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  • 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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Reading the need : an exploration of caregiver sensitivity, caregiver attribution, and child disruptive behaviors /

Falzone, Andrea N. January 2010 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Psy.D.)--James Madison University, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Saber sobre sua origem: reações e mudanças ocorridas na vida do filho adotivo

Marciana da Silva Souza 18 November 2014 (has links)
O tema adoção está em debate, atualmente, tanto na mídia (reportagens, depoimentos, novelas, filmes), na academia (monografias, dissertações, teses, livros, eventos científicos), como na sociedade (promulgação de leis, formação de grupos de apoio e uma associação nacional desses grupos). Esforços têm sido feitos para difundir uma nova cultura da adoção em que se priorizem as necessidades e os direitos da criança. Entre estes se encontra o de saber sobre sua origem. A adoção tem como um dos fundamentos a ideia de que a integração de uma criança a uma nova família abre-lhe possibilidades para a reconstrução de sua identidade, a partir do conhecimento de sua origem, favorecendo, consequentemente, uma interação familiar mais satisfatória. Sua colocação em um novo lar pressupõe o estabelecimento de inéditas redes de relações, as quais irão necessitar de diversos componentes emocionais a serem dispensados à criança, como: amor, carinho, atenção, comprometimento e respeito diante de sua história pregressa. A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo geral identificar, na perspectiva de filhos adotivos adultos, as reações e as mudanças ocorridas na sua vida após o conhecimento de sua origem. Especificamente almeja-se compreender: como se deu esse conhecimento; sua importância na organização da identidade do(a) filho(a) adotivo(a); como esses filhos passaram a perceber seus pais adotivos bem como a si mesmos; como se posicionam frente a mitos, medos, crenças e preconceitos que permeiam o imaginário social. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos optou-se pela metodologia qualitativa. Foram entrevistados oito adultos, de ambos os sexos, que tinham conhecimento de sua origem, e os dados obtidos foram analisados com base na técnica da análise de conteúdo temática. Os resultados indicam que: 1) embora tenha variado a idade em que tomaram conhecimento de sua origem, os participantes consideram fundamental esse conhecimento e propõem que toda criança adotada tenha esse direito; 2) as motivações para a entrega da criança variaram, predominando as dificuldades financeiras; 3) existem diferenças nas reações entre aqueles que souberam de sua condição desde cedo e os que souberam na adolescência ou vida adulta; 4) apesar das perdas sofridas, a maioria se mostrou satisfeita com a família adotiva, demonstrando sentimentos de afeto, gratidão e reconhecimento de sua importância para sua sobrevivência e formação da sua personalidade; 5) todos se posicionaram contra os preconceitos e mitos que perpassam a condição de filho(a) adotivo(a). Espera-se contribuir para dar visibilidade à causa, buscando estimular uma maior conscientização por parte da sociedade para a superação dos mitos e preconceitos que ainda rondam a adoção. / The adoption issue is being debated currently in the media (articles, interviews, novels, movies), colleges (monographs, dissertations, theses, books, scientific events), and society (enactment of laws, formation of support groups and also a national association of these groups). Efforts have been made to spread a new culture of adoption, which prioritizes childrens rights and needs. Among these, first of all, the right to know about their origin. Adoption has, as the most important of its principles, childs integration in new families, which gives them the possibility of a new identity reconstruction, once they have the knowledge about their origin, consequently supporting a new pleasant family interaction. Their adaptation in a new place, purpose the establishment of new family bands, which is going to need different and new emotional components: love, affection, attention, commitment and above all of it, respect to their progress history. This research has a general objective: to understand and identify, on adopted adults perspective, if there were changes, and what those changes were, what happened in their lives after that they had knowledge about their origin. Specifically the intention is: to understand how this knowledge was taken, and the importance it has in the adoptees identity organization; to comprehend how adoptees started to perceive their new parents and themselves; what their position when it comes to myths, fears, beliefs and prejudices is, permeating the social imaginary. To achieve the proposed objective, we opted for a qualitative methodology. Eight adults were interviewed, both genders, those who had knowledge about their origin, and the context was analyzed based on the thematic technique of analysis content. Results indicate that: 1) although varied the age that they became aware of their origin, the participants consider essential that knowledge and propose that every adopted child has this right; 2) motivations for child adopting vary, prevailing financial difficulties; 3) there are different reactions between those who early knew their condition and those who got this piece of information when they were teenagers; 4) despite losses, the majority was satisfied with their adoptive family, indicating affection feelings, gratitude and recognition of their importance for survival and formation of their personality; 5) they were against prejudice and myths that pervade the condition of adoptive person; Its expected to contribute, aiming to highlight the issue, seeking to stimulate a greater awareness on the part of society to overcome the myths and prejudices that still roam the adoption.
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Saber sobre sua origem: reações e mudanças ocorridas na vida do filho adotivo

