The social diversity of the South African population holds considerable challenge for psychologists, especially in respect of differences in language, culture and socio-economic context. The implications of the diverse nature of expectations and needs of unique individuals, clients as well as professionals, in particular in psychological assessment, are of concern. Projected storytelling in assessment is widely recognised as valuable, especially when working with children and adolescents. The technique has its pitfalls, including the way the stories produced may be influenced by leading questions, applying different methods of interpretation, and administering the instrument in cross-cultural assessment situations. Psychologists presenting projection plates to adolescent clients in South Africa frequently obtain little more than one-liners from standard procedures, raising doubts about viability and reliability of the technique. Prompting and probing need to be enhanced without compromising the projective value of responses or the uniqueness of clients. Feuerstein pioneered mediated intervention for learners with cognitive barriers, and the dynamic assessment of culturally different children. In this study, a dynamic assessment technique of questioning (DATQ) was used to actualise projection potential in mono- and cross-cultural assessment situations. The aim of the study was two-fold: to investigate the influence of a DATQ with projection plates during the psychological assessment of adolescents, and to investigate the influence of culture on such assessment in mono- and cross-cultural situations. A qualitative, multiple case study of ten participants representing five language groups in South Africa was undertaken within a predominantly postmodern epistemology. The tension between assessment from the positivist and post-modern paradigms was acknowledged through applying different perspectives during different stages of the research. A test-training-continuation-of-test situation was created for the administration of seven projection pictures, after which two discussion protocols were used. Data-analysis and interpretation took place in four phases by way of projection analysis (using the Bellak TAT Analysis Blank and Haworth’s analysis of defences), structural analysis (with categories such as word-count, response pattern, formulation, number of statements, prompts, hesitations, repetitions), analysis of the participant’s experience of the Murray-method versus the dynamic assessment technique of questioning, and analysis of possible cross-cultural influences on the assessment (utilizing the Scoring Sheet for the Psychocultural Scoring System (SSPSS) and triangulating the results with the projection analysis and the thematic analysis of the conversation about culture). Findings were derived from intra-comparison (per participant) and inter-comparison (per phase of the assessment) of the analyses. The main conclusions of the study point towards participants’ projective responses increasing and deepening in the direction of self-understanding and wholesome problem solution as well as being structurally enhanced, their emotional experience of the assessment situation being positive, culturally associated values being expressed and cultural barriers to interaction being lessened in both mono- and cross-cultural assessment. Whilst projection isn’t an exclusively context-bound phenomenon and generally occurs irrespective of cultural specificity, it was found that supporting clients through non-directive prompting to voice their associations apparently didn’t interfere with the unconscious content being solicited, irrespective of the mono-/cross-cultural nature of the assessment. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

In this study, the accuracy of predicted psycho-socio-economic impacts resulting from mining and infrastructure projects is investigated by comparing it to impacts shown to actually occur. A systems theoretical approach was followed in conjunction with a qualitative methodology in order to conceptualise impacts in the social systems they occur. Data was collected through a document review (which included a total of 17 documents pertaining to predicted impacts, and 24 documents pertaining to actual impacts) and analysed by means of thematic analysis, which rendered four main themes and 20 subthemes. The findings of the thematic analysis were subjected to second-order analysis, which enabled the categorisation of impacts according to the level of accuracy with which they are predicted. To understand why some impacts are incorrectly predicted, a third-order analysis was performed. The study suggests that many of the commonly predicted psycho-socio-economic impacts are less accurate than what they should ideally be, suggesting that some of the assumptions on which these predictions are based should be revised, as should the conceptualisation of the impacts. The researcher argues that, in order to make accurate predictions about the impacts resulting from mining and infrastructure projects, sufficient knowledge of the attributes of the project, the nature of the receiving environment, the causal processes by which the project will bring about changes in the receiving environment, and the value systems according to which communities judge whether a specific change constitutes a negative or positive impact, is required. This argument is substantiated by highlighting instances of inaccurate predictions relevant to each category of required information. More fundamentally, however, the researcher argues that inaccurate predictions are the result of inadequate consideration of the systemic nature of psycho-socio-economic impacts and the context in which they occur, precipitated by the incorrect use of the “social impact” metaphor. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Psychology / unrestricted

