Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed Jan. 6, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Janice W. Neuleib (chair), Kenneth J. Lindblom, Julie M. Jung. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 278-289) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (M.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-67).

Après avoir présenté le contexte professionnel dans lequel s'est inscrit cette recherche (formateur "Corps et Voix" à l'IUFM puis à la Faculté d'Éducation-ÉSPÉ de Montpellier), j'expliquerai comment s'en sont dégagés les fondements de la problématique et les objets centraux de la recherche : le paradigme de la corporéité et le processus d'actualisation des signifiants. Je m'efforcerai d'en clarifier l'origine, la logique et les processus de structuration dans l'individu, en montrant l'importance de ces phénomènes dans la communication enseignante, sur le plan physiologique et prophylactique, sur le plan relationnel et pédagogique, et sur le plan didactique (comme vecteur et comme objet d'apprentissage). M'appuyant sur la théorie de la praxématique, je m'intéresserai alors à la méthode gestuelle de lecture Borel-Maisonny car cet étrange artefact me permettra de prolonger mes investigations à l'autre extrémité du panorama scolaire français, lorsque les enseignants guident les premiers apprentissages langagiers réflexifs et normés. Je montrerai quelle place est faite à la corporéité dans les textes et dans les pratiques, comment les enseignants gèrent les processus d'actualisation des signifiants, et en quoi leur formation sur ces points apparaît comme déficitaire. Après avoir formulé quelques hypothèses explicatives sur cet état de fait, je proposerai des pistes de remédiation et clarifierai les enjeux pour la formation des enseignants, et pour l'enseignement en France. / After presenting the professional context in which this research registered (trainer "Body and Voice" in IUFM then at the Faculty of Education-ESPE of Montpellier), I will explain how have emerged the foundations of the problematic and the central objects of this study : the paradigm of corporeality and the signifiers actualization process. I will try to clarify the origin, the logic and the structuring process in the individual, showing the importance of these phenomena in the teaching communication, physiologically and prophylactically, relationally and pedagogically, and didactically (as a vehicle and as a learning object). Basing on the theory of praxématique I will then take interest to the Borel-Maisonny gestural reading method because this strange artifact will allow me to extend my investigations at the other end of the French school panorama, when teachers guide the first reflexive and normed language learnings. I will show what place is made for corporeality in the texts and practices, how teachers manage the process of signifiers actualization, and how their training on these issues appears to be lacunary. After making some explanatory hypotheses on this fact, I will intend to propose some ways of remediation and will clarify the issues for teacher training, and for teaching in France.

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of the evaluation of the effectiveness of the EPIC model as a guide to group counseling. The purposes of this study are to determine (1) whether group counseling using the EPIC model would result in positive gain in counsele's locus of control, (2) whether there would be a differential effect of group counseling using the EPIC model as compared with a traditional group counseling model or a control group. This report concludes that the EPIC model as a guide to group counseling is an effective means of increasing reliance on inner support, emotional stability and objectivity. The EPIC model also produces changes in assessed congruence of the various factors in the actual vs. ideal aspect of inter-intrapersonal functioning. The EPIC model facilitated the growth of internal locus of control.

