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Weis, Julianne Rose. "Women and childbirth in Haile Selassie's Ethiopia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:55eec5f9-5fcc-41f6-90a5-2eb7588b771a.

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As the first analytic history of Ethiopian medicine, this thesis explores the interchange between the institutional development of a national medical network and the lived experiences of women as patients and practitioners of medicine from the years 1940-1975. Using birth and gender as mechanisms to explore the nation's public health history allows me to pursue alternative threads of enquiry: I ask questions not only about state activities and policy pursuits, but also about the relevance and acceptance of those actions in the lives of the citizenry. This thesis is also the first medical history of a non-colonial African country, opening up new questions about the role of non-Western actors in the expansion of Western medicine in the twentieth century. I explore the ways in which the exceptional history of Ethiopia can be couched in existing narratives of African modernity, medicine, and birth history. Issues of local agency and the creation of new social elites in the pursuit of modernity are all pertinent to the case of Ethiopia. Through both extensive archival research and oral interviews of nearly 200 participants in Haile Selassie's medical campaigns, I argue that the extent to which the imperial medical project in Ethiopia 'succeeded' was highly predicated on pre-existing conditions of gender, class, and geography.
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Yeneneh, Hailu. "Antimalarial drug utilization by women in central Ethiopia." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56968.

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A survey was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices, with respect to malaria, of 300 women from six randomly selected rural communities in Central Ethiopia from December 1991 to February 1992. Eighty-five per cent were able to recognize one or more of the common symptoms of malaria. Transmission was generally misunderstood and only 23% believed it could be prevented. More women preferred to obtain antimalarials from government clinics than from private drug shops, mission clinics, unofficial injectors, open markets or from leftover sources. Children under five were identified as the most malaria-vulnerable group and given priority for treatment. Severity of illness was the principal determinant in seeking treatment. Decisions were generally made jointly by both parents.
As distance from a health unit increased, knowledge about transmissibility of malaria decreased (OR =.48; 95% CI.27,.86). Logistic regression analysis showed literacy and village to be the most important variables associated with knowledge of prevention.
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Hordacre, Ann-Louise. "Anxiety and depression in postpartum women." Title page, abstract and contents only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh811.pdf.

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"31 May 2002" Bibliography: leaves 232-255. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis to compare childbearing women with matched controls, this study aimed to identify whether depression in postpartum women differed quantitavely or qualitatively to depression experienced at other times. Postpartum women were not found to be at increased risk of depression. However, a consistent but insignificant peak, which was not evident in control group responses, was noted in levels of nonsomatic depression, anxiety and stress in the early postpartum months.
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Rees-Jones, Deryn. "Anxiety and role : four postwar women poets." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366986.

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Deyessa, Kabeta Negussie. "Intimate partner violence and depression among women in rural Ethiopia." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Umeå University, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32856.

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Beam, Nancy K. "Women and men's preferences for delivery services in rural Ethiopia." Thesis, University of California, San Francisco, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10133409.

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Women and men’s preferences for delivery services in rural Ethiopia Nancy Beam Aims: This study aims to determine the combination of facility-based delivery care attributes preferred by women and men; if gender differences exist in attribute preferences; and key demographic factors associated with attribute preferences.

Background: Despite programs to promote facility-based delivery, which has been shown to decrease maternal and neonatal mortality, 80% of women in rural Ethiopia deliver at home without a skilled birth attendant.

A review of the Ethiopian literature on factors associated with delivery location revealed several weaknesses in research methods that need to be addressed. First, research participants were almost exclusively women, although male partners often make decisions about delivery location. Second, most quantitative study designs are similar in content to the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, limiting the generation of new knowledge. Third, cultural practices identified in qualitative studies as barriers to facility-based delivery have not been included in quantitative studies. This study addressed these weaknesses by using discrete choice experiment methodology to elicit preferences for delivery service attributes, including support persons in the delivery room, staff training and attitude, cost, distance and transportation availability.

Methods: A cross-sectional, discrete choice experiment was conducted in 109 randomly selected households in rural Ethiopia in September-October 2015. Women, who were pregnant or who had a child < 2 years old, and their male partners were interviewed. After completing a demographic questionnaire, male and female respondents were asked separately to choose between facility-based scenarios that reflected various attributes for delivering their next baby. Data were analyzed using a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model.

Results: Both women and men preferred health facilities where medications and supplies were available, a support person was allowed in the delivery room, cost was low, and doctors performed the delivery. Women also valued free ambulance service, while men favored nearby facilities with friendly providers. Men are disproportionately involved in making household decisions, including decisions about whether their wives seek health care. Yet, men are often unaware of their partners’ prenatal care attendance.

Implications: The Ethiopian government and health facilities could increase facility births in rural areas by responding to families’ delivery service preferences.

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Beyene, Selam Gebretsion. "Investigation and prosecution of transnational women trafficking: the case of Ethiopia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_1868_1365755643.

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Human trafficking is a widespread and growing crime in the world. Trafficking by its nature involves movement from one place to another and in most cases, it comprises crossing international borders. Although the estimation of victims of trafficking stretches to 2 450 000, the number of prosecutions is less than 5 000. This indicates the challenges faced by many countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases. Transnational human trafficking is committed in different places, making investigation and prosecution very complex. This paper examines how investigation and prosecution can be carried out when the criminal acts are committed in different countries. It also examines how the issue of jurisdiction is entertained. Furthermore, it addresses who can be termed as &ldquo
traffickers&rdquo
in dealing with human trafficking issues. Ethiopia is facing a big problem in fighting human trafficking. Like most countries, the issue of human trafficking is closely related to women. Ethiopia uses the criminal justice system as a tool to eradicate women trafficking. The investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases face many problems which have a direct impact on the country‟s efforts to overcome human trafficking. Thus, this research will contribute significantly by highlighting deficits in the criminal justice system as it deals with the investigation and prosecution of women trafficking issues and by making recommendations with regards to them.

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Kim, HaNa. "Understanding Death Anxiety in Women with Gynecologic Cancer." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/2539.

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Taddese, Zerihun. "Anthropometric status of Oromo women of childbearing age in rural southwestern Ethiopia." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69736.

