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Mothers' constructions of daughters' sexualityAnthony, Liezl Elona 12 1900 (has links)
On t.p.: Degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) / Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV-infection and AIDS are major problems not only in South Africa, but worldwide. It has
become evident that not only is HIV-infection and AIDS rife amongst the youth of South Africa,
but the rate of infection is likely to increase within the next few years. Second to the HIV-infection
pandemic in South Africa, is the high prevalence of teenage pregnancies. These have been shown to
increase rapidly with more teenage girls becoming pregnant than a few years back. Teenagers tend
not to use contraceptives and do not make use of their parents as sexual informants. It is believed
that parents do not play an active role in the imparting of knowledge and sexual information. The
youth and especially teenage girls' sense of personal agency are limited, when they are confronted
with dangerous sexual situations.
Furthermore, it has been argued that a person's socio-economic status plays an important role in
HIV-infection, contraceptive use and pregnancy - with teenagers from lower socio-economic
groups more likely to be the higher risk group. This study proposed to address the need for research
on female reproductive health in all the diverse South African communities, by focusing
specifically on working-class mothers' constructions of daughters' sexuality in a "coloured"! semirural
area of South Africa.
In the current study, data were obtained from ten women aged 32 to 55 years about their views of
their daughters' sexuality and their experiences with their own sexuality. All of the participants
were mothers of teenage daughters. The women all came from a semi-rural "coloured" community
and mostly varied only in terms of age and educational level. All of these participants were from a
working-class background.
Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with the women and using a feminist social
constructionist grounded theory these women's accounts were explored and analysed. The analysis
revealed that women still uphold the belief that sexuality is an entity that should be feared. The
focus of mothers' discussions with their daughters centered on the dangers of sexuality.
Furthermore the analysis indicated that mothers aspired to reduce the sexual dangers that their
daughters face. They endeavored to protect their daughters by continuously subjecting them to
various messages - such as "sex is bad", "sex and sexuality can ruin one's future" and "virginity is
the key to successful womanhood". Mothers also strived to protect their daughters through constant scrutiny. However, mothers, in their efforts to preserve their daughters innocence, were unwittingly
seen to endanger the girls. They were endangering their daughters by keeping them ignorant and
through shaming sexual experimentation and sexual curiosity. A restricted focus on the danger and
perils of sexuality is found to be extremely hazardous. It overshadowed all the other sexual
experiences that women might have. The emphasis on danger portrays women solely as victims and
as sexually vulnerable. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Statistieke toon dat alle seksueel-oordraagbare infeksies, MIV-infeksie, VIGS en reproduktiewe
gesondheidsprobleme op globale vlak toeneem, asook in Suid-Afrika. Baie duidelik is die invloed
van MIV-infeksies asook VIGS onder die jeudiges van Suid-Afrika. Daar word gespekuleer dat die
aantal infeksies aansienlik oor die volgende paar jaar sal toeneem. Naas die MIV-infeksie
pandemonium is die hoë tienerswangerskappe 'n verdere probleem onder Suid-Afrikaanse tieners.
Swangerskappe neem al hoe meer toe met meer tienerdogters wat swanger raak as 'n paar jaar
gelede. Verder maak tieners nie gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels nie en gebruik ook nie hulouers as
seksuele inligtingbronne nie. Daar is ook bevind dat ouers nie 'n aktiewe rol speel om seksuele
informasie met hulle kinders te deel nie. Tieners, en veral tienerdogters, se siening oor hul
persoonlike agentskap is beperk en veral wanneer hulle gekonfronteer word met gevaarlike seksuele
situasies.
Verder is daar bevind dat 'n persoon se sosio-ekonomiese status 'n belangrike rol speel by MIVinfeksie,
die gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels en swangerskap. Tieners van 'n laer sosio-ekonomiese
agtergrond is geïdentifiseer as die hoër risiko groep. Die huidige studie het beoog om die leemte
van navorsing oor reproduktiewe gesondheid van vroue in alle diverse gemeenskappe in Suid-
Afrika aan te spreek deur te fokus op "kleurling" werkersklas ma's in 'n semi-landelike area van
Suid-Afrika.
Tien vroue het aan die huidige studie deelgeneem. Hulle ouderdomme het gewissel vanaf 32 tot 55
jaar. Inligting aangaande hulle sienings oor hul dogters se seksualiteit sowel as hul eie was verkry.
Al die vroue was ma's van tienerdogters en afkomstig uit 'n semi-landelike "kleurling"
gemeenskap. Die deelnemers was almal vanuit 'n werkersklas agtergrond afkomstig.
