Tesis: "Change in Attachment"

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Coleman, Michele Harryette. "A Chance for Change: The Role of Trust in Foster Care". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33784.

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The Child Welfare System is faced with an increasing number of children in foster care with a decreasing number of foster homes available for placement. By interviewing adults who were former foster children, this study examines the significance of one caring adult in the life of a foster child. Erik Erikson states that in the first stage of psychosocial development a child learns trust vs. mistrust. For many children entering foster care, this first stage of development has not been achieved, given their experiences in their biological families. In order to protect themselves during this time of mistrust, children exhibit behaviors designed to keep adults at a distance. This poses a problem for foster parents who must try to develop trust with their foster children in an effort to change their behavior. What if anything can be done to help these children learn to trust? The participants were asked to focus on specific behaviors at least one caring adult demonstrated that helped them as foster children, move through their past experiences of mistrust to a place of trusting that caring adult. The concept of attachment theory provided a foundation for the study.
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Rosenthal, Natalie Leor. "Assessing adolescent attachment hierarchies individual differences and developmental change /". Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 67 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1605161311&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lilliengren, Peter. "Exploring therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy : Attachment to therapist and change". Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106501.

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The overall aim of this thesis was to explore therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from different perspectives (patient, therapist, observer), using different methodological approaches (qualitative and quantitative). Study I explores patients’ views of therapeutic action with grounded theory methodology. The results indicated that talking openly in a safe therapeutic relationship led to new relational experiences and expanding self-awareness. Hindering factors included difficulties “opening up” and experiencing something missing in treatment. Study II investigates experienced therapists’ views of therapeutic action. The development of a close and trusting relationship was perceived as the core curative factor. Patients’ fear of closeness hindered treatment from the therapists’ perspective. Study III involves the development and psychometric examination of a new rating scale for patient-therapist attachment (Patient Attachment to Therapist Rating Scale; PAT-RS). Inter-rater reliability was good for three of the subscales (Security, Deactivation, Disorganization), but poor for one (Hyperactivation). Patterns of correlations with other measures suggest construct validity for the reliable subscales. Study IV examines the relationships between secure attachment to therapist, alliance, and outcome. Linear mixed-effects models, controlling for therapist effects, treatment length and patient-rated alliance, indicated that secure attachment to therapist relates to outcome. Further, the unique variance associated with secure attachment to therapist predicted continued gains in functioning during follow-up. The results of this thesis suggest that the development of a secure attachment to the therapist is a central mechanism of therapeutic change. The results are discussed in relation to established notions of therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Two tentative process models that may be useful for clinical practice and future research are proposed.

At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: Epub ahead of print.

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Lindhiem, Oliver James. "Modeling change / an attachment-based intervention with high-risk birth mothers". Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 85 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1885670951&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Breen, Harold James. "Physical probing reproducibility and site-specific attachment change in chronic adult periodontitis". Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283132.

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Johncock, Suzanne. "Older people's psychological change processes : a research portfolio". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23425.

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Objectives. The empirical qualitative study explored Older People’s (over 65 years of age) perceptions of psychological change and the processes by which these occurred. It also aimed to add to understanding of the barriers to therapeutic change. Subsequently, a systematic review of the current literature pertaining to older people’s attachment styles, and how attachment is measured within this population, was conducted. This scrutinised the literature regarding role of attachment (as a trans-diagnostic construct) in old age, as this may influence their change processes. Design. As the empirical study was exploratory, it adopted a Grounded Theory methodology, influenced by the constructivist perspective as described in Charmaz (2014). Data was obtained via semi-structured interviews, with the later interview schedule grounded in emergent codes and memos of earlier interviews. Literature pertaining to older people, attachment, and how attachment is measured, was obtained from a systematic review. Method. Twelve participants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview, following discharge from an Older Peoples Psychological Therapy Service, for the empirical project. Participants were aged 65 years or over and had received varying models of therapy over varying durations. Those reporting improvement, or no change, as a result of receiving psychological therapy, were approached to participate. Through detailed analysis, a tentative model of older people’s psychological change processes was constructed. This model was further checked by some participants for quality control. Subsequently the systematic review explored a key theme of attachment (as suggested by the categories highlighted in the empirical project). Literature regarding attachment, older people and how attachment is measured within this population, was obtained through a systematic search through major databases, compared against a checklist, constructed for this review, with all analysis prorated by qualified clinical psychologists supervising this study. Results. Interview transcriptions were analysed in line with a constructivist perspective of grounded theory. A non-linear model of psychological change, grounded in the data, was constructed. The main concepts of the model were Age as Context, Seeking Help and Entering the Therapeutic Environment, Building a Therapeutic Relationship, Developing a New Understanding, Therapeutic Changes and Post Therapy Reflections and Commitments of Continuation. In addition, some similar processes were highlighted across different therapeutic modalities, thus supporting trans-theoretical models of psychological change. In addition, the model highlighted a theme of models of relationships having continuity through the lifespan (as evidenced in the concepts of Seeking Help and Building a Therapeutic Relationship). This echoed the trans-therapeutic concept of attachment. Therefore, a systematic review of attachment in older people was conducted. Overall the quality of the literature pertaining to attachment, older people and how attachment is measured within this population was poor. There was a paucity of evidence of minimisation of bias reported in either design or analysis. Conclusions. The empirical project demonstrated the process of psychological change in older people is non-linear in nature. Some constructs of change were similar to those found in the adult literature, but there were also some constructs relating specifically to ageing, and the theoretical developmental stage of old age. This supports suggestions that age specific constructs should be held in mind when working therapeutically with older people. The systematic review found research exploring attachment in older people is a growing field of research, but one which is still in its infancy compared to other clinical populations. In addition, several studies had serious methodological issues and therefore readers are encouraged to interpret their results with caution.

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Inalhan, Goksenin. "The role of place attachment on employees' resistance to change in workplace accommodation projects". Thesis, University of Reading, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485373.

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Medoff, Zack I. "Adult attachment and readiness to change in a clinical sample of male domestic violence perpetrators". Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1296095011&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Sochos, Antigonos. "The assessment of representational change in individuals undergoing CAT : developing an attachment theory based methodology". Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413149.

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Wheeler, Rebecca. "Experiences of place and change in rural landscapes : three English case studies". Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3366.

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This thesis examines how changes to rural places and landscapes are experienced by residents and incorporated into place attachments and identities over time. It does so through exploring findings from seventy-eight qualitative, ‘emplaced’, oral history interviews in three English villages: Mullion (Cornwall); Askam and Ireleth (Cumbria); and Martham (Norfolk). These villages are located near to at least one existing windfarm, which – as an example of rural change - provides a common focus for the research. The research is informed by a ‘middle-ground’ theoretical approach that considers discursive and experiential aspects of people-environment relationships and pays particular attention to how engagements with the past are enrolled in shaping experiences of landscape, place and change. Attitudes towards rural place-change are identified as being shaped by four complex, relational facets, viz: i) discursive interpretations of rural place, (post)nature and temporality; ii) experiential factors; iii) assessments of utility; and iv) local contexts. The thesis draws these together into a conceptual framework that helps guide analyses of place-change experiences. The framework’s value is demonstrated through applying it to the example of windfarms. The results reveal perceptions to be complex and multifarious but suggest that changes can be incorporated into place attachments and identities so long as highly-valued place assets are not harmed. The research makes a valuable contribution to geography by enhancing understandings about everyday rural lives and experiences; and revealing parallels between academic and lay discourses about landscape, ‘nature’ and place-temporality. It also adds to the considerable literature on perceptions of renewable energy by providing insights into attitudes towards windfarms at the post-construction, rather than proposal, stage.

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Levi, N. "Assessing the impact of school nurture groups : do they change children's attachment representations of their parents?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445668/.

