reef has formed. The current literature on ASRs has primarily focused on reef shape and its role in creating surfing waves. However, this study suggests that impacts to the offshore bar, beach-state, scour hole and surf zone hydrodynamics should all be included in future surfing reef designs. More real world reef studies, including ongoing monitoring of existing surfing reefs are required to validate theoretical concepts in the published literature.
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Mitchell, Ashley. "'Can we fix it?!' : understanding the impact of children's hospice short breaks on parental relationships of life-limited and life-threatened children and young people." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2017. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/30113/.
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This thesis describes a PhD study which explored the impact of short breaks provided by children’s hospices on the partner relationship between parents. The specific objectives of the study were to: (1) explore parents’ perceptions of parenting life-limited/ threatened children or young people on their relationships, (2) determine if frequent short breaks enhance relationship satisfaction between parental figures compared to those who receive short breaks less frequently or not at all, (3) identify effects on relationships of parents receiving home and hospice-based short breaks compared to those receiving hospice-based short breaks only or home-based care only, and (4) identify societal factors influencing romantic relationships between parents of families receiving short breaks. A two phase exploratory sequential mixed methods design was used. In the first phase fifteen parental figures accessing a children’s hospice were interviewed. Three main themes were identified, reflecting parents’ perceptions of short breaks on their relationship with their partners: (1) ‘Every family is different’, (2) ‘Short break significance’ and (3) ‘Short break quality’. The theme ‘Every family is different’ encompassed three sub-themes: (i) ‘Alternative short breaks’; (ii) ‘Pressure and conflict between parental figures’ and (iii) ‘Together but separate’. ‘Short break significance’ comprised (i) ‘Significance to relationship’ and (ii) ‘Children before relationship’. ‘Short break quality’ encompassed: (i) ‘Building trust’ and (ii) ‘Getting a real break’. The second phase, an online survey, further explored interview themes. Participating children’s hospices distributed the survey to parents currently accessing short breaks. Results suggested hospice short breaks positively impacted relationship satisfaction and also supported interview themes. Integration of findings from both phases revealed the impact of children’s hospice short breaks on parental relationships is mediated by both external and internal influences. External influences are represented by a modified ABCX model of adjustment and adaptation (McCubbin and Patterson 1983) and the theme ‘Every family is different’. Families differ externally in terms of contributory stressors and protective resources. Couples with high contributing stressors and low protective resources benefit from short breaks, whilst those with low contributing factors and high protective resources benefit less. The theme of ‘Short break quality’ represented internal influences, comprising ‘Building trust’ and ‘Getting a real break’. Building trust was strongly linked to frequency of short breaks and hospice staff knowing the child or young person. The theme ‘Getting a real break’ was linked to short break location. If short break quality was perceived to be poor, perceived impact on relationships between parents was lessened. This study has significant implications for how short breaks are delivered by children’s hospices, specifically the importance of recognising individual family differences, tailoring short breaks to meet these differing needs and building trust between parents and hospice staff.
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Johnson, Betty J. PhD. "Video Meetings in a Pandemic Era: Emotional Exhaustion, Stressors, and Coping." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1612609329629973.
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CRO, PAOLO. "Gestione del rapporto di lavoro e intervento pubblico nel sistema giuslavoristico." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/95.
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L'opera esamina l'intervento pubblico nella gestione del rapporto di lavoro sotto il profilo storico e giuridico nelle tre fasi d'instaurazione, gestione e cessazione del rapporto. Si valorizza anche il ruolo specifico dei tre poteri legislativo, esecutivo e giudiziario, con particolare riguardo all'analisi sistematica del diritto amministrativo del lavoro. L'opera intende porre in luce gli elementi logici, giuridici ed assiologici di questo ramo del diritto del lavoro, per ricondurne le fattispecie esaminate ad un sistema coerente e razionale e per suggerirne sia un metodo d'analisi de iure condito sia una prospettiva per una lettura ed una proposta de iure condendo.This work analyses how public powers affects labour relationships both from the historical and the juridical points of view. The three main phases of labour relationships beginning, management and end are examined separately. The specific contributions by the three public powers legislative, administrative and judiciary especially by the public administration, are also dealt with. The goal is to illustrate the logical, juridical and ethical elements of this branch of the labour law, in order to build a rational system for both the analysis de iure condito and the debate de iure condendo.
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Franklin, Alicia Eu. "The role of positive psychological factors and coping strategies following a non-marital relationship breakup." Phd thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/106161.
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The development and maintenance of romantic relationships has
been a central focus of psychological research over the past few
decades, whilst the dissolution of such relationships has
received significantly less attention. This is of growing
concern, as sociological changes indicate that the number of
individuals experiencing non-marital relationship breakups is on
the rise. Whilst previous research suggests that the dissolution
of such relationships is likely to end in heartache, recent
studies indicate that some individuals bounce back and exhibit
positive adjustment. To date, little is known about how and why
some individuals fare better than others. Furthermore, available
research has primarily focused on trait-like factors that predict
post-breakup distress, offering little opportunity for
intervention. This raises two important questions: What
individual characteristics and coping strategies are related to
positive post-breakup adjustment? And, can we identify trainable
factors that offer opportunity for intervention? This thesis
sought to explore these questions in two research studies and a
research practicum.
