Over half of all lifetime mental health disorders emerge during early adulthood and is associated with many adverse outcomes including: lower educational achievement, substance misuse and premature death. Despite the prevalence and burden of mental health problems, young adults with mental health needs are the least likely to seek professional help. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of help-seeking among young adults aged 18-25 and aimed to identify the factors that can delay or prevent access to mental health support. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from young adults in the community using an anonymous online survey. The results of the study showed that approximately a third of participants did not seek any help for an emotional or mental health difficulty and of those who sought help the majority had accessed help from their friends or their GP. Intention to seek professional help was significantly association with satisfaction from services and perceived stigma, however psychological distress revealed a non-significant relationship. Thematic analysis revealed that stigmatising beliefs, perceiving the problem as not serious, a preference for self-reliance and difficulty in accessing help or communicating concerns were common barrier themes. Facilitator themes highlighted the importance of having a flexible and confidential service. The clinical implications of the results are discussed as well as consideration for future research.

This dissertation is a sociolinguistic investigation into the system of the speech act of complimenting among young Japanese. Sociolinguistic studies on complimenting have been rather extensively carried out in Western academic discourse since the 1980s. The rapid development of this field went hand in hand with the existing growing body of work on speech acts, linguistic politeness and language and gender studies, all fields which came to flourish during the 1960s-80s. The speech act of complimenting has so far been overwhelmingly regarded as one of the most obvious positive politeness strategies (Brown & Levinson 1987; Holmes 1995) and also as a feminised sociolinguistic practice (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 2003; Herbert 1990). However, the sociolinguistic examination of complimenting in non- Western speech communities remains less well investigated. This dissertation challenges some traditional premises about the nature of this speech act and explores how sociolinguists should go about analysing this variable in the context of a non-Western speech community. In so doing, I highlight that applying localized cultural knowledge plays a crucial role in unfolding the social and linguistic systems of complimenting in a Japanese speech community. The analysis presented here draws on a corpus consisting of more than 40 hours of recordings with 67 young Japanese university students, collected through ethnographic techniques. Fieldwork was conducted for over a year in order to obtain these data in southern Japan (namely, Kumamoto and Oita prefectures). A total of 369 compliment utterances within 143 compliment sequences were extracted and transcribed from this corpus. To achieve a satisfying sociolinguistic understanding of this speech act, the data are analysed with a combination of both the qualitative methods of discourse analysis and the quantitative methods of variationist sociolinguistics. This dissertation brings much needed discussions of this variable situated within non-Western contexts and hence makes significant contribution to the field, by adding new perspectives and findings about complimenting behaviour. On the one hand, my work found some regularity in compliments which parallel the findings of previous studies. This itself is a new insight in the field of compliments studies, namely, that there are crossculturally (if not universally) pervasive properties of complimenting. On the other hand, this study highlighted some originality in this speech act among the young Japanese. The construction and application of compliments in the case of Japanese substantially manifest its complex and intricate sociolinguistic system, which my dissertation is dedicated to describing through the naturally occurring data of spoken Japanese.

Master of Arts / Department of English / Daniel A. Hoyt / This project is the first three chapters of a young adult novel, The Muses. Lily Bellows is singled out in infancy to become one of the Muses, humans given supernatural powers through enchanted golden masks. The six Muses (Faith, Wisdom, Pride, Obedience, Courage, and Desire) are telepathically linked to Illyria’s king so that he is better able to manage his emotions and thus rule more efficiently. Lily is destined to be the Muse of Faith, but her parents fake her death and keep her abilities secret until she heals her village of a deadly plague and the Muses consequently return for her. As Lily struggles to master fighting arts, healing skills, and the ability to manipulate emotions, she must also befriend the moody Prince Connor who will one day share her consciousness, and she must untangle the complicated feelings she has for Connor’s illegitimate brother, Ronan. While Lily’s fellow Muse initiates have been training since infancy, Lily joins them as a teenager, and she finds it nearly impossible to give up her family, her dreams and her individuality so she can make Prince Connor into a better king. When she has the chance to break the oath she swore to serve her country as its Muse of Faith, she must choose between power and individuality and determine whether she must submit to her destiny or create her own.

