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Paasse, Gail 1957. "Searching for answers in the borderlands : the effects of returning to study on the "classed" gender identities of mature age women students." Monash University, School of Graduate Studies, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8908.
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Lekera, Ivy J. "Living with mental illness: A descriptive study of individual adult experiences of living with mental illness in Zomba, Malawi." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1997. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/913.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of mental illness in the adult Malawian context. Using the interpretive paradigm, content analysis was used to uncover the lived experiences of mental illness. This study was based on the philosophy that meaning of a phenomenon is best understood if studied within its specific context and within Parse's theoretical framework. Two to four per cent of the global population share the experience of mental illness, however, little is known of individual experiences within the Malawian context. Much of the literature has focused on the physiological aspects, causes, and therapies involved in managing mental illness. Given the less than optimal availability of literature on the topic, this descriptive study was conducted in Zomba, Malawi. A convenience sample of 10 adult outpatients (six women and four men) with schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorders were interviewed to elicit descriptions of experiences of their conditions. The participants' mental conditions were considered stable at the time they were attending the community mental health services. As a result of their experiences, the researcher categorised the participants' descriptions as follows; view of the self, view of their illness, other peoples' views, stigmatisation and discrimination, loss, suffering and distress, fear, gender issues, and coping strategies. The findings showed that this study made a contribution to nursing knowledge that is relevant to the understanding of mental illness. It is possible that this knowledge may also form the basis for recommendations in nursing care and counselling services for the mentally ill persons in Malawi.
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Li, Fuxin 1963. "Decentralisation of educational management and curriculum development : a case study of curriculum reform in Shanghai and Victorian schools (1985-1995)." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9140.
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Coyle, Jessi. "Connecting the Dots: Case Studies into the ‘Invisible Presence’ of Aboriginal People Living in Victoria." Thesis, Curtin University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76287.
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Recognising that invasion is a structure not an event (Wolfe, 2006) and that settler colonialism shapes the present in significant ways, this thesis investigates the invisible presence of Aboriginal Victorians through a study of the Victorian gold rush and Australian Rules football. As key markers of Australian national identity, the case studies demonstrate the importance of white belonging to identity construction and argue that Aboriginal Victorians are necessarily invisibly present within the settler colonial present (Veracini, 2015).
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Virgona, Crina. "Seeking convergence : workplace identity in the conflicting discourses of the industrial training environment of the 90s : a case study approach." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/7863.
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Hait, Aaron Vincent. "Cardio-respiratory responses to mental challenge : high, moderate, and low heart rate reactors." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26825.
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Three issues were examined in this study: (1) the extent to which psychological challenge or stress elicits changes in the breathing patterns of normal subjects; (2) whether breathing pattern changes covary with cardiovascular arousal; and (3) whether individuals identified as being potentially at-risk for developing hypertension respond to mental challenge tasks with breathing pattern and cardiovascular changes that are reliably different from those of lower risk individuals. Subjects were 100 healthy young men divided into reactor quintiles on the basis of their heart rate (HR) changes to a 1-minute cold pressor test. Those in the upper quintile were designated as being at-risk for developing hypertension. Their cardiovascular and respiratory changes to two counterbalanced versions of a 5-minute mental arithmetic test (Easy & Hard) were compared with those of the third and fifth quintile subjects. Marked individual
differences were evident in the direction and extent of breathing changes. Overall, the rate, amplitude, variability, and predominant mode of breathing increased substantially over resting levels in response to the math tasks. Only breathing rate and variability reliably covaried with task difficulty. Little correspondence was found between breathing changes and cardiovascular arousal. The data did indicate a trend for breathing to shift towards greater ribcage dominance as task difficulty increased. This was especially true for the at-risk group and least true for the low reactor quintile. The expected group differences in cardiovascular reactivity were not found however, implying that the HR reactivity to cold stimulation is not a good predictor of reactivity to acute mental challenge or stress. Overall, the results suggest that breathing patterns change in response to psychological stress but are not clearly associated with cardiovascular arousal. The attempt to identify subgroups of aberrant breathers on the basis of HR reactivity also yielded equivocal results.Arts, Faculty of
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Powless, Mark Robert. "Depression among the Oneida : case studies of the interface between modern and traditional." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : e-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/10.