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This review considers the concept of attachment and the range of processes it influences such as mentalisation, affect regulation and attentional control. Narrative measures of attachment for 4 to 7 year old children are reviewed to examine the extent to which they appear to measure attachment and overlapping processes. Wider issues in the use of narrative assessments in this age group are also reflected on. It appears that different measures are appropriate for exploring different kinds of research questions. Narrative measures of attachment representations for this age group vary in their ability to assess attachment, but findings together indicate theoretically consistent relationships between narratives and other indicators of attachment. However, in order to gain a wider sense of a child's internal world, measures need to be developed to tap more of the significant processes related to attachment. In their current form, narrative measures of attachment appear most useful in combination with other methods of measurement. Methods Literature searches were carried out using the Medline, Psychinfo and Embase search engines (1960 - 2006). The terms 'attachment', 'representations', 'narrative assessment', 'narratives', 'stories', 'doll-play', 'stories' and 'children' were used to generate citations, individually and in combination. The generated list of studies was supplemented by a review of their reference lists. Particular attention was given to seminal articles which had created and validated the various measures. Articles were included in this review on the following grounds: 1. The studies had used a narrative measure to assess children's attachment representations. 2. Measures had been used with children aged 4 to 7 years of age. Results A total of 51 studies were identified from searches. However from this number there were only 17 citations to studies which appeared relevant to the review, based on the above criteria. Relevant references from these articles were obtained to generate further articles of interest. Four narrative measures of attachment representations were selected as being of interest related to the above criteria (the Separation Anxiety Test, the Narrative Story Stem Technique, the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task and the Dolls House Play Task). Fourteen key articles were found which were related to the Separation Anxiety Test (SAT). Articles employing a variation of the 'Narrative Story Stem Technique' (NSST) were too numerous to examine. Therefore, studies which had used the measures were reviewed if they had tested reasonably high numbers of participants and appeared to be regarded in the field as particularly relevant, as reflected by frequent citations. Studies using the NSST have examined a wide range of phenomena, so only those examining representations which were most relevant to attachment status were selected. In total 39 articles utilising the NSST were reviewed. Only two relevant articles were found which were related to the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST) due to the recency of its creation. Two articles were found which were related to the Dolls House Play Task (DHPT), however one of these was not related to the measurement of attachment. Three literature reviews were examined, however none provided a comprehensive review of all measures (Cassidy & Shaver, 1999, Oppenheim & Waters, 1995 Woolgar, 1999).

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Dalgleish, Tracy L. "Examining Predictors of Change in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy". Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23999.

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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT; Johnson, 2004) is an empirically validated approach to couple therapy that uses attachment theory to understand the needs and emotions of romantic partners. In EFT, relationship distress is conceptualized as resulting from negative affect, emotional disconnection, and unmet attachment needs. Although EFT is recognized as one of the most researched and effective approaches to couple therapy, little research has examined theoretically related characteristics of couples to changes in marital satisfaction throughout EFT. The present doctoral thesis examined this area of literature. Thirty-two couples were provided approximately 21 sessions of EFT. The goal of the first study was to identify intake characteristics related to change in marital satisfaction over the course of EFT. Couples completed self-report measures of marital satisfaction, attachment security, relationship trust, and emotional control at pre- and post-therapy and after each therapy session. Individuals higher on self-report attachment anxiety and higher levels of emotional control had greater change in marital satisfaction over the course of EFT. The goal of the second study was to examine intake levels of attachment security and its relationship to the occurrence of the blamer-softening event, a key change event in EFT, and changes in marital satisfaction. Results indicated that the occurrence of a blamer-softening event significantly predicted positive changes in marital satisfaction. Results also suggested that the occurrence of a softening event significantly moderated the relationship between attachment avoidance at intake and change in marital satisfaction from pre- to post-therapy. For couples who completed a blamer-softening event, partners with lower levels of attachment avoidance were more likely to have positive changes in marital satisfaction. However, this relationship was not evident for attachment anxiety. Overall, results from this thesis suggest that attachment security is a key characteristic of couple partners for therapists to consider when implementing EFT. Therapists may benefit from assessing attachment security at the start of therapy to help inform them of the emotion regulating strategies used by couple partners. This information may help therapists to tailor specific interventions such that couples may begin to develop more secure attachment bonds.

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Burgess, Moser Melissa. "The Cognitive-affective and Behavioural Impact of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy". Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23175.

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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT; Johnson, 2004) addresses relationship distress by facilitating the development of new patterns of interaction between partners. These new patterns of interaction are based on partners' vulnerable acknowledgement and expression of attachment needs. Partners' engagement in these new patterns of interaction is thought to improve their relationship-specific attachment bond. Although previous studies have shown EFT to result in excellent relationship satisfaction outcomes (Johnson, Hunsley, Greenberg & Schindler, 1999), research had yet clearly to demonstrate if and how EFT facilitates increases in partners' relationship-specific models attachment security over the course of therapy. To address this research gap, the current study employed Hierarchical Linear Modelling (HLM; Singer & Willet, 2003) to investigate the pattern of change in couples' (n=32) self-reported relationship satisfaction and relationship-specific attachment over the course of EFT. Couples reported significant linear increases in their relationship satisfaction and significant linear decreases in their relationship-specific attachment avoidance over the course of therapy. Couples who completed the blamer-softening therapeutic change event (n=16) demonstrated significant linear decreases in their relationship-specific attachment anxiety after completing this event. Decreases in relationship-specific attachment anxiety predicted increases in couples' relationship satisfaction over the course of therapy. Couples also demonstrated significant increases in the security of their pre-post-therapy relationship-specific attachment behaviour, as coded Secure Base Scoring System (Crowell, Treboux, Gao, Fyffe, Pan & Waters, 2002). The current study also used HLM (Singer & Willet, 2003) to examine how the completion of blamer-softening impacted softened couples' relationship-specific attachment anxiety, and whether the completion of blamer-softening had a similar impact on softened couples' relationship-specific attachment avoidance and relationship satisfaction. Softened couples reported an immediate increase in relationship satisfaction and immediate decrease relationship-specific attachment avoidance at the softening session. Further, softened couples' post-softening decreases in relationship-specific attachment anxiety were initially preceded by an increase at the softening session. These results provided an understanding of how EFT leads to increases in couples' relationship-specific attachment security. These results provide support for the use of attachment theory in the treatment of relationship distress, and also provide an illustration of how attachment can shift over the course of a therapeutic intervention.

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Patel, Shinel. "Implementing change in practice following staff in-service training on attachment and resilience : an action research study". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13925.

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This two phase study investigated the role of Educational Psychologists (EPs), in supporting school staff to transfer learning, from training about attachment and resilience into their practice. Of the various types of action research, this study focused on practical action research, using a responsive model design (Schmuck, 2006). Therefore findings from paper 1 informed the actions in paper 2. The researcher adopted a process consultancy role (Kemmis, 2007), which supported staff to identify and address concerns related to training transfer. The two papers view knowledge in terms of its usefulness for developing practice and therefore operate on the principles of a pragmatic approach. Using a mixed methods approach, the first paper and phase of the research examined the views of staff working in schools on their experiences of how training transfers to practice. In particular, paper 1 aims were to: 1) Determine if (and how) staff have changed their practice following the Multi Agency Attachment and Resilience Group (MAARG) training. 2) Identify what the supporting factors and barriers are perceived to be relevant to implementing or transferring the knowledge gained from the MAARG training, in their daily practice with children and young people. Key findings showed workplace factors such as communication and staff support, to influence staff’s experiences of training transfer. Barriers to implementation were also identified by staff (e.g. time constraints). These findings informed the second phase of the research, where staff were supported to develop capacity, and plan and implement actions to facilitate change. A case study approach was used to develop and evaluate a group intervention for school staff in two schools. This phase had three main aims: 1) To develop a programme which would further support staff to apply relevant knowledge learnt through training, to solve real life problems in their work. 2) To evaluate the processes of the programme of support, in terms of the fidelity of implementation, knowledge use, staff engagement and method acceptability (i.e. the 7 degree to which staff perceive the structure and processes of the programme to be suitable). 3) To evaluate the effectiveness of the programme of support, in terms of immediate outcomes. Process and outcome evaluations were carried out using a mixed methods approach. Key findings showed staff benefited from the intervention programme. The structured group consultation process enabled staff to work efficiently, share responsibilities whilst problem solving, and agree and implement actions with colleagues. Staff applied practical and experiential knowledge when solving problems, with little explicit links to training or research knowledge. Both papers reflect on the role of EPs within the contexts of training implementation. Sections 4 and 5 draw on the findings from both papers, and discuss implications for EP practice.

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Gerber, Andrew James. "Structural and symptomatic change in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy : a quantitative study of process, outcome, and attachment". Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444773/.