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A community based, cross-sectional survey was undertaken of the anthropometric status of Oromo, non-pregnant women of child bearing age in Kersa subdistrict, southwest Ethiopia. The main purposes of this investigation were to determine normative anthropometric standards and to identify their important determinants. A structured questionnaire was administered by interviewers and anthropometric measurements were completed on 473 non-pregnant women randomly selected and stratified by 5 year age categories from 8 peasant associations. Women in this study sample were light with a mean (SD) weight of 46.9 (5.3) kg. Approximately three quarters weighed less than 50 kg and 34 (7%) less than 40 kg. Women's height averaged 155.5 cm with nearly 20% under 150 cm. The mean (SD) BMI was 19.4 (1.9) kg/m$ sp2$ and 35% of the women had a BMI lower than 18.5 kg/m$ sp2$. Means for all anthropometric measurements fell below the 10th percentile of the standard, NCHS reference for black women. No consistent predictor was found across the various anthropometric outcomes. In particular, all anthropometric outcomes were stable across age categories. The relationship between these anthropometric measures and adverse maternal or perinatal outcomes need to be validated.
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Barbour, Heather. "A feminist group treatment approach for women with anxiety." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23213.pdf.

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Morse, Roxanne. "Mathematics anxiety and women : cognitive, motoric and physiological dimensions." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941586.

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The purpose of this study was to further explore single case data related to the construct of math anxiety, as it applies to women. A triple mode analysis was used to identify critical variables and to establish patterns of synchrony, desynchrony and partial synchrony. A total of six women participated in two math tasks. While performing these two tasks, high threat and low threat, heart rate, self-reported anxiety and motoric performance were monitored. Data were collected before and after each specific task. Data were also collected at pre-selected points during the task performance. This continuous time series and interval data were utilized to provide clarification of the math anxiety construct, as it applies to women.Using visual inspection, there was not enough variance in the physical and motoric data to warrant a deferential determination of synchrony or desynchrony. The subjects responded differently than hypothesized. The heart rate measure varied only slightly over task and time. Self-reported anxiety, SUDS and STAI, was above average. The WAIS digit symbol results were sometimes opposite the hypotheses. Cognition, self-report and the standardized measure of state anxiety emerged as the dominant factors in assigning the construct of math anxiety. These are consistent with the findings of Hackett and Betz (1989) whose research theorized the existence of a model for math self-efficacy.
Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Harrop, Kathryn Siân. "The development of anxiety in women attending for colposcopy." Thesis, Bangor University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273684.

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Aberra, Edlam. "Livelihood sustainability amongst pastoral women and men in peri-urban Yabello, southern Ethiopia." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423114.

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Lailulo, Yishak Abraham. "Proximate determinants of fertility and contraceptive use among currently married women in Ethiopia." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6065.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Statistics and Population Studies)
Fertility is one of the elements in population dynamics that has significant contribution towards changing population size and structure over time. In Ethiopia, fertility dropped only slightly between 2000 and 2005, from 5.5 children per woman to 5.4, and then decreased further to 4.8 children in 2011(CSA, 2012). Although a slight decreasing trend has shown from year to year, it is still high as compared to developed nations (Tewodros,2011). The age at which childbearing begins is an important factor in the overall level of fertility as well as of the health and well-being of the mother and the child (CSA, 2012).In 2008, of the 1.4 billion women in the developing world of reproductive age (15-49 years), more than 570 women die per 100,000 live births, and 70 percent of them die due to totally avoidable reasons (World Bank,2010). These women live in countries where their status is poor to extremely poor, and these conditions threaten their health in many ways. Sedgh, Hussain, Bankole, and Singh (2007) found that wherever fertility is high, maternal and infant and child mortality rates are high. In addition to these, high fertility and shorter birth intervals affect the survival chance of children and the health status of mothers. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data from 18 developing countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East showed that a birth interval of threeyears increases the survival status of under-five children (Rutstein, 2003). Moreover, a similar survey of 52 developing countries found that markedly short birth intervals have a negative effect on pregnancy outcomes, increased morbidity in pregnancy, and increased infant and child mortality (Rutstein,2005). Setty-Venugopal and Upadhyay (2002) have documented that, in Sub-Saharan Africa, about 60% of women deliver the next child before the index child celebrates his/her third birthday, and almost a quarter before the second birth day.
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Bantayehu, Alem. "Factors influencing female food-for-work participation in the Southern Shoa region of Ethiopia." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052009-020242/.

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Danes-Gharbaoui, Sophia Elizabeth. "George Eliot's women readers and the anxiety of female authorship." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/george-eliots-women-readers-and-the-anxiety-of-female-authorship(f3e36d3c-c44c-4143-9a30-4b1efac0f2d3).html.

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This study identifies and explores a recurrent trope in transatlantic literature by women in which the fictional female reader is used as a site on which to explore the anxiety of female authorship. Through their configurations of the reading woman in their fiction, the female authors examined in this thesis attempt to reconcile themselves with the established opposition between femininity and creativity that persisted in transatlantic literary criticism in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. As a writer who was a literary icon for subsequent women writers, and who explores this trope in a complex and often ambivalent way, George Eliot is central to this tradition. Her masculinisation in literary criticism, combined with her failure to commit fully to her androgynous model of female authorship – a model which asserted women’s capacity to write in both a ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ way – had serious, long-lasting repercussions for subsequent female authors. Women writers were faced with an inescapable female literary role model who was at once proof of the compatibility of femininity and artistry, and yet who was frequently presented as an exception to other female authors and used to reinforce bias against women writers. In responding to Eliot’s reception and appropriating her use of the female reader in their fiction, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Edith Wharton and Dorothy Richardson added their own voices to the discussions about female authorship taking place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. For these authors, Eliot became a point of reference from which to articulate their own attitudes towards bias against women that persisted in some branches of literary criticism. In defining their attitudes towards Eliot and the contradictory ideas she and her fiction presented, they were exploring their identities as female artists.
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Palace, Eileen Marie. "The effects of anxiety on arousal in sexually dysfunctional women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28195.

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The effects of anxiety arousal on subsequent sexual arousal were investigated to determine if sexually functional and dysfunctional women respond differentially to pairings of anxiety-evoking and erotic cues. Eight sexually dysfunctional and eight sexually functional women viewed a neutral control (travelogue videotape) or anxiety-evoking (threatened amputation videotape) preexposure stimulus followed by a sexually arousing (erotic videotape) experimental stimulus. A repeated measures design was used in which each subject observed both pairs of preexposure and experimental stimuli. Changes in sexual arousal were measured physiologically with a vaginal photoplethysmograph, and subjectively with a self-report rating scale. As predicted, functional women showed significantly greater physiological sexual arousal than dysfunctional women in both the neutral-erotic and anxiety-erotic conditions. Consistent with previous research, anxiety preexposure significantly enhanced genital arousal relative to the neutral-control stimulus for functional women. Moreover, dysfunctional women also achieved a significantly enhanced rate and magnitude of genital arousal following exposure to the anxiety stimulus. Contrary to the strength of their physiological responses however, both groups rated the anxiety-erotic condition as significantly less sexually arousing. Non-significant correlations between vaginal blood volume and subjective ratings revealed a trend for functional and dysfunctional women to experience enhanced genital arousal accompanied by an inhibited likelihood of acknowledging feeling aroused. These findings contradict the literature on sexually functional and dysfunctional men, and challenge current conceptualizations of sexual dysfunction. The findings suggest that (1) anxiety arousal enhances genital arousal in functional and dysfunctional women, (2) heightened arousal occurs despite contradictory cognitive perceptions, (3) the female sexual response system is desynchronous, (4) functional women do not necessarily process genital cues more effectively than dysfunctional women, (5) the physiological response system is imperative to defining a response as sexual and must be targeted in therapy, and (6) common modes of treatment directed toward increasing parasympathetic response may be counterproductive to the elicitation of sexual arousal. Alternative treatment strategies directed toward response synchrony, sympathetic activation, and cognitive attribution are discussed. A preliminary model of sexual dysfunction in women is proposed, .and discussed in terms of directions for future research.
Arts, Faculty of
Psychology, Department of
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Page, Stephen J. "Effects of an imagery program on female college swimmers' perceptions of anxiety and precompetitive state anxiety levels." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935933.

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The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of an imagery session on intercollegiate female swimmers' precompetitive state anxiety levels and on perceptions of anxiety. A switched replication design was utilized in which twenty-two female intercollegiate swimmers were administered the the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory2, CSAI-2 (Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump, & Smith, 1990) and the Competitive Anxiety Perception Scale, CAPS, (Murray, 1989) weekly over the course of five weeks. Subjects were then randomly exposed to an imagery session during this period. Although descriptive data showed decreases in subjects' levels of A-state, a 2x2 ANOVA revealed no significant differences between subjects' PRE and POST scores. The observed decreases in A-state, although nonsignificant at the .05 level, warrants future research with a larger sample size. Additionally, the nonsignificant change in CAPS suggested that one's perceptions of anxiety may be learned at an early age and, therefore, not easily modified. It is suggested that future researchers attempt to identify those factors which mediate perceptions of anxiety.
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Kebede, Tigist Zerihun. "Family planning for women with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25064.

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Background: Family planning is a crucial issue for all women of reproductive age, but in women with severe mental illness (SMI) there may be particular challenges and concerns. As primary care-based mental health care is expanded in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is an opportunity to improve family planning services for women with SMI. However, research exploring unmet family planning needs of women with SMI in such settings is scarce. Aim: To explore the family planning experiences, unmet needs and preferences of women with SMI who reside in a predominantly rural area of Ethiopia Methods: A qualitative study design was used. Women with SMI who were participating in the ongoing population-based cohort study in Butajira were selected purposively on the basis of responses to a quantitative survey of current family planning utilization. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 women with SMI who were of reproductive age until theoretical saturation was achieved. Audio files were transcribed in Amharic, translated into English and analysed using a Framework Approach using Open Code qualitative data analysis software. Results: The findings were grouped into four main themes. The first theme focused on the broader context of intimate relationships and sexual life of women with SMI. Sexual violence, assault and exploitation were reported by several respondents, underlining the vulnerability of women with SMI. Lack of control over sexual contact was associated with unwanted pregnancies. The second theme (childbearing and SMI) was around attitudes towards childbearing in women with SMI. Respondents described negative views from community members and some health professionals about the capacity of a woman with SMI to give birth and bring up a child. In most cases, it was assumed that a woman with SMI should not have a child at all. In the third theme (family planning for women with SMI), respondents spoke of their low access to information about family planning and systematic exclusion from existing services. In the fourth theme (preferred family planning services), the respondents had concerns about the ability of primary care workers to understand their specific family planning needs, but also valued proximity of the service and privacy. The importance of addressing health worker and community attitudes was emphasized. Conclusion: This study has provided in-depth perspectives from women with SMI about the broader context of their family planning experience, needs, barriers and how integrated primary care services could better meet their needs. Empowerment of women with SMI to access information and services needs to be an important focus of future efforts to improve the reproductive experiences of this vulnerable group.
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Castel, Shahar. "Improvement in appearance anxiety following facial feminization surgery." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/21285.

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Thesis (M.A.) PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
BACKGROUND: Transgender women suffer a great deal of self-reported anxiety and concern about their facial appearance as they may readily be identified by observers as "trans" when they would prefer to be interpreted solely as women. Little is known about the psychological distress that transgender individuals experience in their decision to undergo major aesthetic plastic surgery as a result of their appearance concern. As such, it remains unknown whether transgender individuals experience improved appearance anxiety and a greater quality of life following facial feminization surgery. AIMS: The objective of this study is to determine, using the Derriford Appearance Scale 24, whether any improvement can be seen among transgender patients in their level of appearance anxiety following facial feminization surgery. We also aim to look at whether additional improvements can be seen in the quality of life of transgender patients. METHODS: A prospective study was conducted on patients undergoing facial feminization surgery. The outcome measure used was the Derriford Appearance Scale 24. The Derriford Appearance Scale 24 was given to transgender patients to fill out at the end of their pre-operative visit before their schedule facial feminization surgery. The scale was then also administered three weeks following surgery and three months following surgery, via the Internet. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients were enrolled. Of these, fourteen patients completed at least one of the surveys, post-operatively; twelve patients completed all three surveys. Of those patients who completed at least two out of the three surveys, scores revealed that 85% of transgender patients displayed higher levels of psychological distress when completing the first survey, preoperatively, than in subsequent post-operative surveys. CONCLUSIONS: Transgender individuals enrolled in the study showed decreased levels of distress both three weeks after surgery and three months after surgery. These results were promising in displaying amelioration of appearance anxiety following facial feminization surgery. Though results show increased quality of life, the degree of impact that gender confirming facial features may have on quality of life for transgender patients has yet to be assessed.
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Wainwright, Jocelyn. "Anxiety and depression in primiparous women and their levels of attachment /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SSPS/09sspsw141.pdf.

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Hilgeford, Rachel Anne 1962. "State vs. trait anxiety in sexually abused women: An exploratory study." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291431.

