This research, presents a qualitative study of six Latter-day Saint fathers of children with special needs. In-depth interviews were used to examine the demands and resources fathers draw upon in meeting the needs of their child(ren), the application of the conceptual ethic of fathering as generative work and crisis/stress theory, as well as an analysis of how fathers incorporated their religious beliefs, faith, and practices into fathering their special needs children. Narrative accounts are used to illustrate the results. These results are then applied to an integrated conceptual framework and clinical applications are made.

[pt] Este trabalho tem como objetivo geral investigar a experiência de pais de crianças pequenas, ao longo do período de isolamento social imposto para contenção da pandemia da COVID-19, e suas repercussões na conjugalidade. Considerando que o período de transição para a parentalidade é definido pela literatura de família e casal como especialmente carregado de desafios para a família nuclear e ampliada, e que os estudos sobre a ótica paterna se encontram em menor número quando comparados aos estudos sobre a díade mãe-bebê, foram entrevistados 10 pais primíparos, das cidades do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo, brancos, heterossexuais, pertencentes às camadas médias da população. As entrevistas foram gravadas, transcritas e submetidas ao método de análise de conteúdo, na modalidade categorial temática. As análises foram realizadas sob a perspectiva sistêmica de família e casal articulada a conceitos psicanalíticos. Os resultados mostraram que o isolamento social decorrente da pandemia foi percebido como positivo para o exercício da paternidade de pais de crianças pequenas, uma vez que aumentou o tempo de disponibilidade de interação pai-filho. Já em relação ao casal conjugal, os resultados mostraram que o isolamento social decorrente da pandemia foi percebido como um fator de estresse sobreposto aos desafios já inerentes ao período. / [en] This paper s general objective is to investigate the experiences of fathers of small children during the isolation period imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the repercussion of this period in conjugality. Considering the couples and family literature defines the transition period to parenthood as a particularly defying one to both nuclear and expanded families, and that studies focusing on the fathers experience are vastly outnumbered by those studying the mother child relationship, 10 subjects of first born children from Rio de Janeiro who are white, heterosexual and middle class, were interviewed for this paper. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and submitted to the thematic categorial content analysis method. The analysis were conducted within the systemic family and couple perspective articulated with psychoanalytical concepts. The results showed that the social isolation imposed by the pandemic was perceived as being positive for fatherhood, as subjects had more time available to interact with their children. In regards to the couples relationship, the results show that the isolation imposed by the pandemic was perceived as being an added stress factor to the already difficult period for the subjects.

DNA damage in spermatozoa is a crucial contributor to spontaneous abortion, severe genetic disease in the offspring and infertility. The chromatin of spermatozoa is highly compacted, transcriptionally and translationally silent, hence lacking DNA damage response (DDR). DDR foci follow within seconds after a DNA double strand break (DSB) and correlate to an abortive topoisomerase-IIb activity during spermiogenesis. When comparing the DSB frequencies at the two most fragile genomic loci (fragile sites FRA3B, FRA16D) in human and murine spermatozoa with lymphocytes, significantly increased DSB levels were detected in spermatozoa in both species. This corroborates that spermatozoa are more prone to DSBs than somatic cells. When comparing the DSB frequencies at FRA3B/FRA16D in spermatozoa of smokers with non-smokers, two-fold increases were found, probably caused by cigarette smoke components triggering abortive topoisomerase-II¿ activity. The phosphorylated DDR proteins H2AX and ATM were identified in human spermatozoa and murine spermatids using multicolour immunostaining with laser-scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and Western blots. Based on significantly increased DDR foci in spermatozoa of smoking men, but lacking DDR foci in response to in vitro challenge with H2O2, an abortive topoisomerase-IIb activity is the likely cause of DDR foci in spermatozoa. As DDR foci are susceptible to cigarette smoke, they can potentially be used as a novel biomarker. When comparing paternal spermatozoa, and lymphocytes as well as maternal and cord lymphocytes from 39 families for DSBs (via high-throughput LSCM pH2AX detection) and DNA fragmentation (Comet assay), significant increases were found in newborns of mothers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke and smoking fathers. When challenging lymphocytes and spermatozoa to different genotoxicants, significantly increased DNA damage in newborns compared to adults was found. This confirms an exceptional vulnerability in newborns, believed to cause increased susceptibly to disease in later life, including cancer. / European Union¿s 6th Framework project Newborns and genotoxic exposure risk (NewGeneris), British Council¿s United Kingdom Indian Education Research Initiative (UKIER)