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This thesis describes a quasi-experimental study exploring psychotherapeutic process and outcome in 25 young adults sequentially assigned to psychoanalysis (n=14) or psychodynamic psychotherapy (n=11) at the Anna Freud Centre in London, England. Analysts reported process using a novel 899-item questionnaire, the Young Adult Weekly Rating Scale (YAWRS). Patients were assessed by an independent psychiatrist at intake, termination, and at 18 month intervals after intake and termination with Main and Goldwyn's Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) and on a host of symptomatic and diagnostic measures. The patients suffered from depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. Over the course of treatment (6 months to 8 years long), 12 of 19 patients (with adequate data) improved symptomatically on an aggregate measure. Ten of 12 improvers were in the psychoanalysis group, suggesting that it is a more effective treatment in this population. Data from 1,314 YAWRS questionnaires were factor analysed and used to test hypotheses from the psychotherapy process literature. In the first year of psychoanalysis (as compared with psychodynamic psychotherapy), higher scores on therapist dynamic technique, patient dynamic material, and negative patient transference were found. In the combined sample, higher scores in the first year on therapist dynamic technique, patient dynamic material, and discussion of contract were predictive of positive outcome. The AAI classifies patients according to security of "state of mind with respect to attachment" from narratives about early life relationship experiences. Our results show a high proportion of secure classifications at initial assessment and, in successful treatments, a movement towards a preoccupied-entangled attachment pattern which began to resolve by termination. We propose that the AAI be used to measure both structural health and regression/transference neurosis, which must occur and then resolve for treatment to succeed. Further research using the YAWRS and AAI is proposed.

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Granqvist, Pehr. "Attachment and Religion : An Integrative Developmental Framework". Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2002. http://publications.uu.se/theses/91-554-5255-8/.

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Iberni, Elisabetta. "Psychosocial dimensions of change : an application of attachment theory and analytical psychology to family life in post-war Kosovo". Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/20026/.

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This empirical study attempted to develop an original theoretical framework aiming at understanding the psychosocial changes that occurred in the long - term among families living in a post conflict setting. During the last fifteen years, Kosovo has been transitioning from warfare and organized violence to stabilization and state building under the supervision and with the support of the international community. Drawing on different contributions from analytical psychology, attachment theory and the systemic family theory , the theoretical framework focused primarily on family relationships and observed them through both a psychological and a psychosocial perspective. The empirical study attempted to observe the complex relational matrix interconnecting individuals and families with their broader context encompassing societal, economic, cultural and political facets. A total of thirty-five families belonging to different ethnic and socio-economic groups participated in the study, originating from different areas of the region . They were exposed to war events with different intensity and to gross violations of human rights that occurred between the years 1998-1999. The research explored the process of psychological and psychosocial transformation that occurred in family life by focusing on the quality of family attachment behaviours between children and caregivers and on care - giving/parenting styles. Moreover, the impact of the process of 'internationalization' was taken into account, which has been defined as the whole of the interactions involving the local population and international community, taking place both in Kosovo as well as in third countries. The role of technology and social media in providing opportunities for regular contacts with relatives and friends living abroad and strengthening further family relationships was also considered. The results showed that when families were exposed to harsh daily stressors, marginalization and discrimination even before war-related events they were more likely to display limited family psychosocial functioning, inadequate parenting and caregiving and mothers to report more frequently psychopathological symptoms of depression and anxiety. Secondly, attachment security within family and responsive parenting styles appeared to have a mediational role towards potentially traumatic experiences and adverse environmental conditions by enhancing the capacity of positively coping with adversities at both a personal and family level. Thirdly , the long-term effects of war experiences seemed to be also linked to changes in the society, in particular to the transformations caused by the process of 'internationalization', such as the promotion of a human rights based culture, law enforcement and infrastructural interventions aiming at developing communication systems and information technology. The study discusses the potential factors supporting lasting resilience and the Adversity Activated Development responses in individuals and families.

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Collins, Zachary Rosello. "Effects of enduring vulnerabilities on change in marital satisfaction an examination of neuroticism, romantic attachment style, and parental marital quality /". Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.

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Alissavakis, Gricel. "Erfarenheter av ABFT". Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, S:t Lukas utbildningsinstitut, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-4908.

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Sammanfattning Inledning: Den psykiska ohälsan och suicid hos ungdomar mellan 15-24 år har ökat i Sverige. Att undersöka metoder som kan bidra i arbetet mot psykisk ohälsa känns angeläget, detta när traditionella metoder inte alltid är tillräckliga för att behandla psykisk ohälsa hos ungdomar. Anknytningsbaserad familjeterapi, ABFT används idag för behandling av depression, ångest och suicidal problematik hos unga inom Barn och ungdomspsykiatrin (BUP), inom socialtjänstens behandling för ungdomar samt inom vissa statliga institutioner för unga (SIS). Frågeställning: Vilka olika erfarenheter finns av ABFT behandling hos psykoterapeuter, patienter och föräldrar ? Metod: semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med fyra psykoterapeuter, två patienter och två föräldrar. Kvalitativ metod har använts och insamlad data har analyserats med tematisk analys med induktiv ansats. Resultat : Resultatet knyts till fem teman ; Anknytning, kommunikation, relation, affekter och förändring. Psykoterapeuterna ser återanknytningsarbetet som nödvändig för att återupprätta dialog och kommunikation mellan förälder och ungdom. Detta förbättrar på sikt relationen och anknytningen, men även det psykiska måendet hos ungdomarna enligt psykoterapeuterna. Ungdomarnas erfarenhet är att de blev mer förstådda och hörda av sina föräldrar. Dialogen återupptogs och känslor kunde uttryckas till den det gällde. När behov och känslor togs emot av förälder ökade tilliten till föräldern, relationen förbättrades och föräldern kunde ses som en resurs. Föräldrars erfarenheter är att de fick andra sätt för att kommunicera, stödja och möta sin ungdom på. Diskussion: Visar att återanknytning och relationell omformulering av problem görs i ABFT behandling. De relationella problemen är följder av tidigare anknytningsskador. Återupprättad dialog möjliggör återanknytning vilket förbättrar relationen. Utvidgning av ungdomens och förälderns kapacitet till känslomässig bearbetning är förutsättning för förändring. Uttryckandet av känslor förknippade med anknytningskadan verkar läkande för ungdomen samt förbättrar relation och anknytning till förälder. Förändring sker när ungdom får sätta ord på och dela svåra känslor med föräldern. Att bli mottagen i sina känslor skapar en förändring i de inre arbetsmodellerna hos ungdom och förälder. Förändringar sker i interaktionen mellan föräldrar och ungdom vilket gör att de inre arbetsmodellerna av sig själv och annan kan omprövas. Nyckelord: Anknytningsbaserad familjeterapi, anknytning, relationer, kommunikation, affekter och förändring
Introduction: Mental illness and suicide in young people from 15-24 years has increased in Sweden. To examine methods which can help in the fight against mental illness feels crucial, when traditional methods not always is sufficient for the target audience and for treatment of mental illness in youths. Attachment-based family therapy, ABFT is used for young people with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and suicidality problems. ABFT is used today in child and youth psychiatry (BUP), in social services treatment for youth and in some state institutions for youth (SIS) in Sweden. Research questions: The study's purpose is to investigate psychotherapists, patients and parents different experiences of ABFT treatment. Interviews were conducted with four psychotherapists, two patients and two parents. Qualitative method was used and data collected have been analysed using thematic analysis of inductive approach. Results: The results are tied to five themes ; Attachment , relationships, communication, affects and change. Psychotherapists view re-attachment as necessary in order to re-establish dialogue and communication between parents and youth. This improves in the long run the relationship and affiliation, but also the mental state of youth according to psychotherapists. Young people's experience is that they became better understood and heard by their parents. The dialogue resumed and feelings could be expressed to the terms. When needs and feelings were received by the parent reliance grew on parents, the relationship improved and parents could be seen as a resource. Parents experience is that they got other ways to communicate, support and face his youth on. Discussion : Shows that reconnection and relational reformulation of the problems are made in the ABFT. The relational problems are consequences of the previous attachment injuries. Restored dialogue allows for reconnection, which improves the relationship. Extension of the fountain of youth and parent's capacity for emotional processing is the prerequisite for change. The expression of feelings associated with related injuries seems healing for young people as well as improves relationship and connection to the parent. Change occurs when youth put into words and share feelings with parents. To be received in their emotions creates a change in the internal working models of youth and parents. Changes occurs in the interaction between parents and youth which does that the internal working models of self and others can be reconsidered.