In this dissertation I argue that in the characters in Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet there is consistently evidenced a psychological orientation towards growth. An introductory Chapter One surveys and a concluding Chapter Six summarizes the dissertation, but the body of the text is four chapters demonstrating the growth-orientation in four characters.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the possibility ofusingJlelational Theory as a basis for the design of a support group programme for divorced single-parent families. This programme aimed at improving their interpersonal relationships and then to form new identities realistically, thus helping them to self-actualise. The categories of involvement, experience and meaningful attribution as well as the stages of awareness, exploration, personalisation and change initiation formed the basis of the programme. The effects of marital disruption on the interpersonal relationships and identities of singleparent families were also examined through a literature review. Pre and posttest interviews were conducted individually with single parents and their children to evaluate the effectiveness of the support group programme. The pretest interviews were administered a month before the implementation of the programme and the posttest interviews done two months after to gauge the longitudinal effect of the programme. The interviews and the progranune included the following aspects : awareness, exploration and evaluation of relationships (including aspects such as parental and spousal conflicts, parent alignment and parent availability, sibling rivalry and parent-child interaction); awareness, exploration and evaluation of identities (including identity conflicts stemming from role strain, role reversals and parent alignment); self-evaluation and selfactualisation. The conclusions from the literature study, the outcome of the support group progranune and the results of the interviews confirmed that marital disruption does adversely affect the interpersonal relationships of single-parent families and their formation of new, realistic identities. Single-parent families attribute unrealistic meaning to relationships and identities causing problematic relationships and identity conflicts. The nature and quality of the relationships also affect the formation of realistic identities resulting in a failure to self-actualise. In conclusion, the support group programme helped the single-parent families to attribute realistic meaning to their relationships and identities, resulting in improved relationships and the formation of realistic identities / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Marqué par l’afflux des emprunts d’origine anglaise jusqu’à « La Révolution tranquille », l’état de la néologie lexicale québécoise reste aujourd’hui à découvrir. C’est dans cette optique que cette étude cherche à situer la néologie lexicale québécoise à partir d’un corpus des mots récents dont l’analyse démontre que la néologie lexicale québécoise connaît des sources d’enrichissement variées et que sa productivité est différente suivant le type, procédé de formation, origine, etc. du néologisme. Afin de mesurer l’efficacité de la néologie lexicale québécoise, elle s’intéresse également à son actualisation, c'est-à-dire, à sa reconnaissance et fréquence d’usage dans la langue à travers un sondage linguistique réalisé au Québec.Ce travail ouvre des perspectives pour une étude comparée des susdits aspects de la néologie lexicale québécoise avec le français de France. / Marked by the influx of English borrowings until “The Quiet Revolution”, the state of the lexical neologisms in Quebec French today has yet to be researched. In this context, this study seeks to classify lexical neologisms in Quebec French taken from a corpus of words which was recently analyzed and shows that Quebec lexical neologisms have varied sources of enrichment and their difference in productivity dependent on their type, formation process, origin, etc. In order to measure the effectiveness of lexical neologisms in Quebec French, this paper is also interested in its actualization that is its recognition and frequency of use in the language monitored in a linguistic survey conducted in Quebec.This work provides news perspectives and ideas for a comparative study on the aforementioned aspects of lexical neologisms in Quebec French and the French language of France.

The purpose of this study was to determine if sensitivity training encouraged significantly more members to form mutually therapeutic relationships than did traditional group counseling, and to determine, if the members who formed the largest numbers of mutually therapeutic relationships increased both in self-awareness and self-actualization significantly more through sensitivity training than through the traditional form of group counseling. This study concluded from its findings that the sensitivity group members' relationships were more transitory or short-lived that were the relationships formed by the members of the traditional group. The formation of mutually therapeutic relationships, built on empathy, congruence, and positive regard, appeared to increase self-awareness, and a traditional form of group counseling may be better at achieving this than a sensitivity-training group. The sensitivity-training group appeared to deal best with material in the present, or "here-and-now," while the traditional group was more effective in dealing with intrinsic material outside the group and in the past.

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Technology: Fashion at the Durban University of Technology, 2013. / Due to the high levels of unemployment in Durban South Africa, the New Venture Creation (NVC) groups I coached/mentored were seeking to become self-employed, to find social and economic independence. I have observed that many of the people in my NVC groups seemed to lack, self-confidence and self-esteem in the start-up process of their business. These lacunae pose a problem, as they are all necessary if one wants to create a viable, sustainable and profitable business. The reason that I coach these emerging entrepreneurs is to assist in building their self-confidence and self-esteem so that they have the courage to “go for it”. The problem I have sought to address in this research is: How do I influence emerging entrepreneurs to become sufficiently self-confident to be able to design, establish and sustain their own employment and employment for others? I work on the assumption that most people have the capacity to be self-employed. I have used autoethnography with action research to describe the interventions that I initiated, report on their implementation, as well as the evolution of new perceptions and understandings that developed as a result. By using my own and the participants visual data with still images and video with visual narrative I demonstrate the evidence of my living theory and self-study to influence creative economic independence in others and reflect critically on what has been done and achieved, and critically assess the way forward. I verbally explained the ethical issue of obtaining consent to use names and photographs in my study to the participants. My explanation was followed by obtaining written consent from the five key participants and others in the pictorial data. / M