Souza, Marciana da Silva 18 November 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 marciana_silva_souza.pdf: 1238261 bytes, checksum: a748d2db001ecd8986c24fd84bcf740e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-18 / The adoption issue is being debated currently in the media (articles, interviews, novels, movies), colleges (monographs, dissertations, theses, books, scientific events), and society (enactment of laws, formation of support groups and also a national association of these groups). Efforts have been made to spread a new culture of adoption, which prioritizes children s rights and needs. Among these, first of all, the right to know about their origin. Adoption has, as the most important of its principles, child s integration in new families, which gives them the possibility of a new identity reconstruction, once they have the knowledge about their origin, consequently supporting a new pleasant family interaction. Their adaptation in a new place, purpose the establishment of new family bands, which is going to need different and new emotional components: love, affection, attention, commitment and above all of it, respect to their progress history. This research has a general objective: to understand and identify, on adopted adults perspective, if there were changes, and what those changes were, what happened in their lives after that they had knowledge about their origin. Specifically the intention is: to understand how this knowledge was taken, and the importance it has in the adoptees identity organization; to comprehend how adoptees started to perceive their new parents and themselves; what their position when it comes to myths, fears, beliefs and prejudices is, permeating the social imaginary. To achieve the proposed objective, we opted for a qualitative methodology. Eight adults were interviewed, both genders, those who had knowledge about their origin, and the context was analyzed based on the thematic technique of analysis content. Results indicate that: 1) although varied the age that they became aware of their origin, the participants consider essential that knowledge and propose that every adopted child has this right; 2) motivations for child adopting vary, prevailing financial difficulties; 3) there are different reactions between those who early knew their condition and those who got this piece of information when they were teenagers; 4) despite losses, the majority was satisfied with their adoptive family, indicating affection feelings, gratitude and recognition of their importance for survival and formation of their personality; 5) they were against prejudice and myths that pervade the condition of adoptive person; It s expected to contribute, aiming to highlight the issue, seeking to stimulate a greater awareness on the part of society to overcome the myths and prejudices that still roam the adoption. / O tema adoção está em debate, atualmente, tanto na mídia (reportagens, depoimentos, novelas, filmes), na academia (monografias, dissertações, teses, livros, eventos científicos), como na sociedade (promulgação de leis, formação de grupos de apoio e uma associação nacional desses grupos). Esforços têm sido feitos para difundir uma nova cultura da adoção em que se priorizem as necessidades e os direitos da criança. Entre estes se encontra o de saber sobre sua origem. A adoção tem como um dos fundamentos a ideia de que a integração de uma criança a uma nova família abre-lhe possibilidades para a reconstrução de sua identidade, a partir do conhecimento de sua origem, favorecendo, consequentemente, uma interação familiar mais satisfatória. Sua colocação em um novo lar pressupõe o estabelecimento de inéditas redes de relações, as quais irão necessitar de diversos componentes emocionais a serem dispensados à criança, como: amor, carinho, atenção, comprometimento e respeito diante de sua história pregressa. A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo geral identificar, na perspectiva de filhos adotivos adultos, as reações e as mudanças ocorridas na sua vida após o conhecimento de sua origem. Especificamente almeja-se compreender: como se deu esse conhecimento; sua importância na organização da identidade do(a) filho(a) adotivo(a); como esses filhos passaram a perceber seus pais adotivos bem como a si mesmos; como se posicionam frente a mitos, medos, crenças e preconceitos que permeiam o imaginário social. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos optou-se pela metodologia qualitativa. Foram entrevistados oito adultos, de ambos os sexos, que tinham conhecimento de sua origem, e os dados obtidos foram analisados com base na técnica da análise de conteúdo temática. Os resultados indicam que: 1) embora tenha variado a idade em que tomaram conhecimento de sua origem, os participantes consideram fundamental esse conhecimento e propõem que toda criança adotada tenha esse direito; 2) as motivações para a entrega da criança variaram, predominando as dificuldades financeiras; 3) existem diferenças nas reações entre aqueles que souberam de sua condição desde cedo e os que souberam na adolescência ou vida adulta; 4) apesar das perdas sofridas, a maioria se mostrou satisfeita com a família adotiva, demonstrando sentimentos de afeto, gratidão e reconhecimento de sua importância para sua sobrevivência e formação da sua personalidade; 5) todos se posicionaram contra os preconceitos e mitos que perpassam a condição de filho(a) adotivo(a). Espera-se contribuir para dar visibilidade à causa, buscando estimular uma maior conscientização por parte da sociedade para a superação dos mitos e preconceitos que ainda rondam a adoção.
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A adoção e o adotável: do desbotar da memória à (des)construção da filiação / Adoption and the adoptable: from the fading-off of memory to the (de)construction of filiation

