An important need exists to build a baseline understanding of the phenomenon of formal mentoring relationships involving adults and youth from the gay community. During the formative years when gay adolescents navigate through the process of understanding, defining, accepting, and sharing their identity as a sexual minority, they are often faced with high levels of environmental risks, including victimization, stress, and negative social sanctions by others. Formal mentoring has been recommended as a potential strategy to offer unique one-to-one support to gay youth that can help to foster resilience and a range of positive outcomes, including strengthening processes involved in identity development; yet, no previous studies have captured insights about these relationships. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), this study investigated the following research questions: (a) What are the most important characteristics of long-term formal mentoring relationships between gay adults and gay youth from the perspectives of the participants? (b) How, if at all, do mentors and mentees perceive potential benefits and limitations for gay youth participating in long-term formal mentoring relationships with gay adults? (c) How, if at all, do mentors and mentees perceive their mentoring relationship uniquely contributing to sexual-minority identity development in gay youth? After a 2-year search for participants, a purposeful sample of one mentoring dyad was chosen. Semi-structured in-person interviews were conducted with the match at the 17-month and 22-month mark of their relationship. This study contained four assertions based on this study's findings: (a) This long-term mentoring relationship between an adult and a youth from the gay community shared numerous similarities with other high quality mentoring relationships; (b) This mentoring relationship offered insight into how to create individualized and long-term support for sexual-minority identity development in youth; (c) This mentoring relationship represented an important but unrealized type of support that can potentially be used to complement existing peers, internet, and community-based resources for gay youth; and (d) Complexity continues to exist in using language and self-labeling to define, inquire, and provide support to individuals from the gay community--especially youth. Recommendations for programming, policy, and future research are provided.

Syftet med studien har varit att genom observationer studera barn och äldres generationsöverskridande relationer utifrån ett aktörsperspektiv inom två omsorgsinstitutioner. Studien har undersökt det sociala samspelet mellan yngre barn och äldre i den fjärde åldern när de möts i gemensamma aktiviteter på ett omsorgsboende för äldre, med särskilt intresse för deras aktörskap av de sociala strukturer som begränsar det. 30 deltagare ingick i studien. Barn och pedagoger från en mobil förskola samt äldre och personal från ett omsorgsboende. Genom att studera generationsöverskridande relationer har studien visat på att barnen och de äldre haft möjligheter till att i aktiviteterna agera tillsammans i samspelet med varandra. I deras handlingsutrymme har barnen och de äldre begränsats utifrån deras omsorgsinstitutioner som de befinner sig inom. Studien har visat på att både barn och äldre har möjlighet att använda och delvis omförhandla sitt begränsade handlingsutrymme i aktiviteterna genom både verbal och ickeverbal kommunikation. Det empiriska materialet visar på att det ofta var materiella resurser som deltagarna kommunicerade kring. Studien har även studerat vilka förutsättningar som behövs för att skapa generationsöverskridande relationer och aktiviteter. Studiens resultat visar på att enkla aktiviteter såsom att sjunga, måla, läsa böcker och fika är lämpliga aktiviteter för generationsöverskriande program.

