Utilizing a two-dimension model of parenting emphasizing both 1) sensitivity and 2) exploration, consistent with a conceptual framework rooted in attachment theory, the relations between parental insightfulness and observed parenting with child cognitive and language outcomes were investigated in a low income sample of 64 caregivers and their young 3- to 5-year-old children. Specifically, parental insightfulness, assessed dimensionally as Positive Insight and Focus on Child, and observed parental sensitivity and intrusiveness were examined in relation to child language and nonverbal cognitive outcomes. Although parental sensitivity and intrusiveness during play were not associated with child cognitive outcomes, parental intrusiveness during a wordless book activity was related to child language and nonverbal cognitive scores. Parent"'s capacity to remain child-focused during the Insightfulness Assessment was correlated with observed intrusiveness and was associated significantly with child nonverbal cognitive and language scores. In this sample, Focus on Child had a direct effect on child outcomes that was not mediated by observed parenting variables. These results suggest unique contributions of caregiver insightfulness, specifically parents"' capacity to remain focused on the child"'s experience during the Insightfulness Assessment, to child nonverbal cognitive and language outcomes, with preliminary evidence supporting relations between insight, intrusive parenting, and nonverbal cognitive and language outcomes for young children. / 1 / Jessie A Gomez

abstract: Maternal intrusiveness is an important predictor of child mental health problems. Evidence links high levels of maternal intrusiveness to later infant negativity, and child internalizing problems. However, children also influence the manner in which parents interact with them. For example, infants that show more negative emotionality elicit less positive parenting in their caregivers. Infant affect is also associated with later child internalizing difficulties. Although previous research has demonstrated that maternal intrusiveness is related to infant affect and child internalizing symptomatology, and that infant affect is a predictor of internalizing problems and parenting, no studies have looked at the transactional relations between early maternal intrusiveness and infant affect, and whether these relations in infancy predict later childhood internalizing symptomatology. The present study investigates young children's risk for internalizing problems as a function of the interplay between maternal intrusiveness and infant affect during the early infancy period in a low-income, Mexican-American sample. Participants included 323 Mexican-American women and their infants. Data were collected when the infants were 12, 18, 24, and 52 weeks old. Mothers were asked to interact with their infants in semi-structured tasks, and mother and infant behaviors were coded at 12, 18, and 24 weeks. Maternal intrusiveness was globally rated, and duration of infant negative- and positive affect was recorded. Mother reports of child Internalizing symptomatology were obtained at 52 weeks. Findings suggest that there are transactional relations between early maternal intrusiveness and infant negative affect, while the relations between infant positive affect and maternal intrusiveness are unidirectional, in that infant positivity influences parenting but not vice versa. Further, findings also imply that neither maternal intrusiveness, nor infant affect, influence later toddler internalizing symptomatology. Identifying risk processes in a Mexican-American sample adds to our understanding of emerging infant difficulties in this population, and may have implications for early interventions. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Psychology 2014

The purpose of this qualitative study is to advance an understanding of trust and perceived intrusiveness in online advertising. The theoretical framework in this thesis is based upon theories about trust and intrusiveness that derives from previous research. The theory of psychological reactance is a further constituent. These concepts and theories are defined and discussed. and possible models are introduced. Semi-structured interviews with eight individuals of the Net Generation have been conducted to gather empirical data. The recordings from these interviews have thereafter been transcribed. in order to analyse the collected data, we have adopted a thematic analysis consisting of six phases. We coded the data and created themes that were detected during the different phases. The empirical data has been gathered by conduction of eight semi-structured interviews with individuals of the Net Generation. These interview have thereafter been transcribed and its content coded as a first step of the analysis. Three global themes derived from the empirical data analysis; trust, intrusiveness and observed relations, and many basic themes defined and analysed and discussed. We conclude our study advancing our findings about an understanding of trust and perceived intrusiveness in online advertising, as well as some observed relations noticed during the analysis. We finish our thesis with some managerial implications about the importance for managers and advertisers to take into account trust and intrusiveness, as well as leads for further studies, including the testing of our developed research model through a quantitative strategy.

