Dissertations / Theses: 'Transference (Psychology) in children'

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Chittock, Rae. "Through the transference keyhole and into Jung's world crystals and compost : Jung's alchemical transference /." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/41411.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2008.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Psychology, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.

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Hamilton, James William. "Effect of therapist countertransference on formulation of client transference /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953861.

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Berger, Ian P. "Autopriming : the presentation of a potentially unique cognitive transference phenomenon /." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1089816921.

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Tellides, Catherine. "The manifestation of transference in the formation of the therapeutic relationship /." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102828.

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Across a number of theoretical orientations, the manifestation and working through of clients' central relationship patterns is considered to be an important aspect of psychotherapy process. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method was developed as an operationalization of transference, or the transfer of an individual's core relational schemas across relationships. Studies of therapeutic transference using pathological client samples have shown that there is some overlap between clients' relationship patterns with others and those that emerge with the therapist. The main objectives of the present research was to extend the study of therapeutic transference to therapies with high-functioning clients and to improve the methodology used in transference research by exploring an alternate method of collecting client narratives about their relationship with the therapist.
The first study explored the manifestation of transference with high-functioning clients in early sessions. Factor analyses of Wish (W), Response of Other (RO) and Response of Self (RS) components of the CCRT were conducted to examine the relationship between client relational themes with significant others and client relational themes with the therapist. Findings within the Wish (W) and Response of Other (RO) components indicated a complementary pattern of relating in which the therapist was idealized and others were devalued, and findings within the RS component indicated a concordant relational transfer, in which clients had a negative response to both the therapist and others. Additionally, control issues emerged in the W component for significant others and in the RS component for the therapist.
The second study addressed methodological limitations found in previous studies by drawing therapist narratives from a Participant Critical Event (PCE) interview rather than from psychotherapy sessions. In the PCE interview, client narratives about the therapist are not constrained by the presence of the therapist, resulting in a greater availability of potentially more candid descriptions of the therapeutic relationship. Factor analyses for the W and RO components indicated a complementary pattern of relating, in which the therapist was devalued and others were idealized, and findings for the RS component indicate a concordant relational transfer, in which clients felt bad with both the therapist and others. Additionally, the factor structure of the W and RO components suggests that as clients experience control issues with significant others, they wish to adopt a submissive stance toward the therapist.
Although both studies yielded a similar overall pattern of complementary and concordant transference, there was an inversion in the valence of the complementary transference; in the first study, therapists were idealized and significant others were devalued while in the second study, therapists were devalued and others were idealized. Since the source of therapist narratives was the single greatest methodological difference between the two studies, the inversion in the findings could reasonably be attributed to the source of therapist narratives. Taken together, the results of these two studies suggest that the source of relational narratives is an important consideration in the study of relationship patterns. Clinical and research implications are discussed.

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McMahon, Mary Newman. "A study of selfobject functions among heterosexual couples." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1991. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/mcmahon_1991.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1991.
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Spilly, Stacey A. "Swimming upstream : navigating the complexities of erotic transference : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5928.

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Addison, Ann. "A study of transference phenomena in the light of Jung's psychoid concept." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16953/.

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This research constitutes an investigation of unconscious interaction between patient and analyst in situations where psyche and soma are in relation. The literature is extensive, but not coherent, and there exists a need for an overall mapping of the field. The project aims to establish a conceptual topography, grounded in Jung’s psychoid concept, since this applies to a deeply unconscious realm that is neither physiological nor psychological but that partakes of both. A methodology based on the conceptual research of Dreher (2000) is employed, including: a historical study tracing the evolution of Jung’s ideas, from their biological origins in the work of Driesch (1903) and Bleuler (1929), through Jung’s own self-investigation in his Red Book work, to his subsequent theoretical conceptualisations, to establish a public definition for the psychoid concept; and an empirical study, based on expert interviews, to interrogate this definition. The empirical study employs a methodological instrument, developed for this research, for identifying clinicians’ private theories relating to psycho-physical experience. Such instrument comprises the process notes for a single session, in which the psychic fact and the physical fact are combined, and a set of discussion vertices, derived from Sandler (1983), Canestri (2006) and Tuckett (2008), for guiding the interview. The empirical data, constituting the transcripts of the interviews, not the process notes, is analysed using grounded theory. Comparisons from psychoanalysis are employed at all stages of both studies. The results demonstrate that the psychoid concept is valid and clinically useful. The empirical study establishes that clinicians support contrasting views of the transference, namely a symmetrical and mutual transference and an asymmetrical and hierarchical transference, the former being consistent with Jung’s psychoid concept. Unexpectedly, not only Jungians but also some psychoanalysts conceptualised a symmetrical transference, albeit employing different terminology. This adds Popperian weight to the research results.

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Lind, Mary A. "A study of the transference between empathy towards companion animals and empathy towards humans in children." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000lindma.pdf.

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Abrahams, Zoe. "The dynamics and management of erotic transference in the psychotherapeutic setting : a review." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/999.

