Dissertations / Theses: 'Women's relationships'

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Jaramillo, Sierra Ana L. "Young Women's Anger in Romantic Relationships." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23793.

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The present study investigated how young women “do” and “undo” gender in relation to their anger in romantic relationships. With this aim, I conducted in-depth interviews with 24 young women between the ages of 18 and 25. I interviewed participants about the characteristics of their current romantic relationships and their experiences of anger in this context. I used a constructivist grounded theory methodology involving open, axial, and theoretical coding to analyze the data collected through the interviews (Charmaz, 2006). My analysis suggested an emerging theory of young women’s anger in romantic relationships involving 5 categories, 16 sub-categories, and 4 types. Overall, the findings suggest young women experience contradictions about their power in romantic relationships and variability across events in how they “do” and “undo” gender in relation to their anger in romantic relationships. The findings also confirm that for most young women, their power in romantic relationships is associated with how women relate to, understand and express their anger. The emerging theory of women’s anger in romantic relationships provides a tool for further research on anger in the context of romantic relationships and a set of guidelines for clinicians to assess young women’s anger in romantic relationships.
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Jay, Melissa. "Women's Experiences of Mindfulness in Romantic Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6221.

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Mindfulness has been found to enhance romantic relationships through the practice of remaining open, calm, and emotionally regulated during times of struggle. There was a gap in the literature, however, related to how the practice of mindfulness is subjectively experienced in women's romantic relationships. The purpose of this heuristic study was to understand how women's practice of mindfulness effects their romantic relationships. The conceptual framework for this study was mindfulness-to-meaning theory, which highlights that wellbeing is supported through 2 main mechanisms of mindfulness: savoring and reappraisal. The nature of this study was a qualitative approach using Moustakas's heuristic method. After the data were collected through semistructured interviews, 6 themes were identified. The themes were (a) heightened presence in the relationship; (b) enhanced emotional regulation within the relationship; (c) expanded awareness in the relationship; (d) stronger connection to self and partner; (e) increased gratitude for self, partner, and their shared life; and (f) continued growth in the relationship. Women identified feeling a sense of enhanced emotional regulation within the relationship which enables them to remain calm, less reactive, and better able to communicate with their partners during times of difficulty. The findings from this study confirmed and expanded previous research. This study may enhance understanding of how mindfulness may lead to deeper connection and stability in romantic relationships. By doing so, this study may also contribute to positive social change by informing the work of those in the wellness industry who provide support to women.

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Faulconer, Leigh A. "Women's accounts of abuse in their intimate relationships." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42960.

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The majority of research on wife abuse and dating violence neglects women's personal experiences and focuses on the extent and nature of physical abuse. Feminist researchers, however, stress the significance of both recognizing women's voices and acknowledging all forms of abuse against women. The purpose of this study was to enhance the understanding of women's personal experiences of being in an abusive, heterosexual relationship by asking women to write narratives describing their experiences.

Nine women, between the ages of 27 and 46 years and who had left their abuser, participated in this study. The relationships had become abusive within 2 weeks to 2 years of their beginning, though most became abusive within several months and one was always abusive. All but one of the women reported receiving help in leaving the relationship.

The themes that arose from the stories are important because they indicate what these abused women deem important or relevant to their experiences. While valuable, much of past research has neglected to focus on what abused women deem significant. The five themes that emerged from their stories are abusive aspects of relationships, characteristics of the abuser, respondents' reactions to abuse, abuse as a private act, and support and advice.

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Gray, Jeannie, and Jeannie Gray@canberra edu au. "Women's experience of the effects of breast cancer treatment on sex and the couple relationship." University of Canberra. Professional & Community Education, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050711.113420.

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Sex after breast cancer treatment has hitherto been studied chiefly by quantitative methods, which have found that at least a third of women concerned have sexual difficulties. The reasons for this were not clearly identified, but were usually held to be associated with depressed mood and negative body image. This study gathered information about sex and the couple relationship by means of in-depth interviews with fdteen women, and reports their experiences as they recounted them. All had been treated with breast surgery, four with radiotherapy, nine with chemotherapy and eight with the hormone treatment, tamoxifen. Fourteen had had sex since their treatment, and twelve of these had sexual difficulties they had not been having before the treatment, These difficulties were not connected with either mood changes or body image concerns, but were mainly due to problems with desire and orgasm and to vulva1 and vaginal symptoms. Most women attributed these problems to menopause, whether natural, induced by the chemotherapy or exacerbated by tamoxifen. The couple relationship in this circumstance has not been intensively studied until now. The study found that a positive shift commonly took place in the less stable relationships, so that the couple became closer, and sex, including heterosexual intercourse, became more acceptable to the woman. There was no change in the stable relationships. In both stable and less stable relationships, though intercourse was wished for by the heterosexual women, the sexual difficulties described above inhibited its successful accomplishment. The study also reports the coping methods used by the women and their experience of trying to find information about the subject of sex and sexual difficulties, from health professionals and other sources.

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Leblanc, Renée. "The principalship: Five women principals' relationships and responsibilities." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6390.

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Many women currently occupy the position of high school principal, and the number of studies conducted with women educational administrators has increased to reflect that reality. In the past, women who became school administrators had to have succeeded according to rules that they had no part in making; they were accommodating the demands of administrative roles shaped by men (Young, 1995). Since Young wrote that conclusion in 1995, the landscape has changed, and even more women occupy educational administrative positions. This study attempted to ascertain to what extent and in what ways women are now able to shape administrative roles to suit themselves; in terms of their leadership approach, and their conception of power, and authority. The qualitative study is based on data collected from semi-structured, open-ended interviews with five women high school principals, as well as observations conducted at their work place. The aim of the study was to further our understanding of how they enact their role as the principal of a high school. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Evans, Megan. "Army women's reasons for not using condoms in relationships." Connect to resource, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/28448.

