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PERSON, KATHERINE. "Foster Parent Attitudes Toward Birth Parents and Birth Parent Visitation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/801.
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Foster parents are a vital component to the child welfare system and play an important role, one of which is supervising parental visitation (Muniz, 2018; Neil et al., 2003). With visitation as the primary intervention for family reunification (Haight et al., 2003), foster parents and birth parents are more than likely to interact with one another at some point in time. The purpose of this research study was to examine if foster parent attitudes toward birth parents influence foster parent attitudes toward birth parent visitation.
Data was collected from 40 participants, 36 females and 4 males, from a foster family agency based in California and Texas. The study used a survey design and questions were distributed in a group setting, a mailed hard-copy, and a web survey link. The study’s findings revealed that that when foster parents had a more positive attitude toward birth parents, they had a more positive attitude toward birth parent visitation.
The study concludes with recommendations for public child welfare agencies and foster family agencies to develop trainings for foster parents and for social workers to increase efforts in assisting foster parents and birth parents build cooperative relationships.
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Rashid, Najma M. "Biological parents vs. psychological parents, challenging the judicial entrenchment of psychological bonding." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22384.pdf.
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Larussa, Thomas K. (Thomas Keith). "Anxiety, Locus of Control and Stress in Adoptive and Biological Parents of Adolescents." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278428/.
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Kaplan, Carol P. "The reactions of foster parents' biological children to the fostering experience /." Full text available online (restricted access), 1985. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/kaplan.pdf.
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Jamal, Kinza. "What Would Your Parents Say?!: A Cross-Cultural and Personality Study." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/754.
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Culture is what influences us and shapes us into who we are and what we become later on in life, this study runs with this concept. This study includes three groups of participants: 60 Subcontinental adolescents, 60 (Subcontinental) Asian-American adolescents,60 European-American adolescents .The ages of these adolescents range from 17-23 years of age. The participants are asked to fill out measures pertaining to anxiety/depression, self identity , acculturation and a questionnaire at the end that asks about future marital plans. The studies hypotheses are that there is a stronger correlation between parenting technique and the degree to
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Nilsson, Stefan, and Linnea Janzon. "Hur upplever fosterfamiljer och biologiska familjer effekten av MTFC- programmet?" Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-659.
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Ett stort antal barn är idag placerade i fosterfamilj. Flertalet av dessa barn uppvisar ett asocialt beteende med dåliga sociala relationer. Multidimension Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) är ett program vars mål är att förändra barnets attityd. Det är en öppen vårdinsats där barnet placeras i en utbildad fosterfamilj. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes baserat på nio intervjuer. Syftet var att utifrån ett utvecklingsekologiskt systemperspektiv undersöka hur MTFC- familjer och biologiska familjer upplever effekten av behandlingen. Resultat visar att biologiska/fosterföräldrar upplevde programmet som ständigt närvarande med tydliga roller. Samtliga familjer bekräftar att programmet har positiva effekter på barnet beteende. Programmet upplevdes erbjuda fosterföräldrar en yrkesmässig relation till barnet och biologiska föräldrar en möjlighet att utveckla ett ökat självförtroende som förälder.
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Mars, Becky. "Parents with recurrent depression : heterogeneity in course, severity and symptoms as risks for offspring depression." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/47077/.
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Depression is a significant global problem and is among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Depression in children and adolescents is associated with wide-ranging impairments and often marks the beginning of a lifelong, chronic illness. Early treatment and prevention of depression is therefore a major public health concern. Parental depression is one of the most consistently identified risk factors for depression in young people. Although depression is a highly heterogeneous disorder, most studies examining cross-generational depression risk have simply dichotomised parents into ‘depressed’ and ‘non-depressed’ groups and clinical characteristics beyond diagnostic status are rarely presented. In this thesis I examine how differences in clinical features of parental depression including variations in depression course, severity, timing and symptom manifestation differentially relate to offspring depression risk. Data were drawn from the Early Prediction of Adolescent Depression study. A three-wave longitudinal study of the offspring of 337 parents with a history of recurrent unipolar depression. Within this high risk group of offspring, specific clinical features of parental depression were identified that may serve as useful markers of current and/or future offspring depression risk. These included a recent episode of clinical depression, an episode involving severe impairment or hospitalisation and symptoms of appetite or weight loss. In addition, findings from this thesis highlight that there is considerable variability in the course of parent depression over time and suggest that any persistent symptoms of depression in parents, even those at low levels, may be clinically important in indexing offspring risk for depression symptoms. vi Findings highlight the importance of considering clinical characteristics of depression in parents beyond diagnostic status when examining cross-generational depression risk. The identification of subgroups of offspring who are at greatest risk can help ensure that clinical services and preventative interventions are targeted to those with greatest need.
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Azzopardi, Elayne. "Lived experiences of Maltese parents of young children born with biological risks for intellectual disability." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/313170/.
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Parents of children born with risks for intellectual disability (ID) report emotional upheaval and greater support needs compared to those raising a typically developing child. Exploring these parents’ needs and experiences is critical for the provision of early intervention and/or paediatric services that benefit the whole family. Consequently, this study aimed to explore the experiences and needs of Maltese parents of young children born with biological risks for ID, during the first five years of life. It adopted a cross-sectional qualitative design, using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith et al., 2009). Four groups of parents, (N=37) depending on their children’s age (0;6, 2;0, 3;6 and 5;0 years) were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. Six super-ordinate themes were identified: ‘experiencing is true understanding’, ‘family functioning’, ‘info-emotional cycle’, ‘micro-system sociological framework’, ‘service-needs-resource cycle’ and ‘experiential challenges’. Socio-cultural influences have affected parents’ interpretations of their experiences and needs. Moreover, parents reported that raising an ‘at risk’ child had an impact on their daily life as a family, as a couple and on their individual lifeworld. Maltese parents felt that their needs were not given their due importance by policymakers and professionals. This warrants the incorporation of parents’ needs, together with the needs perceived for their child, in the provision of early intervention and/or paediatric services in Malta. This study also identified parents’ experiential differences as the child grow, highlighting the need for regular re-evaluation of parents’ needs. Recommendations for changes in Maltese family policy, service provision and education of professionals were proposed to reduce parents’ stresses.
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Skelton, Stephanie B. "Health Care Burden of Adoptive and Biological Parents of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337888323.
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Soell, Kurt D. "Spirituality and Depression in Parents with Children in Oncology or Hematology Treatment." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/938.
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The psychological burden of cancer treatment affects not only child patients but also their parents. There is extensive literature on the positive influence of spirituality on the cancer patient. But there is a gap in the literature on the potential healing influence of spirituality on the parent of the cancer or hematology patient. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between spirituality and parents' levels of depression and anxiety during their child's hematological or oncology treatment. Using the transtheoretical model of change, a purposive sample of 48 parents of children undergoing cancer or hematology treatment completed a demographic form and the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES), which was used to divide participants into two groups, spiritual and nonspiritual, based on their median scores. Participants then completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), which were used as indices of psychological resiliency. These data were analyzed using independent samples t tests and ANOVA to determine if scores on the DSES predicted a difference between groups on both the BDI and the BAI. No significant effects were found. In order to clearly identify the role spirituality plays in mediating resiliency for coping with a life-threatening illness, more precise operational definitions and measures for the construct of psychological resiliency are needed. Implications for positive social change include a better understanding of the role spirituality plays in improved psychological resilience in times of medical crisis. Implementing such programs will lead to social change in the manner in which we counsel and approach parents facing this crisis.
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Netzel, Elisabeth. "Det är ett sätt att växa att känna sitt eget värde, att man faktiskt är värd något : En kvalitativ studie om familjehemmens uplevelser av uppdraget." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-25777.
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The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge and a picture of how foster parents perceive their task, the role of the placed children and their biological parents. Even how they perceived their family have been affected by the mandates removal. Consistently showed the most positive experiences with strong ties to the children placed. However, there are experiences of the need for additional guidance, support, education and contact with the client to enhance a sense of competence in the task and prevent collapse. Burnout experienced often based in the placed child's difficulties in integration. That often grounded on the biological mother's lack of acceptance of the placement in the foster home. Aggression based on this lack of acceptance experienced by family homes to be something that the mother in the family home had to respond. By contrast, more children in the family home were something that the family home learns was positive and facilitated the integration of the placement. Furthermore, accountability of the role of foster parents experienced greater than accountability in the biological role of parents.