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Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sexual relationships in the psychotherapeutic setting have always been regarded as unethical and sexual attraction between therapist and client has generally proved to be awkward and anxiety provoking for those involved. Although research indicates that these relationships do occur, and that sexual feelings between therapists and clients are not infrequent, there is little conceptual clarity on the dynamics thereof. Consequently, the available guidelines and ethical rules regulating such sexual contact generally take the form of “thou shalt not…” and provide limited assistance to therapists in managing such situations in a manner that protects the integrity of the therapeutic relationship. This review assumes the presence of the psychodynamic phenomenon of transference in all psychotherapeutic relationships, and constructs sexual attraction and contact as the product of the sub-concept of erotic transference. Against this background, the review presents the dynamics of erotic transference in terms of its nature, impact and management. On this basis, current ethical codes and training issues are reviewed, guidelines for proper prevention and management are suggested and important directions for future research are identified.

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Danilewitz, Larry Mark. "A phenomenological investigation into the psychoanalytic psychotherapist's experience of identifying, differentiating and processing the patient's transference-based and reality-oriented reactions." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002469.

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The aim of this study was to describe the psychoanalytically-oriented therapist's experience of identifying, differentiating and processing the patient's transference-based and reality-oriented reactions. In order to investigate the therapist's lived experience of being receptive to the total communication of the patient in the analytic situation, the researcher adopted the empirical phenomenological method. This descriptive and intuitive method grounded the researcher in the concreteness of the everyday life-world of the therapist, and enabled him to explicate the therapist's immediate, pre-theoretical experiences of his patient. The appropriate central research question, formulated to elicit the experience of this phenomenon, emerged through the process of enquiry during the pilot study. Thirteen experienced, psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapists were interviewed and the five protocols considered most revelatory of the phenomenon under investigation were analyzed in detail. The remaining eight protocols were used to illuminate central themes and to clarify areas of uncertainty during the phase of formal explication. The central findings revealed that the oscillating process of the therapist as he shifts from being immersed in the world of his patient to being in a position of observation and self reflection is the fulcrum around which he evaluates the nature of his patient's communications. During this ongoing process of discrimination, living in duality, the therapist comes to experience himself as a patient scrutinized by his own and his patient's confrontations. His journey of disentanglement, the endeavour to differentiate his responses from his patient's actions, is dependent on his ability to engage in honest selfreflection and to access his pre-theoretical and articulated cognitions of his patient. This allows him to acknowledge his own role in what has unfolded interpersonally and to appropriate his previously denied feelings for and attitudes towards his patient, a prerequisite for the accurate and full appraisal of the nature of his patient's communications. Forsaking fixed judgements, the therapist becomes open to the confluence between the reality-oriented responses and transference-based reactions of his patient. This salient discovery, when dialogued with the literature, reinforced the theories of Greenson and Langs that not all the interactions between the patient and the analyst/therapist are transference-based and that it is therefore imperative that the analyst/therapist reflect on his participation in the analytic situation.

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Friedman, Graeme Ross. "Counter-transference phenomena in the white clinician : a hermeneutic investigation of cross-racial psychotherapy in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17017.

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Bibliography: pages 146-155.
This is a psychodynamic study of the white clinician's countertransference in cross-racial psychotherapy. Available evidence indicates that racial conflicts, despite their salience in South Africa, are rarely addressed in psychotherapy practice, training or research. The research that has been conducted is reviewed and the limitations of the natural scientific paradigm are discussed. Hermeneutics - the art of interpretation - is presented as a more appropriate methodology for the study of human beings. The researcher conducted one unstructured interview with each of seven 'liberal', white therapists (six clinical psychologist, three of each sex, and one female psychiatric social worker) regarding their experience of cross-racial psychotherapy. The interview protocols are reflected upon and the common themes explicated and described. Three primary themes emerge, regarding, amongst other phenomena, the participants' feelings of 'white guilt' and their inhibition of the expression of 'black anger', feelings of helplessness and sexual conflicts. General defensive approaches adopted by the clinicians include the use of their professional role and of patient characteristics, the adoption of directive approaches and the practice of overcompensation. Defence mechanisms employed include those of intellectualisation, displacement, denial, rationalisation and projection. The need to make reparation is pervasive. A Kleinian analysis of 'white guilt' is presented and the researcher's role as interviewer is reflected upon. Implications of the results for practice, training and research are discussed. Amongst these are the need for formal training and self-reflection, suggestions with regard to attuning oneself to countertransference and with regard to the handling of cross-racial therapy, the presentation of research possibilities and a discussion regarding the clinician's political role. It is concluded that, in many cases, cross-racial psychotherapy can be effective and that the chances of its success are enhanced by the tackling of counter-transference and other racial barriers.

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Auger, Frederick V. "Neurobiological dimensions of transference/countertransference interpreted through the lens of analytical psychology and modern physics." Thesis, Saybrook University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10254870.

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This theoretical dissertation utilizes alchemical hermeneutic methodology to identify, compare, and critique core assumptions in modern physics and the Freudian, Jungian, and neuroscience paradigms. Common ideas and parallels in modern physics and analytical psychology are outlined and offered as a way to deepen understanding of contemporary neuroscience research on transference/counter-transference in psychotherapy. From the perspective of Freudian theory, based on Western rationalism, humans are understood as objects among objects operating in a universe of linear causality; the unconscious is understood as an epiphenomenon of biological processes, limited to personal dimensions. Consequently, the analytic process focuses on intrapsychic experience and transference is treated reductively. Neuroscience implicitly shares this worldview.