The Swedish consumers are concerned of their online privacy, while companies increasingly gather personal information with business intelligence (BI) technologies in order to customize online banner ads, among the favoured marketing techniques. Meanwhile, marketers treasure the opportunity to target individuals. The purpose of this research is to generate insights of Swedes’ experiences of intrusion of their privacy online, and their behavioural response to personalised banner advertisements. The research will also observe if there are differences depending on the consumers’ ages. Mediating factors will be regarded how they influence the online users perceived intrusiveness and usefulness of personalised ads. The study is exploratory and aims to provide extensive awareness and beliefs around a complex phenomena. It will have a qualitative approach where data collection is conducted through semi-structured, in-depth, interviews with Swedish consumers from two age groups, complemented by three expert interviews. The results show that, in comparison, elderly consumers have less knowledge of personalised advertising, as well as BI-technology, leading to higher privacy concern and perceived intrusiveness when exposed to these ads. Members of the generation Y comprehend the phenomena to a greater extent, and more easily see the usefulness presented, but are overall ambiguous. Attitudes are likely to be formed based on the experienced intrusiveness contra usefulness, but are not clearly influencing trust, loyalty of future purchasing behaviours. Generally, marketers and consumers’ views show incongruence, as marketers remain very positive to using personal information to customize ads, while consumers do not always perceive it similarly. A balance can be difficult to achieve, but a unanimous belief demand high accuracy of content and placement of the personalised ads to be perceived as useful.

The current study examined treatment intrusiveness within behavior intervention programs developed for adults with intellectual disability (ID). Behavior analysts provided demographic information about themselves, their adult clients with ID, and their clients’ behavior intervention plans, and they completed an online version of the Treatment Intrusiveness Measure (Carter et al., 2009), an instrument that provides a Base Level Intrusiveness Score (BLIS; a score computed across five areas of categorization, such as, Health and Safety) and a Modified Level of Intrusiveness Score (MLIS), which assesses the presence or absence of intrusiveness-reducing practices. Among other findings, various statistical analyses revealed (a) a significant difference between BLIS and modified (BLIS minus MLIS) intrusiveness scores, (b) the practices within which most of the intrusiveness was concentrated within behavioral treatment programs, and (c) the least- and most-utilized intrusiveness-reducing practices. Implications are provided to assist professionals working with adults with ID who engage in challenging behavior and are supported through behavior intervention services.

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that affects approximately 1 out of every 600 African-American newborns (NHLBI, 2006). SCD and its associated symptoms can have widespread impact on both the psychological functioning of the individual diagnosed with the illness and their families. The purpose of this study was to apply the illness intrusiveness framework to better understand the relations among vaso-occlusive pain crises (VOC), child age, pediatric health related quality of life (QOL), and parental psychosocial adjustment. Participants included 103 parent-child dyads. Parents completed a background form, the Brief Symptom Inventory-18, and the Illness Intrusiveness Rating Scale. Children completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Results revealed that experiencing a greater frequency of VOC’s was related to decrements in QOL across domains. However, this relation was not mediated by parental perceived illness intrusiveness. Further, results revealed that the effect of frequency of vaso-occlusive pain crises in children with SCD on parental psychosocial maladjustment is mediated by parental illness intrusiveness, which is contingent upon child age.

Parenting is a primary role for many young breast cancer survivors and the combined effect of parenting while coping with this disease can be problematic for many of them. Despite this, little is known about the impact of parenting on the well-being of young breast cancer survivors. This thesis, comprising two studies in article format, explores this question. In the first study, we identified elements of well-being that are salient for all young women with breast cancer, and which also captured some of the unique challenges associated with parenting as a survivor. Using factor analysis techniques, we determined how these elements interrelated in separate groups of young survivors with children and without, and identified differences between the two groups based on the patterns observed. We found that the interrelationship among elements of well-being varied between these two groups: psychological distress (representing mental health and perceived stress), illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence were found to co-occur more frequently in mothers than in young survivors without children, thus compromising their well-being. Our second study had two objectives. The first part examined differences in perceived stress, illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence between young breast cancer survivors with and without children in two separate timeframes (0-5 and 5-15 years since diagnosis). The second part identified predictors for these elements of well-being in young mothers exclusively. Compared to survivors without children, young mothers reported higher levels of fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness in intimate life domains during both timeframes, suggesting that disruptions in these areas persist over time. Part two revealed that mothers with adolescent children and high levels of parenting stress were most likely to report perceived stress and illness intrusiveness. A mother’s age and the time since her diagnosis predicted fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness, respectively. Results from this thesis indicate that young mothers with breast cancer need screening and interventions to manage psychological distress, fear of cancer recurrence, and illness intrusiveness, particularly in intimate life domains. This thesis also identifies the most vulnerable groups of mothers and has important implications for future research.

