Thesis (Ed.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-138) and index.

This study is a content analysis of female-oriented magazines aimed at three different age groups: women, teen, and preteen. Magazine content from Girls’ Life, J-14, Seventeen, Cosmo Girl!, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour was examined for themes of sexuality, romance, and the opposite sex. The evidence suggests that topics are presented to women in a progressive manner in which preteen girls are first learning about the opposite sex, teens are learning how to behave in order to attract the opposite sex, and women are being told how to please the opposite sex erotically. While the idea is never overtly stated, it appears that women are still sexual objects for men’s pleasuring. However, they are also in charge of “taming” the man and making him knowledgeable on topics of sexuality and romance. / Department of Sociology

There has been an epidemic rate of increase in youth suicide since 1960. Professionals, teachers, counselors and parents want to identify youth at risk of suicide and intervene prior to an attempt or a suicide. The premise of this study is that youth who display similar risk factors as past attempters and completers may be at risk of attempting themselves and can be identified by these risk factors. This is a quantitative and descriptive study of youth suicide attempters and completers in the state of Oregon in 1989 and 1990 in an effort to further identify risk factors of youth suicide attempters and completers. The researcher petitioned the Oregon Center for Health Statistics and obtained databases of 1150 youth attempters and 40 suicide completers. The attempter database was compiled from a legislatively mandated informational form filled out in public and private hospital emergency rooms for anyone under 18 sustaining injuries due to a suicide attempt. The second database is compiled from death certificates for youth under 18, specifying suicide as the cause of death. Data, both in the number of cases, and in the depth of the material is sparse on suicide completers. The first question employed both databases to examine the demographic similarities and differences between youth suicide attempters and completers in Oregon in 1989 and 1990. The second and third research questions are answered using the attempter data base. The second question is an in depth examination of 18 social, psychological and behavioral factors taken from the attempter database, resulting in a description of the youth who have previously attempted in Oregon in 1989 and 1990. The third research question again studies the same 18 social psychological and behavioral factors of the attempter population, dividing it into subgroups of sex, race, and age. Through crosstabulation and the chi-square tests of statistical significance, each group was specifically described. A fourth research question called for a qualitative focus group of professional suicidologists who confirmed the findings by comparing them to their own practical experience.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-111).

Thesis (MSD(Social Work and Criminology))-University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MSD(Social Work and Criminology))-University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.Phil. (Maatskaplike Werk))-University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 07, 2010). "July 2003." Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-39).

Notre thèse évoque les usages d'Internet des préadolescents âgés de 11 à 14 ans, dans toute leur complexité d'une manière anthropologique et ethno-qualitative. D'une part, elle présente une démarche scientifique appliquée et ses principes en se focalisant sur le courant méthodologique des Visual Methodologies, et plus particulièrement sur les méthodes visuelles participatives utilisées durant l'étude dans deux collèges publics bordelais. Et d'autre part, elle fournit l'analyse des résultats de cette étude afin de démontrer comment, grâce à la création de collages et de dessins et aux entretiens menés avec la technique « dessin/collage-élicitation », les préadolescents ont pu construire un modèle métaphorique de leur lien avec Internet. Notre thèse contribue à la compréhension des dynamiques sociales, culturelles et identitaires qui se créent à travers les dispositifs en ligne et se manifestent chez le public des préadolescents. Nous examinons la façon dont le public en question, à travers ses interactions numériques, comportements, routines, jeux, construit un espace culturel en ligne et comment, à leur tour, les différentes formes d'activités et d'expression influencent leur monde : leurs relations, leur identité et leur quotidien. / This thesis discusses preteens' (aged from 11 to 14 years old) uses of the Internet in all their complexities and in anthropological and ethno-qualitative ways. Firstly, it presents a scientific approach and it's principles by focusing on the Visual Methodologies, especially on the participatory visual methods used during the study In two public schools in Bordeaux. Secondly, it provides the analysis of the results of this study to demonstrate how, through the creation of collages and drawings, and interviews with the technical "drawing/collage-elicitation", preteens were able to build a metaphorical model of their relation with the Internet. This thesis contributes to a better understanding of the social and cultural dynamics between the identity created online and the one developed in the preteens' ordinary lives. We examine how this public, through its digital interactions, behaviours, routines, and games, builds a cultural space on the Internet and how the different forms of activities and expressions influence their world: their relationships, their identities and their lives.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T19:36:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 26 / Nenhuma / O foco deste estudo foi a função reflexiva e a capacidade de mentalização de pré-adolescentes, no contexto dos rompimentos de vínculos resultantes da separação conjugal altamente conflitiva, e a possibilidade de desenvolvimento da capacidade de mentalização no processo terapêutico desses jovens. A função reflexiva e a capacidade de mentalização são conceitos que vêm sendo elaborados com base na vertente psicanalítica da teoria do apego, nas contribuições de alguns teóricos das relações objetais, especialmente Bion e Winnicott e na Psicologia Cognitiva. Baseado na abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, esse estudo foi pautado pelo método clínico. O procedimento adotado foi o Estudo de Casos Múltiplos, que permite a investigação sistemática e tão exaustiva quanto possível de casos individuais. Os participantes foram dois pré-adolescentes de classe média entre 11 e 13 anos de idade, uma do sexo feminino e outro de sexo masculino, e seus pais. Cada pré-adolescente e seus pais foram considerados um caso. Eles foram at