Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2005. / Not embargoed. Vita. Bibliography: 152-169.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Also available in print.

Kyoto University (京都大学) / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第15661号 / 工博第3319号 / 新制||工||1501(附属図書館) / 28198 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科建築学専攻 / (主査)教授 鉾井 修一, 教授 門内 輝行, 教授 髙田 光雄 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当

This diploma thesis deals with contemporary family, in particular by ensuring the best interests of the child during the parents' divorce and post-divorce in care. The theoretical part introduces the characteristics of the contemporary family, as a result of socio-cultural development of society, and then attempts to put forward the concept of the current healthy family, as the possibility of a positive direction. It deals with the causes and manifestations of families at risk to stability, the question of divorce of parents in relation to a child after divorce and child care. It introduces the possibility of using supportive and protective services social and legal protection of children under current legislation. The subject of the practical work is still continuing casuistry's growing conflict divorce of parents, which resulted in threatening condition child's healthy development. The research focuses primarily on the way to fulfilling the practice of social and legal protection. Analyzes processes work, looking for the main obstacles to ensure the best interests of the child and trying to find possible solutions support and child protection. KEY WORDS
 The best interests of the child, a healthy family, divorce, social and legal protection, system connection

This diploma work deals with homosexually oriented persons that want to establish a family or that already have a child and raise it up. It concerns to biological parentage or "only" psychological parentage or a relationship with same-sex partner or an individual care for a child. The work specifies basic terms and contains a short overview of homosexuality in view of history, religion and medicine. The work learns the reader in history and legislation differences of the registered partnership and matrimony. It also marginally deals with possibilities and rights of homosexual persons in the world. The work also includes opinion on family, its functions and types. It describes today's possibilities of homosexuals' ways to a child. The work also focuses on issue of rising up a child by homosexuals. To clarify links, it describes here gay and lesbian relations and families, including development of a child being raised up in a non-traditional family. Aim of the work is to document subjective opinions of the homosexuals themselves to the issue of rising up children by persons with such an orientation, to find out how they evaluate attitude of the society to this topic and how these persons are interested in LGBT situation. For the survey and reconnaissance of the opinions, on-line questionnaire was...

