This study examined associations between attachment styles, relational aggression and victimization, and sexual behavior in the context of romantic relationships during emerging adulthood. The sample included 306 college students attending an urban university in the southeastern United States. Multiple regression analyses indicated that individuals with dismissive and fearful attachment reported higher levels of relational aggression, and individuals with fearful and preoccupied attachment reported higher rates of relational victimization as compared to those with secure attachment. Neither relational aggression nor relational victimization accounted for a significant portion of the variance in sexual behaviors. However, significant three-way interactions were found that indicated dismissive and secure attachment style, as compared to other attachment styles, moderated associations between relational victimization and sexual behavior and that the strength of these relations differed by gender. These findings highlight the complexity of these interrelations and have important implications for prevention and intervention efforts.

The field of bereavement research is currently lacking empirical studies examining grief in adolescent and young adult populations. Furthermore, the roles of religion (Hays, & Hendrix, 2008), meaning-making (Park, 2005) and post-bereavement personal growth (Davis, 2008), all of which are critical to understanding the loss experiences of people in these age groups (Balk, & Corr, 1996), have yet to be enumerated in a reliable way in the literature. Stroebe (2004) has emphasized the need to improve methods and measurement tools by including more thorough measures of religious coping and bereavement experience. The current study aimed to clarify the process of meaning-making following the loss of a loved one by testing a mediational model in which the use of positive religious coping methods influence the maintenance or development of adaptive core beliefs, which in turn produce favorable outcomes. Data were collected in a survey format from 222 college students, and analyzed using structural equation modeling to test the data against Baron and Kenny’s (1986) criteria for mediation. The data do not support a mediational model of meaning-making for the current sample, but an acceptable model of the effects of world assumptions on outcome variables was developed. The data suggest that while all core beliefs are important to the process of personal growth following a loss, beliefs regarding self-worth are the strongest predictors of positive outcomes and stronger beliefs in the randomness of events are problematic.

Sexual objectification has become a pervasive problem, negatively affecting the mental and physical health of many women. Understanding the influence of visual media, social-support networks and social interactions on young women's health is essential to addressing issues related to objectification. We do not have an in-depth understanding of how Black and White young adult women make meaning of objectification. Further, the existing literature suggests that experiences of objectification are likely different for Black and White women. The current research employed two studies, one qualitative and one quantitative, to address these particular gaps. Study 1 used focus groups to assess young Black and White women’s attitudes and experiences related to objectification. Four focus groups were conducted with university students, two with White women (N=11) and two with Black women (N=17). Results indicated that sexual objectification is a complex and unfortunate reality in the women’s daily lives; driven by the media, men and even other women. Participants’ immediate responses to objectifying experiences are multi-faceted and the potential consequences of long-term exposure can be detrimental to a woman’s well-being. Racial differences arose in relation to standards of beauty as well as examples of and reactions to objectifying experiences. Study 2 study assessed two different models of sexual objectification for White and Black women. Female, undergraduate and graduate students completed an online questionnaire about sources of objectification; 155 White women and 173 Black women were included in the analyses. The results suggest there are significant relationships between certain sociocultural sources of objectification, body image preoccupation and the associated consequences of depression, eating disturbances. Skin color dissatisfaction was an additional negative outcome for Black participants. The models for Black and White participants were not equivalent. Understanding how women experience sexual objectification and racial differences has implications for how objectification and related outcomes are measured. This information also has implications for developing appropriately tailored programming related to the objectification and psychological well-being of women. The information from these studies can hopefully be used to inform individuals of the risks associated with sexual objectification, as well as develop educational programs on college campuses.

This thesis contains the first two acts of a novel about a young girl named Isabeau Jones. After the mysterious drowning death of her mother, Isabeau attempts to find her place as a girl, as a student, as a preternaturally gifted baseball player and as an outsider in a rural East Texas community that does not look kindly on difference. Throughout the novel, Isabeau attempts to negotiate what it means to be female, academically ambitious, physically active and independent in a rural life that does not encourage such qualities in girls. While she navigates her tumultuous relationships with the men in her life, Isabeau also learns more and more about her mother and, eventually, she discovers for herself the kind of woman she can and wants to become.

In the early 1980s, a particular kind of “tween” (children aged 10-14) ghost story emerged. Through examining multiple examples of tween ghost stories (such as Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn, Stonewords by Pam Conrad, and Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss), this paper illustrates the ways in which these stories are remarkably consistent in nature, and then investigates this sub-genre’s specific and consistent articulation of the struggle of moving away from childhood and into the teenage years. By using a ghost to create a situation so off balance (a ghost who is stuck, a protagonist who is in flux), the tween ghost story is uniquely and cleverly designed to help the protagonist navigate through the scary situation of growing up.

