title: Integrating Attachment Processes in an Adopted Child with Lifespan Integration Therapy: A Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design

subject:
Attachment behavior in children.
Attachment disorder in children.
Psychic trauma in children.
Adopted children—Family relationships.
Lifespan Integration Therapy.
Parent-Child Relations.

abstract: In this study, the efficacy of Lifespan Integration therapy (LI) for addressing attachment processes with adopted children in middle childhood was investigated.  A Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design (Elliott, 2002, 2015) was used to gather quantitative and qualitative data from an adoptive parent-child dyad who were experiencing LI for the first time.  A 12-year-old male received bi-weekly LI therapy sessions, and data was collected throughout the therapy process.  The adoptive mother was used as a resource in facilitating a more secure attachment.  Client change and the contribution of LI to client change were adjudicated by experts who concluded that change occurred and was due to LI.  Changes in internal attachment processes and the attachment bond between the parent and child of this dyad were observed.  This case provides evidence that attachment disruptions can be repaired in middle childhood and that attachment processes can be targets in interventions beyond early childhood.

abstract: Attachment processes

abstract: Adoption

abstract: Middle Childhood

abstract: Lifespan Integration

abstract: HSCED

abstract: Psychotherapy outcome research

abstract: evidence-based treatment

abstract: case study


title: Integrating Ego Identity in an Adult Third Culture Kid with Lifespan Integration Therapy: A Reflexive Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design

type: thesis Text

contributor: Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)

subject:
Ego (Psychology)
Third-culture children

abstract: Research findings support the presence of psycho-social challenges for third culture kids (TCKs) given their characteristic lifestyle.  Structured as a self-experimentation Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (auto-HSCED), I investigated the use of Lifespan Integration (LI) therapy in addressing ego identity fragmentation as conceptualized through an Eriksonian and neo-Eriksonian model.  This project sought to answer: Can LI be efficacious in addressing ego identity fragmentation in an adult TCK?  Initial outcomes did not meet HSCED standards for significance, however, further investigation revealed evidence of decontextualization and reductionist therapy formulations and analysis processes.  These were remediated through intersectional analysis with the use of metasynthetic principles which enabled a re-interpretation of results within a broader intersectional framework.  The subsequent proposed refinement of study conclusions argued that outcomes met the threshold for significance and for demonstrating LI efficacy in producing client ego identity change.  This project also provided a first-hand account of my therapeutic journey.

abstract: third culture kids (TCK); high mobility; repatriation; lifespan integration therapy; ego identity; fragmentation; hermeneutic single case efficacy design (HSCED); reflexive research


title: Intensive family therapy with at-risk youth : a preliminary critical incident study

type: Text thesis

format: electronic electronic

subject:
Systemic therapy (Family therapy)
Family psychotherapy.
Adolescent psychotherapy.
Juvenile delinquency – Prevention.

abstract: Multisystemic Therapy (MST) has been established as an effective treatment approach to working with at-risk youth.  The Intensive Family Therapy Project followed the basic tenets of MST and adapted them to a rural community setting in British Columbia.  The Project was designed to work with young offenders and their families in addressing delinquent behavior from a holistic perspective.  This study used the Critical Incident Technique to examine what clients found helpful and unhelpful about the treatment program.  Nine interviews were conducted involving six families.  Data from the interviews was classified into seven categories, 26 subcategories.  Results indicate participants found involvement in the project was more helpful than hindering, as indicated by the higher rate of positive incidents.  Clients' voices identified Intensive Family Therapy as a valuable treatment approach and results indicate the potential for adapted forms of MST to be applicable, relevant and effective in working with these families.

abstract: Multisystemic therapy; at-risk youth; family therapy; critical incident technique


title: Intergenerational voices : exploring body image transmission in the mother-daughter dyad

contributor: McBride, Hillary Lianna Sommers (author)

subject:
Body Image.
Body Image – Adolescent.
Women – Identity.
Mothers and daughters.

abstract:
Due to the prevalence of body-dissatisfaction and disordered eating among North American
women, this study was designed to better understand the development of young women’s healthy
body image, and how their mothers may have contributed to their embodiment. Five motherdaughter
dyads were selected for inclusion based on the young adult daughter’s healthy body
image. In order to best understand the participants, and empower them through the telling of
their own stories, the qualitative feminist method the Listening guide was employed. Through
participants’ narratives, voices were identified which spoke of the body (voices of idealized
femininity, silencing, functionality, acceptance, embodiment, and resistance) and of relationship
(voices of comparison, differentiation, and connection). In these voices, the mother participants
spoke about their mothers, themselves and their daughters, while the daughter participants spoke
about their mothers, themselves and the daughters they had or imagined they may one day have.
The daughters spoke most in the voices of embodiment and resistance, demonstrating how they
had come to love their bodies and resist dominant cultural narratives. Mothers were found to
have taught their daughters about health and stewardship of the body. The mothers were able to
do this in spite of their own body-dissatisfaction. Through relational safety and connection
mothers non-judgmentally supported their daughters in non-appearance related domains, while
also celebrating their daughter’s beauty.


title: Intergenerational Voices of Adoption

contributor: Van Puyenbroeck, Hubert (external examiner)

abstract: Little is known about adoptees experiences through adulthood. Individuals sometimes make sense of their heritage, and come to understand and express themselves in their unique voices, through storytelling. Five mother-child(ren) dyads and triads participated. The mothers had been adopted in infancy and raised by an adoptive family. Their biological child(ren) had grown up aware their mother was an adoptee. The feminist relational method of the listening guide (Gilligan, Spencer, Weinberg, & Bertsch, 2003) was employed to hear the adoption stories passed from one generation to the next. Parent and adult child(ren) were interviewed together to witness the relational dynamics of their story. Interviews were analyzed for the different voices. The findings suggest parents passed down stories of positive adoption experiences through voices that were both embracing of adoption and sometimes cautious. The children spoke from voices of embrace and curiosity. Both generations stated the meaningfulness of co-constructing family adoption narratives.

abstract: I would like to request an embargo in order to publish articles. I would like to publish several article based on the research in this thesis. I am selecting the total 12 month embargo to allow enough time to write and publish a possible of 4 different articles.

abstract: adoption

abstract: adult adoptees

abstract: narrative inheritance

abstract: family stories

abstract: listening guide


title: Interpretability of the Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale Among Fourth-Year Nursing Students

subject:
Medical records -- Data processing.
Nursing.
Nursing services--Administration.

abstract: Nursing informatics merges nursing practice, its information and knowledge, with information communication technologies to improve patient care.  Uptake of informatics competencies can be measured using self-perceived assessment scales.  A scale for measuring Canadian nursing informatics has been recently developed from national competency indicators.  In order to examine its wording and interpretability, cognitive interviewing was conducted with eight fourth-year nursing students as they completed the Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale.  Findings revealed issues related to misinterpreted survey items, items seen as “difficult” to answer, and specific words and phrases not recognized or misinterpreted.  Furthermore, design flaws such technology-related jargon, wording ambiguity, or double-barrelled questions were revealed.  Correspondingly, specific item and response re-wording revisions have been recommended to improve wording, interpretability and scale validity.  Improving this scale may contribute to nursing informatics assessment and uptake in Canada which may be timely and strategic given that nursing informatics preparedness in Canada lags.

abstract: Nursing, Informatics, Competency, Students, Validity, Self-perceived assessment, cognitive interviewing, Canadian Nurse Informatics Competency Assessment Scale.


title: Investigation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale’s Questions in the Screening of Postpartum Depression in Men

subject:
Postpartum depression.
Depression, Postpartum—diagnosis.
Fathers—Postpartum depression.
Fathers—Psychology.
Edinburgh postnatal depression scale.

abstract: This study was designed to investigate whether the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), which is widely used to screen for PPD in women, is an appropriate tool for men. Six men in their first year postpartum were interviewed between January 2013 and June 2013. The participating men were from a small northern community in the Peace Country region of Alberta. In order to understand how men interpreted the EPDS, cognitive interviews were conducted following guidelines by Willis (2005) to examine the following four cognitive methods of retrieval:  comprehension, decision making, memory recall, and response making. The findings provided valuable information regarding the use of the EPDS to screen for paternal PPD. It is recommended that nurses consider men’s interpretations of the EPDS questions as part of the PPD screening. Further research is needed to determine appropriate EPDS cutoff scores for men in the postpartum period and the use of the EPDS in different populations.

abstract: men, father, postpartum depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale


title: Involking silvern voices in healthcare : transforming practice by engaging older adults in collaborative partnerships

subject:
Older people – Communication.
Older people – Services for – Research.
Nursing – Research.

abstract:
Canada's population is aging. This growing trend will ultimately have an impact on nursing practice as older individuals continue to seek healthcare services. Nurses must be able to work in collaboration with the older population to provide quality care. This action research study explored participative healthcare from an older adult's perspective.

