Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-203).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-203).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-182).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-182).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2000. / Die navorsing ondersoek die opvoedingsnood van die mishandelde kind met die klem op die vennootskap tussen die opvoeder en die mishandelde kind in sy opweg- wees na volwassenheid. Daar word ook gelet op die persepsie van die voorstander van kinderregte van die mishandelde kind se verhouding met homself, ander, idees en dinge en Godfn god binne sy eie leefwereld. Aandag word geskenk aan problematiese opvoedingsgebeure waaraan die kind blootgestel mag word en die invloed wat hierdie gebeure op die onderaktualisering van die psigiese lewe mag he. Die wordingsdoeleindes van die kind onder die opskrifte: betekeniswereld, adekwate self en toebehorenheid word bespreek. Een van die opvoeder se take is onder andere om die kind in staat te stel om homself in die wereld te onenteer sodat hy sy eie leefwereld kan konstitueer. Deur relasies met homself, ander, idees en dinge en Godfn god te vorm, konstitueer hy 'n betekenisvolle leefwereld. 'n Selfgestruktureerde vraelys is as. meetinstrument gebruik. Die opstel, verspreiding en voltooiing daarvan word volledig behandel. Die aanbieding en ontleding van data word bespreek. Waar nodig, word van beskrywende statistiek gebruik gemaak. Uit die analise van die data het dit geblyk dat die mishandelde kind oor die algemeen nie baie gelukkig is nie, hy slaap nie rustig nie en hy neem oor die algemeen 'n aggressiewe houding in en is nie vriendelik nie. 'n Groot aantal het gevoel dat daar nie regtig goed in hulle steek nie en dat hulle die mi~handeling waaraan hulle blootgestel is, verdien. Wat die verhouding met ander betref, het dit geblyk dat daar tog op een van die ouers of versorgers se liefde en ondersteuning staatgemaak kan word, dat daar vertroue in die voorstander van kinderregte is en dat 'n klein persentasie van mishandelde kinders goed met volwassenes oor die weg kom. Oor die algemeen is verhoudings met huidiqe vriende goed. Ongelukkig het dit geblyk dat min mishandelde kinders 'n goeie toekonisperspektief het. Wat die relasiedimensie met Godfn god betref, het min kinders hierdie verhouding as 'n prioriteit in hul lewens gestel. Ter afsluiting word daar enkele aanbevelings aan die hand gedoen: • Oat die ouer/versorger se opvoedings- en onderrigtaak deur aile partye (staat, kerk, skool, ensovoorts) aandag behoort te geniet. • Oat ouers/versorgers - as prirnere opvoeders -van hulle verantwoordelikhede bewus gemaak behoort te word by wyse van werkswinkels, ondersteuning en kommunikasie tussen die skool en die huis. • Oat die kerk as infonnele opvoeder, kinders genoegsaam geestelik onderrig. Die hoop word uitgespreek dat hierdie beskeie bydrae 'n sinvolle bydrae tot die leefwereld van die mishandelde kind sal maak. = During this study research was conducted pertaining to the educational need of the abused child, with the emphasis on the partnership between the educator and the abused child on his way- to maturity- . Attention was also focused on the perception of the Protector of children's rights on the life world of the abused child.. A self-constructed questionnaire was used as measuring instrument. The construction, distribution and completion of the questionnaire were discussed in detail. The presentation and analysis of data was also discussed. Where necessary descriptive statistics were used to analyse data. From the analysis of the data it became clear that the abused child is not a happy child, he does not sleep well, becomes aggressive often and is not very fiiendly. A large number ofabused children were under the impression that they deserved the abuse they had experienced. Regarding the relationship with others, most children indicated that they trusted and i or loved at least one of their parents. They also trusted the Protector of children's rights. Few experienced meaningful relations with adults or a positive perspective on the future. Pertaining to their relationship to God! a god, very few expressed this relationship as a priority. Based on the accumulated findings of the research the following recommendations were made: • That parent's educational responsibilities be recognised by the government, churches and school. • Parents as primary educator's responsibilities should be emphasised by means of . workshops, support groups and meaningful communication between home and school • That the church as informal educator should provide sufficient support to the abused child. It is hoped that this study will make a meaningful contribution towards the life world of the abused child.

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A critique of pertinent literature reveals that the majority of theoretical understandings and modes of intervention in the arena of spouse abuse are limited by their adherence to a linear epistemology. It is contended that when intervention efforts are framed solely in linear terms, the abusive couple is perceived within a dichotomous logic of attribution, thereby engendering solutions of dismemberment. It is suggested that an ecosystemic perspective, which is grounded in cybernetics, ecology and systems theory, can offer a means of overcoming the limitations that currently plague helping institutions. Such a perspective expands intervention options as the helper, the helping system(s), the client and the context of the client's problems are viewed as interrelated rather than distinct systems. Some of the interlinked variables which need to be considered when planning an ecosystemic programme for spouse abuse are also presented. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

While the general link between adolescent maltreatment and adolescent substance abuse is well established, questions remain regarding factors that may explain variability in the strength of this link. This study examines whether the link between maltreatment and substance abuse varies across three categories of maltreatment: physical, sexual and emotional. It also examines gender differences and timing of abuse (past or current). This study also examines the level of parental monitoring and what effect parental monitoring has on maltreated adolescents and their use of substances. Survey data were collected from six public schools in a rural Southwestern Oregon County on experience of maltreatment (emotional, physical and sexual) and use of substances (tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs), gender differences and level of parental monitoring. Data were analyzed using t-tests and regression models. Results indicated that youth who currently experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse were significantly more likely to use tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs than were youth who had experienced abuse in the past. They also indicated a significant interaction between gender and physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse (past and present combined) in predicting illicit drug use with males using illicit drugs at a significantly higher rate than females. As predicted, a significant interaction was found between parental monitoring and maltreatment/no maltreatment in predicting drug use. Maltreated youth with low levels of parental monitoring were significantly more likely to have high levels of substance use than were maltreated youth with high levels of parental monitoring. These results give rise to the need for further research into this subject to aid counselors in helping youth, especially male youth, in substance abuse treatment. Results of this study suggest a need for substance abuse treatment counselors to educate the parents of the treatment clients to closely monitor their adolescent as a possible means of reducing substance abuse. / Graduation date: 2002

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.