The present diploma thesis explores the issue of families made up by homosexual partners. The reasons for choosing such subjekt were based on my focus on this area. The goal of the thesis was to compare opinions on possible forms of coexistence in partnership and parenthood of homosexual people collected from two groups, a group of heterosexuals and a group of homosexuals. The following hypothesis was postulated at the beinning of the survey: There are signifiant discrepancies between opinions on possible forms of coexistence in partnership and parenthood according to sexual orientation retrieved from groups of heterosexuals and homosexuals. The surveyed contingent comprised of two respondent groups. The homosexuals were included in the first one, the heterosexuals were entered into the second one. The first group included those female and male homosexuals who in one way or another keep in touch with the South-Bohemian Lambda. The second group comprised of female and male heterosexuals. A respondent from the latter group had to match a respondent from the former one in three given criteria (sex, age, and education). The survey objectives were achieved by way of asking questions. Doing so questionnaires were employed as the essentials tool. The hypothesis was confirmed. The outcome showed that heterosexuals and homosexuals have different opinions on possible forms of coexistence in partnership and parenthood of homosexual people. The results accomplished and published in this thesis are available for further studies and researches in this area and they can be used in teaching. The present thesis may also give feedback to the South-Bohemian Lambda which might find the survey´s findings very intersting.

Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2018-01-04T18:48:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VictorZaia.pdf: 2047527 bytes, checksum: 7858d54d0ef6a892713e11b89f935efc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-04T18:48:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VictorZaia.pdf: 2047527 bytes, checksum: 7858d54d0ef6a892713e11b89f935efc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study investigated whether and how Infertility Stress, Importance of Parenthood and resilience impacted on assisted reproductive treatment (ART) in infertile couples. 423 people participated in the research: 189 women, 183 men, mean age of 37 years, 72.1% first treatment of ART, 69.3% primary infertility, 64% sedentary life, 21.9% had aborted anteriorly, 71% had to make use of the in vitro fertilization technique. 49.3% of the participants believed they had over 60% chance of success in their treatment. To measure the variables, the instruments chosen were: Infertility Related-Stress Scale (IRSS); Importance of Parenthood in the Infertility Scale (IPIS) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 10) and treatment outcome measures in ART were verified. The main statistical analyzes indicated that the participants with the increased stress levels were: women, had more time of treatment in ART, lower monthly income, believed excessively in the success of the treatment; higher levels of importance of parenting were found in people who followed a religion and with a female’s infertility. Resilience has been positively associated with older people. Infertility Stress and Importance of Parenthood are positively correlated, and both are reverse with resilience. Furthermore, the importance of parenthood has been correlated to higher levels of displayed oocytes. The infertility stress, in intrapersonal domain, explains 6.5% of the variance of pregnancy, classifying 65% of cases correctly. The results indicate that women suffer more with infertility than men. When the cause of infertility is in both partners, adequate levels of importance of parenthood and scholastic level are protective factors for infertility stress. To believe excessively in the success of ART treatment and to follow a religion is not in itself negative. The ART outcome measures are altered by stress levels, which in turn is influenced by the resilience, which should be developed in individuals undergoing treatment for infertility. It is therefore necessary, a continuous focus on the emotional aspects of infertile patients, thus promoting the resilience, the reduction of stress levels, and the autonomy in the path chosen to have their children. Establishing protocols that measure levels of infertility stress, the importance of parenthood and resilience in patients receiving ART, would allow specific interventions that would lead to better adaptation to infertility and better outcomes measures in ART. / Este estudo investigou como e se o estresse, a importância da parentalidade e a resiliência impactaram no tratamento de infertilidade de casais. Participaram do estudo 423 pessoas, 189 mulheres e 183 homens, de média de idade de 37 anos, no primeiro tratamento em reprodução humana (72,1%), com infertilidade primária (69,3%), vida sedentária (64%) e histórico de aborto (21,9%) que iriam fazer fertilização in vitro (71%). Quase a metade deles (49,3%) acreditava possuir mais de 60% de chance de sucesso no tratamento que se iniciaria. Para avaliação das variáveis fez-se uso dos seguintes instrumentos: Infertility Related-Stress Scale (IRSS); Importance of Parenthood in Infertility Scale (IPIS) e Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 10), além de repostas ao tratamento de Reprodução Humana Assistida. Os principais resultados de análises estatísticas descritivas, correlacionais e de regressões logísticas indicaram que os participantes com maior estresse eram mulheres, tinham mais tempo de tratamento, menor renda e crença no sucesso do tratamento; maior importância da parentalidade em pessoas com alguma religião, causa feminina de infertilidade. A resiliência foi encontrada em maiores níveis em pessoas mais velhas. Estresse da infertilidade e importância da parentalidade se correlacionaram e ambas são inversas à resiliência. A importância da parentalidade também foi correlacionada a maiores níveis de oócitos visualizados. O estresse relatado da infertilidade, no domínio intrapessoal explica 6,5% da variância da gravidez, classificando 65% dos casos corretamente. Os resultados permitiram identificar que a mulher sofre maior impacto pela situação de infertilidade do que o homem. A causa de infertilidade em ambos os parceiros indica que melhor nível da importância da parentalidade e a escolaridade são fatores protetivos ao estresse. A crença no tratamento, apesar de supervalorizada, não é por si negativa, bem como o possuir alguma religião. Os resultados do tratamento podem ser modificados pelos níveis de estresse, que por sua vez são influenciados pela resiliência, a qual deveria ser trabalhada e ampliada nas pessoas em tratamento de infertilidade. É necessário, portanto, um olhar contínuo sobre os aspectos emocionais dos pacientes inférteis, de modo a favorecer a resiliência e a redução de estresse, de modo a possibilitar uma vivência de autonomia dessas pessoas na busca de terem o próprio filho. Para tanto, estabelecer protocolos de averiguação dos níveis de estresse, importância da parentalidade e resiliência, nos pacientes que iniciam o trajeto de reprodução humana, auxiliaria em intervenções mais específicas que favoreceriam melhor adaptação e melhores resultados no tratamento.