This study examined the conditions and experience of students who were placed on academic probation in view of key elements of Dewey’s (1958, 1938/1997, 1934/2005) theory of experience. Core data emerged from 16 in-depth interviews with five students who received assistance from an academic support program while on probation. An additional interview was conducted with the academic companion and another with the program developer. A document analysis and a researcher journal supplemented the data. The interviews were analyzed according to a three-dimensional narrative inquiry space (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Dewey, 1958, 1938/1997) to produce profiles and thematic connections (Seidman, 2006). Findings are presented in five texts. The first and second manuscripts depict the stories of two students using the profile genre. These texts disclose rich stories where the meaning of experience is lived. A third manuscript examines students’ experience from the student and professional perspectives. Major themes uncovered, include (a) resistance to seek help; (b) deep personal costs; and (c) a desire to succeed and complete their undergraduate studies. A fourth manuscript explores companioning as experienced by students and supported by resource personnel. It reveals that (a) the companioning role was defined by a specific form of guidance and attendance to self-confidence and (b) the program helped students clarify their needs, promoted their adaptation to the university context, and offered support through a positive relationship. A fifth manuscript examined the characteristics of a fruitful helping relationship. Findings suggest that (a) a rapport characterized by presence and trust and (b) an approach promoting responsibility, awareness, and holism were key. These findings offer a weighty contribution to the literature on post-secondary education by revealing rich and unique experiences. By tapping in the complexity of the participants’ experience, findings help shift away from the current focus on obstacles and deficiencies often attributed to probationary students. Résumé Cette étude a examiné l’expérience d’étudiants ayant été placés en probation académique à la lumière d’éléments-clés de la théorie de l’expérience de Dewey (1958, 1938/1997, 1934/2005). La principale source de données provenait de 16 entrevues en profondeur auprès de cinq étudiants ayant participé à un programme d’accompagnement universitaire alors qu’ils étaient en probation académique. Une entrevue a aussi été menée avec l’accompagnatrice et une autre avec la conceptrice du programme. Une analyse documentaire et un journal de bord de la chercheure complètent les données. Les entrevues ont été analysées selon une analyse narrative tridimensionnelle (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Dewey, 1958, 1938/1997) de façon à produire des profils et des liens thématiques (Seidman, 2006). Les résultats sont présentés dans cinq textes. Les premier et deuxième textes dépeignent l’histoire de deux étudiants sous forme de profils. Ces textes découvrent de riches et profondes histoires véhiculant la probation comme expérience de vie et la signification attribuée à celle-ci. Le troisième texte présente l’examen collectif de l’expérience des cinq étudiants ayant participé au programme d’accompagnement. Cette analyse est enrichie des perspectives de l’accompagnatrice et de la conceptrice du programme. Trois thèmes se dégagent de l’expérience de ces étudiants en probation académique soit (a) une résistance à faire usage des services de soutien; (b) des coûts personnels considérables; et (c) un désir de réussir et de compléter leur programme d’études. Un quatrième texte explore l’expérience d’accompagnement tel que perçu par les étudiants et les professionnels. L’analyse révèle que (a) l’accompagnatrice agissait à titre de guide et était attentive à la dimension de la confiance en soi et (b) le programme a aidé les étudiants à identifier leurs besoins, a soutenu leur adaptation au contexte universitaire, et a offert un soutien personnalisé par l’entremise d’une relation d’aide positive. Le cinquième texte se concentre sur les particularités d’une relation d’aide efficace en contexte de probation académique. Les résultats relèvent que cette expérience est qualifiée par (a) un rapport de présence empathique et empreinte de confiance réciproque et (b) une approche globale favorisant la responsabilité et la conscientisation. En dévoilant la richesse et l’unicité de l’expérience, ces résultats offrent une contribution intéressante. Illustrant la complexité des expériences de probation ils contribuent à s’éloigner d’une vision centrée sur les obstacles et les déficits des étudiants en probation académique.

In Ontario, career and guidance services are offered by teachers who have completed additional undergraduate studies. The training required to become a guidance counsellor appears to be insufficient to properly deliver the necessary guidance and counselling services. Many guidance counsellors are still operating as teachers within their new role as guidance counsellors. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore the professional identity of guidance counsellors’ working in Ontario, from their perspective. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed and twelve guidance counsellors were interviewed. Eight participants had completed the required undergraduate studies and four had completed a master’s degree in the field. The thematic analysis revealed four major themes that articulated and explained their professional identity: peer support, contextual factors, professional experience and formal training. The study’s limitations are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.

