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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Future-care Planning and Communication in Midlife

Harrington, Anna Katherine 01 July 2020 (has links)
No description available.
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Transition to the empty nest : changes in parental optimism and parental fatalism /

Rohr, Karen Gegner January 1984 (has links)
No description available.
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Saints of Grand Rapids

Derks, Mark Henry 03 May 2012 (has links)
These stories examine the lives of working class people in light of the current economic and social climate. They address and attempt to empathize with the despair and disillusionment many working class Americans express in response to their economic and social realities, and the stories attempt to walk a non-judgmental line regarding the attitudes these characters espouse. Instead of judging the characters or championing a particular moral stance, the pieces attempt to present individuals faced with major failures: child abandonment, guilt over preventable death, overriding selfishness, racism, and shame regarding social status. These failures of character or morality echo the larger failings, as the characters perceive them, of their time and place. Within this worldview of disillusionment and despair, many of the characters in these stories choose to struggle toward self-betterment—not economic or social betterment per se, but individual betterment, a reckoning with themselves and their failures that necessarily reflects and interacts with the world they inhabit. These are stories rooted in the Midwest and its rust-belt inhabitants, but for all their contemporary socio-economic concerns, the stories are first and foremost concerned with the individual and representing each individual portrayed accurately and honestly. / Master of Fine Arts
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Habitual short and long sleeper in middle-aged Hong Kong Chinese: epidemiological, clinical, and polysomnographic study. / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection

January 2005 (has links)
Background. Habitual short (HSS) and long sleeper (HLS) were very interesting but under-research area. / Conclusion. Our study suggested that sleep duration of human being has marked inter-individual variability with existence of extreme sleepers at both ends. Throughout different phases of the study, there was a consistent negative relationship between sleep duration and socio-economic status. Our finding of unique personality profile between short and long sleepers supported the hypothesis that different personality trait (neuroticism trait) might mediate between sleep duration and socioeconomic variables. Further studies are indicated for investigating genetic as well as biological correlates between personality traits and sleep duration. / Method. Three phases were involved in this research to explore epidemiological, psychological, and PSG characteristics of HSS and HLS. / Phase three: 72 subjects (23 HSS, 41 HNS, and 8 HLS) were assessed by two nights PSG to be followed by multiple sleep latency test (MSLT). 37 subjects (6 HSS, 21 HNS, and 10 HLS) were assessed by four-day Actiwatch. In the first night of PSG assessment, HLS had lower sleep efficiency and longer sleep and REM latency than HSS and HNS. In the second night, REM density in HLS was higher than HSS and HNS. In MSLT, HSS (50.0%) was more likely to have mildly short sleep latency than HLS (0%). Multiple regression of these healthy sleepers suggested that shorter sleep duration was found in those subjects (a) attaining higher education level; (b) suffering from higher life stress; (c) having more sleepiness; and (d) having less neuroticism. / Phase two: 252 subjects attended the face-to-face clinical interview. Among them, there were 33 HSS-7 and 25 HLS-9. After controlling gender and age, HSS had more chance to earn more money, live in larger house, drank more alcohol, and lower neuroticism than HLS. / Result. Phase one: Brief sleep questionnaires with consent were administered to parents of students in 13 primary schools in 2003, and 10381 parents returned their questionnaires (response rate ≈ 67.9%). 593 subjects were excluded because of their incomplete information. Altogether, 9788 subjects were considered as eligible subjects that represented noninstitutionalized Chinese middle-age residents in Hong Kong (47.0% men vs 53.0% women, mean age: 40.9 years +/- 4.9 years [SD]). There were 322 (3.3%) HSS-7 (≤7 hours), 1415 (14.5%) HLS-9 (≥9 hours), and 481 (4.9%) HLS-10 (≥10 hours). HSS had more chance to attain higher education level, earn more money and drank more tea/coffee than HLS. / Zhang Bin. / "May 2005." / Advisers: Y. K. Wing; S. O. Chan. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: B, page: 0177. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-193). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.
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"What now?": Willa Cather's successful male professionals at middle age

