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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"trauma and recovery"”.
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Within the Walls: War, Trauma, and Recovery in Dubrovnik
… hit the city walls. In this ethnography of war and recovery I argue that the citizens of Dubrovnik suffered as individuals, but that they were also damaged because the city was damaged in countless material ways. Although theorists of space/place have amply explored the symbolic value that …
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Reconstructing trauma and recovery: life narratives of survivors of political violence during apartheid
… survivors of political violence during apartheid and their complex ways of reconstructing trauma and recovery, almost twenty years after the collapse of apartheid in South Africa. The traumatic events experienced by victims occurred during 1960 - 1993. This retrospective study involved victims of …
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The lived experience of non-offending mothers in cases of intrafamilial child sexual abuse: Towards a preliminary model of loss, trauma and recovery
… body of literature examining victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse. There is growing evidence that demonstrates that nonoffending mothers’ experience significant loss and trauma following the discovery of their children’s sexual victimisation by a family member, particularly …
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Madness in Medieval Art and Romance
… insane, lives wild in the woods, gets better, and resumes his adventures. Most studies of such episodes have focused on ways that literature reflects medical and theological topics, but this study explores ways that literary madness synthesizes models of madness in medieval art and thought to …
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The Art of Flourishing: Integrating Positive Psychology with Art Therapy to Promote Growth from Trauma
… between the fields of positive psychology and art therapy in the treatment of trauma. The experience of trauma is widespread: between 60-89% of people will likely experience at least one traumatic event during their lifetime (Kilpatrick, Resnick, & Acierno, 2009; Mills et al., 2011; Resnick …
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Exploring reentry: The role of functioning, vocational identity, and core self-evaluations on community integration
… employment. Given the high rates of disability and health concerns for individuals that have been previously incarcerated, this study explored the relationships between individual health functioning, career development and community integration. Using structural equation modeling structural …
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“They probably got us all on the news”: Personal Narratives and Public Trauma in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Although stories and images of suffering during Hurricane Katrina saturated public discourse in 2005, the fundamental failures of communication that characterize this catastrophe remain undertheorized—especially the ease with which some stories have been accepted and others ignored. My dissertation …
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Kenosis as Performance of Power in the Theology of Julian of Norwich
<p>This dissertation examines models of power and submission in the writings of Julian of Norwich through the symbol of kenosis. Chapter 1analyzes kenosis in its original context (Paul's letter to the Philippians) where it expresses the "self-emptying" movement of a divine person becoming human, …