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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2007.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages: contains 14 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-14). Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.

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Hughes, Moreen Patricia. "A proposal for building effective relationships in women's ministries." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Lonoff, Julia Rachel. "An experiential constructivist exploration of bulimia and women's relationships." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1270916848.

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Forth, Cara Leona. "Alcoholic women's relationships as related to intimacy and trust." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/743.

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Woledge, Elizabeth. "Intimacy between men in modern women's writing." Thesis, University of Chester, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/71873.

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This thesis sets out to investigate, and concludes by defining, a genre of modern women's writing. This genre, which 1 have called 'intimatopia' for its depiction of fictional worlds which centre around intimacy, explores close relationships between men, I use this thesis to elucidate the ideological assumptions which underlie this genre, as well as to consider the textual features which are commonly used to support them. My investigation is facilitated by my choice to focus on the appropriative fictions which form a significant part of the intimatopic genre. The appropriative text is particularly apposite to any project which, like this one, seeks to investigate distinctive ideologies, for in a comparison between the text and its source the ideological perspectives of the writer can be glimpsed. As a result of this approach one of the central features of this thesis is a comparison between hegemonic and intimatopic ideologies, which are found to be markedly different. Central to the intimatopic text, which may be sexually explicit, sexually discreet, or sexually ambiguous, is the assumption that there exists a fluid link between love, friendship and intimacy. This ideological perspective is one which many theoreticians, in fields as diverse as literary criticism, psychology and biology, have connected to feminine, rather than masculine, ways of thinking. Although it is therefore unsurprising to find that this is a feature of a predominantly feminine genre, its application to relationships between men runs counter to ideological assumptions about masculine interaction. From examining a variety of appropriative literature 1 move on to less overtly appropriative texts in which the by now familiar intimatopic features can be identified. Following this, 1 discuss the interpretive communities which produce intimatopic texts, using the example of slash fiction, where the interpretive community is readily accessible, I begin to investigate the ideological assumptions about human interaction which underpin the interpretations typical of intimatopic writing. Finally, I consider the genre's antecedents, and mention other texts which, although they do not take male intimacy as their theme, nonetheless share intimatopic features. Thus this thesis offers an insight into an area of women's writing which has received little critical attention and which I have been able to crystallise into the genre of intimatopia. Whilst it is clearly inaccurate to describe all women's writing as intimatopic, this genre accounts for a significant number of texts by women and should be recognised alongside other feminine genres as part of the varied field of women's literature.

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Chedid, Joyce. "Bisexuality : an exploration of women's relationships : a constructivist grounded theory." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2015. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/bisexuality(c34b1f1e-04a3-4265-a0f5-84458ffa6eef).html.

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This research study explored how women construct meanings out of their bisexual experiences in their relationships. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology and methods, data was collected through intensive interviewing from nine participants. The participants had all been in at least one intimate and sexual relationship with partners of multiple genders. The data analysis resulted in the emergence of three main categories. Category one, spatial negotiation of sexual self, reflects primarily the process of moving from a heterosexual to a non-heterosexual identification. The second category, prism of experiences; refractions through another, portrays how women understand their sexual, physical and emotional experiences in relation to their partners. The third category, techniques of the relationship, represents the process resulting in the participants’ current preferences for bisexual partners. These three categories were integrated by examining the relations, intersections and interactions amongst them, leading to the identification of the basic social process underpinning the participants’ experiences. The occurrence of the basic social process, spatial negotiation, was evident in four dimensions: selfwith- self, self-with-society, self-with-partner, and self-with-relationship. The four dimensions of spatial negotiation explicate the multitude of properties involved in how meanings, behaviours, and actions are constructed and organised in forming relationships. The final theory suggests that women’s bisexual experiences in contemporary relationships are constructed within a sphere of spatial negotiations geared towards facilitating the achievement of their desired sexual, emotional and social existence with bisexual partners. This desired state varies individually, yet appears to integrate aspects of visibility, authenticity and belonging based on shared values, beliefs and views with partners. In light of existing literature indicating a lack of knowledge around bisexuals’ relationships by therapists, the theory offers a novel framework that accounts for multiplicity of factors pertinent to the construction of meanings in bisexual women’s relationships, which may be utilised by counselling psychologists as a guide to assist them in working with clients. Therefore, the implications anticipate a method that therapists may consult for abetting the facilitation of spatial negotiations, which in return can empower bisexual women through their relationships.

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Boop, Donielle L. "Expanding the Second Shift: Exploring Women's Work in Elder Care." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1267795261.

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Raymond, Meghan. "A phenomenological exploration of women's safe sex experiences in committed relationships." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289186.