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Bieling, Peter J. "Sociotropy and autonomy and the interpersonal model of depression, an integration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25016.pdf.
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Hill, Kathleen J. (Kathleen Josephine) 1920. ""This one is best" : a study of children's abilities to evaluate their own writing." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8956.
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Franche, Renée-Louise. "The interpersonal response to depression as a function of two levels of intimacy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26814.
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Coyne's interactional formulation of depression (Coyne, 1976) states that the demands for support of the depressed individual are initially met with understanding but that over time, depressed persons engender increasingly negative reactions from others. The rejection of the depressed person is said to be mediated by a depressed mood induction in the other person. Coyne's model is primarily concerned with interactions involving family and friends of the depressed person, but in the past it has consistently been tested in laboratory situations examining interactions between strangers.
The present study attempted to examine subjects' reactions to interaction with a depressed person, within the context of simulated relationships between friends or between strangers. It distinguished between compliance and initiation as expressions of rejection, and investigated the controversial issue of whether or not rejection is mediated by a depressed mood induction. An exploratory aspect of the study involved an inquiry into the potential role of interpersonal needs in the response to depressed individuals.
The study was twofold: in the first part, the stimulus consisted of a videotaped interaction between two trained actresses portraying a depressed woman and a non-depressed woman in the experimental condition, and two non-depressed women in the control condition. In the second part, the same interactions were described in written scenarios. Subjects were instructed to imagine themselves as the non-depressed person interacting with the target person, as either strangers or best friends. Thus, the study consisted of two parallel 2X2 designs.
Subjects completed the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist, the Wessman-Ricks Depression-Elation Scale, and the Mehrabian-Russell Semantic Differential at pretest and posttest to measure mood induction. Need for nurturance and need for autonomy were measured at pretest with the Interpersonal Adjective Scale, the Jackson Personality Research Form and the Campbell Need Scale. Posttest acceptance-rejection measures included a modified version of the Opinion Scale and the Impact Message Inventory.
Results indicated that interactions with depressed individuals elicit a diffuse negative mood, more so in the context of relationships between friends, in the case of the written scenarios method. Depressed targets were also more rejected than non-depressed targets, but contrary to predictions intimacy decreased the degree of rejection.
Rejection was not differentiated into the two concepts of compliance and initiation; however, results pointed to two distinct aspects of rejection - a behavioral aspect and a perceptual one. Mood induction appeared to be related only to the perceptual aspect of rejection, and not to the more salient behavioral one. The contribution of interpersonal needs to rejection appears equivocal; if indeed needs play a role in the mediation of rejection, need for nurturance seems to be more involved than need for autonomy.
Although no Method effects were predicted, levels of intimacy were apparently not successfully reproduced in the videotaped stimuli. The two methods at times yielded different results, and further research will clarify their respective external validity.
In light of the results of the present study, Coyne's model was in part supported but appears to be in need of serious revisions concerning the mediation of rejection and the effect of intimacy on rejection.Arts, Faculty of
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Coulter, Kiera Midori, and Kiera Midori Coulter. "Mental Health and Resilience in Youth of Deported Parents: A Case Series." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621170.
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Background: The United States has pursued stricter immigration enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in the deportation of approximately 2 million individuals over the past decade. This is significant in that deported persons are often caregivers of children, who are then placed at an elevated for developing mental health disorders (e.g. anxiety and depression). Mental health in youth of deported parents is a new topic to academic literature, and this study specifically examines mental health, coping strategies, and resilience in five adolescents of deported parents in Tucson, Arizona. Methods: This study employed mixed-methods, where participants completed two self-report surveys (the DASS-21 and brief COPE inventory) and a semi-structured interview with the researcher. Participant's survey responses and interviews were analyzed to assess their symptomology of depression, anxiety, and stress, exhibition of maladaptive and adaptive coping behaviors, and the factors that influence their resilience post-deportation. Results: The results of the DASS-21 found that participants experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, but in varying degrees. The data from the brief COPE inventory suggested that participants mostly refrained from maladaptive coping behaviors (e.g. substance use), but were not drawing from critical adaptive coping strategies like getting emotional support. The interviews revealed that certain risk factors (poverty, living instability, rapid transition to adulthood, and poor academic performance) and promotive factors (family networks, school, group activities, and future orientation) moderate their resilience following deportation. The qualitative data also revealed that participants desire and are not connected to mental health services. Conclusions: The study suggests that youth of deported parents are able to be resilient and avoid negative coping behaviors when experiencing the trauma of familial separation. However, given mild-extremely severe symptomology of depression, anxiety, and stress of participants, it was notable that none of the participants mentioned being connected to or seeking mental health services. Thus, this study's result underscore the need for a comprehensive school-based health system where mental health assistance can be provided on-site.