Analytical psychology understands consciousness as a temporary state born from and subordinate to the unconscious, which is archetypal in nature. Focus is on ego and archetype operating within the context of a dialectic relationship, each being relatively autonomous, proportionate to its scope. Essentially, archetype is understood as psychophysical in nature, existing in a transcendent unitary reality beyond the apparent duality of psyche and matter, which exhibits acausal orderedness expressible in patterns of archetypal number. Archetypal patterns describing the relationship between ego/matter and archetype/spirit are discerned and shown to reflect a purposive course of psychic energy. These include: spirit/archetype moves towards matter/ego and vice versa, but only reluctantly. Transference, ultimately, could be understood as manifestation of spiritual instinct, consistent with the purposive course of energy, therefore, also expressible in terms of patterns of archetypal number. These same patterns are expressed in terms of analogies to ideas from modern physics.

Consistent with analytical psychology, neuroscience demonstrates that right-brain (unconscious) develops prior to left-brain (conscious); with brain development dependent upon quality of early attachment relationship, which is re-lived in transference. The double helix approach to therapy is a psychophysical phenomenon in transference/counter-transference that displays dialect between the two brain hemispheres and centers of the psyche (ego and unconscious), thus, demonstrating remarkable parallels to the above described archetypal patterns. These patterns are expressed in terms of archetypal number. This suggests neuroscience might be better served by adopting a worldview consistent with analytical psychology and modern physics.

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Favorite, Lisa Laurene. "Psychotherapists with psychiatric challenges an exploratory study of their transference, supports, and their professional identity development : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1033.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-80).

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Burris, Elizabeth D. "Emotions in the classroom /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5871.

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King, Kathleen. "Differences in Parent Meta-Emotion for Typically Developing Children versus Children with ASD." Thesis, Seattle Pacific University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3590535.

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This study investigated whether parent meta-emotion philosophies, specifically parents' level of emotion coaching, differed between parents of typically developing (TD) children and parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study also investigated whether emotion coaching was related to children's accuracy for recognizing facial affect. Participants in the study included 72 families, who were of middle to high socioeconomic status, with a child between the ages of three and six years. The ASD group included 24 children (5 females, 19 males) and had a mean age of 54.73 months (SD = 10.43). The TD group included 48 children (20 females, 28 males) and had a mean age of 65.92 months (SD = 11.84). Parents participated in interviews and completed questionnaires regarding family demographics, their child's behaviors, and their meta-emotion philosophy. Children completed assessments measuring verbal ability and facial affect recognition accuracy. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to test the moderation model. The study found that children with ASD had a significant deficit in facial affect recognition compared to TD children, F(1,69) = 13.56, p < .001, R² change = .15. Further analysis determined that there was not a significant difference between groups in recognizing the emotions of happy, sad, or scared. However, there was a significant difference in facial affect recognition of the emotion anger, [special characters omitted](4) = 9.999, p = .04. Twenty-three percent of the TD group correctly identified all of the angry faces, whereas none of the ASD group could do this. The study did not find a relation between emotion coaching levels and facial affect recognition, F(1,69) = .360, p = .55. No support was found for the hypothesis that child developmental status would predict parent's level of emotion coaching. However, qualitative analysis found that fifty-four percent of parent participants identified their child's general level of sensitivity and emotionality as a primary influence on their meta-emotion philosophy. Four percent of these parents referenced their child's developmental status as an influence. The proposed moderation model was also not supported. Parent meta-emotion philosophy did not affect the relation between developmental status and facial affect recognition.

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Abrahams, Deborah L. "A case study exploration of the therapeutic phenomena of projective identification, transference and countertransference : a brief therapy with a patient with psychotic anxiety." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13457.

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Bibliography: leaves 68-74.
This dissertation reviews the concepts of projective identification, transference and countertransference from an Object Relations theoretical perspective. The developmental mother-infant relationship is explored as a model for understanding the therapist-patient interaction in both its normal and pathological forms . Projective identification is used to illuminate the workings of transference and countertransference. W.R. Bion's conception of the mother-therapist as 'Container' and infant-patient as 'Contained' is presented as pivotal to understanding that interaction. Failures in projective identification - and therefore in symbolic functioning - are explored, with particular focus given to psychotic and psychosomatic manifestations in patients. The relevance of transference and countertransference phenomena to brief psychotherapy is also considered. These concepts are then applied to a specific therapeutic case. The patient was seen as an in-and outpatient over a 5 month period 1-3 times per week. The patient's history and a brief formulation are presented, followed by a discussion of how the above-mentioned theoretical issues manifested in the therapy. The patient operated on the border between psychosis and neurosis and communicated in primitive pre-verbal and powerful symbolic ways. Case illustrations focus on the interplay between her psyche and soma, the impact of the hospital setting as well as particular transference and countertransference difficulties incurred.

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Morelen, Diana. "Empowered Parents Empower Children." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2726.

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Parrish, Pamela Jo 1953. "How well are children's needs met in the children to children grief-support groups." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278417.

