Introdução: Atualmente, estima-se que uma em cada mil mulheres grávidas sejam portadoras de câncer. A associação do diagnóstico de câncer ao de gestação coloca a mulher numa condição vulnerável para o desenvolvimento de transtornos psicológicos. Objetivo: Comparar e avaliar a associação entre sintomatologia de depressão, ansiedade, autoestima e vínculo materno-fetal entre gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer e gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer. Propõe-se também a realizar a análise do discurso da vivência do período gestacional com e sem o diagnóstico de câncer. Método: Foi realizado estudo transversal com 63 gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer atendidas no Ambulatório de Tumores na Gestação de um hospital universitário terciário e 72 gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer atendidas no Ambulatório de Pré-Natal de baixo risco do mesmo serviço. Foram utilizadas as escalas de Apego Materno-Fetal (MFAS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD), Subescala de Autoestima do Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP) e entrevista semidirigida que investigou questões relacionadas à gravidez e ao adoecimento por câncer. Os testes Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, de Dunn, qui-quadrado de Pearson e o teste exato de Fisher foram utilizados. O nível de significância adotado foi de 5%. A análise qualitativa foi realizada por meio da Técnica de Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados: Neste estudo constatou-se presença de sintomatologia depressiva em 33,3% das gestantes com câncer e em 18,1% nas gestantes sem câncer. Observou-se que as gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer quando comparadas às gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer apresentaram menor renda per capita (p > 0,001), menor escolaridade (p=0,001), maior paridade (p < 0,001), menor trabalho remunerado (p=0,015), maior prevalência de depressão (p=0,041), ansiedade (p=0,039) e autoestima rebaixada (p < 0,001). Na análise feita por meio da combinação de diagnóstico de câncer e de depressão, evidenciou-se que a ansiedade estava associada à depressão e não com o diagnóstico de câncer. Com relação à autoestima, na combinação dos grupos evidenciou-se que o rebaixamento da autoestima estava relacionado à presença de câncer e não com a depressão. Aos resultados qualitativos foram atribuídas categorias em ambos os grupos: Descoberta da gestação, Vivência pré-natal, Relacionamento com o feto e Significado da gravidez. Em relação às entrevistas somente com as gestantes com câncer foram definidas as categorias: Como foi a descoberta da doença, Vivência do tratamento do câncer, Adaptação ao adoecimento, Crenças sobre o relacionamento com o feto, Vivência do câncer na gestação e Significado atribuído ao câncer. Conclusão: Este estudo evidenciou diferenças significativas entre presença de sintomatologia depressiva, ansiosa e baixa autoestima entre gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer quando comparadas com as sem o diagnóstico. Na análise qualitativa, constatou-se que com relação ao relacionamento com o feto foram identificadas as seguintes categorias: Conversa, Bom relacionamento, Medo, Alegria, Milagre e Não se relaciona. Com relação à Vivência do câncer na gestação foram evidenciadas as categorias: Enfoque negativo, Enfoque positivo, Dualidade e Normal. Sobre o significado da gravidez, as categorias foram: Enfoque positivo, Responsabilidade e Não sabe explicar. Em relação ao significado atribuído ao câncer, as categorias demonstradas foram: Morte/sofrimento, Cura/tratamento, Superação e Causa / Introduction: Currently, it is estimated that one in every thousand pregnant women are suffering from cancer. The association of the diagnosis of cancer with that of pregnancy puts a woman in a vulnerable condition for the development of psychological disorders. Objective: This Doctoral thesis aimed to evaluate and verify the association between symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-esteem and maternal-fetal bond among pregnant women diagnosed with cancer and pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis. It also proposed to understand the discourse of the experience of the gestational period with and without the diagnosis of cancer. Method: A cross-sectional study was performed with 63 pregnant women diagnosed with cancer, assisted at the Clinic of Tumors in Pregnancy of a tertiary university hospital and 72 pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis, assisted at the Clinic of Low-risk Prenatal care of the same service. These scales were used: MFAS for maternal-fetal bonding, Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD), self-esteem sub-scale of Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP) and a semi-structured