Change and stability on identity and family self indicators, first studied in 1989, are documented among 54 women aged 47.26 (SD=8.44) years; 26 of these women were interviewed in 1997 as well. The present study examined daughters' perceptions of relationships with parents and their influences on women's identities, self-perceptions, and vulnerabilities to distress. Categorizing women by parents' alcoholism status and respondents' concurrent therapeutic activities explained a modest proportion of variance on identity and family self in 1989. By 1997 there were no longer significant differences between alcoholics' daughters and nonalcoholics' daughters. Variance attributable to 1989 group categorization was considerably reduced. Phenomenological themes revealed among daughters' reflections included the importance of parents' time and attention with striking differences on relating with parents in alcoholics' families and nonalcoholics' families. Essential features of perspective taking experiences explain similarities and differences in daughters' felt closeness to parents influencing women's identities, self-perceptions, and therapeutic activities. Incongruity between sociocultural ideals and lived experience evidently exacerbate women's existential struggles. / Ph. D.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of strength/weakness and fusion/individuation of the father-daughter relationship. Senior girls in a midwestern high school and their fathers were surveyed regarding these aspects of their relationship. Both fathers and daughters provided assessments of the strength/weakness and fusion/individuation of their relationship. The instruments used were the Family Assessment Measure (FAM) and the intergenerational fusion/individuation scale of the Personal Authority in the Family System (PAFS). Results revealed a significant difference between fathers' and daughters' assessments of the level of fusion/individuation of their relationship. There was no significant difference in their assessment of the strength/weakness. They both scored within the normal range of strength and individuation. There was no difference in the strength/weakness of their relationship across education levels of fathers. Sibling position of the fathers and daughters did not affect the quality of the relationship. / Family and Child Development. Ph. D. / incomplete_metadata