L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier la flexion des verbes, des noms et des adjectifs du catalan central standard. Elle s’inscrit dans une approche inférentielle et réalisationnelle de la morphologie (cf. Stump 2001) et applique une analyse thématique aux paradigmes examinés (cf. Bonami & Boyé 2003). Trois problématiques de la flexion en catalan sont abordées. La première concerne la tendance à réduire, via des règles phonologiques, l’inventaire du matériel mémorisé dans le lexique. La considération d’un nombre important de données montre que certaines analyses sont basées sur des représentations sous-jacentes qui n’apparaissent pas toujours en surface et que certains processus phonologiques postulés ne sont pas systématiques. La seconde problématique renvoie à la répartition des verbes en classes flexionnelles et à leur distinction en réguliers et irréguliers. L’analyse proposée s’oppose aux travaux antérieurs au sens où la répartition en classes émerge des différentes configurations induites par les formes fléchies elles-mêmes et la régularité d’un lexème est déterminée à partir d’un ensemble de relations implicatives par défaut. La troisième problématique concerne l’expression du genre dans la flexion nominale et adjectivale (y compris dans les formes du participe passé des verbes). Dans ce travail, les séquences finales des nominaux sont dissociées de l’expression du genre. Elles sont considérées comme des éléments du thème et participent à définir, en association avec les variations thématiques non prédictibles, un ensemble de classes flexionnelles qui s’éloigne de celui proposé dans les travaux antérieurs. / The purpose of this Ph.D. is to study verbal, nominal and adjectival inflection in standard central Catalan. It entails an inferential and realizational approach to morphology (cf. Stump 2001) and applies a thematic analysis to the discussed paradigms (cf. Bonami & Boyé 2003). Three issues of Catalan inflexion are addressed. The first concerns the tendency to reduce, from phonological rules, the material inventory stored in the lexicon. Taking into account a large amount of data demonstrates that some analyses are based on underlying representations that do not always appear at the surface level and that some of the postulated phonological processes are not systematic. The second issue refers to verbs division into inflectional classes and to regular and irregular distinction. The analysis we propose is opposed to previous works in that classes division merges from the different configurations induced by inflectional forms themselves and that regularity is determined from a set of default implicative relations. The third issue concerns gender expression in nominal and adjectival inflection (including in the past participle forms of verbs). In this research work, final nominal sequences are dissociated from gender expression. They are considered as stem elements and contribute to define, in association with unpredictable stem variations, a set of inflectional classes deviating from the one proposed in previous works. / L’objectiu d’aquesta tesi és l’estudi de la flexió dels verbs, dels noms i dels adjectius en català central estàndard. Segueix una concepció inferencial i realitzacional de la morfologia (cf. Stump 2001) i aplica una anàlisi temàtica als paradigmes estudiats (cf. Bonami & Boyé 2003). En aquest model, l’expressió de les propietats morfosintàctiques, considerades com l’aplicació d’operacions fonològiques a un lexema, són parcialment independents de les unitats que les realitzen. Aquest treball es focalitza principalment en tres problemàtiques fonamentals de la flexió verbal i nominal del català : (1) la tendència a reduir la informació memoritzada a partir de regles fonològiques, (2) el repartiment dels verbs en classes flexionals i (3) l’expressió del gènere dins la flexió nominal i adjectival. La primera problemàtica concerneix la tendència a reduir, mitjançant regles fonològiques, l’inventari del material fonològic i morfològic que cal memoritzar en català. Aquest tipus d’enfocament implica, en alguns treballs precedents, basar les anàlisis sobre representacions subjacents que mai no aparareixen al nivell superficial i postular processos fonològics que no tenen la regularitat esperada. La segona problemàtica abordada és la relativa al repartiment dels verbs en classes de flexió i a la distinció entre verbs regulars i irregulars. Tradicionalment, els verbs del català estan organitzats en tres classes flexionals, dues de les quals estan subdividides. En les anàlisis que no parteixen d’un criteri ortogràfic, aquesta tripartició es basa en la presència d’elements segmentals dins de les formes flexionals. El punt de desacord es troba principalment en el repartiment en subclasses i la identificació dels verbs irregulars de la classe II, que són diferents segons els autors (cf. Mascaró 1983 ; Viaplana 1986). D’acord amb la perspectiva que adopto, l’organització en classes flexionals sorgeix de les diferents configuracions que emergeixen de les formes flexionals. Un lexema regular correspon a un lexema el paradigma del qual es pot deduir completament a partir d’una forma i un conjunt de relacions implicatives per defecte. Com a conseqüència, el repartiment que proposo s’oposa als que ofereixen les gramàtiques tradicionals i els treballs més recents.La tercera problemàtica discutida en aquesta tesi es refereix a l’expressió del gènere dels noms i dels adjectius, incloses les formes del participi dels verbs. Tradicionalment, algunes seqüències finals dels nominals s’han analitzat com a marques de gènere o bé com a marcadores de classes flexionals. Tanmateix, els criteris definits per identificar-les són problemàtics. A més, les seqüències finals no permeten inferir de manera determinista el gènere o la classe d’un nominal. Segons l’anàlisi proposada en aquesta tesi, aquestes seqüències estan dissociades de l’expressió del gènere. Són elements que formen part del tema i que, juntament amb les variacions temàtiques que no són predictibles, permeten establir un conjunt de classes flexionals que s’allunya dels tractaments oferts en els treballs precedents.