interview that investigated issues related to pregnancy and illness due to cancer. The Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Dunn, Pearson\'s chi-square and Fisher\'s exact tests were used. The level of significance was 5%. The qualitative analysis was performed by means of the Content Analysis Technique. Results: In this study, the presence of depressive symptoms was found in 33.3% of pregnant women with cancer and in 18.1% pregnant women without cancer. It was observed that the pregnant women diagnosed with cancer when compared to pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis presented lower per capita income (p > .001), lower level of schooling (p=0.001); higher number of pregnancies (p < 0.001), lower paid job (p=0.015), higher prevalence of depression (p=0.041), anxiety (p=0.039) and lowered self-esteem (p < 0.001). In the analysis made through the combination of cancer diagnosis and depression, it was shown that anxiety was associated with depression and not with the diagnosis of cancer. Regarding the self-esteem, the combination of the groups showed that the lowering of self-esteem is related to the presence of cancer and not with depression. These categories were attributed to the qualitative results in both groups: Pregnancy discovery, Prenatal experience, Relationship with the fetus and Meaning of pregnancy. With respect to the interviews only with the pregnant women with cancer, the following categories were defined: How was the discovery of the disease, Cancer treatment experience, Adaptation to the illness, Beliefs about the relationship with the fetus, Cancer experience during pregnancy and Meanings attributed to cancer. Conclusion: This study showed significant differences between the presence of depressive symptomatology, anxiety and low self-esteem among pregnant women diagnosed with cancer when compared to those without the diagnosis. In the qualitative analysis, it was found that with regard to the relationship with the fetus the following categories were identified: Chatting, Good relationship, Fear, Joy, Miracle and Not related. Regarding the Cancer experience during pregnancy, the following categories were highlighted: Negative focus, Positive focus, Duality and Normal. About the meaning of pregnancy, the categories were: Positive focus, Responsibility and Cannot explain. In relation to the meaning attributed to cancer, the categories shown were: Death/suffering, Healing/treatment, Overcoming and Cause

Estudo descritivo, correlacional e longitudinal que teve como objetivos estudar a validade e a confiabilidade da Burns Specific Pain Anxiety Scale-BSPAS que avalia ansiedade frente a procedimentos dolorosos e a Impact of Event Scale-IES que avalia o estresse pós-traumático. Participaram do estudo 91 indivíduos maiores de 15 anos de idade, internados na Unidade de Queimados do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Seguiramse as seguintes etapas: 1ª etapa: coleta de dados relacionados à internação e ao tratamento. 2ª etapa: seguimento de manifestações dolorosas, durante sete dias, com a aplicação da Escala Visual Analógica para Dor, em três momentos diferentes do dia: a) imediatamente antes do banho e curativo (DIABC); b) imediatamente depois do banho e curativo (DIDBC); e c) dor no período de descanso, por volta das 20 horas (DDPD). 3ª etapa: no oitavo dia, aplicação da BSPAS - Versão Português, da IES - Versão Português e do Inventário de Ansiedade-Estado de Spielberger (IDATE). 4ª etapa (composta por fases A e B): entre o 4º e o 6º meses (fase A) e entre o 9º e o 12º meses, após o acontecimento da queimadura (fase B), aplicação da IES-VP, da Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg (EAER), do Inventário de Depressão de Beck (IDB) e do SF-36. Nas três primeiras etapas, participaram do estudo 91 pacientes (64 homens e 27 mulheres). A superfície corporal queimada (SCQ) média foi de 18% (1-60%), sendo os locais anatômicos mais atingidos membros superiores (66; 72,5%), tórax (61; 67%) e cabeça/face (43; 47,3%). Os agentes causadores de queimaduras mais comuns foram os líquidos quentes (15,4%) e os agentes inflamáveis, principalmente o álcool, (38,5%). Na 4ª etapa, participaram 77 pacientes, na fase A, e 76, na fase B. Na avaliação da validade de construto convergente, a BSPAS-VP apresentou correlações fortes e positivas com a IES-VP (0,52; p<0,01), fortes e moderadas com as subescalas que avaliam pensamentos intrusivos (0,54; p<0,01) e reações de evitação (0,37; p<0,01) e correlações moderadas com as avaliações de dor: DIABC (0,32; p<0,01), DIDBC (0,31; p<0,01) e DDPD (0,31; <0,01). A IES-VP total apresentou correlações moderadas e positivas com o IDB (0,63; p<0,01), moderadas e negativas com a EAER (-0,58; p<0,01) e moderadas a baixas e negativas com os domínios Dor (r=-0,24; p<0,05), Aspectos Sociais (r=-0,34;p<0,01) e