Baker, Deena Michelle 01 January 2006 (has links)
This thesis examines three male characters from Willa Cather's writing that epitomize the American Dream of professional and material success but they find no contentment once they achieve it. This disillusionment is particularly so with Cather's driven male professionals, Bartley Alexander (an architectural scholar), and Clement Sebastian (a critically acclaimed, international opera singer). Cather situates these characters at middle age and at the peak of their professional careers, which makes the examination of them an interesting study as to the effects of the encroaching modern age on successful men. This thesis begins with a brief overview of Cather's work, including scholarly criticism of each novel, progresses to the examination of her successful male characters, and concludes with the investigation of Cather as a Modernist writer.
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The role of spirituality in the transition through midlife : a narrative study

Paproski, Donna Louise 11 1900 (has links)
This study explores the role of spirituality in the transition through midlife. Using narrative research methodology, in-depth tape-recorded interviews were conducted with ten self-selected adults between the ages of 47 and 63 who felt spirituality had played an important role in their transition through mid-life. Of the seven women and three men who participated, nine were Caucasian and one was Asian. Four participants were not adherents of a recognized religious faith, while the other six reported an affiliation with Eastern, middle-Eastern, or Western faiths. Of this well-educated, middle to upper income sample, four participants were married with children, three were single, and three were divorced. Tape-recorded interview transcriptions were used to develop first person narrative accounts of the role spirituality in the transition through midlife. These accounts were validated by the participants. Further analysis of the validated narratives yielded ten common elements. The first four elements indicated a significant role for spirituality in the developmental process of midlife, by helping the participants to cope with losses and challenges, revise values and identity, and find spiritual meaning. The next six elements, which suggest an expanded definition of spirituality, described the ongoing importance of spirituality in the lives of the participants. The common elements and findings are discussed in light of current theory and research on midlife, as well as psychological perspectives on spirituality.
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The role of spirituality in the transition through midlife : a narrative study

Paproski, Donna Louise 11 1900 (has links)
This study explores the role of spirituality in the transition through midlife. Using narrative research methodology, in-depth tape-recorded interviews were conducted with ten self-selected adults between the ages of 47 and 63 who felt spirituality had played an important role in their transition through mid-life. Of the seven women and three men who participated, nine were Caucasian and one was Asian. Four participants were not adherents of a recognized religious faith, while the other six reported an affiliation with Eastern, middle-Eastern, or Western faiths. Of this well-educated, middle to upper income sample, four participants were married with children, three were single, and three were divorced. Tape-recorded interview transcriptions were used to develop first person narrative accounts of the role spirituality in the transition through midlife. These accounts were validated by the participants. Further analysis of the validated narratives yielded ten common elements. The first four elements indicated a significant role for spirituality in the developmental process of midlife, by helping the participants to cope with losses and challenges, revise values and identity, and find spiritual meaning. The next six elements, which suggest an expanded definition of spirituality, described the ongoing importance of spirituality in the lives of the participants. The common elements and findings are discussed in light of current theory and research on midlife, as well as psychological perspectives on spirituality. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate
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Effects of socioeconomic status, social support and psychological status on alcohol consumption in people aged 50 or older: a cross sectional study of baseline data from theGuangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Kwok, Yin-fung, Pauly., 郭賢鳳. January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health
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Ethical decision-making of advanced maternal age pregnant women in prenatal testing for Down syndrome: aquantitative-qualitative study

Lee, Boon-hang, Simon., 利本衡. January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Obstetrics and Gynaecology / Master / Master of Philosophy
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”… alla vill vi väl ha ett förhållande” : En studie om hur kvinnor i övre medelåldern upplever livet som singel

