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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Ecosystemic"”.
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Ecosystemic determinants of and Predictive Relations to Racial Identity
This investigation examined the role that racial concordance, defined as the percentage of African Americans in one's environment, play in the relation between racial socialization and racial identity. African American (n=-160) students evaluated their perception of parental socialization, racial …
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The influence of ecosystemic factors on Black student teachers’ perceptions and experiences of Early Childhood Education
… this study attempted to investigate how ecosystemic factors influenced the low enrolment of Black student teachers as well as their perceptions and experiences of the ECE programme at a former White university. The study was conducted from a qualitative, case study approach. The various …
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An ecosystemic assessment of the 'children of divorce intervention program' for children between the ages of eight to twelve years
This study has been an attempt to understand the progression of twenty-eight 'children of divorce' as they have participated in the Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) and through the fifteen-month follow-up period thereafter. There were 15 girls and 13 boys; their ages ranged from 7 …
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AN ECOLOGICAL CRITIQUE TO DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE CASE OF ESPORTS
… out that many of these applications maintain an ecosystemic viewpoint only at a superficial level, failing to integrate an ecological framework. In this thesis, I adopt a qualitative methodology to explore esports as the empirical entry point for an ecological critique of the ecosystem concept. …
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The Post Crack Era: Teachers' Perceptions of Children Born Prenatally Exposed
… recommended that school districts adopt an ecosystemic approach for working with children from substance-abuse families with multiple needs.
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Relational religiosity and communal coping in African American romantic relationships
… and Niehuis, Huston, and Rosenband’s (2006) Ecosystemic Model of Courtship Progression guided the proposed research. Relational religiosity exhibited a pair of moderating (buffering) effects in men, helping them maintain high relationship satisfaction when faced with high levels of perceived …
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A qualitative study of the needs of parents of handicapped pre-schoolers attending a special school
… with handicapped children. The importance of an ecosystemic viewpoint to special educational studies is explained and the role of support systems investigated. Theories pertaining to the processes of stress, coping and adaptation are introduced. The special contributions of authors such as …
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The Ethics of Animal Advocacy: Towards Biocentric Individualism
… concerns, and that consideration of broader ecosystemic challenges elicit at best moot response from mainstream animal rights advocates. In taking an individualistically based biocentric approach, the essential aims of animal ethics can, I argue, be readily embraced into a theory of value …
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Resilience and protective factors in a Midwestern community : a participatory action approach
… Qualitative examinations of data resulted in an ecosystemic model of resilient youth in the community. Resilience was found to be influenced by interactions between individual, familial, and community factors. Individual perseverance and adult involvement and awareness, as well as community …
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English oral proficiency of grade 12 learners in selected private and public schools in Gauteng.
… the difference in performance. Bronfenbrenner’s ecosystemic model served as theoretical lense. A mixed-methods approach was used involving focus group interviews, document analysis, observations and quantitative analysis of marks obtained for oral performance. The idea was to gain new information …
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Die ontwikkeling van 'n ekosistemiese program ter fasilitering van selfregulering by korporatiewe werkers
… study was to develop, evaluate and refine an ecosystemic program to facilitate self-regulation (SR) among corporate workers. A temporary program was developed with the aid of a literature review, based on the integration of the SR-theory with the principles of the ecosystem theory and program …
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A Narrative Analysis of the Romantic and Sexual Scripts of Pregnant/Parenting Adolescent Girls
… <p>This study was guided by an ecosystemic approach, using both a feminist and social constructionist lens to examine the narratives of the young mothers. Sexual Scripting Theory was used conceptually to help organize the participants' narratives for analysis. Participants (n = …
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Factors promoting resilience in high risk youth
… to attain and understand common themes. An ecosystemic approach was used in conceptualizing the findings of this research. Indications of resilient development within male youths, relating to systemic factors, which contributed to resilience were explored. The major findings of this research …
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Exploration of Mycoremediation Candidate Screening: Uptake and Tolerance of Bismuth by Native Fungi
… and eco-friendly, with the caveat that potential ecosystemic interactions should be considered with bioremediation candidates. Fungi have relatively diverse biochemistry, even compared to other microbes, making them uniquely effective in bioremediation, a process specifically known as …
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The Development of READY-A (Ready for Adolescents): An Adolescent Premarital Education Inventory
… was completed for this study. Based on the ecosystemic developmental theory and developmental theory of interpersonal competence, characteristics found important to adolescent romantic relationships were grouped into two categories: individual characteristics of the adolescent and contextual …
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… interaction, in accordance with the ecosystemic perspective.
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… interaction, in accordance with the ecosystemic perspective.
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The views and experiences of service providers in facilitating a positive behaviour programme for at-risk youth in Cape Town schools: the case of the tenterden place of safety
… to address challenging behaviour through a more ecosystemic perspective. The study also recommends smaller classrooms to better manage the often-uneven teacher- learner ratio, which is believed to exacerbate problem behaviour. Furthermore, there should be improvements in the training curriculum …