Experiences of presence are common in bereavement. The bereaved person may see the deceased, hear their familiar voice, or otherwise feel they are close at hand. But although common, they are experiences not without controversy. They have come under a variety of descriptions, from 'hallucinations', lacking in meaning and even essentially meaningless, to 'continuing relationships', of rich personal significance. The current thesis represents the first systematic investigation of the properties and meaning of experiences of presence. Narrative biographic interviews with bereaved informants were analysed using Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. Analytical focus was on the ways in which participants made such experiences meaningful. As a novel approach, this thesis reports several new findings about these phenomena. Firstly, the experiences happened in a variety of bonds (including spouses, parents, grandparents, children, siblings and others), and in a variety of circumstances of the bereavement (including sudden and expected deaths). In all cases, they were described as richly meaningful experiences and as relying on several sources for this meaning. The personal histories of participants were of particular importance in making sense of experiences of presence. Within this context, the experience acquired sense as a continuation of some aspect of the relationship with the deceased. The experiences also had diverse functions, from soothing to destructive. Sometimes, the experiences helped the bereaved to resolve unfinished business with the deceased; at other times, the help was with a much more ordinary problem. On some occasions the experiences of presence caused the bereaved more problems; they simply pronounced the grief or continued a fraught relationship. Participants showed that they had many cultural resources available to them in making sense of their experiences but they did not use all of them. Many informants used some spiritual and psychological ideas to make sense of their experiences. The thesis concludes that many of the most popular theories for these experiences impoverish them by stripping them of their diversity and important aspects of their meaning. The thesis also makes recommendations for psychotherapy for those who have problems of living as a result of their experiences of presence. The study also has implications for psychological research as none of these findings could have been observed through the use of an experimental methodology.

Both interpersonal dependency and the importance of the therapeutic alliance to successful psychotherapy outcomes have been widely studied. However, these two areas of study rarely have been viewed conjointly despite the reportedly large number of clients with dependency who present for treatment. This study elucidated the relationship between interpersonal dependency and the therapeutic alliance. Additional hypotheses explored client-therapist agreement on alliance strength in relation to client interpersonal dependency. Participants were graduate student therapists (N = 26) and their individual psychotherapy clients (N = 40) in a training clinic at a large, southwestern university. Within their first three sessions of psychotherapy, participating clients told nine Thematic Apperception Test stories and completed structured self-report measures of adult attachment, social desirability, and psychological symptoms. Interpersonal dependency was scored from the TAT stories, using the TAT Oral Dependency (TOD) scoring system developed by Masling, Rabie, and Blondheim (1967) and Huprich (2008). Three sessions following initial data collection, participating clients and their therapists completed structured self-report measures of the therapeutic alliance. Analyses revealed that interpersonal dependency was not significantly associated with client and therapist alliance ratings or the congruence between client and therapist alliance ratings. However, specific scoring categories of the TOD were associated with client alliance scores in opposing directions. In contrast to hypotheses, self-reported attachment-related dependency was significantly related to client alliance ratings and to the congruence between therapist and client alliance ratings. Clients with higher levels of self-reported attachment-related dependency rated the alliance less favorably, in agreement with their therapists, than did clients with lower levels of attachment-related dependency. Additional analyses were unsuccessful in replicating findings from previous research on interpersonal dependency. The clinical and research implications of these findings are discussed.