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Childhood sexual abuse in adult women has many adulthood clinical manifestations, with one of them being anxiety. Adult women with histories of sexual abuse (n = 18) were compared to adult women without histories of sexual abuse (n = 19). The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Anxious Self-Statements Questionnaire, and a sexual abuse questionnaire were used to obtain information about the past abuse and present anxious symptomology. Women with histories of sexual abuse had higher levels of state and trait anxiety, and had a higher incidence of anxious thoughts. Most women found the sexual abuse to be "very traumatic" at the time it was happening, and for some, the traumatic impact of the abuse had decreased over time. There did appear to be a relationship between the perpetrator, length of abuse, and severity of the abuse, although there were not enough women to calculate these differences.
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Barbour, Jeffrey C. "The relieving of anxiety in Christian women through "New Creation Confessions" /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3079969.

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Clair, Debra A. "Perceptions of Resource Loss, Depression, and Anxiety in Post-Abused Women." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1126447757.

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Denisoff, Eilenna. "The relationships among stress, coping, eating disorders, anxiety, and depression." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ56225.pdf.

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Hägglund, Maria. "Forms of Resistance : A study of understandings regarding intimate partner violence among women in Ethiopia." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-3616.

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Of all the countries studied in the large-scale WHO Multi-country Study on Women´s Health and Domestic Violence against Women (2005), Ethiopian women had the highest numbers of acceptance of intimate partner violence. And according to previous research on the subject, Ethiopian women have a high tolerance for and acceptance of the violence they endure. Yet when I interviewed women in Ethiopia (all of whom had been victims of violence) I discovered multiple forms of resistance to - rather than acceptance of - violence. Rather than confirming how women come to accept violence, my study uncovers many ways in which women resist violence, even in contexts where the available means of resistance are extremely limited.The aim of my inductive study is to begin to do justice to these forms of resistance, which are easily overlooked. First, as I argue in the analyses of my interviews with the women, our ability to discern forms of resistance in situations of intimate partner violence requires a more capacious notion of resistance than the one usually employed. Second, as I argue through my engagement with the previous research and the analyses of my interviews with women’s organizations in Ethiopia, the inability to discern multiple and varied forms of resistance leads one to underestimate the degree of non-acceptance and active resistance in situations of intimate partner violence. Thus, while my limited study does not permit general conclusions about violence against women in Ethiopia, I conclude by suggesting that my findings have two important implications for social work, one theoretical and one practical.
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Teferi, Zeleka. "Determinants of contraceptive use among currently married women in Amhara and Oromiya Regions of Ethiopia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1912.

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Magister Philosophiae - MPhil
The purpose of this research is to study the effect of different demographic and socio economic factors on the contraceptive use among currently married women of age 15-49 in the two regions of Ethiopia, Amhara (17,214,056) and Oromiya (27,158,471). Data are obtained from the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS). Information on contraceptive use was provided by current use 1334 (14.7), future use 4017 (52.0), unmet need for spacing 1817 (20.0) and limiting 1249 (13.3) currently married women aged 15-49 interviewed in the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS).
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Sublette, Nina Katherine. "Predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms among african american HIV-positive women." View the abstract Download the full-text PDF version, 2008. http://etd.utmem.edu/ABSTRACTS/2008-028-Sublette-index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2008.
Title from title page screen (viewed on July 30, 2008). Research advisor: Mona Newsome Wicks, Ph.D. Document formatted into pages (x, 157 p. : ill.). Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-141).
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Wadman-Goetsch, Aubrey. "Trait Anxiety and Disordered Eating Behavior in College Women: An Evolutionary Analysis." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/244841.

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This study examined the causal influences and vulnerability to development of Disordered Eating Behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It tested the relationships between Trait Anxiety and Disordered Eating Behavior, both direct and mediated by other variables. It examined whether Trait Anxiety would increase vulnerability to the detrimental effects of Social Pressure and Eating Problems. 205 female undergraduate students completed a questionnaire measuring Life History Strategy, Executive Functioning, Emotional Intelligence, Trait Anxiety, Impulsivity, Social Pressure, Eating Problems, and Disordered Eating Behavior. Trait Anxiety was found to be a significant causal influence in the development of Disordered Eating Behavior, alongside other factors including Social Pressure, Eating Problems, Impulsivity, and Emotional Intelligence.
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Bennett, Kate Mary. "The role of attribution in weight anxiety and eating disorders in women." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1993. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27966/.

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This thesis examines weight anxiety and eating disorders amongst women from an attributional perspective. The studies comprise two distinct but interrelated components: investigations of the role of attribution in the development and maintenance of weight anxiety and eating disorders; and analyses of two screening instruments for eating disorders. The study presented in Chapter 2 examines whether, amongst women without an eating disorder, attributions can be extracted in a factor-analytic manner to form relevant stereotypes associated with 'fat' or 'thin' women. The results confirm that clear weight-related factors can be extracted, and these resemble common stereotypes of fatness and thinness. In Chapters 3 and 4 the attributions of both eating disordered and non-eating disordered women were examined. Four groups have been examined: the Anorexic group; the Bulimic group; the Over-Eater group; and the Non-Eating Disordered group. It is proposed that the attributions of eating disordered women and non-eating disordered women will differ; that the various eating disordered groups will also differ in their attributions; and that attributions will differentially contribute to the development and maintenance of different weight anxieties and eating disorders. The results confirm these propositions: this thesis shows that there are attributionaI differences between the women with and without eating disorders; that there are differences in the attributions of the Bulimic, Anorexic and Over-Eater groups; and that there is evidence to suggest that attributions contribute differentially to the development and maintenance of weight anxiety and eating disorders. The internal validity of the subscale structure of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) (Garner, Olmsted and Polivy, 1983) is examined in Chapters 5 and 6, and Chapter 6 analyses the structure of another assessment instrument, the SCANS (Slade and Dewey, 1986). The results confirm the doubts raised about the validity of the subscale structure of the EDI: no clear support for the subscale structure put forward by Garner et al. has been found, and the factor analyses indicate that no single factor structure can be replicated. The factor analysis of the SCANS, presented in Chapter 6, suggests that the subscale structure of this measure is also not well replicated. It is argued that the subscales of both instruments should be used only with caution. Chapter 5 also examines weight anxiety in older women. This study has shown that older women also are anxious about their weight and that their weight anxiety takes a similar form to those of younger women; for this group of women lifestyle might be an influential factor in their weight anxiety. Chapter 7 discusses all the issues raised in the earlier chapters in relationship to the literature. Finally, the findings of this thesis are discussed, models of the role of attributions are outlined and directions for future research are discussed.
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Leung, Sum-po May. "The effect of psychosocial factors on the anxiety level of infertile women." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29759018.