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De, Villiers Angelique. "The role of the social worker in the reunification of foster children with their biological parents." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21435.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A combination of an exploratory and descriptive study together with an approach containing elements of both the quantitative and qualitative approach was chosen in order to obtain knowledge of and insight into the role of the social worker in the reunification of foster children with their biological parents. The motivation for this study arose from the awareness of the lack of South African literature on the role of the social worker in the reunification of foster children with their biological parents as well as the lack of accessible information about social workers’ use of reconstruction services in the reunification of foster children and biological parents in South Africa. The researcher became aware of this lack in South African literature about family reunification services and programmes delivered during a preliminary search done on the Nexus Data-Base (1999). The aim of the study is therefore to gain a better understanding of how social workers render reconstruction services to contribute to the reunification process of foster children with their biological parents in terms of the Child Care Act 74 of 1983. The literature study first focused on the process and procedures of statutory removal of children within the South African context of the Child Care Act 74 of 1983 to gain a better understanding of the circumstances where the removal of children is justifiable according to the Act. The literature study was also undertaken to gain insight into the decisions social workers make when placing children in foster care as well as the services social workers deliver to foster parents, biological parents and foster children during reconstruction service delivery. The role of the social worker in the delivery of foster care and reconstruction services was explored, where the social development and strengths perspectives have become the norm, guiding social workers to engage in a range of interventions as stipulated in the White Paper for Social Welfare (Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997) and the Integrated Service Delivery Model (2004). he researcher involved 21 social workers in this study who render reconstruction services with both children and their parents in selected non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rendering child and family welfare services in the Strand, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Kuils River and the Department of Social Services in Paarl. The results of the investigation largely confirmed the findings of the literature study namely that a large number of children are removed from parental care (the biological parents), and need reconstruction services from child welfare organizations in South Africa where social workers are the catalysts in rendering such services. Social workers however, due to the lack of sufficient resources such as time and sufficient numbers, do not have the ability to deliver reconstruction services to sustain and enhance the prompt return of children to their biological parents. The results therefore gave a good indication of social workers’ delivery of reconstruction services. Social workers should have their workload reduced, enabling them to provide more therapeutic services to foster children, biological parents and foster families in the foster care process; government should support welfare organizations financially, increasing the probability of welfare organizations to employ more social workers, and thereby increasing the number of social workers rendering reconstruction services; social workers should through cooperation with other welfare organizations deliver foster care services to increase resources such as knowledge and skills to assist foster children and their biological parents in their reunification. The recommendations were aimed at services relating to assessment, prevention and intervention with this vulnerable and marginalized group. The recommendations also included that future research be done in order to focus on the specific reconstruction services that could increase the probability of foster children returning to their biological parents. This may decrease the large number of foster children currently staying in foster care for longer than the restricted period of two years.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ʼn Kombinasie van ʼn verkennende en beskrywende studie, tesame met ʼn benadering wat beginsels van sowel die kwantitatiewe as oor die kwalitatiewe benadering insluit was gekies in ʼn poging om kennis en insig te verkry van die rol van die maatskaplike werker in die hereniging van pleegkinders met hul biologiese ouers. Die motivering vir hierdie studie het na vore gekom na bewuswording van ʼn leemte in Suid-Afrikaanse literatuur oor die rol van die maatskaplike werker in die hereniging van pleegkinders met hul biologiese ouers, insluitende ʼn leemte aan toeganklike inligting aangaande maatskaplike werkers se gebruik van rekonstruksie dienslewering in die hereniging van pleegkinders met hul biologiese ouers. Die navorser het van hierdie leemte in die Suid- Afrikaanse literatuur ten opsigte van familiehereniging dienslewering en die lewering van programme bewus geword tydens ʼn voorondersoek van die Nexus- databasis (1999). Die doel van die studie was dus om inligting in te samel om ʼn beter begrip te ontwikkel van maatskaplike werkers se lewering van rekonstruksie dienste wanneer pleegkinders met hul biologiese ouers herenig word in terme van die Kinderwet, Wet 74 van 1983. Die literatuurstudie het eerstens gefokus op die proses en prosedure van statutêre verwydering van kinders binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks van die Kinderwet nr 74 van 1983. Statutêre verwydering is ondersoek om ʼn beter begrip te ontwikkel van die omstandighede waar statutere verwydering toelaatbaar is met verwysing na die Kinderwet, Wet 74 van 1983. Die literatuurstudie het ook die rol van die maatskaplike werkers in pleegsorg en rekonstruksie dienslewering ingesluit om ʼn beter begrip te verkry van die omstandighede waarin maatskaplike werkers besluite moet neem tydens die plasing van kinders in pleegsorg. Die literatuurstudie het ook gefokus op die rol van maatskaplike werkers tydens pleegsorg en rekonstruksie dienslewering ten einde ʼn beter begrip te ontwikkel van die dienste wat maatskaplike werkers bied aan pleegouers, biologiese ouers en pleegkinders tydens pleegsorg. Die literatuurstudie het ook die rol van die maatskaplike werker in die lewering van pleegsorg en rekonstrukise dienslewering vanuit n maatskaplike ontwikkeling en sterkte perspektief verken ten einde ʼn beter begrip te ontwikkel van die beginsels vir intervensie soos bepaal in die Witskrif vir Welsyn (Departement van Welsyn en Bevolkings ontwikkeling, 1997) en die Geïntegreerde Diensleweringsmodel (2004). Daar is besluit om 21 maatskaplike werkers wat rekonstruksie dienste tydens pleegsorg lewer aan sowel kinders as hul ouers wat van die Strand, Stellenbosch, Somerset-Wes, Kuilsrivier en die Departement van Maatskaplike Dienste in die Paarl afkomstig is, by die studie te betrek. Die resultate van hierdie ondersoek het tot ʼn groot mate die bevindinge van die literatuurstudie bevestig, naamlik dat ʼn hoë persentasie van kinders verwyder word van hulle ouers se sorg. Hierdie biologiese kinders benodig rekonstruksie dienste gelewer deur maatskaplike werkers werksaam in kinder-en gesinsorgorganisasies in Suid-Afrika. Maatskaplike werkers tans werksaam in Suid-Afrika het egter nie genoeg hulpbronne, tyd of die voldoende aantal maatskaplike werkers om effektiewe rekonstruksie dienste te lewer in ʼn poging om die terugkeer van kinders na hul biologiese ouers vol te hou en aan te moedig nie. Die resultate van die studie het dus ʼn aanduiding gegee van maatskaplike werkers se vermoë om rekonstruksie dienste vir pleegkinders en hul biologiese ouers te lewer: maatskaplike werkers se werklading moet verlig word om hulle in staat te stel om meer terapeutiese dienste te lewer in pleegsorg; die regering behoort maatskaplike werkorganisasies finansieël te ondersteun, wat die waarskynlikheid van welsynsorganisasies om meer maatskaplike werkers in diens te neem verhoog, en dus tot ʼn toename sal lei in die persentasie van maatskaplike werkers wat rekonstruksie dienste lewer; maatskaplike werkers behoort deur samewerking met ander welsynsorganisasies die beskikbaarheid en effektiwiteit van hulpbronne soos kennis en vaardighede tydens rekonstruksie-dienslewering aan kinders in pleegsorg en hul biolgiese ou Die aanbevelings het gefokus op dienste wat verband hou met assessering, voorkoming en intervensie met hierdie kwesbare kinders in pleegsorg en hul biologiese ouers. Die aanbevelings sluit in dat vêrdere navorsing gedoen word ten einde die fokus te plaas op spesifieke rekonstruksie- dienste wat die waarskynlikhied van pleegkinders se terugkeer na hul ouers sal verhoog. Dit hou die moontlikheid in dat die hoë persentasie pleegkinders wat vir langer as die beperkte tydperk van twee jaar in pleegsorg bly, verlaag sal word.
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Hoepfner, Hendrik Gustav. "Die betekenis van die Vaderskap van God in die pastorale begeleiding van aangenome kinders / Hendrik Gustav Hoepfner." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3665.
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This study focuses on the meaning of the Fatherhood of God in the counselling of the adoptee. A study of relevant literature has shown that the metaphor "God the Father" is seldom incorporated in pastoral counselling. This study explores the possibility of successfully incorporating the concept "Fatherhood of God" in the counselling of the adoptee. In order to do so, the perspectives of the basis theory and metatheory have been investigated. The basis theory has been developed through an exegetical study of Old Testament verses that speak explicitly of the Fatherhood of God, as well as the three Abba-texts of the New Testament. This indicates that the covenant is closely related to the Fatherhood of God. The metatheory has been developed after studying literature regarding adoption from the perspective of other disciplines. The matters identity, rejection and loss have been shown as significant issues in the life of the adoptee. An empirical study has been done in addition to the basis- and metatheory. This investigation has brought to light that the adoptee does in general sense not connect the concept "Fatherhood of God" to his adoption. In order to develop an own model, different existing models have been investigated. Thus it was decided to use the model of Eyrich and Hines as guideline. A model has been developed and proposed that successfully incorporates the research findings of this study. It seems that the concept "Fatherhood" of God can be successfully utilised in the pastoral counselling of the adoptee, especially regarding the issues of identity, rejection and loss.Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Smith, Lauren A. "School-Based Support for Foster Families: Understanding the Experiences and Needs of the Biological Children of Foster Parents." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1624280793277224.
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Bleininger, Melissa S. Bleininger. "An Examination of Self-Control and the Family Structure." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1462455646.
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Kison, Saarah. "Relationships of combined parenting styles of step and biological parents in stepfamily relationship formation and emerging adult stepchildren's adjustment." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/450.
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Previous stepfamily research suggested that the parenting styles of biological parents and stepparents are related to children's behavioral adjustment. Scant research also provided evidence of the significance of combined parenting styles on emerging adults' behavioral adjustment. In conjunction with this literature, the scope of the current study served four purposes. First, the current study examined the degree to which parenting styles predict emerging adults' behavioral adjustment. Second, the degree to which biological parent and stepparent parenting styles predict the emerging adult-biological parent and stepparent relationships was examined. Third, the degree to which the emerging adult-biological parent and stepparent relationships predict adjustment was examined. Fourth, emerging adult-biological parent and stepparent relationships were examined as mediators in the relationship between parenting styles and emerging adults' adjustment. As part of this study, 100 emerging adults who were enrolled in a psychology course at the University of Central Florida were given a series of questionnaires regarding the variables of interest (i.e., parenting style, stepparenting style, biological parent-emerging adult relationships, stepparent-emerging adult relationships, and emerging adults' adjustment). Results of this study provided confirmation of previously held notions that both parenting styles and relationships are predictors of emerging adults' adjustment. Additionally, this study contributes new information concerning the significance of combined parenting styles and the use of parent-emerging adult relationships as a mediator between an authoritative parenting style and emerging adults' adjustment.B.S.