Orientador: Emerson Luiz de Biaggi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T15:09:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Khattar_AlbertSavino_M.pdf: 35481142 bytes, checksum: 30bc95a83eabe06894751c98c804b86f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A presente dissertação trata da história e desenvolvimento da tuba, ilustrando suas principais modificações. Fornece o primeiro relato histórico da tuba no Brasil, além de abranger o repertório brasileiro originalmente composto para tuba como instrumento solista, independente da instrumentação, de obras para tuba solo a obras para tuba e orquestra. Constam, neste trabalho, um catálogo desse repertório e sugestões interpretativas, pertinentes à técnica tubística, de três obras selecionadas / Abstract: This dissertation deals with the history and development of the tuba, illustrating its main modifications. Provides the first historical account of the tuba in Brazil, besides covering the Brazilian repertoire originally composed for tuba as a solo instrument, regardless of the instrumentation, from works for tuba solo to works for tuba and orchestra. We also include in this work, a catalog of this repertoire and interpretive suggestions, relevant to the tuba technique, of three selected works / Mestrado / Praticas Interpretativas / Mestre em Música

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:46:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lucas Osco.pdf: 53648070 bytes, checksum: 48ece8d1bbb371923699a848645a5aae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-26 / The relation between the natural and social components provides the necessary reflection to understand the dynamics of a particular landscape. The study of their geological, pedological, geomorphological, hydrological, climatological and biological conditions assists in the identification of potential fragilities and/or potentialities of the physical environment. The 22nd Unit of Water Resources Management (UGRHI-22) can be seen as a strategic location, because it includes the meeting of the Paraná and Paranapanema rivers, in the extreme west region of the State of São Paulo. The area, however, is subject of constant environmental degradation, resulting from the territorial occupation and polluting practices over the years. Still, the resources available also inherited the problems of a naturally fragile landscape. Therefore, it is known that one of the current problems, in terms of environmental contamination, comes from the decomposing processes carried out inside the mass of solid waste, disposed in landfills throughout the region. Therefore, this research aims to associate the potentialities and fragilities of the remaining natural resources with the risk of contamination. Inserted in the UGRHI-22 are currently 22 solid waste landfills in fully operation, often on unsuitable areas and favoring the local contamination. Thus, the preset study carried out a survey of the natural components on the studied region by means of GIS programs, identifying the physical characteristics of each of these areas and associating them with the impacts from the mentioned activity. Field works were also conducted (during the years 2013, 2014 and 2015) in each one of the 22 landfills locations, in order to discover their local conditions, such as soil type, relief, water resource proximity, as well as another geotechnical and administrative specifics. Those analyses, however, were the first step of this research, being only one of the two scales adopted. Thus, with the purpose to better illustrate the data and surveys conducted in the region, we decided to apply the same analysis methodology to a local dump, in the city of Pirapozinho - SP. That dumpsite it is known, by the responsible environmental agency (in this case, CETESB, 2014), as the worst landfill inserted in the UGRHI-22 region. So cartographic studies and discoveries in fieldwork helped identify the condition in this area, contributing to the development of the local board. Therefore, with the information obtained, it was possible to prove that the dumpsite in Pirapozinho SP only reflects the problems encountered in another municipalities of the UGRHI-22, such as the mistaken choice of area and the difficulty of the government in dealing with the adequate disposal of their solid waste, contributing to higher degradation rates. / A relação entre os diversos componentes naturais e sociais proporciona a reflexão necessária para se compreender a dinâmica do arcabouço de uma determinada paisagem. O levantamento dos seus condicionantes geológicos, pedológicos, geomorfológicos, hidrológicos, climatológicos e biológicos auxilia na identificação das potencialidades e/ou fragilidades do ambiente físico analisado. A 22ª Unidade de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos (UGRHI-22) pode ser vista como uma região estratégica, pois abrange o encontro dos rios Paraná e Paranapanema, ao extremo oeste do Estado de São Paulo. A área, contudo, sujeita-se a degradações ambientais constantes, decorrentes da ocupação territorial e de práticas potencialmente poluidoras ao longo dos anos. Ainda assim, seus recursos também herdaram os problemas de uma paisagem naturalmente fragilizada. Para tanto, sabe-se que uma das problemáticas