Saúde Mental (r=-0,27; p<0,05), entre o 4º e o 6º meses e baixa e de pouca aplicabilidade para a prática com o domínio Estado Geral de Saúde (r=-0,24; p<0,05), entre o 9º e o 12º meses, do SF-36. Na aplicação da BSPAS-VP e da IES-VP, observaram-se valores médios mais altos para o sexo feminino (55,15 e 63,96, respectivamente), entre os indivíduos com SCQ maior que 20% (54,90 e 62,98, respectivamente) e para os indivíduos que referiam as cicatrizes visíveis (52,53 e 61,40, respectivamente), porém, quando testadas as diferenças por meio do Teste t de Student para amostras independentes, essas não foram estatisticamente significantes. Na análise dos componentes principais por meio da Matrix de Rotação Varimax, a IES-VP apresentou-se como uma escala bidimensional e a BSPAS-VP, unidimensional, conforme a proposta original de cada escala. O Alfa de Cronbach de ambas as escalas foi alto, 0,90 para a BSPAS-VP e 0,87 para a IES-VP, mostrando forte consistência interna entre seus itens. Quando aplicado o Teste t para amostras dependentes, a IES-VP apresentou-se sensível para detectar mudanças no tempo. Conclui-se que a BSPAS-VP e a IES-VP são instrumentos confiáveis e válidos para a avaliação de ansiedade-estado relacionada à dor no paciente queimado e para a avaliação do impacto do evento, respectivamente. / This descriptive, correlation and longitudinal study aimed to study the validity and reliability of the Burns Specific Pain Anxiety Scale-BSPAS, which assesses anxiety about painful procedures, and the Impact of Event Scale-IES, which assesses post-traumatic stress. Study participants were 91 individuals over 15 years of age, hospitalized at the Burns Unity of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School Hospital das Clínicas. The following steps were followed: 1st step: data collection about hospitalization and treatment. 2nd step: follow-up of painful manifestations for seven days, applying the Visual Analogue Scale for Pain at three different times each day: a) immediately before bathing and wound dressing (DIABC); b) immediately after bathing and wound dressing (DIDBC); and c) pain in the rest period, around 20:00h (DDPD). 3rd step: on the eighth day, application of the BSPAS Portuguese Version, IES Portuguese Version and Spielbergers State Anxiety Inventory (SAI). 4th step (including phases A and B): between the 4th and 6th month (phase A) and between the 9th and 12th month after the burn event (phase B), application of the IES-VP, Rosenbergs Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the SF-36. In the first three steps, study participants were 91 patients (64 men and 27 women). The mean burned body surface (BBS) was 18% (1-60%), with upper limbs (66; 72.5%), thorax (61; 67%) and head/face (43; 47.3%) as the most affected anatomical sites. The most common causal agents of the burns were hot fluids (15.4%) and inflammable agents, mainly alcohol (38.5%). In the 4th step, 77 patients participated in phase A and 76 in phase B. In convergent construct validity, the BSPAS-VP presented strong and positive correlations with the IES-VP (0.52; p<0.01), strong and moderate with the subscales that assess intrusive thoughts (0.54; p<0.01) and reactions of avoidance (0.37; p<0.01) and moderate correlations with the pain assessments: DIABC (0.32; p<0.01), DIDBC (0.31; p<0.01) and DDPD (0.31; <0.01). Total IES-VP presented moderate and positive correlations with the BDI (0.63; p<0.01), moderate and negative with the RSES (-0.58; p<0.01) and moderate to low and negative with the Pain (r=-0.24; p<0.05), Social Aspects (r=-0.34;p<0.01) and Mental Health (r=-0.27; p<0.05) domains between the 4th and 6th month, besides low correlation and little applicability to practice with the General Health State (r=-0.24; p<0.05) domain of the SF-36 between the 9th and 12th month. When applying the BSPAS-VP and IES-VP, higher mean scores were observed for women (55.15 and 63.96, respectively), among individuals with a BBS of more than 20% (54.90 and 62.98, respectively) and for people who mentioned visible scars (52.53 and 61.40, respectively). When differences were tested through Students t-test for independent samples, however, these were not statistically significant. In the main components analysis through the Varimax Rotation Matrix, IES-VP appeared as a bidimensional scale and BSPAS-VP as a unidimensional scale, in accordance with each scales original proposal. Both scales obtained a high Cronbachs Alpha, 0.90 for BSPAS-VP and 0.87 for IES-VP, showing strong internal consistency of its items. When the t-test for independent samples was applied, the IES-VP showed sensitivity to detect changes over time. It is concluded that the BSPAS-VP and the IES-VP are reliable and valid instrument to assess state-anxiety related to pain in burned patients and to assess the impact of the event, respectively.

Introdução: Atualmente, estima-se que uma em cada mil mulheres grávidas sejam portadoras de câncer. A associação do diagnóstico de câncer ao de gestação coloca a mulher numa condição vulnerável para o desenvolvimento de transtornos psicológicos. Objetivo: Comparar e avaliar a associação entre sintomatologia de depressão, ansiedade, autoestima e vínculo materno-fetal entre gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer e gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer. Propõe-se também a realizar a análise do discurso da vivência do período gestacional com e sem o diagnóstico de câncer. Método: Foi realizado estudo transversal com 63 gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer atendidas no Ambulatório de Tumores na Gestação de um hospital universitário terciário e 72 gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer atendidas no Ambulatório de Pré-Natal de baixo risco do mesmo serviço. Foram utilizadas as escalas de Apego Materno-Fetal (MFAS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD), Subescala de Autoestima do Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP) e entrevista semidirigida que investigou questões relacionadas à gravidez e ao adoecimento por câncer. Os testes Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, de Dunn, qui-quadrado de Pearson e o teste exato de Fisher foram utilizados. O nível de significância adotado foi de 5%. A análise qualitativa foi realizada por meio da Técnica de Análise de Conteúdo. Resultados: Neste estudo constatou-se presença de sintomatologia depressiva em 33,3% das gestantes com câncer e em 18,1% nas gestantes sem câncer. Observou-se que as gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer quando comparadas às gestantes sem diagnóstico de câncer apresentaram menor renda per capita (p > 0,001), menor escolaridade (p=0,001), maior paridade (p < 0,001), menor trabalho remunerado (p=0,015), maior prevalência de depressão (p=0,041), ansiedade (p=0,039) e autoestima rebaixada (p < 0,001). Na análise feita por meio da combinação de diagnóstico de câncer e de depressão, evidenciou-se que a ansiedade estava associada à depressão e não com o diagnóstico de câncer. Com relação à autoestima, na combinação dos grupos evidenciou-se que o rebaixamento da autoestima estava relacionado à presença de câncer e não com a depressão. Aos resultados qualitativos foram atribuídas categorias em ambos os grupos: Descoberta da gestação, Vivência pré-natal, Relacionamento com o feto e Significado da gravidez. Em relação às entrevistas somente com as gestantes com câncer foram definidas as categorias: Como foi a descoberta da doença, Vivência do tratamento do câncer, Adaptação ao adoecimento, Crenças sobre o relacionamento com o feto, Vivência do câncer na gestação e Significado atribuído ao câncer. Conclusão: Este estudo evidenciou diferenças significativas entre presença de sintomatologia depressiva, ansiosa e baixa autoestima entre gestantes com diagnóstico de câncer quando comparadas com as sem o diagnóstico. Na análise qualitativa, constatou-se que com relação ao relacionamento com o feto foram identificadas as seguintes categorias: Conversa, Bom relacionamento, Medo, Alegria, Milagre e Não se relaciona. Com relação à Vivência do câncer na gestação foram evidenciadas as categorias: Enfoque negativo, Enfoque positivo, Dualidade e Normal. Sobre o significado da gravidez, as categorias foram: Enfoque positivo, Responsabilidade e Não sabe explicar. Em relação ao significado atribuído ao câncer, as categorias demonstradas foram: Morte/sofrimento, Cura/tratamento, Superação e Causa / Introduction: Currently, it is estimated that one in every thousand pregnant women are suffering from cancer. The association of the diagnosis of cancer with that of pregnancy puts a woman in a vulnerable condition for the development of psychological disorders. Objective: This Doctoral thesis aimed to evaluate and verify the association between symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-esteem and maternal-fetal bond among pregnant women diagnosed with cancer and pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis. It also proposed to understand the discourse of the experience of the gestational period with and without the diagnosis of cancer. Method: A cross-sectional study was performed with 63 pregnant women diagnosed with cancer, assisted at the Clinic of Tumors in Pregnancy of a tertiary university hospital and 72 pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis, assisted at the Clinic of Low-risk Prenatal care of the same service. These scales were used: MFAS for maternal-fetal bonding, Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD), self-esteem sub-scale of Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP) and a semi-structured interview that investigated issues related to pregnancy and illness due to cancer. The Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Dunn, Pearson\'s