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Jansen, Tracey. "Predictors of anxiety during the perinatal period in women with gestational diabetes." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4065/.

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Background: The treatment of type 1 diabetes includes daily injections of insulin and requires attention to diet, exercise, and monitoring of blood glucose levels. Coping Skills Training is an intervention based on social learning theory and aims to develop an individual’s skills and ability to cope with the stressful situations related to managing diabetes on a daily basis. Aim: This paper has reviewed the literature examining the impact of Coping Skills Training on metabolic control and psychosocial outcomes in children and adolescents and aims to: (1) Describe and compare the characteristics of CST across the available literature, (2) Provide a quality assessment of studies evaluating CST, (3) Describe the impact of CST on metabolic control and psychosocial variables in children and adolescents, in light of the quality assessment. Method: A keyword search in Embase, Medline, PsycINFO and Pubmed Central databases yielded a total of 15 quantitative articles using a variety of designs. Results: The small number of well-designed studies indicated that metabolic control is not improved in a limited population of children who participate in CST. However the results in adolescents are more promising. Conclusions: The evidence on whether CST can improve psychosocial outcomes in children and adolescents is mixed and appeared dependent on the mode of delivery and whether CST is compared to routine care or diabetes related education. A summary of recommendations for future research is provided along with the clinical implications of the results described in this review.
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Schry, Amie Rebecca. "Social Anxiety as a Risk Factor of Sexual Victimization in College Women." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32038.

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Sexual victimization is a significant problem on college and university campuses, and it is important to evaluate risk factors for sexual victimization in order to attempt to reduce womenâ s risk of victimization. This study investigated social interaction anxiety as a risk factor for sexual victimization. It was hypothesized that social interaction anxiety may increase risk of sexual victimization by decreasing sexual assertiveness and increasing alcohol-related problems. College women (n = 690) completed an online survey that assessed social interaction anxiety, sexual assertiveness, alcohol-related problems, and a variety of types of sexual victimization, in addition to other measures. When total effects were examined, social interaction anxiety only significantly predicted victimization by coercion. However, when indirect effects of sexual assertiveness were examined, social interaction anxiety had a significant effect on all types of sexual victimization (i.e., unwanted sexual contact, attempted coercion, coercion, attempted rape, and rape). Alcohol-related problems did not significantly account for the relationship between social interaction anxiety and sexual victimization. It is recommended that interventions designed to reduce womenâ s risk of victimization include interventions designed to address both social interaction anxiety and sexual refusal assertiveness.
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Fleek, Kimberly Anne. "Perspectives of HIV + Women on the Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5355.

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Purpose and rationale: In 2012, an estimated 9,500 infants in Ethiopia were born with HIV. Mortality for these infants is high, and preventing infection offers the best hope for reducing the childhood death rates. Effective measures exist which can reduce the likelihood of a child acquiring HIV from its mother to less than 2%, and the necessary anti-retroviral medications are free and accessible to Ethiopian women. However, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) efforts in the country have not kept pace with the global reduction in infant infections over the last decade, and the Ethiopian MTCT rate was still 20% in 2012. Although a large number of women are getting tested for HIV during pregnancy, only 41% of eligible women in the country complete PMTCT therapy. The purpose of this exploratory study was to elicit the perspectives of HIV+ mothers on the unique socio-contextual factors which affect them during pregnancy, both positively and negatively, including the beliefs, attitudes, cultural norms and individuals who have influence over their reproductive health decisions. Methods: The mixed-methods study was done at a community level in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With the assistance of several large networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), PLHIV mothers who have a child at least one year of age were recruited by mixed purposeful sampling; various socio-economic demographics were represented. In-depth interviews, focus groups and surveys were then completed in Amharic with a research assistant translating to English. Results: 98 women in total took part in the study: 23 completed interviews, 28 participated in focus groups, and 49 completed additional surveys. The greatest barriers to PMTCT completion identified were: feelings of hopelessness and carelessness, a general lack of understanding of the efficacy of ARVs, negative religious influences, stigma and poverty. The strongest facilitators to PMTCT use expressed by the women were: PLHIV peer support, faith, and gaining hope. It was recommended that PLHIV mothers be utilized in all PMTCT planning and interventions in the future. Implications: Program managers and health officials can build on these findings to modify existing PMTCT programs and to develop innovative and effective new PMTCT interventions. This will ultimately result in increased PMTCT uptake and adherence amongst HIV + pregnant women and a reduction in infant HIV transmission.
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Sehdev, Megha. "Moody migrants : the relationship between anxiety, disillusionment, and gendered affect in semi-urban Uttarakhand, India." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116050.

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Recent work in anthropology has translated systemic disjuncture to individual subjectivity, under the premise that "disordered" political economies cause "disordered" identities. However this work underplays the role of affect in "gathering" subjectivity amidst external transformation. The following thesis proposes a concept of "mood" as a set of conjoined, low-level affects that provides continuity in contexts of neoliberalism and change. It investigates women's "moods" in an urbanizing region of Uttarakhand, India. Drawing from ethnographic interviews in a village, and a migrant community, mood is shown to involve components of capitalist anxiety that articulate with attitudes of docility and duty. Experiences typically described as "postmodern" including "incompleteness", "estrangement" and "alienation", are common to, and produce "classical" gendered affects in both rural and urban settings. Although anxiety can be destabilizing, it joins paradoxically with these affects to lubricate women's sense of "belonging" in a place.
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Meshberg-Cohen, Sarah. "Panic Disorder, Trait Anxiety, and Risk Drinking in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1383.

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Gelaye, Bizu, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Jesse R. Fann, Marta B. Rondón, Sixto E. Sánchez, Michelle A. Williams, and Qiu-Yue Zhong. "Diagnostic Validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) among Pregnant Women." PLoS ONE, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/552241.