The world today is globalized like never before and with countries becoming more multicultural it is important to strive towards an intercultural society. This essay aims to answer the question “In what ways can one teach representation in the intercultural classroom through fantasy literature?”. That is, to illustrate and exemplify how one can use fantasy literature in the English classroom to give students intercultural knowledge through discussions on representation and intersectionality. The discussions in the essay are based in the democratic values stated in the Swedish course curriculum for upper secondary school (Gy11) in relation to the theoretical background. With examples from the book Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, the essay breaches both difficult and sensitive subjects that can be discussed to make certain issues less alien for the reader. Cultural diversity is magical and it is important that students get the right tools to form deep relationships across cultural borders, and the fantasy genre is a great tool to use in the classroom to lessen these bridges between different cultures since the genre creates an arena for intercultural meetings where ‘the other’ is in focus, which reduces the alienating aspect of different cultures and identities.

Könssjukdomen klamydia är bland de vanligaste könssjukdomarna i världen. Könssjukdomen är anmälningspliktig och det ingår sjuksköterskans profession att arbeta preventivt med bland annat provtagning och smittspårning för att ständigt förebygga smittan. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att belysa unga vuxnas upplevelser av att testa sig för könssjukdomen. Författarna har analyserat nio vetenskapliga artiklar som resulterat i två huvudkategorier och fem underkategorier. Den första kategorin samt underkategorierna till denna var följande: Vårdrelaterade upplevelser av klamydiatestning; En känsla av okunskap; Känsla av tillit till vårdarna. Kategori nummer två löd: Psykosociala upplevelser av klamydiatestning med underkategorierna; ”Andra” människors problem; Risk för stigmatisering; Ett moraliskt ansvar. Resultatet visade att det hos unga vuxna fanns brist på kunskap kring könssjukdomen klamydia och testning kring denna. Vårdpersonalen hade i samband med testning stor inverkan och kunde påverka unga vuxnas val kring vart testet föredrogs att utföras samt av vilken befattning. Könssjukdomen visade sig också vara stigmatiserad och kunde skada relationer samt väcka känsla av skuld och skam. Litteraturstudien bidrar med att synliggöra unga vuxnas upplevelser kring testning vilket medför möjlighet för vårdpersonal att förbättra bemötandet så att en god vård kan erbjudas.

Introdução: A Doença Cerebrovascular é uma das principais causas de morte no mundo, inclusive no Brasil, além de ser a primeira causa de internação hospitalar no Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro. Objetivo: avaliar os desfechos epidemiológicos da doença cerebrovascular em adultos jovens residentes no município de São Paulo, assim como avaliar os fatores associados à falta de assistência hospitalar nos óbitos ocasionados pelo acidente cerebrovascular no estado de São Paulo. Método: foram utilizados dados oficiais de mortalidade e hospitalização por DCV provenientes do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade e Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde, respectivamente. As séries temporais foram padronizadas pelo método direto, segundo sexo, idade e tipos da doença. Para a mortalidade, utilizouse dois intervalos de tempo de 10 anos consecutivos (1996-2005 e 2006-2015). Foi utilizado o modelo de regressão de Prais-Winsten, obtendo o Annual Percent Change (APC). Para analisar a associação entre os óbitos por doença cerebrovascular sem assistência hospitalar e as variáveis explicativas utilizou-se regressão de Poisson. Resultados: Ocorreram 13.129 óbitos e 17.972 hospitalizações em adultos jovens residentes na cidade de São Paulo. Quando analisadas conjuntamente, a mortalidade por doença cerebrovascular apresentou tendência decrescente (APC -4,94% entre 1996-2005 e APC -3,17% entre 2006-2017). Mulheres tiveram redução da mortalidade por DCV durante todo o período (1996-2005; APC: -4,29% e 2006-2015; APC: -4,57%), enquanto homens apresentaram redução da mortalidade por DCV somente na primeira década do estudo (1996-2005; APC= -5,71%). A tendência de hospitalização foi estacionária, sem diferenças segundo sexo e faixa etária. A morbimortalidade por DCV no mês mais frio do ano (junho) foi 11,5% mais elevada, em média durante o período 1996-2015 e 2008-2017, em comparação com o período mais quente, no mês de dezembro (p<0,05). Também foram registrados 127.319 óbitos por Doença Cerebrovascular no estado de São Paulo nos períodos de 1996-1998 e 2013-2015. Destes, 19.362 (15,2%) não tiveram assistência hospitalar. No período mais recente (2013-2015) a proporção da falta de assistência hospitalar foi maior para indivíduos de cor da pele amarela (RR=1,48; IC95%, 1,25 : 1,77), enquanto pessoas de cor preta (RR=0,85; IC95%, 0,76 : 0,95), casadas (RR=0,70; IC95%, 0,64 : 0,75), residentes no município de São Paulo (RR=0,92; IC95%: 0,86 - 0,98) e acometidos pela Doença Cerebrovascular hemorrágica (RR=0,47; IC95%, 0,43 : 0,51) tiveram menor proporção de falta de atendimento hospitalar na análise multivariada. Conclusão: a tendência da mortalidade por Doença Cerebrovascular em adultos jovens declinou durante 1996- 2015, com variação segundo sexo, idade e tipos da DCV, enquanto a incidência de hospitalização permaneceu estacionária durante 2008-2017. Além disso, verificamos variação sazonal significante, com maior morbimortalidade por doença cerebrovascular em adultos jovens na cidade de São Paulo, no período mais frio do ano. Em relação aos fatores associados aos óbitos por Doença Cerebrovascular sem assistência hospitalar, identificamos que as mesmas condições continuaram restringindo ou favorecendo a falta de assistência hospitalar nesses óbitos durante os dois períodos de tempo. / Introduction: Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, including in Brazil. Besides being the first cause of hospitalization in the Brazilian Unified Health System. Objective: to evaluate the epidemiological outcomes of cerebrovascular disease in young adults living in the city of São Paulo, as well as to evaluate the factors associated with the lack of hospital care in the deaths caused by stroke in the state of São Paulo. Method: Official data on mortality and hospitalization for CVD from the Mortality Information System and Hospital Information System of the National Health System were used, respectively. Time series were standardized by the direct method, according to sex, age and types of disease. For mortality, two time intervals of 10 consecutive years (1996-2005 and 2006-2015) were used. The Prais- Winsten regression model was used, obtaining Annual Percent Change (APC). Poisson regression was used to analyze the association between deaths due to cerebrovascular disease without hospital care and the explanatory variables. Results: There were 13,129 deaths and 17,972 hospitalizations among young adults living in the city of São Paulo. When analyzed together, stroke mortality presented a decreasing trend (APC -4.94% between 1996-2005 and APC -3.17% between 2006-2017). Women had a reduction in CVD mortality during the whole period (1996-2005, APC: -4.29% and 2006-2015, APC: -4.57%), while men had a reduction in CVD mortality only in the first decade of the study (1996-2005; APC = -5.71%). The trend of hospitalization was stationary, with no differences according to gender and age group. CVD morbidity and mortality in the coldest month of the year (June) was 11.5% higher, on average during the period 1996- 2015 and 2008-2017, compared to the warmer period in December (p<0.05). There were also 127,319 deaths due to stroke in the State of São Paulo during 1996-1998 to 2013- 2015. Of these, 19,362 (15.2%) did not have hospital care. In the most recent period (2013-2015), the proportion of hospital attendance was higher for yellow-skinned individuals (RR = 1.48, 95% CI, 1.25: 1.77), whereas black people ( RR = 0.85, 95% CI 0.76 : 0.95), married (RR = 0.70, 95% CI, 0.64: 0.75), living in the city of São Paulo (RR = 0.92 ; 95% CI: 0.86-0.98) and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease (RR = 0.47, 95% CI, 0.43: 0.51) had a lower proportion of lack of hospital care in the multivariate analysis. Conclusion: The trend of mortality due to stroke in young adults declined during 1996- 2015, with variation according to gender, age and types of CVD, while the incidence of hospitalization remained stationary during 2008-2017. In addition, we verified a significant seasonal variation, with higher morbidity and mortality due to cerebrovascular disease in young adults in the city of São Paulo, during the coldest period of the year. Regarding the factors associated with deaths due to Cerebrovascular Disease without hospital care, we identified that the same conditions continued to restrict or favor the lack of hospital care in these deaths during the two time periods.