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Tucci, Joseph 1966. "Towards an understanding of emotional and psychological abuse : exploring the views of children, carers and professionals involved in the child protection system in Victoria." Monash University, Dept. of Social Work, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5477.
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Mfono, Zanele Ntombizanele. "An analysis of the emerging patterns of reproductive behaviour among rural women in South Africa : a case study of the Victoria East District of the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52660.
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Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study describes and analyses changes in women's reproductive behaviour ID developing communities. These changes took more than hundred years to occur ID Western communities but only two to three decades in developing communities such as Taiwan and Barbados. The population of Victoria East district of the Eastern Cape province of South Afiica was chosen as a case study of these changes. Changes in the reproductive behaviour of women are described over a period of twenty-two years. The base year for the study is 1978 and data were collected up to 2001. Changes increased in particular since 1988. Statistical descriptive analyses were undertaken with regard to patterns of changes in variables such as age at the onset of births, child spacing, the mean number of births per woman, fertility regulation, and the number of children ever bom. Variations in patterns were analysed according to age cohorts, occupation and marital status. Information regarding these variables was collected from records at hospitals and clinics. Focus group interviews were held to reflect women's own descriptions and experiences regarding these variables. The research design thus combines the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The findings confirm a pattern of fertility decline that Caldwell described as the African pattern, which is different from that seen in Europe and Asia. It is characterized by a progressive delay in onset of childbearing and reductions in the mean number of childbirths that occur across all age cohorts and are associated with contraceptive accessibility. The high incidence of non-marital childbearing in the Victoria East district however sets the population studied apart from the polygamous Afiican societies on which Caldwell based the African transition. In this respect the population considered resembles the scenarios seen in Latin America, the Caribbean, Botswana and in recent years Europe. The study population shows a divergence in the patterns of marital and non-marital childbearing, with marital childbearing following the African pattem. Because of its high incidence, non-marital childbearing is dominant and the major contributor to the fertility decline that is afoot. The implications of this pattern needs much more in-depth study before comparisons with the above-mentioned communities can be made.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie beskryf en ontleed veranderinge in vroue se reproduktiewe gedrag in ontwikkelende gemeenskappe. Hierdie veranderinge het in Westerse gemeenskappe meer as honderd jaar geneem om plaas te vind maar slegs twee tot drie dekades in ontwikkelende gemeenskappe soos Taiwan en Barbados. Die bevolking van die landelike Victoria-Oosdistrik: in die Oos-Kaapprovinsie is gekies as 'n gevalstudie daarvan in Suid- Afrika. Veranderinge in die reproduktiewe gedrag van vroue in hierdie gemeenskap word oor 'n periode van twee-en-twintigjaar beskryf Die basisjaar van die studie is 1978 en data is ingesamel tot en met 2001. Veranderinge het veral toegeneem vanaf 1988. Statistiese-beskrywende ontleding is gedoen ten opsigte van patrone van verandering in veranderlikes soos die ouderdom by die skenk van geboorte, geboorte-spasiëring, die gemiddelde aantal geboortes per vrou, fertiliteitsregulering en die aantal kinders ooit gebore. Variasies in patrone is ook na aanleiding van huwelikstaat en beroep bepaal. Inligting aangaande hierdie veranderlikes is verky vanaf rekords wat by hospitale en klinieke gehou word. Fokusgroeponderhoude is ook onderneem waarvolgens vroue se eie beskrywings en ervarings aangaande die genoemde veranderlikes verkry is. Groepe is saamgestel volgens verskeie ouderdomskohorte en huwelikstaat. Die navorsingsmetodologie behels dus 'n kombinasie van kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe benaderings. Die bevindings bevestig 'n patroon van fertiliteitsafhame wat deur Caldwell as die Afrikapatroon beskryf word en afwyk van die Europese en Asiatiese patroon. Dit word gekenmerk deur 'n progressiewe vertraging in die aanvang van geboorte-skenk, afhame in die gemiddelde aantal geboortes oor al die ouderdomskohorte en word geassosieer met kontraseptiewe toegankliheid. Die hoë voorkoms van buite-egtelike geboortes in die Victoria-Oosdistrik onderskei egter die bestudeerde bevolking van die poligame Afrika gemeenskappe waarop Caldwell die Afrika-oorgangstipe gebaseer het. In hierdie opsig vertoon die bevolking eerder ooreenkomste met ontwikkelende gemeenskappe m Suid-Amerika, die Karibbiese Eilande, Botswana en die meer onlangse Europa. Die bestudeerde bevolking vertoon uiteenlopende patrone van binne-egtelike en buite-egtelike geboortes met die binneegtelike patroon meer in ooreenstemming met die Afrika-patroon. Die hoë voorkoms van buite-egtelike geboortes domineer egter die algehele patroon en kan beskou work as die hoof bydraende faktor in the afhemende fertiliteit wat waargeneem is. Die implikasies hiervan moet egter veel dieper studie ondergaan alvorens verdere vergelykings met die bogenoemde gemeenskappe gemaak kan word.