A contemporaneidade contempla condições socioculturais e econômicas de existência que representam um cenário competitivo, com valores instáveis e efêmeros, em que a individualidade toma um lugar central e promove sujeitos mais autônomos e, ao mesmo tempo, mais fragilizados. Diante dessas condições, o que podemos observar, em decorrência, é uma fragilização em torno da construção e manutenção dos vínculos intersubjetivos. Assim, nasceu um interesse em investigar a falta de compromisso com que são formados os vínculos amorosos atualmente, situando-os em meio às condições de existências atuais. No entanto, como partíamos do viés psicanalítico vincular para compreender a formação do sujeito, também supúnhamos o efeito considerável da herança psíquica geracional, na composição do fenômeno. Dessa forma, este estudo teve como objetivo compreender a construção subjetiva de adultos que optam por não se vincular amorosamente de maneira compromissada, em meio às condições contemporâneas de existência e à herança psíquica familiar. Com base na metodologia de pesquisa clínico-qualitativa, foram realizadas entrevistas semidirigidas com seis participantes, de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 25 e 35 anos, que se autodenominavam solteiros por opção. A análise dos dados referendou-se no aporte teórico psicanalítico intrapsíquico e vincular, por um lado, e nos estudos psicossociais, por outro. Buscou-se construir uma narrativa em que fosse possível representar uma compreensão profunda sobre a opção escolhida, abordando aspectos conscientes e inconscientes, de origem sociocultural, intrapsíquica e herdada inter e/ou transgeracionalmente. A história particular e o funcionamento psíquico de cada um dos indivíduos foram fundamentais para o entendimento do fenômeno estudado. Todos eles demonstraram ter características subjetivas identificadas à atualidade, como o narcisismo moderno, o consumismo ou o modelo tecnológico de se relacionar, mas o conteúdo que dava sentido a esses elementos subjetivos era de origem intrapsíquica ou geracional. Outro aspecto constatado foram suas dificuldades em lidar com a frustração. Entendemos que as condições de vida atuais tendem a devolver o sujeito para o miolo de si mesmo, o que dificulta o convívio com a alteridade. O mesmo cenário contemporâneo que aborda a pluralidade dos valores e sustenta formas diferenciadas de opções favorece um posicionamento mais coerente com as possibilidades e vontades dos sujeitos, como é o caso de nossos participantes, ao mesmo tempo em que interfere na estabilidade dos vínculos, porque sujeitos mais frágeis estão menos dispostos a lidar com os conflitos próprios de um vínculo. Certa indisponibilidade psíquica para o contato com a alteridade foi verificada em todos os casos, e a opção por não construir um vínculo amoroso compromissado aponta como mais uma possibilidade dentre outras, neste contexto / The contemporaneity contemplates sociocultural and economical conditions of existence that represent a competitive scenary, with unstable and ephemeral values, in which individuality takes a central place and promotes more autonomous individuals and at the same time more fragilized. Beyond these conditions, what can be observed, as a result, is a weakening around the construction and maintenance of intersubjective links. Therefore, an interest was born, investigating the lack of commitment that are formed the love links currently being situated among the conditions of present existences. Nevertheless, as we starting from the psychoanalytical link bias to comprehend the formation of the subject, we also assumed the considerable effect of the generational psychic inheritance composition of the phenomenon. This way, this study had as the aim to comprehend the subjective construction of adults that choose for not have a loving link in a committed way among the contemporary conditions of existence and the familiar psychic inheritance. Based on the clinic-qualitative research methodology, six semi directed interviews have been applied to participants of both sexes, aged from 25 and 35 years old, who described themselves as singles for option. The analysis of the data was based on the intrapsychic and linkage psychoanalytical theory on one side, and, on the other hand, counted on the psychosocial studies. We searched to construct a narrative in which was possible to represent a profound comprehension about the option chosen, approaching conscious and unconscious aspects, from sociocultural origin, intrapsychic and inherited inter and/or transgenerationaly. The particular history and the psychic functioning of each individual were fundamental to the understanding of the phenomenon studied. All of them showed to have subjective characteristics identified with the currently, as modern narcissism, consumerism or the technological model of relating, but the content that gave sense to these subjective elements was from intrapsychic or generational origin. Another aspect noticed was the difficulties on dealing with the frustration. We understood that the current life conditions tend to return the individual to the center of himself turning, difficult the living with the alterity. The same contemporary scenary the contemplates the plurality of values and sustains different options favoring a positioning more coherent with the possibilities and wills of the individuals, as is the case of ours participants, at the same time interfering on the stability on the links because more fragile individuals are less willing to deal with the conflicts of a link itself. It has been verified in all cases certain psychic unavailability to the contact with alterity, and the option for not constructing a committed loving link is shown as a possibility among others in this context

