Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Heterosexual relationship"”.
-
Gay Men and Lesbians' Experiences Regarding Dividing Household Labor When Going From a Heterosexual Cohabitating Relationship to Their First Same-Sex Cohabitating Relationhip
… household labor when going from a cohabitating heterosexual relationship to their first cohabitating same-sex relationship. Criterion sampling and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants across the United Sates. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants: two men …
-
Heterosexual couples, gender discourse, and the production of relational subjectivity
… poststructural theory. The focus of the study is heterosexual relationships. In particular, the study investigates the shaping effects of patriarchal discourses on the relational subjectivity of a woman partner; how a woman partner responds to and refuses this shaping; and why and how a man might …
-
Patriarchy: The Predominant Discourse and Font of Domestic Violence
… violence continues to occur in many intimate heterosexual relationships. Yet, according to ethnographic accounts of largely indigenous peoples, it is evident that as recently as the twentieth century, there have been societies where domestic violence was absent or minimal. This knowledge …
-
An Investigation of the Components of Platonic and Romantic Heterosexual Relationships
<p>During the past twenty years, heterosexual relationships have been studied extensively by researchers in the field of interpersonal attraction without the attainment of consistent results (Wright, 1968). Wright (1968) stated that there were two methodological problems with this past research …
-
Confession, surveillance and subjectivity : a discourse analytic approach to advice columns
… effects of discourse, renders salient the relationship between knowledges, discursive practices, power and institutions. Using, as a standing point, Wendy Hollway's work on subject positioning of women in discourses concerning heterosexual relationship practice, the ways in which women are …
-
What does this Mean?: Understanding how Women make Meaning of Text Messages while Developing an Intimate Relationship
… of text messaging while developing an intimate heterosexual relationship. A focus group consisting of eight women was used in order to understand the way women interpret text messages during the formation of a romantic relationship. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged …
-
The Effect of Image Repair on Perceived Relationship Satisfaction after Infidelity
… describing infidelity by the male partner in a heterosexual relationship and viewing a social media post from the cheater, participants answered a series of questions about the couple’s perceived relationship satisfaction. Results indicated that there was no significant difference among the …
-
Family Experiences of Single Sexual Minority Women from the Baby Boom
… Singlehood, in general, has meant not being in a heterosexual relationship. Historically, lesbian women have been considered single because their relationships were not legally recognized. Single women and lesbian women have had more choices to live outside heterosexual marriage, financially and …
-
Women's accounts of abuse in their intimate relationships
… 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 …
-
A phenomenological inquiry into the lived experiences of adult male perpetrators of child sexual abuse
… assault children were a conflictual adult heterosexual relationship, sexual issues they were apparently suffering, and the knowledge that other females had more than one sexual partner. Furthermore, the results suggested that perpetrators saw children to be sexually fulfilling, …
-
African American couples at midlife: life course and gender perspectives
… to investigate the experiences of midlife and relationships of 20 African American individuals, aged 35-52, in 10 couples, married or cohabiting for 3-30 years. Basic to this study was the assumption that men and women are capable of and competent at intimate relationships. Guided by the …
-
Beyond patriarchy: a qualitative study of men's experience of domestic abuse
There is a particular death of research into heterosexual men's experiences of domestic abuse (DA) and currently no research from a counselling psychology perspective. The investigation examined heterosexual men's experiences of DA. Nine men who selfidentified as having been subject to DA within a …
-
Relationships, psychological distress and stigma: a counselling psychology perspective
… various areas of life, including interpersonal relationships, productivity and emotional well-being. Existing research in the area of PMS is largely quantitative and has been conducted using a positivist framework; the few qualitative studies undertaken have examined women’s individual …
-
Living with a transvestite : A phenomenological study of wives and committed partners of transvestites
… behaviours such as dress, mannerisms and relationships. Transvestism, or the practice of wearing the clothes of the other gender, challenges societal values and guidelines for behaviour. The attitude of society to this practice has varied from veneration to vilification depending on the …
-
Views, goals, expectations, and experiences of family and work among women and men in science: a longitudinal perspective
… (4 women, 4 men) who were in a committed heterosexual relationship at time 1, and married by time 2 were conducted. In addition to the interviews, the participants completed a questionnaire about their educational, career and family background. The time 1 findings in terms of work, …
-
Strategi coping terhadap stress pada kaum homoseksual (gay) di Kota Malang
… of stress, the majority is to establish a heterosexual relationship in addition to his homosexual relationships, this is done with a relationship with a woman and pretending to be a normal person, but coping strategies most often committed when they could no longer feel comfortable in …