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The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether Children to Children's grief-support groups helped young participants cope with their grief, and which elements of the program were most helpful. The population for this study consisted of six bereaved children between the ages of 5 and 18 who were referred by Children to Children. The instrument used in this study was developed specifically to measure grief in children by self-report. Other information-gathering techniques were used to determine children's attributions for change and their view of their families before and after the loved one's death. It was found that the Children to Children grief-support groups were helpful to the participants. Participants cited two components of the program as most helpful: ritual, verbal sharing of the circumstances of the loved one's death, and being with other children who were going through a similar experience.

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Brinsden, Raywyn. "Sibling transference and tele in the peer group the road less travelled : a dissertation [thesis] submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Health Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2005." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005.

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Chaves, Eugênia. "Toxicomania e transferência." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2006. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8.

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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo trazer uma pequena contribuição à resposta que a clínica psicanalítica vem sendo solicitada a dar para a questão da toxicomania e do seu tratamento. Trata-se, pois, de uma pesquisa fundamentalmente teórica, cujas duas grandes partes articulam os temas da Toxicomania e da Transferência psicanalítica. As reflexões teóricas foram ilustradas com os testemunhos de alguns psicanalistas que lidam com toxicômanos. Na primeira parte, buscou-se compreender, mediante algumas referências fundamentais da Metapsicologia freudiana, as principais características da vida psíquica e pulsional do toxicômano. Na segunda parte, dedicada ao problema do tratamento psicanalítico desses pacientes, procurou-se problematizar alguns aspectos específicos, que se apresentam como obstáculos e/ou possibilidades para a constituição de um campo transferencial e os manejos que se fazem necessários para a criação de um espaço analítico, onde possa o toxicômano ser acolhido e escutado em vista de um tratamento analítico. A segunda parte, por sua vez, foi dividida em dois capítulos, o primeiro dos quais aborda a trajetória percorrida por Freud para a elaboração teórica do conceito psicanalítico de transferência, mostrando sua central importância na análise. O segundo trata da novidade clínica que a toxicomania representa e as diversas questões que levanta: a chegada do toxicômano ao analista, suas demandas que geralmente não são de análise , e a posição em que esses pacientes tendem a colocar o analista. Faz-se, ainda, uma referência à complexidade das transferências múltiplas, próprias do tratamento institucional, e ao novo desafio que elas representam para a clínica psicanalítica
The objective of this present study is to give a little contribution to the answer that the psychoanalytic clinic is asked to give to the matter of drug addiction and its treatment. It is indeed a theoretical research, whose two main parts are linked to the matters of drug dependence and psychoanalytic transference. The theoretical reflections were clarified with the testimonies of some psychoanalysts that deaI. with drug dependants. On the part we tried to understand, through some fundamental references of the Freudian Meta psychology, the main characteristics of the psychic and pulsing life of the drug addict. On the second part, we dedicated to the problem of the psychoanalytical treatment of those patients, we tried to raise the problem of some specific aspects that present themselves as obstacles or possibilities for the constitution of a transferential field and the handling necessary for lhe creation of a analytic field, where the drug addict may be guarded and heard so as to be given an analytic treatment. The second part was algo divided into two chapters, the first one deals with the trajectory that Freud went through for a theoretical elaboration of the psychoanalytical concept of the transference thus showing its central importance in the analysis. The second one deals with the clinical news that drug addiction represents and the various problems that it raises; the arrival of the drug dependent to the analyst, his demands -that are not generally related to analysis -and the attitude in which these patients have the tendency of placing the analyst -We still make a reference to the complexity of the multiple transferences inherent to the institutional treatment an to the new challenge that they represent to the psychoanalytical clinic

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Inan, Seyma. "Categorization Skills in Children: The Relationship between Maternal Strategy Use and Children Strategy Use." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1532608485832591.

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Harvey, Erin M. "Visual development and plasticity in children." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289850.

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The effects of visual experience on perception were examined using two classic research paradigms: visual deprivation and perceptual adaptation. The present study evaluates the extent to which children in the 5- to 14-year-old age range have the capacity for visual plasticity with respect to recovery from the effects of astigmatism-related visual deprivation and adaptation to spatially distorted visual input. Visual experience was altered through eyeglass correction of astigmatism, a condition of the eye that induces degraded (blurred) visual input and causes a form of visual deprivation. Lenses that correct astigmatism cause two changes in sensory input: they alleviate the deprivation effects of astigmatism, and cause spatial distortion. Perception was initially measured when the children first received eyeglass correction, and change in perception was measured after 1 month of wear, and after 1 year of wear. Measures included recognition acuity, resolution acuity, vernier acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereoacuity, and form perception. Baseline analyses of normal (non-astigmatic) subject data indicated that recognition acuity, resolution acuity, vernier acuity, and contrast sensitivity continue to develop within the 5- to 14-year-old age range. Baseline analyses also revealed that children who experienced astigmatism-related deprivation demonstrated perceptual deficits, in comparison to non-astigmatic children, on all measures of perception (although deficits within some measures depended on stimulus orientation (grating acuity and contrast sensitivity) and spatial frequency of the stimulus (for contrast sensitivity)), and demonstrated measurable distortions in form perception. However, primary outcome analyses revealed little evidence of plasticity with regard to recovery from the effects of deprivation and no evidence of plasticity with regard to perceptual adaptation to distortion. The results suggest that children in the 5- to 14-year-old age range may be beyond the sensitive period for recovery from astigmatism-related deprivation through simple restoration of clear visual input. Discussion focuses on theoretical views on conditions necessary for plasticity (Bedford, 1993a, 1993b, 1995, Banks, 1988), and their implications regarding another intervention, discrimination learning, that might be more effective at inducing plasticity in children and adults who are beyond the sensitive period for plasticity, and their implications for interpretation of data on adaptation to spatial distortion observed in the present study.