Oishi, Jéssica Mara 17 May 2013 (has links)
Diferentes modos de compreender a adoção, ao longo do tempo, deram molde para diferentes formas de fazer adoções. Atualmente, ela é definida como uma medida de proteção, tal como foi categorizada pelo Código de Menores e reafirmada pelo Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA). O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os discursos (de Lei, de agentes e da clientela interessados em adotar) que mostram, atualmente, a adoção e como é mostrado, nos discursos o adotável. Ancorada no método da Análise Institucional do Discurso (AID), a pesquisa foi concretizada por meio da análise de sete entrevistas, realizadas com cinco profissionais das varas da infância e da juventude da capital paulista (dois juízes, um promotor, uma assistente social e uma psicóloga) e duas pessoas interessadas em adotar, habilitadas no Cadastro Nacional de Adoção, bem como por meio da análise do texto da Lei 12.010/2009. O estudo indicou que houve transferência do poder de escolha dos pais biológicos e dos pais adotivos ao poder de decisão do Judiciário, sendo este a instituição que, atualmente, garante a concessão da adoção por juízes e seu reasseguramento por diferentes procedimentos técnicos. Percebemos que a adoção não é um fato pontual, mas um processo, que se inicia com a etapa de preparo, seja de casais e/ou pessoas interessadas em adotar, seja de crianças/adolescentes, para que se produza a aptidão para adoção. Verificamos que as diferenças entre a filiação adotiva e a filiação biológica se configuram como desigualdades, produzidas na qualificação do passado e da memória da criança como algo negativo e na constituição do adotável como uma criança vazia de impressão. A filiacão adotiva, ao invés de se constituir como uma filiação aditiva, se configura como uma filiação subtrativa; não se reconhece como substituição à filiação biológica, ao se admitir diferente, e não se estabelece como acréscimo, ao se identificar com a negatividade / Different ways to comprehend adoption, over the time, have produced different ways of accomplishing adoptions. At present, adoption is defined as a measure of \"protection\", as categorized by the previous law code and reaffirmed by the Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA). This study aimed to analyze the speeches (Law, agents and clientele interested in adopting) that show, currently, the adoption and how is shown, in the speeches, the adoptable child. Anchored in the method of Institutional Discourse Analysis, the research was accomplished with the analysis of seven interviews conducted with five professionals of Children\'s Courts (two judges, a prosecutor, a social worker and a psychologist) and two people interested in adopting, considered eligible for adoption at the National Register of Adoption, as well as by analyzing the text of Law 12.010/2009. The research indicated that there was a displacement of the power of choice from the biological and adoptive parents to the decision of the Childrens Court, which is the institution that currently grants adoption and its reassurance by different technical procedures. We realized that adoption is not a single event, but a process which starts with either the \"preparation\" of couples and/or individuals interested in adopting or with the preparation of children/adolescents available for adoption, in order to produce their ability for adoption. We found that the differences between adoptive filiation and biological parentage were produced in the qualification of the past and the child\'s memory as something negative and in the definition of the adoptable child or adolescent as an empty print subject. Adoptive filiation, instead of being understood as an additive membership, is configured as a subtractive membership; it does not replace biological parentage since it admits its differences from it and it does not establish itself as an addition to it, as it identifies itself with negativity
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[en] LATE ADPTION: BUILDING A NEW LIFE HISTORY / [pt] ADOÇÃO TARDIA: A CONSTRUÇÃO DE UMA NOVA HISTÓRIA DE VIDA