Objetivos: Este trabalhado teve como objetivo avaliar a relação entre características de personalidade e adesão ao tratamento antirretroviral em pacientes jovens adultos (18 a 32 anos) portadores do HIV. Metodologia: A adesão ao tratamento foi avaliada pelo \"Cuestionario para la Evaluación de la Adhesión al Tratamiento Antirretrovial (CEAT) e as características de personalidade foram avaliadas pela Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (BFP). Resultados: A amostra foi composta por 51 pacientes e a análise dos dados sugere que o fator de personalidade associado a adesão ao tratamento é Realização. Este fator também surge como preditor independente para adesão ao tratamento. Discussão: Tais resultados reforçam a necessidade de inclusão destes aspectos na avaliação integral realizada pela equipe de saúde ao paciente jovem portador do vírus HIV. Os dados também reforçam a importância do profissional da área de psicologia como parte da equipe visto que, com o acompanhamento psicológico, é possível ajustar e modificar tais características, desenvolvendo estratégias de atendimento mais eficazes / Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the relation between personality characteristics and adherence to treatment in HIV-positive young adult patients (18 to 32 years old). Methods: The adherence to treatment was evaluated by the \"Cuestionario para la Evaluación de la Adhesión al Tratamiento Antirretrovial\" (CEAT) and the personality characteristics were evaluated by \"Factorial Battery of Personality\" (FBP). Results: The sample consisted of 51 patients and the analysis of data suggests that the personality factor associated with adherence is Conscientiousness. This factor was found to be independently associated with good adherence to treatment. Discussion: These results reinforce the need to include these aspects in the general evaluation by the health team. The data also reinforces the importance of a psychologist as part of the team. It is possible to adjust and modify personality characteristics through counseling, delivering a more effective care by improving adherence to treatment

This research focuses on how Young Adult (YA) novelists adapt Shakespeare’s plays to address the concerns of a contemporary teenage audience. Through the qualitative method of content analysis, I examined adaptations of the three most commonly read texts in the high school curriculum: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. The research looked for various patterns in the adaptations and analyzed the choices made by the authors in aligning their texts to or deviating from the original plays. A final chapter addresses practical classroom application in using adaptations to teach the plays to high school students. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection