The Argonauts is a one hundred and ten minute screenplay depicted in the genre of children's adventure film, set in the suburbs of Brisbane in the early 1990s. It tells the story of four friends who embark on adventure in an attempt to save their parents' shops from a corporate takeover. The exegesis explores the dual role of the screenwriter/director and the affect on the screenplay of the shifts in mindset required when these roles are undertaken by the same person. Screenwriting and directing are explored as two separate but interlinked disciplines. In this paper I have draw on my experience in these two roles to discuss their inter-relationship. In order to understand how the two roles of screenwriting and directing interact, challenge and compliment one another when carried out by the same person, I analyse the interplay of these roles within the specific areas of character, narrative and setting in the writing and revision of the screenplay, The Argonauts.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2007. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (ℓ. 184-194)

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-113). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Communications, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-94).

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 262-269).

Loss to follow-up (LTF) is an important issue that can affect the validity of longitudinal studies. Further, LTF among adolescent study participants may be predicted by variables such as substance use, educational attainment, and demographic information. The purpose of this study was to determine if alcohol or marijuana use, high school completion, or demographic information was correlated with LTF among adolescent participants in the Real Talk Study. The Real Talk study is a randomized control trial that employs a brief motivational interview intervention in a clinical setting to reduce perpetration of teen dating violence (TDV) in Boston. Current participants of the Real Talk study who were eligible for follow up comprised the study sample (N=127). Baseline characteristics on age, gender, race/ethnicity, high school completion, alcohol use, and marijuana use were analyzed using Pearson’s Chi Square, and the level of significance set to p < 0.10. A post-hoc analysis was conducted on frequency of alcohol use using Pearson’s Chi Square. Of the total sample, 13% were LTF (n=17). The results of the analyses indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between those LTF and those retained for gender and drinking 6 or more drinks of alcohol per occasion. Females were more likely to be LTF than males (p<0.10), and those participants who responded “never” or “less than monthly” to the question, “how many times do you drink 6 or more drinks per occasion?” were more likely to be retained, or less likely to be LTF (p<0.10) than those who responded differently. While some of the results were consistent with the literature, it is also possible that the follow-up procedure for Real Talk ensured that there were minimal differences in LTF.