chi-square and Fisher\'s exact tests were used. The level of significance was 5%. The qualitative analysis was performed by means of the Content Analysis Technique. Results: In this study, the presence of depressive symptoms was found in 33.3% of pregnant women with cancer and in 18.1% pregnant women without cancer. It was observed that the pregnant women diagnosed with cancer when compared to pregnant women without a cancer diagnosis presented lower per capita income (p > .001), lower level of schooling (p=0.001); higher number of pregnancies (p < 0.001), lower paid job (p=0.015), higher prevalence of depression (p=0.041), anxiety (p=0.039) and lowered self-esteem (p < 0.001). In the analysis made through the combination of cancer diagnosis and depression, it was shown that anxiety was associated with depression and not with the diagnosis of cancer. Regarding the self-esteem, the combination of the groups showed that the lowering of self-esteem is related to the presence of cancer and not with depression. These categories were attributed to the qualitative results in both groups: Pregnancy discovery, Prenatal experience, Relationship with the fetus and Meaning of pregnancy. With respect to the interviews only with the pregnant women with cancer, the following categories were defined: How was the discovery of the disease, Cancer treatment experience, Adaptation to the illness, Beliefs about the relationship with the fetus, Cancer experience during pregnancy and Meanings attributed to cancer. Conclusion: This study showed significant differences between the presence of depressive symptomatology, anxiety and low self-esteem among pregnant women diagnosed with cancer when compared to those without the diagnosis. In the qualitative analysis, it was found that with regard to the relationship with the fetus the following categories were identified: Chatting, Good relationship, Fear, Joy, Miracle and Not related. Regarding the Cancer experience during pregnancy, the following categories were highlighted: Negative focus, Positive focus, Duality and Normal. About the meaning of pregnancy, the categories were: Positive focus, Responsibility and Cannot explain. In relation to the meaning attributed to cancer, the categories shown were: Death/suffering, Healing/treatment, Overcoming and Cause

Self-concept, discussed as a scholarly topic since the time of Socrates and Plato, is an important theoretical construct in education because self-concept is considered to be a desirable trait and a facilitator of positive future behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the characteristics of students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs and students' self-concept scores as measured by specific subscales from the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ). A total of 196 male and 89 female secondary students (Grades 9-12) enrolled in arts, audio/video technology and communications cluster courses in North Central Texas school districts participated in the study. Student characteristic variables of interest were age, gender, CTE program enrollment, and participation in CTE. The self-concept subscales analyzed were General, Academic, Verbal, Math, and Problem Solving. A canonical correlation analysis was conducted using the four student characteristic variables as predictors of the five self-concept variables to evaluate the multivariate shared relationship between the two variable sets. The full model across all functions explained about 23% of the variance between the variable sets. Function 1 explained 15% of the shared variance and Function 2 explained 7% of the variance that remained. This study detected a relationship between specific student characteristics and self-concept as measured on certain domain-specific first-order factors. Gender and participation in CTE were found to be related to verbal self-concept and problem-solving self-concept. Results suggest that females in arts-based CTE programs have a higher verbal self-concept than their male counterparts; male students have a higher problem-solving self-concept. Results further suggest that students with a high level of participation in CTE also have high verbal and problem-solving self-concepts.

Much research has been dedicated to the difficulties LGBTQ individuals face. Further, school counselors have been challenged to assist LGBTQ individuals in the school setting. Being aware of the specific issues and being educated about specific ways to assist these individuals enable school counselors to be more effective clinicians (DePaul, Walsh, & Dam, 2009). This article will address three components of counselor preparation and affirmative school counseling interventions: counselor self-awareness, LGBTQ sexual identity development, and LGBTQ-affirmative school climate. For each component, an activity is presented to assist professional school counselors become more LGBTQ-affirmative.

