Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-140). / Also available by subscription via World Wide Web / ix, 150 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-108). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1990. / Title from title page screen, viewed November 3, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Dent M. Rhodes (chair), Twyman Jones, James A. Knecht, Normand Madore. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-215) and abstract. Also available in print.

The theoretical part describes mediation, especially its specifics, the mediator and their education. Furthermore, I focus on the family and the child in context of family conflict, social work, law related to mediation and awareness do mediation as an alternative way of solving problems. The empirical part is a quantitative research on awareness of the family mediation among students of social work and law. Firstly, I compared the educational plans of particular programs. Secondly, I created online questionnaires and examined their results. As the additional method I used a structured interview with chief executive officer of Český mediátor company. The survey obtained 100 respondents, 47 student of law, 53 students of social work and one important for the interview. It was found that both students of social work and law have no mandatory subjects on mediation. They can only have it optionally. Based on the questionary survey it was proven that students of social work knew family mediation in terms of its process better than students of law. Surprisingly, students of social work are often interested in family mediation in their future profession. When it comes to the overview of frequency of the usage of the family mediation the results are almost identical for both groups. Both students knew that...

Thesis (M Social Work (Social Work))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / An exploratory and descriptive research was conducted and the predominant research approach employed for this study is a qualitative research approach, however, elements of a quantitative research approach was included for the purpose of obtaining the goal of the research. The outcome of qualitative research is in the form of descriptive data in the participant’s own words, thereby identifying the participant’s beliefs and values that underlie the phenomena of adolescent-caregiver conflict. Consequently, this qualitative study is concerned with non-statistical methods and small samples that were purposively selected. However, some of the processed data were presented in a quantitative manner, by means of tables and figures. By means of observation within the field of social work, it has been noted that there is an increasing need for intervention between adolescents and caregivers, as disputes occur increasingly between caregivers and their children, especially during the adolescent years. Social workers often take on the role of mediator, or use elements of mediation, acting as intermediaries and emphasizing collaborative and consensual processes when dealing with conflict. However, mediation has been utilized in many different situations and problems, but the social work profession has not kept pace with the rapid development of mediation as both a conceptual framework and a practice approach to conflict resolution in diverse settings. Therefore, in doing this research study, the researcher’s motivation is to provide the necessary knowledge in this relatively new field by means of a theoretical framework and practical guidelines in using mediation.

Conflict resolution theory and practice have been increasingly criticised for ignoring the centrality of culture in their attempts to find theories and models that are applicable universally, not only across cultures but also across levels of society. Mediation is one form of conflict resolution, which has come to occupy a central position in the resolution of disputes both at international and local levels. At the level of family disputes, family mediation has failed to engage users from different ethnic groups in England and Wales. This thesis explores the hypothesis that culture and, in particular, culturally defined concepts of gender are the important factors determining the success or failure of mediation in divorce disputes.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:16:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria de Lourdes Bohrer Antonio.pdf: 2759433 bytes, checksum: f6b3553382a3276bb0418f40cedeb366 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-11-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study aims at analyzing the affective family relationships between the parents of children/adolescent children in litigation phase and at learning the meaning of family mediation. Our main theoretical framework lies on the philosopher Spinoza and on the contemporaries Morin and Maturana. We conducted a quantitative study through which we located the insertion of Custody Petition and Regulatory Visits as the main demand of the Mediation Sector of Family and Probate Courts in the District of Santos, and we profiled the protagonists of those petitions, i.e., the claimants and the defendants, parents of the children/adolescent children. The research was limited to a three-year window (2008-2010). With the profile resulting from the quantitative study, we conducted a qualitative study. We have carried out semi-structured interviews with seven families as well as with five judges who referred users to our Mediation Sector. The qualitative research was analyzed using two axes: family affective relationships and family mediation. We understand that family relationships of parents in litigation is marked by the desire to love living with their children and by the realization of rights. Although this action is primarily a suffering for having been driven by a sad passion, litigation is a measure to cope with an ethical-political suffering. This action seeks harmony, even though it may seem otherwise. The judicial family mediation is a judiciary proposal which contributes to harmony be a path to meeting with a state of peace. Peace is power of life, happiness and freedom that are expressed in the material and spiritual conditions of human existence in society. The judicial family mediation is a work process performed by a qualified professional (or team) with his/her own interdisciplinary methodology, having an affective and ethical basis, so that two or more people who have family ties - whether by blood or not - and who are going through a litigation phase look for more responsible, autonomous and enforceable answers on the conflict. The qualified professional does that under the perspective of a culture of peace and human rights. We conclude that family relationships in litigation are configured in a contemporary expression of the social issue and that mediation is revealed as one of the most important tools for dealing with it as part of a policy. The social worker is a relevant subject in planning and implementing that policy / O objetivo geral do trabalho foi analisar as relações afetivas familiares entre pais de crianças e de adolescentes em situação de litígio e desvelar o sentido da mediação familiar. Nosso principal referencial teórico foi o filósofo Spinoza e os contemporâneos Morin e Maturana. Realizamos um estudo quantitativo, por meio do qual localizamos a inserção dos Pedidos de Guarda e Regulamentação de Visitas como a principal demanda do Setor de Mediação das Varas da Família e Sucessões da Comarca de Santos, bem como traçamos o perfil dos protagonistas desses pedidos: os requerentes e requeridos, pais das crianças/adolescentes. Delimitamos o universo nos anos de 2008 a 2010. Com o perfil decorrente do quantitativo, realizamos um estudo qualitativo. Efetuamos entrevistas semiestruturadas, com sete famílias e cinco juízas que encaminharam os usuários. A pesquisa qualitativa foi analisada por meio de dois eixos: as relações afetivas familiares e a mediação familiar. Compreendemos que as relações familiares dos pais em litígio está marcada pelo desejo de convivência amorosa com os filhos e pela efetivação de direitos. Ainda que esta ação seja inicialmente um padecimento, por ter sido movida por uma paixão triste, o litígio é uma medida para o enfrentamento de um sofrimento ético-político. Esta ação busca a concórdia, mesmo que possa parecer o contrário. A mediação familiar judicial é uma proposta do judiciário que colabora para a concórdia ser uma passagem para o encontro com um estado de paz. Paz é potência de vida, alegria e liberdade que se expressam nas condições materiais e espirituais da vivência humana em sociedade. A mediação familiar judicial é um processo de trabalho exercido por um profissional (ou uma equipe) qualificado, com uma metodologia própria e interdisciplinar de base afetiva e ética, para que duas ou mais pessoas que tenham laços familiares sejam eles consanguíneos ou não e que passam por uma situação de litígio busquem respostas mais responsáveis, autônomas e exequíveis sobre o conflito, tendo como perspectiva uma cultura da paz e dos direitos humanos. Concluímos que as relações familiares em litígio configuram-se em uma expressão contemporânea da questão social e que a mediação se revela um dos importantes instrumentos para o seu enfrentamento enquanto parte de uma política, sendo o assistente social sujeito relevante no planejamento e na execução desta política

Zugl.: Frankfurt (Oder), Europa-Univ., Diss., 2007

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, November, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-97). Also available online.