Trata-se de estudo da linha de pesquisa Fundamentos e Práticas de Enfermagem em Saúde da Mulher, Criança, Adolescente e Família, vinculado ao Grupo de Estudos do Cuidado à Saúde nas Etapas da Vida (CEVIDA) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). O objetivo foi conhecer as percepções do ser adolescente com câncer sobre a corporeidade na perspectiva da sexualidade. Visando mostrar a união de dois conceitos, amplamente desmistificados em prol de uma finalidade, que é conhecer a visão dos adolescentes sobre seu corpo e a sua sexualidade. A metodologia norteadora da pesquisa foi pautada em um estudo qualitativo, com abordagem fenomenológica, a qual permitiu abranger a realidade visível e compreender os fenômenos e processos que estão atualizados no cotidiano do adolescente com câncer. A pesquisa teve como loco o Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, na Unidade de Internação Oncológica Pediátrica. Contando com a participação de seis adolescentes, com idade de 14 a 18 anos, a coleta das informações ocorreu por meio do Método Criativo Sensível, a partir das dinâmicas: Espelho Mental, Texto Coletivo, Adolescer e Chuva de Palavras, no período de julho de 2012. Optou-se pela utilização da hermenêutica, como método de interpretação das informações, estabelecendo quatro categorias: Imagem corporal e modo de ser-no-mundo; Sexualidade: limites e possibilidades; Da negação ao aceite; e Lições de Vida: a corporeidade existente. Frente a isso, esse estudo revelou a facticidade da doença, e o seu existir para além da doença, a partir do olhar compreensivo, demonstrando a riqueza do mundo vivido pelos adolescentes, propiciando reflexões profundas, a atenção e a ação que exercem sobre si mesmos para preservar e cultivar a vida de maneira responsável, autônoma e livre, tornandoos protagonistas de seu cuidado permanente, como seres no mundo. Bem como, a sexualidade pode ser observada em diferentes situações e expressões, o que comprova que os adolescentes com câncer mantêm dentro de si a essência de serem adolescentes no mundo. Sob o olhar da enfermagem, este estudo veio ao encontro de qualificar o cuidado, estabelecendo um vinculo, conhecendo e redescobrindo o processo do adolescer no cuidado à saúde do adolescente com câncer. / This study contemplates the search line Fundamentals and Practices of Nursing in Women's Health, Child and Adolescent, the Study Group on Health Care Life Stages (CEVIDA) Program Graduate in Nursing, School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Its main goal was to understand the perceptions of being a teenager with cancer on the corporeality in view of sexuality. Aiming to show the union of two concepts, largely demystified towards a purpose, which is to know the perceptions of adolescents about their bodies and their sexuality. The guiding methodology to the research was based on a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach, which allowed to cover the visible reality and understand the phenomena and processes that are updated daily in adolescents with cancer. This one, investigated the corporeity of being an adolescent with cancer in the perspective of sexuality. The research had as focus the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, in the Inrternment Unit of Pediatric Oncology. Counting to the participation of six teenagers, aged 14 to 18 years, the collection of information occurred through the creative Sensitive Method, starting with the following dynamics: Mental Mirror, Collective Text, Get an adolescent and Rain of Words, from July 2012. It was chosen for the use of hermeneutics as a method of interpretation of information, establishing four categories: Body image and way of being in the world; Sexuality; Limits and possibilities; From denial to acceptance; and Lessons of Life: the existing corporeity. Because of that, this study revealed the facticity of the disease, and its existence beyond the disease, from the comprehensive look, demonstrating the wealth of the world experienced by adolescents, providing deep reflection to the attention and the action exerted on themselves to preserve and cultivate life with responsibility, autonomous and free, making them protagonists of their permanent care, as human beings in the world. As well, sexuality can be observed in different situations and expressions, which proves that teens with cancer maintain within themselves the essence of being teenagers in the world. Under the look of nursing, this study came to qualify the care, establishing a link, knowing and rediscovering the process of adolescence in health care for adolescents with cancer. / Este estudio contempla la línea de investigación Fundamentos y Prácticas de Enfermería en Salud de la Mujer, Niño y Adolescente, perteneciendo al Grupo de Estudio sobre Salud Etapas de Cuidado de Vida (CEVIDA) Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Su principal objetivo fue conocer las percepciones del ser adolescente con cáncer sobre la corporeidad en la perspectiva de la sexualidad. Visando mostrar la unión de dos conceptos, ampliamente desmitificados en prol de una finalidad, que es conocer la visión de los adolescentes sobre su cuerpo y su sexualidad. La metodología norteadora de la investigación fue pautada en un estudio cualitativo, con abordaje fenomenológico, la cual permitió comprender la realidad visible y comprender los fenómenos y procesos que están actualizados en el cotidiano del adolescente con cáncer. La investigación tuvo como loco el Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, en la Unidad de Internación Oncológica Pediátrica. Contando con la participación de seis adolescentes, entre 14 y 18 años, la colecta de las informaciones ocurrió por medio del Método Creativo Sensible, a partir de las dinámicas: Espejo Mental, Texto Colectivo, Adolecer y Lluvia de Palabras, en el periodo de julio de 2012. Se optó por la utilización de la hermenéutica, como método de interpretación de las informaciones, estableciendo cuatro categorías: Imagen corporal y modo de ser en el mundo; Sexualidad: límites y posibilidades; De la negación al endoso; y Lecciones de Vida: la corporeidad existente. Frente a eso, ese estudio reveló la facticidade de la enfermedad, y su existir para además de la enfermedad, a partir de la mirada comprensiva, demostrando la riqueza del mundo vivido por los adolescentes, propiciando reflexiones profundas, la atención y la acción que ejercen sobre sí mismos para preservar y cultivar la vida de manera responsable, autónoma y libre, haciéndolos protagonistas de su cuidado permanente, como seres en el mundo. Además, la sexualidad se puede observar en las diferentes situaciones y expresiones, lo que demuestra que los adolescentes con cáncer mantener dentro de sí mismos la esencia de ser adolescentes en el mundo. Bajo la mirada de la enfermería, este estudio vino al encuentro de calificar el cuidado, estableciendo uno vinculo, conociendo y redescubriendo el proceso del adolecer en el cuidado a la salud del adolescente con cáncer.

