Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 62). Also available on the World Wide Web.

"A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts." Title from PDF of title page (Georgia Southern University, viewed on May 1, 2010). Richard Flynn, major professor; Caren Town, Joe Pellegrino, committee members. Electronic version approved: December 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-66).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed October 17, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Karen S. Coats (chair), Anita C. Tarr, Janice Neuleib. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-151) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 1985. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-285) and index.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

Att drabbas av eller leva med kronisk sjukdom som ungdom eller ung vuxen innebär även en livslång kontakt med sjukvården. De unga har både livsdrömmar och funderingar över framtiden som kan behöva omvärderas på grund av deras sjukdom. Syftet med föreliggande studie var att belysa ungdomar och unga vuxnas upplevelse av att leva med en kronisk sjukdom. Studien genomfördes som en litteraturstudie med induktiv ansats. Fyra teman framträdde: Upplevelse av att vilja känna sig normal, upplevelse av hälsa och livskvalitet, upplevelser i relation till framtiden och upplevelse av självständighet. Det fanns en vilja hos unga med kronisk sjukdom att bli accepterad och behandlad som andra. Mental styrka och livsanpassning sågs som viktiga faktorer för hälsan. Sammanfattningsvis upplevde de unga ett varierande behov av stöd varför det behövs kunskap hos sjukvårdspersonal för att anpassa detta. Ytterligare forskning gällande problemområdets specifika åldersgrupper och ett behov av ökad kunskap på området är väsentligt för sjuksköterskan i mötet med ungdomar och unga vuxna med kronisk sjukdom. / To live with a chronic disease as an adolescent or a young adult is combined with a lifelong reliance on, and frequent contact with the healthcare system. Young people have both life dreams and thoughts of the future that may have to be revalued due to their chronic disease. The study was made as inductive literature review. The aim was to illuminate the experience of adolescence and young adult living with a chronic disease. Four themes emerged: experience of wanting to feel normal, perception of health and quality of life, experiences in relation to the future and experience of independence. The young people with a chronic disease had a desire to be accepted and treated as anyone else. Mental strength and adaption to life were seen as important factors of health. The conclusion was that young people experienced a varying need of support why it is needed knowledge among health care professionals to adapt this. Further research about this specific age group is needed and increased knowledge about this phenomenon is vital for nurses meeting adolescence and young adults with chronic disease.

Risk for experiencing partner abuse (PA) is high during young adulthood. National estimates of the prevalence of PA among young adults and scholarly literature on the enduring impact of PA highlight the importance of understanding this public health issue. Extant literature has primarily focused on individual risk factors for PA, with much less known about couple relationship dynamics, or the specific typologies of violence these characteristics are associated with. This study used data collected nationally from 3,555 young adult college students living in the U.S. to examine experiences of PA. The purpose of this dissertation study was to (a) provide descriptive information about young adult college students’ experiences of couple relationship dynamics and PA and (b) examine how college students’ individual characteristics, relationship characteristics, and perceived couple relationship dynamics were associated with typologies and forms of PA for males and females. Data were analyzed using univariate, bivariate analyses, and multinomial logistic regressions. Study findings revealed that (a) the individual and relationship characteristics as well as violence experiences of young adults comprising this sample are representative of the characteristics and violence experiences of those identified with other samples of young adult college students living in the US; (b) perceived couple relationship dynamics were differentially related to the main effects of gender, age, year in school, relationship type, relationship duration, and cohabitation status; (c) when controlling for gender, age, and year in school perceived couple relationship dynamic scores varied by the interaction of severity of psychological aggression experienced and perpetrated; (d) perceived couple relationship dynamic scores were differentially related to severity of physical and sexual violence experienced; (e) there are unique characteristics associated with experiences of perpetration-only, victimization-only, and bidirectional violence; (f) there are a number of individual and relationship characteristics and perceived couple relationship dynamic scores that increase the odds of engaging in bidirectional violence for male and female young adult college students in the present study; (g) there are few variables in this model that increase the odds of females being perpetrators-only; and (h) there are few variables in this model that increase odds of males being victims-only. / 10000-01-01