Parenting is a primary role for many young breast cancer survivors and the combined effect of parenting while coping with this disease can be problematic for many of them. Despite this, little is known about the impact of parenting on the well-being of young breast cancer survivors. This thesis, comprising two studies in article format, explores this question. In the first study, we identified elements of well-being that are salient for all young women with breast cancer, and which also captured some of the unique challenges associated with parenting as a survivor. Using factor analysis techniques, we determined how these elements interrelated in separate groups of young survivors with children and without, and identified differences between the two groups based on the patterns observed. We found that the interrelationship among elements of well-being varied between these two groups: psychological distress (representing mental health and perceived stress), illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence were found to co-occur more frequently in mothers than in young survivors without children, thus compromising their well-being. Our second study had two objectives. The first part examined differences in perceived stress, illness intrusiveness, and fear of cancer recurrence between young breast cancer survivors with and without children in two separate timeframes (0-5 and 5-15 years since diagnosis). The second part identified predictors for these elements of well-being in young mothers exclusively. Compared to survivors without children, young mothers reported higher levels of fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness in intimate life domains during both timeframes, suggesting that disruptions in these areas persist over time. Part two revealed that mothers with adolescent children and high levels of parenting stress were most likely to report perceived stress and illness intrusiveness. A mother’s age and the time since her diagnosis predicted fear of cancer recurrence and illness intrusiveness, respectively. Results from this thesis indicate that young mothers with breast cancer need screening and interventions to manage psychological distress, fear of cancer recurrence, and illness intrusiveness, particularly in intimate life domains. This thesis also identifies the most vulnerable groups of mothers and has important implications for future research.