This study revealed that older adults prefer to be active participants in their care. The major theme that emerged was true partnership. Three sub-themes that emerged were communication, respect, and trust. These three sub-themes work in unity to contribute to a healthcare experience that exemplifies true partnerships. This study proposes a definition of true partnership as being open to and inviting mutual communication in an atmosphere that encourages equity sharing of information contributing to respect and the development of trust that results in confident collaboration in care.


title: Is nursing transferable and portable : the experiences of travel nurses

subject:
Nurses – Travel.
Nursing specialties.
Transcultural nursing.

abstract: This study was designed to help us better understand the question of portability and transferability of the Nursing profession by examining the experiences of six travel nurses. The travel nurses described ways in which they believed their skills and practice standards transferred between countries supporting portability and transferability. This study was conducted in the United States Southwest during the period between October 2013 and March 2014. The interviews were recorded with English speaking travel nurses who had international work experience within the countries of Australia, Canada, England and the United States of America. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed following the interpretive descriptive qualitative design methodology by Thorne (2008). The findings revealed the following five themes: (1) ability to transfer skills; (2) navigating policy differences; (3) overcoming English language differences; (4) acculturation, transitioning into new locations; and, (5) becoming aware of healthcare costs.


title: Jewish monotheism : the exclusivity of Yahweh in Persian period Yehud (539-333 BCE)

subject: Judaism – History – Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

subject: Monotheism.

subject: God – Biblical teaching.

subject: Yehud (Persian province)

abstract:
Studies about the origin of monotheism—the belief in one god while denying the existence of all
others, have continued to be a matter of debate among Hebrew Bible scholars. The debate has often
fallen into two contrasting categories. On the one hand, there are those who argue for an early origin in
which it is posited that monotheism must have begun somewhere between the time of Moses and the
monarchical period. On the other hand, others have argued for a late date which stretches from the
exilic period to the Persian period. In spite of the different explanations given by the proponents of
early monotheism, this thesis builds on the hypothesis that exclusive monotheism was only realized
during the Persian period. The monotheistic rhetoric that characterized the message of Deutero-Isaiah,
only came to be put into practice by the confessional community of faith among the returning exiles in
Yehud.


title: Job stress and turnover among registered nurses in acute care : a regression analysis

subject:
Nurses – Job stress.
Nurses – Job satisfaction.
Nurses – Psychology.
Personnel Turnover – nursing.
Burnout (Psychology)
Nurses – Mental health.

abstract:
Nurse turnover needs further exploration in the Canadian experience. This study’s
purpose was to examine whether job stress, as indicated by burnout and psychological distress,
explains turnover among acute care registered nurses. The research questions were: To what
extent does job stress explain nurses’ intent or likelihood of leaving their position or the nursing
profession? What other factors, over and above job stress, explain nurses’ intent or likelihood of
leaving their position and the nursing profession? This secondary analysis of cross-sectional
survey data from 522 acute care registered nurses in British Columbia was analyzed using
ordinal logistic regression. Burnout, specifically emotional exhaustion, was consistently
predictive of both intent and likelihood to leave the profession and the position. Emotionally
exhausted nurses are two times more likely to have intent to leave the profession and 1.5 times
more likely to do so. The other factors played a minimal role in explaining turnover.


title: A journey with self-compassion : exploring self-compassion within the context of the Christian faith

subject: Self-acceptance – Religious aspects – Christianity.

subject: Compassion – Religious aspects – Christianity.

subject: Security (Psychology)

abstract: Despite the spiritual roots of self-compassion, the impact of spirituality on the development of self-compassion has not been widely explored.  The listening guide method and autoethnography were combined to explore the lived experience of self-compassion from a Christian faith perspective.  The participant co-researchers’ narratives revealed three categories of voices.  The voices of shame and criticism included oppression, internalized oppression, and judgment.  These voices appeared as the participants discussed what makes self-compassion difficult.  The voices of love and acceptance included connection, unity, openness, and warmth.  Together, these voices were used as participants discussed their experiences of self-compassion.  Finally, the voices of resistance included the voices of struggle and advocacy.  These voices appeared to facilitate the development of self-compassion.  This study offers a deeper understanding of the natural development of self-compassion and of how the Christian faith may facilitate or hinder self-compassion.  Implications for counsellors, pastors, and future research are discussed.


title: The Kilburn connection : public health nursing education and the child guidance clinics in British Columbia 1932-1950

subject: British Columbia Mainland Travelling Child Guidance Clinic.

subject: Psychiatric social work.

subject: Child guidance clinics.

subject: Child mental health services – British Columbia.

subject: Public health nursing – British Columbia.

subject: Kilburn, Josephine F.

subject: Riverview Hospital (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) -- History.

abstract:
Mental Hygiene emphasized mental illness prevention and mental health
promotion. In British Columbia, Child Guidance Clinics (CGC) were established to
promote mental hygiene among children. This study draws from institutional records on
the CGC from Riverview Hospital archives (1932-1950). Using nurse and social worker
Josephine Kilburn as a central figure, it explores linkages between the CGCs and public
health nursing education at UBC, as well as the role of nursing in the mental hygiene
movement. The study highlights how nursing has been taken for granted in the mental
hygiene movement, as well as how nursing and social work identities were
interconnected. Josephine Kilburn found ways to use both her nursing and social work
identities to advantage, working across institutional boundaries at the CGC and UBC
School of Nursing. Working within established social hierarchies Kilburn’s work reveals
changing priorities and approaches to mental health over the course of twenty years.


title: The Labyrinth of Grief: A Phenomenological Exploration of Turning Toward Loss

contributor: Klaassen, Derrick W. (thesis supervisor)

subject:
Grief.
Grief therapy.
Loss (Psychology).
Bereavement—Psychological aspects.
Death—Psychological aspects.

abstract: This study explored the Existential Analytic grieving activity of turning toward loss.  Four women, each bereaved of either a parent, spouse, child, or sibling, participated in one hour interviews.  The research question was, “what is the lived experience of turning toward loss?”  To understand how participants encountered and engaged with their grief, a hermeneutic phenomenological method was employed.  Through lived experience descriptions, eight thematic meaning structures were revealed: (a) encounter with death, (b) surrendering to grief, (c) choosing community, (d) permitting and pursuing grief, (e) transformation of self, (f) rooting in relationship, (g) embracing life, and (h) ground of faith.  From the thematic meanings emerged the metaphor of a labyrinth of grief, which symbolized the various paradoxes of grieving, signifying that turning toward loss was essentially spiritual and transformative.  In describing how they turned toward their losses, the participants highlighted the inherent relational and dialogical nature of grieving.

abstract: Turning toward loss

abstract: Existential Analysis

abstract: grieving

abstract: grief work

abstract: grief encounter

abstract: hermeneutic phenomenology

abstract: lived experience

abstract: labyrinth

abstract: paradox

abstract: metaphor


title: Language Variation in Western Amman

subject:
Code switching (Linguistics)
Arabic language.
Arabic language--Dialects.
Jordan.
English language.
Amman (Jordan)

abstract:
The present study investigates two forms of language variation in Ammani Arabic: Qaf variation
and Arabic-English code-switching. After discussing the formation of the dialect of Amman and
identifying the input dialects, I address the following questions related to the first form of
language variation- Qaf variation: (a) whether a change from the traditional Jordanian [g] to the
urban Palestinian [ʔ] is taking place in the city and is on its way to completion in the speech of
both genders; (b) what the uses of [q] are and (c) why there is an increase in its use as a variable.
As for the second form of language variation- code-switching, I investigate the functions of
code-switching in the speech of millennials in Amman and their frequencies based on gender.