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NATALIA DEL PONTE DE ASSIS.pdf: 7319635 bytes, checksum: a731dd18dc1973d30e717bb407b9beb7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-09 / The present essay is included in the studies about intergenerational relationships and discriminations against teenagers. It aimed to investigate, in a psychoanalytic view, the collective imaginary of elderly people about the nowadays teenagers . The methodology consisted of individual interviews, performed with six elderly persons, using the Procedure Drawings-Story with Theme as a dialogue mediator. After each interview, psychoanalytic narratives were written and considered together with the drawings-stories made by the participants. We created/found two affective-emotional sense fields, or relative unconscious, named The Troublemakers and The Denied Beings . The results indicated that the participants tended to imagine the teenagers as complicated people, sometimes seeing them as victims due to the missing support they didn t receive from the adults or, because they see the teenagers as intrinsically bad people. They also tended to deny the adolescence, not recognizing the teenagers as a social collective group. The conclusion indicated a prejudiced point of view that justifies additional investigations. / Objetivamos, na presente pesquisa, que se insere no contexto dos estudos sobre rela??es intergeracionais e sobre preconceitos contra adolescentes, investigar psicanaliticamente o imagin?rio coletivo de idosos sobre adolescentes dos dias de hoje. Entrevistamos, individualmente, seis idosos, utilizando o Procedimento de Desenhos-Est?rias com Tema. Registramos tais encontros de mem?ria, em momento posterior, por meio da elabora??o de narrativas transferenciais. A considera??o psicanal?tica do conjunto das narrativas, dos desenhos e das hist?rias permitiu a produ??o interpretativa de dois campos de sentido afetivo-emocional, ou inconscientes relativos: Seres Problem?ticos e Seres Negados . O quadro geral indica que os participantes tendem a imaginar os adolescentes como pessoas problem?ticas, seja vendo-os como v?timas da falta de apoio dos adultos, seja considerando-os como seres intrinsecamente negativos. Ou, ent?o, negam a adolesc?ncia, no sentido de n?o reconhecerem os adolescentes como coletivo social pass?vel de ser identificado. Conclu?mos que prevalece, portanto, uma vis?o que pode ser considerada preconceituosa, justificando a realiza??o de novas investiga??es.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2009. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-193).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2009. / Abstract. Typescript. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-193).