SANDRA REGINA SALDANHA QUEIROZ 25 March 2019 (has links)
[pt] A adoção tardia de uma criança é um processo complexo que suscita sentimentos ambíguos, tais como amor, desconfiança, preconceito, insegurança, medo, frustração e realização plena. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar as implicações envolvidas no processo da adoção tardia, tanto no que diz respeito a pais adotantes quanto a crianças adotivas. A coleta de dados para a elaboração dessa pesquisa foi feita com a participação de três mães adotantes, três pais adotantes e três filhos adotivos, no estado do Rio de Janeiro, entre os anos de 2009 e 2010. Os filhos adotivos tinham entre 6 e 14 anos na época de sua adoção. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com as mães, os pais e os filhos, não havendo entre os participantes nenhuma relação de parentesco. A partir da técnica de análise de conteúdo, os dados foram agrupados em 5 categorias, assim nomeadas: 1) a motivação dos pais para adotar; 2) o preconceito na adoção; 3) o processo jurídico na adoção; 4) a importância dos grupos à adoção; 5) a criança na nova família. Constatou-se que, em todos os casos de adoção, a motivação preponderante foi a esterilidade de um dos membros do casal. Em princípio, todos desejavam adotar um bebê recém-nascido e, no decorrer do processo, devido à dificuldade de encontrar crianças com esse perfil, optaram pela adoção de crianças maiores. A esperança de uma realização plena que envolve o primeiro momento na busca de uma adoção sofre um impacto que, diante das dificuldades que se apresentam, assim como diante da criança real, muitas vezes frustra essa expectativa inicial. A maioria dos entrevistados, declarou ter recebido o apoio de toda a família na decisão de adotar um filho, ainda que, tenha havido manifestação de preconceito por pessoas de seu meio social. Conclui-se que, para os pais e mães adotantes assim como para os filhos adotivos, o estabelecimento do vínculo afetivo-familiar não ocorre de imediato. Há que se percorrer um longo caminho buscando constituir um futuro sólido nessa relação sem, contudo, esquecer-se do passado da criança que não pode ser apagado. A verdade é o alicerce sobre o qual se erguerá uma relação sólida entre pais e filhos. Os grupos de apoio funcionam como elemento facilitador para a construção dessa relação. / [en] The late adoption of child is a complex process that raises ambiguous feeling, such as love, mistrust, prejudice, insecurity, fear, frustration and full realization. The aim of this work is to investigate implications involved in process of late adoption, in relation to the adoption parents and to the adoption children. The data saved for the elaboration of the research has been collected with the participation of three adopting mothers, three adopting fathers, threes adopting children in the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 2009 and 2010. The adopted children were between 6 and 14 years old at the time of their adoption. Semi structured interviews with the mothers, fathers and children were held, not existing any parental relationships among the participants. Starting from the technique used to analyze the contents the contents of the research, the data was grouped into 5 categories, so named: 1) the parent s motivation to adopt; 2) The prejudice in adoption; 3) the legal process; 4) the importance of the groups to the adoption; 5) the child in the new family. It has been found that I all the adoption cases the most frequent motivation was the sterility of one member of the couple. At the beginning all wanted to adopt a newborn baby and, as the process went by, due to the difficulty to find a child who would meet that profile, then chose to adopt older children the hope for the full realization that involves the first moments in the search for adoption suffers an impact that, before the difficulties that arise and also before the real child many times frustrates the initial expectation. Most of the interviewees declared that they had received the support of the whole family by the time of their decision to adopt a child. Although, there was some prejudice from people in their social circle. The conclusion, for the adoption fathers and mothers as well as the adopted children, was that the establishment of the family bonds does not occur immediately. It s a long way to establish a safe future for that relationship. Not forgetting though the past of the child, that can not be ignored. The truth is the foundation above all and children will be raised. The support groups work as facilitators for the construction of that relationship.
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A adoção e o adotável: do desbotar da memória à (des)construção da filiação / Adoption and the adoptable: from the fading-off of memory to the (de)construction of filiation

