本研究旨在探討外籍配偶子女的自我概念、生活適應與學業成就之相關研究。主要目的有七：（一）了解並分析目前外籍配偶子女就讀國中自我概念與生活適應情形。（二）探討背景變項不同的國中外籍配偶子女之自我概念差異情形。（三）探討背景變項不同的國中外籍配偶子女之生活適應差異情形。（四）探討背景變項不同的國中外籍配偶子女之學業成就差異情形。（五）瞭解國中外籍配偶子女的自我概念、生活適應與學業成就之相互關係。（六）分析國中外籍配偶子女背景變項、自我概念與生活適應對學業成就的預測情形。（七）分析並歸納研究結果，提出具體建議，作為政府機關規劃相關政策和學術研究的參考。 本研究採用問卷調查法，係以就讀桃園縣公立國中外籍配偶子女為研究對象，採立意抽樣共取樣 536人，有效問卷508份，回收率95.67%。測量工具包括「個人基本資料調查表」、「學業成就」、「自我概念量表」、「生活適應量表」等四部分。依據所得資料，主要運用描述統計、單因子變異數分析、多變項變異數分析、逐步多元迴歸分析等統計方法驗證假設。 本研究的主要結果分述如下： 一、整體而言國中外籍配偶子女自我概念程度是在中等以上，最高的是學校 自我，最低的是生理自我。背景變項（性別、年級、父親教育程度、經 濟狀況、父母管教方式、學校地區）在自我概念上有顯著差異。 二、整體而言生活適應程度是在中等以下，人際適應最佳，學校適應較差。 背景變項（性別、經濟狀況、父母管教方式、學校地區〉在生活適應上 有顯著差異。 三、國中外籍配偶子女學業成就最高的是國文，最低的是數學。背景變項 （性別、年級、父親教育程度、母親教育程度、居住狀況、經濟狀況、 父母管教方式）在學業成就上有顯著差異。 四、國中外籍配偶子女對自我概念瞭解程度，自我概念越高生活適應越好。 在生活適應層面中個人適應、學校適應、家庭適應及人際適應具有顯著 差異。 五、國中外籍配偶子女在自我概念層面中的家庭自我、學校自我及道德自 我，與國文、英文及數學學業成就具有顯著差異，顯示自我概念層面其 中家庭自我、學校自我、道德自我得分越高，表示學業成就越好。 六、國中外籍配偶子女整體生活適應及各層面的個人適應、家庭適應、學校 適應、人際適應越好，國文、英文及數學學業成就越高。在生活適應層 面中個人適應、家庭適應、學校適應及人際適應，與國文、英文及數學 學業成就具有顯著差異。 七、國中外籍配偶子女當人際適應越好時，數學領域的表現會越好。當人際 適應越好時，國文領域的表現會越好。對家庭自我瞭解程度越高、人際 適應越好時，數學領域的表現會越好。 八、在預測國中外籍配偶子女國文領域學業成就層面，以學校適應最具預測 力，可解釋或預測8.7%。在預測英文領域學業成就層面，管教方式最具 預測力，可解釋或預測9%。在預測數學領域學業成就層面，以管教方式 最具預測力，可解釋或預測4.8%。 最後，根據研究結果，提出具體建議，以供家長、教育工作者及未來研究參考之用。 / The purpose of this research aims to investigate the correlations among self-concept, life adjustment and academic achievement of foreign spouses’ children. There are seven main objectives: (1) to find out and analyze self-concept and life adjustment of foreign spouses’ children in junior high school nowadays; (2) to make careful inquiry about the variation of their self-concept with different background variables; (3) to make careful inquiry about the variation of their life adjustment with different background variables; (4) to make careful inquiry about the variation of their academic achievement with different background variables; (5) to realize the correlations among their self-concept, life adjustment and academic achievement; (6) to employ self-concept and life adjustment as variables to predict their academic achievement; (7) to draw a conclusion of the research and propose concrete suggestions as references for the related policies of governmental organizations and academic studies. This research used the questionnaire survey method and chose foreign spouses’ children who study in Taoyuan junior high school as objectives. The research selected 536 students as purposive samples in which 508 questionnaires were returned, yielding a 95.67% response rate. The measurement applied in this study includes “Personal Information Survey”, “Academic Achievement”, “Self-Concept Scale” and “Life Adjustment Scale”. According to the collected data, the hypothesis of the research is verified by the statistical methods including descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, multi-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The findings of this research are illustrated as follow: 1.On the whole, the degree of self-concept that foreign spouses’ children have is above the average. They have the highest degree of school-self, the lowest degree of physical-self. The background variables (including sex, grade, their father’s education level, economic status, parenting style, and school region) act significant differences on their self-concept. 2.In general, the life adjustment of the foreign spouses’ children lies under the average level. Their interpersonal adjustment works the best within this variable whereas the school adjustment performs the worst. The background variables (including sex, economic status, parenting style and school region) act significant differences on their life adjustment. 3.The academic achievement of junior high school students born of foreign spouses shows the best performance in the subject, Chinese. On the contrary, they present the worst in mathematics. The background variables (including sex, grade, their father’s education level, their mother’s education level, economic status, and parenting style of parenting style) act significant differences on academic achievement. 4.As for the degree of the self-concept the foreign spouse’ children in junior high school have, the higher degree of their self-concept leads to the better performance of their life adjustment. At the level of life, personal, school, family and interpersonal adjustment show significant differences. 5.The self-concept within which consists of family, school and moral self shows significant differences from the academic achievement of Chinese, English and mathematics. The higher scores of family, school and moral self they have at the level of self-concept will cause better academic achievement. 6.The better their life adjustment and its components (the personal, family, school and interpersonal adjustment) act, the higher academic achievements they possess in Chinese, English and mathematics. There are significant differences between the level of life adjustment (personal, family, school, interpersonal adjustment) and academic achievements of Chinese, English, and mathematics. 7.The better interpersonal adjustment the foreign spouses’ children have, the better they show their academic achievement in mathematics and Chinese. It has also been revealed that they present better interpersonal adjustment and better achievement in mathematics if they understand their family self better. 8.While predicting Chinese academic achievement of foreign spouse’ children, the research shows the best predictable variable is school adjustment which can explain and forecast the degree of accuracy at the rate of 8.7%. Besides, at the level of predicting English academic achievement, the best predictable variable is parenting which can describe and foretell the degree of accuracy at the rate of 9%. As to the prediction for mathematics academic achievement, the best predictable variable is also parenting which can predict accurately at the rate of 4.8%. Finally, according to the results of the research, I propose specific suggestions for the parents, educators and future researchers are proposed subject as a reference resource.