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The purpose of this qualitative dissertation was to describe the experience of safe sex via consistent condom use for unmarried, young women involved in committed, long-term relationships. A phenomenological research approach was utilized throughout the study. The intent of phenomenological research is to describe and understand human experience. Phenomenology accomplishes this goal through a process of revealing the fundamental, defining structures of experience, called "essences." Essences are the invariant, shared elements of phenomena that are similar or common to anyone with that experience. Twelve women (M age = 20.6 years; M length of relationship = 19.3 months) recruited from a large, Southwestern university participated in semi-structured, individual, one-hour interviews. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed word for word. Transcripts were submitted to an adaptation of Giorgi's (1985, 1997) phenomenological data analysis procedure. Analysis revealed four essences that defined the experience of consistent condom use within the context of long-term, committed relationships: self-protection, an unwavering internal standard, personal responsibility, and relational support. (1) Participants maintained a conscious awareness of the need to protect themselves against the perceived, realistic threats of both pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. (2) Participants' internal standard to practice safe sex was formed independently and prior to meeting their current partners. Practicing consistent condom use was a resolute and integral facet of being sexually active, such that the decision to practice safe sex within their relationships was not regarded as optional. (3) In addition, participants believed that they alone were ultimately responsible for their own health, and the majority expressed this responsibility through dual method contraceptive use (i.e., condoms and the birth control pill). (4) Characteristics of partners (e.g., supporting participants' decision to use condoms, absence of complaints about condom use) and of the relationship itself (e.g., open communication) made the practice of safe sex easier for participants. Finally, neither participants nor their partners interpreted condom use in the relationship as a sign of infidelity. Results were discussed in the context of existing research on the intrapersonal and interpersonal influences on safe sex behavior, as well as with respect to feminist literature on female sexuality.

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Fox, Claire. "Tales of the unexpected: analysing disabled women's accounts of abusive relationships." Thesis, Keele University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518339.

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Cooper-Evans, Mia Samantha. "Where are the men? : low-income women's experience of heterosexual relationships." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52611.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper was to review the available literature concerning how low-income women experience their heterosexual relationships. Particular attention was paid to the constructs of social support and intimacy which have both been cited as important variables for coping with stress. It was found that, despite there being more stressors associated with poverty, very little research has been conducted on lowincome women. However, when comparing the available literature, there seem to be important differences between low-income and middle-class women's expectations regarding heterosexual relationships. The literature suggests that for low-income women, heterosexual relationships can often be experienced as an additional source of stress, particularly as traditional gender roles playa greater role in expectations regarding the provision of social support. It therefore seems as though some low-income women, in a bid not to submit to traditional role expectations, choose to stay single and strive for financial independence in order to retain power within heterosexual relationships. The need for intimacy was not clearly articulated by low-income women but a desire for a sexually faithful partner was expressed. Although it seemed as though low-income women did not expect social support or intimacy from their male partners, they did articulate other specific expectations. The literature suggested that low-income women could reliably expect sex and the conception of children. from their heterosexual relationships but that their other expectations were often disappointed. However, heterosexual relationships are considered an important means for low-income women to gain status within the community. Finally, the current review of the literature highlighted the considerable overlap between the constructs of social support and intimacy. In conclusion, further research needs to be conducted (particularly in South Africa) in order to determine how low-income women experience their heterosexual relationships.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om 'n oorsig te kry van die beskikbare literatuur oor laeinkomstevroue se ervaring van hulle heteroseksuele verhoudings. Aandag is in die besonder gegee aan die konstrukte van sosiale ondersteuning en intimiteit, wat albei as belangrike veranderlikes tydens die hantering van stres aangedui is. Daar is bevind dat, ondanks die feit dat daar meer stressore is wat met armoede in verband gebring word, baie min navorsing nog oor lae-inkomstevrouegedoen is. Wanneer die beskikbare literatuur egter vergelyk word, lyk dit asof daar belangrike verskille is tussen die verwagtinge wat onderskeidelik laeinkomstevroue en vroue uit die middelklas het ten opsigte van heteroseksuele verhoudinge. Die literatuur voer aan dat lae-inkomstevroue heteroseksuele verhoudings dikwels as 'n addisionele bron van stres beleef, veral aangesien tradisionele geslagsrolle 'n groter rol speel in verwagtinge rondom die verskaffing van sosiale ondersteuning. Dit lyk dus asof sommige lae-inkomstevrouein 'n poging om hulle nie aan tradisionele rolverwagtinge te onderwerp nie, verkies om nie te trou nie, maar om eerder na finansiële onafhanklikheid te streef in 'n poging om die mag in heteroseksueleverhoudings te behou. Die behoefte aan intimiteit is nie duidelik deur lae-inkomstevroue aangedui nie, maar wel 'n behoefte aan 'n enkelvoudige heteroseksuele verhouding. Alhoewel dlt gelyk het asof lae-lokomstevroue nie sosiale ondersteuning of intimiteit van hulle mansvriende verwag het nie, het hulle ander spesifieke verwagtinge genoem. Uit die literatuur wil dit lyk of lae-inkomstevroue met redelike sekerheid seks en die verwekking van kinders van hulle heteroseksuele verhoudings kon verwag, maar dat hulle ander verwagtinge dikwels teleurgestel word. Nogtans word heteroseksuele verhoudings as 'n belangrike manier gesien waarop lae-inkomstevroue status in die gemeenskap kan verkry. Die huidige literatuurstudie belig ook die aansienlike oorvleueling tussen die konstrukte van sosiale ondersteuning en intimiteit. Ten slotte is dit duidelik dat verdere navorsing gedoen moet word (veral in Suid-Afrika) om te bepaal hoe laeinkomstevrouehulle heteroseksueleverhoudings beleef.

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Biddell, Sarah Louise. "Women's experiences of depression, and their experiences of relationships during recovery." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7895/.