abstract: Language variation

abstract: Code-switching

abstract: Amman


title: The "Law of the Land" in the Land of Lagides: A Comparative Analysis of Exodus 21:1-32

type: Text Dissertation/thesis

contributor: Trinity Western University GSTS (Degree granting institution)

subject:
Law (Theology)--Biblical teaching.
Bible. Exodus
Ptolemaic dynasty, -- 305-30 B.C.
Jewish law.
Comparative law.
Slavery in the Bible.
Egyptian law.

abstract: Septuagint Exodus has long been recognized as an outlier when it comes to the general rigidity and stereotypical translation practices found in other books within the LXX corpus. The general freedom exhibited by the translator, though expressed within careful limits, is well-documented when it comes to grammatical, syntactical, and lexicographical evaluations. This thesis, while engaging in the descriptive analysis of these topics, is also directed towards a new type of synthesis: a comparison of the translation with Ptolemaic legal norms. It is due to the idiosyncrasies and anomalies arising from a translation-technical analysis that the question is asked, “Could these differences be accounted for by consulting Greek legal and societal standards?” With respect to Exodus 21.1-32, the answer in many cases is, “Yes.” This study demarcates these potential influences on a verse by verse basis after briefly identifying the broader legal structures and forces at play in Ptolemaic Egypt.

abstract: Embargo requested for 2 years. Expires in May 2020.

abstract: Septuagint

abstract: Exodus

abstract: Law

abstract: Ptolemaic

abstract: Exodus 21


title: Lessons from the red nose : what nurses can learn from therapeutic clowns

subject:
Clowning – Psychological aspects.
Recreational therapy.
Laughter – Therapeutic use.
Wit and humor – Therapeutic use.
Clowns – Psychological aspects.

abstract: In this qualitative study, seven participants from two volunteer therapeutic clown troupes were interviewed about their experiences in order to discover how clowns and clowning techniques can inform nursing practice, specifically in the art of relationship. Clowning emerged as a complex art, combining the visual elements of the costume, make-up and props with ubiquitous humour, laced with sensitivity and compassion. Participants described having a vocation for clowning, with intrinsic motivation and passion. They articulated how their clown costumes and personas provided emotional shielding, giving them protection from – while also allowing entrance into – emotionally difficult situations. They also used judicious humour, intuiting when, where and how best to use humour in myriad patient situations in a way that brought relief to patients and families. Insights from clowning can help nurses to expand their relational art: In patient settings, when used judiciously, there may be no place where humour is off limits.


title: Leveraging church culture : how understanding a church’s culture enhances ministry and community engagement

subject: Parishes – Psychology.

subject: Corporate culture.

subject: Clergy – Appointment, call, and election.

subject: Pastoral theology.

subject: Ladner Baptist Church (Ladner, B.C.)

abstract:
This study looked at organizational culture in a church context, exploring whether understanding and leveraging a church's culture helps focus ministry and maximizes effectiveness. The research used What Is Your Church's Personality, by Philip D. Douglass, in the ministry context of Ladner Baptist Church, Ladner B.C.
There were three components to the research:
1.	Thirty-five opinion leaders in the congregation took a personality survey with results plotted on a wheel of eight church personalities.
2.	A meeting to report the results, with opportunity for feedback and discussion.
3.	A follow up interview to assess whether the leadership found this process helpful in understanding their culture and leveraging it for greater effectiveness in ministry and outreach.
The result of this project demonstrated that the survey accurately identified the church's personality and the supplemental material on each personality gave valuable insights into how to leverage that culture for greater effectiveness.


title: Liberating Reason Through Tradition : A Hermeneutic Critique of the Subjective-Objective Dichotomy and Its Implications for Christianity

subject:
Knowledge, Theory of.
Objectivity.
Subjectivity.
Hermeneutics.
Orthodox Eastern Church.

abstract: The Enlightenment’s pursuit of verification pushed all knowledge into two categories: the objective and the subjective. Following this starting point, I argue for three things: First, that the Reformation movement is essentially conducted in the same spirit and with the same result as the Enlightenment: a push towards a certain kind of verifiability that ends up creating the same dichotomy between objective and subjective. Second, that the way to liberate reason from these problematic categories is to turn to Gadamer and the hermeneutic movement to re-contextualize and re-define how reason is used to acquire knowledge in light of our experience of it. Finally, that Eastern Orthodoxy provides a strong model for a Christianity animated by these hermeneutical principles, and further, that sacramental theology takes Gadamer's idea of truth as indwelling to its next logical step.


title: Life Satisfaction and Associated Predictors in An Older Adult Population

subject:
Older people--Health and hygiene.
Health status indicators
Quality of life.
Well-being--Age factors

abstract: Older adults are increasing in numbers worldwide. Life satisfaction, a component of subjective wellbeing, is believed to be indicative of successful aging and longevity in older adults. The aim of this investigation was to explore socio-demographic, social support, and health-related factors explaining life satisfaction among community dwelling older adults. An ordinal logistic regression was conducted on data collected by the Canadian Community Health Survey 2015-2016 (N = 2678). Older men had higher life satisfaction, as did those attaining secondary school education. The factors explaining life satisfaction were perceived general and mental health, perceived life stress, having a strong sense of belonging to a local community, and physical activity. This result indicates that emphasizing healthy lifestyle practices earlier in life and keeping older adults active and socially engaged could increase and ensure satisfaction with life as people age. In designing, implementing, and evaluating care, clinicians should consider and utilize this construct.

abstract: Life Satisfaction, Older Adult, Satisfaction with Life


title: Lifespan Integration Efficacy: A Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study

subject: Developmental psychology.

subject: Lifespan Integration Therapy.

subject: Attachment disorder.

subject: Neuropsychology.

subject: Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design.

subject: Pace, Peggy.

abstract: Attachment theory and neurobiological research have much to say about the etiology and dynamics of psychological distress. Lifespan Integration (LI) therapy was developed by Peggy Pace (2003/2012) through years of treating adults with histories of childhood abuse and trauma.  Since 2003 over one thousand clinicians have been trained in LI worldwide. Growing anecdotal reports of success call for research into LI's efficacy.  A rigourous, adjudicated case study research design (Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design, HSCED, Elliott, 2001, 2002) was expanded to accommodate three cases.  In addition to the question of efficacy, whether and how LI protocols would be linked with the underlying theory via support in the data was also investigated.  The results indicate that each of the three participants experienced significant clinical change and that there was alignment with theory supporting the claim that LI works to foster integration and other markers associated with higher functioning and mental health.

abstract: Lifespan Integration Therapy (LI); Attachment Theory; Interpersonal Neurobiology; Integration; Complex Trauma; Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design (HSCED)


title: Lifespan integration therapy with trauma-exposed children : a hermeneutic single case efficacy study

subject:
Stress Disorders, Traumatic.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
Psychotherapy – Research.
Evidence-based psychotherapy.

abstract:
Trauma in children is a devastating reality with immense psychological impact on the
child. Numbers indicate that millions of children experience trauma every year. Outcome
research therapy with trauma-exposed children is scarce and mostly focuses on cognitive and
behavioural changes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Lifespan Integration (LI) therapy
integrates traumatic experiences into other life experiences leaving them feeling more congruent
and renewed. In this research study, we investigate the efficacy of Lifespan Integration with
children by means of careful examination of one participant. We applied Robert Elliott’s
Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Research Design (2002, 2014), which uses quantitative and
qualitative data to argue for and against therapy efficacy. The 12-year-old research participant
received 8 sessions of LI over three months, and data was collected before, throughout, and after
therapy. The extent of the client’s change over the course of therapy was investigated, as well as
LI’s contribution to the change, and what parts of LI were most helpful in bringing about change.
Findings indicate that the client changed substantially over the course of therapy with lasting
effects at follow-up, LI was substantially responsible for this change, and the timeline as an LI
specific modality helped to bring this change. Details about trauma-exposed children, the
theoretical underpinnings of LI, a detailed description of the HSCED procedure, as well as
further directions of LI and HSCED are discussed.

