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Lei, Wai I. "Social adjustment of expatriates in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2009. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2147756.
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Hansson, Johanna, and Scala Dan Spinelli. "Social Adjustment at a Decentralized EU Institution." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106970.
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This study investigates which out of seven predetermined factors influence the social adjustment of expatriates at a decentralized EU institution. Much of the existing literature that deals with expatriate adjustment departs from the assumption that the expatriates are entering an organization which is greatly influenced by the culture and customs of the country in which it is located, and that the expatriate is in minority in terms of nationality. In the decentralized EU institutions on the other hand (1) the culture of the organization and host country are markedly different from each other, and (2) the organization consists of mostly expatriates rather than host country nationals.
Three sources of data are used; secondary sources, questionnaires and interviews. The results show that all seven factors which were investigated to some extent influenced social adjustment. The unique nature of the decentralized EU institutions could be the reason to why organizational cultural novelty was perceived as more important for interaction adjustment and general cultural novelty more important for general adjustment. The unique nature also could also be the reason to the negative relationship between spouse adjustment and general adjustment, possibly because the expatriate families are more inclined to live in an international "bubble" when both work and social connections are multicultural.
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Fournier, Marc Alan. "Agency and communion as fundamental dimensions of social adaptation and emotional adjustment." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38485.
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It has been argued that agency and communion define the fundamental dimensions of human existence. Agency represents strivings for expansion and elevation that surface as efforts to pursue social dominance. Communion represents strivings for contact and congregation that surface as efforts to preserve social bonds. From an evolutionary perspective, agency and communion define the problems of group living to which our ancestors were historically required to adapt. From a dyadic-interactional perspective, agency and communion organize the domain of behavior that individuals in contemporary societies are presently able to demonstrate. The purpose of this research was to explore the agentic and communal dimensions underlying social adaptation and emotional adjustment; this objective was pursued through the use of event-contingent recording procedures that require respondents to report upon their behavior in significant social interactions over extended time intervals. I first propose that emotional adjustment is optimized through mitigation processes that balance the expression of agency and communion in everyday behavior. Findings indicated that a balance within agency and within communion---achieved through moderate levels of agentic and communal expression---predicted optimal emotional adjustment. I then propose that the dark aspects of agency and communion---the human propensities to quarrel and submit---are equally relevant to social adaptation. In this regard, I argue that these propensities represent social rank strategies through which individuals grapple with and defend themselves against feelings of threat and inferiority. Consistent with an evolutionary perspective upon social competition, individuals tended to quarrel when threatened by subordinates and to submit when threatened by superiors. Consistent with an evolutionary perspective upon defeat and depression, individuals who typically felt more inferior tended to quarrel more frequently with subordina
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Tu, Kelly Michelle Erath Stephen Andrew. "Peer victimization and school adjustment in early adolescence friends' social adjustment as a moderator /." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1648.
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Houff, J. Keith. "The effects of social learning intervention procedures on occupational social adjustment." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54446.
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There are a great number of people whose suggestions and encouragement have contributed to the preparation and completion of this study. Special recognition is due to the committee of faculty evaluating this study through the various stages from inception. I appreciate the patience plus clear arid precise guidance of Tom Hohenshil, and Dennis Hinkle's counsel and completion of the computer analyses of the results of this study, I am grateful for the inspiration Dean Hummel provided especially during the early stages of this project. I wish also to express my thanks to Cherry Houck who’s door was always open and was also instrumental in the inception of this study, I also appreciate Harriett Cobb's perceptiveness and special efforts in dissipating my committee meeting jitters. Finally, I consider myself fortunate to have had exposure to these individual's expertise and vast experiences.
I wish also to acknowledge the assistance and financial support, I received from Charlotte McNulty, SYEP Project Director, and from the Board of Directors of People Places Inc. in Staunton, Virginia. I am indebted to the patience and trust Ms. McNulty repeatedly afforded me throughout the various stages of carrying out this project. The generous offer of the use of equipment .and office space of People Places Inc. is also greatly appreciated.
And finally, I consider myself fortunate to have a wife supportive of my efforts in achieving an advanced degree in education. Her genuine interest in the topic of this study and willingness to listen, proofread, type, and many other supportive actions deserve a special "thank you".Ed. D.
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Chan, Pun-lai Benny. "Adjustment of Chinese immigrant adolescents /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470769.
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Bustos, Gastón Luis. "Social support, risk, and adjustment of immigrant preadolescents." FIU Digital Commons, 2002. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1999.
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The current study was designed to explore the salience of social support, immigrant status, and risk in middle childhood and early adolescence across two time periods as indicated by measures of school adjustment and well-being. Participants included 691 children of public elementary schools in grades 4 and 6 who were interviewed in 1997 (Time 1) and reinterviewed two years later (Time 2); 539 were U.S.-born, and 152 were foreign-born.
Repeated measures multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA's) were conducted to assess the effects of immigrant status and risk on total support, well-being, and school adjustment from Time 1 to Time 2. Follow-up analyses, including Student-Newman-Keuls post hoc tests, were used to test the significance of the differences among the means of support categories (low and high), immigrant status (U.S. born and non-U.S. born), risk (low and high) and time (time 1 and time 2).