atuais, em termos de contaminação ambiental, advém dos processos decompositores realizados na massa de resíduos sólidos urbanos depositados em aterros. Diante disso, a presente pesquisa procura associar suas potencialidades e fragilidades ao risco de contaminação dos recursos naturais remanescentes. Na UGRHI-22 encontram-se, atualmente, 22 aterros de resíduos sólidos urbanos em pleno funcionamento, muitas vezes sobre áreas inadequadas, favorecendo a contaminação local. Desse modo elaborou-se um levantamento dos componentes naturais da região estudada por meio de programas de geoprocessamento, que permitiram identificar as características do ambiente físico de cada um dos aterros, podendo associá-las aos impactos oriundos da atividade aludida. Realizaram-se, também, trabalhos de campo onde buscou-se averiguar (durante os anos de 2013, 2014 e 2015) em cada um dos 22 aterros suas condições locais, como as condições do solo, relevo, proximidade do recurso hídrico além de demais especificidades geotécnicas e administrativas. Tal análise, porém, contempla a primeira etapa desta pesquisa, sendo somente uma das duas escalas de trabalho adotadas. Assim, tendo como finalidade melhor exemplificar os dados e os levantamentos efetuados na região, optou-se por aplicar a mesma metodologia de análise ao lixão do município de Pirapozinho SP. Esse lixão é tido, pelo órgão ambiental (sendo neste caso, CETESB, 2014), como o pior aterro de resíduos sólidos inserido na UGRHI-22. Logo, levantamentos cartográficos e constatações em campo permitiram identificar a condição desta área, contribuindo para a elaboração do quadro local. Portanto, diante das informações obtidas, pôde-se comprovar que a situação dos resíduos sólidos de Pirapozinho SP apenas reflete os problemas encontrados nos demais municípios, como a errônea escolha de área e a dificuldade do poder público em lidar com a destinação final de seus resíduos, que contribuem para os maiores índices de degradação.

Människor formar kärleksrelationer på många olika sätt. I dagens samhälle är seriellmonogami normen och det ansedda idealet. Idealiseringen av monogama relationermedför en nedvärdering av icke-monogama relationer och de personer som praktiserar dessa,däribland polyamorösa. Trots detta finns många fördelar med polyamorösa relationerdokumenterade. Våra huvudsakliga syften med den här studien var att få en förståelse förpolyamorösas upplevelser av mononormen samt undersöka vilka relationsfrämjande aspektersom finns i polyamorösa relationer. Vi genomförde tio semistrukturerade telefonintervjuer medpersoner som identifierade sig som polyamorösa. Utifrån denna datainsamling genomförde vitematisk analys. Analysen resulterade i tre större huvudteman: ”minoritetsupplevelser”,”relationsfrämjande aspekter” och ”polypositiva upplevelser”, samt några mindre teman. Vidrog slutsatsen att polyamorösa kan mötas av fördomar och praktiska begränsningar och attmononormen kan bidra till minoritetsstress som hanteras med eller tar sig uttryck iinternaliserade fördomar, skyddsbeteenden och pro-aktiva polynormaliserande handlingar. Vikunde också konstatera att polyrelationer präglas av öppen kommunikation, aktiva uttryck avkärlek och omsorg, villighet till anpassning, polypositiva attityder och en syn på obehagligakänslor som hanterbara. Polyamorösa upplever sina relationer som allmänt positiva medhänsyn till personlig utveckling, livsbejakande och positiva upplevelser avparamourer. Samhället, och speciellt de som arbetar inom människovårdande yrken, bör ta tillsig denna kunskap för att kunna säkerställa ett inkluderande bemötande av polyamorösa. / People form romantic relationships in various ways. In today’s society, serialmonogamy is the norm and the considered ideal relational form. The idealization ofmonogamous relationships implies a disparagement of non-monogamous relationships andthose who practice these, for example polyamorous people. In spite of this, many benefits ofpolyamorous relationships have been documented. Our main aims of this study was to gaininsight of how polyamorous people experience the mononorm, and to examine relationshippromoting aspects of polyamorous relationships. We conducted ten semi-structured telephoneinterviews with people who identified as polyamorous. Based on this collection of data weconducted a thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in three main themes: “minorityexperiences”, “relationship promoting aspects” and “poly-positive experiences”, and someminor themes. We concluded that polyamorous people can face prejudices and practicallimitations and that the mononorm can contribute to minority stress which is coped with orexpressed in internalized prejudices, safeguarding behaviors and poly normalizing actions. Wecould also state that polyamorous relationships are characterized by open communication,active expressions of love and care, willingness to make adjustments, poly-positive attitudesand a view of uncomfortable emotions as manageable. Polyamorous people experience theirrelationships as positive in general, taking into account personal development, life affirmationand positive experiences of paramours. Society, and especially human care professionals,should take this knowledge into consideration to be able to ensure an inclusive treatment ofpolyamorous people.