Nilsson, Clara January 2014 (has links)
Sverige är ett av världens mest individualistiska länder. Befolkningen utgörs till 46 procent av singlar och den största gruppen singlar är kvinnor i åldersgrupperna övre medelålder och äldre (Statistiska centralbyrån, 2012). Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att öka kunskapen kring hur svenska heterosexuella kvinnor i gruppen övre medelålder upplever singellivet. Jag använde mig utav välkända teorier och begrepp inom sociologin. De tillämpade teorierna och teoretiska begreppen var individualism, rena relationer, tvåsamhetsnormen och identitetsskapande utifrån teorier som spegeljaget och könsidentitet/könsroller. Undersökningsproblemet bestod i att beskriva kvinnornas upplevda positiva och negativa aspekter utav singellivet, hur deras förutsättningar av att leva som singlar i samhället påverkades av omgivningens attityder samt vilken betydelse det hade för deras identitet. Jag valde en deskriptiv metodansats och genomförde en kvalitativ studie i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Jag genomförde fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor mellan 53 och 64 år som var skilda och hade barn från tidigare äktenskap. Resultatet visade att de positiva aspekterna av singellivet var upplevelsen av självständighet, frihet och kontroll. Till de negativa aspekterna hörde ensamhet, försämrad ekonomi och att det var svårt att hitta en partner i deras ålder. Det visade sig att omgivningens attityder påverkade kvinnornas självbild negativt. Kvinnorna hade fått andra förväntningar på sig sedan de blivit singlar och hade därför varit tvungna att ändra sitt sociala beteende. Resultatet visade även att singelkvinnornas identitet var motsägelsefull då den slets mellan tvåsamhetsnormen och samhällets individualistiska ideal. Jag drar slutsatsen att upplevelsen utav singellivet för kvinnor i övre medelåldern är mångsidig. Deras handlingsutrymme är i och med singellivet både begränsat och utökat – de har större frihet att bestämma över sin vardag men samtidigt är de hämmade vid deltagandet i sociala sammanhang. Omgivningen har en stark inverkan på deras identitetsskapande och därmed ofta en negativ inverkan på deras självbild. Kvinnorna påverkas i hög grad av tvåsamhetsnormen men också utav individualismen vilken är mycket stark i Sverige. Dessa två begrepp står i ett motsatsförhållande till varandra vilket gör kvinnornas identitet ambivalent. För att leva upp till båda idealen framstår särboförhållandet för kvinnorna som det mest ultimata alternativet till singellivet. / Sweden is one of the most individualistic countries. The population consists of 46 percent of singles and the largest group singles are women in the age groups of upper middle age and older (Statistiska centralbyrån, 2012). The aim of this paper is to increase the knowledge of how Swedish heterosexual women in the upper middle age group are experiencing the single life. I used well-known theories and concepts in the field of Sociology. The applied theories and theoretical concepts were individualism, pure relationships, the norm of twosomes and identity formation based on theories like the looking glass self and gender identity/gender roles. The research problem was to describe women's perceived positive and negative aspects of the single life, how their conditions of living as singles in the community were affected by the attitudes and the importance of that for their identity formation. I chose a descriptive research approach and conducted a qualitative study in the form of semi-structured interviews. I conducted four semi-structured interviews with women between 53 and 64 years who were divorced and had children from previous marriages. The results showed that the positive aspects of single life were the experience of independence, freedom and control. The negative aspects consisted of loneliness, deteriorating economy and difficulties to find a partner in their age. It turned out that the attitudes from the surrounding society affect the women's self-image negatively. The women had different expectations about themselves since they became singles and had therefore been forced to change their social behaviour. The results also showed that single women’s identity was inconsistent when it was torn between twosomes norm and society's individualistic ideals. I conclude that the experience of the single life for women in late middle age is versatile. Their room for maneuvers are in the single life both limited and extended - they have more freedom to make decisions in their everyday life, yet participating in social contexts inhibits them. The surrounding society has a strong impact on their identity and thus often a negative impact on their self-image. The women are greatly affected by the standard twosome norm but also out of individuality ideals that are very strong in Sweden. These two concepts are in opposition to each other, which makes women's identity ambivalent. To live up to both ideals living apart relationships appear for the women as the most ultimate alternative to the single life.

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