Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-92).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-92) Also available in print.

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Representations of people with a developmental disability are virtually not covered in the media. Although there is little coverage of people with developmental disabilities in the media, there are a few entertainment television characters who have Down syndrome and are represented in the media. This study will take a look at the history of how people with disabilities were represented in the media and examine how two television characters with Down syndrome were portrayed on the shows by examining their self-esteem. This study seeks to focus on portrayal of people with Down Syndrome because the physical features that people with Down Syndrome possess are easy to identify. Specifically, the study examines the portrayal of self-esteem in two television characters, Corky Thatcher (Life Goes On) and Becky Faye Jackson (Glee). The researcher will also examine how the portrayal of self-esteem in the two characters is similar or different in people who have Down Syndrome. In the study the researcher found that the representation of the character Corky was different from the character Becky. But both characters tackled issues that affected the Down Syndrome community and it affected their self-esteem. Corky and Becky were different from the interviewees in the way they realized their competencies. Although the interviewees who have Down Syndrome and the television characters used self-evaluation differently to evaluate one's own self-esteem, they all seem to exhibit a positive level of self-esteem.

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Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006.

Although several studies have examined the benefits of sport participation for women, few have centered on women of color in particular. Furthermore, the association between how athletic involvement affects one?s likelihood of victimization has yet to be fully explained. Using data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this research employs structural equation modeling techniques to explore the relationship among adolescent females' racial diversity, differential participation in an active sport, and levels of self-esteem to determine how these variables affect victimization patterns in adulthood. Results indicate that female athletic participation has a highly statistically significant positive impact on self-esteem; however, athletic participation and self-esteem levels in adolescent females are not significantly related to their victimization by intimate partners in young adulthood. These results suggest that concentration on victims' characteristics is not necessarily beneficial in order to develop a better understanding of violence; where perhaps instead, research should more closely examine the attributes of perpetrators and societal institutions when exploring how and why violence occurs and who is affected by it.

Locus of control och självkänsla En jämförelse mellan elit- och icke elitidrottare Helén Blomstrand Besitter individen en hög inre locus of control anser denne att individen själv är ansvarig för valen denne gör i livet, medan en hög yttre locus of control innebär det motsatta. Syftet med studien var bland annat att se om elit- och icke elitidrottare skiljde sig gällande locus of control; får elitidrottarna högre förvärvade än traitbaserade inre attityder gällande självkänsla och locus of control, än icke elitidrottare, har locus of control samband med självkänsla. En enkätundersökning genomfördes på 82 idrottare varav 42 elitidrottare. Resultatet visade att elitidrottarna uppvisade signifikant högre resultat gällande inre locus of control än icke elitidrottarna samt att det fanns könsskillnader då männen uppvisade högre värden gällande en inre work locus of control. Resultatet indikerar även att bassjälvkänsla har ett positivt samband med locus of control. Diskussionen fördes kring om en högre inre locus of control leder till bättre idrottsliga resultat samt kritisk granskning av gällande uppsats. Keywords: locus of control, external and internal, athletes, self-esteem