Teen dating violence (TDV) affects nearly one third of adolescents in the United States and is increasingly one of the largest public health concerns of health researchers and practitioners. Parent involvement, and specifically messages communicated to children about healthy and unhealthy relationships, has potential to be a vital element of TDV prevention and intervention. Researchers have demonstrated that parent-adolescent communication has significant effects on adolescent risky behavior, but the effect of parent-adolescent communication on TDV has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between mother-daughter communication quality, mothers' and daughters' beliefs about unhealthy relationships, and the dating violence experienced by adolescents. The sample was 58 adolescent daughters recruited from three rural Oregon high schools and their mothers. Self-report and observational data were collected from daughters and their mothers. It was hypothesized that (1) daughters' dating beliefs mediate the relationship between mothers' dating beliefs and daughters' experienced TDV, (2) mother-daughter communication quality mediates the relationship between mothers' dating beliefs and daughter's dating beliefs, and (3) mother-daughter communication quality mediates the relationship between mothers' dating beliefs and daughter's TDV. Structural equation modeling was used to test three path models where mother-daughter communication was represented by three different measures: daughters' report of having a quality conversation with their mother about dating in the past year, daughters' disagreement during observed mother-daughter communication, and daughters' disagreement during observed mother-daughter communication about dating. All three models were a good fit with the data, and significant associations were found between measures of mother-daughter communication, daughters' beliefs about dating, and daughters' experienced dating violence. Implications of this study include mother-daughter communication, perhaps a representation of a larger construct of mother-daughter relationship quality, as a point of intervention for adolescent girls' experiences of dating violence. Future research and clinical studies are required to further examine the relationships between parent-adolescent communication and TDV and the potential affect that parents may have on rates and experiences of TDV.

abstract: The central focus of this dissertation was to build on prior research that has underscored the significance of investigating culturally informed values and beliefs to promote racial-ethnic minority youths’ adjustment. In particular, Study 1 examined how Mexican-origin adolescents’ endorsements of familism values contributed to and moderated established theoretical associations within the achievement motivation process (i.e., contextual environment/individual factors, motivational beliefs, achievement-related strategies) and ultimately informed educational adjustment over time, or 5 years postpartum. Findings from Study 1 supported hypotheses regarding the dual role of familism values as both a promotive and protective factor throughout the achievement motivation process. Importantly findings highlight familism as an important cultural asset to consider as a potential facilitator of Mexican-origin adolescent mothers’ postpartum educational attainment. In addition to examining the promotive and protective function of familism, Study 2 explored how constellations of culturally informed promotive and protective factors, based on familism values, familial ethnic socialization, mothers’ and adolescents’ education aspirations, and social support (from family, peers, and dating partners), directly informed Mexican-origin adolescent mothers’ educational adjustment postpartum. Three distinct profiles emerged across social, aspirational, and familial domains, when adolescents were in their third trimester of pregnancy. Profiles were distinguished by unique patterns among study variables as a function of different levels of assets and resources. Furthermore, coresidency and economic hardship emerged as significant predictors of membership into latent profiles; and membership in specific profile groups significantly predicted educational attainment five years postpartum. Patterns of promotive/protective factors identified in the current study illustrate the importance of considering how the combination of multiple factors, across culturally salient domains, work in tandem to inform Mexican-origin adolescent mothers’ long-term educational attainment. Overall study findings offer a comprehensive insight into how familism values and other culturally informed factors contribute to the achievement motivation process and educational adjustment of pregnant and parenting Mexican-origin adolescent. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Family and Human Development 2016

