A qualitative study of men’s recollections of growing up with father absence: childhood father figures and family resilience

This qualitative study explored the meanings that Black women who do not have fathers attach to growing up without a father. A combination of purposive and snowballing sampling was undertaken to obtain the five female participants, while data were collected through interviews. Resilience theory was used as the framework for conceptualising the study and analysing the data. Strong resilient mothers seemed to play a primary role in how the participants made meanings of growing up without a father. The participants also constructed themselves to be resilient to victimisation that they attributed to father absence. Collectively, the women portrayed themselves to be independent, content, and empowered. These findings challenge the assumption that being reared by one parent will automatically lead to detrimental outcomes.

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Children Living in Poverty: Their Perception of Career Opportunities

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1606/1044-3894.993 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

pp. 320-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Susan Weinger

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Career Path ◽

Growing Up ◽

Middle Income ◽

Projective Techniques ◽

The Poor ◽

Career Opportunities ◽

Job Opportunities ◽

Poor Children

Growing up in poverty often diminishes a child's opportunity to pursue a rewarding career path. This qualitative study explored whether poor children are aware that their wealthier peers' chances for success may be greater than their own. Projective techniques employing photographs of two houses representing poor and middle-income families were used to interview twenty-four children between the ages of five and thirteen years, divided equally between white and African Americans. These respondents perceived that society provides better future job opportunities to nonpoor children while limiting those of the poor. Although respondents suggested that they and their friends could be exceptions to these limitations, indications of their beginning feelings of hopelessness were revealed. The author proposes strategies to assist in strengthening poor children's belief in themselves and their future.

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Understanding Co-Working with The Growth and Development of Freelancers

Management and Organizational Studies ◽

10.5430/mos.v5n2p1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey M. Shepard

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Knowledge Economy ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Work Place ◽

Growing Up

The global workplace is changing, and co-working is growing up considerably in this new workspace. In the 21stcentury, co-working spaces are growing rapidly, and it is expected that by 2020, freelancers who use these spaceswill make up 50% of the total workforce. When they first started, they were viewed as being ideal for creatives, orpeople who were looking to start out their businesses. As the freelancing world continues to evolve, more peoplefrom all professions are making use of it.This paper shall look at this development in co-working, and the results which reveal that there is growth forfreelancers. These are spaces that are forming a new section of the economy, especially when it comes to making themost of the digital economy as well as the knowledge economy. In this paper, an in-depth review has been carriedout, and there is a qualitative study of freelances who are making use of co-working spaces. It seeks to understandthe reasons that these spaces are helping to elevate growth, as well as the development of freelancers.It has been revealed that the key reason co-working continues to be a primary choice for freelancers is the costeffectiveness, as it is lower in cost than setting up a business. In addition, it helps with building social relationshipswithin the work place, without any stress linked with maintaining these relationships. What was once perfect forcreatives, is now available for all types of freelancers.

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The experience of growing up with a parent with schizophrenia—A qualitative study.

Qualitative Psychology ◽

10.1037/qup0000112 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 254-267 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vanesa Nieto-Rucian ◽

Penny J. Furness

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Growing Up

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How adolescents understand their values: A qualitative study

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1359104520964506 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135910452096450 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Iona Lewis-Smith ◽

Laura Pass ◽

Shirley Reynolds

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young People ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Behaviour Change ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Personal Values ◽

Childhood And Adolescence ◽

Growing Up ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

Psychological Therapies

An important component of some psychological therapies is the use of clients’ values to motivate behaviour change. Values are understood to be developed during childhood and adolescence but there has been limited exploration of how young people experience values and their function across contexts. This study aimed to explore adolescents’ understanding of the concept of ‘values’ and to elicit their experiences of values. Semi-structured, individual interviews were conducted with 11 adolescents aged 12–17 years. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Young people were readily able to discuss the meaning of ‘values’ and their own personal values. Three main themes were identified: (1) what values are (in general, and specific to themselves), (2) where values come from (relationships, education, growing up), and (3) why values are important (prioritising/decision making, reflecting on values is helpful). The adolescents in this study demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the meaning, origins and functions of values. The results suggest young people may welcome and benefit from opportunities to discuss their values, including in therapy.

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Experiences of adult siblings of those with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): a qualitative study

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-021-02550-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Brendan Morris ◽

Jane Ogden ◽

Judith Gentle

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Posttraumatic Growth ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Role Model ◽

Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽

Growing Up ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

The Family ◽

Coordination Disorder ◽

The Impact

AbstractThis qualitative study explored the childhood experiences of growing up with a sibling with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) to offer an ‘outsider’s’ view of this condition. Ten individuals who had grown up with a sibling with DCD were interviewed about their experiences. Data were analysed using Thematic Analysis. Analysis described three main themes: i)‘witnessing the challenges for their sibling with DCD’ ii) ‘experiencing the impact on the family’; iii) ‘a vacuum of knowledge’. Not all experiences were negative and transcending these themes was the notion ‘resolution and finding benefit’ highlighting access to support, being more empathic and resilient, becoming a role model for others and finding success. Participants play witness to their sibling’s experiences which can often be negative sometimes impacted by a vacuum of knowledge but they also describe how a diagnosis of DCD comes with some benefits which are discussed in the context of ‘posttraumatic growth’.

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Growing Up with A Cleft Lip and/or Palate - A Qualitative Study

Journal of Nursing and Women's Health ◽

10.29011/2577-1450.100013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Cleft Lip ◽

Growing Up

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PENGGUNAAN TEKNOLOGI 3 DIMENSI SEBAGAI METODE PEMBELAJARAN GEOMETRI PADA ANAK USIA 5 - 6 TAHUN

Cakrawala Dini: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini ◽

10.17509/cd.v11i2.24887 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 150-154

Author(s):

Khusnul Khotimah

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Cognitive Ability ◽

Growing Up ◽

Literature Study ◽

Important Field ◽

Paper And Pencil ◽

Media Learning ◽

Geometry Learning

Geometry is an important field for life and need to be teaching as early as possible so that children’s understanding ability about space and shape can get better. Old learning geometry methode only using paper and pencil while now as techonologies growing up so fast, teacher and school start using technology as a media learning for geometry. By using technology, such as; virtual reality, dynamics geometry software, etc, children can more develop and explore their geometric ability and get to know more about geometry. Plus, children around age 5- years old usually learning something through concrete so that’s why we need techonology as a media to make geometric learning more realistic so that children can develop their cognitive ability, especially in geometry field. This is qualitative study and using literature study as a collecting data methode. So, the conclusion is that by using technology as a geometry learning media is really help for children aged 5-6 years old to get to more understand about geometry.

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