Sweden has been a country of immigration since the Second World War. The asylum immigration is regulated by international law, the immigration of employees’ works through guidelines from the European Union. The immigration left for regulations from the government is the family immigration, which xenophobic parties want to increase. The immigration reaches a high level in the 1990’s. As the social democratic government is trying to keep the immigration controlled media is criticizing the regulations of immigration. Since the 1970´s probation of 2 years is needed for relation immigrants in order to minimize abuse. This rule might force women to stay in violent relationships due to fear of being sent back home, if they make a report to the police. The government faces the problem with the proposition 1999/2000:43, which is analyzed in this thesis with the goal to reveal the underlying values regarding the view of women, men and violence. Focusing on gender Carol Lee Bacchi’s discourse analythical method “What’s the ‘problem’ represented to be?” is used.

Le but de cette étude est de cerner, à partir de leur propre point de vue, la trajectoire d’adaptation de conjoints dont l’épouse est atteinte d’un cancer de l’ovaire. Une approche qualitative, la théorisation ancrée, a été utilisée dans le cadre de cette recherche. Les données ont été recueillies à l’aide d'entretiens semi-structurés effectués auprès de neuf conjoints qui accompagnaient leur épouse lors de leurs traitements dans une unité montréalaise ultra-spécialisée de soins pour les cancers gynécologiques. Nos résultats font ressortir qu’une fois passé le choc de l’annonce du diagnostic, nos répondants se ressaisissent et élaborent toute une série de stratégies de protection pour leur épouse et eux-mêmes, puis d’attaque de la maladie. Au bilan, pour eux, le cancer se révèle une expérience « transformante» aux plans personnel, conjugal et social. Les contrastes observés entre nos résultats et ceux des études antérieures, qui insistent sur le désarroi de conjoints, peuvent être expliqués par la prise en charge efficace de la femme par le réseau de la santé, qui valorise le rôle du conjoint et qui l’outille pour accompagner son épouse. S’ajoutent à cela la force du lien conjugal, trempé par les épreuves passées, certains traits de personnalité des conjoints et l'action du réseau de soutien personnel. En regard de la pratique infirmière, notre recherche met en évidence le bien-fondé des politiques soutenant l’intégration des familles dans les plans de soins et les retombées positives d’une approche concertée entre tous les intervenants de la santé. Répéter une telle étude dans d'autres institutions du réseau de la santé permettrait de cerner encore plus finement son impact sur l’adaptation de conjoints à la maladie. / This research focuses on how nine men recall their adaptation trajectory to their spouses’ ovarian cancer. The qualitative analysis made use of the grounded theory approach; semistructured interviews were conducted with husbands accompanying their spouses during their treatments in an ultra-specialized unit for gynaecological cancers in a Montreal hospital. Our results show that after the initial shock initiated by the announcement, the respondents develop a set of strategies, first to protect their wives and themselves, and then to attack the illness. Accompanying their wives through the experience of cancer proves to be, for the husbands, a transformative experience at all levels: personal,conjugal, and social. The perceived efficacy of the health network and its preoccupation with the husband’s caretaker role may explain the sharp contrast we observe between results from the literature, insisting on the husbands’ helplessness in such a context, and our data, which underline their fighting spirit. Other factors identified are the strength of the conjugal link, forged in common ordeals, personality traits of both husbands and wives, and support from their personal network. Concerning nursing practice, this research suggests that the importance and the support given by the health professionals to the family caregivers is of utmost importance for the couple’s quality of life throughout this experience. Besides, the coordination of the health professionals, throughout the women’s illness, is crucial in diminishing the anxiety linked to the cancer diagnosis. The duplication of such a study in other cancer care units would allow a finer analysis of the impact the health network can have on the adaptation of both spouses to illness.

