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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Understanding the self"”.
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To tell or not to tell: Understanding the self-disclosure attitudes and experiences of collegians with foster care backgrounds
… a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Examining teaching as performance: A study of developed persona
… view on “performance in everyday life.” The focus of the investigation centered on why teachers in higher education develop teaching personas. The phenomenographic study used observation and interview to better understand the topic. The sample included nine lecturers from higher learning …
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An Experiential Perspective on the Buddhist Not-Self: Implications for Western Psychology
The Buddhist concept of “mindfulness” has had a large impact on Western psychological interventions over the past 20 years. Several new treatments that draw directly on mindfulness practices have been developed and found to be efficacious (Baer, 2006). The concepts of mindfulness and mindfulness …
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An Experiential Perspective on the Buddhist Not-Self: Implications for Western Psychology
The Buddhist concept of “mindfulness” has had a large impact on Western psychological interventions over the past 20 years. Several new treatments that draw directly on mindfulness practices have been developed and found to be efficacious (Baer, 2006). The concepts of mindfulness and mindfulness …
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Charterism and charterization within health services : a public choice analysis of the implementation of patients' charters in England and Hong Kong
… systems among various countries including the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. By means of a comparative case study, this research looked at the implementation of patients' charters in the National Health Service in England and the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong from the perspectives of staff …
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A Study of Art Therapy in Identity Exploration and Self-Efficacy
<p>This paper illustrates the impact of an 8-week art therapy regimen on the perceived self-efficacy of participants seeking dual diagnosis treatment for the Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). It was hypothesized that pre- and post-test results of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), the State-Trait …
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Being out of order: on creativity and its value
… art, science, and everyday life. Creativity is the capacity to introduce novel ways of making sense of experience, which entail new meaningful possibilities. Creativity enacts the becoming of new being. Three primary results characterize my study. First, creative novelty is discontinuous with …
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Constructions of national identity and the nation: the case of New Zealand/Aotearoa
This thesis analyses discourses of national identity and the nation, using the case study of New Zealand. The main empirical data are 'ordinary talk', from 41 New Zealanders interviewed in London in late 1994 and early 1995. The thesis investigates the work which is done in participants' talk by …
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Significant events and themes in the development of marriage and family therapists: a qualitative study
Little has been published regarding the development of therapists during their professional lives (Skovholt & Ronnestad, 1992), or about the individual development of marriage and family therapists (Benningfield & Benningfield, 1992; Simon, 1992). This qualitative research study explored the …
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Towards Self-assembling Multichromophoric Materials for Organic Semiconductors
… materials that can be solution processed. These properties make them an economical alternative to inorganic semiconductors, as they can be more easily manufactured and integrated into existing infrastructure. However, organic electronic devices have seen only marginal improvements in charge …
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Multiphysics Coupling Analysis of Indicator Gas Variations Induced by Coal Spontaneous Combustion in Longwall Goaf
Understanding the self-heating behaviour and distribution patterns of indicator gases within longwall goaf is critical for preventing coal mine spontaneous combustion (sponcom). In prior studies, coal self-heating temperature and variations of gas products are often analysed independently, making …
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THIRD CULTURE KIDS (TCKs) GO TO COLLEGE: A RETROSPECTIVE NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF INTERNATIONAL UPBRINGING AND COLLEGIATE ENGAGEMENT
… who have been raised in a culture outside of the culture of their parents, usually in a host country that differs from the country of their birth, because of their parents’ work or religious endeavors. Some of the groups that identify themselves as TCKs include children of military service …
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The relationship between alexithymia and self-harm: a mixed methods investigation
Objective This thesis addresses the question of why people who self-harm score more highly on alexithymia, a trait characterised by difficulties identifying and describing feelings and an externally-orientated thinking style. With rates of self-harm increasing, understanding this complex phenomenon …
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This corner of Canaan: curriculum studies of place and the reconstruction of the South
If place is crucial to understanding the self and society, then it is central to curriculum studies that relate the individual and the social. This theoretical autobiographical research seeks to encourage progressive conversation and social political movement in the South by attending to the …
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Early Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Sensory Preference Differences: An Exploratory Study
<p>BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) occurs in 13% to 20% of adolescents, and is often indicative of deeper internal or social problems. A close review of current explanatory models of NSSI suggested that underlying individual sensory preferences may contribute substantial explanations …
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Investigations of Structure / Property Interrelationships of Organic Thin Films Using Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanolithography
Studies of the surface assembly and molecular organization of organic thin films were studied using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and scanning probe lithography (SPL). Systems of organic thin films such as n-alkanethiols and pyridyl functionalized porphyrins were characterized at the molecular …
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Multi-culturalism, race, intersectionality and the polyphonic self: structural and societal positions
The public works I am presenting are multi-faceted and are organised under four main headings: • Leadership and consultancy • Diversity and multi-culturalism • Interpreters’ training • Developing cognitive analytic trainings, nationally and internationally. The context statement begins with an …
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The Self-perceptions of Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… of school- aged children, is considered one of the most common behavioral disorders of childhood. Of those, up to 70% will continue to have symptoms into adolescence. Adolescence is a critical transitional period on the route to adulthood that has the building of self-identity as its chief …
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Phase behavior of disk-coil molecules : from bulk thermodynamics to blends with block copolymers
In this thesis, we explore the phase behavior of discotic molecules in various circumstances. We first study the thermodynamics of disk-coil molecules. The system shows rich phase behavior as a function of the relative attractive strength of coils ([lambda]), the stacking interaction strength of …
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Stepping Stones to Self-Change: A Narrative, Psychosocial Mapping of the Desistance Journey
… poorly into criminal justice practice in the UK, despite interest from policymakers. While growing evidence suggests self-change is key to desistance, our understanding of this process has been limited by a tendency to focus on persister/desister dichotomies. In overlooking the nuanced …
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