abstract: Lifespan Integration, HSCED, Psychotherapy Outcome Research, Evidence- Based Treatment, Trauma-Exposed Children, Case Study


title: The lived experience of learning psychomotor nursing skills

subject:
Nursing – Ability testing.
Nursing – Practice.
Nursing – Standards.
Clinical competence.
Patient Centered Care.
Nurse-Patient Relations.

abstract: Psychomotor skills are an integral component of the knowledge, attitude, and skills of nursing education.  Using van Manen's approach to phenomenology (1997; 2006), this project explored third year nursing students' "lived experiences" of learning psychomotor skills.  The aim of the study was to reveal how "learning to care" might be embedded in the process of learning psychomotor skills, based on the assumption that "caring" is a present but elusive concept in the experience.  Data provided some fresh understandings of nursing pedagogy.  The students' memorable learning experiences revealed a learning anxiety arising from the knowledge that a person will be the recipient of their care. This anxiety is present in different ways in the skills lab and clinical setting.  In addition, students' experiences revealed caring through empathy, relationships, advocacy, integrating, affecting patient outcomes, and professional behaviors.  These themes resonate with Roach's theory (2002) of caring as a human mode of being.


title: The lived experience of men in reparative therapy

subject:
Gay men – Mental health.
Sexual reorientation programs.
Male homosexuality.
Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy.

abstract: This study is a phenomenological exploration of client voice in psychotherapy. Five men were recruited from the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic while in reparative therapy for issues related to unwanted Same-Sex Attraction (SSA).  Open-ended interviews were conducted by telephone and then transcribed and analyzed via a phenomenological research methodology.  Thematic analysis yielded 11 themes which described these men's experiences in therapy and the impact of therapy on their lives as a whole, including domains such as work, relationships, and sense of self. Reparative therapy for these men emerged as primarily about a struggle for healing of masculine identity. Benefits included being able to build better non-sexual relationships with men, becoming more open to intimate relating to a woman, and improving their sense of themselves as men.  This research has shed further light on the process of reparative therapy as it is practiced at the Aquinas Clinic.

abstract: sexual orientation, men’s issues, masculine identity, reorientation therapy, client voice, positive experience of psychotherapy


title: The lived experience of moral injury in the context of intimate partner relationships: A phenomenological exploration

subject:
Suffering—Moral and ethical aspects.
Interpersonal conflict.
Phenomenological psychology.
Intimate partner violence.
Phenomenology.
Hermeneutics.
Psychology—Methodology.

abstract:
Moral injury (MI) represents a unique psychological suffering instigated by one's transgression of moral values, beliefs, and expectations. MI has a serious negative impact on the psychological, existential, behavioural, and relational aspects of an individual's life. At its core, MI shakes and sometimes shatters one's sense of self, perception of humanity, and overall worldview, bringing into question fundamental values of the human existence. Thus far, research studies on MI have focused almost exclusively on investigating MI within the military context, and no study has yet investigated the lived experience of MI.
The present study aimed to examine the lived experience of MI in the context of intimate partner relationships. To this end, adult participants who self-identified as having experienced moral injury due to emotional abuse and/or infidelity within their intimate partner relationships were interviewed using hermeneutic phenomenology as research method. Through the phenomenological analysis of the participants' lived experience, six core thematic meanings of MI emerged: (1) self-estrangement, (2) transgressions and discord, (3) sudden awareness, (4) lostness and sorrow, (5) will to change, and (6) the aftermath. Phenomenological writing further elaborated these thematic meanings in an effort to uncover the phenomenon of MI in the context of intimate partner relationships.
The findings of this study uncovered the phenomenon of MI as a process of unraveling, becoming and transforming through suffering. The theoretical contributions and clinical implications of this study are discussed in terms of emphasizing the transformative potential of moral injury experienced in relational context. Moreover, this study revealed the importance of self and self-estrangement in the experience of MI, in addition to other key components of the phenomenon (i.e., awareness and agency).

abstract: moral injury; moral suffering; intimate partner relationships; hermeneutic phenomenology; lived experience; moral transgressions


title: The lived experiences of romantic relationships following child loss

subject:
Bereavement – Psychological aspects.
Children – Death.

abstract: This study examined the impact a child’s death had on bereaved parent’s relationships with their significant other utilizing phenomenology. The research question was “what was the experience of the relationship with your significant other following the loss of your child?” Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants. Themes included: The relationship changed after the child’s death; Communication was important to the relationship dynamic; Grieving differences existed and impacted the relationship; Specific behaviours were identified that had the potential to facilitate or harm; Individual grief impacted the relationship; Couples’ utilized additional emotional support outside the relationship; Sex decreased. The themes were discussed within the context of the larger bereavement literature which included grieving differences, continuing bonds, and trauma models for couples. Themes were also discussed with regard for how to provide informed counselling interventions for bereaved parents, such as addressing issues that may arise because of grieving differences.


title: Living Well with Long Term Type 1 Diabetes

subject:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1.
Diabetes—Therapy.
Diabetes.

abstract: Although many studies have explored the experience of the person with Type 1 Diabetes, most examine the experience of the child, adolescent, or the person in transition to adulthood.  Few studies focus on the person living long term with Type 1 Diabetes.  This study explored the facilitators and barriers to living well with Type 1 Diabetes for the long term.  Four themes were identified:  accommodating and battling the disease, the convenience and constraint of technology and treatment, self-reliance and reliance on others, and external and personal knowledge.  Implications for the health care team include: recognize the person is the expert on their diabetes and develop a relationship of collegiality and problem solving; as the context of a person’s life affects their diabetes management, have conversations about life, beyond just diabetes control; and screen for, learn about, and be aware of ways to address diabetes distress.

abstract: type 1 diabetes, long term diabetes, living well with type 1 diabetes, personal experience, diabetes distress, qualitative research, interpretive description


title: The Marketed Image of Nursing to Prospective Students of Canadian Baccalaureate Nursing Programs

subject:
Nursing – Study and teaching – Canada.
Nursing education – Canada.
Nursing – Vocational guidance – Canada.

abstract: This qualitative descriptive study examined and compared the online marketing materials of 91 baccalaureate nursing programs in Canada. It explored the prevalent physical and affective characteristics of nursing as marketed to prospective nursing students in five different regions of Canada (Eastern, Northern, Central, Prairie, and Western). The study examined Canadian nursing program websites for their emphasis on (1) descriptions of the symbos, roles and goals of nursing; (2) the character, characteristics and qualifications of nurses; (3) the human populations and physical environments wherein nurses work; (4) the bahaviours and work of nurses; (5) the selection criteria of nursing students; (6) approaches to nursing education, including the foci of curriculum; and (7) representations of commitment by nursing students and professional nurses.  The study found that the Canadian image of nursing as marketed on baccalaureate websites varies according to region, with marked differences noted between online marketing materials of Francophone and anglophone program websites. The study findings raise questions about the "honesty" (congruence) of marketing images, and highlight the lack of "commitment" and "persistence" as attitudes and behaviours necessary for nursing practice in Canada.  This study has implications for prospective students of nursing, nursing educators, nursing program developers, nursing recruiters, and governing nursing organizations and associations.


title: Maturity Matters: How Ego Development Helps Chinese-Canadian Biculturals Flourish

subject:
Bicultural identity integration.
Biculturalism.
Bilingual research processes.
Chinese Canadians.
Psychological well-being.
Ego (Psychology)

abstract:
This study explores bicultural identity integration (BII) processes of adult Chinese-
Canadians. Research has indicated that BII is generally associated with higher levels of
psychological well-being in immigrants. During their bicultural integration, immigrants undergo
a significant process of personal development as they mature and become more capable in their
new cultural communities. Connections among processes of psychosocial maturity (Loevinger’s
ego development), well-being and bicultural identity provide the central focus for this
investigation. All questionnaires in this investigation were presented in full bilingual format
with both English and Chinese translations for all questions. A moderation analysis examined
ways ego development may shape the relations between bicultural identity integration and
psychological well-being. Using self-report instruments, data were collected online from a
sample of 104 Chinese-Canadian bicultural adults. Results revealed that an overall model
incorporating bicultural identity integration, ego development, and a moderation effect
significantly predicted psychological well-being, explaining 26% of the variance of
psychological well-being for our Chinese-Canadian bicultural sample. Examination of several
features of moderation patterns revealed a modest moderation trend involving the blendedness &
compartmentalization dimension of BII, p = .053, ΔR2 = .03, in explaining well-being. Although
not statistically significant, the trend offers substantive guidance for future research. The
bilingual presentation of items provided an environment to simultaneously evoke both cultural
frames for participants, as demonstrated in language use patterns and participant comments.
This pattern of results suggests that future research is warranted to further explore processes of
bicultural integration development of Chinese-Canadian biculturals.