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Leverett, Justin Samuel. "Stigmatization and Mental Illness: the Communication of Social Identity Prototypes through Diagnosis Labels." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4681.
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This study tested whether participants exposed to a vignette describing an individual experiencing symptoms of depression, which included only the specific diagnosis label of "depression," would report significantly less stigmatized responses than participants exposed to an otherwise identical vignette which included only the non-specific diagnosis label "mental illness." The study is grounded in past research on stigmatization of mental illness and is informed by three theoretical frameworks, the social identity perspective, attribution theory, and labeling theory. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of the two alternate vignettes, then respond to a series of measures testing desire for social distance, negative emotion (affective reaction), beliefs about people with mental illness, and perceived dangerousness of the character in response to the vignette they viewed.
The results showed that labelling the character in the vignettes as struggling with "mental illness" did lead to greater perceived dangerousness of the character described, although labelling did not lead to more stigmatization in any of the other measures. This research demonstrated that people tend to consider a character in a vignette as less trustworthy and more of a risk based solely on the label "mental illness." The experiment also tested if people who have had a personal relationship with someone who has experienced mental illness will have less stigmatized responses to mental illness vignettes, but no significant difference was shown. Overall, the results imply that use of specific language in communication labelling an individual as experiencing a mental health condition is less stigmatizing than non-specific language and may improve chances for successful treatment-seeking and future patient outcomes.
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Shockey, Tracy Lee. "The issues faced by mentally ill gays and lesbians." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2119.
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This project is significant to social work because it addresses a topic that has not been given much attention. This particular population has not been studied much and we know little about the issues that are important to mentally ill gays and lesbians. Even in schools of social work this particular topic is frequently overlooked, and when it is discussed it is usually in relation to another topic.
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Coetzee, Jacobus (Ockert). "Caregiving experiences of South African mothers of adults with intellectual disability who display aggression: clinical case studies." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23048.
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Background: Adults who have an intellectual disability (ID) often continue to live with their parents long after their siblings have left home. While an increasing body of research has described positive parental experiences, research has also found that parents of adults who have ID and behavioural difficulties are more vulnerable to develop parental stress and depression. Aggression is one of the most difficult forms of problem behaviours to manage and could have a negative impact on the parent-child relationship, the child's social inclusivity and the psychological well-being of parents. Method: A case-based psychotherapy design was used to explore maternal experiences among mothers of adults with ID and aggression who access a specialised mental health service in Cape Town. Psychotherapy was used with six participants to attempt to reduce parental stress and other negative psychological states. In an area of research that has received scant attention in South Africa, the study extensively describes the psychotherapy process and the role of contextual factors in the lives of the participating mothers. The study used a mixed methods design which included psychometric measurements that were conducted at various intervals of intervention. Thematic analysis was used in all the case studies and interviews were scheduled before and after completing psychotherapy. External credibility was enhanced through the use of different qualitative strategies that included peer supervision and reflexivity. Findings: Besides elevated parental stress, the majority of participants presented with symptoms of depression and other mental health problems that varied according to their individual profiles. Although parental stress showed a discernible relationship with the child's behavioural difficulties, other significant life stressors contributed to maternal stress and depressive symptoms. Psychotherapy produced only modest improvement of parental stress among some of the participants. However, therapeutic input appeared to be more effective in reducing depressive symptoms among the majority of mothers. Critical reflection and discussion are centred on the clinical implications and meaning of findings on a psychological level.
