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Fall 2017
Hope is recognized as an important aspect of human growth, change and wellbeing (Erikson, 1964, 1968, 1985; Turner, 2005). Hope has been defined as the anticipation that one’s future will be both meaningful and desirable (Stephenson, 1991) and is acknowledged as essential to daily life (Erikson,...
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Spring 2013
Aims: This study aims to 1) provide a platform to discuss and document one First Nations community’s experiences and impacts of tuberculosis (TB); and 2) to understand the social context occurring within the community which may promote continual disease transmission. Methods: This Community-Based...
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Fall 2015
Background The therapeutic relationship (TR) in physiotherapy, sometimes described as the rapport or the alliance between physiotherapist and patient, is an important aspect of clinical interactions. Physiotherapists are expected attend to the TR as a standard of patient-centred practice. Recent...
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Experiences and Meanings of Hope for Adult Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Narrative Exploration
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Male childhood sexual abuse (MCSA) is an issue that remains in the recesses of our social awareness. Only recently has the impact of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on adult male survivors begun to receive research attention. The landscape of literature on MCSA has served to highlight the plethora...
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Fall 2016
Youth workers are helping professionals who build relationships with vulnerable youth, youth who face a myriad of complex struggles. While working with clients facing consistently stressful life circumstances, it can be difficult for these helping professionals to sustain hope in their work. The...
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Fall 2019
Meaning and purpose in life and hope, independently and collectively, play important roles in human functioning. Yet there remain gaps in our knowledge of the constructs and of the relationships between and among them. The aim of this study was to deepen our understanding of meaning, purpose, and...
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Living in the City: Exploring the everyday activities of older women residing in inner city neighbourhoods
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Older adults engage in activities to care for themselves, enjoy life, and contribute to society. Participation in activities is important for health, quality of life, and successful aging. Activities influence and are influenced by the environments in which they occur. Little is known about...
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Parents' Perception of Professional Contacts During their Adaptation to Caring for a Child with Disabilities
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Abstract The key objective of this study was to identify and describe parents’ perceptions of professional practices that enhanced or undermined their parental roles and their relationships with their children who have disabilities. In phase one, participants in a focus group were asked to...
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Spring 2013
What happens when women, so long the subjects of art rather than the authors, turn the camera on ourselves? This question informed the basis of my dissertation research on women’s experiences of hope and unplanned pregnancy. In a medium-sized Western Canadian city, I engaged in a videographic...
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The Lived Experience of Hope in the Successful Early Career Transitions of Semi-Elite Amateur Ballet Dancers
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The early career transitions of semi-elite amateur ballet dancers have been found to elicit feelings of hopelessness (Sandham, 2012). Despite research highlighting the importance of hope in major change processes (Harris & Larsen, 2008; Jevne, 2005; Larsen et al., 2013; Larsen et al., 2014), the...