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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Teenage girls"”.
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Teenage girls' experiences of pregnancy and motherhood
Teenage pregnancy and motherhood is a challenging phenomenon worldwide. The goal of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions and experiencesof a sample of teenage girls about pregnancy, birth and motherhood. The objectives of the research were to engage voluntary participants in …
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From the DSM to Ophelia: Teenage Girls and the Psychological Complex
… look at the psychological construction of teenage girls in popular culture. It investigates how understandings of psychological crisis in teenage girls become popularized, and considers the political implications of these popularizations, arguing that current conceptualizations are not only …
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The Narrative Performances of Teenage Girls: Participation, Identity, and Authority as the Foundation for Power
<p>This thesis explores the ways in which teenage girls use narrative performance to negotiate participation, social and gender identity, and individual authority in order to establish ratified and equal statuses of power within their social peer group. Although previous work on narrative discourse …
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Trans-Pacific Popular Mediascape: In Search of Girlhood Through Korean Immigrant Teenage Girls' Image-Production and Webculture
… ethnographic account of the cultural practice of teenage U.S. immigrant Korean girls in the specific context of webpages created through a Korean social networking website called Cyworld. Their webpages are understood as personal narratives about what it means to be a Korean girl, which are …
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Trading sugar : teenage girls, older men, sexual choice and gender inequalilty in the slums of Kibera, Kenya
… accorded to these experiences of six sugar girls who have relationships with sugar daddies. These girls are aged 18 to 20 and from the slums of Kibera, Kenya.
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Teenage girls’ first-person narratives about weight perception and dangerous weight loss practices: A study of five blogs from LiveJournal.com
… especially valued and especially for women and girls. As a result, many teenage girls aim to be thinner. This thesis examines five blogs on the website LiveJournal that are written by teenage girls who perceive themselves as overweight and who use blogs to talk about their attempts to lose …
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No right to sext? A critical examination of media and legal debates about teenage girls' sexual agency in the digital age
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Babe (Body Appreciation and Better Eating), Just Add a Dash of Self-Compassion: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study for Black/African American Teenage Girls
… of disordered eating behaviors observed in Black teenagers. Given that self-compassion is found to buffer against eating pathology and body dissatisfaction and is linked to reduced incidences of binge eating and disordered eating behavior. Incorporating the self-compassion construct, specifically …
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Risk Factors Leading to Teenage Pregnancy
As research has shown teenage pregnancy is a problem with serious consequences. Teenage mothers are more likely to become economically dependent as well as being less likely to get an education and a job, resulting in poverty. The main purpose of the current study was to investigate what possible …
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Factors contributing to termination of pregnancies among teenager in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
… contributing to termination of pregnancies among teenagers in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, by studying the responses given by teenage girls aged 19 years and younger. The study also sought to determine the socio economic characteristics of teenagers who terminate pregnancies, the role of …
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From the Museum of Lost Smells
<p>Two teenage girls get summer jobs as tour guides at a Christian corporation's Poverty-Around-the-World display. A man seduces women with the nostalgia of smell. A young couple finds passion while waiting at a traffic light. These and other stories in the collection explore themes of loneliness, …
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Digital story explication as it relates to emotional needs and learning
… geared toward addressing the emotional needs of teenage girls. To support emotional self-awareness and empathy, a proactive emotional health was developed. This is a part of a long-term research plan for understanding the role that digital technology can play in helping address emotions and …
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An Assessment of the Adolescent Participation, Adolescent Friendly Health Service Providers, and Adolescent Friendly Environment components of the AFHS Standards by Nurses in Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia
… Services which is supposed to assist in reducing teenage pregnancy, disturbing figures of adolescents getting pregnant continue to rise. This study aimed at assessing the implementation of the Adolescent Active Participation, Adolescent Friendly Health Care Provider and the Adolescent Friendly …
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“I hear music when I look at you”: Teenage agency, mass media, and Frank Sinatra in World War II America
… aims to reveal how American youth, and teenage girls in particular, navigated their feelings and understandings of patriotism, self-identity, sexuality, and gender roles during an era defined by uncertainty and fear, primarily through consumption of and participation in popular culture. …
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The Campfire's Glow
… creative, original young adult novel about four teenage girls who spend a summer at an all-girl's camp. Janelle and Hayley are thrilled to be at camp; Cassie and Lauren are not. Through a series of challenges, the four girls learn about trust, friendship, and self-identity. This novel has an …
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Teenage mothers’ reflections of their unintended, repeat pregnancies
Globally, teenage pregnancy remains a disturbing phenomenon which impacts on the lives of teenagers, their families and society as a whole. Numerous attempts at addressing the problem have seen a decline in fertility rates but agreement still exists that the incidence of young girls bearing …
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(Re)embodying girlhood : collective autobiography and identity performance in Rude Mechanicals' Grrl action
… writing and performance program for teenage girls, one of many advocacy and empowerment programs focused on female youth nationwide. Still today, Austin-area girls come together each summer to generate original performances based on their own life experiences. Their final …
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This Book Will Destroy You: A Critical Comparative Analysis of YA Heroines
… in the loss of authentic representations of teenage girls. Characters who do not personify these archetypes are often regarded as foils to the loveable protagonist, leaving readers with the impression that only idealized girls deserve to have their narratives told. This thesis analyzes …
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Born to Shop: Teenage Women and the United States Marketplace in the 1950s
This research project tells a story of teenage girls in the 1950s. This story centers on the construction of feminine adolescence and illustrates how, in the shadow of the atom bomb, middle-class culture emerged as indebted prosperity. The false affluence that appeared in the beginnings of the cold …
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The Price of Entry: How Online Harassment Influences Girls' Identity, Privacy and Speech
Online harassment increasingly targets teenage girls, and it has life-changing consequences. Through a triangulation of historical analysis, community-engaged research and in-depth interviews, this dissertation explores the impact of online harassment on girls’ identity, privacy and speech. Its …
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