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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Family Dynamic"”.
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Love, Loss, and the Lack of (Communication)
… in my thesis. Exploring relationships and the family dynamic have always interested me. Everyone deals with relationship problems differently. I wanted to write about the possible outcomes of a person’s actions when problems in a relationship arise. It comes down to one thing: how a person …
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The Saleing Subculture
… of yard salers as well as a single woman’s family dynamic within the culture. The collection also endeavors to interrogate relationships between people and the meanings they give to the objects they engage with or choose to cast away.</p>
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Autobiography
… which the poet discusses topics such as: a tense family dynamic, feminism, sexuality and self-confidence. This collection of poetry speaks to the universality of human experience from a singularly unique perspective in such a manner so as to allow the reader the opportunity to understand that they …
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Pencils of Light: Family, Photography, and Performance
… and viewer is most often explored within the family unit. Ritualized family performances are those events where a family narrative is written photographically. This study explores this family dynamic of photography and performance through autobiographic reference to the author's own familial …
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Utilizing group art therapy to develop Korean immigrant mothers' sense of self and the relationship with the children
… Korean culture, which share Confucianism, the family dynamic, parenting, and developing individual’s sense of self, as well as, individual’s mental health.</p>
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Born into the midst of Parental Drug Misuse: the Voice and Life Story of a Child 'Survivor'
… misuse undoubtedly has an impact on the whole family, often becoming ‘…the axis around which the family dynamic would revolve’ (Barnard, 2007: 39) and children at the core of these family dynamics are invariably hidden behind closed doors. Although there is a growing commitment to working with …
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Message Convergence in Information Seeking and Decision Making among Adult Children Regarding their Parent's Diagnosis
… about the event to help them continue to cope. Family history, relationships, and emotions sit at the forefront of discussions and decisions surrounding adult children and their parents throughout the experience of treating the diagnosis. The goal for this study is to gather testimonials to …
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Silent wounds of the family
In many social orders of the world the broken family core is an unfortunate and common reality, leading to an ever growing presence of homeless children, mothers, or fathers. South Africa is not a stranger to this phenomenon, despite the fact that it is viewed as a country with one of the most …
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The Golden Country
… (several days), the characters' motivations and family dynamic are heavily informed by back story. Absolutely crucial to both plot and character is the death of Ava's father -- the result of leukemia contracted from Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam -- when she was a small child, along with …
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Before, behind, and beyond bars: motherhood among previously incarcerated women in the Western Cape
… which led them to be imprisoned, their family dynamics and their hopes and expectations for their release. Also highlighting the negative impact of South Africa's unequal socio-economic landscape on mothering practices and the increase in criminal behaviour. By challenging patriarchal …
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Defining Fatherhood for Non-Residential African American Men: A Phenomenological Approach
… the role of fathers within the non-residential family dynamic, with the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of all the members of the family.
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Marital Satisfaction Factors for Korean-Americans
… relationship (with parents-in-law), positive family dynamic in her or his family of origin, self-esteem, and religious homogamy. The order of importance of the 10 factors was slightly different between husbands and wives. Maintaining an androgynous role in Korean homes was not very …
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A matter of trust: A mixed methods study on the reunification of children “who are looked-after” with their birth parents.
… home as part of their care plan, and often to a family dynamic which was different to the one they had been removed from. Where reunification breakdown, and referrals to services post-reunification where breakdown did not occur, happened the children involved were more likely to be teenagers with …
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Syrian Refugee Fathers Perceptions of Identity and Family Dynamics in the U.S. after Displacement
… and (c) advance knowledge for marriage and family therapists, who are working with refugee families. Eight Syrian refugee fathers who were displaced in the last two years and living in Indiana, US shared their experiences through in-depth interviews. After transcribing and translating the …
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Evaluation of the unique challenges facing family farms in South Africa
… landscape of most nations remains dominated by family businesses. Therefore, it is fitting that academia has begun to recognise the importance of family business studies. Family businesses are here to stay. Families who work together and live together face certain unique challenges that other …
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Neurocognitive development in children
… contributions of early cognitive functioning and family-level factors to neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes in early childhood. Drawing on a community-based sample of 87 children assessed at two time points (infancy and age five), the study aimed to evaluate whether family structural and …
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The influence of family dynamics on adolescents deviant and sexual risk behaviour in a migration affected community in South Africa: an evidence for public health intervention
… proposed to explore and explain the influence of family dynamics in the occurrence of adolescents deviant and sexual risk behaviour. This study involved a sequential explorative, descriptive and analytic mixed method design, combining both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The …
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Prevalence and Predictors of Unintended Births in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Pooled Analysis of 27 Nationally Representative Surveys
… of sociodemographic, interpersonal, and family dynamic situations that predispose a woman to UIBs while factoring out overly specific regional influences. This can guide future research and inform public health practice in regions where comprehensive and context-specific studies on UIBs …