Study one aimed to identify positive psychological factors (e.g.
mindfulness, optimism, hope, self-esteem and self-compassion)
associated with adjustment following the breakdown of a
non-marital relationship. Findings indicated that positive
psychological factors were strongly related on post-breakup
adjustment, over and above the circumstances of a relationship
breakup. Further, the factors related to poor adjustment (lower
mindfulness, self-esteem and optimism) differed somewhat from
those related to positive adjustment (greater mindfulness, hope
and self-compassion). These findings suggest that clinicians
could usefully focus on building dual pathways to post-breakup
resilience.
Based on the findings of study one, an experimental single case
design study was conducted to investigate the therapeutic
benefits of a brief online self-compassion intervention designed
to help people cope with relationship breakups. Findings
indicated that a majority of participants reported improvements
in self-compassion, breakup distress, affect and wellbeing after
the intervention. These findings offer preliminary evidence that
self-compassion may be a useful clinical tool for supporting
individuals after the breakdown of a romantic relationship.
Study two qualitatively explored the range and helpfulness of
coping strategies employed by males and females after a
relationship breakup. The main findings of the study indicated
(i) a general consensus in the coping strategies reported most
frequently by males and females, (ii) females tended to rate
active forms of coping as more helpful, whilst males rated more
avoidant forms of coping as more helpful, (iii) females and males
who rated the helpfulness of coping strategies in this way, also
tended to report greater wellbeing following the breakup. These
surprising results are interpreted and discussed through the lens
of role constraint theory.
Taken together, these studies indicate that clinical
interventions developed to assist individuals in the aftermath of
a relationship breakup should consider the role of individual
characteristics, social roles and coping strategies, and should
seek to not only reduce distress but also build wellbeing and
positive adaptation.
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Wright, Brittany Lauren 1985. "Meet the parents (and friends) : examining the association between social network introductions and romantic relationship state and fate." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28077.
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Part of the natural progression of any romantic relationship is that, over time, individuals will meet and form connections with each other’s friends and family (Milardo, 1982). Interestingly, the examination of social network introductions has largely been neglected by researchers. We do not know when couple members introduce each other to their friends and parents. We also do not know what effect, if any, these network introductions have on future relationship outcomes. The present study addressed these gaps. Specifically, I examined when couple members typically met each other’s friends and parents for the first time, whether relationship quality influenced the likelihood of making these introductions, and whether these introductions predicted later relationship outcomes (i.e., relationship quality, likelihood of breakup, and post-breakup adjustment). In the present study, participants in new romantic relationships (less than 6 months duration) completed a survey every two weeks for nine months. In each survey, participants indicated whether friend and family introductions had occurred, their current relationship quality, and whether they had broken up with their partners since the previous survey. If individuals reported having broken up, they were asked about their reactions to the breakup. Results revealed that friends were typically introduced before parents, and that relationship quality predicted the likelihood of newly dating individuals introducing their parents (but not friends) to their romantic partners. Largely, network introductions failed to predict later perceptions of relationship quality but did influence the likelihood of relationship dissolution over the course of the study. Furthermore, introductions to participants’ mothers predicted worse emotional reactions to a breakup, and introductions to participants’ fathers and best friends were associated with greater relationship longing. The results of this study represent an important first step in understanding when individuals introduce their romantic partners to their friends and family and how these introductions influence relationship development.text
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HUANG, CHING-YUEH, and 黃敬約. "The Relationships Among Family System Differentiation, Intimate Relationship Satisfaction and Breakup Adjustment in College Students." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qv2jr9.
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碩士亞洲大學
心理學系
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This study aims to find out the differences of family system differentiation, intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment from college students of different background variables. It also intends to investigate the correlations between family system differentiation, intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment, as well as to try to understand if their breakup adjustment can be predicted by their family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction. This study uses internet survey and collects 251 samples from research participants. Research instruments include Personal Information From, Differentiation in the Family System Scale (DIFS), Intimate Relationship Satisfaction Scale, and Coping to Dissolution Scale(CDS).The collected data were analyzed with one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, Pearson correlation, stepwise regression, and hierarchical regression. The research findings are as follows: 1.In the scores of family system differentiation: There is no significant difference in gender and breakup experiences. Nonetheless, there is a significant difference in their parents' marital status. 2.In the scores of intimate relationship satisfaction: There is no significant difference in their parents' marital status, breakup experiences, and alternative dating person. Nonetheless, there are significant differences in gender, relationship duration, and breakup styles. 3.In the scores of breakup adjustment: There is no significant difference in their parents' marital status, breakup experiences, relationship duration, and alternative dating person. Nonetheless, there are significant differences in gender and breakup styles. 4.The research outcomes indicate the positive correlation between family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction, and partial positive correlation between family system differentiation and breakup adjustment. However, there is no specific correlation between intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment. 5.After the stepwise regression analysis, the research results point out that family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction can predict breakup adjustment effectively. For male college students, father-child subsystem differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction are the best predictive variables. For female college students, the four subsystem differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction are equally distributed. 6.Intimate relationship satisfaction had partial mediating effect on the relationship between family system differentiation and breakup adjustment.
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Liu, Hao-Wei, and 劉浩維. "The Relationship among Attribution of Breakup, Social Support, Male Gender Role and Breakup-related Positive Adaptation Following Passive Relationship Breakup of the Male College Students." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zhzajx.
