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Staff Perceptions Of Quality Interactions In Dementia Care, Rebecka A. Schultz
Staff Perceptions Of Quality Interactions In Dementia Care, Rebecka A. Schultz
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The national aging trend suggests that population of those aged 65 and older will reach 83.7 million by the year 2050. With increasing age comes the growing possibility of one getting some form of dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association expects the number of American’s with dementia to triple from the reported 5 million cases in 2014 by 2050. With a rise in this cognitively impaired population there is reason to look closely at the needs of persons with dementia living in residential facilities and whether or not they are being met. The main focus of residential facilities is to provide aid …
The Micro-Characteristics Of Adult-Neonate Social Interaction, Ann Marie Berghout-Austin
The Micro-Characteristics Of Adult-Neonate Social Interaction, Ann Marie Berghout-Austin
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
In order to dissect social behaviors into their smallest components, five interactions, each involving one neonate and one adult, were video taped and kinescoped into 16mm black and white film exposed at 24 frames per second. The film was analyzed frame by frame and all starts, stops, and changes in direction of movements were scored. Adult movement durations were significantly shorter during vocalization and longer during nonvocalization. Each infant and adult body part had its own characteristic movement rate. Almost two-thirds of the dyadic movements were interactionally synchronous and most of the synchronization occurred during vocalization. It is suggested that …
The Relationship Between Self-Concept And Responses Of Others During A Marital Crisis, Kathryn Ann Farr
The Relationship Between Self-Concept And Responses Of Others During A Marital Crisis, Kathryn Ann Farr
Dissertations and Theses
Symbolic interaction theory indicates that an individual's self-concept is related to the way in which the individual perceives others as responding to him/her. Although this theory is widely accepted in social psychology, it has been given little empirical attention. In this study a typological model was developed in an empirical examination of the relationship between self-concept and responses of others during marital crisis. Self-concept was defined as the organization of qualities (roles, social-psychological feelings) that an individual assigns to himself/herself. Kind of qualities were described, and social-psychological feelings about self were examined on a positive to negative continuum. Responses of …