Master of Music / Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance / Frank C. Tracz / This report possesses a detailed analysis of three works, two works for concert band and one for brass ensemble. The works included in this report are Fanfare Héroïque (1944) by Eugéne Bozza, Symphonic Sketch (1994) by Charles Carter, and Tempered Steel 2nd ed. (1997 and 2008) by Charles Rochester Young. Also included in this report is performance information about the pieces above, the author’s thoughts about the role of music education in the American school system, and a section that discusses quality literature for concert ensembles. It is the author's hope that some of this information is used to aid teachers in their study of these works in order to be more effective in the classroom. In order to facilitate this, each analysis includes biographical information about the composer, historical information about the composition, technical information, musical information, an analysis of form, and sample lesson plans with reflections.

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Everyone finds it necessary to make decisions and with every individual the decisions are many and varied. But one of the most important and far-reaching of all the decisions anyone makes is that of choosing an occupation. The significance of such a decision has long been recognized as is evidenced by Cicero's statement made in 106 B.C: "We must decide what manner of men we wish to be and what calling in life we would follow; and this is the most difficult problem in the world." The importance of an individual's job cannot be overlooked by society because it is one 1s job which very largely determines the life he will live. Jobs are very significant in determining the economic status and financial security of most people and the economic factor is so fundamental that one 1s occupation, at least indirectly, determines where he lives, his social standing in the community, his friends and associates, his educational opportunities, his recreational pursuits, and pretty largely his contributions to mankind. Regardless of what one chooses as his life 1s work he cannot help being strongly influenced by the work he does and by those around him who are similarly engaged. Occupations are also important to society and if economic and social progress are to be made it is essential that workers do their work well, that they improve their skills and knowledge, and that they pass on to the rising generation those things they have found to be good. Therefore, a nation must keep its workers occupationally competent and help the individual workers to select and prepare for occupations in which they are interested and can be competent. Here in the United States high value has always been placed upon helping young people develop their capacities to the fullest. Fortunately there is much talent among the youth of this great country, but it cannot be assumed that the seeds of talent have all fallen upon fertile soil. The efforts of all, and especially those engaged in education, must be pooled in an effort to identify the talents of youth and foster their growth.

Background: Every year the number of young and middle-aged persons who receive stroke are increasing. Stroke is often considered as a disease of old people. A stroke often leads to changes in life. The consequences can be cognitive impairments and movement disabilities. These consequences can have a high impact of the person's life. Aim: The aim was to describe experiences of daily life after a stroke from the perspective of adults younger than 65 years old. Method: To analyze data, Friberg's (2012) method aimed to contribute to evidence-based care based on analyzing qualitative research, was used. Ten scientific articles were chosen and analyzed. Results: The result showed that adults younger than 65 who suffered from a stroke experiences a lot of difficulties in life afterwards. The analyze process generated four categories and nine subcategories. The four categories are "an altered work situation", "lack in rehabilitation", "to loose myself", "difficulties in social meetings". Conclusion: The study showed that rehabilitation is very important for adults younger than 65 who suffered from a stroke. Their experiences showed a lack in rehabilitation when it comes to their age category. To go back to work, live family life and participate in other social events is important. It's different to suffer from a stroke at younger age when it comes to their needs. Health staff should be aware of these needs.

Thesis advisor: Mary Jo Iozzio / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2014. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Thesis advisor: Guerda Nicolas / Thesis advisor: Belle Liang / Recently theory has proposed that Belief in God plays a significant role in Identity development by facilitating identity exploration and the resolution of identity crises (King, 2003). The intersections of Identity development and Belief in God are particularly important to understand in young adults because (1) this is the developmental period when Identity development begins and (2) Belief in God is prevalent among college students. However, researchers have not empirically examined the theorized relationship between Belief in God and Identity. Therefore, this study sought to begin to understand and explain (through empirical research) the relationship between Belief in God and Identity development in young adults. A sample of 306 young adults enrolled in private, four-year post-secondary education institutions in New England completed questionnaires measuring their reasons for Belief in God and their current Identity Status. Findings from the study indicate that: (1) these young adults have average levels of Belief in God across each of the six reasons for Belief in God measured in this study, regardless of age or gender; (2) these young adults tend to function from a transition Diffuse-Foreclosure Identity status; (3) Belief in God has an impact on the Identity of these young adults; (4) Age and gender do not appear to impact the relationship between Belief in God and Identity; and (5) Comprehensive models explaining the relationships between Belief in God and each of the Identity statuses measured in this study, indicated that Belief in God is a significant predictor of both the Moratorium and Achieved Identity statuses. Overall, results from the study provide empirical support for the theoretical link between Belief in God and Identity development, and further suggest that Belief in God impacts Identity Development more by aiding in the resolution of Identity crises than by facilitating the exploration process. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology.

