There are certain issues - such as violence, sexuality, politics and religion - which are problematic but have to be dealt with in society. In this dissertation types of controversial issues present in recent Afrikaans youth literature, the portrayal of those issues, and the ways in which solutions are offered for these issues are investigated. The argument follows from the assumption that the literature which the adolescent reads, has a directive value. Quite often the reader will choose to read material about a certain situation with which the reader is also faced in real life. It may be easy for the reader to identify with a character in similar circumstances or facing the same dilemma. Through the actions of the character, the reader can then explore certain avenues or possibilities which have the potential to be helpful in the solution of the problem or issue. For this dissertation research was done about certain controversial issues and related aspects in literature in general, which are then applied to three youth novels: Skilpoppe (1998) by Barrie Hough, Daar's vis in die punch (2002) by Jackie Nagtegaal and Nie vir kinders nie (2005) by Francois Bloemhof. These three texts were chosen because all three of them have generated public discussion, specifically in the media, about the presence of controversial issues. The results indicate the portrayal of the controversial issues to be unbiased and from a non-judgemental authoring perspective. The presence of the text internal corrective, which refers to the portrayal of a certain issue thereby giving it an outcome (positive or negative) or an alternative, is noticeable and is discussed in this dissertation. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

本研究旨在探討新北市國中學生母親管教方式、知覺關係霸凌與憂鬱行為表現之關係。以立意取樣選取新北市之公立國民中學學生共501人進行問卷調查。調查結果採用描述性統計、t 檢定、單因子變異數、皮爾森積差相關、逐步多元迴歸等統計方法進行資料分析。主要研究結果如下： 一、新北市國中學生知覺受到關係霸凌的概況為中等偏低的程度。 二、新北市國中女學生知覺受到整體關係霸凌，顯著高於男學生。 三、新北市國中七年級學生知覺受到整體關係霸凌，顯著高於九年級學生。 四、不同家中排行的新北市國中學生知覺受到整體關係霸凌未達顯著差異。 五、學校規模「60班以上」的學生知覺受到整體關係霸凌，顯著高於「24班含以下」及「25至59班」的學生。 六、新北市國中學生母親採用「反應」或「要求」的管教方式，與其知覺受到整體關係霸凌間無顯著相關。 七、在不同背景變項下，新北市國中學生知覺受到整體關係霸凌與憂鬱行為表現，有顯著正相關。 八、新北市國中學生知覺受到「關係操弄」及「散播謠言」方式的關係霸凌、母親較少採用「反應」的管教方式，能有效預測其憂鬱行為表現，解釋總變異量為25.4％。 九、新北市國中學生知覺受到「關係操弄」方式的關係霸凌，為最重要預測其憂鬱行為表現的變項。 　　本研究根據上述結果加以討論，並分別針對學校單位、教育行政主管機關及未來研究提出建議，以供後續相關實務工作及研究之參考。 / The purpose of this study is to discuss the relationship between mother parenting style, relational bullying and depressive behavior among the junior high school students in new Taipei city.501 students selected from the junior high school of new Taipei city.The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, and Multiple Stepwise Regression. The main findings were as follows: 1.The student’s perception of relational bullying victimization is at lower-medium level. 2.The perception of relational bullying in female students is obviously higher than male students. 3.The perception of relational bullying in seventh-grade students is obviously higher than ninth-grade students. 4.The perception of relational bullying of students in different birth order has no significant difference. 5.The perception of relational bullying of students in the school over 60 classes is obviously higher than the students in the school less than 24 classes and in the school of 25 to 59 classes. 6.There is no significant difference between mother’s parenting style and the perception of relational bullying. 7.There is a positive relationship between the perception of relational bullying and the students depressive behavior. 8.The perception of the relation’s manipulation, spreading rumors and the Responses of mother’s parenting style shows the obvious predictors of student’s depressive behavior. The explaination of the total variance is approximately 25.4%. 9.The perception of relation’s manipulation of bullying are the most indicator of the student’s depressive behavior. 　 Follow by the discussions of the results, there is several suggestions for the schools, the educational administrative authorities, and further researchers.