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Tanner, Carolyn A. "Perception of palliative care practice of health care professionals in a mental institution : a descriptive study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29703.
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The purpose of this descriptive study is to investigate the perception of practice of health care professionals at a mental institution, as it pertains to their work with dying patients, and also to identify areas of change. The conceptual framework is constructed of six factors important to palliative care that have been identified from the literature. These are personal death anxiety, organizational structure of the hospital system, role expectations of professionals, teamwork, education and training for care of the dying, and conveyance and exchange of diagnostic information. The sample surveyed by a written questionnaire included physicians, psychiatrists, health care workers, social workers and pastoral care workers from the Geriatric Division of Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam. The findings indicate that age, sex, marital status and length of working experience at Riverview Hospital had no significant association with personal death anxiety. Informal education such as workshops and in-services had a significant correlation with personal death anxiety, as did perception of being competent and/or confident about working with the dying. The study also raised concerns that not all was being done for the dying patients and their families at this institution. Suggestions such as education and training, support mechanisms, and less stereotyping of professional roles were
offered to improve this situation. As well, findings indicated that there was a need for palliative care service either in the form of a team or separate unit, or simply the practicing of the palliative care philosophy.Arts, Faculty of
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Amstutz, William J. "Case studies of two contemporary faith-based organizations that care for individuals with mental disabilities." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Kendall, Helen Jane. "The link between mental health, social and emotional vulnerability and life chances : school based early identification of socially and emotionally vulnerable adolescents in a deprived urban community." Thesis, University of Hull, 2004. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5604.
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The objectives of this work are to: - Explore the concept of adolescent vulnerability; - Establish easily administered, reliable means of early identification of the most vulnerable; and - Suggest some school level interventions. This research focuses on adolescents in a socially deprived area. The thesis contains two parts: Part I explores the theoretical contexts, examining the social, educational and moral climate, and concludes that potential vulnerability is not being identified early enough in young people's lives for effective interventions to be implemented. The phenomenon and experience of adolescence is explored from a variety of perspectives, and various definitions of adolescence examined. The broad range of experience representing both typical and atypical adolescence is considered. A range of socio-economic factors and psychometric measures are reviewed for potential use as early indicators of vulnerability. The four screening measures chosen from the range reviewed are social deprivation, selfesteem, locus of control (LoC) and coping strategies. Social deprivation indicators establish background levels of life chances and prospects. Selfesteem is used to identify the most vulnerable; locus of control adds information about the nature of their vulnerability, and coping strategies informs potential practical interventions. Part 2 focuses on practical research. The prospects of the subject population are explored using a range of indicators, including the social and educational alienation and dysfunction of its young adolescents. Six hypotheses are defined and the selected psychometric tools piloted and administered on all of Year 7 of the subject school. Pupils are identified as either vulnerable or not identifiably vulnerable. Case studies using semi-structured interviews are conducted, adding a qualitative, experiential dimension to the statistical, psychometric findings. Based on this research conclusions are drawn which have academic application and directly inform practical interventions which, if implemented in early adolescence, would potentially alleviate the identified vulnerability.
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Lee, Mo-ling, and 李慕玲. "Effects of a matrix training procedure on the teaching of instruction-following to moderately mentally handicapped children." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38626846.
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Murray, Janet Rosalind 1950. "The response of school libraries to the inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream schools." Monash University, School of Information Management and Systems, 2000. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8079.
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Sage-Hayward, Wendy S. "The process of downsizing a mental health hospital : an ethnography." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4650.
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The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the approach and strategies
used to downsize a mental health organization. This ethnographic study was
conducted at a psychiatric hospital that is beginning the 4th year of a 10 year
downsizing plan. Data were gathered through interviews, informal observations, and
field documents. This research design facilitated an understanding of the phenomenon
in the context of the practices and beliefs of the executive management team. Semistructured
interviews were conducted with six executive and four middle managers who
were involved in the downsizing decision making process. Freeman and Cameron's
(1993) definition of downsizing was broadened to encompass not-for-profit reasons for
downsizing. Cameron's (1994) downsizing model was supported and an additional
best practice called alignment of purpose was proposed in which the leadership of an
organization attempts to align the stakeholders with similar goals and objectives for
downsizing. The emotional process of downsizing emerged as a key area to address
concurrently with job security and other more pragmatic consequences of downsizing.