abstract: Chinese-Canadian; biculturalism; ego development; psychological well-being; bilingual research processes


title: Memories of Balaam: Translatability of a Religious Specialist in Ancient Israel

subject: Balaam, (Biblical figure)

subject: Bible. Numbers XXII-XXIV—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Bible. O.T. Numbers XXII-XXIV—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Inscriptions, Aramaic—Jordan--Dayr ʻAllā, Tall.

abstract:
Scholars have employed the biblical Balaam traditions both in the defense of and in
opposition to Jan Assmann’s assertion that early Israel rejected cross-cultural religious
translatability. The Hebrew Bible’s diverse portrayals of Balaam have long stimulated scholarly,
literary-critical analysis. Also, the Deir ʿAlla inscription provides an intriguing extra-biblical
glimpse of this enigmatic character. In this study, I discern how these early depictions of Balaam
reflect socially shaped and shared memories of Balaam as a foreign religious specialist who
participated in Israel’s past. I argue that early memories of Balaam suggest his warm reception
among Yhwh worshipping Israelites in spite of his foreign status. However, later guardians of
Israel’s written traditions came to remember and write about Balaam as a diviner whose role in
Israel’s past primarily served to demonstrate the dangers of non-Israelites and their abominable
religious practices.


title: The Messiah and Eschatology in the Psalms of Solomon

subject: Psalms of Solomon—Criticism, Textual.

subject: Eschatology, Jewish.

subject: Apocryphal books (Old Testament)—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Messiah—Judaism.

subject: Bible. Old Testament—Prophecies.

subject: Dead Sea scrolls.

abstract: The central purpose of this thesis is to read the Psalms of Solomon as a literary and theological whole while considering the particular historical and theological milieu in which they were written. My reading of the Psalms of Solomon will demonstrate that, in these poems, the Messiah is expected to be a Davidic monarch who will restore the righteous to their appropriate position under the rule of YHWH with a decisive victory that will include the ingathering of the exiles in the penultimate period of history and an everlasting theocratic peace. I will further demonstrate that the writers of these psalms came to this conclusion through a careful rereading of their scriptural traditions based on their current historical circumstances. Connections will be drawn between this understanding of the Messiah’s eschatological role and the role of messianic figures in the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as messianic interpretations in the Septuagint.


title: Moral Motivation: A Survey of Attempts to Understand the Motivational Qualities of Moral Judgments

subject:
Moral motivation.
Moral realism.
Normativity (Ethics).
Emotions.
Ethics.

abstract: Moral judgments and moral action cannot be separated.  Whether realist, anti-realist or hybrid, all agree that when a moral judgment is made, motivation to act on that judgment follows.  Uncovering the nature and origin of this phenomenon will be invaluable to metaethical advancement, and will also help to shape people’s understanding and expectations of moral action from one another.  This paper will explore and evaluate some of the best arguments anti-realists and hybrid theorists argue for, framing the metaethical debate in light of both current empirical and philosophical work.  The general question for this thesis will be, “Which stream of thought provides the best account for the phenomenon of moral motivation?”  More specifically, I will be arguing in the negative as to whether or not anti-realist and hybrid views successfully avoid significant weaknesses of their own in attempts to develop plausible theories.

abstract: Moral Motivation

abstract: Realism

abstract: Anti-Realism

abstract: Expressivism

abstract: Emotivism

abstract: Metaethics


title: Negation Patterns in the Kwa Language Group

subject: Niger-Congo languages—Negatives.

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general—Negatives.

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general—Syntax.

subject: Kwa languages.

subject: Akan language.

subject: Ewe language.

subject: Gojna language.

abstract: There is extensive literature written on negation but only recently have studies begun to expand outside of the scope of Indo-European languages. Linguists are finding that certain patterns thought to be cross-linguistic are largely unattested outside this most heavily studied language family. The intent of this thesis is to survey the negation strategies in a collection of Kwa (Niger-Congo) languages to contribute to the literature on negation. Commonly cited patterns such as Jespersen’s cycle (Jespersen 1917) are almost entirely unattested in Kwa. There is a consistent pattern of marking negation in Akan, Ewe, and the North Guang languages involving the use of a preverbal nasal morpheme. Interestingly three South Guang languages utilize instead a verbal prefix bÉ-. The Ga-Dangme languages stand out in their use of verbal suffixes rather than prefixes. The Ghana-Togo Mountain subgroup of the Kwa language group also does not rely on preverbal nasal negation marking.

abstract: Linguistics

abstract: Ghana

abstract: Kwa

abstract: Niger-Congo

abstract: Negation

abstract: Jespersen's cycle

abstract: Guang

abstract: Grammar

abstract: Morphosyntax


title: A new edition of Codex I (016) : the Washington manuscript of the epistles of Paul

subject: Bible. Epistles of Paul. Greek. Washington manuscript.

subject: Bible. Epistles of Paul – Manuscripts, Greek.

subject: Christian literature, Early – Manuscripts.

abstract: Nearly a century has passed since Henry A. Sanders first published his editio princeps of the Washington Manuscript of the Epistles of Paul (Codex I or 016). Within that time, it has received very little scholarly attention. This new edition provides a fresh, conservative transcription based on two new image sets, and identifies all differences between the new transcription and Sanders. It additionally provides comprehensive lists of variants between Codex I, the Nestle-Aland 28th, and the Robinson Pierpont editions of the Greek New Testament. The new edition also provides valuable data surrounding the manuscript’s provenance, character, scribal habits, textual affiliation, and substantive variants. Several corrections to Sanders are offered, and the new transcription shows the effects of nearly a century upon the manuscript. This work seeks both to update Sanders, and to provide valuable data which will make the text of Codex I more readily accessible for future inquiry.


title: No faithful oaths : a comparison of Esau’s speech in Jubilees 37:18-23 with Achilles’ speech in Iliad 22.260-272

subject: Esau (Biblical figure)

subject: Bible. Versions, Aramaic – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Book of Jubilees, XXXVII – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Achilles (Mythological character)

subject: Homer. Illiad.

subject: Comparative literature.

abstract:
Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the mid-twentieth century scholars have made significant progress in understanding the Book of Jubilees, yet very little work has been done exploring this composition within its broader non-Jewish Hellenistic literary and cultural context.
The handful of studies that have addressed this issue show that Jubilees was conversant with Greek intellectual traditions, demonstrating the potential fruitfulness of this area of research and the need to explore it further. This thesis attempts a modest contribution to this task by
examining Esau's speech to Jacob in Jubilees 37:18-23 in light of Achilles' speech to Hector in Iliad 22:260-272. This comparison reveals that Esau’s speech exhibits notable similarities to Achilles’ speech in literary setting, rhetorical purpose, rhetorical mechanism, use of imagery,
syntax, vocabulary, and characterization. These similarities are best explained as the result of the author of Jubilees intentionally adopting and adapting elements of the Iliad for his own purposes.


title: Non-spatial setting in white Hmong

subject:
Hmong language – Grammar.
White Hmong dialect – Grammar.
White Hmong dialect – Verb phrase.