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Schofield, Holly. "Sense of place and climate change : urban poor adaptation in the Dominican Republic". Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sense-of-place-and-climate-change-urban-poor-adaptation-in-the-dominican-republic(078dbd36-ed6e-4ca9-9194-fc3f43dad0b5).html.

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Adaptation has increasingly come to be recognised as an urgent and necessary response to climate change. The ability of a system to carryout adaptation is dependent on its adaptive capacity. To date, the majority of research relating to adaptation has focused on the objective and material determinants of a system's capacity to adapt to severe and extreme weather impacts. Whereas the role that subjective factors, such as people's perceptions, beliefs and values play in that same process, has received comparatively less attention. Despite being a global phenomenon, climate change is being experienced and responded to in local places. More than just physical locations, places are often imbued with meaning by the people associated with them. This thesis argues that these meanings have implications for the ways in which people adapt, or fail to adapt, to climate change impacts. It uses the concept 'sense of place', as a means of capturing this place meaning and as a lens for exploring adaptive behaviours in three low-income urban communities in the Dominican Republic. In particular it examines the specific roles of residents' place attachment, dependence and identity in motivating and constraining adaptive behaviours. Based on qualitative research with ethnographic underpinnings, the thesis shows that the urban poor sense of place is shaped by interconnected relationships between residents and; their homes, the physical and social aspects of their communities and a range of non-community actors. These relationships are shaped by physical and social interactions with and within places, but also through the discursive construction of the locations and the inhabitants of them in public opinion. Residents continuously seek out ways to enhance their sense of place, at times as an improvement in the built environment as a means of preventing or ameliorating environmental threats and events. However, often it is enhancement, in an aesthetic sense, which is envisaged as being of equal and sometimes greater importance. Although aesthetic improvements sometimes have the resultant impact of enabling adaptation, this tends to be incidental, rather than purposeful. Despite the importance placed by the urban poor on their sense of place, these subjective determinants and adaptation in the urban environment, remain unrecognised as well as absent from local institutional and policy radars. Overall the research suggests the need for a more comprehensive approach to understanding adaptive capacities. It requires an approach which continues to measure the objective determinants but which also recognises the role of people's relationships to places in converting or failing to convert objective capacity into climate change action and in dictating the type activities that are valued and prioritised by urban poor residents themselves.

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Allbaugh, Lucy Jane. "Female Adolescent Trauma Survivors and their Parents: Change in Quality of Bond as a Predictor of Later Vulnerability or Resilience". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1499861051275347.

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Call, Matthew Lloyd. "The Relationship Between Romantic Relationship Initiation Processes of Single LDS Emerging Adults and Change in Attachment Working Models with Implications for Practice". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4121.

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Relationship initiation is an integral part of romantic relationship development and a key developmental task of emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2004). In addition, relationship initiation practices (such as dating) have the capacity to impact the fluctuating levels of attachment insecurity (whether anxiety or avoidance) that an individual experiences over the course of emerging adulthood (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007). In the present study, I utilized latent growth curve modeling to examine whether certain dating variables (first dates, second or more dates, relationship breakups, dateless weeks) compiled over a 32 week dating history, as well as age and gender could predict change in attachment anxiety and avoidance over four time points in a sample of 309 Latter-day Saint (LDS) emerging adults. Results indicate that dateless weeks and second or more dates predicted the rate of change (i.e. slope) of attachment anxiety and that the overarching model accounted for 25% of the variance in the slope of anxiety. Findings also showed that age predicted initial levels (i.e. intercept) of attachment anxiety and that gender predicted initial levels of attachment avoidance. Findings were discussed in terms of theoretical significance and clinical application.

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Coyle, Anne-Marie. "The complex world of hide and seek : investigations into the use and meaning of hide and seek play and how it is related to processes of change within a looked after boy engaged in psychoanalytic psychotherapy". Thesis, University of East London, 2015. http://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/1795/.

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The aim of this study has been to investigate the significance of hide and seek play as a central feature within the intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy of one looked after child, whose referred symptom of separation anxiety improved during the course of treatment. A mixed methods modified form of thematic analysis has been used to analyse the data and Max QDA has been introduced for data organisational purposes and to support analytic rigour. This single case study is approached from a Critical Realist stance and key findings support the argument for the validity of extending the relationship between the theoretical paradigms of Complexity Theory and Psychoanalysis,beyond the metaphorical towards the methodological with implications for efficiency, triangulation and generalisability of findings; issues which have been historically problematic in single case study research. The mixed methods analytic approach has allowed for the quantitative tracking of frequency and quality of a single marker of change, in the form of hide and seek play, across the course of the treatment. This has revealed an overall pattern in the form of a trajectory, containing properties of a self-organising complex dynamic system. Two levels of abstraction have been identified and investigated demonstrating the presence of sel-similar functioning across different levels of complexity. A ‘period of oscillation’ between variables has been identified which is associated qualitatively to a period of psychological growth and development within the child. This finding is consistent with emerging evidence in the broader field of psychology for the occurrence of a period of critical instability associated with positive treatment outcome. A key qualitative finding is the evidence for the four different sub-types of hide and seek play. This may have implications for the understanding of hide and seek play in every day life and significantly in the lives of looked after children.

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Ballard, James Waid. "Couples' Experience of Attachment-Related Change in Context of Couple-Centered, Enactment-Based Therapy Process and Therapist-Centered Therapy Process: A Qualitative Study". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3605.

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Enactments consist of episodes of direct couple engagement being carefully monitored and coached by the therapist. Enactments have been identified and studied as a potential common factor in marriage and family therapy. Attachment security is considered to be a foundational marker of marital health. This study explored what role enactments play in promoting attachment-related outcomes in therapy. A qualitative group hermeneutic approach was used to analyze the interviews of twelve participants (six couples) who had participated in six experimental sessions: three sessions with a preponderance of therapist-centered process and three of enactment-based process. The results of this analysis provide a general profile of participants' experiences of these two approaches in therapy and contribute to an emerging framework to inform potential best practice of enactments for helping couples work towards more secure attachment. Major findings include the importance of therapeutic alliance and sequencing of interventions for promoting positive attachment-related outcomes.

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Brehm, Joan M. "Amenity Migration and Social Change: Expanding the Concept of Community Attachment and its Relationship to Dimensions of Well-Being in the Rural West". DigitalCommons@USU, 2003. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4288.

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Most sociological analyses of community attachment have focused on the strength of attachment, with little concern for the qualities or attributes of a place to which people become attached. In cases where dimensions of attachment are the focus of analysis, the literature is rather narrowly focused on social dimensions, re ferring most often to connections with family, friends, and other social networks and largely ignoring the realm of natural environment factors. Two primary premises motivated this study. Fi rst, sociological understandi ngs of community attachment wou ld benefit from an expanded analytic framework that incorporates more complex arrays of both social and natural environment dimensions. Second, it is important to understand what variations in attachment may mean for the broader well-being of rural communities. Initial analyses of the data demonstrated four key results. First, factor analysis of fi fleen indicators of attachment produced two distinct dimensions of community attachment, social and natural environment. Second, the nature of the response patterns indicates that strength of natural environment attachment is widely shared amongst a variety of res idents, regardless of length of residence, historical roots to the area, or life cycle. Third, participation in collective action and perceptions of open communication (measures of well-being) within a respondent's community explained only a small portion of the variance in both social and natural environment attachment. Fourth, Structural Equation Modeling demonstrated that there is a causal relationship between attachment and community well-being, though that relationship appeared to be non-recursive. In contrast to much of the previous empirical work on community attachment, this research provides strong evidence of the natural environment dimension and provides justification for further research. This research provides one model to be considered and expanded upon in future research efforts in this area, and supports the need for further attention to the use of multiple dimensions of attachment and their associations with community well-being.

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Riou, Mathilde y Diniz Elisa Carvalho. "Bottom up urbanism : Exploring the potential of bottom up initiatives as to encourage pro-environmental behaviour change and action". Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-209218.