Labor division is highly gendered in Germany, especially after the transition to parenthood. When having a child, more women than men are taking parental leave, and mainly women do the additional household chores. While many studies have looked at the distribution of labor across the transition to parenthood, few studies have investigated how this distribution is perceived. This study explores the perceived fairness of the division of labor in a partnership before and after the transition to parenthood using ordinary least squares (OLS) and fixed-effects regressions. As the focus is set on Germany, the data for the analysis derive from pairfam, a German panel study launched in 2008. The results show that men’s perceived fairness of the division of labor is hardly affected by the transition to fatherhood. For women, in contrast, motherhood leads to a higher perception of fairness. Employment thereby mediates this relationship by decreasing the effect the transition to motherhood has on the fairness. The findings hint to a dissatisfaction of employed women with the distribution of paid and unpaid work after transitioning to parenthood.

This thesis is exploring the association between childhood neighborhood and the time of the transition to parenthood. In addition, it also explores the relationship between neighborhood and individual attitudes related to fertility behavior. For this purpose, two different datasets were combined. The Swedish Housing and Life Course Cohort Study (HOLK) was used to attain longitudinal housing data, as well as individual level attitudes and control variables for the year 2005, from birth cohorts 1964 and 1974. Neighborhood variables for the year 1990 were attained from the research project ResSegr – Residential segregation in five European countries. By using the same methods as earlier research concerning scalable neighborhoods, five different neighborhood characteristics were identified for parishes in Sweden in 1990; elite, foreign-born, low income, high employment and social assistance. These characteristics were used as independent variables in order to explore any association that might exist between neighborhood at age 16 and the transition to parenthood, using ordinal logistic, logistic and cox proportional models. The result indicated an association between neighborhood characteristic at age 16 and transition to parenthood. Where growing up in a neighborhood characterized with high income and completed tertiary education causes a delay in the timing of the transition to parenthood. Attitudes were also observed to be affected by neighborhood characteristics from age 16. Indicating neighborhood characteristics having a long-lasting effect of influencing the individuals attitude even 15-25 years later.