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Breytenbach, Bianca. "The utilisation of support groups for non-biological caregivers of children with FASD." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96934.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Non-biological caregivers often take children into their care when their own biological caregivers have failed to provide them with a safe and loving home. These children are often also affected with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Learning of a child’s disability can be a big shock to non-biological caregivers especially if it is misunderstood, available professional help is scarce and intervention resources are not readily available. These non-biological caregivers are often not prepared for the financial, emotional and physical investment that is required to fully support the children and their development. This can cause various emotional reactions and implications that are challenging for the caregivers. It is critical to recognise parenting experiences and challenges as a means of developing and promoting intervention strategies and support that will respond to the needs of the children with FASD and their non-biological caregivers especially from a South African perspective. There is a need for social workers to take on responsibility for addressing FASD as they have the professional capacity to help families living with FASD to develop and maintain stable and nurturing households. One way in which this can be achieved is through the initiation and facilitation of support groups. The goal of the study was to gain an understanding on the experiences of non-biological caregivers of children with FASD and of the utilisation of support groups to help them cope better. The researcher made use of a combination of an exploratory and descriptive research design. By using both a quantitative and qualitative approach in a complimentary manner, the researcher was able to gain an in depth insight into the lives of the non-biological caregivers and how they experience this disability and support groups that are utilised as a means of helping them cope. Permission to conduct the study was granted by the committee for Human Research at the University of Stellenbosch. The literature study firstly investigated the implication of FASD on affected children. Secondly, the extents to which non-biological caregivers are affected by the consequences of this disability were discussed. After this the utilisation of support groups as a method of supporting non-biological caregivers, with the emphasis on a mutual-aid and educational approach as theoretical underpinning was described. The empirical study was completed with 16 participants through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. An interview schedule based on the findings of the literature study was utilised. The criteria for inclusion were that participants had to have attended at least 5 support group sessions and had to be a non-biological caregiver of FASD children who had attended the support groups specifically related to this disorder. The results of this study mostly confirmed the findings from the literature study which showed that support groups play a vital role in providing necessary support to non-biological caregivers who are often unprepared for the realities of caring for a FASD child. Recommendations are aimed at the social work profession in South Africa who need to align itself in providing necessary support to non-biological caregivers through the use of support groups and various other methods of service rendering. Suggestions for future research are also made in line with how non-biological caregivers can be supported in their unique caregiver responsibilities.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie-biologiese versorgers neem dikwels kinders in hul sorg wanneer kinders se biologiese ouers versuim om vir hulle ‘n veilige en liefdevolle huis en omgewing te skep. Hierdie kinders kan ook ly aan of geaffekteer word deur Fetale Alkohol Spektrum Versteuring (FASV). Dit kan ‘n groot skok wees wanneer versorgers uitvind dat die kind geaffekteer is daardeur, veral as hierdie versteuring misverstaan word. Professionele hulp is skaars, en intervensies en hulpbronne is nie vryelik beskikbaar nie. Versorgers is dikwels nie voorbereid op die finansiële, emosionele en fisiese eise wat nodig is om ten volle die kind se ontwikkeling te ondersteun nie. Dit kan dit lei tot verskillende emosionele reaksies met verskeie gevolge wat opsigself ook verskeie uitdagings vir die nie- biologiese versorgers veroorsaak. Dit is van kritieke belang om die ervarings en uitdagings van ouerskap te verken in die bevordering en ontwikkeling van intervensiestrategieë ter ondersteuning van die behoeftes van die kinders met FASV en hul versorgers, veral vanuit ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief. Daar word vereis van maatskaplike werkers om verantwoordelikheid te neem vir die aanspreek van FASV, aangesien hulle die professionele kapasiteit het om families wat geaffekteer is te help, en om hulle by te staan sodat ‘n stabiele en koesterende huishouding ontwikkel en volgehou kan word. Een manier waarop dit bereik kan word, is deur die vestiging en fasilitering van ondersteuningsgroepe. Die doel van hierdie studie was om ‘n begrip te ontwikkel oor die ervarings van nie-biologiese versorgers van kinders met FASV se benutting van ondersteuningsgroepe. Die navorser het gebruik gemaak van ‘n kombinasie van ‘n verkennende en beskrywende navorsing. Deur die gebruik van beide ʼn kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe benadering, is die navorser in staat gestel om ‘n indiepte insig in die lewens van die versorgers te bekom, en ondersoek in te stel oor hul ervarings van die versteuring/gestremdheid deur ondersteuningsgroepe wat as intervensie aangewend is. Toestemming om die studie te doen is deur die Etiese Komitee vir Menslike Navorsing aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch bekom. Eerstens is die literatuurstudie voltooi waarin die navorser ondersoek ingestel het oor die implikasies van FASV op geaffekteerde kinders. Tweedens is daar bespreek hoe nie-biologiese versorgers geraak word deur die gevolge van hierdie versteuring/gestremdheid. Daarna is ondersteuningsgroepe as ‘n metode van ondersteuning aan versorgers ondersoek, en klem is gelê op ‘n wedersydse hulpbenadering en ‘n opvoedkundige benadering as teoretiese grondslag. Die empiriese studie is voltooi met 16 deelnemers deur middel van individuele, een-tot-een, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude. ‘n Onderhoudskedule, wat gebaseer is op die bevindinge van die literatuurstudie, is gebruik. Die kriteria vir deelname aan die studie en groep het ingesluit dat deelnemers ten minste vyf sessies van ‘n ondersteuningsgroep moes bywoon en ook ‘n pleegouer wees van ‘n FASV kind. Die resultate van hierdie studie het meestal die bevindinge uit die literatuurstudie bevestig en het getoon dat ondersteuningsgroepe ‘n belangrike rol speel in ondersteuning aan nie-biologiese versorgers, wat dikwels onvoorbereid is op die werklike problematiek van die versorging van ‘n kind met FASV. Aanbevelings word gerig aan die maatskaplikewerk-professie in Suid-Afrika, ten einde ondersteuningsgroepe en ander metodes van dienslewering te bied, ter ondersteuning aan die versorgers van FASV kinders. Voorstelle vir verdere navorsing word ook gemaak sodat daar ‘n ondersteuningsnetwerk opgebou kan word vir die versorgers van ‘n FASV kind ten einde aan hulle unieke versorgingsbehoeftes te voorsien.
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Collins, Lindsay M. "Behavioral indicators of schizotype in the biological parents of social anhedonics: a preliminary examination of the familiality of schizotypal signs." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2581.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Lawton, Kirstie. "The impact of a healthy eating intervention : a comparative, longitudinal observation of dietary intake, knowledge and behaviour in council sector nursery school children and their parents in Edinburgh." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2016. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7376.
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Good nutrition is essential for optimal growth and functional development in children. Research indicates that the preschool years are essential for encouraging children to develop a taste for healthy food. Scotland’s obesity rates are amongst the highest in the world, and in areas of low socio-economic status, obesity and related conditions are considered to be most prevalent. It is also widely reported that areas of deprivation are related to poor dietary intake. In 2004, Edinburgh Community Food Initiative (ECFI) was responsible for initiatives that were based on ECFI’s ‘provide and promote’ philosophy, combining health promotion activities with the provision of fresh fruit and vegetables to schools, child and family centres and community centres in the most disadvantaged communities of Edinburgh. Funding was acquired from the Big Lottery Fund to initiate a citywide health initiative in the nursery school setting called ‘the Pip Project’. The aim of this research was to identify dietary intake at baseline in pre-school children and their parents from council sector nurseries, and to observe changes in dietary intake and behaviour over a period of 20 months, comparing dietary intake of children and their parents from areas of lower socio-economic status who received the Pip project interventions to those from areas of higher socio-economic status, who did not. Dietary intake was recorded using a 5 day diet diary at three time points; prior to nursery school attendance (August 2005), at completion of year one (June 2006), and two months prior to leaving nursery (April 2007). A questionnaire was also completed to determine knowledge and dietary behaviour at baseline (August 2005) and at the end of the research period (April 2007). Baseline intake was compared to the National Diet and Nutrition Surveys for adults and for children aged 1.5 to 4.5 years, the Payne and Belton Edinburgh preschool dietary survey, the Food Standards Agency Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, and the standards devised by UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition (SACN). Results at baseline were comparable to results from other national surveys. Research indicated that all adults were aware of the 5 a day message and 80 % thought that 400 g was ‘just right’ or ‘not enough’. Adults, and particularly those from the lower SES group, had clear knowledge of what constituted one portion of fruit or vegetables and did not report any barriers to healthy eating, however at baseline fruit and vegetable intake was 260 g/d, which was significantly lower (p = < 0.05) than the recommended 400 g/d and intakes were significantly less (p = < 0.05) in the lower SES group (219.5 g/d compared with 297.5 g/d in the higher SES group). Minimal increase was seen in fruit and vegetable intake of adults from the lower SES group, who consumed significantly less (p = < 0.05) than adults from the higher SES group by the end of the 20 month research period; children from the lower SES increased their intake by 1 portion (82 g) per day but still consumed less than the children from the higher SES group by stage 3 (203 g/d compared to 253 g/d). At baseline, the diet was balanced for adults and children in terms of % energy from CHO and fat, but mean intakes of both NME sugar and saturated fat were greater than the recommended maximum intake of 11 % total food energy. Mean intake NME sugar in children was 17.9 %; intakes were greater in the higher SES group (19.5 % compared to 16.6 %). Mean intakes were also significantly greater (p = < 0.05) in the parents from the higher SES group (15.2 % compared to 11 %). Mean intakes of NME sugar in parents decreased in both groups over the 18-month duration of the study but mean intakes in children remained high throughout the research period. Saturated fat intakes increased in adults from both SES groups, but were higher in the lower SES group at all stages. There was no change in mean saturated fat intake over time in children from the higher SES group, but mean intake decreased in children from the lower SES group (from 16.2 % to 14.1 %). Mean intake of NSP increased in both parents and children, but remained below the recommended 18 g/d throughout the study. With the exception of iron, mean intakes of all micronutrients for parents were greater than the RNI in both groups. Iron intake was lower than the RNI (14.8 mg/d) at all stages. At baseline intakes were lowest in the lower SES group (9.3 mg/d compared to 11.4 mg/d); 11 participants consumed less than the LRNI (8 mg/d), eight of whom from the lower SES group (73 % of participants). Mean intakes increased in the lower SES group by 3.7 mg/d over the duration of the study but neither group reached the RNI at any stage. At baseline, children met the RNI for all micronutrients, and there were no significant differences between groups. Overall the diet of children, particularly from the lower SES group, improved over the duration of the study, although salt and NME sugar intake did not decrease over time. Further research is required to investigate the best methods to improve diet in families with young children, with particular emphasis on reducing % energy from NME sugar and saturated fat, reducing salt intake and increasing fruit, vegetable and NSP intake.