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Marshall, Victoria Heinrichs. "Conditioned Flavor Preferences in Children." W&M ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626702.

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Gately, David Wayne. "The effects of divorce on children : favorable outcomes /." Connect to resource, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1219951028.

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Babineau, Vanessa. "Gestalt processing in high functioning children with autism as compared to typically developing children." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=121341.

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Gestalt theory delineates a specific set of principles that are considered to be rules according to which the visual system organizes and integrates local elements (i.e., parts) into meaningful wholes (Koffka, 1935). The inclusion of gestalt stimuli in the present study of high functioning children with autism (HFA) as compared to typically developing (TD) children further specifies on a cognitive level at what point visual perceptual biases take place among children with HFA, and lends evidence toward the specificity of the Weak Central Coherence (WCC) theory (Frith & Happé, 1994) and global-local processing. The gestalt principles of closure, collinearity and spatial proximity were examined with the administration of a visualized-computer shape detection task among 11 children with HFA as compared 13 TD children matched on a nonverbal mental age of around 10 years. For both groups, search efficiency for closed stimuli was significantly greater than for open stimuli (F(1,12) = 5.94, p < 0.05), search efficiency for collinear line-segments was significantly greater than for non- collinear line segments (F(1,12) = 7.45, p < 0.01), and there was a marginally significant interaction between collinearity and proximity (F(1,12) = 7.45, p = 0.07) that demonstrated greater search efficiency in the presence of collinearity and spatial proximity as compared to collinearity alone. Overall, there were no group differences in the ability to use the gestalt principles of closure, collinearity and spatial proximity, indicating that children with HFA appear to utilize gestalt principles in a manner similar to their TD peers.
La théorie de la gestalt définit un ensemble spécifique de principes de base qui sont considérés comme des lois selon lesquelles le système visuel organise et intègre les éléments séparés en ensemble unique (Koffka, 1935). L'inclusion des stimuli de la gestalt dans la présente étude chez les enfants autistes de haut fonctionnement (AHF) par rapport au enfants à développement typique (DT) spécifie sur un plan cognitif à quel moment la perception visuelle chez les enfants AHF se différencie, et prête preuve envers la spécificité de la théorie de Cohérence Centrale Faible (Frith & Happé, 1994). Les principes de la gestalt de clôture, continuité et proximité ont été examinées avec l'administration d'une tâche de détection de forme, par ordinateur, chez 11 enfants AHF par rapport à 13 enfants à DT apparié en âge mental nonverbal d'environ 10 ans. Pour les deux groupes, l'efficacité de la recherche pour les stimuli fermé était significativement plus efficace que pour les stimuli non fermé (F(1,12) = 5.94, p <0.05), l'efficacité de la recherche des segments avec continuité était supérieur à celui des segments non-alignés (F(1,12) = 7.45, p <0.01), et il y avait une interaction presque significative entre la continuité et la proximité (F(1,12) = 7.45, p = 0.07) qui a démontré une plus grande efficacité de la recherche en présence de continuité et de proximité par rapport à la continuité seul. Dans l'ensemble, il n'y avait pas de différences entre les groupes dans la capacité à utiliser les principes de la gestalt de clôture, continuité et proximité, ce qui indique que les enfants AHF semblent utiliser les principes gestalt de façon comparable aux enfants à DT.

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Gutentag, Scott Steven. "Differentiation of children with severe traumatic brain injury and normal children on the cognitive assessment system /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487943341526533.

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Pietrangelo, John Joseph 1947. "Consequences of guilt in children and adolescents." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291818.

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The role of guilt within the context of interpersonal relationships, the definitions of guilt, the origins of guilt, and whether or not outcomes associated with guilt tend to be negative or positive are the focus of this research paper. Four hundred and seventy-two (472) articles, covering a period of thirty-three years (33), were tabulated as to their perspective concerning the phenomenon of guilt. A determination was made as to whether each article leaned toward presenting guilt as a negative or positive influence pertaining to human behavior and/or interaction. It is hypothesized that the literature reflects significantly more negative outcomes associated with guilt than it does positive outcomes; that, overall, guilt can be said to have but little constructive use in human behavior and/or interaction. The findings of this study support the hypothesis.

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Galliano, Karin. "Children"s perceptions of marital conflict, parent-child relations and anxiety in children: a proposed systemic model." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3439.

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Few studies have examined the effects of a divorce on internalizing symptomatology in children, and none have done so in a clinic sample. The present study examined this issue in a clinic sample of children with anxiety disorders (aged 6-16). Because past research has found that it is not divorce but the child’s perspective of marital conflict that is the crucial factor in examining negative outcomes, it was hypothesized that children who reported worry about marital conflict would show greater internalizing symptomatology than those who reported no worries, regardless of whether they came from intact or divorced homes. Internalized symptomatology was operationalized by children’s scores on anxiety and depression scales, as well as the number and severity of clinical diagnoses. Results revealed that worriers had significantly higher levels of anxiety than non-worriers. They were also elevated in depression. The results did not support the hypothesis that worriers from divorced homes would show the most severe internalizing symptomatology. Results are discussed in terms of the marital conflict and the childhood anxiety literature.