Essa pesquisa se coloca o desafio de expor as configurações que atuaram no campo das discussões em torno da construção do significado da identidade político-jurídica de “remanescente de quilombos”, desde sua entrada no texto constitucional até sua apropriação no plano da política estatal gaúcha e, finalmente, com a apropriação e construção de um sentido pela própria comunidade de Morro Alto, Osório/RS, que reivindicava esse reconhecimento em 2001. Percorrendo esse caminho, com a intenção de enriquecer a discussão teórico antropológica, trago ao texto um debate que tenciona: a perspectiva de abordagem do parentesco pela via da análise das genealogias, tendo em vista a forma como a comunidade percebe a constituição de suas redes de parentesco, e como esse tipo de abordagem pode influenciar nas correlações de força que compõem um território étnico, os marcos de territorialidade e a construção do “sujeito de direitos” no campo jurídico. O fio condutor desta pesquisa é a compreensão da construção social do território étnico de Morro Alto dentro das possibilidades políticas e analíticas de um dado momento histórico e de como o campo jurídico acaba por ditar tendências de abordagem analítica sobre tais comunidades. São as inovações da possibilidade antropológica de análise, potencializada pelo método etnográfico, que oferecem novas possibilidades interpretativas a perspectiva jurídica sobre o tema. / This research sets to itself the challenge to expose the configurations which played a role in the field of discussions regarding the construction of the legal-political meaning of “reminiscent of quilombo”; ever since its entrance in the constitutional text up to its appropriation in the state sphere of the gaucho policy, to, at last, with the appropriation and construction of a meaning by the community of Morro Alto, Osório, RS, itself which claims for such recognition in 2001. Throughout this path, with the will to enrich the anthropological theoretical discussion, I bring to the text a debate, which intends to produce friction between: the perspective of approach of parenthood by the analysis of genealogy, bearing in mind the manner how the community perceives the constitution of its parenthood networks, and how such approach may influence the correlations of power which comprise an ethnic territory, the marks of territoriality and the construction of “subject of rights” in the legal field. The streamline of this research is the understanding of the social construction of the ethnic territory of Morro Alto in the political and analytical possibilities of a given historical moment and how the legal field ends dictating trends of analytical approach to such communities. The innovations of the analytical anthropological possibility, strengthened by the ethnographic method, are the ones that offer new interpretative possibilities to the legal perspective over the matter.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo examinar a estabilidade e mudança nas práticas educativas maternas e paternas, em particular o uso de práticas indutivas, coercitivas e de não interferência aos 24, 36 e 72 meses de vida da criança. Além disso, investigou-se a relação dessas práticas com a competência social infantil aos 72 meses. Participaram do estudo 24 mães e pais que tinham um único filho e residiam na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Quando as crianças completaram 24 meses, os participantes responderam a uma entrevista para a avaliação das práticas educativas. Aos 36 meses de vida das crianças, as famílias foram observadas durante o almoço, quando as práticas educativas também foram investigadas. Por fim, aos 72 meses de vida das crianças, os participantes responderam novamente à entrevista sobre práticas educativas parentais e a uma escala para avaliação da competência social dos filhos. Os resultados corroboraram parcialmente a hipótese inicial de que não haveria estabilidade nas práticas educativas parentais, tendo em vista que estas se constituem em comportamentos parentais específicos usados para orientar determinados comportamentos infantis, passíveis de serem influenciadas pelo nível de desenvolvimento da criança. ANOVAs de medidas repetidas indicaram diferenças quanto às práticas indutivas maternas entre os 24 e 36 meses, bem como entre as práticas de não interferência, entre os 24 e 36 meses e também entre os 36 e 72 meses. Quanto aos pais, as diferenças foram encontradas entre as práticas indutivas aos 24 e 72 meses e entre as práticas de não interferência aos 24 e 36 meses e aos 36 e 72 meses. Quando considerados o nível socioeconômico familiar (NSE) e o sexo da criança como fatores de análise, apenas o NSE esteve relacionado com as práticas indutivas paternas, indicando que pais de NSE mais altos são mais indutivos com seus filhos aos 36 meses. Já a hipótese de que as práticas educativas indutivas estivessem relacionadas à competência social infantil não recebeu apoio, uma vez que apenas as práticas coercitivas e de não interferência maternas apareceram correlacionadas com as dimensões de responsabilidade e autocontrole da criança, respectivamente. Os resultados sugerem que, à medida que a criança apresenta novas habilidades e demandas, surge a necessidade de práticas educativas parentais adequadas às diferentes fases do desenvolvimento infantil. / The present study had as its main objective to examine stability and change in mothers' and fathers' child-rearing practices, in particular the use of inductive, coercive and noninterference practices with children at 24, 36 and 72 months of age. In addition, the relation of such practices with child social competence at 72 months was investigated. 24 mothers and fathers who had an only child and lived in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre participated in the study. When children were 24 months old, the participants were interviewed about their child-rearing practices. When the children were 36 months, they and their families were observed during lunch time, with a focus on child-rearing practices. Finally, when the children were 72 months, the parents were again interviewed about their child-rearing practices and completed a scale assessing their children's social competence. The results partially confirm the initial hypothesis that there would no be stability in parents' child-rearing practices, given that the methods used by parents to guide their children’s behavior may be influenced by the children's level of development. Repeated measures ANOVAs indicated differences in maternal inductive practices between 24 and 36 months and differences in non-interference practices both between 24 and 36 and 36 and 72 months. Concerning the fathers, differences were found between inductive practices at 24 and 72 months and among non-interference practices at 24 and 36 months and at 36 and 72 months. When taking into account family socioeconomic status (SES) and the child's gender as factors of analysis, the latter had no impact and SES was related only to fathers' inductive practices, indicating that fathers with higher SES were more inductive, but only with their 36-month-old children. On the other hand, the hypothesis that inductive practices were related to child social competence was not supported, since only maternal coercitive and noninterference practices showed to be correlated with the dimensions of child responsibility and self-control, respectively. The results suggest that as developing children show new abilities and demands their parents need to adapt their child-rearing practices to reflect those changes.