Embora exista um corpo de pesquisa dedicado a investigar as relações entre família e adoecimento psíquico, ainda faltam muitas informações sobre como se dão estas interações. Os transtornos mentais apresentam um impacto significativo sobre as famílias e, ao mesmo tempo, podem ser afetados por características da mesma. Além disto, a depender dessas características, a família pode apresentar-se como fator de proteção (suporte, apoio) ou risco ao desenvolvimento do portador de transtorno mental, em especial na infância. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar as famílias de crianças com transtorno mental em relação ao funcionamento familiar e os recursos ambientais que estas famílias oferecem para suas crianças, buscando identificar associações entre o funcionamento familiar, a disponibilização de recursos no ambiente familiar e as variáveis sociodemográficas. Responsáveis por 33 pacientes de um serviço de Psiquiatria foram entrevistados para o preenchimento de um questionário sociodemográfico, o Questionário de Capacidades e Dificuldades - SDQ, o Inventário de Recursos do Ambiente Familiar - RAF, e a Escala de Avaliação da Coesão e Adaptabilidade Familiar - FACES IV. Foram realizadas análises descritivas e aplicados o teste de correlação de Spearman para verificar associações entre as dimensões de funcionamento familiar e os recursos do ambiente familiar; as variáveis sociodemográficas foram categorizadas e submetidas a análises comparativas, utilizando o teste de Mann Whitney (variáveis dicotômicas) e teste de Kruskal Wallis (variáveis com três categorias). A maioria dos pacientes investigados eram do sexo masculino (69,7%) e frequentavam escola (78,8%). Os diagnósticos mais frequentes foram Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (39,4%) e Transtorno do Espectro Autista (39,4%). Apenas 12,1% das famílias foram consideradas disfuncionais. Os recursos mais presentes no ambiente foram brinquedos (6,9 ±2,0), a família estar reunida para atividades de rotina (6,6 ±2,3), realização de atividades conjuntas com os pais em casa (6,0 ±2,1) e organização dos horários/rotina (5,9 ±2,5). Variáveis sociodemográficas como frequência à escola, o responsável exercer atividade profissional, percepção familiar sobre a gravidade das dificuldades da criança, escolaridade do responsável e classe social mostraram influência sobre funcionamento familiar. Frequência da criança à escola, responsável trabalhar fora, presença de comorbidades, escolaridade do responsável e classe socioeconômica também influenciaram a oferta de recursos pela família. A subescala emaranhada (disfuncional) de funcionamento familiar mostrou associação positiva com sintomas emocionais (r= 0,376; p<0,01) e a subescala satisfação familiar correlacionou-se negativamente com os mesmos sintomas (r=-0,365; p<0,05). As subescalas desequilibradas (desengajada, emaranhada e caótica) apresentaram correlações negativas fracas ou moderadas com os recursos ambientais (variando de r=-0,348 a r=-0,484). As subescalas equilibradas (coesão, flexibilidade, comunicação e satisfação familiar) correlacionaram-se positivamente (variando de r=0,348 a r=0,515) com a maioria dos recursos investigados pelo RAF. A presença de sintomas de hiperatividade e de sintomas emocionais mostrou-se negativamente correlacionada com os recursos investigados. De modo geral, as famílias investigadas apresentam um bom funcionamento, entretanto, há indicadores de disfuncionalidade presentes. Os resultados evidenciam que crianças com transtorno mental têm poucos recursos disponíveis no ambiente familiar que possam promover seu desenvolvimento afetivo, cognitivo e social. Além disto, os achados sugerem que quanto mais dificuldades a criança apresenta, menor é seu acesso a estes recursos. Apesar das dificuldades, recursos pessoais e familiares estão presentes / Although there is a body of research dedicated to investigate the relationship between family and mental illness, still lack a lot of information about these interactions. Mental disorders have a significant impact on families and, at the same time, may be affected by family characteristics. In addition, depending on these characteristics, the family can present itself as a protective or risk factor to the development of the bearer of mental disorder, especially in childhood. In this context, the objective of this study was to characterize the families of children with mental disorder in relation to family functioning and the environmental resources that these families provide for their children, seeking to identify associations between family functioning, the availability of resources in the family environment and sociodemographic variables. Parents of 33 patients from a Psychiatry service were interviewed to complete a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Capacities and Difficulties Questionnaire - SDQ, the Family Environment Resource Inventory - RAF, and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale IV (FACES IV). Descriptive analyzes were performed and the Spearman correlation test was applied to verify associations between the dimensions of family functioning and the resources of the family environment; the sociodemographic variables were categorized and submitted to comparative analysis using the Mann Whitney test (dichotomous variables) and Kruskal Wallis test (variables with three categories). The majority of the patients investigated were males (69.7%) and attended school (78.8%). The most frequent diagnoses were Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (39.4%) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (39.4%). Only 12.1% of the families considered were dysfunctional. The resources more present in the environment were toys (6.9 ±2.0), the family be gathered for routine activities (6.6 ±2.3), carrying out joint activities with parents at home (6.0 ±2.1) and the organization of schedules /routine (5.9 ±2.5). Sociodemographic variables such as attendance at school, the respondent engage in professional activity, family perception about the severity of the child\'s difficulties, schooling of the respondent and social class showed influence on family functioning. Frequency of the child to school, respondent work outside, presence of comorbidities, schooling of the respondent and socioeconomic class also influenced the supply of resources by the family. The enmeshed subscale (unbalanced) showed a positive association with emotional symptoms (r = 0.376, p <0.01) and the family satisfaction subscale correlated negatively with the same symptoms (r = -0.365, p <0.05). Unbalanced subscales (disengaged, enmeshed and chaotic) showed weak or moderate negative correlations with environmental resources (ranging from r = 0.348 to r = -0.484). The balanced subscales (cohesion, flexibility, communication and family satisfaction) correlated positively (ranging from r = 0.348 to r = 0.515) with the majority of the resources investigated by the RAF. The presence of hyperactivity and emotional symptoms were negatively correlated with the investigated resources. In general, families investigated have a good functioning; however, indicators of dysfunction are present. The results show that children with mental disorders have few resources available in the family environment that can promote their affective, cognitive and social development. In addition, the findings suggest that the more difficulties the child presents, the less is the access to these resources. Despite difficulties, personal and family resources are present