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碩士國立東華大學
諮商與臨床心理學系
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The loss of breakup is equivalent to the pain of bereavement for college students. The male gender roles that are expected by social culture make male college students hard to vent their negative emotions properly, thereby creating frustration. Therefore, this study takes 250 male college students aged 20-25 years with breakup experience as research objects, trying to discuss their situation of breakup attribution, male gender roles, social support, and breakup-related positive adaptation when they experience passive relationship breakup. The results of the study include: (1) Male college students who experience passive relationship breakup usually attribute their splits to the relational factor. They regard their male gender roles as importance of sex. They tend to regard their classmates as a source of social support, and recall the memories as a positive adaptation of breakup. (2) Negative correlations are found between male gender role and social support; attribution of breakup and male gender role, while positive correlations are found between attribution of breakup and social support; attribution of breakup and breakup-related positive adaptation; social support and breakup-related positive adaptation. No significant correlations are found between male gender role and breakup-related positive adaptation. (3) Attribution of breakup, male gender roles and social support predict breakup-related positive adaptation of male college students who experience passive relationship breakup. (4) The interaction between attribution of breakup and male gender roles predict breakup-related positive adaptation of male college students who experience passive relationship breakup. (5) The interaction between attribution of breakup and social support predict breakup-related positive adaptation of male college students who experience passive relationship breakup.
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Langlais, Michael Roger. "Relationship deterioration : description and implications." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5010.
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Ending a relationship is a common and often difficult experience for adolescents and young adults who are dating (Furman & Wehner, 1997). Yet, little is known about how romantic relationships deteriorate prior to breakup (Carver, Joyner, & Udry, 2003; Duck, 1981). The main goal of this study is to develop a definition of relationship deterioration that delineates the process of deterioration, by specifying a beginning and end point of deterioration and identifying characteristics that distinguish deterioration from breakup. Data for this study comes from the University of Texas Tracing Relationships and Commitment study (UT-TRAC), which contains 464 participants (232 heterosexual couples) who graphed changes in commitment over a 9-month period providing reasons describing each change. Deterioration, as defined as declines in commitment, was described by both partners in a romantic dyad in 90 couples whereas 75 individuals described deterioration and their romantic partner did not. A coding manual was created and pilot-tested to measure frequency and intensity of the four characteristics of deterioration in participant’s descriptions of changes in commitment. The current investigation used multi-level modeling separately for couples experiencing deterioration (to control for the dyadic nature of the data) and individuals whose partner did not report declines in commitment. Survival analyses using logistic regressions (Singer & Willett, 2003) were applied to measure how the characteristics of deterioration could predict breakup. Results of the analyses revealed that participants who experienced a breakup were more likely to report relationship deterioration, particularly for couples where both individuals described deterioration. Hierarchical linear models revealed that more frequent amounts of the deterioration characteristics was associated with deterioration as compared to pre-deterioration. However, intensity of the characteristics was not significant in differentiating between deterioration and pre-deterioration. In comparing deterioration with breakup, frequency of the deterioration characteristics predicted breakup only in descriptions of alternative partners, whereas intensity of the all four deterioration characteristics predicted breakup ranging from 37% (more intense scores of relational uncertainty) to 74% (more intense scores of alternative partners for an individual’s partner). Implications of this study will be in terms of commitment theory in order to further understand relationship processes.text
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Tang, Mei-Ling, and 唐美鈴. "A Study of the Relationship among Love Relationship, Relationship Satisfaction and Breakup Adjustment in Early Adulthood." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16095677874733750054.
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碩士亞洲大學
心理學系碩士班
100
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among love relationship, relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment of individuals in their early adulthood. Five hundred and thirty-two participants consisted of 173 males and 359 females responded to internet survey. Four instruments adopted in the study included personal information, Love Relationship Scale, Relationship Adjustment Scale, and Coping to Dissolution Scale. Research data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, multiple regression analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). According to research questions, the results were listed as follows： 1.The results of the relationships among love relationship, relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment based on personal characteristics found were listed as follows： （1）Participants who were either males or had fewer breakup experiences scored higher on imtimacy and passion subscales. Those who were dumped scored higher on imtimacy, passion, and commitment subscales. Participants involving in a relationship longer than a year had higher score on the commitment subscale. For those without alternative dating partners were more willing to provide commitment and show passion. （2）Male subjects had higher scores on the relationship satisfaction scale. Those who either had fewer breakup experiences or had involved in a relationship longer than a year also scored higher on the relationship satisfaction scale. On the other hand, participants who initiated the breakup scored lower on the same scale. （3）Male participants and those who were dumped had more difficulties in adjustment after breakup. Participatns whose ages ranged from 18 to 23 were inclined to blame themselves and expereiced confusion after their romantic breakup. Participants whose experiences of breakup were no greater than twice scored higher on distress subscale. Those who either initiated the breakup or had alternative dating partners resulting in breakup had higher scores on self-blame subscale. 2.The results revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between love relationship and relationship satisfaction. The degree of correlation in the descending order was subscales of intimacy, passion and commitment. 3.Results supported that passion had the greatest power to predict the breakup adjustment, particularly the subscales of distress and self-doubt. Secondly, intimacy had the power to predict the feelings of confusion and the impulse to revenge after breakup. Commitment had the power to predict the impulse to revenge and self-blame. Lastly, relationship satisfaction had the power to predict both self-blame and self-doubt. Based on the results of the study, implications and recommendations for counseling practices and future research are discussed and outlined.