Empathy was suggested as one method of dealing with the emotional process of
downsizing.
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Vu, Jo. "Quantitative requirements in undergraduate business courses: the case study of Victoria University of Technology." Thesis, 2004. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15350/.
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Business educators and employers recognize the importance of quantitative methods to business professionals, and subjects in quantitative methods are among the most frequentiy required in the business undergraduate curriculum. However, both business employers and graduates have expressed some dissatisfaction with business education and comment that school ttaining fails to prepare graduates
adequately for the particular needs of business organisations. Because of recent changes in technology in the business environment, business educators need to understand what employers consider important, what quantitative methods are required in industry, and how education in quantitative methods can best be prepared in order to meet the needs of business in the 21st century.
This research study attempts to answer these questions by investigating the content of quantitative programs offered at the Victoria University of Technology, the effectiveness of associated teaching methods in undergraduate business comses and the viewpoints of final-year students, graduates, educators and business employers about the courses.
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Larocque, Krystal Lynn. "Blurred park boundaries and the spread of English Ivy (Hedera helix L.): case studies from Greater Victoria, British Columbia." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2383.
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This thesis examines the invasiveness of English ivy (Hedera helix L..: Araliaceae). an exotic horticultural species, in 14 near-urban parks in Greater Victoria. British Columbia. Using descriptive notes from field observations, the overall invasiveness of H. helix is assessed in each park, particularly near park boundaries. Land use associated with the fragmentation of natural habitat directly outside each park is characterised and related to invasion inside the park.
Only three of the 14 representative parks examined are not invaded by P. helix. and four are very extensively invaded. ' The analysis of administrative park boundaries supports the hypothesis that H. helix begins invasion inside park boundaries that are adjacent to established residential areas.
H. helix is found in moist forest communities of grand fir (Abies grandis) bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) and western redcedar (Thuja plicata). Communities c f Garry oak (Quercus garryana) with black hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) and English hawthorn (C. monogyna) are heavily invaded and vulnerable to invasion' However. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forest communities are most heavily invaded and especially at risk of invasion. H helix climbs at least 17 species of trees and tall shrubs. with Douglas-fir trees providing the tallest supports. Other areas in parks vulnerable to invasion by H. helix include woodlands with rich soils, slight canopy gaps. windthrown forest edges, park entranceways and accessways.
During the growth season, H. helix shoots were monitored in both heavily and less invaded sites. On average, shoots on the forest floor grew 22 cm per month. and on host trees, shoots grew 17 cm per month. Another growth characteristic of H. helix is that where it is long established on host trees, its stems have radial growth rings viewable in cross-section. These rings are likely annual and sensitive to annual climatic variability.
The spread of an introduced liana, a plant form not present in the indigenous flora, has several implications for near-urban forest ecology including altered physical forest structure, hastened tree death and suppression of understory species (e.g. seedlings and shrub species such as salal - Gaultheria shallon and possibly red huckleberry - Vaccinium parvifolium). The increased concentration and range of exotic, horticultural species such as H. helix, in near-urban park and forest fragments, signifies that an exotic species management strategy is urgently needed for habitat and ecosystem conservation.
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Huang, Pel-Pel, and 黃培培. "Junior High School Deputy Principal’s Mental Models of Decision Making in Administration:Four Case Studies." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08352512503732423690.