Results showed that immigrant participants in the high risk group reported significantly lower levels of support than their peers. Further, children of low risk at Time 2 indicated the highest levels of support. Second, immigrant preadolescents, preadolescents who reported low levels of social support, and preadolescents of the high risk reported lower levels of emotional well-being. There was also an interaction of support by risk by time, indicating that children who are at risk and had low levels of social support reported more emotional problems at Time 1. Finally, preadolescents who are at risk and preadolescents who reported lower levels of support were more likely to show school adaptation problems. Findings from this study highlight the importance of a multivariable approach to the study of support, emotional adjustment, and academic adjustment of immigrant preadolescents.
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Schaffner, Angela D. "Social, environmental, and spritual factors in college adjustment." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1317749.
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The primary purpose of this study was to examine the influence of sex, perceived social support from family and peers, negative life stress, psychological separation from mother and father, and spiritual well-being in predicting college adjustment. Additional goals of the study included examining the relationships between psychological separation from parents and spiritual well-being, as well as examining the influence of sex on perceived social support, negative life stress, psychological separation from parents, and spiritual well-being.The sample consisted of 100 undergraduate college students at a midsized, midwestern university. Participants completed a set of questionnaires, including a demographic questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale, Life Experiences Survey, Psychological Separation Inventory (Conflictual Independence subscale), Spiritual Well Being Scale, and Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire.The combination of the predictors in the study accounted for 33.9% of the variance in general college adjustment. Perceived social support from friends, spiritual well-being, and negative life stress were significant predictors (p<.05) of general college Social, adjustment. The combination of predictors in the study accounted for 31.9% of the variance in social college adjustment. Perceived social support from friends and spiritual well-being were significant predictors (p<.05) of social college adjustment.In addition, correlational data showed significant relationships between spiritual well-being and conflictual independence from both mother and father. Further, male sex was significantly, positively related to conflictual independence from father. Conceptual, research, and clinical implications are discussed.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Klein, Jenny. "ACCULTURATION, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT OF EARLY ADOLESCENTS." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2446.
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A majority of research regarding disruptive behavior disorders in youth has focused primarily upon Caucasian children and adolescents. As a result, more investigation of the unique characteristics of youth from ethnically diverse backgrounds, particularly those from Hispanic American and African American backgrounds, is needed (Balls Organista, Organista, & Kurasaki, 2003). This study investigated the relationships between several characteristics (e.g., ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, social acceptance, and emotional and behavioral symptoms) of early adolescents belonging to diverse ethnic groups. Results suggested that socioeconomic status and degree of early adolescents' social acceptance were important factors in predicting the development of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in this age group. Additionally, perceived social acceptance moderated significantly the relationships between SES and depression, anxiety, and self-concept. Considering these results, useful treatments may be developed that enhance early adolescents' abilities to assess realistically their own social skills and interact appropriately within different social spheres. Increased self-appraisals of acceptance within social situations may modify negative effects (e.g., higher reports of anxiety and depression) of extreme socioeconomic circumstances, particularly for early adolescents experiencing low-income or poverty conditions within their family and/or their community.M.S.
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Fernández, Luis Felipe Gorjón. "Structural adjustment in Mexico : social and economic impacts." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.685429.
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This dissertation analyses the period of Structural Adjustment in Mexico from 1986 to 1999. This includes the liberalisation of the incentive system and the restoration of investment. The research work presented here looks at the effect of an aspect of structural adjustment policy - trade reform -on labour market outcomes at the household level, in Mexico, by considering a large number of observations (household members), from a number of cities, over a period of thirteen years. It examines whether Mexico should have used alternative policies in order to improve the economic and social conditions of the poor. The main questions explored by this dissertation are: What has been the impact of adjustment on Mexican macroeconomic indicators directly related to poverty? Were migration and remittances affected by the adjustment process? The specific research questions are: 1. How did the effects of economic reform on wage and employment vary with age and gender in the short and medium term? Did this relationship change over time? 2. Did structural adjustment and trade liberalisation harm or help the poor? 3. Did the reforms help the poor indirectly through their positive effect on economic growth? 4. What were the effects of macroeconomic policy on aggregate measures of welfare - average wage, proportion of individuals unemployed? 5. What happened to migration and remittances during the analysed period? There are three separate analyses. The first two use repeated cross-sectional models to determine the effects of policy, economic conditions and household characteristics on wages, the probability of being unemployed and employed in the informal sector, as well as the probability of being poor. It is important to mention that this study refers mainly to the urban population. It is the use of household characteristics as control variables in the determination of welfare that distinguishes the models here from the macroeconomic models commonly used. For comparison, a third analysis uses a traditional time series model to measure the effects of policy and economic conditions on aggregate measures of welfare.
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Fleming, Teresa M. "Adjustment to college life." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/722227.
