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Showing 1 to 20 of 4108 for “"Qualitative study"”.
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Women's leisure : A qualitative study.
… has neglected women's leisure as an area for study. This thesis aims to describe and analyse the experience and meaning of leisure for women, the constraints upon and opportunities for leisure which women have, and the ways in which these relate to the broader economic and social structures …
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Community Archaeology in Scotland: a qualitative study
… development. To achieve this, an in-depth qualitative assessment of three community archaeology projects located in Orkney, Shetland and Uist was conducted.
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Coping with Unemployed Poverty: A Qualitative Study
… which persons cope with their unemployment. This study sought to examine the experiences of unemployed persons in poverty, poverty being a social context frequently ignored in psychological literature. In addition, the study aimed to explore the psychological impact of these experiences, the …
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Parenting Coordinators' Practices Recommendations: A Qualitative Study
This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to understand the experiences of seven parenting coordinators in using parenting coordination practices that they have found to be effective and would recommend to other parenting coordinators to achieve the following goals: educating parents, …
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Teacher perceptions on student engagement: a qualitative study
… and multidimensional models of engagement, this qualitative study examined how secondary teachers in grades 7–12 conceptualize, experience, and foster student engagement within their classroom contexts. Engagement was examined as a dynamic, socially mediated process encompassing behavioral …
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Parental Perceptions of Childhood Vaccines: A Qualitative Study
… The purpose of this study was to explore parents’ views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Recently, pediatric healthcare providers have reported seeing an alarming increase in the number of families no longer …
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Patient’s experience with home hemodialysis: a qualitative study
… perceived severity and self-efficacy. This study identifies key elements of the HHD patient experience and provides a basis for improving HHD programs.
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Does infertility affect marital quality? A qualitative study
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of infertility on marital quality. A phenomenological perspective guided this qualitative study in order to capture the individual meanings and lived experiences of the participants. A total of 13 women formed the sample for this study. The age …
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Asian Indian Perceptions of Normality: A Qualitative Study
… of mental health and illness.</p> <p>In this study, the construct of normality was investigated from an Asian Indian perspective. Specifically, interviews were conducted with Asian Indian graduate students in which participants were asked to discuss their perceptions of normal mental health. A …
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Capturing Success at Autistry Studios: A Qualitative Study
<p>This qualitative study examined the perceived outcomes of participation at Autistry Studios among young adult students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autistry Studios is a unique program offering services to individuals with ASD similar to that of a pre-vocational training program. The …
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Growth Breaks: A Qualitative Study of Exceptional Growth
<p>Recent literature expresses doubt in regard to policy reforms due to the lack of growth that has been seen (Easterly, 2019). This dissertation explores the challenges of causal modeling in economic development. It revisits pioneering attempts to estimate the economic policies that advance …
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The School Counseling Psychology Program: A Qualitative Study.
… administered at Brigham Young University. This qualitative dissertation study highlights the perceived strengths and limitations of this integrated training program. The impact of integrated services and collaboration among student service professionals is highlighted from a regional perspective …
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Servant Leadership and Teacher Stressors: A Qualitative Study
… change and increased accountability? For this study, servant leadership was defined using the seven key dimensions of servant leadership identified by Ehrhart (2004) and Liden, Wayne, Zhao, and Henderson (2008). Teacher stress was defined “as the experience by a teacher of unpleasant emotions …
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Leadership Practices of Women Superintendents: A Qualitative Study
The purpose of this study was to describe the leadership practices of women superintendents of public school divisions. The researcher interviewed eight women superintendents in the Commonwealth of Virginia examining the participants' self-perceived leadership practices and their reflections of …
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A Feminist Qualitative Study of Female Self-Mutilation
This study is an exploration of the ways that female self-mutilation has been medicalized in Western society and the consequences of this medicalization. The goal of this study is to provide an alternative approach to the way female self-mutilation is understood—one that views self-mutilation not …
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Women in stem : a qualitative study on women's experiences
… which females are exposed to every day in their studying in the STEM field. Women have been found to be majorly underrepresented in the STEM field, both amongst students as well as in the work force (Blickenstaff, 2014). This has created a gender gap where males are in the majority. While …
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Asperger Syndrome and perceived offending conduct: a qualitative study
As a qualitative study using participant narrative as data this work includes both naturalist and constructivist traditions in analysis. The study examines interviews of fourteen individuals with a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS) all of whom had been arrested. Interviews were conducted …
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Women's Persistence in Computer Science: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
This study examined the factors underlying women's persistence in computer science. Fifteen women who received a computer science bachelor's degree from a major research university in the Pacific Northwest were longitudinally studied using a qualitative study format. The study design consisted of a …
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