A contemporaneidade contempla condições socioculturais e econômicas de existência que representam um cenário competitivo, com valores instáveis e efêmeros, em que a individualidade toma um lugar central e promove sujeitos mais autônomos e, ao mesmo tempo, mais fragilizados. Diante dessas condições, o que podemos observar, em decorrência, é uma fragilização em torno da construção e manutenção dos vínculos intersubjetivos. Assim, nasceu um interesse em investigar a falta de compromisso com que são formados os vínculos amorosos atualmente, situando-os em meio às condições de existências atuais. No entanto, como partíamos do viés psicanalítico vincular para compreender a formação do sujeito, também supúnhamos o efeito considerável da herança psíquica geracional, na composição do fenômeno. Dessa forma, este estudo teve como objetivo compreender a construção subjetiva de adultos que optam por não se vincular amorosamente de maneira compromissada, em meio às condições contemporâneas de existência e à herança psíquica familiar. Com base na metodologia de pesquisa clínico-qualitativa, foram realizadas entrevistas semidirigidas com seis participantes, de ambos os sexos, com idade entre 25 e 35 anos, que se autodenominavam solteiros por opção. A análise dos dados referendou-se no aporte teórico psicanalítico intrapsíquico e vincular, por um lado, e nos estudos psicossociais, por outro. Buscou-se construir uma narrativa em que fosse possível representar uma compreensão profunda sobre a opção escolhida, abordando aspectos conscientes e inconscientes, de origem sociocultural, intrapsíquica e herdada inter e/ou transgeracionalmente. A história particular e o funcionamento psíquico de cada um dos indivíduos foram fundamentais para o entendimento do fenômeno estudado. Todos eles demonstraram ter características subjetivas identificadas à atualidade, como o narcisismo moderno, o consumismo ou o modelo tecnológico de se relacionar, mas o conteúdo que dava sentido a esses elementos subjetivos era de origem intrapsíquica ou geracional. Outro aspecto constatado foram suas dificuldades em lidar com a frustração. Entendemos que as condições de vida atuais tendem a devolver o sujeito para o miolo de si mesmo, o que dificulta o convívio com a alteridade. O mesmo cenário contemporâneo que aborda a pluralidade dos valores e sustenta formas diferenciadas de opções favorece um posicionamento mais coerente com as possibilidades e vontades dos sujeitos, como é o caso de nossos participantes, ao mesmo tempo em que interfere na estabilidade dos vínculos, porque sujeitos mais frágeis estão menos dispostos a lidar com os conflitos próprios de um vínculo. Certa indisponibilidade psíquica para o contato com a alteridade foi verificada em todos os casos, e a opção por não construir um vínculo amoroso compromissado aponta como mais uma possibilidade dentre outras, neste contexto / The contemporaneity contemplates sociocultural and economical conditions of existence that represent a competitive scenary, with unstable and ephemeral values, in which individuality takes a central place and promotes more autonomous individuals and at the same time more fragilized. Beyond these conditions, what can be observed, as a result, is a weakening around the construction and maintenance of intersubjective links. Therefore, an interest was born, investigating the lack of commitment that are formed the love links currently being situated among the conditions of present existences. Nevertheless, as we starting from the psychoanalytical link bias to comprehend the formation of the subject, we also assumed the considerable effect of the generational psychic inheritance composition of the phenomenon. This way, this study had as the aim to comprehend the subjective construction of adults that choose for not have a loving link in a committed way among the contemporary conditions of existence and the familiar psychic inheritance. Based on the clinic-qualitative research methodology, six semi directed interviews have been applied to participants of both sexes, aged from 25 and 35 years old, who described themselves as singles for option. The analysis of the data was based on the intrapsychic and linkage psychoanalytical theory on one side, and, on the other hand, counted on the psychosocial studies. We searched to construct a narrative in which was possible to represent a profound comprehension about the option chosen, approaching conscious and unconscious aspects, from sociocultural origin, intrapsychic and inherited inter and/or transgenerationaly. The particular history and the psychic functioning of each individual were fundamental to the understanding of the phenomenon studied. All of them showed to have subjective characteristics identified with the currently, as modern narcissism, consumerism or the technological model of relating, but the content that gave sense to these subjective elements was from intrapsychic or generational origin. Another aspect noticed was the difficulties on dealing with the frustration. We understood that the current life conditions tend to return the individual to the center of himself turning, difficult the living with the alterity. The same contemporary scenary the contemplates the plurality of values and sustains different options favoring a positioning more coherent with the possibilities and wills of the individuals, as is the case of ours participants, at the same time interfering on the stability on the links because more fragile individuals are less willing to deal with the conflicts of a link itself. It has been verified in all cases certain psychic unavailability to the contact with alterity, and the option for not constructing a committed loving link is shown as a possibility among others in this context

This study utilized a qualitative/phenomenological research methodology to examine the generational and transgenerational issues of five identified Japanese American families. To be included in this study, families were identified to contain at least one member who was interned during World War II or who had parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents who were interned. Semistructured interviews, including Adlerian lifestyle assessments, were conducted with the 28 research informants who represented the second, third, and fourth generations of their families.

This dissertation is focused on providing family-based care for the seniors at their home environment in connection with the care allowance. The goal of this work is to determine the influence of the care allowance sustainability of the care for the elderly at home environment from a perspective of the family caregivers. The theoretical part of the dissertation discusses the concept of self-sufficiency, interrelationship of the family care for a elderly family member at their home environment, state help for the family carers and a care allowance. In the practical part of this dissertation are presented and discussed the obtained results of the quantitative and qualitative survey, validated specify of the research assumptions and answered research questions related to the provision of the care allowance beneficiaries and understanding the impact of the care allowance on care sustainability for the caregivers of the eldery at their home environment.

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