[pt] As funções executivas (FEs) são um conjunto de habilidades cognitivas envolvidas no controle consciente da ação e do pensamento. Seu desenvolvimento acompanha o processo prolongado de mielinização do córtex pré-frontal e, por isso, estaria exposto não só a fatores biológicos, mas também ambientais. Sendo a figura dos pais um importante fator no desenvolvimento infantil, a presente dissertação investigou as relações entre parentalidade e funções executivas de crianças em idade escolar. Para tanto, foi constituída de dois estudos. O primeiro baseia-se em uma revisão sistemática que a partir de uma seleção criteriosa elegeu 10 artigos que foram estudados no que tange a: aspectos gerais e metodológicos, parentalidade, FEs e resultados apresentados sobre influência da parentalidade nas FEs. Todos os artigos mostraram relações diretas ou indiretas entre parentalidade e o funcionamento executivo infantil. Já o segundo estudo teve como objetivo investigar as relações entre estilos parentais, práticas educativas maternas e funções executivas de crianças de 8 a 11 anos de idade. Ainda, considerou o papel da escolaridade da mãe e a renda familiar nessas relações. A amostra foi composta por 75 crianças que foram avaliadas no que tange à memória operacional, controle inibitório, fluência verbal e planejamento. Como resultados a prática educativa de disciplina relaxada foi associada ao desempenho no controle inibitório e o comportamento moral associou-se positivamente com a memória operacional. Já a escolaridade da mãe e a renda foram correlacionadas positivamente com controle inibitório, planejamento e fluência verbal. Em suma, nas duas pesquisas foram encontradas relações entre parentalidade e funções executivas, destacando a importância da consistência parental nessa dinâmica. / [en] The executive functions (EFs) are a range of cognitive skills involved in the conscious control of action and thought. The development of these functions follows the extended myelination process of the prefrontal cortex and, because of that, it is exposed, not only to biological factors but also to environmental ones. Being the parent figure an important agent in children s environment, this academic work intended to investigate the relationships between parental behavior and executive functions in school-age children. This work is formed by two studies: the first one is based on a systematic review that, from a detailed selection, elected 10 articles that were analyzed considering general and methodological aspects, parenting, EFs and results found on the influence that prental behaviours perform on EFs. All articles presented direct or indirect relationships between parental behavior and child executive functioning. The second study aimed to investigate the relationships between parenting style, maternal practices and executive functions in 8-11-year-old children. Furthermore, it investigated the role of the mother s education and the family income in these relationships. The sample consisted of 75 children that were assessed regarding working memory, inhibitory control, verbal fluency, and planning. As results, the parenting practice of a lenient discipline by the parents was associated with inhibitory control s performance, and moral behavior was positively associated with working memory. In turn, mother s education and income were po-sitively correlated with inhibitory control, planning, and verbal fluency. In conclusion, some relationships between parenting and executive functions were found, highlighting the importance of parental consistency in this dynamics.

Objective: Levels of student depression may increase as stress increases; parenting styles may be one indirect source of stress. The authors examined the role of parenting style in relationship to student stress, anxiety, and depression, with focused attention on gender differences. Participants: Participants were 290 undergraduate students (58% female, mean age = 19). Methods: Cross-sectional design. Participants completed surveys containing measures of parenting styles, college stress, anxiety, and depression. Results: Anxiety and stress acted as mediators between some maternal parenting styles and female student depression. No mediational relationships were found for male student ratings. Conclusions: Daughters may be more susceptible to the influences of maternal parenting styles, which can either prepare or fail to prepare them for management and avoidance of stressors that are encountered during the college transition. College counseling centers and student affairs personnel may wish to focus attention on the instruction of self-management and problem-solving skills for incoming students.

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent a coach’s coaching style is associated with the athlete’s basic psychological needs fulfillment of autonomy, competence and relatedness. A survey was distributed to 204 varsity student-athletes at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo representing 13 teams. The data were used to determine the impact of coaching style on the athlete’s fulfillment of autonomy, competence and relatedness. An authoritative head coaching style was found to have a positive impact on an athlete’s fulfillment of autonomy, competence and relatedness. A similar result was found for assistant coaches. Overall, these findings can help coaches and athletic departments.

