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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"early relationships"”.
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Building Connections Through Play: An Exploration of Social Play in Children's Early Relationships
… a key context for exploring children’s early social relationships, with substantial research exploring children’s interactions with parents and peers. As part of social play, children use verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to create a shared experience with the play partner. …
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Exploring Relationships Between Recalled Parenting and Anaclitic and Introjective Depression
This study related college students' remembered early relationships with parents to their depression symptoms and to dependent and self-critical subjective feelings. Undergraduates (N = 217, 118 female, 99 male) provided information regarding their current level of depression, overall functioning, …
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Women who sexually offend against children; the role of care and compassion in their experiences and their treatment
… in which these participants make sense of their early relationships, specifically their experiences of care and compassion, and the means by which they understand and make sense of their experiences. One cluster of themes is presented: ‘expectations of parents’ roles’. The women’s stories are …
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Entrepreneurial ventures launched by graduating MIT students : insights on founding teams, business models, execution challenges and impact
… relevant to academics, prospective founders, and early stage investors. I developed qualitative and quantitative insights on survival rates of founders from MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2010 graduates based on their demographics, experiences, businesses, resources and challenges. Students with prior …
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Expatriate Leadership: A Phenomenological Study on How Females in the U.S. Government Experienced Leadership in Overseas Multicultural Organizations
… is challenging, immerse in the culture early; relationships are critical to expatriate success; senior-level females are often tested or ignored after they first arrive; serving as a female expatriate can make a way forward for other women. This study adds to the limited body of work on …
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Imaginary companionship and adult memory narratives: an interpretive phenomenological analysis
… attached to and the lived experiencing of these early relationships, the study has taken a phenomenological approach. For the nine university students who remembered having had an imaginary companion and who volunteered to share their stories, the aim was to understand the meanings attached to …
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Moving to the Level of Representation to Explain Variations in Family Child Care Provider Sensitivity and the Effectiveness of Child-Related Training
… are more likely to develop secure attachment relationships with their providers, which, in turn, have been linked to many developmental benefits for young children. Unfortunately, it appears that many children do not experience the levels of caregiving sensitivity that are necessary to develop …
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The Influences of Caregiver-Child Interactions and Temperament on Cortisol Concentrations of Toddlers in Full-Day Childcare
… is critical to the quality of children's early experiences. Caregivers who are attuned to unique needs of young children can support and guide child growth and development. In the context of relationships the child grows, develops, and learns to biologically respond to events in his or her …
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Promoting Positive Parenting and Supporting Child Development: Early Interventions Featuring Book Sharing and Play
Background Supporting children’s early social emotional development can have an enduring influence on key facets of their lives. Encouraging parents to provide positive caregiving and prioritising early relationships can promote this development, providing children with the best start in life. …
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Readiness and Relationships across the Transition to School: Children’s Experiences and Interactions between Home and School Contexts
… concept of ‘readiness’ for school, and (ii) how relationships contribute to a successful school transition. Building on recent research, policy and practice developments, this thesis aims to examine how a wider conceptualisation of ‘readiness’ that encompasses interactions between children, …