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It has been widely acknowledged that environmental damage and changes in the global climate can be attributed to human activities. In their attempt to deal with these issues, current top down approaches to mitigate climate change not only have limited efficacy, but also fail at changing people’s behaviour. In this thesis, we argue that bottom up initiatives can be more successful at engaging people in pro-environmental behaviour change and action than the current top down strategies. The potential of bottom up actions to encourage such change and action is first assessed in literature. A more specific perspective of bottom up initiatives is looked at in which pro-environmental behaviour is encouraged and observed through the lens of urbanism. A practical event on sustainability, co-organized by the authors of this paper at KTH Campus, is then taken as a case study to test and verify if bottom up actions can bring about change in behaviours and generate public engagement in public spaces. The results show that bottom up actions have great potential to reach the community and engage people into sustainable practices. As it was positive and solution-oriented, but also accessible, participative and fun, the event easily attracted people’s attention and interest. The stimulating environment then facilitates the process of sharing and learning information and consequently, it also increases the chances of influencing behaviour change and action.

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Goudriaan, Yvonne. "Exploring the relationship between renewable energy development and people-place bonds : Insights from a rural recreation area in southern Sweden". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105415.

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The transition to a low carbon future is necessary to ensure humanity’s sustainable future, yet the expanding introduction of renewable energy technologies (RETs) is a central driver for transformations in rural landscapes worldwide. Introducing renewable energy (RE) infrastructures in rural landscapes raises concerns about the reduced naturalness and attractiveness of such landscapes for tourism and recreation as well as the transformation of people-place bonds as established through people’s interactions with and experiences in the surrounding landscapes. Few have examined how landscape transformation resulting from RE developments reshapes land users’ bonds with places. Furthermore, previous research has primarily relied on crosssectional quantitative data. This study addresses that literature gap and uses the Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) framework and the evolutionary theory of place attachment as theoretical underpinnings to examine how individuals perceive and experience evolving landscapes. By exploring individuals’ perceptions of and affective bonds with physical landscapes, this study provides a holistic understanding of the bonds that different groups of people may have with a certain place and how these bonds are manifested in the context of RE development and RET-related place change. In-depth interviews with private landowners and recreationists from the municipality of Mönsterås, Sweden, and observations in the Åby-Alebo wind park allow for the coconstruction of narratives reflecting individual accounts of meaning-making processes. The findings demonstrate that place attachment was evident in respondents’ descriptions of how they make a place meaningful to themselves through personal experiences and (recreational) practices. Along with landscape changes, for some individuals, meanings towards and bond with place evolved as well. The discussion shows that the emotional relationship to place reflects respondents’ particular journey in the world and over time. The study also highlights that differences in how recreationists and landowners bond with places is manifested in a changing context, disclosing the relationality of place attachment along social, practical, and temporal contextual factors. This points to encouraging possibilities for discussing the reconceptualization of humanity’s transition towards a low carbon future and fostering more sustainable landscape management in rural recreation areas.

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Starzec, Patrycja. "Resilient landscape, resilient culture. The role of geographical place-based perspective in sustainable adaptation of urban areas to the climate change". Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1073.

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Cities are defined as the ecological phenomenon of the 21st century since urban form is becoming dominant geographical context for human settlement on Earth. Due to that one of the major tasks of contemporary urban planning policy is adaptation of urban areas to the changing realms. In connection to the adaptation strategies, concept of resilience is gaining much more attention in the current planning discourse as an approach which perceives problem of climate change as the opportunity for better development. New aspect that concept of resilience brings to the planning is a view that social and ecological dimensions are interlinked. According to that, main aim of the thesis is to find an answer for the research question “What is the connection between culture and nature and its role in sustainable adaptation of urban areas to the climate change?” and through the research and analysis develop a theoretical foundation for the strategy of adaptation to the climate change which offers an opportunity for more effective urban growth based on three main pillars of sustainability: Environmental responsibility, Economic viability and Social justice as well as currently distinguished new dimension i.e. Cultural vitality.

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Fulton, Caroline Jane. "Regulation within an intimate relationship context : initiation and response strategies utilised in self, partner and relationship regulation : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master of Arts in Psychology at the University of Canterbury /". Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2271.

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The Ideal Standards Model (Simpson, Fletcher and Campbell, 2001) suggests that individuals regulate themselves and their partners based on how closely their perceptions match their ideal standards. Overall, Fletcher and Simpson (2006) provided empirical support for the regulatory function of the Ideal Standards Model and concluded that standards which may initiate regulation reflect three pivotal domains; warmth/trustworthiness, attractiveness/vitality and status/resources. In Study 1, 150 individuals (in heterosexual relationships or had been in the previous six months) spontaneously reported prior regulatory attempts that had focused on changing themselves, their partner or their relationship. Participants then described their most salient regulatory attempt in detail and rated the success of this attempt. In Study 2, 96 individuals (in heterosexual relationships) self-rated various personality and relationship characteristics. Participants also indicated how they would likely respond (using a set of likert scales) to partner initiated regulation attempts which were provided via vignette descriptions. As predicted, results indicated (a) that regulatory attempts reflect the pivotal domains of the Ideal Standards Model, (b) predicted gender differences in the use of regulation, (c) increased regulatory success with the use of interpersonal strategies and (d) increased relationship quality with less negative reactions to regulatory attempts. Results also indicated that women were more likely to respond negatively than men, particularly when the regulation attempt focused on their attractiveness. Implication and explanations are discussed.

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Lazareva, Olga. "Labor market outcomes during the Russian transition". Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI), 2009. http://www2.hhs.se/efi/summary/787.htm.

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MacPherson, Alisdair. "The attachment of the floating charge in Scots law". Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29636.

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This thesis examines the attachment of the floating charge to property in Scots law. The work is divided into two main parts. The first part focuses on how the charge interacts with property in a general sense. The second part considers attachment and its consequences in relation to the regimes for particular types of property. It is contended that the floating charge does not directly affect property prior to attachment. And even upon attachment its status as a “real right” is questionable. This is primarily because the charge is patrimonially limited by its enforcement mechanisms. It can only be enforced through a liquidator, receiver or administrator, and the powers of these parties are seemingly confined to property in the chargor’s estate. The thesis also demonstrates that ownership is a useful tool for examining what is required for a charge to attach to property. The most suitable approach is for ownership by the chargor to be both necessary and sufficient for attachment, but this is not the case under the present law, at least for certain property and transactions. Other currently prevailing views regarding the charge’s attachment are also challenged. This includes the belief that the charge attaches as if it is the relevant form of security for the property in question. Instead, it is suggested that the charge should be considered to attach as a “sui generis” fixed security. In addition, there are a range of difficulties that arise when the charge’s attachment and ranking are considered alongside the rules of transfer and security for specific property types. Uncertainty in the background law, and failure to take account of this when the charge was introduced, and subsequently, has meant that the charge may not operate effectively when, for example, property has been transferred for security purposes. All of this is explored in detail in the second part of the thesis.

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Shen, Muyao. "Changes in Kinetochore Structure and Molecular Composition in Response to Mis-attachment". Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43017.

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Each mitotic chromosome is constituted by two sister chromatids whose correct segregation to the daughter cells is ensured by amphitelic attachment, in which the two sister kinetochores (KTs) are attached to microtubules (MTs) from opposite mitotic spindle poles. KT mis-attachments can occur in early mitosis and cause chromosome mis-segregation and aneuploidy if not corrected. These mis-attachments include monotelic (one attached and one unattached sister KT), syntelic (both sister KTs attached to the same spindle pole), and merotelic (a single KT attached to MTs from opposite spindle poles) attachments. A biochemical pathway named the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint (SAC) is responsible for delaying anaphase onset to allow correction of KT mis-attachments. SAC activation is believed to occur due to KT localization of certain SAC proteins and/or lack of tension, but only monotelic attachment has been proven to activate the SAC. To determine if and how other KT mis-attachments may activate the SAC, we studied how molecular composition and structure of the KT changes in response to different types of attachments. Our data suggest that monotelic attachment is the only type of attachment that can induce a SAC response thanks to the accumulation of the SAC protein Mad2 at the KT. Our data also indicate that structural changes of the KT, measured as intra- or inter-KT stretching, do not directly induce a SAC response. Instead, our findings suggest decreased KT stretching, especially in inter-KT stretching of syntelic chromosomes, may play a key role in bringing MCAK and other KT substrates closer to Aurora B kinase for rapid and efficient correction of KT mis-attachments.
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Movahed, Abtahi Mahsa. "Attachment and emotion regulation: changes in affect and vagal tone during stress". Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1460972604.