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Social support has been identified as an important mediator aiding adaptation during major life transitions such as matriculation in college. In the present study two models were proposed to predict social network development from measures of previous social support and individual characteristics collected prior to students' matriculation. It was hypothesized that initiation skills and previous social relationship patterns would predict the quantitative development of the students' new social support networks while negative affectivity and social relationship patterns would predict satisfaction with the forming network.The models were tested using path analysis techniques. Model I was supported. Initiation skills and relationship patterns both had significant direct effects on network size; while initiation skills also had a meaningful indirect effect on size through its effects on relationship patterns. Model II was not supported by the data. Network satisfaction was not meaningfully influenced by negative affect but was affected by initiation skills and by social relationship patterns. Changes in the characteristics of the network over time were also observed and considered. The results clarify the process through which new social networks develop and have implications for college-based intervention programs.Department of Psychological Science
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Davy, Rhett A. (Rhett Arawa). "In Loco Parentis: How Social Connections Beyond Families Affect Children's Social Adjustment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278341/.
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This study explored the relationship between characteristics of children's families and their social adjustment and how extra-familial connections affect this relationship. According to human ecological theory, children who are in jeopardy through higher-risk family systems and other social forces were expected to be protected from sociocultural risks by social connections in such settings as school, church, kin groups, and neighborhood.
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Matiasson, Sofia, and Linda Almgren. "Adjustment makes a difference." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33375.
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Denna undersökning handlar om individuellt alternativ som gymnasieprogram och elever med ADHD. Syftet med undersökningen är att få kunskap om vad ett individuellt alternativ för elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionshinder på gymnasiet innebär samt hur vägledare och elever upplever programmet utifrån begreppen känsla av sammanhang och stigmatisering. Våra frågeställningar är: 1)Vad kan ett individuellt alternativ för elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionshinder innebära? 2) På vilket sätt kan skolgången anpassas för eleverna som går på individuellt alternativ för elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionshinder? 3) Hur kan vägledare arbeta med elever på ett individuellt alternativ? 4) Hur kan elever uppleva det att gå på programmet utifrån begreppen stigmatisering och känsla av sammanhang? Vi använder oss av Goffmans teori om stigmatisering och Antonovskys teori om KASAM; känsla av sammanhang. Vi har valt dessa teorier för att vi tycker att begreppen stigmatisering och KASAM är viktiga för personer med ADHD. Vi gör en kvalitativ undersökning med intervju som metod där vi utgår ifrån en standardiserad intervjuguide. Huvudresultatet i undersökningen är att ett individuellt alternativ för elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionshinder innebär ett program där möjligheten finns att individanpassa skolgången i så stor utsträckning att eleverna upplever sin skolgång som meningsfull.
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Larbi, Richard Kwame. "Student advisors' perceptions of social adjustment among international students /." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1990.
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Martin, Krista. "Social support, campus involvement, and the adjustment to university." Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/wlu/fullcit?pMQ21886.
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Thesis (M.A.)-Wilfrid Laurier University, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (l. 35-41). Issued also online via the World Wide Web; full text files in PDF format available to WLU users. Available in microfiche format.
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Davidson, Lisa A. "Social hopelessness and psychological adjustment in stressful life situations." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22905.pdf.
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Martin, Krista. "Social support, campus involvement, and the adjustment to university." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq21886.pdf.
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Nassar, Maya M. (Maya Mounir). "The social costs of adjustment : the case of Morocco." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76418.
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August, Pamela Joan. "The role of expression recognition in social information processing and poor social adjustment." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40678.
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Children with poor social adjustment are at risk for a number of maladaptive outcomes in adolescence and adulthood, such as psychopathology, conduct problems, and substance abuse. Social information processing (SIP) theory consists of six distinct but interrelated steps through which individuals process and respond to incoming social information. The ability of individuals to accurately process social information at all six steps has been used to predict aspects of social adjustment such as aggression and social skills. Similarly, the ability of individuals to accurately process and recognize facial expressions of emotion has also been used to predict social adjustment. However, despite the presence of facial expressions as an important piece of social information, no researchers have attempted to examine the specific role of expression recognition in social information processing, or to determine whether or not expression recognition ability may contribute to the predictive power of the SIP model. The goal of the current study is to demonstrate that expression recognition is an integral yet overlooked aspect of SIP, specifically of the first two steps of processing, encoding, and interpretation of cues. Seventy-four elementary school students in grades three and four participated in this study. Verbal and nonverbal measures of encoding were used, as well as an attribution task to measure children’s ability to interpret cues. Participants completed measures of expression recognition accuracy and cognitive ability, and teachers were asked to respond to standardized questionnaires regarding the social skills and aggressive behaviour of participating students. Children who were accurate at recognizing facial expressions were also more accurate at processing social information. However, after accounting for the variance explained by age, ethnic group, and cognitive ability, expression recognition did not account for a significant amount of variance in teacher reporLes enfants éprouvant des difficultés au plan de l’ajustement social présentent un risque élevé de vivre des problèmes d’ajustement à l’adolescence et à l’âge adulte, notamment la psychopathologie, les difficultés de conduite, et l’abus de substances. La théorie du traitement de l’information sociale (social information processing theory – SIP) inclue six étapes associées mais distinctes au fil desquelles les individus traitent et répondent à l’information sociale leur étant présentée. L’habileté des individus à correctement traiter l’information sociale à chacune des six étapes du modèle SIP a été utilisée comme prédicteur de divers aspects de l’ajustement social, incluant l’agressivité et les habiletés sociales. De la même façon, l’habileté des individus à correctement traiter et reconnaître les expressions faciales de diverses émotions a également été utilisée comme prédicteur de l’ajustement social. Toutefois, malgré l’importance des expressions faciales en tant que source d’information sociale, les chercheurs n’ont pas tenté d’examiner le rôle spécifique de la reconnaissance des expressions faciales dans le traitement de l’information sociale, ou de déterminer si l’habileté à reconnaître les expressions faciales contribue au pouvoir prédicteur du modèle SIP. Le but de la présente étude est de démontrer que la reconnaissance des expressions faciales est une partie intégrale mais négligée du SIP, spécifiquement des deux premières étapes du traitement, soit l’encodage et l’interprétation des indices sociaux. Soixante-quatorze élèves de la troisième et quatrième année du primaire ont participé à cette étude. Des tâches d’encodage verbal et non-verbal ont été utilisées, ainsi qu’une tâche d’attribution mesurant l’habileté des enfants à interpréter les indices sociaux. Les participants ont complété des tâches de reconnaissance des exp
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Elbin, Susan Dori. "Person perception and social comparison of coping capabilities in depressives and nondepressives /." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487326511716516.