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OBJECTIVE: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during pregnancy is associated with several adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. A reliable and valid screening tool for GAD should lead to earlier detection and treatment. Among pregnant Peruvian women, a brief screening tool, the GAD-7, has not been validated. This study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the GAD-7. METHODS: Of 2,978 women who attended their first perinatal care visit and had the GAD-7 screening, 946 had a Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The Cronbach's alpha was calculated to examine the reliability. We assessed the criterion validity by calculating operating characteristics. The construct validity was evaluated using factor analysis and association with health status on the CIDI. The cross-cultural validity was explored using the Rasch Rating Scale Model (RSM). RESULTS: The reliability of the GAD-7 was good (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89). A cutoff score of 7 or higher, maximizing the Youden Index, yielded a sensitivity of 73.3% and a specificity of 67.3%. One-factor structure of the GAD-7 was confirmed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Concurrent validity was supported by the evidence that higher GAD-7 scores were associated with poor self-rated physical and mental health. The Rasch RSM further confirmed the cross-cultural validity of the GAD-7. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the Spanish-language version of the GAD-7 may be used as a screening tool for pregnant Peruvian women. The GAD-7 has good reliability, factorial validity, and concurrent validity. The optimal cutoff score obtained by maximizing the Youden Index should be considered cautiously; women who screened positive may require further investigation to confirm GAD diagnosis.
: This research was supported by an award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD-059835) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH had no further role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication
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Chandler, Sheri, Jamie A. Tedder, and Stacey L. Williams. "Perceived Stigma, Low Perceived Control, and Anxiety Symptoms Among Women Reporting Sexual Assault." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8126.

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Adam, Zenaw. "Iron supplementation and malaria : a randomised, placebo-controlled field trial on women and children in rural Ethiopia." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 1997. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682229/.

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The health situation in Sub-Saharan Africa is complex and multifactorial. Along with its poorly developed economy and lack of basic health services, vector-borne diseases and nutritional disorders are major contributors to the high morbidity and mortality seen today. Malaria and anaemia due to iron deficiency and/or to infectious diseases are rampant in the area affecting its population in general women and children in particular. Although the problem of iron deficiency and anaernia was dealt with varying strategies in different places iron supplementation is widely used in many developing countries and has become a routine procedure in maternal and child health programmes. In recent years, however, there has been a growing concern regarding this approach due to the emergence of conflicting evidence on the health outcome of iron supplementation. In addition to the beneficial effect of iron supplementation, a possible adverse effect on health, particularly on the risk to malaria, has been suggested. The continued controversy has raised doubts as to whether to implement iron supplementation programmes in malaria endemic areas. A randomised, placebo-controlled field trial was conducted in a malaria endemic area in the northwestern part of Ethiopia in May 1993-October 1995 to determine the haernatological response to oral iron supplementation and measure the risk of malarial illness associated with iron. The study involved 776 women and 841 children with low haemoglobin (HB) level who were randomly allocated to receive oral iron or a look alike placebo for a period of 12 weeks. The results of this study showed that anaernia is common in the study population with prevalences of 72.3% and 84.6% among women and children respectively. The content of the staple diet in the area was generally iron insufficient. The dietary iron insufficiency was further realised to be both due to inadequate intake and poor absorption of the iron ingested. The supplementation for 12 weeks was completed by 729 (93.9%) women and 740 (88%) children in the study. After supplementation more women (82.6%) and children (93.5%) in the iron group showed an improvement in their FIB compared with those women (54.6%) and children (43.7%) in the placebo respectively. The mean HB rise was also significantly higher in women and children in the iron than in the placebo group, 1.43 vs 0.28 g/dL, (t= 12.6; p<0.0001) for women and 1.38 vs 0.22 g/dL Q=21.3; p<0.0001) for children respectively. After supplementation women and children with severe anaemia were fewer in the iron (5.1% and 0.3%; x 17.2; p<0.001) than in the placebo group (13.5% and 8.0%; y, 2 =27.9; p<0.001) . After supplementation more women (9.6%) and children (18.2%) in the iron group reached the HB cut-off point showing no anaernia than women (1.4%) and children (9.6%) who received placebo (X2" =23.9; p<0.001 and X2 =34.3; p<0.001 for women and children respectively). Post-supplementation prevalences of clinical malaria among women in the iron and placebo groups were 24.2% and 18.3% respectively (RR=1.3, C1,1.0-1.8). The parasite rate was also higher in the iron supplemented women than those in the placebo, 29.4% and 20.2% respectively (RR=1.47, Cl, 1.4-1.9). During supplementation, women in the iron group experienced more frequent episodes of fever and spent more days with fever than women in the placebo group, (RR=1.16, CI, 1.03-1.30). Similarly, clinical malaria was diagnosed in 19.7% and 13.2% of children in the iron and placebo treatment groups respectively, (RR=1.49, CI, 1.07-2.08). Splenomegaly in children was detected in 27.3% of those in the iron 19.1% of those in the placebo, (RR=1.43, Cl, 1.1-1.9). The parasite rates for iron and placebo supplemented children were 34.5% and 27.1% respectively, (RR=1.28, Cly 1.0-1.6). Febrile episodes were experienced by 68.9% and 58.9% of children in the iron and placebo groups respectively, (RR=1.17; CI, 1.05-1.30. The results indicated not only that the dietary iron intake of the population was inadequate but also was poorly bioavailable due to lack of foods which enhance absorption and due to a high intake of food substances which interfere absorption all of which may have contributed to the anaernia. Study women and children who received iron supplementation have shown a substantial haernatological response (HB rise) and significantly improved their anaemia. The study has also demonstrated that there is a considerable risk of uncomplicated malaria associated with oral iron supplementation as malariometric indices used in this study were all significantly higher among women and children in the iron than in the placebo group. Intervention programmes involving iron supplementation in malaria endemic areas in the future need to weigh the health benefits and the malarial risk attributable to iron. In the present study area,w here nearly all women and children suffer from anaerniaa nd its consequenceso n health, the haematological response to iron supplementation outweighs the associated drawbacks. In such areas oral iron supplementation should therefore continue to be used to prevent and control iron deficiency and anaemia. Public health activities pertaining to the control and prevention of malaria and/or anaernia should, however, protect the population most at risk from malaria when implementing iron supplementation during the malaria transmission seasons.
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Helm, Sarah Kathleen Chattaraman Veena. "Body discrepancy and body satisfaction influence on approach and avoidance behaviors and emotions /." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1652.

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Al-Sobai, Huda Abdulrahman Turkei. "The failure and success of women students at the University of Qatar." Thesis, Durham University, 1999. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1111/.

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Alvarez, Ana. "The Effects of a Psychosocial Environment on College Women’s Exercise Regulations and Social Physique Anxiety." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799470/.