Chapter 1 introduces the study by means of its aim, scope, methodology and terminology. It also hosts summaries of all the folktales that are analysed in this study. Chapter 2 is a study of parenthood and its portrayal in Zulu folktales. Motherhood and fatherhood will be scrutinised separately. Chapter 3 concentrates on girl characters as siblings, brides and companions to old men. Chapter 4 analyses boy characters as herd boys, villains, tricksters and companions to old women. Chapter 5 concentrates on the status of the Zulu folktale. The influence of urbanisation, gender, and the media will receive attention. The lessons that folktales teach will be noted. Chapter 6 concludes and summarises this study and hosts recommendations on the promotion of Zulu folktales / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

This thesis deals in it?s theoretical part with the changing of social role of women in the course of human existence and history of the feminist movement. It observes the differences between men and women from three perspectives: biological, psychological, sociological, and on their basis reveals their properties for which individuals choose the preference of life partner. Thesis also focuses on the labor market situation in terms of gender. In the practical part, based on interviews with 10 men and 10 women, I evaluate the views at how men see the role of women in society and also as well how women themselves see their role. At first I found out how the household in which the respondents grew up in work in the division of daily tasks, how they want their own households to work (or as they works) and then I compared the results. Then I focused on qualities and skills which are in interviews attributed to women and men, what´s the position of women in the labor market in their opinion or why the number of divorces is constantly increasing and why the age for starting a family is increasing as well. The work affects not only the view of men of women's social mission, but also the view of women themselves in the light of expectations that men (and society) have towards to women.

This diploma thesis deals with the issues of a family of a newborn with a developmental risk. The theoretic part deals with the most common problems endangering the healthy development of a newborn, also with family and the process of coping with the crisis. Further on, it deals with possibilities of family support during their stay in hospital and also after the baby has been discharged into home care, using the support of non-health care groups. The objective of the diploma thesis was to detect possibilities of psycho-social support for the family of a newborn with a developmental risk. The thesis answers questions of, how parents feel in this situation after the birth of their child, during its stay in hospital and subsequently after the discharge into home care, what kind of support services they use to help them manage this period. Further on it deals with questions of whether the information of support options is sufficient and whether this support system works from the parent?s perspective.This diploma thesis was processed on a basis of qualitative survey results. The questioning method of half-format with parents was used and the method of document summary analysis. The investigated samples were parents of ten children treated in The Developmental Care Unit of Neonatology ward in the hospital of České Budějovice a.s. During the hospitalization of the child, it is important, that the medical team communicates openly, gives well timed and clear information and allows direct involvement in the child care. The outcome of this investigation points out the important role of the partner, family and friends as the main source of support. Also sharing feelings and needs with other parents is rand as a considerable source of support. However, the mothers especially, miss this sharing opportunity after their baby has been discharged into home care. Another interesting outcome is the absence of a psychologist, who specializes in newborn matters as an important source of support for parents. The survey shows, how important the psychosocial support is for parents, not just during hospitalization, but also after the discharge of their baby. Whereas they feel that the healthcare service is adequate, they especially miss the psychosocial support after the discharge from hospital. This is especially true of families of babies with developmental risk, without any serious health problem. Listed subjects could be used by professionals dealing with care of newborn with developmental risk, who provide complex care for families of the children with perinatal condition. Therefore, specialized psychological help should be an evident part of the care provided. The hypothesis were determined on the basis of qualitative survey results, which could be verified by further investigation:Hypothesis 1: For mothers of a newborn with developmental risk it is important to get help in the framework of supporting parental groups.Hypothesis 2: After the discharge of their child into home care, parents would appreciate psychosocial support in the framework of outpatient service.

The dissertation follows up metods of assisted reproduction and its ethical aspects that are described with their particular metods of assisted reproduction. It summarizes opinions of supporters, such as doctors, but also opinions of respondents such as ethicists or theologian. Dissertation is mostly focused on moral status of embryo and their superfluous creations. It warns us to be aware that assisted reproduction can leads to violation of human dignity but also let us learn ways of assisted reproduction which are considerate to embryos and which do not jeopardize human dignity. It describes problems of legislation in Czech Republic but also in Germany and Great Britain. One part is also dedicated to opinions of catholic Church. Last chapter describes involuntary childlessness.