abstract: Dixon (2010a,b, 2012) presents an excellent introduction to a framework for documenting a language's grammar. One portion of this is Non-spatial Setting, i.e., the grammatical marking of time, aspect, and other material. The aim of this thesis is to apply this portion of Dixon's framework to White Hmong (Hmong-Mien, Laos). The thesis first looks at typologically similar languages from the region, considers the nature of grammaticalization, and then discusses the Non-spatial Setting system of White Hmong itself. It is found that White Hmong possesses a system that includes Lexical Time Words, positive and negative Irrealis intertwined with a system of Modality, Degree of Certainty markers, and a group of Phase of Activity-marking verbs. There are five Completion morphemes--three Perfect and two Imperfect--and two Completion-marking strategies. Finally, there is one Speed morpheme that marks slowness. Some implications for Non-spatial Setting in general are also briefly discussed.


title: Northern Psalms in Southern Contexts: Defining a Historical Setting for the Psalms of Asaph

subject:
Bible. Psalms.
Jews--History.
Judaism--Prayers and devotions
Worship (Judaism)

abstract: The psalms of Asaph (50, 73-83) present an intriguing problem for their interpreters. Though these psalms show every sign of being used in the temple at Jerusalem, they contain a ponderous amount of traditions, geographic references, and names that would be more appropriate in Israel’s northern kingdom. The haphazard geographic and tradition-history provenance of these psalms is best reconciled by assuming a fundamental mixture between northern and southern material in the growing and cosmopolitan city of pre-exilic Jerusalem, beginning in the time of Hezekiah. As northern psalmists moved to Jerusalem after the conquests of the Assyrian empire in the late 8th c. BCE, they brought their traditions of worship and assimilated these traditions within the liturgies of Jerusalem’s temple. These psalms illumine how northern Israelites accommodated to their new Jerusalemite setting after 722 BCE, and how their psalms reflect their experience of forced displacement.

abstract: Psalms

abstract: Historical Criticism

abstract: Israel and Judah

abstract: Religion of Ancient Israel

abstract: History of Ancient Israel


title: Northern rural nurses’ self-perceived competence in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with life-limiting conditions by using a palliative approach

contributor: Desbiens, Jean- François (second reader)

subject:
Terminal care – Religious aspects.
Palliative treatment.
Rural nursing.

abstract:
Spirituality has been long recognized as part of holistic nursing care. This study examined the degree of self-perceived competence of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and care-aides in addressing spiritual needs of patients with advancing life-limiting conditions who are in need of a palliative approach. The sample included 189 providers, at twenty rural hospitals, residential and homecare settings in Northern British Columbia, who participated in a provincial survey with the Initiative for a Palliative Approach in Nursing: Education and Leadership (iPANEL). Descriptive statistical analyses and multivariate linear regression were conducted to compare RNs, LPNs and CAs and to examine factors that explain variation in their self-perceived competence to addressing spiritual needs.
RNs in homecare had the highest levels of self-perceived competence among care providers across settings. The statistically significant predictors were: self-perceived levels of knowledge and education on spiritual needs, nursing education levels, being older, English as primary language.


title: Novice nurses’ experiences providing palliative care for children and their families

contributor: Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl (thesis supervisor)

subject:
Terminally ill children – Care.
Children – Hospice care.
Palliative treatment.

abstract: The role of registered nurses is complex and involves nursing care from the beginning to the end-of-life.  Currently, Canadian undergraduate nursing programs rarely focus on specialty training but rather on entry-to-practice competencies. The purpose of this project was to explore the experiences of novice nurses providing  palliative care for children and their families.The findings from interviews with eight novice nurses revealed that the caring they provided was influenced by who the nurses were, the knowledge they possessed, the context of their workplaces and societal beliefs about children dying, and the families to whom care was given. The relational practice abilities of the nurses proved to be an overarching theme as the ability to connect with a child and family was foundational. Novice nurses offer important perspectives about pediatric end-of-life care and provide insight into areas of strength and continual improvement for the ultimate benefit of children and their families.


title: Nurse Manager Perspectives about Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) and Hiring Practices in Long-Term Care

subject: Nurses, Foreign—Employment—British Columbia.

subject: Nurses—Supply and demand—British Columbia.

subject: Nursing services—British Columbia.

subject: Nursing, Supervisory.

abstract: Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) are an integral part of Canada’s workforce.  In a qualitative study, seven Nurse Managers from long-term care facilities in British Columbia were interviewed about their perceptions and experiences with IENs, and how these influenced their hiring practices.  Three themes emerged: Acknowledging the Complexities, Finding the “Right Fit”, and Navigating Differences.  Conclusions were that Nurse Managers: 1) Compared IENs to newly graduated nurses, 2) Generally preferred hiring Canadian educated nurses over IENs, 3) Perceived IENs as being ready to practice, but failed to acknowledge their nursing education and experience, 4) Perceived IENs as a homogenous group, 5) Preferred hiring IENs with positive attitudes, clear communication skills, and Canadian nursing experience, 6) Were unware of current licensing guidelines, 7) Used no established hiring guidelines, and 8) Possessed a positive ‘gut feeling” about new hires.  Recommendations for nursing education, management, and research are made based on these conclusions.

abstract: Internationally Educated Nurses

abstract: Nurse Managers

abstract: Hiring

abstract: Nursing Education


title: Nurses Perceptions of Supervisory Leadership for Patient Safety: A Narrative Synthesis

subject: Nurse administrators.

subject: Nursing, Supervisory—organization & administration.

subject: Patient Safety.

subject: Leadership.

abstract:
This thesis addressed whether trends could be found in studies that used questionnaires to ascertain nurses’ perceptions of supervisory leadership for safety in the context of patient safety culture. Thirty-five studies were analyzed. They used the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, Safety Climate Survey, Survey on Safety in Nursing Homes, RN4CAST. One study used qualitative interviews.
	The result was that patient safety culture assessments should be interpreted relative to the context in which they are conducted. Results are not generalizable and trends among the studies could not be identified. Participants’ culture, workplace culture and geographic location were found to be important influences. It was also found to be important to reassess at intervals and examine the results in the context of the workplace at the time of each assessment. There is benefit to combining qualitative and quantitative methods to assess patient safety culture.

abstract: Patient Safety Culture

abstract: Supervisory Leadership

abstract: Nurses' Perception


title: Nurses’ perception of workaround use

subject:
Workaround.
Short cut.
First order problem solving.
Patient safety.
Health services administration.

abstract: Workarounds are prevalent within the healthcare community, particularly in frontline nursing care. It has only been recent that the study of workarounds and their impact has emerged within healthcare literature. This interpretive description study was designed to investigate how nurses perceive workarounds, what they think about before, during and after the process, and what patient, environmental, and personal factors they consider during a workaround. Seven participants, including both Registered Nurses and Licenced Practical Nurses participated in interviews. Five themes were identified through qualitative analysis of the interviews highlighting emotional, mental and the professional impact of workarounds for nurses and their patients. The Implications to nursing practice include the value of nurses in creating frontline procedures, the responsibility of nurses to provide, the potential of current workarounds to produce practice based evidence and the need for nurses to be aware of the emotional and mental health risks of workaround use.


title: On moral objectivity : can there be objective moral evaluation without invoking the existence of “queer” ontological properties?

subject:
Mackie, J. L. (John Leslie) – Ethics.
Hume, David, 1711-1776 – Ethics.
Ethics.
Morality.
Putnam, Hilary.
Lévinas, Emmanuel.

abstract: J.L Mackie, defender of the moral-error-theory, argues that to claim the existence of objective moral facts implies moral properties with inbuilt "to-be-pursuedness" - they would have to be intrinsically motivational.  Since we do not know of the existence of any such properties, he argues that moral facts are "queer" things. I examine the positions of moral realists and anti-realists pointing out that it seems that one must either assert the existence of "queer" moral properties, or reject the truth functionality of categorical imperatives.  After exploring the thought of Hilary Putnam and Emmanuel Levinas, I suggest an alternative explanation of the human moral experience that is free of "queer" moral properties.  In this way, I believe to offer a more adequate explanation of human morality that defeats the false dilemma created by Mackie.


title: Parenting Coordination: Helping and Hindering Factors in the Resolution of Conflict in the Child's Best Interest.

subject: Parenting.

subject: Parenting, Part-time.

subject: Children of divorced parents—Psychology.

subject: Divorced parents.

abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the factors in parenting coordination that helped or hindered the successful resolution of family conflict in the child’s best interests.  The role of the parenting coordinator (PC) is a hybrid role that combines psychology, conflict resolution, and arbitration to help parents who remain in high conflict following separation and divorce.  Using the enhanced critical incident technique (ECIT), eight PCs from the British Columbia Parenting Coordinator Roster Society (BCPCRS) were interviewed. The results covered a wide range of aspects of parenting coordination including PCs process for resolving conflict, and the context and dynamics in which PCs conduct their work.  This is the first study on parenting coordination in British Columbia; the findings contribute to a greater understanding of the role for both professionals and the public.

abstract: Parenting Coordination


title: Partners in Learning: Supporting Student Learning Through Parent Mindset Training

abstract: Parent involvement in a child’s learning has been strongly linked to student academic achievement and success. Similarly, the development of a growth mindset, the belief that intelligence is developed through effort and perseverance, has also been linked to increased student achievement. While research supports both claims, there are few studies that examine the impact parent mindsets have on their level of involvement in their child’s learning. This study examined whether providing a workshop to parents on mindsets and learning support impacted their self-efficacy and involvement with their child’s learning. By conducting pre- and post-training questionnaires on parent self-efficacy and involvement, the study sought to explore possible relationships between parent mindset training and self-efficacy levels, and parent training and the amount of time involved in supporting student learning. Although in-depth analysis was limited as a result of sample size (N = 4), implications of this research are discussed.

abstract: parent involvement, parent self-efficacy, theories of intelligence, failure mindsets, incremental theory, entity theory


title: Patient Volunteers' Perspectives on Fostering Patient-Centred Care Through Interprofessional Education

subject:
Medical personnel and patient.
Volunteer workers in hospitals
Patient-centered health care.
Interprofessional education.

abstract: This qualitative study explores Patient Voices Network (PVN) volunteers’ perspectives on patient-centred care (PCC) through their involvement in Fraser Health’s Acute Care Orientation (ACO), an Interprofessional Education (IPE) setting. Four objectives were addressed including their meaning of PCC and what has shaped this meaning, what motivates the PVN volunteers to participate and share their experiences in ACO, how they view their role in IPE in ACO, and their recommendations regarding PCC and IPE. The participants’ illness experiences shaped their roles as both patient and patient volunteer and were the catalyst that propelled them to volunteer in the health care system. Factors that led to or hindered the patient voice were identified by participants and included health care provider behaviours, partnership, information sharing, communication, and system influences that promote patient-centred cultures. Characteristics of the participants contributed to both the role of the patient and the patient volunteer and their illness experiences.

abstract: new staff orientation

abstract: Patient volunteers; patient-centred care; interprofessional education


title: Pedagogical practice in mainstream university literature courses with generation 1.5 and international ESL participants

subject: English language – Study and teaching – Foreign speakers.

subject: Second language acquisition.

subject: Students, Foreign – Education (Higher)

abstract: The following mixed-methods study explored the pedagogical practices of mainstream instructors in literature classes with NNS participants at a university in British Columbia.  The inclusion of NNS students in these courses presents challenges due to various educational differences as compared with NS peers.  This often necessitates changes in the teaching practices of instructors who might have little experience or training in the instruction of NNS students.  Participants included three instructors, 33 NS students and 17 NNS students.  Results indicated that each instructor employed different types of instruction in their class, including practices implemented specifically for their NNS learners which appeared dependent on experience or the number of NNS participants.  Learner perception of these practices varied, with international ESL, Generation 1.5, and NS students all exhibiting preferences unique to their groups. This suggests that university instructors are active in making pedagogical adjustments in classrooms inclusive of students with diverse language abilities.


title: Peer influence and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence : exploring the role of co-rumination

contributor: Muehlenkamp, Jennifer (external examiner)

subject:
Teenagers – Suicidal behavior.
Adolescent psychology.
Self-injurious behavior.
Self-mutilation.
Co-rumination.
Non-suicidal self-injury.

abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between co-rumination and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in a community sample of adolescents. Analysis of the data from 92 adolescent self-injurers, 51 female and 41 male, indicated that there was a significant, positive correlation of small effect size between adolescents’ level of co-rumination and their frequency of self-injury in the past year. When genders were examined separately, this positive correlation of small effect size remained significant solely for male participants. Contrary to expectations, co-rumination failed to moderate the relationship between depression and NSSI frequency, and stressful life events failed to moderate the relationship between co-rumination and NSSI frequency. Results from further post-hoc analyses and related research on peer socialization suggest possible reasons for these results and future research avenues. The strengths, contributions, and clinical implications of this study are also discussed.


title: The Perspectives of Canadian Nurse Entrepreneurs and Related Policy Implications: An Interpretive Description Study

subject:
Nursing—Practice.
Entrepreneurship.
Career development—Canada.
Economics, Nursing.
Nursing—Vocational guidance—Canada.

abstract: Nursing entrepreneurship presents as a viable and innovative approach for nursing practice while contributing to health system transformation.  And yet, in countries such as Canada where universal health care funding has most nurses working as employees for state-funded health service providers, few nurses are self-employed.  This qualitative study acquired the perspectives of eleven practicing Canadian nurse entrepreneurs from across Canada, and six Canadian nurse leaders with respect to current nursing practice, contexts, and issues that serve to inform and guide the development of national and provincial/territorial policies that support nursing entrepreneurship. Three categorical themes were identified: Going alone versus going along; Resistance outside of convention; and, Nursing entrepreneurship: Outcomes and opportunities. The overall findings highlight a resistance-resilience dialectic for nurse entrepreneurs, the outcome of which sees them advancing nursing practice and health system reform. Meso and macro level policy recommendations that aim to support nursing enterprise within Canada are discussed.

abstract: nurse entrepreneur, self-employed nurse, nursing enterprise, health system transformation, resistance, policy, leadership, interpretive description


title: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO COUNSELLORS’ EXPERIENCES OF BEING-ETHICAL IN ETHICALLY AND/OR MORALLY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS

abstract: What does it mean to be an ethical counsellor? Being an ethical practitioner is often thought of as doing the ‘right thing,’ considering possible risks, mitigating harm, maximizing benefits, using decision-making models, or abiding by a code of ethics. I investigated the phenomenon of being-ethical through semi-structured interviews with six clinical counsellors who shared their experiences of a morally and/or ethically challenging situation. I analyzed data using Personal Phenomenology, a novel research method rooted in hermeneutic phenomenology and existential philosophy. Based on my analysis, I proposed six features of being-ethical. Being-ethical involves: (a) seeing and composing the world ethically, (b) demonstrating the skill and giving the gift of attention, (c) opening one’s self to being exposed to the suffering of and evaluation by others, (d) negotiating one’s proximity to the other, (e) critically engaging with third parties, and (f) acting in the decisive moment. Implications for counselling education, institutions, practice, and research were proposed.

abstract: Ethics, morality, counselling, existential, phenomenological


title: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Messages of Sex and Their Impacts on Newlywed Christian Men

contributor: Vriend-Fluit, Danielle (thesis supervisor)

abstract: Religion, and Christianity in particular, holds considerable influence on experiences and perceptions of sexuality. However, there is little research on how this influence is experienced. Therefore, the primary research question of this study is: how do newlywed heterosexual Christian men experience religious messages about sex, and what are the impacts of these messages on their sexuality? This study uses a qualitative phenomenological approach to understand how participants experienced Christian sexual messages before and within marriage. Data analysis was conducted using Creswell’s (2013) adaptation of Moustakas’ (1994) phenomenological design. Participants indicated five overarching themes regarding messages of sex and how these messages influence them: (1) conflicting messages about sex; (2) the need for accountability; (3) premarital sexuality as a journey; (4) changing understandings of sex within marriage; and (5) changing the conversation. Therapeutic and pastoral implications of the findings are further discussed.

abstract: sexuality, marriage, religion, men, Christianity


title: Phonology of Mosiye

subject:
Cushitic languages.
Mositacha language.
Mositacha language—Phonology.
Lowland East Cushitic languages.
Mosiye (African people)
Ethiopia--Languages.