Ce travail a été réalisé en Hongrie entre 2014 et 2017, un pays souvent considéré comme« pays de transit » pour les demandeurs d’asile et les mineurs isolés étrangers. Ce pays dont les frontières étaient difficiles à franchir pendant les années du communisme doit faire face à une vague de demandeurs d’asile de plus en plus importante. Après le début des années 2000, le nombre de demandeurs d’asile a augmenté de manière considérable et la même tendance peut être constatée concernant les mineurs isolés étrangers, dont une nombre considérable sur la région d’Europe Centre-Est est accueilli en Hongrie. La présente recherche a pour but d’identifier les voies de résilience, que de jeunes réfugiés, le plus souvent arrivés comme mineurs non accompagnés, construisent dans un pays avec un contexte politique difficile. Ce travail propose également une aperçu historique et critique des approches théorico-cliniques du trauma et de la résilience. Cette dernière notion sera examinée par rapport à la situation de réfugié. En fonction de la quasi absence de recherches sur les jeunes réfugiés en Hongrie, nous considérons ce travail comme une étude exploratoire. Cette recherche s’appuie en particulier sur l’analyse qualitative des entretiens semi-structurés réalisés auprès de 13 jeunes réfugiés âgés de 18 à 24 ans ayant obtenu l’asile. Les catégories d’analyse qui émergent sont obtenues de manière inductive en fonction de la méthode de la Théorie Ancrée (Grounded Theory). Outre l’analyse approfondie des entretiens de recherche avec les jeunes réfugiés, ce travail inclut le compte-rendu de plusieurs séjours de terrain, des entretiens réalisés auprès des professionnels impliqués dans l’accompagnement des jeunes ainsi que l’analyse d’une observation participante du chercheur pendant la crise migratoire. En complément de l’analyse nous avons utilisé un codage des entretiens avec le logiciel NVivo 11 Pro. Nous avons identifié sept catégories : Différences entre « ici » et « là-bas », Caractéristiques individuelles, Avenir, Trouver sa place au pays d’accueil est important, Tout est difficile dans la vie si tu es réfugié, Souffrance psychologique, Relations Sociales. Certaines sous-catégories attirent l’attention comme facteurs de protection importants, encore peu étudiés tel que le rôle du sport ou celui des petites amies et de leurs familles issues du pays d’accueil. Dans la lignée de précédentes études, les résultats suggèrent que la plupart des facteurs associés à la résilience dépendent du contexte, et comportent des aspects négatifs aussi bien que positifs (religion, éducation, orientation vers l’avenir). En accord avec Ni2Raghallaigh et Gilligan (2010), on peut conclure que catégoriser les jeunes réfugiés de façon binaire, comme vulnérables où résilients apparaît trop simplificateur. En outre, certaines sous-catégories semblent indiquer la présence d’éléments spécifiques au contexte du pays d’accueil. Bien que ceux-ci nécessitent davantage de recherche, elles soulignent l’interaction entre les facteurs environnementaux et individuels. Les résultats de recherche complétés par une analyse détaillée du contexte socio-culturel et historique attirent l’attention sur les spécificités du pays d’accueil comme un contexte à multiples facettes ayant un impact sur la manière dont les voies de résilience se construisent. Sans être généralisable cette étude nous ouvre des perspectives pour de nouvelles recherches. / This study was completed in Hungary between 2014 and 2017. Hungary is considered a transit country for asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors. While the country's borders were strictly controlled during the communist era, asylum seekers began arriving in the country in the post-communist period and from the early 2000's, the number of asylum seekers has increased considerably. A parallel trend can be observed in the number of whom are hosted by Hungary. This research aims to identify how young refugees, most of whom arrived as accompanied minors, form their pathways of resilience in the difficult political context of Hungary. Trauma and resilience served as conceptual frameworks for this study, wich begins with a theoretical-clinical overview of aforementioned concepts. Thes are also challenged in the study. The author attempts to define the notion of resilience in the specific context of refuge. Given the fact that very little is known about the psychological wellbeing of young refugees in Hungary, this research qualifies as an exploratory study. For this reason, a Grounded Theory approach was use to gain data inductively from the analysis of 13 interviews, wich were completed with young refugees between the ages of 18 and 24. Furthermore, the study includes field studies and interviews completed with professionals working in the sector, as well as the summary of the participatory observation the autor took part in during the refugees crisis in Hungary [...].