The main research question was What are the relationships between parenting style, self-regulated learning (SRL) and the academic achievement of selected (upper) primary school students in Ethiopia? The following specific research questions were formulated: • What are the views of the students on the parenting styles, and on parental acceptance and control, the cognitive strategies they use, and their self-regulated learning? • What is the relationship between parenting style and SRL? • What is the relationship between parenting style and academic achievement? • What is the relationship between SRL and academic achievement? • Does SRL moderate the relationship between parenting style and academic achievement? In this study a correlational design was used, but it was also exploratory and descriptive. Data were collected by means of a self-report questionnaire, while the academic achievements of the students were derived from official records. The questionnaire was completed by 477 randomly selected students from two classes in each of five schools in Hawasa, Ethiopia. The analysis of the data was done by means of descriptive, correlation, and ANOVA tests. The major findings included the following: Most of the children experienced acceptance by their parents, in particular from their female parents/guardians. The best levels of acceptance were, for example, “When I get a poor grade at school, my parents encourage me to try harder”, or “I can count on my parents to help me if I have some kind of a problem”, and “My parents keep pushing me to do my best in whatever I do”. However, it was found that the parents seldom spent time merely talking to their children. The female parents/guardians seemed to control their children more than the male parents/guardians, and were more involved with their children. The children, though, also believed that their parents/guardians did not really know how they spent their leisure time. More often the children perceived their parents as being neglectful. Regarding their cognitive strategies, the students particularly made use of memorization. The cognitive strategies of the children whose parents were authoritative were significantly better than those of the other children. When a student’s self-regulation increased, his/her cognitive strategies also increased, and when the cognitive strategies improved, so did the average achievement. The parents’ parenting styles were also significantly related to their children’s achievement, and were moderated by cognitive strategies as co-variants. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Thesis is concerned with the transmission of values and norms in the family. The goal is to quantify the level of transmission of values between children and parents. The second step is to identify what impact on transmission of value in the family has education of parents and parenting style, which apply to a child during adolescence. Underpinning the findings is the analysis of data file "Cultural and value orientations 2008", which is unique in that it includes real families (parents and their adult children). Attention is focused on the values for different levels of generality (the value frameworks, value orientations, attitudes and norms) and education in the family as a source of values. Analysis shows a high degree of agreement between parents and their children in the sphere of values. As the main variables that affect the transmission of values were identified education of parents and parenting style.

This diploma thesis Family environment and adolescent alcohol consumpiton deals with a relationship between four dimensions of family environment and alcohol consumption of sixteen years old adolescents. These four dimensions are leisure time, family structure, parenting style and socioeconomic status. In the theoretical part family influence on child's development is described and then socialization process through which family influence child's development is delimited. Further, the relationship between family environment and alcohol consumption is discussed and then four dimensions of family environment are characterized in context of alcohol consumption. Relationship between family environment and alcohol consumption was studied using mixed research design. In the main quantitative part of the thesis general relationships between chosen dimensions of family environment and alcohol consumption indicators were examined using data from European School Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) from the year 2007. Then a typology of adolescent alcohol consumers was made. Results of this part continued in the qualitative part. There ten semistrctured interviews were made to examine deeper connections and direction of relationships discovered in the quantitative data analysis. This part was primarily...

This diploma thesis is concerned with the perception of the teacher's authority by pupils of the 6th and 9th grades of a grammar school. The main aim of the thesis is to compare the perception of the teacher's authority by students of the above mentioned age groups from different perspectives. These aspects include ontogenetic stages of their development, the gender and the milieu. They are one of the topics that will be paid attention to in the theoretical part of the thesis. Another theme of the work includes the concept of authority and the authority of the teacher. The research is based od a quantitative survey, carried out through a questionnaire created for research purposes. The task of the questionnaire is to find out whether the perception of the teacher's authority changes depending on the age of the pupils, which means a specific stage of ontogenetic development, and how the above mentioned points affect the perception of teacher's authority by pupils of 6th and 9th grades. In order to confirm or specify the obtained questionnaire data or add information to them, a semi-structured interview was conducted with selected teachers. The interview was attended by five respondents, two men and three women of various age, with different length of work experience at various schools. The aim of...

The aim of final thesis is to describe raising a child after divorce and the role of men and women in children's life. The theoretical part defines terms - family, divorce and the education. The author is trying to find if there is still man as a main educator of children even after divorce. In empirical part the author analyses the interviews based on principles of grounded theory. The aim of empirical part is to clear up, how adults feel by taking care of their parents and if they miss the paternal and maternal role in their life. The practical part was described and based on interviews with people from 20 to 30 which parents got divorced in they 8 to 13 years of age. The author defines the cathegories and codes based on interviews and in general describes the model of raising children by mothers. The main issue is that the young people missed the maternal and paternal role in their lives and as a result of this is that the young people have problem in coping with authorities. The interviewee state that they have more critical view on their own relationships and that the communication is the basic stone of every relationship. Another important discovery is that the young people are not sure if they would like to have their own families and children. Most of the young people are afraid of their...