O fenômeno da violência é identificado como de difícil apreensão pelo grau de subjetividade e complexidade que contém, devendo ser analisado sob inúmeras perspectivas. A violência contra a criança privilegia as causas do problema e suas conseqüências físicas associadas às experiências acometidas no âmbito familiar. Este estudo apresenta a análise do fenômeno na perspectiva do enfermeiro, considerando o contexto de cuidado à criança, vítima de violência como seu mundo-vida. Para tanto, teve como objetivo Compreender o típico da vivência dos enfermeiros no cuidado à criança, vítima de violência intrafamiliar, em unidades de emergência, cuidados intensivos e de internação. Foi conduzido um estudo qualitativo, tendo como referencial a Fenomenologia Social de Alfred Schutz. Foram realizadas entrevistas fenomenológicas com 15 enfermeiros que atuavam em unidades de emergência pediátricas, terapia intensiva infantil e unidades de internação na cidade de São Paulo, tendo como foco sua vivência de cuidado à crianças vítimas de violência intrafamiliar. A análise pautada na teoria motivacional de Schutz permitiu a descrição do tipo vivido apoiado em três categorias concretas do vivido que expressam aspectos significativos da experiência do enfermeiro: (1) o contato com a violência, (2) reações ambivalentes e (3) atitude profissional protetora. Os resultados revelaram que o mundo-vida do enfermeiro é identificado, como um mundo de muitas diversidades onde lidar e cuidar da criança, vitima de violência é definido como uma vivência geradora de sofrimento. O mundo-vida do enfermeiro é intersubjetivo, desde seu início e as ações nele exercidas são eminentemente sociais. As motivações do enfermeiro que apontam para o futuro e explicam o projeto de ação em função das vivências pessoais são evidenciadas na geração de um ambiente protetor, diante da violência à criança. / Violence is identified as a difficult issue to grasp due to subjectivity and complexity degree that holds. It should be analyzed by numerous perspectives. Violence against children focuses on problem causes and its physical consequences associated with experiences inside family affected. This study presents the analysis of phenomenon from nurses perspective, taking into consideration the context of care for children, who are victims of violence as nurses life-world. To do so, this study aims at \"understanding nurses typical experience in care for children who are victim of family violence either in emergency rooms, or intensive care and hospitalization\". A qualitative study was conducted taking as reference Alfred Schutz Social Phenomenology. Phenomenological interviews were accomplished with 15 nurses working in pediatric emergency rooms, infantile intensive care units, and hospitalization units in São Paulo city, focusing on their experience of care for children who are victims of family violence. Analyses guided on Schutz motivational theory allowed describing living from three specific categories of living reality expressing significant aspects of nurses experience: (1) contact with violence; (2) ambivalent reactions, and (3) protective professional approach. Results showed that nurses life-world is identified as a many diversity world in which deal with and care for children who are victims of violence are defined as an experience that generates distress. Nurses life-world is inter-subjective since its start, and its actions exerted in its life-world are eminently social. Nurses motivations that point to the future and explain the proposed action based on personal experiences are evidenced in the generation of a protective environment face to violence against children.