This qualitative exploratory research study examined the experiences of older women (over age 55) whose husbands had been admitted to a personal care home (PCH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba within the previous twelve (12) months. In-depth, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were conducted with six (6) women. Socialist feminist and feminist caregiving theoretical frameworks along with narrative analysis were used gain insight into the participants’ needs surrounding their experiences of the admission. Findings include the fact that changes in women’s formal and informal supports began occurring years before their husbands’ admissions. The all-encompassing role as caregiver for their families continued to be central in their lives even after the admission. While women met their material and emotional needs through a range of formal and informal services, the participants were more likely to see needs met through informal means. Themes emerging from the research included those of guilt, entitlement, obligation, and reciprocity.

Indlæggelsestiden i forbindelse med kirurgi er blevet kortere. Der er meget lidt viden om, hvordan den umiddelbare postoperative periode forløber. Formålet med undersøgelsen har været at vurdere om korte hospitalsforløb hos patienter, der er opereret for forstørret prostata, bevirker at de pårørende overtager en del af plejen, at undersøge om der kommer en øget belastning på andre dele af sundhedsvæsenet, samt at få en viden om hvordan patienterne har det i de første uger efter operationen. Der er foretaget kvalitative interviews med ti hustruer. Til analyse af interviewene er brugt den fænomenologiske metode, beskrevet af Giorgi og Karlsson. På baggrund af disse interviews er der udarbejdet et spørgeskema, som er udsendt til alle hustruer, hvis ægtefælle i perioden november 2004 til maj 2005 er blevet prostataopereret. Resultaterne fra spørgeskemaundersøgelsen blev sat ind i en access database. Resultatet viser at den første postoperative periode er præget af mange vandladningsgener så som inkontinens, hyppige vandladninger, blødning og urinstop. Gener som også belaster hustruerne. Hustruerne følte sig usikre på om efterforløbet var normalt, og de manglede viden om, hvor de kunne henvende sig med problemer. / The length of stay at hospital after surgery has shortened. Little is known about the immediate post-surgery period. The aim of this study is to assess whether spouses have to take active care of their husbands and to assess if the burden of other part of the health service increases as a result of early discharge after prostatic surgery. Furthermore, the study intends to increase the knowledge about how patients experience the first postoperative weeks. Initially qualitative interviews were conducted with ten spouses. The Phenomological method described by Giorgi and Karlsson was used for analysing the interviews. Based on the experience of this, a questionnaire was prepared and sent to all spouses of patients who had undergone prostatic surgery between November 2004 and May 2005. The results of the questionnaires were put into an access database. The principal finding is that many patients during the first postoperative period experience various urinary problems such as incontinence, frequency, haematuria, and urinary retention. Problems which negatively impacted on the spouses. Furthermore, the spouses were uncertain whether it was common to experience these problems, and they did not know whom to contact when in need of support / <p>ISBN 91-7997-152-0</p>

This qualitative exploratory research study examined the experiences of older women (over age 55) whose husbands had been admitted to a personal care home (PCH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba within the previous twelve (12) months. In-depth, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were conducted with six (6) women. Socialist feminist and feminist caregiving theoretical frameworks along with narrative analysis were used gain insight into the participants’ needs surrounding their experiences of the admission. Findings include the fact that changes in women’s formal and informal supports began occurring years before their husbands’ admissions. The all-encompassing role as caregiver for their families continued to be central in their lives even after the admission. While women met their material and emotional needs through a range of formal and informal services, the participants were more likely to see needs met through informal means. Themes emerging from the research included those of guilt, entitlement, obligation, and reciprocity.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Univ., 2004. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-55).

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The purpose of this study was to examine the life satisfaction of the wives of naval non-commissioned officers living in an isolated military suburb. As little is known about this phenomenon an exploratory design was used. A sample group of 81 wives was selected by means of stratified random sampling. Measuring instruments used were the Heimler Scale of Social Functioning and a needs assessment. The results of the study indicated that although a small majority of the wives experience their lives as satisfactory they have a great deal of frustration. The two largest areas of low satisfaction was work and finances. It seems that these wives have sufficient support systems. The lack of transport seems to be a problem for these wives. The needs assessment identified a great interest in, and a need for certain courses, hobbies, aerobic classes and a daycare centre. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Science (Mental Health))