<p>Gifted elementary students in a congregated educational program (n = 165) were compared to gifted peers in regular programming (n = 49) in an urban, Western-Canadian, public, school division. Mean scores on measures of self-concept (Multidimensional Self Concept Scale), classroom environment (Classroom Environment Scale), and student life satisfaction (Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale) were analyzed. MANOVAs revealed main effects of educational programming and no mediating effects of gender or grade level. Students in the congregated program had lower academic self-concept than students in regular programming, replicating the commonly found Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (Marsh, 1987). There was also some weak indication that students in the specialized program had lower satisfaction with "self" than those in the regular program. In contrast, students in the specialized program thought their programming to be more innovative relative to how the other group perceived theirs was. However, all differences were of small-to-moderate magnitude (.5 SDs). Moreover, all scores for all measures were at, or slightly above, levels typically found in normally developing peers. </p>

<p>Gifted elementary students in a congregated educational program (n = 165) were compared to gifted peers in regular programming (n = 49) in an urban, Western-Canadian, public, school division. Mean scores on measures of self-concept (Multidimensional Self Concept Scale), classroom environment (Classroom Environment Scale), and student life satisfaction (Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale) were analyzed. MANOVAs revealed main effects of educational programming and no mediating effects of gender or grade level. Students in the congregated program had lower academic self-concept than students in regular programming, replicating the commonly found Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (Marsh, 1987). There was also some weak indication that students in the specialized program had lower satisfaction with "self" than those in the regular program. In contrast, students in the specialized program thought their programming to be more innovative relative to how the other group perceived theirs was. However, all differences were of small-to-moderate magnitude (.5 SDs). Moreover, all scores for all measures were at, or slightly above, levels typically found in normally developing peers. </p>

本研究探索台灣與東南亞籍跨國婚姻子女其自我概念、外表形象與族群認同之內涵及三者概念之間的關連性。本研究以質性研究方法進行，透過參與觀察、焦點團體以及個別深入訪談等多元方式從事資料蒐集並以歸納方式進行分析。本研究對象主要包括了五個類別的青少年：外表具有明顯族群特徵的跨國原生家庭青少年、外表不具有明顯族群特徵的跨國原生家庭青少年、外表具有明顯族群特徵的跨國繼親家庭青少年、親生父母皆為台灣人的跨國繼親家庭青少年以及特殊類別青少年。本研究產生幾項主要發現：(1) 跨國家庭青少年在自我概念上的形塑與一般青少年無異；他們皆能以抽象字眼描述自己，並運用多種不同面向以建構其自我概念。在當中，父母和同儕為影響其自我概念的重要他人。(2)外表亦為跨國家庭青少年自我概念的重要面向之一，尤其是女性。此外，跨國家庭青少年所持之審美觀與一般青少年並無明顯差異。(3)跨國家庭青少年均已發展出初步的族群認同，能選擇自身的族群身份以及運用族群相關線索來區分「我群」和「他群」。同時，外表特徵影響自身揭露族群身份的經驗與方式，具有明顯族群外表者較無彈性選擇族群身份界定與揭露方式。(4)對於擁有明顯族群外表特徵的跨國原生家庭青少年與特殊類別青少年而言，他人對其族群身份與外表特徵的評價，會明顯地對其自我概念產生雙重影響，其中性別亦為一個重要因素。對女性來說，明顯的族群外表特徵（例如膚色黑）容易降低她們對外表的自信。本研究的結果，期望能對跨國家庭及族群研究，相關決策者，以及台灣社會大眾做出有意義的貢獻。 / The aim of this research is to understand the relations among self-concept, ethnic identification and the perception of physical appearance in the adolescents from transnational families composed of Taiwanese and Southeast Asians. The study uses qualitative research methods to collect and analyze data, and the sample comprises five categories: the adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic physical features, the adolescents from transnational families without identifiable ethnic physical features, the adolescents from transnational stepfamilies with identifiable ethnic physical features, the Taiwanese-born adolescents from transnational stepfamilies, and the special category. There are several findings from this research. First, the construction of self concept is similar between adolescents from transnational families and the general Taiwanese adolescents; they are able to describe themselves in abstract sense and present their self-concepts in multiple dimensions. Parents and peers are significant sources of influence in their construction of self concepts. Second, the perception of physical appearance is a significant aspect of self concept in adolescents from transnational families, and this is especially so to female adolescents. Moreover, the perceptions of beauty and physical appearance of adolescents from transnational families tend to coincide with those of the general Taiwanese adolescents. Third, the adolescents from transnational families have developed preliminary ethnic identities, which are shown by their abilities to indicate their ethnic memberships and to distinguish the ethnic in-groups from out-groups. Furthermore, physical appearance tends to affect the ways and experiences of revealing ethnic identities. Adolescents with identifiable ethnic physical features generally have less power to negotiate their ethnic identities. Fourth, to those adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic physical features and the adolescent in the special category, others’ opinions of their ethnic memberships and their ethnically denoted physical appearances can powerfully shape their self-concepts, and gender acts as an important factor affecting this linkage. To the female adolescents from transnational families with identifiable ethnic features, their self-esteem is likely to be negatively influenced by their ethnically denoted physical appearances. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the academic fields of transnational family study and ethnicity, as well as to policy makers and the general Taiwanese society.