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Wretman, Maria. "Hur påverkas ens uppväxt och vuxenliv av att man växt upp i ett familjehem? : en kvalitativ intervjustudie där fyra vuxna tidigare familjehemsplacerade reflekterar över de erfarenheter och upplevelser placeringen medfört." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Social Work, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7090.
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The purpose of this study was to give a picture of how some adults, who earlier was placed in foster homecare, experience that their childhood have affected them during their life. I also wanted to see how the relationship to the biological family has been and developed during the placement. The study has also purposed to receive a deeper knowledge of how it could be to grow up in foster care. To make the purpose of this study complete I chose to use qualitative interviews as a research method. Four adults who earlier were placed in foster homecare have participated in this study. When I analyzed the results I also looked at earlier research, attachment theory and developmental ecology theory. One conclusion of the study was that the engagement the foster parents have reflects the quality and the future for the children. The foster parents must be able to win the children’s trust so they can attach and find a secured base to develop from. Finally the study showed that all of the interviewed people thought that it had been safe to grow up in a foster family and that they during their childhood saw their family as a “normal family”.
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Martin, Marika Lelang. "AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD MARRIAGE." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1050092611.
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Persson, Susann, and Carina Åkesson. ""Glöm inte bort föräldrarna, barnen är inte dina!" : En kvalitativ studie angående fosterföräldrarnas syn på samarbetet med de biologiska föräldrarna." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-5258.
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Familjehemsplaceringar är en viktig insats i den sociala barnavården. Efterfrågan på familjehem är stor medan svårigheterna att rekrytera nya familjehem ökar. Synen på familjehemsvården har förändrats från att ha varit ett permanent ersättningshem till att bli ett kompletterande hem för barnet. Detta innebär att det placerade barnet skall uppmuntras till att ha kontakt och umgänge med de biologiska föräldrarna och målet är att barnet skall flytta hem. Detta innebär att fosterföräldrarna skall samarbeta med barnets biologiska föräldrar. Syftet med denna studie är att förstå hur fosterföräldrarna upplevde sin roll, och hur de samarbetade med de biologiska föräldrarna och vilken roll socialtjänsten hade i detta samarbete. För att få svar på detta så gjorde vi kvalitativa intervjuer med åtta familjehem. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt har vi valt Goffmans (2006) dramaturgiska perspektiv som belyser samspelet mellan olika aktörer. Fosterföräldrarna upplevde att de hade höga krav på sig själva, socialtjänsten och allmänheten. Resultatet visade att respondenterna hade olika erfarenheter, både positiva och negativa, av samarbetet med de biologiska föräldrarna och socialtjänsten. Fosterföräldrarna påtalade att det många gånger var problematiskt att samarbeta med de biologiska föräldrarna och att socialtjänsten hade stor betydelse för att samarbetet skulle bli bra. Fosterfamiljerna lyfte fram att de upplevde det svårt att få en kontinuerlig kontakt med sina socialsekreterare.
Family home placement plays a contributing roll in social childcare. The demand is great for family homes and the need in finding new homes is ever increasing. The way in which family homecare is looked upon has changed and it is no longer regarded as a permanent replacement home but instead as a complementary home for the child. This means that the child who is placed in a family home must be encouraged to have contact and spend time with the biological parents in the aim that the child will return home. Therefore cooperation is necessary between foster parents and the child's biological parents. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the foster parents see their roll and how they interact with the biological parents, as well as the cooperation they receive from social services. In order to answer these questions we have implemented qualitative interviews with eight family homes. We chose to use Goffman's dramaturgical perspective as our theoretical basis in order to highlight the interplay between the different actors. Foster parents felt that they had high expectations of themselves, of the social workers and of the general public. The results of this study show that the respondents had different experiences, both positive and negative in regard to cooperation between the biological parents and the social services. Foster parents complained of difficulties working with the biological parents and that the social services played an important roll in making sure that cooperation between both parties was achieved. Foster families revealed that they found it difficult to uphold regular contact with their social secretary.
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Axell, Paola. "Man har henne bara till låns : Adoptivföräldrars förhållningssätt till föräldraskapet och sina barns biologiska ursprung." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-43312.
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The aim of this study was to examine how adoptive parents related to parenting and how they related to their children’s biological origin. Issues that were used were how adoptive parents described their own parenting, how they described their own thoughts about their children eventually wanting to search their biological origin and how adoptive parents described the child´s country of birth attitudes towards adoptees wishes to search their biological origin. The method used was qualitative research interviews. The theory that was used for analyzing the collected data was attachment theory. Results from the study showed that the interviewees had different opinions on how adoptive parenting was understood. The varying interview answers from the interviewees show that there is no general picture of what is specific to be an adoptive parent compared to a biological parent. At the same time, the data shows that all interviewees had experienced specific situations about their parenting that distinguishes them as adoptive parents. The results also showed that the adoptive parents are very positive about their children biological origin. Furthermore, results also showed that attitudes towards adoptees wishes to search their biological origin vary depending on the country of birth.
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Bishop, Tracey. "An evaluation of the Autism, Emotional Well-being and Adolescence programme : a locally developed psychoeducation intervention for parents of young people with autism." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55060/.
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Introduction: Promoting the mental health of young people is identified as a key priority in the United Kingdom (Department of Health & Department for Education, 2017). Particular groups in the population are at an increased risk of poorer mental health outcomes, for example, it is known that there is a high comorbidity between autism and mental health conditions, with an increase in prevalence around adolescence (de Bruin, Ferdinand, Meester, de Nijs & Verheij, 2006). Consequently, there has been a call for research that explores approaches to support the management of emotional issues for people with autism (Pellicano, Dinsmore & Charman, 2014). In response, this study presents the first evaluation of the Autism, Emotional Well-being and Adolescence (AEWA) psychoeducation programme for families of children with autism. The programme aims to develop parents' understanding of emotional wellbeing and how to promote it, with a particular focus on adolescence. Method: A mixed methods approach was used in the study. The quantitative aspect of the study utilised a quasi-experimental pre- and post-design to explore the relationship between the AEWA programme and parents' perceived knowledge and confidence. Data was collected from nine participants in the experimental group and ten participants in the wait-list control group using a specifically constructed measure. The qualitative design involved exploring patterns in the experiences of six participants who attended the AEWA programme, using thematic analysis on the data gathered in semi-structured interviews. Results: The quantitative results suggested that attending the AEWA programme leads to an increase in parents' perceived knowledge and confidence in their ability to meet the emotional well-being needs of their child with autism, through the potential challenges of adolescence. These results were supported by the qualitative findings. The thematic analysis results suggest that participants valued the content of the programme, the structure and approach to delivery and the opportunity to come together offered by the programme. It was also suggested that following the AEWA programme, participants experienced some changes and challenges. Conclusion: The evidence suggests a psychoeducation programme aimed at parents of children with autism, focusing on emotional well-being and challenges in adolescence, can have a positive impact on parents. This has the potential to support the developmental context of individuals with autism, as they grow older and the challenges change. Given these finding and considering the methodological limitations identified in this study, it appears research would benefit from further investigation in this area.
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Högberg, Ulrika, and Maria Åberg. "Familjehemsdynamik : Familjehemsföräldrars upplevda påverkan på den egna familjen i uppdraget som familjehem." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för psykologi och organisationsstudier, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-7335.
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Studien gjordes i syfte att undersöka hur familjehemsföräldrar kan uppleva att deras uppdrag som familjehem påverkar dem själva, deras biologiska barn och deras relationer. Fokusgruppsintervjuer genomfördes med två grupper innehållande fem familjehemsföräldrar i varje grupp. Fokusgrupperna bestod av fem kvinnor och fem män emellan 33 och 61 år. En intervjuguide och en mindre enkät skapades och användes under intervjuerna som spelades in på ljudfiler. Databearbetningen bestod av en fenomenologisk, hermeneutisk analysmetod. Analysen gav tre slutliga teman: kommunikationens betydelse inom familjehemmet och i dess kontakt med omvärlden utanför hemmet; familjehemsuppdragets positiva och negativa påverkan på grundfamiljens relationer inom och utom familjen och familjehemsuppdragets positiva och negativa effekter på personlig och psykologisk utveckling hos föräldrar och biologiska barn i familjehem. Kommunikation och är ett centralt begrepp i livsvärlden för de i studien deltagande familjehemsföräldrarna. Relationer och psykologisk utveckling påverkas både positiv och negativt. Resultaten i studien är i linje med tidigare forskning och kommunikation, gränssättning och empati visade sig vara användbara verktyg i uppdraget som familjehem för föräldrarna i studien. Uppsatsen generar en modell som fick namnet Familjehemsdynamik. Modellen beskriver vilka effekter uppdraget som familjehem kan ha på individerna i grundfamiljen.The study was done in order to investigate how foster parents experience how foster care affects themselves, their biological children and their relationships. Focus group interviews were conducted with two groups of five foster parents in each group. The focus groups consisted of five women and five men between 33 and 61 years old. An interview guide and a smaller survey was created and used during the interviews that were recorded on audio files. Data processing consisted of a phenomenological, hermeneutic analysis. The analysis gave three final themes: the importance of communication within the foster home and in their contact with the world outside the home; the impact of foster care on the biological children and their parents' relations within and outside the foster home and the positive and negative impact on personal and psychological development on parents and biological children in foster homes. Communication is a central concept in the foster carers everyday life. Relationships and psychological development is influenced both positively and negatively. The results of the study are in line with previous research. Communication, boundaries and empathy are key elements in foster care. The paper generated a model named Fostering care family dynamics. The model describes potential effects of fostering on the individuals in the biological family.
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Goldfarb, Megan A. "Parental Stress, Anxiety, and Depression and Child Emotional Intelligence in Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2504.