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The education reform in every country has concentrated on the promotion of school-based management since 1980s. The school plays an important role in the promotion of education reform and the junior high school deputy principals are significant in the movement. However, the studies of educational reform only focus on teachers and principals. Deputy principals are seldom mentioned in the literature. Moreover, there is little study about how administrative staff collects information and how their core belief influences behavior from the cognitive point of view. Hence, this thesis used qualitative case study as the research approach, through in-depth interview, think-aloud method and document analysis to collect data. The research cases involved four deputy principals recommended by scholars and experts, from different school and different years of experience. The research analyzed the background and schema which form their mental model of decision making in administration as well as the performance of their mental model when making decisions. It concretized the mental model of decision making in administration for every deputy principal and drew out the cognitive differences between senior deputy principals and the junior ones. Based on the results, the research proposes the conclusion as follows: 1. The deputy principal’s mental model of decision making in administration are formed by their life experience. 2. The formation and performance of the deputy principal’s mental model of decision making in administration are influenced and restricted by the organization culture. 3. The realization of the deputy principal’s core belief is based on the varied contents of the schema. 4. The core belief directs the performance of the mental model of decision making in administration 5. Junior deputy principals emphasizes communication and need advice from others while senior deputy principals analyze problems according to their experiences. Some suggestions for the education authority and future studies, according to the findings of this research are raised.
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Ballini, Evangelina Evelyn. "Syndromes and seizures: case studies in cognition and mental disorders of adults with epilepsy." Thesis, 2013. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/5497/1/5497-ballini-2013-thesis.pdf.
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The study's general purpose was to examine cognitive functioning and mental disorders associated with syndromes or seizures of individuals with different epilepsies. More specifically, the aim was to investigate the cognitive and psychosocial profile of individuals with a history of prolonged seizures (status epilepticus). Neuropsychological assessment included cognitive tasks, test batteries and three self-rated questionnaires on psychopathology. Case studies included absence status (ASE), complex partial status (CPSE), generalized convulsive status (GCSE) temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Most of the 24 adults, 18 to 65 years, had epilepsy of a cryptogenic or genetic aetiology. Individuals were compared to an IGE comparison group utilizing computational techniques designed for single case analyses. Overall, the findings from the series of case studies in IGE concurred with the traditional view that IGE does not generally impact on cognitive function. Against this background, two photosensitive cases with perioral myoclonia and eyelid myoclonia with absences had severe impairments of attentional control and memory systems. Those IGE individuals with single or no reflex components had very mild dysfunction (if any at all).
At best, the assumption that TLE impacts on localized memory deficits which lateralize according to material-specificity principles was only partially upheld. An organization into three classes of deficits and strengths emerged from the assessment results, based loosely on seizure types and the presence of structural abnormalities. Adaptability of cognitive skills to alleviate possible memory problems seems to have been possible through an individual's reserve strengths; less possible when attention responses and fluency errors reflected a quality of rigidity (those cases with secondarily generalized seizures); or when generalized impairment (executive functions, language and verbal memory) was associated with compromised brain reserve such as hippocampal sclerosis. It was concluded that these three classes might be interpreted as cognitive phenotypes of TLE.
The SE results showed that not all prolonged seizures are associated with long-standing cognitive deficits and a poor prognosis. Overall, the GCSE participants did not demonstrate the most severe cognitive impairments as predicted, most having transient cognitive impairment which resolved over time. More widespread and longer-lasting deficits were reported in the two CPSE cases with secondarily generalized seizures and histories of polysubstance abuse.
Attentional impairments were ubiquitous throughout the SE performance scores (particularly divided attention and vigilance) in the SE participants, followed by verbal executive abilities, then language and memory. Four SE cases showed a decline from pre-morbid levels of intelligence which might have been associated with the duration of their prolonged seizures (> 45 minutes). The number of GCSE seizures was negatively associated with current estimated I.Q. and delayed verbal memory. The presence of severe deficits and higher seizure numbers seemed associated with SE participants' healthy or unhealthy life-styles pre- and post-onset of prolonged seizures, rather than attributable directly to SE seizure-type impact. The study results concur with the view that SE seizures are more likely to occur in an abnormal brain with little neuroprotection.
The GCSE and TLE participants differed in the co-morbid relations underlying their psychopathology and epilepsy condition. The TLE participants' epilepsy and mood disorders may have been linked by their common origins in the temporal lobes, a product of disrupted activity in the limbic system. In contrast, the GCSE participants' lack of awareness of depression and emotional-social dysfunction was probably a component of their epilepsy syndrome and also a complication of prolonged seizures. All three questionnaires used in this study (ESDQ, EFQ and DASS) involved self-rated responses. Self-rating scores for everyday memory and concentration difficulties were compared to formal tests of attention and memory, perceived abnormality was compared to the participants' descriptions of their actual life circumstances and these were then corroborated (or not) by their partners. Results were interpreted as indicating how participants arrived at their perceptions of abnormality rather than giving an accurate estimate of emotional status. The most interesting finding for the psychopathology investigation was the contrast (found across several analyses) between a lack of understanding or insight (TLE cases) and a lack of self-awareness (GCSE cases).