O fenômeno da violência é identificado como de difícil apreensão pelo grau de subjetividade e complexidade que contém, devendo ser analisado sob inúmeras perspectivas. A violência contra a criança privilegia as causas do problema e suas conseqüências físicas associadas às experiências acometidas no âmbito familiar. Este estudo apresenta a análise do fenômeno na perspectiva do enfermeiro, considerando o contexto de cuidado à criança, vítima de violência como seu mundo-vida. Para tanto, teve como objetivo Compreender o típico da vivência dos enfermeiros no cuidado à criança, vítima de violência intrafamiliar, em unidades de emergência, cuidados intensivos e de internação. Foi conduzido um estudo qualitativo, tendo como referencial a Fenomenologia Social de Alfred Schutz. Foram realizadas entrevistas fenomenológicas com 15 enfermeiros que atuavam em unidades de emergência pediátricas, terapia intensiva infantil e unidades de internação na cidade de São Paulo, tendo como foco sua vivência de cuidado à crianças vítimas de violência intrafamiliar. A análise pautada na teoria motivacional de Schutz permitiu a descrição do tipo vivido apoiado em três categorias concretas do vivido que expressam aspectos significativos da experiência do enfermeiro: (1) o contato com a violência, (2) reações ambivalentes e (3) atitude profissional protetora. Os resultados revelaram que o mundo-vida do enfermeiro é identificado, como um mundo de muitas diversidades onde lidar e cuidar da criança, vitima de violência é definido como uma vivência geradora de sofrimento. O mundo-vida do enfermeiro é intersubjetivo, desde seu início e as ações nele exercidas são eminentemente sociais. As motivações do enfermeiro que apontam para o futuro e explicam o projeto de ação em função das vivências pessoais são evidenciadas na geração de um ambiente protetor, diante da violência à criança. / Violence is identified as a difficult issue to grasp due to subjectivity and complexity degree that holds. It should be analyzed by numerous perspectives. Violence against children focuses on problem causes and its physical consequences associated with experiences inside family affected. This study presents the analysis of phenomenon from nurses perspective, taking into consideration the context of care for children, who are victims of violence as nurses life-world. To do so, this study aims at \"understanding nurses typical experience in care for children who are victim of family violence either in emergency rooms, or intensive care and hospitalization\". A qualitative study was conducted taking as reference Alfred Schutz Social Phenomenology. Phenomenological interviews were accomplished with 15 nurses working in pediatric emergency rooms, infantile intensive care units, and hospitalization units in São Paulo city, focusing on their experience of care for children who are victims of family violence. Analyses guided on Schutz motivational theory allowed describing living from three specific categories of living reality expressing significant aspects of nurses experience: (1) contact with violence; (2) ambivalent reactions, and (3) protective professional approach. Results showed that nurses life-world is identified as a many diversity world in which deal with and care for children who are victims of violence are defined as an experience that generates distress. Nurses life-world is inter-subjective since its start, and its actions exerted in its life-world are eminently social. Nurses motivations that point to the future and explain the proposed action based on personal experiences are evidenced in the generation of a protective environment face to violence against children.

The submitted diploma degree thesis deals with the development of pre-reading literacy in family environment. The aim of this thesis is to find out which ideas about developing early reading skills parents have and how they build pre-reading skills in their children. The thesis is also focused on parent-child communication and child's vocabulary. The theoretical part defines basic terms relevant to the topic of reading and literacy. It offers characteristics of a pre-school child and his development in areas which are related to pre-reading literacy. The particularization of the term of pre-reading literacy and activities supporting literacy skills are presented as well.It defines the concept of family communication and child-directed speech. The final chapter of the theoretical part describes previous research that has been conducted in this field in the past. The theoretical part of the thesis is based on the study of research literature and crucial research. The practical part is devoted to an empirical study. It consists of five case studies which are focused on the analysis of video recordings connected to the development of pre-reading literacy in family environment. The video recordings were anonymized and, with slight deviations, transcribed according to the CHAT system, which is a part of...