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Children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) have serious medical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms that are stressful to their parents. Higher general intelligence quotients (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EI) in children could allay parental stress. Self-reported stress, anxiety, and depression were measured in parents of children with 22q11.2DS (n=42) and a healthy control group (n=20) in relation to children’s IQ and EI. Children with 22q1.2DS had lower IQ and EI scores. Parental groups did not differ in their reported stress, anxiety, or depression. Children’s IQ and EI levels did not relate to parental measures of affect even in the 22q11.2DS group. Based on these families at this measurement point, it appears that parents are coping well with the challenges of raising a child with a complex neurodevelopmental disorder and that IQ and EI do not play a significant role in parental affect. Further interpretation and future directions are discussed.
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Syrotchen, Branden D. "Stress, Social Support, and Mindfulness in Parents of Children with Neurodevelopmental Deficits: A Quantitative Analysis." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6686.
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Parenting children with neurodevelopmental deficits (NDDs) is very stressful, more so than the parenting of typically developing children. There is considerable research on the topic of chronic stress experienced by caregivers; however, less is understood of parental stress experienced when raising children with NDDs. The purpose of this study was to examine how parental traits and habits, in the forms of mindfulness and social support levels, affect this cohort's general stress levels. The study was guided by Self-Determination Theory, which explored how parental acts could be classified along a continuum of being intrinsically or extrinsically derived. A convenience sample of parents (n =71) with a child diagnosed with at least one NDD were recruited from online support groups on Facebook. The participants fully completed the Parental Stress Scale to measure parental stress, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale to measure trait mindfulness, and the Family Support Scale to quantify social support to the family. Correlation analysis and multilinear regression analysis were used to determine that higher levels of social support and mindfulness in the participants predicted lower levels of perceived parental stress; the model was statistically significant, R²=.284, F(2,68)=13.504.p<.001. As a set, the two predictors accounted for 28.4% of the variation in stress. This study helps to promote positive social change by providing informing data on population-specific research, which can assist in the development of empirically supported treatments that could be used by professionals and paraprofessionals in treatment planning, therapies, and psychoeducational interventions.
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Ntshongwana, Zintle. "Biological children's experiences and perceptions about having foster children in their households: a case study of Zwelitsha township." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/3033.
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Most research studies focus on foster children or foster parents, there is dearth of research on the impact of fostering on biological children. This aim of this study was to fill the gap in the literature regarding the experiences of biological children sharing a home with foster children. It also investigated how biological children perceive foster care and challenges encountered by children under foster care. This was achieved through a qualitative research approach. The study was conducted at Zwelitsha Township in King Williams Town. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with thirty biological children of foster parents and ten social workers in practice. Two focus group discussions were held with twenty foster parents. A focus group discussion guide was used in collecting information during the discussions. Purposive sampling was used in the study and data was analysed according to themes. The major findings revealed that fostering has both positive and negative impacts on biological children and the foster family. Biological children find foster care placement as helpful to children whose parents cannot provide care and protection for children. They gain and learn new knowledge through fostering and are happy about their new siblings in the family since they have companionship. On the other hand, minority of biological children were ambivalent about foster care as they were uncertain between altruistic feelings of making a difference in the lives of needy children against the negative outcomes of fostering. One biological child was negative about foster care. This participant did not like the idea of fostering and did not describe any personal positive outcomes resulting from his fostering experiences. The findings revealed that biological children are unable to voice out their views and ideas regarding foster care placement. The findings also revealed that biological children are not passive observers on how fostering influences their daily lives. Instead, they use strategies to influence fostering processes, especially to protect their foster siblings for the fostering process to be successful, while also having feelings of responsibility for their foster siblings. The findings further suggest that despite the complex nature of the fostering task, professionals should recognise and acknowledge the input of biological children to fostering. It is, therefore, suggested more training should be provided to foster parents to continually include the opinions of their own children in fostering decisions.
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Brandaro, Nicola. "How do people with autistic spectrum disorder experience their relationships with others? ; and, Can adults with Asperger's syndrome learn about positive attachment behavious between parents and young babies through the use of a DVD?" Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6187/.
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Volume 1 contains a literature review, an empirical paper, and a public dissemination document. The literature review explores how people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience their relationships with others. The results showed that compared with the general population, children and adolescents perceive their friendship quality to be lower and adults with ASD perceive their marital and parent-child relationships to be the same. A number of strategies are used by people with ASD to facilitate the development of relationships and other people also use strategies for this reason. Furthermore, people with ASD report a number of personal qualities that serve to either facilitate or inhibit the development of relationships. The empirical paper explores how much people with Asperger's syndrome understand about positive attachment behaviours between parents and young babies and whether this knowledge can be increased through the use of a DVD. Trait emotional intelligence, IQ and level of autistic symptomatology are explored as predicting factors. A significant increase in knowledge of positive attachment behaviours was observed at post intervention. This was maintained at follow-up. This significant increase in knowledge occurred for the total knowledge score as well as for four out of the seven attachment questions. Trait emotional intelligence, IQ and autistic symptomatology did not predict pre-intervention knowledge or increase in knowledge. The results of both papers are discussed within the context of previous research and clinical implications are considered. Volume 2 contains five clinical practice reports; Psychological Models, Service Evaluation, Single Case Experimental Design and two Case Studies.
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Strömberg, Anna, and Kerstin Hellman. "Glöm inte barnens föräldrar! : En kvalitativ studie om hur familjehemsföräldrar uppfattar relationen till placerade barns biologiska föräldrar." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8992.
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Syftet med den här studien har varit att undersöka familjehemsföräldrars relation till placerade barns biologiska föräldrar, det stöd familjehemsföräldrar upplever att de får eller saknar i relationen till de biologiska föräldrarna samt hur det stödet påverkar de placerade barnen. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer med 14 familjehemsföräldrar från 11 familjehem, från olika kommuner i Södra delen av Sverige, för att få svar på vårt syfte och våra frågeställningar. Vi har sedan analyserat empirin och det resultatet visar är att majoriteten av familjehemsföräldrarna i vår studie är positiva till att ha en relation till de biologiska föräldrarna men att de saknar stöd i den, ofta svåra, relationen. Det som också framkommer i vårt resultat är att familjehemsföräldrarna är överens om vilket stöd de skulle önska för att få till en fungerande relation och att relationen till de biologiska föräldrarna fungerar bättre för de familjehemsföräldrar som har stor erfarenhet av att vara familjehem. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt för vår analys av intervjuerna har vi valt ekologisk systemteori och socialkonstruktionism.The purpose of this study has been to research foster parents' relationship to the biological parents of foster children, the support foster parents receive or lack from the social workers in the relationship to the biological parents and how that support affects the children. We have used a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews with 14 foster parents from 11 foster homes, from different municipalities in the southern part of Sweden, to get answers to our purpose and our questions. We have then analyzed the empirical data and the results show that the majority of the foster parents in our study are positive about having a relationship with the biological parents but that they lack support in the, often difficult, relationship. What also emerges in our result is that the foster parents agree on what support they would like to have in a functioning relationship and that the relationship with the biological parents works better for the foster parents who have extensive experience of being a foster home. As a theoretical starting point for our analysis of the interviews, we have chosen ecological systems theory and social constructionism.
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Dahlbom, Annie. "Att leva med bonussyskon : Om de biologiska barnens situation i familjehemmen." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-193073.
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Uppsatsen "Att leva med bonussyskon – Om de biologiska barnens situation i familjehemmen" ur ett föräldra- samt professionellt perspektiv är utförd och skriven av Annie Dahlbom. Denna studie syftar till att få kunskap om de biologiska barnens situation och behov i familjehemmen. Följande frågeställningar har ställts : Hur ser familjehemsföräldrar och familjehemssekreterare på de biologiska barnens delaktighet och roll? Vilka upplevelser och erfarenheter får biologiska barn i och med familjens uppdrag? Har biologiska barn ett behov av stöd och hjälp för sin egen del och i så fall hur? Denna studie är av kvalitativ karaktär och bygger på semistrukturerade intervjuer med familjehemssekreterare samt familjehemsföräldrar. Studiens resultat visar att biologiska barn i familjehem anses ha en betydelsefull roll för uppdraget och är i hög grad delaktiga i den dagliga vården av det placerade barnet. Familjehemmets egna barn har ingen delaktighet vid möten eller i kontakten med socialtjänsten. Upplevelserna av att fungera som familjehem är av både positiv och negativ karaktär där förlorad tid med föräldrar samt goda och nyttiga kunskaper är exempel på sådana. Samtliga informanter tror att någon form av gruppverksamhet skulle vara ett bra forum för de biologiska barnen.This essey "living with bonus siblings- Biological children’s situation within their family’s work as a foster family" have been written and executed by Annie Dahlbom. The purpose of this essay is to understand the biological situation within their family’s work as a foster family. How will the biological children react on their family’s mission? I want to gain knowledge about how these children’s participation takes place within the separate parts of their family’s work. Is there a need for shoring and help for foster homes own children according to their situation? The following questions have been asked to fulfill the purpose of this study: How do foster parents and professionals describe the biological children's participation and role? What experiences have biological children in the family's mission? Have biological children need support and help for their own part, and if so, how? This study is qualitative in nature and based on semi-structured interviews with professionals and foster parents.The results demonstrate that the biological children of the foster family have a significant role in the mission and is heavily involved in the daily care of the child is placed. The foster family’s own children have no involvement in meetings or in contact with social services. The experiences of serving as foster homes are both positive and negative character where lost time with parents as well as good and useful knowledge is examples of such. All respondents believe that some form of group activity would be a good forum for the biological children.
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Batista, ?lvaro da Costa. "Aus?ncia do pai ao longo do desenvolvimento ontogen?tico e indicadores de desconto de futuro: uma contribui??o da psicologia evolucionista." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17306.