Ce travail de recherche a pour objet d’étude l’intégration des projets d’innovations dans les projets véhicules. Mené sous la forme d’une recherche-action, il est né du constat d’un nombre faible d’innovations présentes au final dans les produits par rapport au nombre d’innovations initialement prévues.Ce sujet est potentiellement intéressant pour tout le secteur automobile et plus généralement toutes les entreprises (notamment industrielles) qui du fait de leur taille ont différencié la préparation des innovations en amont et le développement des produits en aval. Cette distinction nécessite de faire converger le développement d’innovations avec celui des produits qui seront vendus au client. L’objectif principal de ce projet est, en facilitant cette convergence, d’augmenter au final le nombre et la valeur ajoutée des innovations qui seront intégrées dans les produits.Pour traiter ce sujet, un travail de fond a été réalisé comportant le suivi de l’intégration d’innovations dans cinq projets véhicules et l’analyse de vingt études de cas d’atterrissage d’innovations, issus principalement des domaines de « l’Énergie / Environnement » et de la « Vie à Bord ». Le processus d’atterrissage a été instrumenté à l’aide de deux outils, « Synchronizator » et « Profilor ». L’analyse de ces cas a été complétée par 155 entretiens.Ce sujet se situe à l’interface de deux mondes : le monde de l’innovation, sa flexibilité, sa créativité ; le monde du véhicule, ses processus réglés, ses ressources importantes. Les apports conceptuels que nous proposons ont tout autant la vocation de faire progresser les connaissances du monde académique que d’aider les praticiens. Nous proposons dans notre thèse trois concepts principaux.Le premier concept porte sur l’ « Atterrissage » lui-même, que nous présentons en utilisant la métaphore de l’atterrissage d’un avion (projet d’innovation) sur un porte-avions (projet véhicule). Ce concept d’atterrissage ne correspond pas à un moment unique : il s’agit d’un processus complexe partant de la préparation amont jusqu’aux activités de développement en aval et incluant des étapes clés, ainsi que la mise en œuvre des conditions (les « recommandations ») pour faciliter son application.Le deuxième concept, que nous avons dénommé « Intrusivité », consiste à qualifier les innovations par rapport à l’impact (technique, organisationnel, managérial, financier) qu’elles génèrent sur les projets véhicules cibles et à identifier des fenêtres d’atterrissage en fonction de cet impact.Le troisième concept, que nous avons dénommé « Profilage », consiste, pour un projet d’innovation donné à identifier très en amont tous les projets véhicules susceptibles de l’accueillir et, pour un projet véhicule donné de sélectionner très tôt toutes les innovations permettant de renforcer son positionnement produit.L’application de ces concepts dans l’entreprise où nous avons mené notre recherche nous a permis de : proposer un processus d'atterrissage adaptatif en fonction du niveau d’intrusivité des innovations ; évaluer dès le départ les projets d’innovations les plus porteurs pour l’entreprise en termes de valeur et de contribution à son image ; diffuser les innovations dans le plus grand nombre de projets véhicules ; renforcer le pilotage des innovations en aval pour faciliter leur intégration.Ces propositions sont autant des sujets de discussion pour le monde académique que des axes de travail pour les praticiens qui pourraient potentiellement les appliquer dans d’autres grands groupes industriels. / This research studies the integration of innovation projects into vehicle projects. The starting point is the observation of a failure to integrate innovations in the final products, despite the number of innovations originally planned.This research is potentially applicable to the overall automotive industry and, more generally, to large companies (notably industrial ones) that differentiate the preparation of the innovations upstream and the development of products downstream. This distinction leads to organize the convergence of the innovations with the products sold to the customer. The main objective of this project is, by facilitating this convergence, to increase the number and the added value of the innovations which will be integrated into products. This work was prepared by conducting a thorough evaluation of the follow-up of the integration of innovations in five vehicle projects and the analysis of twenty case studies of innovations “touch down”. These stemmed mainly from the fields of "Energy / Environment" and "Life on Board". This “touch down” process was realized through two tools, "Synchronizator" and "Profilor". The analysis of these cases was completed with 155 interviews.This subject lies at the frontier of two worlds: the innovation’s world, its flexibility and its creativity; and the vehicle’s world, its established processes and its huge resources. The concepts that we propose will contribute to improve and inform the academic knowledge, as well as to facilitate the practitioners’work. We propose in our research three main concepts.The first concept, the "touch down process" itself, is presented through the metaphor of the landing of a plane (innovation project) on an aircraft carrier (vehicle project). This “touch down” concept does not correspond to a single moment: it is a complex process starting from the upstream preparation to the downstream development activities and including key stages, as well as the application of the conditions (the "recommendations") to facilitate its implementation.The second concept, called "intrusiveness", consists of qualifying the innovations with regard to the impact (technical, organizational, managerial, financial) that they generate in the targeted vehicle projects. It facilitates the identification of different landing schedules according to this impact.The third concept, called "profiling", consists of identifying, for a given innovation project, all the appropriate vehicle projects as early as possible. Reversely, it also allows, for a given vehicle project, to select all the relevant innovations as early as possible.The implementation of these concepts in the company where we led our research allowed : for the proposal of an adaptive “touch down” process according to the level of intrusiveness of the innovations; for an estimation from the beginning of the innovation projects which are the more interesting for the company in terms of value and contribution to its image; for the spread of innovations in the largest possible number of vehicle projects; and for strengthening the management of the innovation projects downstream to facilitate their integration into the products.These propositions are at once subjects of discussion for the academic world as well as guidelines for practitioners who could potentially implement them in other large industrial groups.

