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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Children’s wellbeing"”.
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Racism and Aboriginal Australian children’s wellbeing: impact and protective factors
… explores the effects of racism on Aboriginal children’s social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) and Aboriginal pregnant women’s mental health and wellbeing. Identification of protective factors against the effects of racism on child wellbeing was also contemplated. The thesis comprises seven …
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Exploring primary caregivers’ perceptions of children’s wellbeing during covid-19 within a low socioeconomic school context in the Cape Metropole
… threatening and chaotic environments for children, thus heightening their vulnerability to its effects and on their overall wellbeing. Surveys across the world indicated that primary caregivers noticed COVID-19 lockdown-related behavioural problems in their children. Evidence from the …
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Children's and adolescents' wellbeing and academic attainment at school in England: a mixed multi-methods investigation
… documents a significant, sustained decline in children’s wellbeing in England. Schools have a powerful role to play not only in nurturing children’s wellbeing, but explicitly teaching them what it means to be well. Yet the potential of schools to cultivate wellbeing among their pupils is …
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Social Support and Internalizing Psychopathology in Transgender Youth
… increasing number of families have allowed their children to socially transition to live in transgender identities; little is known about factors associated with such children’s wellbeing. The present work tests the association between gender-related support and internalizing symptoms in socially …
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My kids are then my life : mothering in the context of intimate partner violence
… effects on a victim’s emotional and physical wellbeing. These abused women often need to parent their children under aversive conditions. With the aim of capturing abused women’s mothering experiences using their own voice, twelve mothers from four shelter facilities in the Cape Metropole …
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Parenting processes in black and mixed race LGQ parent families: racial and queer socialization
… orientation) impact characteristics of their children (e.g., gender identity, sexual orientation). Second, the LGQ parenting literature is not representative and fails to adequately include racial and class diversity. Very few studies (e.g., Moore, 2011) have investigated whether or how LGQ …
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How do 6 - 8 year old children conceptualise the idea of wellbeing in their school context? A study of young children's ideas about wellbeing in a faith school in England.
The aim of this thesis is to explore how children give meaning to the concept of wellbeing within a school environment. It is rooted in a recognition of the importance and value of respecting children’s rights to be heard. There is a scarcity of existing qualitative studies focusing on how young …
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Structured teaching and eclectic classroom practice for children with autism in special schools: a case of mindful blending
… and why ‘Structured Teaching’ is implemented for children with autism and learning difficulties who are educated in special schools in one local authority in England. Structured Teaching is the educational component of the comprehensive approach ‘Treatment and Education for Autistic and Related …
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Obesity and Dental Caries in Children in Plymouth
… are two of the most common conditions affecting children and both have significant implications on children’s wellbeing and future health. Even though research into the relationship between the two conditions has been conducted for many years, results to date remain equivocal. Furthermore, the …
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Acculturation Gaps and Adjustment of Migrant Children and Families
… relationship in an overall sample of 493 children and 687 parents, through 3 empirical studies, in 4 dyads (i.e., parent-child; mother- and father-child; husbandwife) and across various children’s and families’ outcomes (e.g., children’s wellbeing, family closeness, husbands’ and wives’ …
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How can I teach Emotional Literacy to Junior Infants using Picturebooks?
… mental health issues a growing concern for Irish children and facing into a new era of education following the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the responsibility to support the wellbeing of their pupils has never been more present for Irish teachers. As the country resumes schooling after …
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An evaluation of the impact of a Scottish Local Authority Nurturing Relationships Approach
… (SDQs) (Goodman, 1997) and the Stirling Children’s Wellbeing Scale (Liddle & Carter, 2015) are used to measure social, emotional and behavioural effects pre-intervention and at the end of the second school session. Staff, pupil and parent focus groups are conducted at the end of the …
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Readiness and Relationships across the Transition to School: Children’s Experiences and Interactions between Home and School Contexts
… that brings opportunities and challenges for children, their families, and their teachers. Children vary significantly in their ability to adapt into the classroom environment, and intervention efforts require greater understanding of the malleable factors that contribute to this variation. …
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Play and paediatric health: exploring children's perspectives of play in the context of early health adversity
Background <br>Children possess rights to play and to express themselves on matters related to childhood. Though it is recognised that children can be experts of their own lives, the realisation of these rights and children’s agency is contextually dependent, especially in circumstances of health …
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Parental Time Investment with Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK
… phase for catalysing development, health, wellbeing, and learning, with lifelong effects. Extensive evidence emphasises the pivotal role of parenting during this stage, particularly in times of crisis or change. The COVID-19 pandemic instigated significant changes to family dynamics, …
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Flourishing in Chinese Heritage Language Learning: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Language Learner Wellbeing
… to break new ground by placing the concept of wellbeing at the heart of its investigation and delving into a domain-specific understanding of language learner wellbeing. Specifically, it focuses on the wellbeing experiences of a particular learner group – young Chinese heritage language (CHL) …
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‘Where there is a caring teacher, there is a compassionate school’: poor children's experiences of wellbeing and teacher-child relationships in Mumbai, India
… explores socio-economically disadvantaged children's lived experiences of ‘wellbeing’ and 'care' in an Indian school, in order to offer fresh perspectives on child wellbeing in resource-constrained settings and children's own views on teacher support for vulnerable learners. On a small …
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Play occupations in digital spaces: children's experiences throughout childhood
Play is enshrined as a right for all children and is characterised by its autotelic and intrinsic nature. As such, play is recognised as the primary occupation of children and best understood in terms of the multiple meanings it holds for individuals. The spaces in which children choose to play are …
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Exploring Learning through Play in Mexican Preschool Education: Teachers' Perspectives and Practices
… has long been recognised for its importance in children’s wellbeing and cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development (Trawick-Smith, 2016; Whitebread, 2012; Yogman et al., 2018; Zosh, Hassinger-Das, et al., 2022). Over the past decade, policymakers, researchers, and advocates worldwide …
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Nature, autism, and COVID: Exploring perceptions of nature’s relationship with wellbeing in diverse groups
The benefits of time in nature for wellbeing are numerous and well-documented. However, most of this research has focused on neurotypical individuals and was conducted prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. This thesis is comprised of three UK-based studies and has three main aims: to examine the role …
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