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This thesis consists of two volumes submitted towards the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Volume I comprises three research chapters. The first presents a metasynthesis of fifteen studies of women's experiences of depression. Eight themes and an underlying concept, 'The Conflicted Self, reflect the complexity of depression for women. The second is an empirical research project which explored women's experiences of relationships during recovery from depression. Analysis identified the women were integrated within relationships which could negatively and positively impact upon their depression and recovery. The third is a public dissemination document of these chapters. Volume II comprises five clinical practice reports. The first presents two formulations of James, a 26 year-old man experiencing a number of difficulties related to underlying low self-esteem. The second presents an audit of the care provided by a mental health service to people with psychosis. The third presents a single-case experimental design of Jasminder, a 10 year-old non-verbal girl with ASD displaying self-injurious behaviour. The fourth presents a case study of Emily, a 16 year-old girl experiencing anxiety, low mood, self- harm, and OCD. The fifth presents an abstract of an oral presentation of Jane, a 28 year-old woman experiencing difficulties related to underlying emotional instability.

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Lacina, Michael Allen. "Relationships Between Training Load Metrics and Injury in Collegiate Women's Soccer." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100946.

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Injury risk reduction is an ever-evolving topic within an athletic environment. Consequences from an injury include participation time loss, financial, social, and personal costs. Coaching and medical staff strive to reduce the risk through various manners. Training load monitoring is one method that is utilized in injury risk reduction through global positioning systems (GPS) with statistical modeling. The purpose of this study was to investigate the external loads for training sessions and competition in starters versus non-starters; to determine if there were control chart violations associated with sustained injuries; and to determine whether in-season injuries were associate with one or more control chart violations. NCAA Division I female soccer players were recruited during the fall 2019 season. Participants were provided a STATSports GPS unit to wear during all practice and competition sessions to analyze the following variables: total distance, high metabolic load distance, sprints, accelerations, decelerations, and dynamic stress load (DSL). These variables were analyzed using statistical process control charts (SPC Charts) and Nelson Rules. Overall, there were 1,235 violations for the team, with the highest amount coming from DSL. Throughout the season, there were 16 time-loss injuries. Within the 3- and 7-day periods prior to injury, there were only two cases in which the injured athlete had more violations when compared to the team average. Therefore, SPC Charts were not a good indicator of injury risk prediction within this population. Future research includes reassessing these methods within a larger population and for a longer duration (i.e. several seasons).
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Reducing the risk of injury in athletes is a focal point for many coaches, training, and medical staffs in collegiate athletics. The consequences of injury range from loss of playing time to financial and long-term health costs. Being able to reduce the risk of injuries not only has personal implications for the athlete but also relates to overall team success. Using global positioning systems (GPS) to track the amount of work done in training can possibly reduce injury risk. This study planned to investigate the workload in NCAA Division 1 collegiate female soccer athletes and if any injuries were sustained during both training and competition settings. The results suggest that statistical process control (SPC) charts and the Nelson Rules did not predict injury risk within this population. There is limited research that has used these tools. Future work can reassess these methods within larger collegiate athletic populations, over a longer period of time.

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Birnie, Laura K. "Living with multiple sclerosis : women's experiences of sexuality and intimate relationships." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422099.

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Sferra, Susan Pinto. "Perceived relationship quality as a predictor of women's dropout from substance abuse treatment." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34375.

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This study examines how substance-abusing women and their partners perceive their relationship and how these perceptions are related to women's treatment completion. The participant pool came from a larger study comparing the effects of adding couples therapy to traditional substance abuse treatment. All couples were in a committed relationship of at least six months duration. The sample was 166 mostly white and lower income women and their partners. The primary drugs of choice were opiates, alcohol, and cocaine. Relationship perceptions were assessed prior to treatment by using the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, the Dyadic Formation Inventory, and the Family Assessment Device. These scales all measure relationship quality as perceived by the subjects. Perceptions of the women with substance abuse problems who completed treatment did not differ significantly from those who dropped out. The partners' perceptions did differ significantly. Partners of women who dropped out reported more couple commitment and more couple interaction as measured by the DFI, and higher overall general functioning, as measured by the FAD, than the partners of those who completed. These findings suggest the importance of partners' involvement in, and support for, the woman's drug treatment.
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Sharp, Pamela Agnes, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "A study of relationships between colonial women and black Australians." Deakin University, 1991. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20060922.083240.

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The study is concerned with the history of black and white women in Australia during the colonial period. Particular emphasis is on the variety of cross-cultural relationships which developed between women during that time. As a starting point, male frontier violence is discussed and compared with the more moderate approach taken by women faced with threatening situations. Among Europeans, women are revealed as being generally less racist than men. This was a significant factor in their ability to forge bonds with black women and occasionally with black men. The way in which contacts with Aborigines were made is explored and the impact of them on the women concerned is assessed, as far as possible from both points of view. Until now, these experiences have been omitted from colonial history, yet I believe they were an important element in racial relations. It will be seen that some of these associations were warm, friendly and satisfying to both sides, and often included a good deal of mutual assistance. Others involved degrees of exploitation. Both are examined in detail, using a variety of sources which include the works of modern Aboriginal writers. This study presents a new aspect of the female experiences which was neglected until the emergence of the feminist historians in the 1960s. It properly places women, both black and white, within Australian colonial history.

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Smith, Lisa Wynne. "Women's health care in England and France (1650-1775)." Thesis, University of Essex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369366.

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Tallon, Laura. "Silencing sirens : love, sexuality, marriage and women's voices in Shakespeare /." Connect to online version, 2009. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2009/374.pdf.