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Wozniak-Brown, Joanna. "Understanding Community Character as a Socio-ecological Framework to Enhance Local-scale Adaptation: An Interdisciplinary Case Study from Rural Northwest Connecticut". Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1494437621424657.

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Gunsolley, John C. "False positive rates encountered in the detection of changes in periodontal attachment level". VCU Scholars Compass, 1987. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4684.

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This thesis demonstrates that the assumption of normality used by Goodson results in the underestimation of the type I error rate of the tolerance method by a factor of 10. This underestimation is due to the positive kurtosis demonstrated in the distribution of replicate differences. Therefore, the assumption of normality does not seem warranted. It is shown here that a resampling technique more accurately estimates the type I error rate. The estimates of false positive rates have important implications in the field of periodontics. When diagnostic decisions are based on single measurements, false positive rates are high. Even when thresholds as high as 3 mm. are used, over 3 out of 10 sites identified as "changed" have not changed. Unfortunately, in the clinical practice of periodontics, single measurements are commonly used. Therefore, clinicians who make treatment decisions based on attachment level measurements, may be treating a large percentage of sites that have not undergone destructive periodontal disease. Clinical periodontists generally regard a loss of attachment of 3 mm. or more as evidence of progressively worsening disease requiring additional therapy. The consequences of treating areas that are erroneously concluded as having progressed have to be compared to the consequences of not treating areas that are progressing. If a clinician treats sites when a change of 3 mm. in attachment level is detected, it is likely that as many as 32% of the sites may not have progressed. However, if the change in attachment level is real and the site is not treated, a significant proportion of the attachment may be lost. Changes of 3 mm. are large compared to the length of the root of the tooth. Weine (1982, p. 208-209), using Black's (1902) description of tooth anatomy, presents average root length of 13 categories of teeth. Average root lengths range from 12 to 16.5 mm. for the 13 categories. If a tooth with a root of 14 mm. (near the middle of the range of average tooth length) has a change in attachment level measurements of 3 mm., the clinician is faced with a dilemma as to whether the site should be treated. The dilemma is increased if prior to the change of 3 mm., the site had already lost 50% of its attachment. In this situation the 3 mm. change represents nearly half of the remaining attachment. For these reasons, better measurement techniques would be beneficial in the clinical practice of periodontics. A controversy exists in the periodontal literature on the ability of single attachment level measurements to find actual change in attachment level. Two recent reports are in general agreement with this study. Imrey (1986) evaluates the ability of single measurements of attachment level to find change in attachment level. He concludes: "If true disease is uncommon and sensitivity to it is not high, these false positives may exceed in number the true positives detected" (p. 521). Ralls and Cohen (1986) reach similar conclusions: "the major issue is that 'bursts' of change can be explained by chance events which arise from measurement error and which occur at low but theoretically expected levels" (p. 751). The results of the present research demonstrate that a large percentage of the perceived change in attachment level is due to measurement error, but not to the degree that Imrey (1986) and Ralls and Cohen (1986) suggest. These researchers attribute almost all the attachment level changes to measurement error. In contrast, Aeppli, D. M., Boen, J. R., and Bandt, C. L. (1984) reach a different conclusion: "using an observed increase of greater than 1 mm. as a diagnostic rule leads to high sensitivity and yet satisfactorily high specificity" (p. 264). All three of the above referenced studies base their conclusions on estimates of sensitivity and specificity. The methods of obtaining estimates of sensitivity and specificity vary between the studies. Aeppli, D. M., Boen, J. R., and Bandt, C. L. base their estimates of specificity and sensitivity on a calibration study involving 34 patients and 3 examiners. Their distribution of differences in replicated measurements is similar to the distribution that Goodson (1986) reports. Irnrey (1986) and Ralls and Cohen ( 1986), instead of using actual data, simulate the distribution of differences by using a normal approximation with standard deviations of 1.125 mm. and 1 mm. respectively. Even though the methods of obtaining data vary, all the reports obtain high values of specificity (Table 6). However, estimates of sensitivity vary both within and among the three studies. Table 6 demonstrates that for similar thresholds the studies obtain a wide range of estimates of sensitivity. Within each study estimates of sensitivity are shown to be highly dependent on the assumed magnitude of actual change and the threshold used to detect the change. As the threshold decreases or the assumed attachment level change increases, sensitivity increases. The possible wide range of estimates that can be obtained within a study is demonstrated by Ralls and Cohen (1986). Their estimates of sensitivity range from .0668 to .9772. As discussed in chapter 1, the broad range of estimates of sensitivity and those estimates' basis on arbitrary assumptions brings to question their value.

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Carr, Elizabeth P. "Community and land attachment of Chagga women on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania /". Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd424.pdf.

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Carr, Elizabeth Parnell. "Community and Land Attachment of Chagga Women on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2004. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/30.

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Chagga women who control land on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, have a deep and profound sense of attachment to their lands and homes. This thesis compares their reasons for attachment to the systemic model. The systemic model states that community attachment is dependent on social ties and interactions. The three factors that lead to these ties are length of residence, social status, and age. In-depth interviews with women in 2002 and 2003, a survey from 2002, and field notes from 2002 and 2003 are used to explain the main factors of attachment of women in three villages on the mountain: Mbahe, Marangu, and Chekereni. This research finds that social ties are not dependent on length of residence, but do have some connections with social status and age. Women have social ties regardless of their length of residence. They interact with each other no matter the social status of the other, but this occurs more frequently as the women are more involved in education and religion. Western influences, land shortages, and economic pressures are causing the interactions of the young and old to be more strained. Though social ties are partly related so social status and age, this thesis finds that the attachment of Chagga women does not completely follow the systemic model. Instead, the women's attachment is primarily associated with family ties. The land has provided food and income for their families for generations and it is the hope of each of the women that it will continue to care for their families in such a way.

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Mitchell, Brandie Shauntelle. "Trinkets Left By Katrina: How Changes to New Orleans' Landscape Have Led to Personal Attachment". ScholarWorks@UNO, 2009. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/942.

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Humans have an innate tendency to attach themselves to objects on their cultural landscape. After a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, people seem to hold on to objects left behind by the disaster. This paper examines several of the concepts and reasons as to why attachments may have formed to objects left on New Orleans' landscape after Hurricane Katrina. I explored human reactions after a natural disaster, and discussed how memories, collective and individual, often lead to personal attachment to objects. In an attempt to get a better understanding of this phenomenon, 250 surveys were distributed to residents in the New Orleans metro area. The surveys were used as a tool to discover if attachments were formed and if so, what led to the attachment. The results from the survey revealed that 38% of the people surveyed formed an attachment to an object left by Hurricane Katrina.

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Boyer, Renee R. "Mechanisms Associated with Attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Lettuce Surfaces". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27003.

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Fresh produce is increasingly associated with foodborne outbreaks. In order to develop effective intervention and measures to reduce microbial risks, it is essential to attain a better understand the mechanisms of attachment of foodborne pathogens to fruits and vegetables. Using lettuce as a model, the attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to produce surfaces was studied. Strains expressing various extracellular proteins (curli, O157-antigen, and intimin) known to influence attachment of E. coli to intestinal cells were evaluated for their physicochemical properties and ability to adhere to cut edge and whole leaf lettuce. Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains included: 0018, 43894 and 43895 (curli producing and non-producing); 86-24 (WT), F-12 (O157-antigen negative), pRFBE (O-antigen replaced on plasmid); and 86-24, 86-24Ã eae10 (intimin negative). The eleven strains were surveyed for their hydrophobicity and cell charge using hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) and electrostatic interaction chromatography (ESIC) techniques. Iceberg lettuce squares (2 x 2 cm) were inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 strains separately (7.0 log CFU/square) and dried in a laminar flow hood. Lettuce was sampled before (unrinsed) and after being rinsed twice with sterile de-ionized water (rinsed). Strips (2 mm wide) of each cut edge of the lettuce were aseptically removed. Cut-edge and whole-leaf samples were homogenized and spiral plated onto Luria-Bertani agar, supplemented with nalidixic acid (50ppm), to assess levels of bacteria remaining on the lettuce leaf after rinsing. The rinse steps were not effective in significantly removing bacteria from lettuce (p>0.05). Curli-producing and non-producing strains preferentially attached to cut edge versus the whole leaf portions of lettuce (p<0.05); however the 86-24 strains showed no preference for attachment. With the exception of 0018 curli-producing and non-producing strains, presence/absence of extracellular proteins surveyed did not influence attachment of E. coli O157:H7 to either cut edge or whole leaf lettuce. There was significantly greater attachment of the curli-producing 0018 strain over the curli non-producing 0018 strain to cut and whole lettuce surfaces (p<0.05). Production of curli and O-polysaccharide significantly increased (p<0.05) the cellâ s overall hydrophobicity of the cell; however this did not affect attachment (p<0.05). The overall cell charge of all strains was negative; however, charge did not affect attachment of E. coli O157:H7 to lettuce. The presence of extracellular appendages (curli, O157-antigen, intimin) as well as hydrophobicity and cell charge properties had no affect on attachment of the cell to lettuce.
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Page, Laura Jane. "Attachment Changes Post-Conversion in Committed Converts toThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4450.