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A positive psychosocial intervention comprised of high autonomy support, task-involvement, and caring was implemented in physical activity classes to examine its effects on college women’s basic psychological needs (i.e. autonomy, competence, relatedness), exercise regulations (i.e. external, introjected, identified, integrated, intrinsic) and social physique anxiety (SPA). We hypothesized that at the end of the semester, participants in the intervention group (N = 73) would report greater need satisfaction, more self-determined regulations and less SPA than participants in the non-intervention group (N = 60). At T1 and T2, both the intervention and non-intervention participants reported “agreeing” with experiencing an autonomy supportive, task-involving, and caring environment. Furthermore, both groups at T1 and T2 reported moderate SPA. No significant group differences were found at T1. At T2, significant group differences were observed in the intervention and non-intervention groups’ report of external regulation and intrinsic regulation. The results suggests that group exercise instructors are capable of creating a positive psychosocial environment to enhance students’ intrinsic motivation.
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Binns-Turner, Pamela Gail. "Perioperative music and its effects on anxiety, hemodynamics, and pain in women undergoing mastectomy." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2008d/binns-turner.pdf.

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Fay, Christina. "Effects of racial microaggressions on anxiety and depression in Black and African American women." Thesis, Spalding University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3732015.

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This study investigated the effects of racial microaggressions on symptoms of anxiety and depression in Black and African American women. The study employed an online survey and snowball recruitment method that involved individuals from high income and highly educated populations. The participants responded to questions related to demographic information; symptoms of anxiety (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams, & Löwe, 2006b); depression (PHQ-8; Kroenke et al., 2009); and racial microaggressions (IMABI; Mercer, Zeigler-Hill, Wallace, & Hayes, 2011) in order to assess current mental health functioning and level of distress in response to racial discrimination. Results indicated that those who reported higher levels of racial microaggression distress also reported higher symptoms of anxiety and depression. The findings related to racial microaggressions and symptoms of anxiety and depression indicated positive correlations. However, when age and level of education were investigated for a moderation effect, neither was found to be significant. Therefore, neither age nor level of education acted as a buffer for racial microaggression distress and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Results supported the need for assessing and addressing racial discrimination within the therapy session, awareness of racial microaggressions and their clinical implications on mental health, and normalization of these experiences for Black and African American women.

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Lambert, Aliette Victoria. "Cultural intelligibility of anxiety : young women, consumer culture, and the 'project' of the self." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25667.

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This thesis critically explores the role of consumer culture in young women’s understanding of self. Drawing on media and cultural studies literature as well as post-structuralist and critical perspectives, this study asks: how does consumer culture guide or influence a young woman’s way-of-being in everyday life? Despite arguments that consumer culture, underpinned by neoliberal principles of personal responsibility and individualism, has become the institution of reference for young women, consumer research on the experiences of women, and from feminist perspectives, is generally sparse. Moreover, claims that consumer culture may covertly subjugate young women by encouraging practices of self regulation are in contention with consumer research that emphasises consumption as a means of self-expression and agency. Therefore, a qualitative, feminist study was conducted in which, over 18 months, fifteen women, aged 20 to 34, engaged in multiple in-depth interviews. The data generation process typically consisted of four interviews over a nine-month period: the first interview covering life history and background was followed by an in-home ‘show-and-tell’ interview about the participant’s ‘stuff’. The third interview addressed participants’ engagement with digital technologies also through a ‘show-and-tell’ approach and the final interview was semi-structured, addressing themes emerging from previous interviews. This generated 50 interviews lasting two hours on average, as well as data from observation, photographs and engagement with social network sites. From a critical thematic analysis, four significant findings emerged. Firstly, in relation to being a woman, participants felt pressure to ‘have it all’ in terms of both traditional (e.g., getting married, raising children, being attractive) and progressive (e.g., achieving career success) ideals. Whilst some disagreed that women continue to be subjugated, most participants experienced a sense of mounting pressure and expectations compared to men and subscribed to neoliberal principles of personal responsibility in combatting gender inequality. Secondly, participants reflexively experienced being a consumer as an unavoidable, often burdensome and anxiety-provoking position that encouraged the making of the self through appearance, as well as adherence to hegemonic feminine ideals. A consumer orientation was further reinforced by increasingly pervasive digital spaces, particularly social media, infused with advertising and consumption. From this, a third finding emerged related to the understanding of self: participants often experienced or expressed a sense of self as a task, an individualistic project for which they felt responsible. Constantly comparing themselves to others to benchmark the project of the self, participants worked to continually craft a story of success and agency despite unpredictability of the life course and contradictory events sometimes conspiring. Moreover, participants who did not feel they had achieved career goals placed greater emphasis on crafting an ideal appearance. The fourth finding addresses the importance of others in understanding the self. Rather than experiencing an ‘identity’ as formed individually, participants looked to others (e.g., family, peers, media, ideologies) to understand the self. Focusing on the opinions of others was associated with anxiety, which varied in degree but was part of all participant accounts. This study suggests that consumer culture is indeed an institution of reference for young women as they experience a sense of self through consumption practices, increasingly digitally mediated. In this sense, the findings align with theorisations in consumer research. However, for the participants of this study, the experience of living the subject position ‘consumer’ is anxiety provoking, particularly in light of postfeminist, neoliberal discourses that encourage experiencing the self as a ‘project’ for which the individual is responsible. As reflected in the data, a self-as-project orientation triggered anxiety given disjointedness between the desire to manage or control the self fostered by dominant discourses, and the impossibility of doing so as reflected by lived experience. This positioning engendered alienation from the self and therefore anxiety that was further sparked by increasing individualism and competition with others; feelings of shame and envy; and a forward-looking temporal positioning. Therefore, findings suggest that consumer research’s conceptualisations of ‘identity’ as a ‘project’ in which individuals can express themselves through marketplace resources is problematic, if not further perpetuating the subjugation of women by rendering them as ‘free’ to consume their way into being. This calls into question individual agency and the role of cultural influences in the making of subjects. Therefore, findings suggest that, from an emancipatory perspective, consumer research examining processes of subject constitution might be more productive to understandings ‘identity’ and the ‘self’ in a particular space and time, with attention to implicit power relations.
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Savaş, Esra. "Social Anxiety, Quality of Life, and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of Women With Infertility Problems." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7506.