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese.pdf: 593936 bytes, checksum: 7f782cc0ba22815f9f97ba810db2cc72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-12-10 / O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar a influência da religião na dinâmica da personalidade de adolescentes universitários da grande São Paulo. A amostra do estudo foi realizada com 60 universitários de escolas do ensino privado com idades entre 18 e 23 anos, igualmente divididos entre os sexos. Os universitários foram alocados em dois grupos, 30 adolescentes que, notadamente, possuíam vínculos com alguma religião e outros 30 totalmente desvinculados de qualquer orientação religiosa. Na pesquisa, foram levantados os dados sócio-demográficos que fazem parte do Questionário de Constatação Qualitativa, que foi aplicado com o objetivo de verificar, qual a possível influência sofrida pelo adolescente religioso ao longo de sua vida, se mais da família, da sociedade ou da religião. Por fim, os adolescentes religiosos e menos religiosos foram submetidos ao Método de Rorschach, instrumento psicológico para a investigação da estrutura de personalidade dos indivíduos. A análise baseou-se na comparação das variáveis categóricas entre os grupos, utilizando-se tratamentos estatísticos compatíveis com os dados. As conclusões a que se chegou foram: a religião influencia significativamente o comportamento dos adolescentes universitários, implicando uma conduta de vida mais adequada e controlada. Os jovens religiosos demonstraram uma forma de agir diferente dos jovens não religiosos, portanto, a interação do adolescente com o ambiente religioso provoca alterações no comportamento do indivíduo ou na dinâmica de sua personalidade; dependendo das relações do adolescente com o ambiente religioso durante seu desenvolvimento, sua personalidade poderá ser mais sensível às religiões e ensinamentos. Os adolescentes religiosos possuem posições morais mais rígidas, acentuado temor a Deus, submissão ao pai, obediência às figuras de autoridade e família mais rigorosa no tocante à educação. Estas características demonstram funcionar, como mecanismos de controle do indivíduo, oriundos de influência religiosa, não se mostrando danosas à organização e integração da personalidade em si e desta com o ambiente, pelo contrário, esses mecanismos tornam, a pessoa mais prudente e equilibrada no cotidiano. Não existem diferenças significativas em relação à flexibilidade dos jovens universitários, bem como não há diferenças significativas na organização estrutural da personalidade quando se comparam adolescentes universitários religiosos e não religiosos. Em síntese, às vezes a religião é um evento social com inegável capacidade de controle que pode ou não ser excessivo às vezes, contudo mostra-se construtiva e organizadora, portanto, positiva para o adolescente.(AU)

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar associações prospectivas dos transtornos de humor e da religiosidade com o risco de suicídio em adultos jovens provenientes da população geral. MÉTODO: Coorte prospectiva de base populacional. Adultos jovens (18-24 anos) foram recrutados e acompanhados em média cinco anos depois. Risco de suicídio, transtornos de humor e de ansiedade foram avaliados usando o Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Transtornos por uso de substâncias foram avaliados utilizando o Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. A religiosidade foi avaliada na linha de base e agrupada de acordo com a afiliação religiosa e de acordo com a freqüência de participação. RESULTADOS: A amostra incluiu 1560 adultos jovens na linha de base, com 1244 reavaliados no seguimento (80,6%). Os episódios depressivos, tanto atuais como prévios, tiveram um impacto significativo no risco de suicídio. Os episódios maníacos prévios, no entanto, foram associados com uma menor consistência a um risco de suicídio. Nenhuma associação da religiosidade com o risco de suicídio foi encontrada nas duas etapas da pesquisa. Este resultado permaneceu na análise em todas as afiliações religiosas, mesmo quando subdivididas de acordo com a freqüência de participação. CONCLUSÕES: Os episódios depressivos têm um robusto efeito prospectivo, independente, sobre o risco de suicídio. O efeito dos episódios maníacos, por outro lado, foi dependente da análise e merece uma melhor investigação. Embora existam evidências prévias sugerindo um papel protetor da religiosidade sobre o risco de suicídio, essas não foram confirmadas nessa amostra específica de adultos jovens. / OBJECTIVES: To assess the prospective associations of mood disorders, religiosity and suicidality in a community sample of young adults. METHODS: Prospective population-based cohort study. Young adults (18-24 years old) were recruited and followed-up five years later. Suicidality, mood and anxiety disorders were assessed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Substance use disorders were assessed using the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. Religiosity were assessed at baseline and grouped according to religious affiliation and according to attendance frequency. RESULTS: The sample included 1560 young adults at baseline, with 1244 reassessed at follow-up (80.6%). Depressive episodes, both current and past had a significant impact on suicidality. Previous manic episodes, however, were less consistently associated with suicidality. No association of religiosity with suicidality was found in the two waves of the research. This effect is maintained in all religious affiliations, even when subdivided the analysis according to the frequency of attendance in religious service. CONCLUSIONS: Depressive episodes have an independent and robust effect on prospective suicidality. The effect of manic episodes, on the other hand, was dependent on the analysis and deserves further exploration. Although there is prior general evidence suggesting a protective role of religiosity on suicidality, these were not confirmed in this specific sample of young adults.

Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. / Gender roles for both men and women have changed considerebly during the past two decades. These changes were caused by the New Constitution of South Africa. Women are not limited anymore to certain careers or gender roles. They can live life to their full potential as individuals. The youth are still in a variable state and are influenced by what they read. Youth literature plays a huge role in the construction of gender identity. The way gender is portrayed in youth literature contributes to the view children develop of their own gender. Gender stereotyping, sexism and sexist language in texts could be interpreted as correct and acceptable if teachers are not aware of it and do not point these out. This study was conducted to determine if Afrikaans youth literature changed in accordance to society’s views of gender roles and how youth literature plays a role in the construction of gender. For this study award-winning youth books with a female main character were chosen and were subjected to Critical Discourse Analysis. Critical Discourse Analysis exposes hidden power structures and looks critically at the language used to construct female charaters as well as who the focalizer is and how the focalizer describes the female characters. Research findings showed that there are positive changes in Afrikaans youth literature. Writers are creating stronger female characters for the youth. Research findings also show that certain stereotypes are too deeply rooted and will take more time to change. That is why it is important for the teacher in the classroom to be aware of the hidden power structures and stereotypes in youth literature and to point it out in order to teach in a more gender-sensitive way.