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Douglas, Emily A. "The effects of verbally aggressive messages on women's self-concepts within romantic relationships." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1365177.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of verbally aggressive messages on women's self-concepts within romantic relationships. Through a qualitative methodological approach, this study examined the effects of such messages in the role of control negotiation, effects on women's self-concepts, and effects on future communication patterns. Through one-on-one interviews, women who have previously been in verbally abusive relationships were given the opportunity to share their individual stories through a narrative analysis. In addition, the theories of Communication Theory of Identity and Relationship Scripts were applied to understand the relationship between the effects of the messages on attitudes, behaviors, sense of identity, and communication patterns of the participants.The results indicated negative effects on victims who have experienced verbally abusive relationships. The need for control exemplified by the male aggressors resulted in compliance by the participants. The participants also experienced lower self-esteem and change or loss of personal identity, which affected communication in subsequent romantic relationships.
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Nowacka, K. Janine, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Women's journeys of transformation through self-other relationships : a phenomenological-hermeneutics investigation." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2010, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2537.

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In contemporary transpersonal theory, women‟s experiences of transformation have largely been overlooked. This study seeks to answer the question, what are women‟s lived experiences of the path of transformation through self-other relationships? In setting the stage for the study, the researcher identifies two transpersonal theorists, Wilber and Almaas, and describes their models of consciousness development. She then outlines the feminist critique of existing psychological literature and the need for exclusively female research. Following is an inclusion of themes that have been extracted from the existing literature, themes which represent the biases of the researcher in what she expected to encounter in the current research. Further is a description of existentialism and the role it plays in inviting women to embark on a journey of transformation. The methods employed by the researcher were qualitative phenomenological-hermeneutics. Seven females participated in a three-stage interview process, whereby information was gathered via interviews, then further transcribed and interpreted. This information was then synthesized and presented in a thematic analysis where women‟s experiences were categorized into four separate stages. Finally, the sub-themes of each stage were compared to the stages of development as illustrated by Wilber and Almaas. Ultimately it is concluded that women‟s experiences are highlighted by the relational nature of self-development, and the cyclical process of the journey itself.
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Edwards, Katie M. "College Women's Stay/Leave Decisions in Sexually Violent Relationships: A Prospective Analysis." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1192941493.

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Roman, Michelle. "Relationships Between Women's Glass Ceiling Beliefs, Career Advancement Satisfaction, and Quit Intention." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3830.

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Research on the glass ceiling shows that women may encounter obstacles in their pursuit of high-level management positions. The purpose of this quantitative study was to test the explanatory style theoretical framework by examining relationships between women's glass ceiling beliefs, career advancement satisfaction, and quit intention and to determine whether satisfaction with career advancement opportunities mediated the relationship between glass ceilings beliefs and quit intention. Data were collected from 179 working women in the public or private sector and women who exited the public or private sector job market within the past 5 years via Web-based surveys. Glass ceiling beliefs were assessed using the Career Pathways Survey (CPS), career advancement satisfaction was assessed using the Career Satisfaction Measure, and quit intention was assessed using the Intention to Quit Scale and data were analyzed using multiple regression and correlational statistical techniques. Findings indicated significant relationships between the principal variables. Results also showed that career advancement satisfaction had a significant mediating effect on denial, resilience, and acceptance glass ceiling beliefs and quit intention. Findings may be used to help women understand how their glass ceiling beliefs and career satisfaction drivers influence their reaction to workplace events and may be used by employers to implement proactive retention strategies.

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Sieberhagen, Stephanie. "Investigating relationships between women's moods and their menstrual cycles - a multimethod study." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29991.

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A multi-method study was conducted to investigate the relationships between a woman’s menstrual-cycle and her moods. Twenty eight participants were recruited using convenience sampling. Each participant provided data for two full menstrual cycles by taking part in a pre and post-study in-depth interview; answering a structured daily self-report diary utilising a Likert scale and completing three established research instruments – the Brunel Scale of Moods, the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire and the Born-Steiner Irritability Questionnaire, weekly. Interviews were conducted in person and quantitative data were collected electronically via e-mail. The mixed-methods methodology resulted in quantitative data that were analysed using STATA statistical software and the ecological multivariate data analysis software package known as PRIMER. Results from the statistical software were represented graphically and indicated that there is a relationship between menstrual cycle days and moods, with individual women’s correlations differing from each other to some extent. The data confirmed that there are groups of women who follow a very similar mood pattern and that educational level, vocation, exercise and participation in volunteer work or hobbies defines these groups to some degree. The qualitative data supported these findings and indicated the impact of menstrual cycle related moods on women’s daily functioning. The study concludes that menstrual cycle related moods play a role in overall life satisfaction and that psycho education and awareness can improve overall quality of life.

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Sheu, Yea-Huey. "Women's poverty in Taiwan : the conflicting and complementary relationships with family policy." Thesis, University of Bath, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263233.

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Velazquez, Patricia A. "Crossing "The Invisible Fence"| The Quality of Mentoring Relationships in the Career of Successful Women." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10931478.

