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Showing 1 to 20 of 335 for “"refusal"”.
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School refusal : clinical characteristics, treatment and outcome
… methods of treatment and outcome in School Refusal have been investigated. School refusal/phobia has been reported in the literature not to be a true clinical entity with a uniform aetiology, psychopathology, course, prognosis and treatment, but rather a collection of symptoms or a syndrome …
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School Refusal: from short stay school to mainstream
… nature of cases and an experience of school refusal associated with intense emotions for the young people and their parents. Change associated with school and home factors are implicated in school refusal as are factors including social anxiety, bullying, the child/parent dynamic and …
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Valerie Desmore s refusal(s): art practice as biomythography
… work that this thesis, through the concepts of refusal and biomythography, examines. This is done by analysing her artworks as they tell her life stories. Argued via a critical consideration of how the artist's work bears rich articulations of selfdetermination, self-writing, and …
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Politics of Refusal: Justice and Liberation for Black Trans Lives
<p>This thesis investigates the challenges faced by Black trans people. In this thesis, I will explore how protest is used to highlight and confront the obstacles faced by the Black trans community. I will also examine the cultural work of Black trans people and what they teach us. The Brooklyn …
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Exploring Perspectives of School Refusal in Second-Level Education in Ireland
School refusal can be a major source of chaos and distress for young people and their families, impeding young people’s social, academic and psychological development. International research has highlighted the short- and long-term consequences of school refusal to include economic hardship, …
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Bodies of Refusal: Food, Power, and the Paradox of Female Agency
… thesis examines representations of female food refusal across <em>Wuthering</em> <em>Heights</em>, <em>Play </em><em>It</em> <em>As</em> <em>It</em> <em>Lays</em>, “Los Angeles,” and <em>The</em> <em>Vegetarian</em>, arguing that restrictive food behavior extends beyond individual psychology to …
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Addressing Student School Refusal Through Effective School, Family And Community-Based Interventions
… study was to examine the factors causing school refusal and in-turn diagnose a school-based intervention designed to retain students. This study specifically addressed the use of a teacher mentor intervention for school refusal students as a means of improving attendance, academics, social and …
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Trajectories of Freshmen Alcohol Consumption: Examining the Influence of Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy
… study was to examine the influence of drinking refusal self-efficacy (DRSE) on potential trajectories of alcohol use among college freshmen. Data used for this study was collected by a federally funded NIH grant entitled "Peers as Family: Preventing Problem Drinking" and includes longitudinal …
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An experimental analysis of task refusal : examining the effects of transitions between academic tasks
… study was to do an experimental analysis of task refusal around academic demands for one girl with developmental disability. Task refusal was analyzed in two different experimental analyses, the first a demand analysis, testing if the behavior was maintained by an escape from demands and the …
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Points of Refusal: An Arts-Based Exploration of the Medicalization of Mad Trans Identity
This project discusses the impact of medicalization on transgender identity, examining how it enforces transphobic, white, abled, sane, cisgender, patriarchal norms, and effectively eugenics. By incorporating crip and trans theory, art, and embracing a mad aesthetic, I first highlight the concept …
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The refusal of the work of art: aesthetics and autonomy in Italy, 1965-1985
The Refusal of the Work of Art: Aesthetics and Autonomy in Italy, 1965-1985, explores the nature of doing things together through a cultural history of aesthetics and politics in post-1968 Italy, organized around a theoretical investigation of the concept of work. During this period the political …
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Agreeing on a way forward: management of patient refusal of treatment decisions in Victorian hospitals
… that moderate the processes of dealing with refusal decisions. Using a grounded theory method, a sample of 18 nurses and 6 medical practitioners from two public hospitals in Melbourne were interviewed. In addition, observations and documentary evidence were utilised. The basic social …
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A mixed methods study exploring UK mothers' experiences of bottle refusal by their breastfed baby
… to accept it. Little is known about bottle refusal by breastfed babies, however a review of UK online forums and social media reveal large numbers of mothers experiencing the scenario. Online discussions illustrate negative consequences of bottle refusal, including mothers delaying their …
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Using a Dual-Factor Model to Understand the Mental Health of Students with School Refusal Behavior
<p>Students with school refusal behavior (SRB) often present complex cases that include variations of internalizing (anxiety and depression) and externalizing (opposition and defiance) mental health struggles. Historically, incongruent classification methods and terminology have hindered the …
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Calling the shots on vaccination: when is the state justified in overturning a refusal to vaccinate?
Public perceptions of vaccination have changed greatly since George Bernard Shaw unleashed his diatribe against the practice. Today it is recognised that, far from spreading disease, vaccination is one of the cheapest and most effective public health interventions. Immunization against infectious …
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Calling the shots on vaccination: when is the state justified in overturning a refusal to vaccinate?
Public perceptions of vaccination have changed greatly since George Bernard Shaw unleashed his diatribe against the practice. Today it is recognised that, far from spreading disease, vaccination is one of the cheapest and most effective public health interventions. Immunization against infectious …
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Development and validation of a behavioral measure of drug refusal skills in seventh and eighth graders
… measure of cigarette, alcohol, and drug refusal skills, the Behavioral Substance Refusal Test (BSRT) for seventh and eighth graders, which included a measure of self-efficacy and outcome expectancies, the Role-play Self-Efficacy and Outcome for Refusal Test (RSORT). A series of focus …
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Kukataa: An Afrocentric Exploration of Nongovernmental Organization Refusal in the Context of Female Genital Cutting in Tanzania
… in 2019. Additionally, I deconstructed NAFGEM’s refusal to allow me to conduct interviews in 2022 unless their NGO personnel were present. The refusal revealed how NGOs become discursive embodiments of Eurocentricity invested in maintaining victimizing narratives based on the debasement of …
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The Rhetorical Making Of An Illness: Medical Refusal, Trope, And Improvisation In A Somali Women'S Health Center
… microbiome. I offer three concepts--the situated refusal, bureaucratic literacy, and diagnosis as rhetorical trope--that can theorize health decision-making and can inform policy initiatives toward more accessible medical and social service procedures.
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