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Tsui, Shu-Yun, and 崔樹芸. "A study of the resilience machines in soldier's romantic relationship breakup." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41789993375046771039.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
輔導與諮商研究所
95
The purpose of this study is to understand the resilience machines in soldier’s romantic relationship breakup. The research samples were soldiers who broke up with lovers. This study adopted the method of purposive sampling to collect data. According to pilot study of depth interview with 5 soldiers, the inventory regarding the resilience machines in soldier's romantic relationship breakups were developed. A sample of 309 subjects were used in quantitative studies with Soldier’s Resilience Machines Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The major results are as follows: Soldiers agree that the resilience machines are able to alleviate the heartbreak. The breakup ways and their whole adjustments affect the resilience machines in soldier’s romantic relationship breakup. Soldiers with different military ranks, academic background, military serving time, breakup frequency, dating subject, and the time passed after their breakup didn’t make any difference to the resilience machines in soldier's romantic relationship. Based on these results, some implications for counseling strategies were discussed and suggestions for future research were also proposed. Key words: romantic relationship breakup, resilience machine
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CHEN, Yu-Hsin, and 陳幼欣. "Relationships among Self-esteem, Codependency and Breakup Adjustment in Early Adulthood." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77442040959030012536.
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碩士亞洲大學
心理學系
105
This research examines the relationships among self-esteem, codependency, and breakup adjustment in early adulthood. Three scales utilized in this study included Self-esteem Scale, Chinese Codependency Assessment Tool (CCDAT) and Relationship Adjustment Scale. Four hundred and eighty-five questionnaires were collected through internet survey. Data analysis procedures involved t-test, One-way ANOVA, Person’s product-moment correlation, hierarchical regression analysis and Sobel Test for hypotheses testing. Results were concluded as follows: 1. The results of the relationships among self-esteem, codependency, and breakup adjustment based on personal characteristics were listed as follows: (1) There were significant differences among education levels, breakup styles and intimate behavior in self-esteem, respectively. (2) Significant differences in the level of codependency were found among different education levels. (3) There were significant differences among gender, sexual orientations, breakup experiences, breakup styles and intimate behavior in breakup adjustment, respectively. 2. Break-up adjustment can be predicted by self-esteem and codependency after controlling background variables. (1) Self-esteem can significantly predict breakup adjustment; that means, the more positive self-esteem, the better perceived breakup adjustment. (2) Codependency can significantly predict breakup adjustment; that means, the lower degree of codependency, the better perceived breakup adjustment. (3) Self-esteem can significantly predict codependency; that means, the more positive self-esteem, the lower degree of codependency. (4) Codependency had partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-esteem and breakup adjustment. Based on the results of the study, implications and recommendations for counseling practices and future research are discussed and outlined.
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CHEN, WAN-TING, and 陳宛婷. "The Relationships of Relational Boundaries, Social Support and Breakup Adjustment among Lesbians." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/929495.
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碩士國立臺南大學
諮商與輔導學系碩士班
107
The present study was designed to examine the relationship of relational boundaries with ex-partner, social support and breakup adjustment. Sample for the study consisted of 938 lesbians. The participants were assessed with Post-Breakup-Connectedness-Attitudes Scales, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Scale of breakup adjustment. Demographic variables influenced in relational boundaries, social support and breakup adjustment. Such as (a)the length of time since breakup, current relationship status and breakup style were significant difference in relational boundaries, (b)relationship duration, breakup experience, age, current relationship status were significant difference in social support, (c)relationship duration, the length of time since breakup, breakup experience, age, current relationship status, breakup style were significant difference inbreakup adjustment. Result demonstrated that (a)relational boundaries was positively associated with “pain of breakup”, “self-doubt”, “self-condemned”, “confuse” and negatively associated with “release from pain”, “shift the centre of life”, “back to normal life”, “realization in love”, “self-affirmation”. (b)Social support was positively associated with “release from pain”, “realization in love”, “self-affirmation” and negatively associated with “self-doubt”, “back to normal life”. Multiple regression analysis found that relational boundaries and social support among lesbians had lower prediction on breakup adjustment. However relational boundaries was potent predictor for “good memories” in breakup adjustment. Suggestions for counselor and future researchers are offered.
