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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Life Transitions"”.
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Study of the correlation of diet changes with life transitions and turning points
<p><strong>Background</strong>: The Life Course Perspective is a framework that helps one organize and study the effects on overall health, illness, and mortality. It also assists in understanding the relationships of these areas to nutritional habits and overall health, especially how food choices …
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Mai i te kore, ki te pō, ki te ao mārama: He kohinga pūrākau hauora o ngā kaumātua Māori, Māori Elders health and wellbeing stories in life transitions
… sought to enhance kaumātua wellbeing during life changes such as losses of licence, independence or spouse, health changes and retirement through a peer-support tuakana-teina programme. The KMM team implemented a tuakana-teina peer support programme where kaumātua (n= 121) engaged in up to …
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On the threshold of adult life: Dis-course and life course of mental retardation in American culture
"""On the Threshold of Adult Life"" is a study of the transition to adult life of persons with mild mental retardation in American culture. The analysis combines a discourse and life course approach based on (a) ethnographic work with twelve individuals, parents and school or agency personnel, (b) …
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Socio-Technical Journeys: Utilizing Digital Narratives for Management and Community Support
… integration of technology into everyday life and the rising tendency to share journeys, particularly major life transitions, within supportive online spaces, position these journeys as inevitably socio-technical. Emotional well-being is vital for individuals navigating these emotional …
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Muslimska kvinnor i Israel : religionens roll i vardagslivets förflyttningar
… and their individual experiences in everyday life transitions. Many of these women are traveling daily from their hometowns or villages to the major cities in Israel to study or to work. Israeli statistics shows that the socio-economic status of Muslim women in the country have improved over …
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It's a birth not a procedure: an ethnographic study of intrauterine fetal death in a labor and delivery unit of an american hospital setting
<p>Life transitions such as birth and death constitute a significant area within anthropological studies of ritual. It is important to investigate how individuals, groups, and communities organize around these events. Birth and death can be considered as <i>rites of passage</i> that mark key life …
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Adult Re-Entry Students: Experiences Preceding Entry into a Rural Appalachian Community College.
… of this study was to learn more about the life transitions that precipitate entry into a community college. The researcher also sought to bring insights about the experiences of being an adult student returning to education at a community college. Research participants included 24 adult …
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Employment and Education Pathways: Exploring Traditional Knowledges Supports for Transitions Out of Homelessness for Indigenous Peoples
… There is little known about what current life transitions out of homelessness look like for Indigenous Peoples. This study asked: “How do traditional knowledge/Elders support the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous homeless individuals transitioning to housing and seeking …
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EXPLORING FUTURE PLANNING SUPPORT FOR PARENTS OF ADULT CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL/ DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
… there can be many challenges throughout various life stages. While research has been shown to emphasize an abundance of services for parents of young children and adolescents with I/DD, there has been a lack of services for later life transitions within adulthood. Within this research, a brief …
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What’s it like to come to college: Exploring the experience of female students in University.
… and role of family and peer support. Erikson’s life span personality development theory provides the foundation in understanding these students experience of university. Marcia’s four Identity statuses are used in interpreting the student’s reflections on their university life. The data from the …
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I Had My Senior Year Taken From Me: Understanding Emerging Adults' Coping Strategies while Transitioning to College during the COVID-19 Pandemic
… for the people affected by the stress of major life transitions. In this study, I used a mixed-methods design to understand the experience of emerging adults who graduated high school during the pandemic, and the relation between tolerance for ambiguity and coping strategies, resilience, and …
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Sea-Crosser
… autobiography, this work evokes the emotional life, sacrifice, and travels of my great-great-grandfather, Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz, the sea-crosser. Interludes in Yiddish hallmark this English language score of the immigrant experience to universally present its theme – surviving major life …
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The use of narrative in order to break the masculine domination of the hero quest
… function in guiding men and women through major life transitions. The main elements and motifs of the monomyth are replicated in modern narratives, both visually and in writing. However, these modern heroes, like their more ancient counterparts, are predominantly male; their hero quests, those of …
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Why Emirati Women Leave and What It Takes for Them to Stay: An Inquiry into Motivation, Culture, and Belonging in the UAE’s Private Sector
… access to career development opportunities, work–life alignment, and sense of belonging. In particular, the findings highlight how demanding work structures and limited flexibility become increasingly difficult to sustain as personal circumstances evolve, especially following life transitions such …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Young Adult Grandchild Caregivers of Grandparents with Dementia
… identity exploration, pursuit of autonomy, and life transitions—factors often at odds with the demands of caregiving. This study examined the uncommon caregiving dynamic of grandchildren supporting grandparents, contrasting the more typical pattern of grandparent-to-grandchild care. This …
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Continuity and Discontinuity in Parent -Infant Relationships: Parenting Behaviors Over the First Year of Life
… correlates (marriage, spousal personality and life stress) were assessed prenatally, as well as at 3.5 and 12 months postpartum. Child antecedents of parenting were assessed prenatally (expectations for infant temperament) and at 3.5 and 12 months of age (ratings of infant temperament). Results …
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Vulnerability risk factors and physiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between stressor exposure and mental health outcomes during the perinatal period
… risks women face as they navigate stressful life transitions and help to inform screening and intervention efforts across such transitions.
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Transition from special school to post school in youth with intellectual disability: Parents' experiences
Transitions from one life stage to the next are considered to be a normal part of every person's life. Transitions have been described as important landmarks in the educational career of youth, as successful transitions prepare them for adult life. When youth with disabilities leave school, the …
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The expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation and the enumeration of possible selves: Evidence for outcomes during emerging adulthood
… apply to emerging adults and more distal life goals. This study examines how one’s hoped-for and feared possible selves are related to values and expectations, and how these constructs influence the achievement of distal life goals. It is hypothesized that one’s hoped-for and feared …
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Young adult sexual styles: Links to concepts of self and others
… (age 20-21) of the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions (MSALT). Part one of the study utilized hierarchical cluster analysis with split halves of females and males to group individuals into different sexual style clusters. Clusters were based on the measured variables: Usual frequency …
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