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Crossing the Invisible Fence: The Quality of Mentoring Relationships in the Careers of Successful Women Patricia A. Velazquez ABSTRACT Despite a substantial disparity between the levels of professional success achieved by women as compared to men, many women achieve professional success in their fields. This study utilizes thematic analysis of in-depth interviews to explore the life experiences of a sample of eight professional women. The questions that guided this research were (1) How are early relationships related to women?s capacity to envision a professional future and to utilize mentoring relationships? and (2) What are the factors that contribute to women?s success? The interviews were conducted and analyzed using a narrative approach. Eight consistent themes were identified in the lives of these women that contributed to their career success. These themes are the experience of attunement, esteem-building messages, sources of inspiration, challenges that were overcome and that promoted increased-self-esteem, notable personal qualities, a clear career path, and success defined in terms of contribution to others. Furthermore, mentoring and early relationships played an important role in these women?s success, and the quality of early relationships was found to have shaped the kind of mentoring experienced as helpful. In particular, attunement and empathy in a mentor were essential. Interestingly, good mentors were not found to be gender specific. KEYWORDS: MENTORING, ATTUNEMENT, INTERSUBJECTIVITY, INVISIBLE FENCE, NARRATIVE APPROACH, CAREER SUCCESS

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Miller, Catherine Elaine. "Woman to woman a Bible study for overcoming obstacles in mentoring relationships /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Horcajo, Montserrat MartiÌn. "Generating female freedom among women's relationships in rugby union : narratives of sexual difference." Thesis, Brunel University, 2004. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5536.

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Women's rugby relationships are generally analysed from the point of view of men's rugby, otherwise they are overlooked, or treated as incidental. By contrast, the overall aim of this study is to make sense of women's rugby experiences and relations to rugby as a sport in terms of the feminine friendship relationships they forge and develop through on-field play and the informal culture surrounding the game. This research was conducted and written from the perspective of an active participant as both observer and "research subject". Within the framework of Italian sexual difference thought, it is a dialogue between the main concepts which ground this thought and data concerning women's rugby experiences as gathered from my recollection of personal experiences; participant observation in one team in Barcelona and two in London; twelve conversational interviews with my best rugby friends from Barcelona and London; as well as innumerable informal conversations with friends and other rugby women. I have chosen sexual difference theory to make sense of women's rugby relationships because it allows me to approach women's experiences in rugby from the premise that women are not required to imitate or reverse men's rugby meanings in order to make sense of their experiences. This theory derives from Irigaray's premise that women and men are two irreducible subjects. Thus, this study challenges the existence of a neutral or abstract human being. In short, one of the central aims of this research is to challenge the belief that men's rugby experiences are neutral and abstract and, therefore, can be unproblematically applied to women's rugby. The premise that underpins this investigation is a belief in women's rugby experiences as both illustrative and creative extensions, through on-field play and off-field friendships, of the biological, historical and socially interwoven specificity of women's relationships. Thus, another purpose of this study is to engage the reader with the world of women's rugby and at the same time to delve into the analysis of the significant consequences engendered by women's intense relationships in rugby. The ultimate goal of this project is to show how meaningful relationships in women's rugby can strengthen women's beliefs in themselves and dissolve the doubts that women have about their specific ways of perceiving, organizing and "wording" the world (Richardson, 1996). This research is devoted to strengthening and supporting the concept of female existence as original in itself and capable of taking symbolic form. This research also explores the possibilities that alternative ways of writing about women's rugby experiences and relationships offer to sport feminists' sociology. For this reason, throughout the data chapters I have combined sexual difference theoretical concepts with creative non-fiction narratives of women's rugby relationships and experiences. This means that, inspired by my own experiences, recollections and conversational interviews with other rugby women about their experiences, I have created stories that interweave my subjectivity as a rugby player and as a listener with the experiences of others as narrated to me.

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Chang, Ann Wan-lih. "Transforming relationships : female revisions of archetypal motifs in contemporary Irish women's short stories." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429765.

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Farrar, Angela L. "It's All About Relationships: African-American and European-American Women's Hotel Management Careers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-195610359611541.

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Amanor-Boadu, Yvonne. "A comparison of immigrant and non-immigrant women's decision making in abusive relationships." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1849.

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Rhatigan, Deborah Lynn. "Effect of Received Social Support on Battered Women's Commitment to their Abusive Relationships." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27604.

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This project attempted to understand better the relationship between social support and womenâ s commitment to an abusive relationship for the purpose of informing social support interventions. This study was not an intervention; instead, it sought to examine the processes linking receipt of helpful forms of social support from naturally occurring sources with womenâ s commitment and stay/leave decisions. Specifically, it was hypothesized that relationship satisfaction and quality alternatives would mediate the relationship between received social support types (e.g., nondirective support, positive social exchange, tangible assistance, and directive guidance) and battered womenâ s feelings of commitment. Fifty-one battered women living in domestic violence shelters participated in the present study. Women completed the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2), Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors (ISSB), and Investment Model Scale (IMS) along with other measures designed for this study. Results showed that battered women who received more resources and services (i.e., tangible assistance) endorsed lesser commitment to their abusive relationships; however, other dimensions of social support such as showing concern, giving advice, and spending time in recreational activities were unrelated to commitment. Further, neither relationship satisfaction nor quality alternatives mediated the relationship between support and commitment; however, relationship satisfaction and quality alternatives demonstrated expected relationships with womenâ s commitment. Potential design limitations as well as clinical and research implications are discussed.
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Castellanos, Patricia. "The romantic relationships of Latina adolescent mothers| Longitudinal effects of relationship satisfaction, social support, and relationship strain." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618906.