Syftet med denna studie var att genom kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer ta reda på hur flickor med utländsk bakgrund kan uppleva ett specifikt fotbollsprojekt som syftar till att öka deltagandet bland flickor med invandrarbakgrund. Syftet var även att undersöka vilken betydelse projektet kan ha för dem. Sex flickor med utländsk bakgrund som deltar i det specifika fotbollsprojektet ingick i studien. Av resultatet framkom att flickorna upplever att projektet har haft en stor betydelse för deras självuppfattning. Projektet har gett dem nya möjligheter att lära sig spela fotboll, träffa nya kompisar samt att vara mer fysiskt aktiva. Det framgår även att flickornas motivation till att spela fotboll har stärkts samt att denna ökning av motivation i kombination med den stärkta självuppfattningen kan ha resulterat i att flickorna börjat ta plats i andra arenor som rasterna i skolan och klassfotbollen. / The purpose of this study was to look into how girls with foreign backgrounds can experience a specific football projects that aims to increase the participation in sports among girls with foreign backgrounds. The intention was also to examine what meaning the project can have for these girls. The study was conducted with qualitative interviews and a total of six girls from the specific project participated. The result from the interviews was that the girls experiences that the project has affected their self-concept in a good direction. The football project has given them new opportunities to learn how to play football, meet new friends and to be physically active. Their motivation to play football has also increased .The increase of motivation in combination with the strengthen self-concept may have resulted in the girl feeling confident and motivated enough to participate more in the school breaks and the “class football”.

“Girl-on-girl” behaviour is portrayed as sexy, liberating, and edgy in contemporary popular culture, mass media, and public settings such as bars and parties. This study looked at the relation of women’s participation in public same-sex sexual behaviour (PSSSB), age, and sexual orientation (heterosexual versus some degree of same-sex orientation) with the following dependent variables: perceptions of PSSSB pressure, reasons for and feelings after engaging in PSSSB, sexual depression, sexual assertiveness, sexual self-efficacy, sexual locus of control, sexual monitoring, and use of PSSSB to explore sexual orientation. Of the 451 women (ages 19-40) who completed the online questionnaire, 54% reported having engaged in PSSSB. Most participants agreed that young women feel pressured to engage in PSSSB and listed media, popular culture, male friends, and peers as sources of this pressure. Exclusively heterosexual women who had engaged in PSSSB (n=100) reported significantly higher perceived social pressure, more subsequent negative feelings, higher sexual depression, greater external sexual locus of control, lower sexual assertiveness than all other participants, and lower scores on sexual self-efficacy than PSSSB women with same-sex orientations. Emerging adult, but not older heterosexual PSSSB women, had significantly higher sexual compliance scores. Heterosexual and same-sex orientation PSSSB women had the highest rates of sexual monitoring, and although their reasons for engaging in PSSSB were different, a majority of both listed alcohol and exploration as factors that contributed to their public girl-on-girl behaviour. Heterosexual women who had not engaged in PSSSB indicated the lowest rates of sexual exploration. Reasons for these differences are discussed. / Graduate