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Religious conversion has been described as a “spiritual transformation” where converts experience an “intimate ‘union’ . . . [with] divine presence” (Sandage & Shults, 2007). To better understand motivators of conversion, several studies have examined how attachment patterns affect the likelihood, and speed of religious conversion (e.g., Granqvist & Hagekull, 1999; Granqvist & Kirkpatrick, 2004; Kirkpatrck, 1998; Kirkpatrick & Shaver, 1990; Schnitker, Porter, Emmons, & Barrett, 2012). Converts' changes in personality, self-definition, and meaningfulness following conversion have been noted (Halama and Lačná, 2011; Paloutzian, Richardson, & Rambo, 1999). However, little, if any research has been conducted examining changes in attachment patterns of converts that occur following conversion. The current study, a follow-up to Hansen, Page, Fischer, and Williams (2014), examined the post-conversion attachment changes for 39 committed converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (ranging in time since baptism from 2 months to 35 years). Interviews were conducted previously (see Hansen, et al., 2014) in a semi-structured format by two undergraduate researchers (ranging from 30-60 minutes in length) and then transcribed by a third undergraduate research assistant. Two additional research assistants listened to the recordings and edited the transcriptions (Hansen, et al., 2014). Beginning with a theory-driven conceptual framework in the analysis, a qualitative hermeneutic interpretive method (see Jackson & Patton,1992; Kvale & Brinkmann, 2009) was used in the current study to explore the converts' transcripts. The converts were not asked specific questions regarding their relationships at the time of the interview. However, the converts spontaneously revealed various attachments patterns in the way that they spoke of themselves, their family, and their friends in their narratives. Three overarching themes were drawn from the analysis. The converts (a) demonstrated evidence of attachment patterns in their narratives; (b) experienced a spiritual conversion or an experience of having a new or closer relationship with God beyond a projection of their parental attachment style; and (c) experienced a spiritual restructuring of their attachment patterns. In other words, they described feeling that their closer relationship with God dramatically changed the way they viewed themselves and how they interacted in relationships with others. The findings of this study have implications for understanding the impact of spirituality on attachment patterns.

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Bennett, Courtney Lynn Weiss. "Facebook and Teenagers: Investigating Changes of Perceived Peer Pressures for Romantic Relationship Involvement Based on Facebook Attachment". ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3386.

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Although youth aged 12-17 years old constitute a growing segment of Facebook users, the impact social networking websites may have on their psyche has not been well-studied. Additionally, researchers have not investigated peer pressure as a mediator between individuals overall attachment to Facebook and the desire to be involved in a romantic relationship among teens or adults. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the connection between Facebook attachment and perceived peer pressure, specifically with regard to romantic relationships in individuals aged 14-17 years. Impression management theory served as the theoretical framework. A survey design was used to examine whether study variables (Facebook attachment, perceived peer pressure, and romantic relationship desires) were correlated with one another and whether Facebook attachment served as a mediating variable. Participants (N = 42) completed online surveys comprised of three established surveys that measure levels of perceived peer pressure, interest in romantic relationships, and overall Facebook attachment. Data were examined using correlational analysis. No significant correlations were found between any study variables. Because of the lack of statistical significance, no decisive conclusions can be rendered. Recommendations for future research include the use of different recruitment methods and the updating of assent and consent regulations for psychological research involving minors. The study provides a starting point for future researchers to evaluate the role of social media in adolescent development. Implications for positive social change include a greater awareness of the role of social media in the psychological development of young teens.

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Clarke, Suzanne. "Are patient attachment orientations mediating factors in changes to their attitudes towards seeking professional help to manage emotional distress?" Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2035422/.

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Attachment style has been highlighted as a potential influence over cancer patients’ willingness to access services, and their perception of support available. The object of this review is to systematically review and synthesise published literature relating to the relationship of cancer patients’ attachment style and adjustment to cancer. Methods: Electronic database and reference searches were conducted to identify published literature relating to the review’s objective. Search terms were simply “Attachment” and “Cancer”. Results: A total of 3,831 papers were identified, with 25 papers meeting criteria and included in the review. Papers were filtered through by hand, eliminating: duplications; non experimental studies; articles not published in peer review journals; articles relating to medical (e.g. cell attachment) and non-human attachment; participant samples who were not adult cancer patients; and studies which did not use an adult attachment measure. Conclusion: Due to heterogeneity in the study designs, and variation in attachment and wellbeing measures used, there are significant difficulties making coherent conclusive summaries of the results. The review does suggest that cancer patients with more secure attachment orientations, thus lower attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, are less susceptible to poorer wellbeing, and perceive available support more favourably. In general the results are consistent with existing literature reviewing attachment behaviour outside of cancer settings. Practice Implications: More research is needed to determine what individual difference may influence cancer patients’ wellbeing, and the influences the individual differences have on the patients seeking/ receiving the support they may want and/or need.

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Jia, Hongxia. "Attachment ability and melanoma inhibitory activity mRNA expression level changes in murine B16-F10 melanoma cells post nanosecond electric pulses". Thesis, Old Dominion University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3576652.

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The effects of high-voltage nanosecond electric pulses (nsEPs) on metastatic melanoma are still unclear. Hence, we applied one, two, three, and four 300 ns 40 kV/cm pulses to murine B16-F10 melanoma cells. Cell attachment ability was determined by comparing the number of floating cells and the percentage of attached cells. Melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) is a secretory protein that is highly correlated with the malignancy and metastasis of malignant melanomas. We used MIA as our target to evaluate the effect of nsEPs on metastasis. Pulsed (experimental) and unpulsed (control) cells were incubated at 37°C under a 5% CO₂ atmosphere. To determine cell attachment ability, the culture medium supernatant and attached cells were collected at 6, 12, 18, and 24 h after a single pulse. The live, dead, and total floating cells in the culture medium supernatant were counted. In addition, the live, dead, and total attached cells were counted after multiple pulses. Total RNA was extracted from the attached cells and reverse transcribed into cDNA. The MIA mRNA expression levels were measured using the cDNA temple via quantitative real-time PCR, with β–actin as the internal control. The experiment was repeated three times (n=3). The results show that a single pulse did not affect the cell attachment ability, cell morphology, and the MIA mRNA expression levels (P=0.8058). Two pulses significantly decreased the cell attachment ability (P=0.014), cell viability (P<0.0001), and changed the cell morphology, but did not change the MIA mRNA expression. The three-pulse and the four-pulse treatments significantly decreased the cell attachment ability (P=0.004, 0.00002, respectively), cell viability (P<0.0001), changed the cell morphology, and increased the MIA mRNA expression levels within the first 12 h (P=0.041, 0.001, respectively). These indices were almost normal at 24 h after pulsing. We speculate that the two-, three-, and four-pulse treatments would be optimal for treating melanoma metastasis, whereas the single pulse treatment was not. Therefore, nsEPs provides a great opportunity for treating metastatic melanomas.

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Sepa, Anneli. "The Stress Hypothesis : Implications for the induction of diabetes-related autoimmunity in children?" Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5177.

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Beltou, Nicolas. "Attitudes et comportements des salariés de France Télévisions en contexte de changements organisationnels : antécédents et mécanismes explicatifs". Thesis, Tours, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019TOUR2011.