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Ebinger, Sarah E. "International Students’ Perceptions of University Assistance with their Social Adjustment." Ashland University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1323367259.
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Troyer, Laura Marie. "Perspectives on familial and social adjustment of children of alcoholics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/398.
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Cox, Caroline Teresa. "Psychological adjustment to mild cognitive impairment and dementia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6220/.
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This research volume examines the psychological adjustment of those diagnosed with either Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia. The first paper is a systematic review of the evidence of the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with people with dementia or MCI. Studies identified through database searches were reviewed. It was concluded that, although there is very modest evidence for the use of CBT to address depression, anxiety and acceptance among those with mild dementia or MCI, it is not possible to draw confident conclusions due to the lack of methodologically robust randomised controlled trials and the heterogeneity of existing studies. The second paper is an empirical paper of an exploration of patients’ experiences of receiving a diagnosis of MCI. Seven recently diagnosed MCI patients were interviewed about their diagnostic disclosure experiences. The interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Four super-ordinate themes emerged. These were ‘The test’: working it out for myself, Journey and Brakes, What’s wrong with me? and Decline and Loss. The use of multiple disclosure sessions and of pre and post assessment counselling is recommended. The third paper is a public dissemination summary of both the systematic review and the empirical paper.
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Sin, Chui-shan Tammy. "Children's adjustment to parental separation." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13745116.
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Lefebvre, Monique. "Instrumentality, expressivity, and dyadic adjustment: Gender-specific mediation processes." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4381.
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Although Instrumentality and Expressivity scores have been shown to be powerful intrapersonal predictors of reported relationship satisfaction and adjustment, conceptual models exploring the mechanisms by which Instrumentality (I) and Expressivity (E) influence intimate relationships are few. The results presented in this thesis are derived from two studies, each using survey research methods and the little-used Bem Sex Role Inventory Short-Form (BSRI-SF). Study 1 (N = 75 couples) examined several statistical and methodological issues in using the short form BSRI in couples research. Study 2 (N = 119 couples) provided a preliminary evaluation of a model in which it was proposed that the relations among Instrumentality (I), Expressivity (E), and relationship adjustment are mediated in part by interpersonal processes related to couple conflict resolution (CR) and maintenance and enhancement of intimacy (MEI). A number of gender-specific findings were obtained. The proposed model was supported using a path analytic approach comparing the direct model of IE with the mediator model. Specifically, variance in men's reported levels of dyadic adjustment covaried with their own levels of Instrumentality, Expressivity, and self-reported intimacy and conflict behaviour. Variance in women's reported levels of dyadic adjustment covaried in a complex fashion with their own and their partners' scores. Across couple-related variables (DAS, CR, and MEI), results generally supported a main effects model (i.e., significant statistical prediction from Instrumentality scores and/or Expressivity scores), but not an interactional model (Instrumentality times Expressivity). Results indicated that use of the BSRI-SF's nonconfounded Instrumentality and Expressivity subscales can be valuable in model testing in couples research. It is suggested that the short-form provides ease of interpretation compared to the controversial long-form BSRI. Gilligan's theory of gender-specific developmental tasks is proposed as a framework for understanding the gender-specific correlational patterns which emerged.
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Burgess, Kim B. "Self-schemas and behavioural adjustment of socially withdrawn children." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10093.