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Not having a child has significant psychosocial effects on women experiencing infertility problems. There is a gap in research on social anxiety, quality of life, and healthy lifestyle behaviors of women during infertility, fertility treatment, and subsequent pregnancy. The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to investigate the social anxiety, quality of life, and healthy lifestyle behaviors of Turkish women with infertility issues and Turkish women who conceived after infertility treatment, as measured by the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Fertility Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II. The social support and stress buffering theory and the health promotion model provided the framework for the study. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to evaluate 200 women undergoing infertility treatment and women who conceived after infertility treatment on social anxiety, quality of life, and healthy lifestyle behaviors. The results indicated that women undergoing infertility treatment had higher social anxiety and avoidance and higher nutritive healthy lifestyle behaviors than women who conceived after infertility treatment. There was no difference in quality of life between the groups. Findings may promote a better understanding of social anxiety, quality of life, and healthy lifestyle behaviors of women undergoing infertility treatment. This heightened awareness may be used to increase psychosocial well-being of women and may increase the success rate of infertility treatment.
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Gamber, Michelle Leigh. "Ivory Tower as A Site of Empowerment and Environment of Risk for Female Students at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/217093.

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Background: The poor health status of people globally is a reminder of the social gradient of health that exists within countries and between countries. Together, the structural determinants and conditions of daily life constitute the social determinants of health (SDH), and result in much of the health inequity between and within countries. In an attempt to address the SDH, and challenge the world to tackle poverty and gender inequalities in the world's poorest countries, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were created. Goal three of the global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aims at empowering women through policies and programs that builds women's capabilities, improves their access to economic and political opportunity, and guarantees their safety. Yet, further research is needed to understand how exactly education empowers women and translates into "better lives" for women. Purpose: The overall goal is to examine how women navigate, negotiate, and mediate their sexual and reproductive health in the complex university environment. Methods: The study was cross-sectional in design and employed mixed methodology. It consisted of key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and self-administered questionnaires. Results: The case study of Ethiopia provides important lessons learned and an understanding of how to effectively implement strategies to address MDG3. Results of this study suggest that interventions should enhance women's power to make decisions and their ability to access resources. The power dynamics that continue to keep women down must be addressed to allow them the opportunity to rise to the level of their male peers.
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Tegnell, Frida. "To Empower Ethiopian Women : A Minor Field Study of how the Gender Reforms of the Ethiopian Government impact on Non-Governmental Organisations work with Women Empowerment." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-91011.

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Ethiopia is a country that for centuries has been dominated by men. However, since 2018, the Prime Minister Abiye Ahmed has introduced gender reforms, including a gender balanced cabinet. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the gender reforms affect three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in their work to empower women. The paper focuses on the following research questions: 1) How do non-governmental organisations work with women empowerment in Ethiopia? 2) To what extent and how have non-governmental organisations been affected by the gender reforms of the Ethiopian government that took office in 2018? 3) How have Ethiopian women been affected by the gender reforms of the Ethiopian government that took office in 2018 according to non-governmental organisations? The paper follows the theoretical framework by Dibie and Dibie, and Bratton as analytical framework. The methodological framework that has been used is a qualitative method, conducting semi- structured interviews. The NGOs main approach in relation to women empowerment is Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Women Watch Groups. The NGOs are unanimous that the gender reforms have improved NGOs relationship with the government due to a new law that was implemented in relation to the reforms. Finally, the NGOs have a positive image of Ethiopian women’s future and argues that the gender reforms empower women.
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Berhane, Fana Hagos. "Prenatal HIV screening of pregnant women in Ethiopia using 'opt-out' approach : the human rights and ethical concerns." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/77134/.

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Following the recommendation of the WHO and UNAIDS the Ethiopian Government revised its guidelines on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission to adopt a routine provider-initiated ‘opt-out’ HIV testing approach to all maternal health care services. The testing approach requires all pregnant women to be provided with HIV test unless they expressly decline it. This thesis examines the human rights and ethical implications of the implementation of this HIV testing approach within the maternal health care settings in Ethiopia to screen pregnant women. It argues that this HIV testing approach may be able to meet the pressing public health imperatives presented by the incidence of HIV in Ethiopia. However, a full understanding of the context in which this testing takes place reveals that, the implementation of this testing approach can result in the denial of pregnant women’s rights to informed consent, to have access to adequate counselling and to ensure confidentiality of their HIV test results. This thesis argues that the implementation of routine provider-initiated ‘opt-out’ HIV testing approach in the maternal health care settings is affected by the weak health system, the feminization of poverty, and the persistence of HIV related stigma and violence as well as gender inequality. The fieldwork undertaken in the Tigray region provided insights into the subjective experiences of women in relation to their ability to make autonomous decisions regarding the HIV test offered during their pregnancies. It involved in-depth semi-structured interviews with pregnant women and key stakeholders as well as non-participatory observation. In addition, the normative and conceptual aspects of human rights and ethical principles inform the thrust of discussions and arguments in this thesis. This thesis concludes that although the HIV testing approach adopted by the Ethiopian Government to screen pregnant women for HIV infections does not violate human rights requirements, its implementation in the context Ethiopian socio- economic, cultural and legal context raises serious concerns. The study therefore recommends that attention must be paid to balancing the scaling up HIV testing of pregnant women in Ethiopia to prevent vertical transmission of HIV and respecting the individual’s rights to make their own medical decisions including refusing the HIV test.
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Stewart, Sherry Heather. "Anxiety sensitivity and risk for alcohol abuse in young adult females." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41202.

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Much empirical evidence attests to a strong relationship between the panic-related disorders and alcoholism. Recent data suggest that anxiety sensitivity (fear of anxiety) may be one common underlying vailable contributing to the large degree of overlap between the panic-related disorders and alcoholism. In fact, some data indicate that the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and alcohol misuse may be particularly strong in women, a group which is generally underrepresented in the alcoholism etiology literature. Research described in this thesis was conducted with the aim of further elucidating the nature of the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and alcohol use/abuse in young adult women. The series of seven experiments included in this thesis demonstrated that: (1) high levels of anxiety sensitivity are characteristic of subjects meeting diagnostic criteria for panic disorder, an anxiety disorder frequently associated with alcohol abuse; (2) female university students demonstrate significantly higher average levels of anxiety sensitivity than male university students; (3) anxiety sensitivity is an important predictor of self-reported rates of alcohol consumption in university women; (4) high anxiety sensitive university students are both more likely to report drinking alcohol primarily to "cope" with negative emotional states, and less likely to report drinking alcohol primarily for social-affiliative motives, than are low anxiety sensitive university students; (5) high anxiety sensitive women display greater degrees of sober subjective-emotional arousal when anticipating aversive stimulation, greater degrees of sober electrodermal reactivity to the aversive stimulation, and greater sensitivity to the dampening effects of alcohol on these measures of reactivity, than low anxiety sensitive controls; (6) high anxiety sensitive women show a sober attentional bias favoring the processing of physically threatening information, which is dampened through th
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