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曾淑鳳. "The Effects of Married Women's Romantic Relationship Breakup Experience on Newlywed Marital Adjustment." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63794037407901675208.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
輔導與諮商學系所
93
The Effects of Married Women’s Romantic Relationship Breakup Experience on Newlywed Marital Adjustment. Abstract This research is aimed to investigate the effect of romantic relationship breakup experience on married women’s newlywed marital adjustment by means of the descriptions of the romantic relationship breakup experience, adjustment and newlywed marital adjustment l. The in-depth interview of qualitative research method was applied to collect the required information in this research. Six married women with experience of breakup were being interviewed for this research. After analyzing the information collected from the six subjects, the differences in the six subjects’ information are summarized and concluded as below: 1. The strategies of adjustment were useful for recovering from affectional wounds. 2. If the individual could face the fact and negative emotion of breakup, she would promote her self-value and become independent after recovering through adjustment. Instead, she may feel selfish, capricious, and self-abased, and even can not trust others. 3. If the individual could find an appropriate reason for the breakup, the experience of breakup would produce positive effect on the individual’s idea about relationship, such as love is beautiful, love is a learning in life, trusting on the relationship, or selecting an appropriate mate. On the contrary, she may believe neither in a permanent relationship nor in a man. 4. The backfires of breakup could affect the decision of marriage. The backfires include to escape from the setbacks of prior relationship, to make adverse choices, and to easily get breakup whenever there is a conflict. 5. The experience of breakup could cause both of positive and negative effects on newlywed marital adjustment. The positive effects include to cherish relationship, to learn how to give freedom to their spouse, to express self opinion, and to increase their tolerance. The negative effects include to make comparison, to have wrong anticipation on marriage, to worry about further breakup, to distrust each other, and to generate conflicts because of not knowing each other very well. The above-mentioned results were being discussed and concluded at the end of this research. There were several suggestions proposed for the references of parents, colleagues, consultants and future researchers based on the results. Keywords : Romantic relationship breakup, Strategy of adjustment, Self-concept, Newlywed, Marital adjustment.
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CHEN, PO-CHENG, and 陳柏誠. "A study of the Relationship among emotion regulation, social support and breakup adaption." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/f23tnv.
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碩士東吳大學
心理學系
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The objective of this study is to explore the relationship among emotion regulation, social support and breakup adaption. The sample sizes and selection of the research are 583 college students who had break up experiences at least three months in a college in Northern Taiwan. Based on the questionnaire designed, the data was collected from the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Social Support Scale and Breakup Adaption Scale. The main findings are illustrated as follows: 1. The college students tend to adopt reappraisal as a strategy. To a large degree, the college students could get social support in their life, and they also feel positive as they adapt to their break-up status. 2. The male college students in suppression of emotion regulation are higher than female college students. Passive breakup among college students tend to adopt suppression compared to those in active breakup. The female college students in social support are obviously higher than male college students ones. 3. Male college students have high level of gratefulness than females, whereas the female college students have more flow than male ones. In additional, the college students in the relationship have more pleasure, flow, optimism, hope and personal growth than single ones. The college students who maintained their relationship at least two years have more gratefulness than those who maintained a relationship range from three months to half year. The college students who have broken up in three months have more gratefulness and pleasure than those who have broken up for around a year, and college students who have broken up for around one year have more flow, optimism, hope, and personal growth, compared to those in three months. The active breakup of college students has a good breakup adaption in terms of flow and optimism, whereas the breakup agreement of college students has more gratefulness in the breakup adaption. 4. There was a positive correlation between the reappraisal of emotion regulation and the breakup adaption in college students. There was a positive correlation between the social support and the forgiveness, pleasure, flow, optimism, hope, and personal growth in the breakup adaption in college students. 5. The reappraisal of emotion regulation, social support could significantly predict the breakup adaption, and the reappraisal of emotion regulation, single, the time from the relationship break up to now, breakup agreement and active breakup could significantly predict the breakup adaption. Based on those findings mentioned above, this research aims to explore further in order to give recommendations for current college students and counselors, and also has a practical contribution to the future research and work.
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Schoenfeld, Elizabeth Austin. "The temporal course of love : the developmental trajectories of passionate and companionate love and their connections to relationship dissolution." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22963.
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It has long been believed that passionate love wanes over time, whereas companionate love grows stronger with time. Using a sample of individuals in dating relationships who reported on their feelings of love for their partners up to 20 times over the course of several months, I tested whether passionate love and companionate love develop across the early months of romantic involvement in a manner consistent with theory. Additionally, I investigated whether certain developmental trajectories of both varieties of love are more predictive of relationship dissolution than others. To do this, I first examined the average trajectories of passionate and companionate love for those who stayed together with their partners and those who experienced a breakup, paying special attention to extraneous factors that were expected to influence the manner in which both varieties of love changed over time. The amount of time individuals knew their partners prior to becoming romantically involved, their feelings of the opposing variety of love, the extent to which individuals wanted to break up with their partners, their perceptions of their partners’ desire to break up, and gender all informed the ways in which love changed over time. Because it was expected that passionate love and companionate love would show substantial heterogeneity in their temporal trajectories, I then identified the prototypical patterns of development for passionate and companionate love. The results for passionate love revealed eight distinct linear trajectories, and six unique linear trajectories were identified for companionate love. For passionate love, individuals who experienced stable or declining levels of love were more likely to experience a breakup, but the connection between companionate love and relationship dissolution was less straightforward. Perhaps most importantly, passionate and companionate love interacted to predict the likelihood of dissolution, such that, to the extent that individuals who reported higher levels of passionate love also reported stronger feelings of companionate love, the lower their odds of dissolution. The current findings both complement and extend prior theoretical and empirical work on the developmental trajectories of passionate and companionate love and their connections to relationship dissolution.text
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Lee, Yung-Chen, and 李永真. "A case study of applied “process-oriented painting”in breakup of romantic relationship trauma." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91621926680847921228.