On t.p.: Degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) / Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV-infection and AIDS are major problems not only in South Africa, but worldwide. It has become evident that not only is HIV-infection and AIDS rife amongst the youth of South Africa, but the rate of infection is likely to increase within the next few years. Second to the HIV-infection pandemic in South Africa, is the high prevalence of teenage pregnancies. These have been shown to increase rapidly with more teenage girls becoming pregnant than a few years back. Teenagers tend not to use contraceptives and do not make use of their parents as sexual informants. It is believed that parents do not play an active role in the imparting of knowledge and sexual information. The youth and especially teenage girls' sense of personal agency are limited, when they are confronted with dangerous sexual situations. Furthermore, it has been argued that a person's socio-economic status plays an important role in HIV-infection, contraceptive use and pregnancy - with teenagers from lower socio-economic groups more likely to be the higher risk group. This study proposed to address the need for research on female reproductive health in all the diverse South African communities, by focusing specifically on working-class mothers' constructions of daughters' sexuality in a "coloured"! semirural area of South Africa. In the current study, data were obtained from ten women aged 32 to 55 years about their views of their daughters' sexuality and their experiences with their own sexuality. All of the participants were mothers of teenage daughters. The women all came from a semi-rural "coloured" community and mostly varied only in terms of age and educational level. All of these participants were from a working-class background. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with the women and using a feminist social constructionist grounded theory these women's accounts were explored and analysed. The analysis revealed that women still uphold the belief that sexuality is an entity that should be feared. The focus of mothers' discussions with their daughters centered on the dangers of sexuality. Furthermore the analysis indicated that mothers aspired to reduce the sexual dangers that their daughters face. They endeavored to protect their daughters by continuously subjecting them to various messages - such as "sex is bad", "sex and sexuality can ruin one's future" and "virginity is the key to successful womanhood". Mothers also strived to protect their daughters through constant scrutiny. However, mothers, in their efforts to preserve their daughters innocence, were unwittingly seen to endanger the girls. They were endangering their daughters by keeping them ignorant and through shaming sexual experimentation and sexual curiosity. A restricted focus on the danger and perils of sexuality is found to be extremely hazardous. It overshadowed all the other sexual experiences that women might have. The emphasis on danger portrays women solely as victims and as sexually vulnerable. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Statistieke toon dat alle seksueel-oordraagbare infeksies, MIV-infeksie, VIGS en reproduktiewe gesondheidsprobleme op globale vlak toeneem, asook in Suid-Afrika. Baie duidelik is die invloed van MIV-infeksies asook VIGS onder die jeudiges van Suid-Afrika. Daar word gespekuleer dat die aantal infeksies aansienlik oor die volgende paar jaar sal toeneem. Naas die MIV-infeksie pandemonium is die hoë tienerswangerskappe 'n verdere probleem onder Suid-Afrikaanse tieners. Swangerskappe neem al hoe meer toe met meer tienerdogters wat swanger raak as 'n paar jaar gelede. Verder maak tieners nie gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels nie en gebruik ook nie hulouers as seksuele inligtingbronne nie. Daar is ook bevind dat ouers nie 'n aktiewe rol speel om seksuele informasie met hulle kinders te deel nie. Tieners, en veral tienerdogters, se siening oor hul persoonlike agentskap is beperk en veral wanneer hulle gekonfronteer word met gevaarlike seksuele situasies. Verder is daar bevind dat 'n persoon se sosio-ekonomiese status 'n belangrike rol speel by MIVinfeksie, die gebruik van voorbehoedmiddels en swangerskap. Tieners van 'n laer sosio-ekonomiese agtergrond is geïdentifiseer as die hoër risiko groep. Die huidige studie het beoog om die leemte van navorsing oor reproduktiewe gesondheid van vroue in alle diverse gemeenskappe in Suid- Afrika aan te spreek deur te fokus op "kleurling" werkersklas ma's in 'n semi-landelike area van Suid-Afrika. Tien vroue het aan die huidige studie deelgeneem. Hulle ouderdomme het gewissel vanaf 32 tot 55 jaar. Inligting aangaande hulle sienings oor hul dogters se seksualiteit sowel as hul eie was verkry. Al die vroue was ma's van tienerdogters en afkomstig uit 'n semi-landelike "kleurling" gemeenskap. Die deelnemers was almal vanuit 'n werkersklas agtergrond afkomstig. Semi-gestruktureerde in-diepte onderhoude is met die vroue gevoer. Die "feminist social constructionist grounded theory" metode is gebruik om die onderhoude te analiseer. Uit die analise blyk dit dat vroue glo dat seksualiteit 'n entiteit is wat gevrees moet word. Die fokus van ma's se besprekings met hulle dogters sentreer op die gevare van seksualiteit. Die analise toon verder dat ma's aspireer om die seksuele gevare te verminder wat hulle dogters in die gesig staar. Ma's wil hulle dogters beskerm deur hulle gedurig dop te hou asook deur boodskappe wat die ma's aan hulle dogters weergee. Boodskappe soos "seks is nie goed nie", "seks en seksualiteit kan jou toekoms verongeluk" en "maagdelikheid is die sleutel tot suksesvolle vrouwees" is van die boodskappe wat ma's aan hulle dogters weergee. Alhoewel ma's probeer om hul dogters se onskuld te beskerm, is hulle terselfdertyd onbewustelik besig om hulle dogters aan gevaar bloot te stel. Deur hulle dogters onkundig te hou en deur seksuele eksperimentasie asook seksuele nuuskierigheid as skandalig en onbetaamlik voor te hou, stel ma's hulle dogters bloot aan gevaar. Daar is 'n risiko verbonde aan die beperkte fokus op die gevaar van seksualiteit. Dit oorskadu alle ander seksuele ervarings wat vroue mag hê. Die klem op seks as 'n bedreiging stel vroue slegs voor as slagoffers en as seksueel weerloos.

by Jean K.M. Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-119). / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II --- METHODOLOGY --- p.7 / Chapter III --- BACKGROUNDS OF THE CASES --- p.10 / Chapter IV --- MOTHERS AND YOUNG DAUGHTERS --- p.23 / Nurturing baby girls --- p.23 / Caring for young daughters --- p.27 / Grandma -- mother's substitute --- p.31 / Attachment of the young daughter to the mother --- p.34 / Are boys superior to girls? --- p.36 / Summary --- p.37 / Chapter V --- MOTHERS AND THEIR ADOLESCENT DAUGHTERS --- p.39 / Socialization of daughters and the expectations between mothers and daughters --- p.39 / Mother's image in the eyes of the daugther --- p.45 / Mother's influence and mother's love --- p.47 / Daughter as mother's assistant --- p.52 / Communication between mother and daughter --- p.54 / Summary --- p.56 / Chapter VI --- MOTHERS AND THEIR MARRIED DAUGHTERS / Mother and her daughter's choice of mate --- p.58 / Financial support of natal family by adult daughter --- p.64 / Mother's role when her daughter becomes a mother --- p.67 / Mother's position in her married daughter's family --- p.69 / Daughter's position in her natal family and the kinship network --- p.72 / Mutual attachment and commitment --- p.74 / Care of sick and aged mother --- p.78 / Marriage gifts and the inheritance of family property --- p.81 / Summary / Chapter VII --- MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONS IN A FAMILY CRISIS --- p.85 / The cases of political crisis --- p.85 / The cases of relationship crisis --- p.90 / Summary --- p.96 / Chapter VIII --- CONCLUSION --- p.98 / Relationships and culture --- p.98 / "Cultural transmission, cultural transformation and the mother-daughter link" --- p.101 / Mother-daughter solidarity and family associateship --- p.104 / ANNEX: Study ones own culture --- p.108 / REFERENCES --- p.111 / (In English) --- p.111 / (In Chinese) --- p.117