Ce travail porte sur l'interaction avec des objets virtuels 3D, et plus particulièrement leur manipulation : sélection, translation et rotation. Les plates-formes les plus utilisées aujourd'hui pour ce type de tâche (ordinateur personnel et appareil mobile) ont été conçues avant tout pour l'interaction 2D, et sont donc peu adaptées à la manipulation 3D. Il existe pourtant une alternative plus efficace : les systèmes de réalité virtuelle. Cependant, les systèmes actuellement disponibles restent trop souvent encombrants, onéreux et/ou intrusifs pour l'utilisateur, et demeurent sous-utilisés pour cette raison. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions de nouvelles approches pour rendre ce type d'interaction moins contraignant, tout en conservant une bonne efficacité de manipulation. Les principaux axes explorés sont la portabilité de l'interface, sa non-intrusivité, et l'utilisation de dispositifs plus largement accessibles au grand public. Nous proposons une première approche visant à répondre simultanément aux critères ci-dessus. Celle-ci consiste à combiner un appareil mobile classique (pour sa portabilité et son accessibilité) avec des objets tangibles passifs (pour une manipulation 3D efficace et non-intrusive). Cette approche présente toutefois encore certaines contraintes : elle est constituée de multiples éléments qui doivent être transportés ensemble, et elle ne se prête pas à l'utilisation de dispositifs à retour de force. Nous introduisons donc dans un deuxième temps une nouvelle technique, appelée «découplage». Basée sur le principe du «pseudo-haptique», celle-ci permet à l'utilisateur de percevoir des forces virtuelles à travers la seule modalité visuelle. Il devient alors possible de se passer complètement de dispositifs haptiques, et des contraintes qui leur sont associées. Nous nous intéressons ensuite à une approche entièrement intégrée, visant à améliorer la portabilité par-rapport à une interface faite d'éléments séparés. Cette approche consiste à se servir des déplacements de l'appareil mobile lui-même dans l'espace réel pour manipuler des objets 3D affichés sur son propre écran. Cette configuration «localement couplée» présente cependant plusieurs particularités qui rendent la manipulation plus complexe. Nous examinons donc en détail les différentes questions que pose cette configuration spécifique. Nous proposons enfin une dernière approche, appelée le «volume tangible», visant à retrouver la simplicité de la manipulation par objets tangibles mais dans un unique dispositif intégré. Nous décrivons une première implémentation de ce dispositif, et discutons de sa faisabilité technique ainsi que de l'accessibilité de cette approche à court et moyen terme. / This work focuses on 3D interaction with virtual objects, more specifically on 3D manipulation: selection, translation, and rotation. The most commonly-used interaction platforms (personal computer, mobile device) were designed for 2D interaction and thus are not well suited to 3D manipulation. There is a more efficient alternative for this task: virtual reality. However, current virtual reality systems are too often bulky, expensive and/or intrusive to the user, and for these reasons remain underused. In this thesis, we propose and study new solutions to make this form of interaction more convenient without reducing its effectiveness. The main objectives we aim for are interface portability, non-intrusiveness, and the use of readily-available hardware. We propose a first approach to simultaneously meet the above criteria. It consists in combining a standard mobile device (for its portability and widespread availability) with passive tangible objects (for efficient 3D manipulation in a non-intrusive manner). Yet, this approach still has drawbacks: it is made of multiple parts that must always be carried together, and is not suitable for adding force-feedback using haptic devices. We thus introduce a new technique, called “decoupling”, that allows the user to perceive virtual forces through the visual modality alone. Based on the concept of “pseudo-haptics”, this technique makes it possible to provide force feedback without the constraints associated with actual haptic devices. We then study a different approach intended to be fully integrated, enhancing the portability aspect compared to an interface made of multiple parts. This approach consists in using the motion of the mobile device itself to manipulate 3D objects displayed on its own screen. However, this “locally-coupled” configuration presents several unique characteristics that make manipulation more complex. We thus investigate the questions raised by this specific configuration. Finally, we introduce a last approach, called the “tangible volume”, aimed at regaining the same directness of manipulation as with tangible objects but in a single integrated device. We describe an early implementation of such a device, and discuss its technical feasibility as well as its potential accessibility to end users in the short and medium term.