Jéssica Mara Oishi 17 May 2013 (has links)
Diferentes modos de compreender a adoção, ao longo do tempo, deram molde para diferentes formas de fazer adoções. Atualmente, ela é definida como uma medida de proteção, tal como foi categorizada pelo Código de Menores e reafirmada pelo Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA). O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os discursos (de Lei, de agentes e da clientela interessados em adotar) que mostram, atualmente, a adoção e como é mostrado, nos discursos o adotável. Ancorada no método da Análise Institucional do Discurso (AID), a pesquisa foi concretizada por meio da análise de sete entrevistas, realizadas com cinco profissionais das varas da infância e da juventude da capital paulista (dois juízes, um promotor, uma assistente social e uma psicóloga) e duas pessoas interessadas em adotar, habilitadas no Cadastro Nacional de Adoção, bem como por meio da análise do texto da Lei 12.010/2009. O estudo indicou que houve transferência do poder de escolha dos pais biológicos e dos pais adotivos ao poder de decisão do Judiciário, sendo este a instituição que, atualmente, garante a concessão da adoção por juízes e seu reasseguramento por diferentes procedimentos técnicos. Percebemos que a adoção não é um fato pontual, mas um processo, que se inicia com a etapa de preparo, seja de casais e/ou pessoas interessadas em adotar, seja de crianças/adolescentes, para que se produza a aptidão para adoção. Verificamos que as diferenças entre a filiação adotiva e a filiação biológica se configuram como desigualdades, produzidas na qualificação do passado e da memória da criança como algo negativo e na constituição do adotável como uma criança vazia de impressão. A filiacão adotiva, ao invés de se constituir como uma filiação aditiva, se configura como uma filiação subtrativa; não se reconhece como substituição à filiação biológica, ao se admitir diferente, e não se estabelece como acréscimo, ao se identificar com a negatividade / Different ways to comprehend adoption, over the time, have produced different ways of accomplishing adoptions. At present, adoption is defined as a measure of \"protection\", as categorized by the previous law code and reaffirmed by the Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA). This study aimed to analyze the speeches (Law, agents and clientele interested in adopting) that show, currently, the adoption and how is shown, in the speeches, the adoptable child. Anchored in the method of Institutional Discourse Analysis, the research was accomplished with the analysis of seven interviews conducted with five professionals of Children\'s Courts (two judges, a prosecutor, a social worker and a psychologist) and two people interested in adopting, considered eligible for adoption at the National Register of Adoption, as well as by analyzing the text of Law 12.010/2009. The research indicated that there was a displacement of the power of choice from the biological and adoptive parents to the decision of the Childrens Court, which is the institution that currently grants adoption and its reassurance by different technical procedures. We realized that adoption is not a single event, but a process which starts with either the \"preparation\" of couples and/or individuals interested in adopting or with the preparation of children/adolescents available for adoption, in order to produce their ability for adoption. We found that the differences between adoptive filiation and biological parentage were produced in the qualification of the past and the child\'s memory as something negative and in the definition of the adoptable child or adolescent as an empty print subject. Adoptive filiation, instead of being understood as an additive membership, is configured as a subtractive membership; it does not replace biological parentage since it admits its differences from it and it does not establish itself as an addition to it, as it identifies itself with negativity
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Dying to Know

Feinstein, Carla Fran 01 January 2010 (has links)
The abstract is only available to students, faculty and staff at PSU
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Comforting an orphaned nation : Representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Korean popular culture

Hübinette, Tobias January 2005 (has links)
<p>This is a study of popular cultural representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Western countries. The study is carried out from a postcolonial perspective and uses a cultural studies reading of four feature films and four popular songs as primary sources. The aim is to examine how nationalism is articulated in various ways in light of the colonial experiences in modern Korean history and recent postcolonial developments within contemporary Korean society. The principal question addressed is: What are the implications for a nation depicting itself as one extended family and which has sent away so many of its own children, and what are the reactions from a culture emphasising homogeneity when encountering and dealing with the adopted Koreans? After an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 gives the history of international adoption from Korea, and Chapter 3 is an account of the development of the adoption issue in the political discussion. Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 analyse the cinematic and lyrical representations of adopted Koreans in four feature films and popular songs respectively. Chapter 4 considers the gendering of the colonised nation and the maternalisation of roots, drawing on theories of nationalism as a gendered discourse. Chapter 5 examines the issue of hybridity and the relationship between Koreanness and Whiteness, which are related to the notions of third space, mimicry and passing. Linked to studies of national division, reunification and family separation, Chapter 6 looks at the adopted Koreans as symbols of a fractured and fragmented nation. Chapter 7 focuses on the emergence of a global Korean community, with regards to theories of globalisation, diasporas and transnationalism. In the concluding chapter, the study argues that the Korean adoption issue can be conceptualised as an attempt at overcoming a difficult past and imagining a common future for all ethnic Koreans at a transnational level.</p> / Avhandlingen är även utgiven på Jimoondang Publishing Company (Seoul, 2006) och ingår där i Korean Studies Series No.32, isbn 8988095952. The thesis is also published at Jimoondang Publishing Company (Seoul, 2006) in Korean Studies Series No. 32, isbn 8988095952.
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Comforting an orphaned nation : Representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Korean popular culture

