The purpose of this intervention study was to test the possibility and ability of using story book reading as intervention for children with autism by comparing the development outcome of children with autism with and with out using story book reading as language and social interaction intervention. This study is based on the hypothesis that storybook reading can develop the language and social interaction of children with autism. Method: The Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) was used to assess 10 children with autism who have the same level of severity and join the same special classroom in Yuwaprasart Waithayopatum Child Psychiatric Hospital Patron: HRH Princess Galayani Vadhana as pre and post intervention assessment. The result from ATEC was compared to find the answer for the research question, the data from the interviews with parents of children with autism were categorized as regards the score on language and social interaction development and several variables were also taken into account. Result: The result revealed better development outcome in the children with autism who joined the intervention, but the period of reading didn’t show any relation with the quality of development outcome. The story in the storybook play important role in the intervention because children participant paid attention only on the storybook which matched with their interest. The social interaction of participants in the intervention group was significantly developed, they all had better social interaction with their parents (adult participants) and also others such as sibling, but this also did not relate to the amounting of time they had read storybooks with their parents.

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The diploma thesis deals with the Czech cultural phenomenon Vecernicek. Three interpretative sections of the thesis show the possibility to place Vecernicek among modern fairytales as well as they prove its continuity to the traditional fairytale output. At the same time, the thesis draws on distictions between traditional and modernized poetics. Choice series are interpreted with respect to intermediality and specific form of Vecernicek as a TV programme designed for pre-school and and primary-school children. .

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Radio Bedtime Stories Mirroring Socio-political Changes in Czechoslovakia in the "Golden Sixties" The aim of the work is a media analysis of Dobrou noc, děti (Good Night, Children) - a radio bedtime story series broadcast in the years 1961-1971. In addition to the origin and development of the programme, allusions to contemporary socio-political events, which were reflected in its content, are also examined. The dissertation deals with the changes in the radio programme and follows them from the beginning of socio-political changes in the 1960s until the beginning of the "normalization era". In this work, the radio bedtime story is also conceived from an anthropological perspective as a cultural phenomenon. The dissertation is formally divided into three parts-historical, empirical and interpretive. The focus of the historical chapter is a description of the development of radio in Czechoslovakia. The empirical part includes an analysis of the radio bedtime story in the years 1961-1971. The interpretive part deals mainly with how the radio bedtime story and its creators reacted to political anniversaries and Christian holidays in the period under review. At the end of the work, the programme is examined from an anthropological point of view as a cultural change.

The purpose of this study was to compare marital satisfaction among serious leisure participants in partner dancing and their spouses based on their participation patterns in dance (both dancers or only one dancer), with covariates of spousal support, satisfaction with leisure, and leisure-family conflict. This study not only found a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and participation patterns for dancers (participating together β =.2125), but the averages for joint and individual participation patterns fell on either side of the non-distressed versus distressed cut-off score for marital satisfaction, suggesting that participation in a serious leisure activity, like partner dancing, without your spouse was associated with marital distress, and participating with your spouse can help reduce or avoid that stress. Results also suggest that it is role support felt for a specific leisure activity (in this case, dance) that was related to marital satisfaction (β =.4925), but not support felt for general leisure activities or levels of support given. Finally, retiring to bed at the same time was confirmed as an important couple ritual that positively relates to marital satisfaction (β =.1548).

Prokrastinering inför sänggående är någoting som de flesta människor gör, det innebär att medvetet förskjuta tidpunkten för att sova. Detta beteende kan ha en negativ inverkan på både sömnkvalitet och välbefinnande. Syftet med studien var att undersöka prokrastinering inför sänggång mellan köns- och åldersgrupper samt samband mellan prokrastinering inför sänggående och sömn- och livskvalitet. Studien bygger på 149 enkätsvar från deltagare i åldersspannet 18-99 år, 76 deltagare klassificerades som unga vuxna och 73 deltagare som vuxna. Det var 110 kvinnor och 39 män som deltog i enkätstudien. Dessa rekryterades genom annonser och valde själva att delta anonymt. Resultatet visade att unga vuxna prokrastinerade mer än vuxna och skillnaderna var signifikanta. Det fanns samband mellan prokrastinering inför sänggång och sömnkvalitet samt mellan sömnkvalitet och livskvalitet. En slutsats av studien är att unga prokrastinerar mer inför sänggång genom sin mobiltelefon än vuxna. / Procrastination before bedtime is something most people engage in, meaning consciously delaying their bedtime. This behavior can have a negative impact on both sleep quality and well-being. The purpose of the study was to examine bedtime procrastination across gender and age groups, as well as the relationship between bedtime procrastination before bedtime and sleep and well-being. The study is based on 149 survey responses from participants aged 18-99 years; 76 participants were classified as young adults and 73 participants as adults. There were 110 women and 39 men who participated in the survet study. The results showed that young adults procrastinated more than adults, and the differences were significant. There were also correlations between bedtime procrastination and sleep quality, as well as between sleep quality and well-being. One conclusion of the study is that young adults engage in bedtime procrastinate more through their mobile phones than adults.

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