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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"parental loss"”.
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Group intervention to modify undesirable behavior in children who have experienced parental loss
… in elementary school children who experienced parental loss. The findings demonstrate improvement in some behaviors and worsening in others.
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Early parental loss, socioeconomic stressors, and health in later life: Evidence for gender disparity
… investigated (1) the effect of early parental loss on cognitive well-being in Chinese oldest old; (2) the effect of intergenerational socioeconomic mobility on cognitive and subjective health in advanced age; and (3) the effect of different dimensions of socioeconomic status and …
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Coping with parental loss during young adult development: The search for meaning and reconstruction of identity
The aim of the present study is to explore the motivational factors of Hong Kong vocational students in learning English. A qualitative case study approach was employed with a combination of surveys with self-completion questionnaire, semi-structured interviews and diary notes. The research, which …
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An after-math of HIV/AIDS on orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs): experiences and well-being of Thalaneni OVCs, Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal
Parental loss has a devastating effect on the lives of the orphaned children as it brings about many changes and difficulties in different areas of a child’s life. The children face difficulties educationally, socially, financially and psychologically when they experience such loss. The impact of …
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Parental death and schooling outcomes in South Africa
… South African children who have experienced parental loss are vulnerable to poorer educational outcomes. It contributes to the literature on orphans and schooling in Africa in a number of ways. Firstly, I assess the extent to which the vulnerability of orphans to poorer educational outcomes …
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Loss of parents, academic performance and psychosocial adjustment of grade five children in Zambia : a quasi-experimental study
… hypotheses of this study were that because loss of one or both parents is a painfully devastating experience, especially when it happens at a tender age as was the case for the children in this study, the children with one or both parents dead are likely to: 1.exhibit more behaviour problems …
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Loss of parents, academic performance and psychosocial adjustment of grade five children in Zambia : a quasi-experimental study
… hypotheses of this study were that because loss of one or both parents is a painfully devastating experience, especially when it happens at a tender age as was the case for the children in this study, the children with one or both parents dead are likely to: 1.exhibit more behaviour problems …
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Essays in Health, Education and Development
… three essays that examine the extent to which parental loss and social programs affect the health, education and time allocation of children in developing countries. </p><p> The first chapter asks the question of whether early life public health interventions have lasting or long term impact on …
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"I'm still here": adolescent social orphans in Colombian state care: the process of identity formation in the absence of permanency
… orphans, that is, those youth who live outside parental care despite the presence of at least one living biological parent. In addition, scant attention has been paid to how culture norms influence the experience of ambiguous loss. Yet this population of children is vast; UNICEF (2012) estimates …
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Death and renewal : a process of growth through loss
… of renewal described through experiences of loss. Loss in this context is not limited to actual death but is explored through narrative, symbol ism and the creative arts as tangible expressions of the participants ‘grief and its movement towards renewal . Participants were called to review, …
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¿Déjalo Descansar? The Parental Bereavement Experience of Mexican Migrant Mothers
… nonetheless can have a detrimental effect on the parental bereavement experience of these mothers. Through the use of focus groups, 22 Mexican migrant mothers were interviewed to better understand the role that imperatives such as "Déjalo descansar" and other prescribed beliefs, rituals, and …