Hübinette, Tobias January 2005 (has links)
This is a study of popular cultural representations of international adoption and adopted Koreans in Western countries. The study is carried out from a postcolonial perspective and uses a cultural studies reading of four feature films and four popular songs as primary sources. The aim is to examine how nationalism is articulated in various ways in light of the colonial experiences in modern Korean history and recent postcolonial developments within contemporary Korean society. The principal question addressed is: What are the implications for a nation depicting itself as one extended family and which has sent away so many of its own children, and what are the reactions from a culture emphasising homogeneity when encountering and dealing with the adopted Koreans? After an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 gives the history of international adoption from Korea, and Chapter 3 is an account of the development of the adoption issue in the political discussion. Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 analyse the cinematic and lyrical representations of adopted Koreans in four feature films and popular songs respectively. Chapter 4 considers the gendering of the colonised nation and the maternalisation of roots, drawing on theories of nationalism as a gendered discourse. Chapter 5 examines the issue of hybridity and the relationship between Koreanness and Whiteness, which are related to the notions of third space, mimicry and passing. Linked to studies of national division, reunification and family separation, Chapter 6 looks at the adopted Koreans as symbols of a fractured and fragmented nation. Chapter 7 focuses on the emergence of a global Korean community, with regards to theories of globalisation, diasporas and transnationalism. In the concluding chapter, the study argues that the Korean adoption issue can be conceptualised as an attempt at overcoming a difficult past and imagining a common future for all ethnic Koreans at a transnational level. / Avhandlingen är även utgiven på Jimoondang Publishing Company (Seoul, 2006) och ingår där i Korean Studies Series No.32, isbn 8988095952. The thesis is also published at Jimoondang Publishing Company (Seoul, 2006) in Korean Studies Series No. 32, isbn 8988095952.
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Therapeutic horsemanship and children adopted from foster care : a case study analysis using mixed methods

Cody, Patricia Anne 27 April 2015 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential benefits of a therapeutic horsemanship program for children adopted from foster care and their adoptive mothers. Standardized measures, open-ended interviews and surveys were administered to determine effects on external child behavior, child self-esteem and parenting stress. The Child Behavior Checklist was administered to measure behavioral challenges in the children in this sample. There were no statistically significant changes on any of the CBCL scales. Qualitative data from the mothers, Instructors and researcher observations show some affect on behavior. The Culture Free Self-Esteem Inventory-3 was administered to measure self-esteem of the nine children in the sample. The decrease on the Global Self-Esteem Quotient of the CFSEI-3 was statistically significant using. Of the nine children, only three of them scored in the clinical range at pre-test. Of these three, two moved into the normal range and the third improved her score to be very close to the normal range. Qualitative data from the mothers, Instructors and researcher observations support this finding. The Total Stress score of the Parenting Stress Index -- Short Form for the mothers in the sample did not show a statistically significant decrease. Six of the nine mothers' pre-test and post-test scores were in the clinical range and only three had decreased post-test scores. The Qualitative data obtained through interviews, surveys and observations did not support a direct impact of the program on stress levels but rather an impact on level of support. Many mothers reported that they liked spending time with the other mothers to share resources and discuss their children. The data collected in this study does not provide sufficient evidence to make any causal statements about therapeutic horsemanship programs and children adopted from foster care. It does, however, provide support for the need for future research. The findings from this study have implications for meeting the needs of a variety of children adopted from foster and their adoptive parents. / text

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