Semi-gestruktureerde in-diepte onderhoude is met die vroue gevoer. Die "feminist social
constructionist grounded theory" metode is gebruik om die onderhoude te analiseer. Uit die analise
blyk dit dat vroue glo dat seksualiteit 'n entiteit is wat gevrees moet word. Die fokus van ma's se
besprekings met hulle dogters sentreer op die gevare van seksualiteit. Die analise toon verder dat
ma's aspireer om die seksuele gevare te verminder wat hulle dogters in die gesig staar. Ma's wil
hulle dogters beskerm deur hulle gedurig dop te hou asook deur boodskappe wat die ma's aan hulle
dogters weergee. Boodskappe soos "seks is nie goed nie", "seks en seksualiteit kan jou toekoms
verongeluk" en "maagdelikheid is die sleutel tot suksesvolle vrouwees" is van die boodskappe wat
ma's aan hulle dogters weergee. Alhoewel ma's probeer om hul dogters se onskuld te beskerm, is hulle terselfdertyd onbewustelik besig om hulle dogters aan gevaar bloot te stel. Deur hulle dogters
onkundig te hou en deur seksuele eksperimentasie asook seksuele nuuskierigheid as skandalig en
onbetaamlik voor te hou, stel ma's hulle dogters bloot aan gevaar. Daar is 'n risiko verbonde aan
die beperkte fokus op die gevaar van seksualiteit. Dit oorskadu alle ander seksuele ervarings wat
vroue mag hê. Die klem op seks as 'n bedreiging stel vroue slegs voor as slagoffers en as seksueel
weerloos.
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The hurricane notebooksUnknown Date (has links)
The Hurricane Notebooks is a manuscript-length memoir of the narrator's quest to piece together the enigmatic character of her late father. She does this through her discovery of his private notebooks as well as her unearthing of four generations of family turmoil. / by Mary Ann Hogan. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.
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Daughters with a parent in a care facility: a stress and coping modelKrause, Allison Mary 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to test Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) theoretical
framework of stress and coping as it applied to daughters who have parents living in
care facilities. Specifically, the effects of personal and environmental influences,
cognitive appraisals, and coping on positive affect and depression were examined in
two subsamples of daughters: daughters with parents with dementia (n=100) and
daughters with parents with other health difficulties (n=89).
The data were collected from a volunteer sample of 189 daughters (M age 51.3)
in the Greater Vancouver region. Daughters completed three parts of a questionnaire
over a six-week period. Specific variables of interest included prior communal
behaviors, support satisfaction, care satisfaction, appraisals (perceived control and
perceived stress), coping strategies (relationship-focused, problem-focused, emotionfocused),
positive affect, and depression. Negative affectivity (NA) was examined as a
confounding variable.
Path analysis using LISREL VIII (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1993) was undertaken to
examine the hypothesized relationships between antecedent, mediating, and outcome
variables that are central to Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) theoretical framework.
Initial results revealed a poor fitting model for both the dementia and other health
groups. However, a revised model, taking into account theoretical and empirical
support for a direct relationship between support satisfaction and emotion-focused
coping, provided an acceptable fit for both groups.
The overall pattern of relationships for the variables in the model offer some
support for the hypothesized model and for Lazarus and Folkman's theoretical
assumptions. For both groups, greater control over the stressful aspect of facility care
was related to more problem-focused coping, which in turn was related to more
positive affect. For the other health group, greater appraised stress was related to more
emotion-focused coping, which was in turn was related to greater depression. Among
daughters with parents with dementia, low levels of care satisfaction and high
communal behaviors were associated with greater perceived control. The hypothesized
mediational role of appraisals and coping was not supported. The results point to the
importance of understanding caregiving in the context of chronic stress and the unique
contribution of personality, health type, and positive aspects of caregiving to a
daughter's stress process.
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Daughters with a parent in a care facility: a stress and coping modelKrause, Allison Mary 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to test Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) theoretical
framework of stress and coping as it applied to daughters who have parents living in
care facilities. Specifically, the effects of personal and environmental influences,
cognitive appraisals, and coping on positive affect and depression were examined in
two subsamples of daughters: daughters with parents with dementia (n=100) and
daughters with parents with other health difficulties (n=89).
The data were collected from a volunteer sample of 189 daughters (M age 51.3)
in the Greater Vancouver region. Daughters completed three parts of a questionnaire
over a six-week period. Specific variables of interest included prior communal
behaviors, support satisfaction, care satisfaction, appraisals (perceived control and
perceived stress), coping strategies (relationship-focused, problem-focused, emotionfocused),
positive affect, and depression. Negative affectivity (NA) was examined as a
confounding variable.
Path analysis using LISREL VIII (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1993) was undertaken to
examine the hypothesized relationships between antecedent, mediating, and outcome
variables that are central to Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) theoretical framework.
Initial results revealed a poor fitting model for both the dementia and other health
groups. However, a revised model, taking into account theoretical and empirical
support for a direct relationship between support satisfaction and emotion-focused
coping, provided an acceptable fit for both groups.
The overall pattern of relationships for the variables in the model offer some
support for the hypothesized model and for Lazarus and Folkman's theoretical
assumptions. For both groups, greater control over the stressful aspect of facility care
was related to more problem-focused coping, which in turn was related to more
positive affect. For the other health group, greater appraised stress was related to more
emotion-focused coping, which was in turn was related to greater depression. Among
daughters with parents with dementia, low levels of care satisfaction and high
communal behaviors were associated with greater perceived control. The hypothesized
mediational role of appraisals and coping was not supported. The results point to the
importance of understanding caregiving in the context of chronic stress and the unique
contribution of personality, health type, and positive aspects of caregiving to a
daughter's stress process. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate
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When Again Comes Back to YouCarver, Robert Benjamin 24 January 2013 (has links)
This is a creative work in the genre of non-fiction writing, in the sub-genre of memoir. When Again Comes Back to You is a memoir that traces the effects of abuse as it works upon the life of a young girl who grows in the shadow of an abusive family. As the girl grows, and becomes a mother herself, the story explores how the effects of abuse can extend into the next generation.
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