Объектом исследования явились психологические особенности созависимых людей. Предметом исследования стали особенности восприятия отца лицами с различной степенью созависимости. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (90 источников) и двух приложений, включающих в себя бланк авторской анкеты и результаты математико-статистического анализа. Объем магистерской диссертации 107 страниц, на которых размещены 14 рисунков и 3 таблицы. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются основная и дополнительные гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, а также этапы проведения исследования, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы по теме образа отца и отцовской роли в воспитании ребенка. Представлены разделы, посвященные исследованию влияния на ребенка образа отца и участия отца в воспитании. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: шкала созависимости Б. Уайнхолд, Дж. Уайнхолд (адаптация А. С. Кочарян, Е. В. Фроловой, Н. А. Смахтиной), методика исследования уровня субъективного контроля (УСК), методика «Диагностика межличностных отношений» Т. Лири, методика «Личностный дифференциал» и авторская анкета. Также в главе представлен анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object of the study was the psychological characteristics of codependent people. The subject of the study was the peculiarities of the perception of the father by persons with varying degrees of codependency. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (90 sources) and two appendices, including the author's questionnaire form and the results of mathematical and statistical analysis. The volume of the master's thesis is 107 pages, which contain 14 figures and 3 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the elaboration of the problem, sets the purpose and objectives of the study, defines the object and subject of the study, formulates the main and additional hypotheses, specifies the methods and empirical base, as well as the stages of research, scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes a review of foreign and domestic literature on the subject of the image of the father and the father's role in the upbringing of a child. The sections devoted to the study of the influence of the father's image on the child and the father's participation in upbringing are presented. The conclusions of the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It presents a description of the organization and methods of the research and the results obtained by all the methods used: the scale of codependency B. Weinhold, J. Weinhold (adaptation by A. S. Kocharyan, E. V. Frolova, N. A. Smakhtina), the methodology of the study of the level of subjective control (USC), the methodology of "Diagnostics of interpersonal relations" T. Leary, the methodology of "Personal differential" and the author's questionnaire. The chapter also presents an analysis of the results of the study. The conclusions of Chapter 2 include the main results of an empirical study. In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are summarized, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward, the practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of this problem are described.

The purpose of this integrated review of the literature was to explore the effects of social support on diabetes-related stress, conflict, and metabolic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Social support was examined in four subgroups: adolescents with T1DM, family caregivers, peers, and teachers. Relevant findings in the literature revealed a significant deficiency of research devoted to adolescent males with diabetes as well as fathers as primary and secondary caregivers. Studies highlighted the importance of fostering autonomy and positive self-image in adolescents with T1DM and described effective interventions to improve diabetes-related stress, reduce disease-related conflict, and improve metabolic control. Findings suggested that nurses caring for adolescents with T1DM and their families should foster positive, open communication, while identifying barriers to problem solving, coping, stress, and optimal glycemic control. Interventions that educate caregivers and peers on how to better communicate and provide support are critical in fostering positive psychological and physiological outcomes in the adolescent with T1DM. The findings of this study may provide guidance in the way that nurses assess, identify, and counsel adolescents with TIDM regarding their disease management and access to support systems.

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Parental alienation is when one parent denigrates the other to turn their children against that parent, often after a separation or divorce. It is well-documented but poorly understood as a form of domestic abuse. This study explores how one Austrian and one Swedish father experience parental alienation in the wake of false allegations of sex abuse, how they perceive their emotional situation after the separation, how their interactions with their children have been affected and what economic impact this has had on their lives.  The study concentrates on white, heterosexual, agnostic men. It is based upon in-depth interviews, and analytically framed within the parental alienation theory. The analysis identified several core themes suggesting the need for better education and training on parental alienation, and strategies to enable effective change to public policies and family law.

holiness and other hauntings is a poetry collection that seeks to understand other people. Armstrong uses her poems to track herself back through time to her cousins, her parents, her grandparents, her teachers, and friends. Her work explores queerness and Catholicism, family fraught and family found, love and grief and guilt and ghosts. Her poems lean towards music; internal rhyme, assonance and consonance, alliteration, and long strings of rhymed vowels that sit like pearls in the mouth. Her poems beg forgiveness in shouts; she writes as remembrance, as prayer, as missive, as an engine for hope. / Master of Fine Arts / holiness and other hauntings is a poetry collection.