This study was carried out in the theoretical context of the ILAE's previous classification and diagnostic systems, which have recently been up-dated to encompass the influx of new knowledge from neuroimaging and genetics research. Their adequacy for atypical, sometimes rare, single cases was considered, and whether each profile contradicted or conformed to traditional assumptions about functioning in epilepsy. Some cases did not uphold predictions about cognition in IGE, TLE and SE, highlighting exceptions to the old black-or-white classification dichotomies. Participants' disorders might be better conceptualized as "system epilepsies" rather than the syndromes of signs and symptoms which constituted the 1989 ILAE classification systems.
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Chipps, Penelope Ann. "Black women and mental health : gender and cultural roles." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12274.
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M.A. (Clinical Psychology)The present study explores the possible constraining effects of gender and cultural roles on the mental health of Black South African women. The specific focus is on the mental health of professional Black women who have been alienated from their traditional roles, yet find themselves in a context of traditional role prescriptions. In-depth interviews were conducted to obtain qualitative data on the subjective experiences of two professional women, one of which had been diagnosed as having Major Depression. The observations obtained from the case studies support the literature, in that both women experience a considerable amount of role strain; the// most important of which are in congruent role expectations, role ambiguity and role overload. Possible factors contributing to role strain are discussed within the context of a transitional South African society. It has been found that structural and normative variables account for most. of the role strain experienced by the women. The need for new role definitions by both Black professional women and men, as well as a greater role flexibility are emphasized. Research regarding interventions on both individual and societal level are recommended.
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Raftery, David Jonathon. "Competition, conflict and cooperation : an ethnographic analysis of an Australian forest industry dispute." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/110278.
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Krezel, Joanna. "Towards understanding effects of social influence on student choice of university: case study of Victoria University." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42292/.
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Increased competition among education providers has made the process of student choice regarding higher education institutions (institutions) more complicated for potential students. At the same time, institutions are striving to attract new students through new and innovative ways. This research contributes to an increased understanding of the social influence factors that impact on student choice processes and explores their effect on the selection of institutions.
This study predominantly focused on factors influencing the final choice of institutions. However, in order to consider a broader range of social pressures on student choice, the study also examined the stages of development of a predisposition to engage in post-secondary education and the information search.
This study adopted a qualitative methodology and employed the phenomenological perspective as a theoretical basis to investigate students’ choice processes. A series of research questions guided the in- depth face to face interviews, conducted with 13 first-year undergraduate students, which had the main objective of interpreting and exploring the participants’ lived experiences contributing to their choice of institution.
The findings of the study highlight the importance of perceived elements of sincerity and credibility during prospective student encounters with influencing agents. These crucial elements affecting student choices provide further insight in identifying the prerequisite conditions for these perceptions to form. The research makes contributions to the broader body of knowledge concerned with student choice through the adoption of a phenomenological perspective and a strong focus on the role of social influence in this context. The research offers practical implications for higher education marketers as it informs the development of more targeted marketing communication and recruitment campaigns through increased knowledge of the student choice processes and the social influence determinants that underpin these processes.
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Pereira, Jennavive Lagoa. "Immigrant acculturation and mental health of Portuguese women living in South Africa." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24144.
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This study aims to gain an understanding of the mental health and acculturative experiences of Portuguese women who immigrated to South Africa in the 1960s. A qualitative research design was utilised with semi-structured interviews to gain information from four Portuguese female immigrants. Thematic analysis reveals experiences of acculturative stress and a difficult assimilation process. The main difficulties were: poor proficiency in the host country’s local languages; availability of social and organisational support; access to medical services; and access to mental health services. These factors were linked to the occurrence of the mental health problems of: depression, isolation, and being actively discriminated against by the dominant Afrikaner community during the apartheid years. The respondents’ poor proficiency in English and their unwillingness to learn Afrikaans, combined with a fear of stigmatisation hampered their willingness to access psychological and mental health services. The negative factors were mitigated by the protective factors of: the traditional family structure, formal community organisations (societies and clubs), and the church.Psychology
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