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The new Evolutionary Psychology (E. P.) paradigm has been trying to understand how the human beings make their decisions over time regarding the most diverse variables, always bearing in mind that such a cognitive process is due to a complex natural selection process that occurred millions of years ago. One of the main topics discussed by this new paradigm is the issue of parental investment, i.e., the care the parents provide to an offspring at the expense of the investment into a new one. The present work sought to integrate these two topics, trying to understand how some variables modulate the process of decision making in a sample of the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state. It was investigated the hypothesis that the presence of both parents, along the individual development, could signal a more favorable environment, providing clues to the individual that he could assume a competitive position at the socio-biological market. His decisions, therefore, could be guided by long-term investments with aims to obtain more robust rewards. On the contrary, those who has suffered for some moment the absence of one the parents could develop theirselves in a not so competitive way, starting to choose immediate benefits - but lesser ones -, since the future would be less predictable due to their worse development conditions. This study involved 152 individuals from three higher education institutions, one of them being public and the others being private ones. In the results found, there was no difference between children of coupled parents and children of deceased or divorced parents concerning discount rates. The levels of hopelessness did not affect the discount rates of children of single parents when compared to children of coupled parents. Not having one of the parents because of divorce made the child to tend to present lower scores in the domain of social relations of WHOQOL - Bref, whilst the absence of the father by death made the scores lower in the domain of environment. The results indicate that loosing one of the parents along the development influences the individual's quality of life perception, but the measurement method of future discounting rates by means of financial choices is not sensitive to this variation
O novo paradigma da Psicologia Evolucionista (P.E.) vem tentando compreender como os seres humanos tomam suas decis?es ao longo do tempo levando em conta as mais diversas vari?veis, tendo sempre em mente que tal processo cognitivo ? tribut?rio de um complexo processo de sele??o natural ocorrido nos milh?es de anos que se passaram. Um dos principais temas discutidos por este novo paradigma ? a quest?o do investimento parental, ou seja, o cuidado fornecido pelos pais a uma prole ?s custas do investimento em outra. O presente trabalho buscou integrar esses dois temas, tentando compreender como algumas vari?veis modulam o processo de tomada de decis?es de uma amostra do munic?pio de Natal, Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Investigou-se a hip?tese de que a presen?a de ambos os pais, ao longo de desenvolvimento individual, poderia sinalizar um ambiente mais favor?vel, fornecendo ao sujeito pistas de que ele pode assumir uma posi??o competitiva no mercado s?cio-biol?gico. Suas decis?es, portanto, poderiam ser pautadas pelo investimento de longo prazo com vistas ? obten??o de recompensas mais robustas. Ao contr?rio, aquele que em algum momento sofreu a aus?ncia de um dos pais poderia se desenvolver de modo n?o t?o competitivo, passando a escolher benef?cios imediatos, por?m menores, uma vez que o futuro lhe seria menos previs?vel devido ?s suas piores condi??es de desenvolvimento. Neste estudo participaram 152 sujeitos oriundos de tr?s Institui??es de Ensino Superior, sendo uma p?blica e duas privadas. Pelos resultados encontrados n?o houve diferen?a entre filhos de pais unidos e filhos de pais separados ou falecidos no que concerne ?s taxas de desconto. Os n?veis de desesperan?a tamb?m n?o influenciaram as taxas de desconto dos filhos de pais separados nem dos filhos de pais falecidos, quando comparados aos filhos de pais unidos. N?o ter um dos pais por motivo de separa??o fez com que o filho tendesse a apresentar escores mais baixos no dom?nio das rela??es sociais do WHOQOL Bref e quando o pai estava ausente por motivo de falecimento os escores foram mais baixos no dom?nio de meio ambiente. Os resultados indicam que perder um dos pais ao longo do desenvolvimento influencia a percep??o de qualidade de vida do sujeito, mas o m?todo de mensura??o de taxa de desconto de futuro por meio de escolhas financeiras n?o ? sens?vel a essa varia??o
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Hall, Ellie Tiedeman. "Acceptance and use of corporal punishment among parents of biologic and non-biologic children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5223/.
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Objective: Differences between biologic and non-biologic parents' acceptance and use of ordinary corporal punishment and use of explaining/reasoning as a disciplinary tool are examined from a sociobiological theoretical perspective. Method: Cross tabulations are used on data from a national survey conducted by the Gallup Organization in 1995. Results: Contrary to predictions, differences between biologic and non-biologic parents' acceptance of ordinary corporal punishment and the use of explaining/reasoning are not statistically significant. In addition, biologic parents are found to use ordinary corporal punishment significantly more often than non-biologic parents. Conclusions: The sociobiological theoretical perspective likely underestimates the influence of culture and social structure on parent-child interactions.
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West, Hannah E. R. "The evolution of male parental care in mammals." Thesis, University of Hull, 2017. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:16571.
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Males care for offspring across a diverse range of taxa. Why males give up mating opportunities and spend time and energy caring for offspring is unclear, especially when females already provide parental care. The evolutionary drivers for biparental care are currently uncertain, as are the evolutionary consequences of male care on female and offspring fitness. Using modern phylogenetic comparative methods, I test hypotheses on the evolution of biparental care in a sample of over 500 mammalian species while considering the diversity in parental care behaviours. Both male care and monogamy occur in species where levels of paternity are high, but only monogamy associates with reduced investment in sperm competition traits. Male care also has energetic benefits for females and offspring; females have higher fecundity and offspring faster growth in species with biparental care, in support of the ‘load-lightening’ hypothesis. I find strong support for the hypothesis that monogamy drives the evolution of male care but only for behaviours that provide fecundity benefits, while behaviours unrelated to female fecundity may either precede or follow monogamy. However, I find no support for the hypothesis that infanticide by males promotes the evolution of male care. Lastly, I investigate whether care by non-parental helpers exhibit similar associations with life history traits as male care and find that care by helpers associates with increased fecundity, but by influencing different times of the female reproductive cycle. Overall I identify a two-step process of evolution between male care and social monogamy, with care behaviours which do not confer fecundity benefits facilitating the evolution of social monogamy and higher paternity levels, which subsequently promote the evolution of further care behaviours with higher energetic benefits. Thus, this research demonstrates the importance of considering the care behaviour performed, the time of female reproduction at which it is performed, and the identity of the carer, in studies investigating the evolution of parental care.
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Catto, Sarah. "Fluctuating human activity and associated anthropogenic food availability affect behaviour and parental care of Red-winged Starlings." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29429.
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Increased food availability associated with urbanisation is widely recognised as one of the key factors influencing avian demography. Temporal fluctuations in food availability, tied to variation in human presence, are of particular interest as they occur frequently in urban environments, but their impacts on the survival and reproduction of birds have not been particularly well-studied. In this study, I explored whether breeding Red-winged Starlings at a university campus in Cape Town, South Africa alter their behaviour and parental care of nestlings in response to fluctuating numbers of people and associated food over a relatively short timescale. I used data from nest watches and behavioural observations collected during both incubation and nestling periods to test whether differences in food availability due to day status (week days with thousands of students present versus weekends with substantially fewer students) affected a number of behaviours related to parental care. I found that, with less available food on weekends, parent birds appeared to trade off feeding their offspring for maintaining their own energetic requirements, meaning that nestlings received less food on weekends. I also found that parents preferentially fed their nestlings natural food on week days, despite an increased availability of anthropogenic food. This suggests that, with increased food availability, birds in this system may use anthropogenic food to supplement their own diets, allowing them to prioritise the feeding of natural food to their chicks. These results provide evidence that fluctuating food resources impact the behaviour and parental care of starlings, but it is still unclear what effect they have on the individual health of adult birds and their developing young. To further enhance our understanding of some of the ecological implications of urbanisation, future research should prioritise understanding the potential health impacts such a variable urban diet may have on the birds exploiting it.
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Gustman, Brian D. "AN EXAMINATION OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE WORKING MODEL OF THE CHILD INTERVIEW CODING SCHEME WITH BIOLOGICAL MOTHERS WHO HAVE MALTREATED." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_etds/30.
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There are hundreds of thousands of children living in foster care in the United States on any given day. Mental health professionals may be called upon to assist with evaluating the parental capacity of these children’s parents in order to inform reunification decisions. One of the key parental capacity domains to be evaluated is the relationship between parent and child (Schmidt et al., 2007). The Working Model of the Child Interview coding scheme (WMCI; Zeanah et al., 1996) is one tool for evaluating this relationship. There is a significant practice-to-research gap with this measure. To date, no peer-reviewed studies have established the WMCI coding scheme’s psychometric properties; the need for such research with this measure has been cited in the literature (Sprang, Clark, & Bass, 2005).
In this dissertation, the literature was reviewed on attachment theory and internal working models of caregiving, the WMCI and other measures of similar constructs, the importance of establishing a measure’s construct and criterion-validity, and forensic standards for measures. Then, it outlined a series of research questions aimed at exploring the psychometric properties of the WMCI Coding Scheme with mothers who have maltreated. Next, the methodology was described. Based on the results of the 403 biological mothers who completed the WMCI as part of court-appointed evaluations following child maltreatment, the items of the WMCI Coding Scheme were best conceptualized using two-factors: Quality and Content. This finding was consistent with the manual. Significant differences in item-level scores existed for all three WMCI descriptive classifications and for overall factor scores. Due to the instability of the two-item Content factor, this dissertation explored the use of a WMCI Total Score (combining the two factors) and using only the WMCI Quality factor and items. No significant relationships existed between any demographic characteristics and WMCI factor scores. Weak, negative correlations with other measures provided some evidence of convergent validity. In conclusion, some potential clinical/research implications for the WMCI Coding Scheme were made and limitations and future directions were described.
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Pettle, Sharon A. "Secrets about biological parentage : experiences of concealment and revelation : a qualitative study." Thesis, n.p, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Swerhone, Patricia M. "The "artificial family" : adoption, new reproductive technologies, and the dominance of the biologically-based family /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0022/MQ39237.pdf.
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Dias, Thaíse Karla Ribeiro [UNESP]. "Atopozelus opsimus (hemiptera: reduviidae): presas alternativas, comportamento parental e predação sobre pragas exóticas." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/105476.