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Evidence from research and clinical work supports the notion that social relationships play a crucial role in many areas of psychological development. Social withdrawal constitutes a form of social maladjustment in childhood, and consequently, may have important implications for short-term and long-term prognoses. A recent longitudinal study points to the possibility that these children are at risk for internalizing disorders, such as anxiety and depression. Yet it is unclear which psychological variables account for the possible relationship between social withdrawal and internalizing disorders. Numerous theorists and investigators have shown that cognitive factors may be central to the development of psychopathology. The present study hypothesizes that maladaptive information processing and internalizing problems may be associated with social withdrawal. A multi-group comparison therefore examined children's self-schemas, as measured by self-perceptions and recall of positive and negative descriptors, and evaluated their behavioural/emotional functioning. The complete sample consisted of 132 sixth and seventh grade children recruited from five elementary schools in the Ottawa-Carleton region. After being identified by peer nominations in Phase 1, a between-group design was utilized in Phase 2 to compare 40 withdrawn children, 51 average children, and 41 aggressive children. Multivariate analysis of variance was conducted to assess group differences in current status with regard to self-perceptions, recall memory of descriptors, and behavioural adjustment. As predicted, socially withdrawn children had less positive self-perceptions, more negative self-perceptions, and significantly higher internalizing scores than did average and aggressive children. No significant differences emerged, however, with respect to the recall of positive and negative descriptors. Implications of the present findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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Winn, Vaniethia R. "The psychosocial adjustment of adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1994. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/381.
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The overall objective of this study is to investigate the psychosocial problems experienced by adolescents with sickle cell anemia. To attain this objective, the following issues were addressed by the researcher: (a) peer relationships; (b) independence; (c) stress; and (d) self-concept. A descriptive research design was used in the study. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was utilized and administered via telephone conversation/interview to 13 adolescents with sickle cell anemia located in the Metropolitan Atlanta area. The results of the study indicated that the participants diagnosed with sickle cell anemia maintain good peer relationships, experienced high levels of stress, have low self-concept and, have not achieved an appropriate level of independence with regard to a sense of personal freedom.
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Mak, Po-ha. "Acculturation and adjustment of teenage immigrants from China." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470022.
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Jancz, Marek. "Social and psychological adjustment of first generation Polish immigrants to Australia." Connect to full text, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/363.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2000.Includes questionnaires and tables. Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 23, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Science. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Kan, Pui-har Christina. "An understanding of the adjustment problems faced by the school-aged Chinese immigrants : implication for social work intervention /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12322386.
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Machaty, Agnes. "Dispositional Optimism and Marital Adjustment." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/hes_etds/7.
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This project examined dispositional optimism and its influence on the three subscales of marital adjustment (consensus, satisfaction, and cohesion) by gender. Data for this study came from Wave 2 and 3 of the National Survey of Families and Households. The Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to examine both actor and partner effects of dispositional optimism on the marital adjustment subscales using the program AMOS. Results indicate that wives’ optimism seem to influence their own later marital satisfaction as well as their husbands’ later marital satisfaction. However, husbands’ optimism appeared to influence neither their own nor their wives’ later satisfaction. These results imply that wives’ optimism matters for marital satisfaction, whereas husbands’ does not.
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Gianvito, Marisa A. "Delineating the effects of adjustment and social capital on workplace outcomes." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1191883312.
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Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Psychology-Industrial/Organizational, 2007."December, 2007." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 01/31/2008) Advisor, Rosalie J. Hall; Committee members, Paul E. Levy, Young Lin, Robert G. Lord, Linda M. Subich; Department Chair, Paul E. Levy; Dean of the College, Ronald F. Levant; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
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Jamklai, Varaporn. "Social ties and sojourner adjustment of Thai students in Oahu, Hawai'i." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7103.
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It has been hypothesized that sojourners who establish social ties with hosts tend to adjust to the new environment more effectively than those who maintain primarily co-ethnic ties or ties with individual from the same ethnic background. Several studies have shown that social ties with hosts help sojourners acquire host language proficiency, learn culture knowledge, and gain appropriate social skills. These qualities, therefore, are hypothesized to relate to the ability to "fit in" or meet environmental demands of the new culture (environmental-centric). Other researchers, however, believe that co-ethnic social ties are crucial in providing immediate psychological support, which helps increase the feeling of similarity, belonging, acceptance, and assurance for the sojourner. These feelings are viewed as helping to reduce sojourner anxiety, as well as make the sojourn experience more endurable. Co-ethnic ties, therefore, may have a significant relationship on the ability of sojourners to meet their needs (sojourner-centric). The purpose of this survey study is to examine using eight hypotheses the relationship between co-ethnic and host social ties and the two domains of sojourner adjustment using Ady's Sojourner Adjustment Scale (SAS). In the present study, social ties include the self-reported frequency of interaction and the level of personal closeness between co-ethnic