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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 386-402). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 386-402). Also available on the Internet.

Submitted for the Degree of Master of Technology: Graphic Design, Durban Institute of Technology Durban, 2005. / This document discusses the motivation for and the process of making a 52 minute television Art documentary designed to inform and to create an awareness of the problem of modern culture and its impact on the environment. Drawing on qualitative research from a worldwide research journey, it investigates modern culture's socially conditioned state and how television has assisted to that end. It then explores the philosophical views and constructs behind the Sixties movement and Rainbow - an alternative social collective that evolved out of the Sixties Movement, and uses these findings to serve as the creative basis for the making of the film, The Search for Utopia. / M

M.Ed. / As an Educational Psychologist, one is frequently touched by people struggling to come to terms with life’s complexities, which may in some instances be termed a life in crisis. This crisis may often involve change, which may cause the person to embark on a journey of discovery where the destination may not be what he/she had planned. A mother may embark on just such a journey when she is confronted by the loss brought about by her child’s “coming out” as either gay or lesbian. A mother approached the Institute for Child and Adult Guidance in need of guidance where the acceptance of her son’s alternative lifestyle was concerned. Her story piqued my interest as I am a mother and because I have recently experienced “coming out” with many of my friends. I immediately recognized that this was a mother on the threshold of a journey of discovery that may well enable me to assist and support others in similar situations. I wondered what I, as an Educational Psychologist, might learn from a mother’s journey towards acceptance of her son’s alternative lifestyle. In addition to this question, I realized that I would need to explore her dominant discourses, which may have influenced her view of the alternative lifestyle and that I, as her therapist, would have a role to play in deconstructing them. I would also have to deconstruct the traditional power relationship that exists between a client and a therapist and in this case between a participant and a researcher. The research was conducted within a qualitative research paradigm. In order to answer the research question and to specify the aims of the research, in terms of the Narrative Therapy paradigm, a Participatory Action Research strategy was followed. This manner of conducting research aims at constructing knowledge and meaning together with the participants of the study, thus creating a collaborative process. In this study, multiple methods of data collection were employed in order to construct and co-create rich data with the participant. This data included recordings of therapeutic conversations, as well as journal texts and letters written by my client and me. The experiences of the mother were recorded by way of thick descriptions and reflections. These thick descriptions reflected her journey towards, and our understanding of, acceptance. From the results research, it became evident that acceptance is an ongoing process. It also became apparent that my client had the ability to deal with her problems and to move towards a place where acceptance appeared to be possible. The collaborative process made it possible for a mother’s voice to be heard regarding her knowledges and skills where her own journey towards acceptance was concerned. It also broadened a community of care within her family and circle of friends and even nationally, after we were interviewed by a national magazine, the purpose of which was to offer advice to other parents in a similar situation.

Title from title screen (viewed on 15 Apr. 2004) Text and graphics. Web site contains the complete thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Also includes photographs and links to related web sites. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader for viewing files in PDF format. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Available at: http://www.confest.org/thesis/index.html Selected for archivingANL

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001. / Restricted until June 2003. Bibliography: leaves 169-171.

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the most common cardiovascular disorder in adults. CAD often results in myocardial infarction or angina (Wilson, 2003:21). It is an accepted fact that the incidence of CAD has reached endemic proportions in South Africa (Venter, 1993:15). Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) and insertion of a coronary stent are major therapeutic approaches to the treatment of CAD. However, these procedures do nothing to correct the underlying disease process (Hunt, Hendrata, Myles, 2000:389; Venter, 1993:15). Due to physiological changes patients suffering from CAD are expected to make lifestyle adaptations, in order to improve quality of life and prevent further damage to coronary arteries (Gotto, 1987:29). It is suspected that patients do not always adapt their lifestyle when they suffer from CAD, or if they do, do not maintain these adaptations. The following question emerges: • Do patients with coronary artery disease adapt their lifestyle and if they do, do they maintain these adaptations? The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the extent to which patients with CAD who underwent CABG, PTCA or insertion of a coronary stent adapt their lifestyles and to what extent they maintain these adaptations. Secondly, the purpose is to set guidelines to help with the improvement of lifestyle adaptations and contingency of adaptations. The objectives of the study is to explore and describe the extent to which patients with CAD adapt their lifestyles following CABG surgery, PTCA or insertion of a i coronary stent, the comparison of the extent of these lifestyle adaptations after two and four months and to set guidelines to improve the extent and contingency of lifestyle adaptations. An explorative and descriptive study was done in order to explore and describe the extent to which patients with CAD, who underwent CABG surgery, PTCA or insertion of coronary a stent, adapted their lifestyle, and to determine the maintenance of these lifestyle adaptations. For the purpose of this study questionnaires, based on a conceptual framework, were designed. The questionnaires enabled the researcher to explore and describe the lifestyle adaptations that patients with CAD underwent. The study was conducted in five private hospitals in Gauteng. The data obtained confirmed that patients suffering from CAD do adapt their lifestyle after having CABG surgery, PTCA or insertion of a coronary stent. Data also showed that the presence of a cardiac rehabilitation centre at the hospital where participants were treated, has a significant influence on patients’ ability to adapt their lifestyle and to maintain this new lifestyle. / Dr. W.O.J. Nel Ms. W. Jacobs