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碩士淡江大學
教育心理與諮商研究所碩士班
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The purpose of this study is to comprehend the “process-oriented painting” effect in the subject who had romantic relationship trauma, including whether the subject found the reason of breakup or changed by the discovery through the process. “Case study” and “Art- based research” is applied in this case. By collecting and analyzing data which is recorded during the conversation between the subject and his painting, and the interview with the subject, the study is to provide reference information for romantic relationship trauma therapy. By data analyzing, it is found that without finding and curing unconscious trauma, just easing the pain of breaking-up is not enough. The curing of unconscious trauma is the key part of the healing process. The issues that found by the process-oriented painting include: ◎Fear and anger of self-disintegration ◎Sense of loss of love relationship ◎Self criticism ◎Sexual drive suppress ◎Pain of being deserted. After the subject found and understood the importance of these issues, he changed within. The subject learned to accept the trait of self image, admit sex drive and impulse within, and even built self-esteem from fear. Due to self-awareness, the subject changed in many ways: ◎Precipitation and Recovery from emotional trauma. ◎Developed creativity from the process. ◎Learnt to be proactive from this experience. ◎Acquire a guiding principle of breakup trauma. Understood self sex drive, and how to handle it. ◎Self Loving. ◎Re-build of confidence from new romantic relationship. ◎Acceptance of homosexual preference and standing up for the group. Furthermore, it is found that the choosing of color in painting not only provides the mental information for the subject, but also affects the mental status of the subject.
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Zhang, Tai-Wei, and 張台偉. "Three Essays on the Relationship between Structural Breaks and Asset Behavior." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96004703669980529182.
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博士國立中正大學
財務金融所
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This thesis includes three independent essays. The first is to investigate whether Beta regime change risk is a systematic risk priced in subsequent security returns. The second essay in this thesis is to investigate whether dividend yield (DY) can predict aggregate stock returns while controlling for the effects of structural breaks and bias induced by autocorrelation in the predictor variable. The third essay in this thesis is to investigate whether DY can predict aggregate stock returns while controlling for the effects of time-varying regression coefficients and bias induced by autocorrelation in the predictor variable. The first essay called “The Beta Regime Change Risk Premium”. This paper proposes a simple idea that portfolio’s beta estimation uncertainty is also a “risk” for risk averse investors. The number of statistically detectable Beta regime changes a portfolio experienced in the past is a natural proxy for ex ante “Beta regime change risk” of the portfolio. This study applies newly developed statistical tests of multiple structural breaks to investigate whether Beta regime change risk is a systematic risk priced in subsequent security returns. Our results show Beta regime change risk is rewarded by higher returns. In addition, we find evidence showing that the explanatory power of both size and BE/ME are subsumed by our proxy for Beta regime change. Portfolios with high Beta regime change risk earn substantially higher than average returns. Additional tests confirm that a risk-based explanation can account for the results. The second essay called “Autocorrelation, Structural Breaks, and the Predictive Ability of Dividend Yield”. In this study, we investigate whether dividend yield (DY) can predict aggregate stock returns while controlling for the effects of structural breaks and bias induced by autocorrelation in the predictor variable. To do so we apply the Bai and Perron (1998, 2003 (BP)) methodology to test for structural breaks and the bias-adjusted predictability test of Lewellen (2004). We show that although DY predicts market returns during the period 1946-2000, there exist “natural” sub-samples bounded by statistically detectable structural breaks that can last for long periods of time (up to 10 years in duration) when DY does not show significant forecasting power. This has important implications in that even if in the long run DY actually provides strong predictive ability, investors should be mentally prepared for long dry spells of unpredictability with respect to DY. The last part of this thesis called “Autocorrelation, Smooth-Time-Varying, and the Predictive Ability of Dividend Yield”. The main difference from the previous chapter is that we do not have to assume that parameters change abruptly. This allows for a time-varying relationship between stock return and dividend yield, and is therefore more robust to possible model misspecification. Hence, this methodology should be more in line with the general equilibrium framework of Menzly, Santos, and Veronesi (2004). We find strong evidence that DY do not predict VWNY and Excess VWNY. Our results have important implications for investors. The predictive ability of DY turns out to be an illusion when we control for the effect of time-varying coefficients and bias induced by autocorrelation in the predictor variable.
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Chen, Bing-An, and 陳炳安. "The Relationship between Oil Price and Stock Prices with Structural Breaks." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15134539141773018310.
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碩士國立高雄應用科技大學
金融資訊研究所
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The aim of this paper, differing from previous literature, is to examine whether regime changes have broken down the stability of the relationship between oil price and stock prices. Employing the unit root tests of Zivot and Andrews(1992) and the cointegration tests of Gregory and Hansen (1996) allowing for a structural break, the purpose of empirical evidence is to examine the long run equilibrium relationship between Taiwan stock prices and international oil price and U.S. stock prices. The structural breaking timing of Taiwan stock prices, international oil price and U.S. stock prices are 2001-2005, 2004 and 2001 respectively. Besides, the variance decomposition of forecast errors and impact response analyses are used to assess the relative importance of oil spot price and oil future price shocks to the volatility of other variables in the system.