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The demands and challenges of early parenthood place adolescent mothers at high risk for developing adjustment difficulties. The current longitudinal study examined the types of relationships that Latina adolescent mothers have with their partners, based on the young mother's level of acculturation and enculturation. The study also examined positive (e.g., partner support, relationship satisfaction) and negative (e.g., relationship strain) aspects of romantic relationships that impact both relationship continuity and the adolescent mothers' psychological adjustment. One hundred and twenty five Latina adolescent mothers (M age=19.49 years; SD=1.34; of primarily Puerto Rican origin) who reported having a partner and their young children participated in this study at T1; one hundred and eight of these mothers returned for a second assessment 6 months later (T2). The majority of participants resided with their partners (70.4%) and approximately 42% of the young mothers were in relatively long-lasting (3 or more years) relationships with their partners. Around 19% of mothers were married, and marriage and co-residence with partner related to higher perceived instrumental support. Mothers' cultural orientation was related to characteristics of these relationships. Less acculturated mothers and mothers who were highly enculturated were more likely to be married and living with partners. The partners of more enculturated mothers were also more likely to be the child's biological father. Roughly 78% of participants who had a partner at T1 and returned for T2 reported the same partner at T2. Although a few demographic and relationship characteristics were related to continuity (e.g., co-residence and relationship with child's father, having Latino partners, and longer relationships), relationship satisfaction was the only unique predictor of continuity. In regard to associations with mother's psychological distress, non-tangible support, satisfaction, and strain at T1 related to distress at T2. However, strain was the only unique predictor of distress; satisfaction had a marginal effect. Importantly, the association between strain and distress was moderated by satisfaction, such that strain predicted more distress at low and medium levels of satisfaction, but not at higher levels of satisfaction. Results are discussed in light of Latino cultural values, developmental issues, and implications for intervention.

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Vail, Mary Orosz III. "Longitudinal Indicators of Women's Identity and Family Self and Daughters' Current Perspectives on Relationships with Nonalcoholic and Alcoholic Parents." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30455.

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Change and stability on identity and family self indicators, first studied in 1989, are documented among 54 women aged 47.26 (SD=8.44) years; 26 of these women were interviewed in 1997 as well. The present study examined daughters' perceptions of relationships with parents and their influences on women's identities, self-perceptions, and vulnerabilities to distress. Categorizing women by parents' alcoholism status and respondents' concurrent therapeutic activities explained a modest proportion of variance on identity and family self in 1989. By 1997 there were no longer significant differences between alcoholics' daughters and nonalcoholics' daughters. Variance attributable to 1989 group categorization was considerably reduced. Phenomenological themes revealed among daughters' reflections included the importance of parents' time and attention with striking differences on relating with parents in alcoholics' families and nonalcoholics' families. Essential features of perspective taking experiences explain similarities and differences in daughters' felt closeness to parents influencing women's identities, self-perceptions, and therapeutic activities. Incongruity between sociocultural ideals and lived experience evidently exacerbate women's existential struggles.
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Richards-Barna, Anne 1963. "Relationships among perimenstrual symptoms, stressful life events, anxiety and cortisol levels." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278594.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between stress and perimenstrual symptoms. Stress was studied in terms of major life events, self-reported anxiety, and blood cortisol levels. Fifteen women who demonstrated negative affect perimenstrual symptoms and seventeen women who were identified as asymptomatic charted their symptoms daily for three menstrual cycles. During this time, state anxiety and blood cortisol levels were measured twice a week. The results of this study support a positive relationship between stressful life events, trait anxiety, state anxiety, and perimenstrual symptoms. However, cortisol levels were not correlated with either perimenstrual symptoms or state anxiety. There was a difference between the symptomatic and the asymptomatic groups in terms of stressful life events and trait anxiety. There was also a significant difference in state anxiety between the two groups when measured during the perimenstrual phase, however, not during the postmenstrual phase. There were no significant changes in cortisol levels between groups or cycle phases.

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Lin-Roark, Isabella Hsiu-Chen. "Battered women's evaluations of their intimate partners as a possible mediating factor between abuse and self-concept." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/i_lin-roark_012209.pdf.

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Warrier, Shrikala Balakrishna. "Family roles and sociability networks in a Gujarati community in London with special reference to changes in women's roles." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242605.

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He, Shanshan, and 何姗姗. "Women's coerced first sexual intercourse in dating relationships: a stage model for Chinese collegestudents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44763979.

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Smith, Sonya. "Black women's self-concept : the effects of attitudes toward black male-white female relationships." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1033636.

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Various researchers (e.g., Copeland, 1977; Foster,1973; and Dickson, 1993) have theorized that due to negative self-imagery and the lack of eligible Black men, Black women's self-concept suffers as a result of "losing" potential Black partners to White women. The purpose of the present study was to empirically evaluate the relationship between Black women's self-concept and their attitudes toward Black men dating White women. In addition, level of racial identity development, dating practices, and selfratings of attractiveness were examined as moderating variables. Thirty-six single Black pre-professional (PP) and 36 single Black professional (P) women completed the Demographic Questionnaire, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS), and the Racial Identity Scale-Version B (RIAS-B). The video vignette depicting a Black male-White female couple was then introduced, and the TSCS was administered for a second time. The results indicated that self-concept of the sample was not influenced by viewing a video of a Black male-White female couple. Moreover, level of satisfaction with physical appearance was not correlated with self-concept. In addition, PP women tended to be unsure of their Black identity while P women were less confused and more comfortable with their Black identity. The effects of Black male-White female relationships on Black women is in its exploratory stage and more research is needed in this area.
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Tyler, Lisa Lynne. "Our mothers' gardens : mother-daughter relationships and myth in twentieth-century British women's literature /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1335473469.

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Murphy, JoAnna R. "Living the Fat Body: Women's Experiences and Relationships with Their Bodies and Popular Culture." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1515055091898279.