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Les changements organisationnels sont actuellement de plus en plus fréquents dans le monde du travail et la réussite de leur implémentation constitue un enjeu financier et opérationnel essentiel pour les entreprises. L'objectif de ce travail doctoral était, d'une part, de contribuer à l'identification de facteurs individuels et organisationnels qui participent au développement d'attitudes positives et d'un ajustement favorable des salariés en contexte de changements organisationnels et d'autre part, d'explorer les mécanismes explicatifs sous-jacents à ces relations. Trois études ont été menées pour répondre à cet objectif. La première a démontré qu'en contexte de déménagement, le soutien socioprofessionnel et l'attachement au lieu de travail étaient respectivement corrélés positivement et négativement avec la satisfaction anticipée vis-à-vis du changement, via la médiation de la justification perçue du changement. La seconde étude a prouvé qu’en contexte d'implémentation d'un Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) le capital social était positivement associé à trois formes d'ajustement des personnels (i.e., à la tâche, intrapersonnel et interindividuel) et que cette relation était médiée par la clarté de rôle. Enfin, la troisième étude a permis d'enrichir les précédents résultats en montrant que dans ce même contexte, plus un individu a une réaction émotionnelle favorable vis-à-vis d'un changement, plus l'engagement affectif dans le changement apparaît comme un mécanisme explicatif dans la relation entre la qualité de la communication organisationnelle liée au changement et les indicateurs de satisfaction concernant le changement (i.e., adéquation tâche-technologie et satisfaction vis-à-vis du changement). Ces trois études élargissent les connaissances scientifiques sur les attitudes et les comportements individuels dans le cadre de changements organisationnels et contribuent à la réflexion sur les actions organisationnelles favorables à la réussite de ces transformations.Mots clés : changement organisationnel, déménagement, ERP, soutien social, attachement au lieu de travail, justification perçue du changement, satisfaction anticipée, capital social, ajustement, communication sur le changement, adéquation tâche-technologie, engagement affectif dans le changement, réaction émotionnelle positive
Organizational changes tend to be more and more frequent for businesses and a successful implementation is a financial and operational challenge for them. The main purpose of this doctoral dissertation was (1) to contribute to identifying individual and organizational factors that develop positive attitudes and adjustment, in time of organizational change, (2) to explore the mechanisms underlying such effects. Three studies were conducted. Study 1 showed that, when a corporate relocation is carried out, social support is positively correlated to anticipated change satisfaction, while workplace attachment is negatively correlated to it. Moreover, our results indicated that, perception of change justification is a mediator in those relationships. Study 2 found that, in time of Enterprise Resource Planning's (ERP) implementation, social capital was positively related to three forms of adjustment (i.e., task, intrapersonal and inter-individual adjustment) through role clarity. At last, study 3 exposed that, in that same context, the more an individual has a positive reaction to change, the more affective commitment to change appears as an explanatory mechanism between the quality of organizational communication on change and change satisfaction indicators (i.e., Task-Technology Fit and change satisfaction). As a whole, all three studies help to expand scientific knowledge on organizational changes and contribute to opening a discussion on positive organizational actions that support change success.Keyword : organizational change, corporate relocation, ERP, social support, workplace attachment, change justification, anticipated change satisfaction, social capital, adjustment, quality of change communication, task technology fit, change satisfaction, affective commitment to change, positive reaction to change

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Frederickson, Kraig Alan. "Electron loss kinetics in non-self-sustained plasmas and the effect of vibrational nonequilibrium". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1140635547.

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Vaillant, Marie-France. "Soigner la maladie chronique : quand le travail d'équipement révèle autonomie et attachements". Thesis, Grenoble, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012GRENH027/document.

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Le discours commun plaide en faveur l'autonomie du malade. Pourtant soigner la maladie chronique révèle aussi des attachements. C'est ce que nous proposons de mettre en évidence, à travers notre thèse qui prend pour exemple le diabète et envisage, à travers le développement de la notion de travail d'équipement, de questionner l'autonomie, qui est loin d'aller de soi. A partir d'entretiens, d'observations de terrain et d'objets, de recherche de traces, nous interrogeons des pratiques telles que l'éducation thérapeutique, l'introduction des médicaments, des équipements (lecteur de glycémie, pompe à insuline). Tous ces éléments sont autant de médiations, pour le malade, son entourage, les professionnels de santé, les associations de malades, qui influencent le cours de la vie avec la maladie. Le travail d'équipement permet de faire le lien entre la sociologie de la santé et de la maladie, l'interactionnisme, la phénoménologie et la sociologie de l'acteur réseau. Il offre une grille de lecture de la maladie chronique et du soin, au regard de tous les équipements qui contribuent à la prise en charge la maladie. Il permet de définir ce qu'est l'autonomie dans le cadre d'une maladie qui tient le malade et va plus loin ouvrant vers la construction identitaire de l'homme-avec-la-maladie
Common speech calls for patient autonomy. Yet chronic illness care also reveals attachments. This is what we propose to highlight, through our thesis that takes for example diabetes and plans through the development of the concept of ‘the equipping work', questioning the autonomy, which is far to go self. From interviews, field observations, objects screening, and search of traces, we interrogate such practices as therapeutic education, the introduction of drugs and equipment (glucometer, insulin pump). These elements are all mediations, for the patient, family members, health professionals, patient organisations, which influence the course of living with the disease. Equipping can make the link between the sociology of health and illness, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and the actor network theory. It provides a grid of chronic illness and care, with all the equipements that contribute to the management of disease. It allows defining autonomy despite the strength of disease ties and leads to rebuild the identity of the man-with-the-sickness

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Stone, Lori Dawn Alyssa. "Using language to detect and change attachment style". Thesis, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3116195.

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(10177886), Valentina Concu. "Preferential Attachment and Language Change: werden in German". Thesis, 2021.

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This study explores historical syntactic changes within a complex network framework focusing on the development of the German verb werden (to become) and the emergence of the related passive and future periphrases. The data are collected from a corpus of Middle and Early New High German texts and the analysis of the instances is carried out in two different stages. The first stage focuses on the frequency of the verb werden and the elements that co-occurred with it throughout Middle and Early New High German. The second stage investigates the same instances through a complex network framework by applying descriptive statistics to uncover the features of the Middle and Early New High German networks that have been created with the occurrences of werden found in the corpus.

The results of the analysis show that werden experienced an increase in the type of connections it was able to establish throughout the centuries. Such a process is known in the literature as preferential attachment. This suggests that linguistic networks, and specifically, syntactic networks, are also subjected to processes that are common among non-linguistic networks.

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Chetty, Pamela Jaskiaya Jeannette. "Sources of work stress, psychological attachment and attitudes towards change : constructing a psychological profile for change interventions". Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20144.

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This research focused on constructing a psychological profile for change interventions by investigating both the interrelationships and overall relationships between work stress (as the independent variable), psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) (as the mediating variables) and attitudes towards change (as the dependent variable). A non-experimental cross-sectional quantitative survey design approach using standardised valid and reliable measuring instruments (Sources of Job Stress Scale, Organisational Commitment Questionnaire, Job Embededdness Questionnaire, Attitudes towards Change Questionnaire) was used on a non-probability purposive sample of employees from one of the largest, fast-moving consumer goods companies in South Africa (N = 350), ranging from administrative to executive level. Bivariate correlations showed a statistically positive inter-relationship between sources of work stress, psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) and attitudes towards change. A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall relationship between the sources of work stress, psychological attachment (job embeddedness and organisational commitment) and attitudes towards change dispositions. Mediation modelling revealed the mediating role of psychological attachment (organisational commitment and job embeddedness) in the sources of work stress and attitudes towards change relationship. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses showed that age and gender significantly moderated the relationship between individuals’ sources of work stress and their attitudes towards change dispositions. Tests for mean differences revealed that significant differences exist between age and sources of work stress, affective and continuance commitment, fit and sacrifice embeddedness. Differences exist between race groups’ affective and continuance commitment. Job security is a concern across all employment levels in the organisation. Individuals at an executive, upper administrative and administrative level revealed significant differences in terms of their continuance commitment. Cognitive and behavioural attitudes towards change did not differ significantly across all employment levels. At a theoretical level, this study developed an understanding of the cognitive, affective, conative and interpersonal behavioural dimensions of the hypothesised psychological profile to manage change. At an empirical level, it developed an empirically tested psychological profile for change interventions in terms of the various behavioural dimensions. At a practical level, organisational change practices in terms of the behavioural dimensions of the psychological profile were recommended.
Psychology
D. Phil. (Psychology)

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