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HSIAO-CHING, CHIU, and 邱小淨. "Outside of the Discourse, Inside of the Subject—Breakup Experiences in Love Relationships of Lesbians." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01678911351616591208.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
輔導與諮商研究所
93
Outside of the Discourse, Inside of the Subject— Breakup Experiences in Love Relationships of Lesbians Chiu Hsiao-Ching Abstract The experiences of lesbians’ lives are ignored in our society, which is established by heterosexual thought. Even in the mainstream discourse about lesbians, the experiences of lesbians’ love aren't discussed. Ending an important love relationship is a violent and destructive process, even with a feeling of being close to death. The purpose of the study is for understanding the experiences of breaking up of lesbians. Four research participants, who have had the experiences of breaking up in lesbian relationships, were recruited for this in-depth interview study. The interview data were coded and analyzed by holistic-content perspective of Lieblich’s model of narrative analysis. The findings of the study are summarized as follows： 1. The live contexts behind lesbians’ love a. Loss experiences and early lives issues led to the tones of their lives：It is observed that their loss experiences and early lives issues reappeared in their lesbian relationships and their experiences of breaking up. It included that they expected to fill the lack of family from their partners；they experienced the feeling of being deserted during early childhood again；they re-experienced losses in intimacy；and they were desirous of returning to early attachment(family) when suffering from breaking up. b. Family experiences form their characters：The experiences of growing up in their families and the family members have formed their characters. Their characters affected their lesbian relationships and led their life stories. c. Their sexual orientation in the society form their thoughts and attitudes towards others and themselves, and they also need to face and deal with the attitudes from family and others. 2. Lesbian relationships a. Archetype “She”：Each of them have had an Archetype “She”. It reflects the image that they desire deeply. b.Regarding lesbian relationships：It is observed that their first lesbian relationships were transferred from friendships. They treated their partner as a family member or as the one who can share their lives with. Their partners’ characters were so unique that took them to experience many differences included deep fusion of sex. In addition, the study reveals the characteristics of fusion in lesbian relationships, such as amazing pleasant of interaction, great care for each other, identifying a long relationship with each other, forgiving the sorrow from breaking up and treating the former lovers as good friends or family members. c. Lack of support and recognition in the society and psychological dynamics of lesbians are the two reasons led the end of their relationships. 3. The experiences of breaking up of lesbians The study chooses losses theories to understand the experiences of breaking up of lesbians. The process of breaking up experiences are presented by four categories：affection, physiology, cognition, and behaviors. We also try to find out the inner and outer support systems in their recovering process of the grief. After the grief experiences, some of them have known their roles in the future relationships, and the others have been better sure their sexual orientation. In conclusion, all of them expressed positive attitudes towards their grief experiences.
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Lee, Yun-chen, and 李昀真. "The Study of Relationships among Undergraduate Students’ Optimism, Yuan-fen Style, and Positive Breakup-dealing." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98141311142541212962.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
心理與諮商學系碩士班
97
The study aims to explore if undergraduate students’ optimism and the Yuan-fen style have the influence on the extent to which their positive breakup-dealing attitudes, and to examine if the interaction between optimism and the Yuan-fen style has the impact on their positive breakup-dealing. The methods of data collection include self-designed Yuan-fen Style Questionnaire, Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), and Finding Meaning Questionnaire. Correlation Analysis is used to analyse the correlation among variables. T-test and Anova are employed to compare the differences of the correlation between breakup-related variables and positive brekup-dealing. Two-way Anova is chosed to examine the main effects and the interaction among variables. The study defines Chinese Yuan-fen style in terms of the belief of predestination as two types of responses: cooperating response and accommodating response, depending on the extent to which an individual can participate in the development of a relationship. Positive attitudes and profit finding are two dimensions of evaluation to determine the type of Yuan-fen style. The results show that there is no interaction between a person’s optimism and Yuan-fen style and his or her positive attitude and profit finding. Regarding optimism, the study finds that there is no negative correlation between individual degree of optimism in a positive situation and his or her positive attitude, while there is the positive correlation between individual degree of optimism in a negative situation and his or her profit finding. As for Yuan-fen style, the study finds that people who have cooperating response benefit greater from their breakup experiences than those who have accommodating response. The study provides reference resources to consultation work, and offers evidence for follow-up researches in terms of Yuan-fen style serving a positive function in a negative situation of a romantic relationship.
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Chao, Hui-min, and 趙慧敏. "An Exploration of The Relationship among The Personal Coping Behaviors, Social Support and Psycho-physical Health Following A Relationship Breakup of The Adolescents." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96799616091512204189.
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碩士東吳大學
心理學系
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The main purpose of this study was to explore（1）the psycho-physical health situation when the adolescents face stress from a relationship breakup；（2）the coping behaviors when they face stress from a relationship breakup；（3）the sources and contents of their social support；（4）the effect of coping behaviors and social support on their psycho-physical health situation. The sample of 193 students was chosen from nine of thirty-two senior high schools in Taipei through purposive sampling. Statistical description, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Schff’e method , Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings of this study are as follows: With the relationship breakup, as far as psycho-physical health problems are concerned, what happens most is mental symptoms, the next is physical symptoms, and the last is behavioral symptoms. The most frequently-used coping behavior is problem-focused active coping, followed by problem-focused passive coping、emotion-focused active coping、and emotion-focused passive coping. With the relationship breakup, they obtain the most support from their peer. The most accessible social support content is emotional support. In terms of the influence of the coping behaviors on the psycho-physical health ：The more recent the relationship breakup, the more they use emotion-focused passive coping, and the worse their psycho-physical health becomes. In the long term, it is not useful for physical health adaptation and mental health adaptation. The problem-focused passive coping has negative effect on the adolescents’ mental health and behavioral health. Also, the greater the severity of breakup, the greater is negative effect on their mental health. The emotion-focused active coping is useful to adolescents’ behavioral health、physical health adaptation and mental health adaptation. In terms of the influence of the social support on the psycho-physical health ：The effect of school counselors’ support usually reveals when the adolescents’ psycho-physical health in the worse condition. But in the long term, school counselors’ support is useful to the adolescents’ mental health adaptation and behavioral health adaptation. As for the support of sibling, the sibling’s support can reduce the deterioration of behavioral health at the initial stage of breakup, and be useful to their mental health adaptation and behavioral health adaptation. The support of father is useful to the adolescents’ mental health adaptation and behavioral health adaptation. But the peer’s support has negative effect on the adolescents’ mental health adaptation and behavioral health adaptation. As for the content of support, all of emotional support、informational support、instrumental support、 and social accompanying support have positive effect on different parts of psycho-physical health following a relationship breakup . In conclusion, the results of the study make educational contributions and suggestions to the educators、counselors、 parents and researchers for further studies.