and host members. The two domains of adjustment include self-reported ability of Thai students to meet one's own needs (sojourner-centric) and ability to meet the expectation/requirements of a new environment (environmental-centric). Due to the virtual absence of similar studies utilizing this group, Thai students on Oʻahu are the unit of analysis in this survey research. The study sample consists of 62 Thai college students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (UHM), Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU), Brigham Young University (BYU), Japan and America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS), and two Oʻahu community colleges. The results of this study indicated that the ability of Thai students to meet their own needs or meet the requirements of the host environment were not strongly related to how frequently they interact with either Thai or non-Thai individuals. Moreover, the ability of the Thai students to meet their own needs or meet the requirements of the host environment were not related to how close (personally) they feel toward either Thai or non-Thai individuals. The findings from the present, therefore, did not support the results from other studies dealing with social ties and sojourner adjustment of international students.ix, 102 leaves
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Jung, Misook. "Exploring academic and social adjustment of "Korean goose adolescents" in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106450.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experiences of Korean "goose" adolescents who attempt to adjust themselves to academic and social environments in Canada. In this study, Korean goose adolescents are defined as those who come to English-speaking countries for a few years to seek out better learning opportunities; their fathers usually stay in Korea to earn money and provide economic support for their families, whereas the mothers take their children abroad to study (Choi, 2005b). Using an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), the researcher conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews with four Korean goose adolescents residing in Toronto. Findings revealed that these goose adolescents underwent significant adjustment difficulties. Despite their success in academic areas, they encountered various problems on a social level, due to both English language and cultural differences. However, they sought to develop adjustment strategies by obtaining practical assistance from co-ethnic groups: Korean churches and family members. They also attempted to change themselves into active, open-minded and independent learners. Although they still faced challenges and lacked sufficient support, they showed overall satisfaction with living and studying in Canada.Le propos de la présente étude est d'explorer l'expérience vécue d'adolescents coréens migrateurs (Korean goose adolescents) qui tentent de s'adapter à des environnements académique et social différents au Canada. Pour les fins de cette étude, les adolescents coréens migrateurs sont définis comme ceux qui effectuent des séjours de quelques années en des pays anglophones afin d'obtenir de meilleures opportunités d'apprentissage; le plus souvent, les pères de ces adolescents demeurent en Corée dans le but de mieux supporter financièrement leur famille, tandis que les mères accompagnent leur enfants à l'étranger (Choi, 2005b). Préconisant une analyse interprétative de type phénoménologique, la chercheuse a mené des entrevues semi-structurées et en profondeur auprès de quatre adolescents coréens migrateurs résidant à Toronto. Les résultats de l'étude montrent que ces adolescents, culturellement mal préparés, ont dû faire face à de multiples difficultés d'acculturation en sol canadien. Malgré leur succès académique, ces étudiants ont été confrontés à une série de problèmes relationnels avec leurs amis étrangers et ce, en raison de différences d'ordre culturel et linguistique (eu égard à l'usage de la langue anglaise). Pour résoudre ces difficultés, ils ont œuvré à développer des stratégies adaptatives en obtenant l'assistance pratique de membres de communautés ethniques davantage apparentées à la leur, d'églises coréennes et de leur famille. Ils ont également tenté de modifier leur propre attitude personnelle – devenant plus actifs, indépendants et ouverts d'esprit – afin de faciliter leur adaptation. Bien qu'étant toujours dans l'obligation de relever d'importants défis et souffrant d'un réel manque de soutien, ces étudiants éprouvent malgré tout, globalement, de la satisfaction à vivre et à étudier au Canada.
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Green, Scott L. "Unsupportive Social Interactions as Moderators of Adjustment in Acute Cardiac Patients." VCU Scholars Compass, 2000. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4689.
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of unsupportive social interactions, within Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) cognitive appraisal model, on individual's mood states following an acute cardiac event (i.e., myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass grafting). It was hypothesized that unsupportive social interactions would exacerbate the effects of a patient's appraisals of threat secondary to an acute cardiac event. Participants in the present investigation were 67 patients from the cardiology unit of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. Each participant had incurred an acute cardiac event, as classified by the International Classification of Disease - 9th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) requiring hospitalization. Participants received two packets of questionnaires as part of their involvement in the study. One packet was administered to them during their hospital stay, prior to discharge (Time 1), while the second packet was administered at 1-month post-discharge and was mailed to the participant (Time 2). The measures used in this study include: (a) Profile of Mood States (POMS) - short form (Shacham, 1983); (b) Social Support Questionnaire - 6 (Sarason, Sarason, Shearin, & Pierce, 1987); (c) UCLA Social Support Inventory (Dunkel-Schetter, Feinstein, & Call, 1986); (d) Threat appraisal measure (Folkman, Lazarus, Dunkel-Schetter, DeLongis, & Gruen, 1986); and (e) the Unsupportive Social Interactions Inventory (USII) (Ingram, Betz, Mindes, Schmitt, & Smith, in press). Results indicate that unsupportive social interactions were significantly and positively related to both total mood disturbance (r = .56,p < .01) and depression following an acute cardiac event (r = .65, p < .01). Thus, individuals who were experiencing more unsupportive social interactions with members of their social network around the time of their acute cardiac event were also experiencing more intense levels of depression and overall mood disturbance. In addition, threat appraisal and unsupportive social interactions at Time 1 (hospitalization) demonstrated significant main effects on depression and total mood disturbance. However, no moderating effect of unsupportive social interactions and threat appraisal at Time 1 on depression was demonstrated. A post-hoc mediator analysis, limitations, future directions for research, and implications for intervention were discussed.