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A violência intencional, que ocorre principalmente entre adolescentes, tem sido reconhecida como um importante problema de saúde, principalmente em decorrência de suas consequências. Objetivo: Descrever as condições de vulnerabilidades e consequências da violência sofrida e/ou exercida por adolescentes matriculados no ensino médio da rede pública de Cuiabá-MT em 2012. Métodos: Estudo transversal, desenvolvido em escolas públicas de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, com adolescentes do ensino médio. Os dados, processados pelo Epi-Info, foram obtidos por meio de questionário fechado. Resultados: Entre 2.786 pesquisados, 44,4% se encontravam em situação de violência, em que 16,4% eram apenas vítimas, 12,0% somente agressores e 16,0% vivenciaram tanto a condição de vítimas como agressores, predominando a violência física e o bullying. Quanto às condições de vulnerabilidades, 44,1% dos que sofreram violência consomem álcool e 5,5% drogas. Quanto ao álcool, consumir bebidas destiladas, em festa, na casa de amigos, ficando animados quando bebem, com inicio do consumo aos 16-17 anos, se destacaram em todas as situações de violência. Quanto às drogas, consumir de vez em quando, iniciar o consumo porque um amigo ofereceu, sendo a maconha a droga mais consumida, principalmente porque gostam e para se livrar dos problemas, com início aos 16-17 anos, prevaleceram em todas as situações de violência. Os tios foram os membros familiares que mais consomem álcool e/ou drogas. Entre os 44,4% que se envolveram em situação de violência, houve consequências físicas em 16,0%, entre as quais houve incapacidade física em 5,5%. Os adolescentes com consequências físicas se caracterizaram por predomínio: da violência física (57,1%), do sexo masculino (52,0%), idade de 16-17 anos (54,0%), raça parda (45,4%), ferimento como lesão decorrente (49,0%), sendo a cabeça e pescoço (30,8%) a região corpórea mais afetada. Houve casos de gravidez e doenças sexualmente transmissíveis entre os que vivenciaram a violência sexual. Houve consequências psicológicas em 12,0% dos que passaram por situação de violência, com predomínio de: violência física (27,1%), sexo feminino (64,1%), idade de 16-17 anos (55,0%) e raça parda (46,8%), sendo a depressão a consequência psicológica mais frequente (27,9%). Quando questionados se o diagnóstico do agravo emocional foi realizado por profissional da área ou pelo que o próprio adolescente sentia, 19 (12,8%) dos que sofreram, 5 (16,1%) dos que exerceram e 28 (17,4%) dos que sofreram/exerceram a violência informaram que o diagnóstico foi realizado por um profissional da área, enquanto outros 96 (64,9%) dos que sofreram, 15 (48,4%) dos que exerceram e 92 (57,1%) dos que sofreram/exerceram, relataram que chegaram à conclusão do agravo pelo que sentiam. Conclusões: O estudo evidencia a necessidade de ações integradas entre escola, serviços de saúde, sociedade e família, como formas de prevenção deste fenômeno, e serviços de atendimento e intervenção que minimizem as consequências dos adolescentes que vivenciam situações de violência. / Introduction: Adolescence is a period of transformation, in which the teenager is exposed to conditions of vulnerabilities as well as situations of violence, both as victim and aggressor. Intentional violence that occurs primarily among adolescents, has been recognized as an important health problem, mainly due to its consequences. Aims: Describe the conditions of vulnerabilities and consequences of violence suffered and / or exercised by adolescents enrolled in high school in the public Cuiaba-MT in 2012. Methods: A cross-sectional study, developed in public schools in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, with high school teenagers. The data processed by the Epi-Info, were obtained through a closed questionnaire. Results: Between 2,786 surveyed, 44.4% were in a situation of violence, in which 16.4% were just victims, 12.0% aggressors only, and 16.0% have experienced both the condition of victims as offenders, predominating physical violence and bullying. As regards the conditions of vulnerabilities, 44.1% of those who suffered violence consume alcohol and 5.5% drugs. Regarding alcohol consuming distilled beverages, in party at the home of friends, getting excited when they drink, with beginning of consumption at 16-17 years old, stood out in all situations of violence. Regarding drugs, consume every once in a while, start the consumption because a friend offered, being the most consumed drug marijuana, mainly because they like and to get rid of the problems, beginning at the age of 16-17 years old, prevailed in all situations of violence. The uncles were family members who consume alcohol and/or drugs. Among the 44.4% were involved in situations of violence, there were no physical consequences at 16.0%, with a physical handicap in 5.5%. Adolescents with physical consequences were characterized by a predominance : physical violence ( 57.1 % ) , male ( 52.0 % ) , aged 16-17 years ( 54.0 % ) , mixed race ( 45.4 % ) , injury and damage caused ( 49.0 % ) , being the head and neck ( 30.8 % ) to the body part most affected . There were cases of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among those who have experienced sexual violence . There was psychological consequences in 12.0 % of those who have gone through situations of violence , with a predominance of : physical violence ( 27.1 % ) , female ( 64.1 % ) , aged 16-17 years ( 55.0 % ) and mulattos ( 46.8 % ) , depression being the most common psychological consequence ( 27.9% ) . When asked if the diagnosis of emotional harm was done by a professional or by the adolescents themselves felt , 19 ( 12.8% ) of those who suffered , 5 ( 16.1% ) of those who exercised and 28 ( 17.4% ) who suffered / exerted violence reported that the diagnosis was made by a professional in the area , while others 96 ( 64.9 % ) of those who suffered , 15 ( 48.4 % ) of those who exercised and 92 ( 57.1 % ) who suffered / exercised , reported that concluded that the grievance felt by. Conclusions: The study highlights the need for integrated actions among school, health services, society and family as ways of preventing this phenomenon, and intervention and assistance services that minimize the consequences of the teenagers who experience situations of violence.