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dias_tkr_dr_botfca.pdf: 822646 bytes, checksum: d4441c82931838bd4a55f3f8b9ecc7ed (MD5)Predadores da subfamília Harpactorinae são, normalmente, associados à culturas agrícolas como agentes de controle biológico de insetos praga em culturas agrícolas e florestais. Atopozelus opsimus Elkins (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) é predador de Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) e sua efetividade como inimigo natural foi testada apenas em laboratório. A demanda da sociedade por medidas de controle de pragas menos impactantes, como o controle biológico, atualmente é crescente e a busca por inimigos naturais nativos, estudos básicos e aplicados com essas espécies são primordiais para a implementação desse método de controle. Assim a proposta desse trabalho foi determinar aspectos da bioecologia de A. opsimus com presa alternativa (Musca domestica) sob diferentes temperaturas em laboratório, validar a predação em campo sobre G. brimblecombei e seu comportamento predatório e reprodutivo. Esse predador apresentou cinco estádios em todas as temperaturas testadas, com fase ninfal mais longa a 18ºC e mais curta a 30ºC. A 22ºC e 26ºC fêmeas de A. opsimus apresentaram ciclo médio total de 104,52 dias e 74,88 dias, respectivamente. Porém, os machos obtiveram a mesma duração do ciclo médio total nas duas temperaturas. Não foi observada oviposição de fêmeas de A. opsimus a 30ºC. As temperaturas basais e as constantes térmicas diferiram entre estádios e sexo. Machos foram mais tolerantes que as fêmeas, as quais necessitam de maior acúmulo de graus-dia. Em campo este inimigo natural reduziu a população do psilídeo-de-concha, sendo que na maior densidade (proporção de oito fêmeas: quatro machos) houve consumo de 1085,0 indivíduos de G. brimblecombei. Atopozelus opsimus é seletivo na escolha de suas presas, preferindo ninfas do psilídeo-de-concha não parasitadas por...
The species of the subfamily Harpactorinae are usually associated with agricultural and forestry crops as biological control agents of insect pests. Atopozelus opsimus Elkins (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) prey nymphs and adults of Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) and its effectiveness as a natural enemy has only been tested in the laboratory conditions The forestry sector importance and the pest insect introduction became the natural and native resources use necessary to reduce disease problems. So this work proposed to determine the bioecology aspects of A. opsimus with alternative prey (Musca domestica) under different temperatures in the laboratory, validate its biological action on G. brimblecombei in the field and his predatory behavior and reproductive systems. This predator presented five stages at all temperatures tested, with the longest nymphal stage at 18 º C and the shortest at 30 º C. At 22 ºC and 26 ºC temperatures, the A. opsimus females showed the total average cycle at 104.52 days and 74.88 days, respectively, but the males had the same total average cycle time in both temperatures. It was not verified oviposition by A. opsimus at 30 ºC. The basal temperature and thermal constants varied among stadiums and sex. The males were more tolerant than females, which require greater accumulation of degree-days. At the field, the natural enemy reduced the population of the red gum lerp psyllid, whereas the highest density ratio of eight females per four males the consumption was 1085.0 individuals of G. brimblecombei. The Atopozelus opsimus was selective choosing their preys, preferring nymphs of the red gum lerp psyllid non-parasitized by Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Besides M. domestica and G. brimblecombei, the A. opsimus also preyed Thaumastocoris peregrinus, Leptocybe... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Dias, Thaíse Karla Ribeiro 1981. "Atopozelus opsimus (hemiptera: reduviidae): presas alternativas, comportamento parental e predação sobre pragas exóticas /." Botucatu:, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/105476.
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Resumo: Predadores da subfamília Harpactorinae são, normalmente, associados à culturas agrícolas como agentes de controle biológico de insetos praga em culturas agrícolas e florestais. Atopozelus opsimus Elkins (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) é predador de Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) e sua efetividade como inimigo natural foi testada apenas em laboratório. A demanda da sociedade por medidas de controle de pragas menos impactantes, como o controle biológico, atualmente é crescente e a busca por inimigos naturais nativos, estudos básicos e aplicados com essas espécies são primordiais para a implementação desse método de controle. Assim a proposta desse trabalho foi determinar aspectos da bioecologia de A. opsimus com presa alternativa (Musca domestica) sob diferentes temperaturas em laboratório, validar a predação em campo sobre G. brimblecombei e seu comportamento predatório e reprodutivo. Esse predador apresentou cinco estádios em todas as temperaturas testadas, com fase ninfal mais longa a 18ºC e mais curta a 30ºC. A 22ºC e 26ºC fêmeas de A. opsimus apresentaram ciclo médio total de 104,52 dias e 74,88 dias, respectivamente. Porém, os machos obtiveram a mesma duração do ciclo médio total nas duas temperaturas. Não foi observada oviposição de fêmeas de A. opsimus a 30ºC. As temperaturas basais e as constantes térmicas diferiram entre estádios e sexo. Machos foram mais tolerantes que as fêmeas, as quais necessitam de maior acúmulo de graus-dia. Em campo este inimigo natural reduziu a população do psilídeo-de-concha, sendo que na maior densidade (proporção de oito fêmeas: quatro machos) houve consumo de 1085,0 indivíduos de G. brimblecombei. Atopozelus opsimus é seletivo na escolha de suas presas, preferindo ninfas do psilídeo-de-concha não parasitadas por... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The species of the subfamily Harpactorinae are usually associated with agricultural and forestry crops as biological control agents of insect pests. Atopozelus opsimus Elkins (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) prey nymphs and adults of Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) and its effectiveness as a natural enemy has only been tested in the laboratory conditions The forestry sector importance and the pest insect introduction became the natural and native resources use necessary to reduce disease problems. So this work proposed to determine the bioecology aspects of A. opsimus with alternative prey (Musca domestica) under different temperatures in the laboratory, validate its biological action on G. brimblecombei in the field and his predatory behavior and reproductive systems. This predator presented five stages at all temperatures tested, with the longest nymphal stage at 18 º C and the shortest at 30 º C. At 22 ºC and 26 ºC temperatures, the A. opsimus females showed the total average cycle at 104.52 days and 74.88 days, respectively, but the males had the same total average cycle time in both temperatures. It was not verified oviposition by A. opsimus at 30 ºC. The basal temperature and thermal constants varied among stadiums and sex. The males were more tolerant than females, which require greater accumulation of degree-days. At the field, the natural enemy reduced the population of the red gum lerp psyllid, whereas the highest density ratio of eight females per four males the consumption was 1085.0 individuals of G. brimblecombei. The Atopozelus opsimus was selective choosing their preys, preferring nymphs of the red gum lerp psyllid non-parasitized by Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Besides M. domestica and G. brimblecombei, the A. opsimus also preyed Thaumastocoris peregrinus, Leptocybe... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Graham, Rebecca. "Parent and Child Vagal Tone: Examining Parenting Behaviors as Moderators of the Association." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2041.
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Research indicates that learning how to regulate one’s emotions is critical to successful child development and is associated with adaptive social functioning and psychological adjustment (Dunn & Brown, 1994; Eisenberg, Fabes, Guthrie, & Reiser, 2000; Eisenberg, Fabes, & Murphy, 1996). Children’s emotion regulation abilities are thought to be influenced by both child (e.g., age, temperament) and parent characteristics (e.g., parenting behaviors, parental regulation; Eisenberg, Cumberland, & Spinrad, 1998). Resting heart rate variability (HRV) has emerged as a potentially important biomarker associated with emotion regulation (Porges, 2007; Thayer & Lane, 2000); however, there are still significant gaps in research. In particular, research indicates genetic correlates associated with HRV as well as an important role of parents in children’s emotion socialization, but research has yet to establish a strong link between parent and child HRV. Theoretically, parent and child HRV may be linked but only in specific contexts. For example, parent and child resting HRV may become more or less strongly related in the context of specific parenting behaviors, but research has yet to test this hypothesis. The present study examined the association between parenting behaviors and child resting HF-HRV (i.e., high frequency HRV), the links between parent and child resting HF-HRV, and potential moderating effects of parenting behaviors on the association in youth. Additional analyses examined associations between parent and child vagal regulation.
Ninety-seven youth (11-17 years) and their caregivers (n = 81) participated in a physiological assessment and completed questionnaires assessing parenting behaviors. Results indicated that parent’s inconsistent discipline and corporal punishment were negatively associated with their child’s resting HF-HRV while positive parenting and parental involvement were positively associated. Furthermore, parent’s inconsistent discipline and parent’s involvement moderated the relationship between parent and child resting HF-HRV, such that in the context of high inconsistent discipline and high parental involvement, high parent resting HF-HRV was associated with low child resting HF-HRV. Findings add to the literature by providing evidence for the role of parenting behaviors in shaping the development of children’s HF-HRV and indicating that inconsistent discipline and parental involvement may affect the entrainment of HF-HRV in parents and their adolescent children.
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Lloyd-Williams, Kathryn. "Parental brain injury : children's relationships and the role of systemic family therapy." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55941/.
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The following thesis consists of three papers; a literature review, an empirical paper and a reflective paper. The literature review summarises current knowledge regarding the efficacy of systemic family therapy in neurorehabilitation. Studies investigating the impact of brain injury on the family suggest that all family members should be included in their injured relatives’ rehabilitation programme due to the risk of developing relational difficulties. In view of this, family therapy has become increasingly popular amongst Clinical Psychologists and other professionals working in neurorehabilitation. This review aims to critically evaluate the efficacy of systemic family therapy within neurorehabilitation. Methodological considerations and implications for future research are discussed, as well as clinical and service implications. The empirical paper explores changes in children’s relationships when a parent acquires a brain injury. The findings of the study highlight the positive and negative changes children experience in their relationships as a result of their parents’ acquired brain injury (ABI). Results are discussed in relation to the current literature, consideration of the strengths and limitations of the research, clinical implications and recommendations for future research. The reflective paper discusses the researcher’s own experience of carrying out the research. The researcher utilised the ‘Heartstrings’ activity used in the empirical study to help them reflect on changes in their relationships throughout the research process.
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Dixon, Stephanie Dixon. "Recidivism Rates Among Biological Fathers and Parental Figures Who Commit Child Sexual Abuse in Hawai'i." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5695.