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Lussier, Gretchen. "Children's narratives and social-emotional adjustment following parental divorce and remarriage /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3035569.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-131). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Ammon, Ashley Marie. "Adjustment and alleviation in Chile: neoliberal economics and social sector programs." Thesis, Boston University, 1999. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27576.
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Thesis (B.A.)--Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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TSOI, San Kiu Sunday. "Discrimination and social adjustment of 'new arrival women' from Mainland China." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2002. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/24.
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This research examines the scope and the extent of discrimination experienced by (New Arrival Women) NAW as well as its impact on their social adjustment in Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR). It has been argued that discrimination slow down the adjustment process. Institutionalized discrimination and individual discrimination are examined in relation to NAW social adjustment in the HKSAR society.
The research framework is based on the concepts of institutionalized and individual discriminations. Unfair Government policies being seen as a socio-structural factor results in institutionalized discrimination while the unsatisfactory outcomes arising from the interaction between NAW and LPRs (Local Permanent Residents) brings about individual discrimination. These experiences have brought a sense of alienation and separation from the host population.
This study is based on panel study that lasted from January 2001 through March 2002. In-depth interviews to NAW from Mainland China to Hong Kong were conducted twice within one year. The interviewees include 33 NAW who entered the HKSAR with one-way permit in the last 5 years under the family reunion policy. The time interval between the first and the second interview was at least ten months. Participant observation of two NAW for 9 months was also conducted to complement the interviews.
Findings indicate that institutionalized discrimination arising from government policies such as policies on accreditation, Identity Card and public housing eligibility have adverse effect on the social adjustment of NAW. Furthermore, individual discrimination, as a result of NAW shortcomings in language fluency, differences in life style and dressing style, are manifested in cheating (non-verbal behaviour), scolding (verbal behaviour) and beating (violence). Another major observation is that individual discrimination, which may be attributed to the economic recession where NAW are regarded by LPRs as competitors in the sharing of the diminishing social resources such as jobs and other welfare facilities, gives rise to a sense of alienation and separation. However, proactive social service for NAW empowers their capability to adjustment in HKSAR, which enhance integration and assimilation to the receiving society. Surprisingly, wife abuse is found in NAW’s family. Concomitant to discrimination, NAW lacks support from the society and the family. Indeed, some experienced abuse in the homes, which challenges the notion that family provides social support. Their sense of powerlessness has becomes a catalyst for solidarity among themselves to face the unfavourable situation.
In conclusion, institutionalized discrimination as well as individual discrimination do exist and have adverse effect to the social adjustment process of NAW typically reflected in alienation and separation from the host population.
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PADERI, FABIO. "ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE SOCIAL IDENTITIES CONFIGURATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72710.
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Recentemente è cresciuto l'interesse tra i ricercatori di psicologia applicata nel misurare l'associazione tra identità sociali multiple e adattamento psicologico. Attingendo dal Social Identity Approach, dall'Intersectionality Theory e dalle teorie sull'integrazione identitaria, in questa raccolta di studi viene analizzata la relazione tra identità multiple e adattamento psicologico adottando diversi metodi.Recently, there has been increased interest among applied psychological researchers in measuring the associations between intersecting social identities and individual psychological adjustment. Drawing upon social identity approach, intersectionality, identity integration theories and research, in this collection of studies we analyze the relationship between multiple identities and psychological outcomes adopting different methods.
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PADERI, FABIO. "ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE SOCIAL IDENTITIES CONFIGURATIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72710.
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Recentemente è cresciuto l'interesse tra i ricercatori di psicologia applicata nel misurare l'associazione tra identità sociali multiple e adattamento psicologico. Attingendo dal Social Identity Approach, dall'Intersectionality Theory e dalle teorie sull'integrazione identitaria, in questa raccolta di studi viene analizzata la relazione tra identità multiple e adattamento psicologico adottando diversi metodi.Recently, there has been increased interest among applied psychological researchers in measuring the associations between intersecting social identities and individual psychological adjustment. Drawing upon social identity approach, intersectionality, identity integration theories and research, in this collection of studies we analyze the relationship between multiple identities and psychological outcomes adopting different methods.
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Chan, Pun-lai Benny, and 陳本禮. "Adjustment of Chinese immigrant adolescents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250166.
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Scott, Clare. "Emotion processing and social participation following stroke." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=158463.
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This thesis explores the links between emotion processing and social participation in the acute and chronic phases of stroke. Three aspects of emotion processing are examined: 1) Emotion Perception 2) Emotion Regulation 3) Depression and Anxiety. Social Participation refers to engagement in life situations including a range of social activities and social networks. Stroke survivors are known to experience a reduction in social participation, independently of activity limitations. The current research tests the hypothesis that impairments in any of the aspects of emotion processing may affect social participation. Previous research has established that following stroke, difficulties in emotion perception and depression and anxiety occur, but there is little research on post stroke emotion regulation difficulties. While the link between post stroke depression and anxiety and social participation has been explored, this is not the case with emotion perception or emotion regulation. In a pilot study, emotion processing and social participation measures were administered to stroke patients. Emotion processing difficulties were shown to occur in stroke survivors and were significantly correlated with social participation. In the main study participants’ emotion processing, social participation and activity limitations were assessed at 2 and 18 months post stroke. In the acute phase, all three aspects of emotion processing correlated with social participation, but only emotion regulation predicted social participation restrictions independently of activity limitations. In the chronic phase, emotion processing correlated with social participation, with emotion regulation and depression predicting social participation independently of activity limitations. Further analyses revealed acute phase problems with emotion perception predicted chronic phase social participation limitations, while acute phase social participation restrictions predicted chronic phase depression and emotion regulation. These findings highlight the importance of the links between emotion processing and social participation post stroke. Future research priorities in this field are outlined.