謝靜雯. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院人類學學部, 1996. / 參考文献 : leaves 137-146. / Xie Jingwen. / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論：單親家庭與「女性」的建構 / Chapter 一 --- 硏究課題 --- p.1 / Chapter 二 --- 文獻回顧 --- p.3 / Chapter 三 --- 理論架構 --- p.8 / Chapter 四 --- 硏究方法 --- p.15 / Chapter 五 --- 論文大綱 --- p.18 / Chapter 第二章 --- 香港的單親家庭 / Chapter 一 --- 單親家庭的定義 --- p.20 / Chapter 二 --- 單親家庭在香港：數據與現況 --- p.24 / Chapter 三 --- 香港單親家庭與社會福利制度 --- p.33 / Chapter 四 --- 爲單親家庭提供服務的組織： 自願性組織與非政府的社會服務機構 --- p.34 / Chapter 第三章 --- 家庭的再思：母與女日常的互動 / Chapter 一 --- 家庭與性別建構的關係 --- p.39 / Chapter 二 --- 以父爲中心的家庭結構中女性的身 份與地位 --- p.42 / Chapter 三 --- 嬗變中的「女性」：今日與傳統 --- p.46 / 建構的「女性」：「賢妻」 --- p.48 / 建構的「女性」：「良母」、「孝女」 --- p.55 / 單親家庭的分工與性別建構 --- p.67 / Chapter 四 --- 小結 --- p.69 / Chapter 第四章 --- 公眾論述：「單親家庭」的塑造 / Chapter 一 --- 電視劇集 --- p.74 / Chapter 二 --- 廣告 --- p.88 / Chapter 三 --- 報章 --- p.100 / Chapter 四 --- 小結 --- p.113 / Chapter 第五章 --- 社會福利政策與單親家庭中的性別建構 / Chapter 一 --- 社會福利政策：「家爲本位」、 「男主外、女主內」 --- p.115 / Chapter 二 --- 社會福利制度與性別建構 --- p.119 / Chapter 三 --- 小結 --- p.126 / Chapter 第六章 --- 總結：「社會問題」建構 / Chapter 一 --- 性別觀念的反思與轉變中的家庭槪念 --- p.127 / Chapter 二 --- 「社會問題」的建構 --- p.131 / Chapter 三 --- 女性的本質 --- p.134 / 參考書目 --- p.137

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This study investigated firstborns' adjustment and responsiveness to a new sibling and parents' responsiveness to their firstborn before and after the second child's birth. Parental responsiveness was also examined in the context of predicting firstborns' adjustment and responsiveness to the sibling. Fifty families with firstborn daughters (26-55 mo) were visited at home 6-10 weeks before and 5-6 weeks after the sibling's birth. After the sibling's birth, young firstborns were more distressed than old firstborns; however, prenatal distress was the best predictor of postnatal distress. Old and young firstborns showed different patterns of responsiveness to brothers and sisters. In terms of parental responsiveness, firstborns perceived mothers as more responsive after the birth than before, while their perceptions of fathers remained unchanged. Mothers gave less support after the birth, particularly to old firstborns. Although fathers' support remained unchanged postnatally, fathers gave the least support to old firstborns with brothers. Time spent by mothers with firstborns decreased from before to after the birth, while fathers' time increased. Continuity was found for parental support but not for parental involvement, especially by fathers. Parental support was associated with low postnatal distress while parental caregiving was related to high postnatal distress. Prenatal maternal responsiveness and postnatal paternal responsiveness predicted postnatal distress. Firstborns' perceptions of parental responsiveness were generally associated with firstborns' responsiveness to the sibling. The results were discussed in terms of family-systems theory and stress-coping theory.

Thesis (PhD) -- University of Western Sydney, 2001. / Bibliography: leaves 219 -254.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1992.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009. / Title from title screen (site viewed September 08, 2009). PDF text: xii, 186 p. : ill. ; 990 K. UMI publication number: AAT 3350455. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.