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Hanania, Rima. "Selective attention and attention shifting in preschool children." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3380084.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the program in Cognitive Science, 2009.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 19, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: B, page: 7881. Adviser: Linda B. Smith.

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Hernandez, Armstrong Geniel Amelia. "THE INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS CONCERNS FOR THEIR CHILDREN ON STAY-LEAVE DECISION MAKING FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: A COMPARISON OF WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND WOMEN WITHOUT CHILDREN." The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12132009-200651/.

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) occurs in 10-69% of the worlds population (World Health Organization, 2002). Women are at much greater risk of experiencing IPV than men. Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse has a psychological impact, not only upon the individual, but family members and future inter-familial generations. The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, such as feelings of helplessness and emotional numbing may impede a womans decision making and help-seeking activities. Additionally, it has been found that about half of women who experience abuse have children, and that children witnessing IPV are at a greater risk for abuse, behavioral problems, and psychological problems. The following study addresses how women consider their children in their decision making processes. Two-hundred semi-structured interviews were analyzed using NVivo8 computer software (2008), inter-rating reliabilities, and grounded theory. Themes regarding the stay-leave decision making process for women with children are presented. Additionally, quantitative analysis was used to examine significant differences between women with children and women without children on the variables of length of time spent in the relationship and on the severity of violence experienced by women. Results indicate that women with children remain in violent relationships longer and endure a higher frequency of severe abuse.

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Nolan, Alexander. "Adults' mental representations of children." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2014. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/59035/.

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The introductory chapter provides a brief exploration of the history of childhood, and childhood representations, in Western popular thinking over the last 500 years. It also provides a brief discussion of the implications of these representations on policy, the study of children, and adult social cognition. In Chapter 2, two experiments explore the potential effects of including children in representations of outgroups on attitudes towards the outgroup, with inconclusive findings. In Chapter 3, three experiments explore the effects of priming the category of children on impressions of a novel ambiguous target (the Donald paradigm). Methodological issues and inconsistent findings mar the interpretation of effects, but an improved set of category labels for future studies of child category priming are considered in the general discussion. In Chapter 4 I take a step back and systematically explore the ways in which different childhood age groups (babies, toddlers, children, and teenagers) are represented. The first stage of data collection determined the typical age boundaries identified for children and the labels by which we delineate these different age groups. The next stage identified the emotions, beliefs, and behaviours relevant to attitudes to these groups in an open-ended listing exercise. There were differences in the content and endorsement of attitude components towards the age groups, with broadly more negative components towards older child groups than younger ones. In addition, there were fewer nurturing related components but more reparative behaviours as the age of the child increased. Chapter 5 built on these findings by developing the Child Attitude Component Scale (CACS) and testing the convergent and discriminant validity of this scale. Scores on the CACS were related but distinct from scores on measures about beliefs about humanity in general, such as the Humanity Esteem Scale and Polarity Scale. The CACS was also distinct from individual differences in emotional regulation and appraisal, self-esteem, social desirability responding and beliefs about social hierarchy. Potential spheres for testing the CACS as a predictive tool in situations concerning children are discussed alongside limitations and future directions in Chapter 6.

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Saros, Nicole. "Consultation for Children with Developmental Delays." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95674.

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The primary objective ofthe present study was to examine the effectiveness of problem-solving consultation and videotape therapy in reducing externalizing behavior problems in children with developmental delays. Multiple measures were used to determine intervention efficacy (e.g., observations ofparent-child interactions, recorded frequency of childrens' behavior, and ratings from responses on standardized parent questionnaires). A second objective was to explore the relationship between parent and child behavior, The researcher evaluated the quality of parent-child interactions, in terms of childrens' behavior problems (e.g., compliance) and parents' skills (e.g., praise), prior to and following participation in the intervention program. The relationships between parent adjustment variables (e.g., parent stress and depressive symptoms), externalizing behavior problems in children, and the quality of parent-child interactions were assessed. Parent adjustment was measured by self-report with standardized questionnaires that evaluated parent stress and depression. The twelve-week intervention program was provided to 22 children, parents, and teachers. A multiple-baseline research design was used and standardized measures were completed by parents at pre-and postintervention.[...]
Le premier objectif de la présente étude était d'examiner l'efficacité de la consultation utilisant un système de résolution des problèmes avec la thérapie base sur des vidéos pour la réduction des problèmes de comportement chez les enfants avec un retard développemental. Des mesures multiples ont été utilisées pour déterminer l'efficacité d'intervention (par exemple, observations des interactions de parent-enfant, la fréquence enregistrée du comportement des enfants et les estimations des réponses de parent sur les questionnaires normalisés). L'investigateur a évalue la qualité des interactions de parent enfant, spécifiquement en termes de problèmes du comportement des enfants (par exemple : conformité) et les compétences de parents' (par exemple, éloge), avant et âpres la participation au programme d'intervention. Le rapport entre les variables d'ajustement émotionnel de parent (par exemple, effort de parent et symptômes dépressifs), les problèmes de comportement chez les enfants et la qualité des interactions de parent-enfant ont été évalues. L'ajustement émotionnel de parent a été mesure par rapport individuel avec des questionnaires normalises qui a permis d'évaluer la dépression et l'angoisse de parent. Le programme d'intervention de douze semaines a été fourni a22 enfants, parents, et professeurs. Un protocole expérimental de multiple ligne de base a été employé et des questionnaires normalises ont été utilises avant et après l'intervention, les questionnaires ont été remplis par les parents.[...]