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簡佩霞 and Pui-har Christina Kan. "An understanding of the adjustment problems faced by the school-aged Chinese immigrants: implication for socialwork intervention." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893168.
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Schram, Judith Lee 1940. "PREDICTING ALIENATION IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (ADJUSTMENT, CULTURE SHOCK)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291262.
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Holleb, Lauren J. "Social Withdrawal During Middle Childhood: An Exploration of Social Information Processing, Friendship Experiences, and Psychological Adjustment." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2011. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/HollebL2011.pdf.
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Graves, Diane Rose. "Children's perceptions of social network members : the relationship between social support, self-esteem, and behavioral adjustment /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9178.
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Yangwen, Huang, and 黃揚文. "Family as Social Support in Adolescent’s Adjustment." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60021857800309084895.
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The purpose of this study was to figure out the role of parents in assisting and maintaining adolescent’s adjustment. Following the viewpoints of behavioral approach, parents can assist and maintain adolescent’s adjustment through “Understanding ” and “Assistance/ Reinforcement”. Adolescent adjustment status was assessed via “School Adjustment Scale”, which included social aspect adjustment (Teacher- Student Relationship, and Peer Relationship) and personal aspect adjustment (Self Functions, Study functions, and Psychosomatic Symptoms). This Scale was used to categorize adolescents into “maladjusted group” and “well adjusted group”. “Parenting Attitude Scale- Adolescent version” was used to collect parent-child interaction data from adolescents’ perspectives. Home- visiting- semistructured interview procedure was designed to collect parent-child interaction data from parents’ perspectives. Data collected from the semistructured interview were analyzed by Parents’ Social Support Rating Scale, including “affective understanding”, “behavioral understanding”, “communicational understanding”, “affective assistance/ reinforcement”, “behavioral assistance/ reinforcement”, and “communicational assistance/ reinforcement” . The results showed that well adjusted adolescent’s parents offered more understanding and assistance/ reinforcement through affective, behavioral, communicational interactions. The results also showed that there were less assistance/ reinforcement than understanding in maladjusted adolescents’ families. It was proposed that assistance/ reinforcement was more powerful in assisting and maintaining adolescent’s school adjustment. And if the “Understanding” of adolescent didn’t follow by “Assistance/ Reinforcement”, it could become another stressor to the adolescent. There were different parent-child correlated patterns in maladjusted and well adjusted adolescents: maladjusted adolescents’ perceptions were positively correlated with parents’ perceptions, but well adjusted adolescents’ view was negatively correlated with parents’ perceptions. Stress Coping Model might offer an explanation for that. Further studies were needed to test this interpretation.
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SHEN, JAN-TANG, and 沈建堂. "Social Adjustment and Homicide among Foreign Labors." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76726292739769218732.
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In view of the development of domestic economic restructuring, labor shortages, for the sake of industry Continue the development of the building for domestic and care work demand, China still be approved by Council of Labor Affairs from designated countries to introduce a particular manner foreign workers to alleviate the domestic labor shortages related work. Liquidity of domestic foreign workers currently about 30 million people, a few number of China's total population reached 1.5 percent. Southeast Asian countries are major components of the foreign employees in China, the arrival of their economic and social development of our country to make a very big contribution. As Southeast Asian countries than in the domestic economy as behind the standard, and educational and cultural differences, into Taiwan, causing people to panic after, based on cultural conflict and hatred of occupying a sense of job opportunities, making foreign workers and the people heard when the conflict . Thus triggering the foreign workers in Taiwan's crime problem, this is for foreign workers adapt to its crime problems to be explored, should be how to respond to begin to appropriate Chuli foreign workers Crime; while on foreign labor, low socioeconomic status, how to make Southeast Asia, foreign workers adapt to society, for the purpose of reducing crime; another article also foreign workers in Taiwan's criminal case, to social control theory, and cultural conflict theory, the theory of tension and the theory of routine activities to be studied, proposed personal crime against foreign workers view, and how to prevent crime, foreign workers make recommendations.
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Borja, Susan Eileen. "Adjustment and social support of sexual assault survivors." 2005. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/etd/umi-okstate-1613.pdf.
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Kwon, Kyongboon. "Clique characteristics and children's self-reported social adjustment." 2006. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/kwon%5Fkyongboon%5F200605%5Fma.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Georgia, 2006.Directed by A. Michele Lease. Includes articles submitted to Merrill-Palmer quartery and International journal of behavioral development. Includes bibliographical references.