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Kock, Elizabeth. "The impact of a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome on women's expectations of intimate relationships." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/19145/.

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Women may present with slightly more subtle symptoms and could be more likely to only be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) during adulthood, which may have implications for the way in which they view themselves, and for potential relationships. This dissertation explores the experience of intimate relationships of women who have been diagnosed with ASD in adulthood. Semi-structured interviews were used to interview eight participants. The data was transcribed and analysed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method.

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Carro-Ripalda, Susana. "Living with saints : women's relationships and experience in daily life in Lake Pátzcuaro (México)." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21131.

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This thesis deals with the relationships and interactions of Purhepecha women with significant others, including holy beings (saints, Virgins and Christ's, all of which are called santitos), in quotidian contexts and life-cycle situations. The research for the thesis took place in the island of Jaracuaro in the lake Patzcuaro, Central-West Mexico. This tiny island is inhabited almost exclusively by Purhepecha people, the indigenous population of the region. Daily life in Jaracuaro is significantly organised by gender and focused, in many respects, on domestic groups. The main argument of this thesis is that women interact and have meaningful relationships with the santitos much in the same way they do with relatives and neighbours. Saints, Virgins and Christs are present in houses, and women communicate and interact with them frequently about a variety of quotidian, domestic and personal concerns. These interactions include specific forms of physical contact, exchange and contextual perceptions (of gender, of position, of relationship, of capacity) and, due to their continuity, constitute relationships between the women and the santitos as personal as those taking place between the women and their relatives and neighbours. The capacity of santitos as significant social agents and the perceptual reality of their reciprocal intercourse make it possible for the women to dynamise processes of personal experience, as it happens in the interactions between people. These personal experiences are, in form and content, understood and shared by others, but they are also intensely personal and allow for changes in perceptions, actions and realities. Theoretically, my work touches upon several issues: it takes a critical look at the conceptualisations of the figure of Saints in the anthropological literature of Latin America, particularly focusing on the representations of saints as "symbols", and at the consequences of interpreting saints as objects and not as agents.

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Hartman, Julie Ellen. "Bi outside the bedroom the performance of bisexual identity among women in "heterosexual" relationships /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Earles, Lesley Ann. "Faith of Our Mothers: Religiosity in Adult Daughter-Mother Relationships." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81453.

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In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, a purposive sample of 12 religious women considered their experiences of religiosity with their mothers and larger family systems. Adult daughters reflected on the significance and meaning of religion in their lives and relationships, particularly the interaction of mothers and adult daughters concerning spirituality, beliefs, and experiences including intergenerational transmission of religiosity. Adult daughters were queried regarding maternal religious influence and the challenges of being women. Data were collected to saturation and analyzed to consider individual narratives about families into the development of three themes: Family Connections, Religious Consciousness, and Encountering Community. Gilligan's theory of moral development, including the ethic of caretaking, is employed to consider religiosity in the adult daughter-mother relationship. Limitations, clinical implications, and future directions are explored.
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Allan, Katrina. "A qualitative study investigating the relationship between the meaning given to women's experiences of childhood sexual abuse and their interpersonal relationships." n.p, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Allan, Katrina. "A qualitative study investigating the relationship between the meaning given to women's experiences of chidlhood sexual abuse and their interpersonal relationships." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57918/.

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Objectives: - Research in the field of meaning and trauma has failed to examine how interpersonal factors might impact on how people come to understand their experience of childhood sexual abuse, or how this meaning might change over time. This research aimed to develop a greater understanding of the meaning women develop for their experience of childhood sexual abuse over the course of their lives. A further aim was to investigate the ways in which interpersonal factors might impact on the meaning derived for these experiences and to investigate whether these meanings impacted on relationships with others. Design: - The study employed a qualitative research paradigm using a grounded theory methodology. Method: - Sixteen female participants were sought. They were recruited from selfhelp organisations and NHS mental health services. Face to face interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview schedule. The interviews aimed to develop a greater insight into participants' current and past understandings of the abuse, explanations for changes in meaning over time (if applicable), the influence of interpersonal relationships on the meaning of the abuse, the influence of the meaning of the abuse on interpersonal relationships and the nature of the support desired to help participants manage these meanings. Results: - Participant responses were analysed using aspects of the grounded theory method. Categories and themes were generated from the data. The data suggests that different meanings were given to the experience of sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence when compared to the current time. In particular, most of the participants interviewed reported 'self-blame' and 'the self as bad or wrong' in childhood and adolescence whereas current meanings were more likely to be characterised by'perpetrator blame. The impact of the meaning of the abuse on interpersonal relationships, and the impact of interpersonal relationships on the meaning of the abuse, also differed between childhood, adolescence and the current time. In childhood and adolescence, most participants described feeling disconnected from others. In contrast, many participants reported fearing rejection and feeling worthless in relation to others in adulthood. Relationships with others were also reported to both modify and confirm abuse-related meanings, particularly in adulthood. The data generated suggests that the changes in meaning reported over time resulted from interpersonal life events and experiences, such as having children or forming close relationship with others. Conclusions and Implications: - A tentative theoretical framework was developed from participants' responses to the research questions. This incorporated the difference in meanings that were given to the experience of childhood sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence when compared to the current time, and the relationship between these meanings and interpersonal relationships. A theoretical account was also developed to account for the changes in meaning given to participants' experiences of abuse from childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Methodological and conceptual issues in the research have also been addressed and suggestions made for further research. Implications for clinical practice are considered.

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