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Hogg, C. M. "Hyperactive children and their social relationships." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384453.

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Maridaki-Kassotaki, Katerina. "Conceptual instability in children and adults." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385678.

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Henry, Lucy A. "The development of memory in children." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253175.

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Lord, Richard. "Information-processing impairments in clumsy children." Thesis, University of York, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.375427.

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Pretzlik, Ursula. "Children coping with a serious illness." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1996. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019084/.

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A solid empirical base is needed to expand our understanding of coping in children who are seriously ill. The six studies reported were designed to describe the ways seriously ill children cope with their illness and treatment, and to explore factors (both individual and familial) which influence their coping. The choice of instniments and design were influenced by the Lazanis and Folkman transactional model of stress and coping (1984), especially their concept of coping. In the first study the Kidcope Checklist (Spirito et at, 1988) was adapted to a younger British sample by adjusting the language and by producing a colour coded response sheet. Validity and test-retest reliability were established. In the five hospital based studies 53 children (7-16 years) and their parents took part. All the children had leukaemia or aplastic anaemia. Children's coping was examined in detail by applying a variety of research methods, which included observation during a medical procedure (Observation Scale of Behavioural Distress and coping behaviour), a questionnaire about children's perception of competence and selfworth (Self Perception Profile for Children) and a semi-structured interview about their coping strategies (Kidcope). Parental coping and the social environment of the family were studied through Coping Health Inventory for Parents and the Family Environment Scale. Results show that the children's coping was significantly related to the context of the problem (everyday-life difficulty, illness related and medical treatment) but much less to the individual differences (sex, age, experience with the illness and self esteem). Children who rated themselves at interview as more distressed during the blood test were observed to show more distress behaviour; this validated the distress assessment of Kideope. Children who were observed taking an active interest in the blood test displayed less distress behaviour and had higher self esteem than children who showed no interest in the procedure. Results from parents and the family are discussed with reference to the children's self reported and observed coping. Some relationships were found between parents' coping with their child's illness, the social climate of the family and the children's way of coping. The findings contribute to our understanding of children's coping processes and help to bridge the gap between theory and research.

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Kell, Ina June. "Attitudes towards psychological mistreatment of children." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283422.

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Mayhall, Christine Ann. "Adult children of alcoholics : intimacy and identity." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1240657467.

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Khey, David N. "Adverse outcomes in adolescent childbearing and the intergenerational transference of risk cross comparison of children of mothers differing on age and presence of miscarriage /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000720.

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Deller, Ingrid G. "Women's Experiences of Being without Children." Thesis, William James College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10270570.

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For many, bearing children is not a choice, it is considered the norm, a rite of passage. Despite this view, in the past two decades, there has been a substantial increase in the number of families without children, and the number of women who do not have children has doubled. While women who have chosen to be without children have increasingly gained acceptance in society, they continue to experience varying degrees of stigma. This research project reviewed the literature on the topic of women without children, and investigated the subjective experience of ten women who have decided to not have children. This study explored the decision process, particularly, how the participants arrived at the decision to not have children as well as the impact their choice had on their sense of self. The method used was a semi-structured interview, and data from these interviews was analyzed to identify themes that emerged from the participants’ narratives. The findings of this study revealed that the choice to forego motherhood is complex and that several factors can impact one’s decision, including others’ opinions. Some of these factors included their background and experience of being a child as well as their role within their family. The participants made reference to the way their mothers identified with being a ‘mom’ and not wanting to identify as such. They expressed doubts about their ability to manage parenting and bringing a child into a dangerous world. Also of concern was the idea of meeting the demands of parenting, including the expense of raising children. Lastly, the participants identified health reasons as a factor, as well as the physical demands of pregnancy and childbirth.

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Polifroni, Mark. "The development and testing of a multi-component emotion induction method." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1141669741.

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Gupta, Atika M. "Mothers' Cognitive Empathy Towards Their Biracial Children." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/768.

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Limited research has been conducted on biracial people. Of the current research that examines mother’s cognitive empathy towards her child, there is little focus on how the differences in perceived racialization of the child (child is perceived as racially similar, dissimilar, or mixed in comparison to his or her mother) may influence mother’s cognitive empathy towards her child. The current study will question whether perceived phenotypic racialization of the child, race of the mother, gender of the child, and diversity of the neighborhood that the mother and child live in influence mothers’ cognitive empathy towards their children. The participants will be 480 mothers who are Asian (120), Black (120), Hispanic (120), and White (120), whose first-born child is biracial, male or female, and between the ages of 7 and 10. Participants will complete an adapted version of the Parent Development Interview (PDI), coded with a modified version of the Parent Affective and Cognitive Empathy Scale (PACES). The results will show that there are significant differences in how mothers empathize with their children due to a range of variables. The findings will add to the literature on biracial people and may help aid future studies on the implications that differing levels of cognitive empathy have on mother-child relationships and development.