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Sex offenders are commonly grouped into categories based on the characteristics (e.g., victim age, relationship to offender) of their victims for criminal sentencing and treatment purposes. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to address the gap in the lack of literature comparing recidivism rates among biological fathers and male parental figures who committed incestuous child sexual abuse in Hawai'i against children 15 years or younger. This study was the first attempt in the state to examine the number of inmates who had completed their maximum sentences and were later returned to prison for new felony incest offenses. Secondary data were obtained from the Safety Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) within the state of Hawai'i Department of Public Safety (DPS) from the years 1988 to 2013. Areas of recidivism and crimes involving biological fathers, stepfathers, boyfriends of the victims' mothers, foster parents, and hana'i family members were included (N = 1,727). Three hundred and ten met the criteria for the current study. The study had 2 independent variables: the offender's relationship to the victim (e.g., biological, adoptive, stepparent, foster parent or hana'i family members); or the residency status of the offender (e.g., lived with the victim versus did not live with the victim). The dependent variable was the recidivism rates of the incest offenders (i.e., new incest offense convictions). Analysis of these variables using the ï?£2 with Cramer's V statistical test lacked statistical significance as there was no documented evidence of recidivism in either group. The potential for social change and clinical significance still exists. Further analysis of the effectiveness of the SOTP may aid in sustaining low recidivism rates.
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Gonsalves, Crystal R. Gonsalves. "The Remembered Experience of Adoption: Factors Supporting Healthy Adjustment." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1471027058.
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Pancsofar, Nadya Leotia Vernon-Feagans Lynne. "Contributions of biological resident fathers to early language development in two-parent families from low-income rural communities." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1769.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.Title from electronic title page (viewed Sep. 16, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Education." Discipline: Education; Department/School: Education.
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Souza, Catiane Kariny Dantas. "A percep??o das caracter?sticas da face infantil por adultos e crian?as sob uma perspectiva evolucionista." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2012. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17335.
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Child facial cues evoke attention, parental care behaviors and modulate for infant- caretaker interactions. Lorenz described the baby schema ( Kindchenschema ) as a set of infantile physical features such as the large head, round face, high and protruding forehead, big eyes, chubby cheeks, small nose and mouth. Previous work on this fundamental concept was restricted to positive perception to infant face, and did not show consistent results about the development individuals perceptions, regarding the physical attributes that worked as markers of cuteness. Here, we experimentally tested the effects of baby schema on the perception of cuteness of infant faces by children and adults. We used 60 none graphically manipulated photos of different stimulus children faces from 4 to 9 years old. In the first task for the adults experimental subjects, ten stimulus photos were shown, whereas for children experimental subjects, four stimulus photos were shown at a time, with a total of six rounds. The second task involved only adults, who indicated the motivation of affective behaviors and care directed to children through a Likert scale. Our results suggest that both participants judged similarly the cuteness of children's faces, and the physical features markers of this perception were observed only for younger stimulus children. Adults have attributed more motivations of positive behaviors to cuter stimulus children. The recognition of the baby schema by individuals of different ages and genders confers the universality and power of children's physical attributes. From the evolutionary perspective the responsiveness to baby schema is significant to ensure aloparental and parental investment, and the consequent children survival
As informa??es da face infantil evocam aten??o, comportamentos de cuidado parental e modulam as intera??es entre adultos e crian?as. Lorenz descreveu o esquema infantil ( Kindchenschema ) como um conjunto de caracter?sticas f?sicas da face, tais como: grande cabe?a, face arredondada, testa proeminente e alta, olhos grandes, bochechas arredondadas e salientes, e nariz e boca pequenos. Trabalhos pr?vios tiveram uma concep??o fundamental restrita as percep??es positivas ?s faces infantis, e n?o apresentaram resultados consistentes sobre o desenvolvimento da percep??o dos indiv?duos quanto aos atributos f?sicos que funcionavam como marcadores de fofura. N?s testamos experimentalmente o efeito do esquema infantil sobre a percep??o de fofura das faces infantis por adultos e crian?as. Para isso, utilizamos 60 fotos das faces n?o manipuladas graficamente de diferentes crian?as-est?mulo de 4 a 9 anos de idade. Para isso, utilizamos 60 fotos das faces n?o manipuladas graficamente de diferentes crian?as-est?mulo de 4 a 9 anos de idade. Na primeira tarefa para os sujeitos experimentais adultos eram mostrados dez fotos-est?mulo e para os sujeitos experimentais crian?as quatro fotos-est?mulo por vez, num total de seis rodadas. Na segunda tarefa participaram apenas os adultos, que por meio de uma escala likert indicavam a motiva??o de comportamentos afetivos e de cuidado direcionado para as crian?as. Nossos resultados apontam que ambos os participantes julgaram de forma similar a fofura das faces infantis, e as caracter?sticas f?sicas marcadoras dessa percep??o foi verificada apenas para as crian?as-est?mulo mais novas. Os adultos atribu?ram maiores motiva??es de comportamentos positivos as crian?as-est?mulo mais fofas. O reconhecimento do esquema infantil por indiv?duos de diferentes idades e g?neros confere a universalidade e pot?ncia dos atributos f?sicos infantis. Sob a perspectiva evolutiva a responsividade ao esquema infantil ? significante por assegurar investimento parental e aloparental, e a consequente sobreviv?ncia das crian?as
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Mathews, Brittany Lynn. "Relations of parent-child relationships and biological factors with anxiety in early adolescence: Examining the mediating role of emotional factors." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1439740035.
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Taylor, Paul. "“A Lot of Prayer, and Some Wine In-Between”: Applying the relational turbulence model to the stepparent-biological parent marriage." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3728.
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The present study utilizes the relational turbulence model (RTM) to illuminate stepparent experiences of relational uncertainty and partner interference within the context of the stepparent-biological parent marriage. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 6 stepparents revealed four primary themes pertaining to how stepparents experienced relational uncertainty: (a) enactment of parenting, (b) competing expectations, (c) shifts in attitude and behavior by spouse, and (d) differences between marriage partners. Interference from partners was experienced by stepparents in relation to the enactment of parenting and the maintaining of the marriage as an intimate relationship.
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Terceiro, Francisco Edvaldo de Oliveira. "Cuidado parental diferencial em Callithrix jacchus em ambiente natural." PROGRAMA DE P?S-GRADUA??O EM PSICOBIOLOGIA, 2016. https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/21712.
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O cuidado parental ? muito importante para aumentar a chance de sobreviv?ncia da prole. Por?m esse comportamento causa custos aos parentes implicando em um conflito entre pais e prole. Trivers (1974) enfatizou que pais devem otimizar o seu investimento para serem capazes de garantir a sobreviv?ncia da prole atual e ainda serem capazes de ter mais proles no futuro. Por outro lado, infantes tentariam maximizar seus ganhos. Em esp?cies que s?o reprodutores cooperativos e possuem uma reprodu??o custosa esse conflito vai estar distribuido entre os membros do grupo. Como exemplo temos Callithrix jacchus, primatas que vivem em grupos de cinco a dezessete indiv?duos, incluindo machos e f?meas adultos assim como animais imaturos. Uma de suas caracter?sticas mais not?veis ? que ajudantes contribuem para o cuidado da prole. O cuidado de comportamento parental parece ser influenciado por uma variedade de fatores tais como idade, sexo e experi?ncia mas ainda n?o ? claro como estes fatores interagem e determinam quando cada individuo ir? contribuir. Portanto, ? nosso objetivo estudar o investimento feito pelos cuidadores para os infantes em C.jacchus e analisar se existe cuidado parental diferencial em condi??es naturais. N?s estudamos uma grupo na Floresta Nacional de Assu durante doze meses e gravamos comportamentos de cuidado tais como carregamento, partilha de alimento, cata??o e amamenta??o de todos os indiv?duos do grupo. N?s analisamos esse comportamento entre v?rias proles em um grupo familiar. N?s encontramos que o sexo dos cuidadores e dos filhotes s? ? relevante para o comportamento de cata??o e que a competi??o entre f?meas em diferentes proles muda diretamente a aloca??o de cuidado para todos os comportamentos registrados e afeta a aloca??o de cuidado de todos os membros do grupo. Os resultados nos levam a concluir que n?o existe cuidado parental diferencial ao n?vel de indiv?duo. Por outro lado, o cuidado parental e aloparental refletem a din?mica social do grupo de C.jacchus e por essa raz?o podem ser usados com esse prop?sito como uma alternativa aos comportamentos agressivos e afiliativos.
Parental care is very important to increase the offspring?s chance of survival but this behavior produces costs for the parents. This implies a conflict between parents and offspring. Trivers (1974) emphasized that parents should optimize their investment to be able to guarantee the survival of the current brood and still be able to have more litters in the future. On the other hand, infants would try to maximize their gains. In species that are cooperative breeders and have a costly reproduction this conflict will be distributed across group members. For instance Callithrix jacchus are primates that live in groups which vary from five to seventeen individuals, including adult males and females, as well as immature animals. One of their most remarkable features is that helpers contribute to care for the offspring. Care-taking behavior seems to be influenced by a variety of factors such as age, sex, and rearing experience, but it is not entirely clear how these factors interact in determining how much each individual contributes. Therefore, it is our objective to study the investment made by the care-takers towards the infants in C. jacchus groups and analyze if exists differential parental care in natural conditions. We studied a group at the Floresta Nacional de Assu during twelve months and recorded care-taking behaviours such as carrying, food sharing, grooming and nursing from all the individuals in the group. We analyzed this behavior across various litters in one family group. We founded that the sex of care-takers and offspring is only relevant for grooming behavior and that competition between female among litters direct changes the allocation of care for all behaviors recorded and affects the allocation of care of all the members of the group. These results lead us to conclude that there is no evidence of differential parental care at the individual level. In the other hand, parental and alloparental behavior of C.jacchus reflects the social dynamics of the group and for that matter can be used to do so as an alternative for aggressive and affiliative behavior.
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Ebersohn, Suzette. "Die verhouding van die vader in 'n hersaamgestelde gesin met sy nie-inwonende kind." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10022007-100056/.
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