Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004.

This thesis examines the feminine coming-of-age stories in The Mill on the Floss and Hard Times and seeks to redefine coming-of-age for Victorian girls as a movement into personal agency. The traditional bildungsroman has been defined in a way that largely excludes the experiences and stories of girls born during the early nineteenth century. Because these girls lacked the options and choices of their male counterparts, it becomes important to redefine what coming-of-age means when there are limited opportunities for personal growth. The middle-class Victorian woman led a largely prescribed existence and her well-being and security was often directly and indirectly tied to the status and conduct of the men in her life, usually her father. Given this, this paper also explores the father’s role in his daughter’s coming-of-age story and how he influences the choices she makes in her life.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-152).

Thesis (M.S.) in Human Development--University of Maine, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-33).

published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice

There is emerging evidence of the significance of paternal mental health problems as well as its influence on spouses and children. However, current research attention mainly focuses on paternal postpartum depression. The present study aims at determining the prevalence of paternal mental health problems, identifying risk factors and the relationship among various risk factors across different stages of pregnancy and the postpartum period. In particular, it attempts to examine the significance of gender role and traditionalism-modernity as personality traits for paternal mental health problems in the perinatal period as well as fill the current gap in knowledge on the impact of paternal mental health problems on paternal-fetal attachment. Given the relative lack of data in the existing literature, the present study involved two phases of investigation combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide a more systematic understanding on the nature of paternal mental health problems. In phase 1, a qualitative study was conducted on 31 expectant fathers as the hypothesis-generating ground work. Subsequently, a total of 622 expectant couples were recruited and followed up in a large-scale survey in Phase 2. Expectant couples were recruited from regional antenatal clinics in Tsan Yuk Hospital and Queen Mary Hospital. In the quantitative component, the expectant couples were assessed using standardized and validated psychological instruments on 3 time points including early pregnancy, late pregnancy and six week postpartum. The results showed that a significant proportion of expectant fathers manifested anxiety, and depressive symptoms, high level of perceived stress, psychosomatic symptoms, fatigue and tobacco consumption during the perinatal period. Different demographic risk factors for the outcome variables varied across different time points. Psychosocial risk factors were consistently associated with outcome variables in different time points. Maternal depression and anxiety were not only predictors of paternal psychological distress but also the predictor of higher level of paternal psychosomatic symptoms and fatigue severity. Gender role and Traditionalism-modernity were found to be significant moderators for paternal mental health problems. Undifferentiated, masculine fathers and fathers who adhere to traditional values were at higher risk of mental health problems during the transition of fatherhood. A mixed effect model analysis showed that paternal anxiety, depression and psychosomatic symptoms changes over time and was higher during the antenatal period. The relationships between paternal and maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms were significant across different time points even after controlling for confounding factors and the correlations were found to be strongest at six weeks postpartum. Findings also showed that paternal mental health problems had a detrimental effect on paternal-fetal bonding from antenatal to postpartum period. The present study points to the need for greater research and clinical attention to paternal mental health problems given that paternal mental health problems is a highly prevalent problem with changing course and is related to maternal well-being and paternal-fetal attachment. The present findings contributes to theoretical basis of the relationships of personality traits, risk factors and mental health problems and have implications for the design of effective identification, prevention, and interventions of these clinical problems. / published_or_final_version / Psychiatry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

This study used a qualitative approach to explore the experiences of six veterans, who were employed by the military and who were fathers at the time of their military employment. Semi-structured interviews with participants were used as the primary method of data collection. The researcher asked participants, “What do I need to know to understand what it is like to be a father in the military?” Additional probing questions were used to clarify and expand on the participants’ experiences of bonding emotionally with their children as a father in the military, as well the participants’ experiences of separating from their family and subsequently reuniting following military deployments and occupational travel. Using thematic analysis, the researcher constructed the following themes: (1) “You miss out” (2) “You feel like and outsider” (3) “You try to disconnect from family to deal with work” and (4) “The military comes first.” The current research adds to our understanding of the subjective experience of fatherhood in the military. The themes extracted will be helpful in delineating valuable counselling strategies for fathers in the military, as well as developing military policies and practice that support these fathers in their contribution to the healthy development of their children. / Graduate

My thesis is a collection of non-fiction and fictional narratives focused on domestic space and its impact on father-daughter relationships and vice versa. In all of the narratives the notion of a house under renovation serves as a vehicle for the figurative tension between members of the family and family space. The narratives offer no internal markers to indicate whether they are fiction or non-fiction, which demonstrates my conviction that only factors external to the text---relation to fact or to imagination---can determine a narrative's status as fiction or non-fiction. / The required afterword to my narratives discusses the theoretical problem of the distinction between fiction and non-fiction as well as the living nature of material culture and space as reflections and mediators of father-daughter relationships.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1990. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-148).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-55).