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Warren, Annmarie Maione 1968. "Neuropsychological aspects of sustained attention in sexually abused children." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282289.

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Attention is one advanced skill in the field of neuropsychology which is associated with the frontal lobe of the human brain. As there have been many studies supporting the idea that sexually abused children demonstrate attentional deficits (Williamson, Borduin, & Howe, 1991; Putnam, 1993; Mennen, 1994; Maynes, 1994), the current study sought to assess attentional deficits in sexually abused children, and then establish any relationship linking child sexual abuse (CSA) and neuropsychology. Victims of sexual abuse have also been found to demonstrate higher levels of anxiety than non-sexually abused children (Conte & Schuerman 1987; Briere & Runtz, 1988; Heibert-Murphy 1992; Mennen & Meadow, 1994; Trickett & Putnam, 1994b). Secondarily, this study examined level of anxiety, in an effort to determine whether the children's attentional problems could be related to high anxiety level. Both the neuropsychological ability to sustain attention and self-reports of level of anxiety were examined in a group of thirty children, fifteen of whom had been sexually abused and fifteen who were reported to be non-sexually abused, for the purpose of learning whether any differences would be discovered between the two groups. Sustained attention was measured through three different assessment instruments: the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Mazes subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition, and the Trail-Making Test, Parts A and B. Anxiety was measured by the children's self-reports of anxiety on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Although trends of greater perseverative responses to attentional tasks were found in the sexually abused group, no significant main effects for group were found on the neuropsychological test performance. Similar to the findings of previous research studies, the sexually abused group displayed significantly higher levels of physiological anxiety, worry/oversensitivity, and social concerns. Present findings seem to suggest that attentional difficulties in sexually abused children may be more related to emotional than neuropsychological difficulties.

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Coleman, Myralynn. "Possessions of school-aged children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/656.

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Kunnavatana, Soraya Shanun. "A rapid treatment analysis for noncompliance in young children." Scholarly Commons, 2011. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/300.

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This study used an alternating-treatment design to determine the most effective treatment for noncompliance in five children (ages 2–5 years) and to train caregivers to implement the treatment during a 120-min outpatient meeting. Three treatments were assessed: high-probability instruction sequence, three-step guided compliance, and an eye contact procedure. The sessions took place in a university clinic and the parents acted as therapists during assessment and treatment. Generalization probes were conducted in the children's homes to further assess the effectiveness of the prescribed treatment and to evaluate the level of treatment integrity evidenced by the parents. An increase in compliance was observed during the generalization probe sessions for four of the five children. Four families implemented the prescribed treatment with at least 80% integrity after leaving the clinic, and all families reported being satisfied with the prescribed treatment.

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Lloyd-Young, Mandy. "An ecosystemic assessment of the 'children of divorce intervention program' for children between the ages of eight to twelve years." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18311.

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Bibliography: p. 236-244.
This study has been an attempt to understand the progression of twenty-eight 'children of divorce' as they have participated in the Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) and through the fifteen-month follow-up period thereafter. There were 15 girls and 13 boys; their ages ranged from 7 to 13 years; they were in grades 2 to 7 at school; 20 children were of middle-class status, 8 children were from lower socio-economic backgrounds; 7 children had parents whose divorce was pending, the other 21 children had parents who had been divorced between 3 months and 11 years; and 26 of the 28 children were in the custody of their mothers.

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Sinclair, Leilani K. "Therapy Contraindicated| Treatment Challenges in Working with Severely Alienated Children." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10830075.

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This thesis explores issues of accessibility, quality, and effectiveness in the treatment by mental health professionals of children exhibiting severe cases of parental alienation syndrome (PAS). It presents treatment options that reflect the most up-to-date approaches, research and extensive experience, and the current knowledge base established by expert clinicians. Hermeneutic research finds the need for increased support, education, and additional resources to enable professionals to provide PAS-informed approaches when working with children and families in high-conflict divorce situations, particularly children presenting with extreme behaviors, including traits associated with psychopathology and mental illness. The author integrates personal experience in seeking to support a loved one who was the targeted parent of a severely alienated child. This heuristic account is based on witnessing a family struggling to find a way out of alienation and seeks to highlight the challenges of this client population.

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O'Mara, Lauren. "Children of a sandy heart and other stories." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.

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Byron, Katie. "Disabled parents living without their children." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:7374.

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This portfolio has three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical paper and appendices. Part one is a systematic literature review in which the empirical literature relating to factors influencing decision making within the child protection context is reviewed. A systematic search of eight databases identified fourteen relevant studies. The findings suggest decisions within child protection are influenced by a range of factors. These factors cluster around the case, the decision-maker, the organisation and society. The implications of the findings emphasise the importance of reflective decision making practices. Future research is urgently needed in this area to increase understanding and facilitate better decisions that help children and their families. Part two is an empirical paper, which explores the experiences of parents with intellectual disabilities following their children entering the looked-after system. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six parents and their experiences analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five super-ordinate themes emerged. The results highlight the need for the development of a different protocol for removing children and supporting parents with intellectual disabilities. Areas for future research are also discussed. Part three comprises the appendices which support the first two parts of this portfolio. This section also includes a reflective statement of the research process.

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