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Shih, Meng-chuan, and 石孟娟. "Price Relationships between ADRs and Their Underlying Stocks with Structural Breaks." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07215145331797295226.
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碩士義守大學
財務金融學系碩士班
93
In this paper we examine the price relationships between ADRs and their underlying stocks with structural breaks. Before having further analysis, Chow test is used to identify if there exists any structural break during the research period. According to the results of Chow, we divide the time series data and then apply autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to test cointegration relationship between ADRs and their underlying stocks. The results reveal that the prices of both markets make adjustment to establish a long run cointegrated equilibrium. Except ARDL testing, we also take into account of some variables such as the opening and closing price of ADRs, the opening and closing price of their underlying stocks, and index of stock price of both markets to examine the price relationships between ADRs and their underlying stocks in Granger causality test with ECM. The results implies that unidirectional causality from Taiwan''s capital market to the foreign market. This asymmetry suggests the domestic market plays a dominant role in price transmission relative to the foreign market. The underlying stock price series are affected significantly by the changes of index of stock price of market of Taiwan. Finally, by using Parity Bounds Model, we estimate the probabilities of arbitrage opportunity between ADRs and their underlying stocks markets with the consideration of structural breaks. The empirical results suggest that we could increase the probability of arbitrage opportunity with the consideration of structural breaks.
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Hsh, Ya-Kai, and 許雅凱. "A Study of Vocational High School Student’s Coping Strategies And Loss Responses When Breakup in The Romantic Relationship." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37248727118682898545.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
輔導與諮商學系所
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This research aimed to exploring the loss responses, coping strategies, realizing to the love when the vocation high school students break up with love. This research adapt the qualitative method and semi-structured in-depth interview. The information were collected through interviews with five vocation high school students who had the experience of passive to break up. The data analyzed to inquire into separately first with result interviewee’s background of breaks-up with love, loss reactions, coping strategies, and realizing the experience of break-up. Finally, the researcher composed the analyses and discussions crossing the comprehensive individual cases. The findings of this research can be presented by three themes: 1. loss responses that the love breaks up: 1) Affection: Mostly empty, sad and loss motion. 2) Cognitions: recalling and remembering, expecting to become reconciled. 3) Behaviors: The changes of the daily schedule, saving, avoiding, unbosoming. 4) Physical sensations: The appetite becomes to differ, the weight eases. 2. Coping strategies of break-up : 1) The difficult of adjusting: follow-up loss, the misty reaction after break-up, another people relations. 2) Coping strategies: downplaying expectation to match good, changing the viewpoint, transferring the attentions, the solace of new romance, taking out to leave the crisis factors, support systems, and detecting by one’s own. 3. Realizing the experience of break-up: 1) Realization of love: learning to let go, conducting lasting long love, forgiving and enduring, learning to get long with opposite sex. 2) Realization of ego: detection of love relation role and the ego. Finally, according to the research result, some suggestions for teenagers who disappoint in love, the school actual situation workers, and future study.
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LO, WEI-YU, and 羅尉瑜. "The Relationship Among Personality, Attachment Style, and Breakup Adjustment of College Students: Taking College Students in Tainan for Example." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7y3e7e.
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碩士國立臺南大學
諮商與輔導學系碩士班
106
The main purpose of this study was to explore the correlation among the personality, attachment style and breakup adjustment of college students. Furthermore, this study was to investigate how the background and personality and attachment style predict breakup adjustment. The participants are college students from eight universities in Tainan City. （In the study, a questionnaire survey method is used）, 391 samples collected by cluster sampling are valid. The instruments used in this study are the Personality Scale, the Relationship Structures Questionnaire – Chinese, and the Coping to Dissolution Scale （CDS）. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple regressions. The results of this study are summarized as below/ The major findings of this study are listed as follows: 1.The college students of different background variables （gender, total number of breakups experienced, and the duration of time elapsed since the last breakup） are significantly different in breakup adjustment. 2.The escaping type attachment of college students is respectively negatively correlated with the conscientiousness and agreeableness in personality; breakup adjustment is positively correlated with the conscientiousness and agreeableness in personality; and escaping type attachment and breakup adjustment showed a significant negative correlation. 3.The background, personality, and attachment style of college students has lower prediction on breakup adjustment.Finally, according to the research findings, recommendations on future research are discussed.