abstract: This thesis is a description of the phonology of Mositacha, a Lowland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family, based on original field research. Mositacha is spoken by 6,000 people who live in the North Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region in Ethiopia. Very little has been written on Mositacha. With the exception of Wondwosen‘s recent grammar (2015), which identifies the consonant and vowel phonemes, notes consonant gemination and vowel length, and briefly comments on tone, there has been no systematic study on the Mositatcha phonology. This thesis offers a more comprehensive study on the phonology of Mositacha.  It examines consonant and vowel phonemes, syllable structure, phonotactics, phonological processes and tone. Of particular interest are marginal consonant phonemes which may be attributed to ongoing language shift, phonemic vowel length, consonant sequences and gemination, and a description of pitch patterns in words in isolation.


title: A phonology of Stau

subject: Stau language (Sino-Tibetan) – Phonology.

subject: Sino-Tibetan languages.

abstract: This thesis is a description of the phonology of Stau, a Rgyalrongic language of the Tibeto-Burman family, based on original field research. Stau is spoken by approximately 23,000 people in the west of Sichuan province, China. It is an almost unstudied language. Apart from a sketch of the phonology and grammar by Huang (1991), which provides a phonetic (rather than phonemic) analysis of Stau sounds, lists attested onsets and rhymes, and discusses tone, there has been virtually no systematic study of the phonology of language. This thesis provides a more extensive study of Stau phonology, covering segmental phonology, acoustic analysis of stops and of vowels, syllable structure, phonotactics, phonological processes, and pitch phenomena. Of particular interest in this phonology are Stau’s large phonemic inventory of forty-two consonants and eight vowels, its large syllable canon, phonotactic constraints among its consonant clusters, and vowel changes in reduplication.


title: The post-expectant period : how expectations and embodiment shape the postpartum period for first-time Canadian fathers

subject:
Fatherhood.
Fathers – Canada.
Parenting.
Father and infant.

abstract: In this qualitative study, ten first-time Canadian fathers were interviewed from six cities in two provinces about their perceptions and experiences during the postpartum period. All study participants recently had their first child born to them. The continued bearing of expectations into the period following the birth of their child affirmed the overarching theme of the postpartum period as the post-expectant period. The three categorical themes related expectations about fatherhood to the infant, gendered norms, and healthcare services. The findings highlight the potential impact of healthcare and government policies to support fathers during their transition into fatherhood. It is of the essence that nurses' understanding of paternal experiences throughout the transition to fatherhood be expanded to provide appropriate services and to better meet the needs of fathers and, in turn, their families.

abstract: postpartum, postnatal, fathers, experiences, perceptions, education, Canadian, qualitative, interpretive description


title: Potential sectarian variants in Psalm 119 of 11Q5 : a further investigation in response to Eugene Ulrich’s “The absence of sectarian variants in the Dead Sea Scrolls”

subject: Ulrich, Eugene Charles, 1938-

subject: Dead Sea scrolls.

subject: Bible. Psalms. Hebrew – Versions – Dead Sea Psalms scroll.

subject: Bible. Psalms – Criticism, Textual.

subject: Elizabeth Hay Bechtel Psalms scroll.

subject: Judaism – Post-exilic period (Judaism)

abstract: This essay examines the portions of 11Q5 (Great Psalms Scroll) that correspond to Psalm 119 and compares them as variants from MT (as representative of Proto-MT, discussed within) with the intention to test Eugene Ulrich's absolute statement that there are no "sectarian variants" in the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. It employs a comprehensive survey of the variants in its search for theologically motivated variation, which it then tests against theological themes as found in 1QS and more general theological themes of broader Second Temple Judaism. As a secondary endeavor, it more clearly defines Ulrich's apparent understanding of what the term "sectarian variant" signifies and seeks to draw attention to the practice of assuming against sectarian variation until proven otherwise; it argues for a more balanced approach of "no designation without scholarly evidence." The essay includes extensive charts of the variants, divided into "variant types" for ease of reference.


title: Predicting the length of stay in older adults undergoing transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation

subject:
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implementation.
Aortic valve stenosis.
Length of stay in hospitals.
Older people – Hospitals.

abstract: The predictors of the length of hospital stay (LOS) in older adults undergoing the transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TA TAVI) remained under-explored.  The objective of this study was to identify patient’s individual characteristics, TA TAVI procedural details, and relevant post-procedure factors that were predictive of LOS after TA TAVI.  A retrospective review of 128 consecutive medical charts was conducted, and 62 potential predictor variables were analyzed by utilizing various statistical analyses.  This study identified five individual characteristics, procedural details, and post-procedure factors that were statistically significantly associated with the LOS following TA TAVI.  Its findings may alert nurses to heed the implications of these predictors in TA TAVI patients and initiate nursing interventions to reduce the risk of prolonged LOS related complications.  Future studies are recommended to confirm these findings and the effects of other potential predictors.

abstract: aortic stenosis, transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation, length of stay, hospital stay


title: Professional Development of Nursing Leaders: A Case Study of Canadian Nurses

subject:
Nursing.
Leadership.
Nurse administrators.

abstract:
Nursing leadership is important in every domain of nursing. However, nursing leadership development is not well understood or documented. This study addresses this gap by turning to an overlooked source of leadership knowledge: presidents of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). These leaders have influenced nursing practice, changed the perception of nursing, and improved healthcare. Yet, little is known about them. This study aims to inspire and inform current and future nurses by exploring leadership journeys of CNA presidents.
	Seven nurses who have held the title of president of the CNA were interviewed. Six themes were identified: Relentless Incrementalism; Embracing Opportunities, , A Service Mindset, Taking the Long View, Enduring Heartbreak, and Taking a Seat at the Table. The findings of this study not only provide insight into the practice wisdom of those who have gone before, they also provide a resource for the development of nursing leaders today.


title: Promoting functional status of older adults in the emergency department : exploring nurses’ perceptions of care

subject:
Emergency medical services.
Older people – Hospitals.
Health Services for the Aged.
Geriatric nursing.
Nursing Diagnosis.
Older people – Health and hygiene.

abstract: Older adults presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) are at risk for functional decline. Registered Nurses (RNs) in the ED are challenged to optimize the functional status of older adults in a dynamic practice environment with conflicting priorities and system demands. This interpretive descriptive qualitative study used elements of action research and visual methods to explore ED nurses’ perceptions of care on promoting the functional status of older adults in the ED. Eleven purposefully selected ED RNs completed a questionnaire and participated in up to three focus groups. Study results suggest that improving the ED nurses’ ability to promote the functional status of older adults in the ED can improve the wellbeing of older adults and ease nurses’ moral distress. From a cost and quality of life perspective, the vulnerability of older adults toward functional decline and the vulnerability of ED nurses toward moral distress must be recognized and addressed.


title: Reading Genesis 1-35 in Persian Yehud

subject: Bible. Genesis.

subject: Judaism – History – Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

subject: Jews – History – 586 B.C.-70 A.D.

subject: Hermeneutics.

subject: Yehud (Persian province)

abstract: Using a multi-dimensional historical-critical and literary method this thesis examines Genesis in a fixed socio-historical location, Achaemenid Persian period, and compares the polemic and function of the myths in Genesis to contemporaneous literature and competing ideology. The purpose of analyzing Genesis in such a fashion is to determine how the normative myths recontextualized in the text would have functioned polemically for the Yehud elite who had returned to a land with which they had ethnic ties, and who were empowered by the Persian Empire to govern. Ultimately, it is argued that while no history can be found in these myths, the paradigmatic actions of the patriarchs in Genesis communicate the ideology of the authors, and a great deal of the textual data can be explained through the historical setting of Persian Yehud, and the social, ethnic, religious, and political concerns of the Yehud elite.


title: Reading the Text With its Ancient Audience: The Amnon and Tamar Narrative as a Test Case

subject:
Bible. Samuel, 2nd
Bible as literature.
Bible -- Hermeneutics.
Tamar (Daughter of David)
Amnon -- (Son of David)
Absalom (Biblical figure)

abstract: This thesis seeks to demonstrate that the methods of narrative criticism can be employed in a modified way to address the problems with the intentional fallacy that are inherent in narrative criticism, and the tendency of narrative criticism to ignore historical-critical questions about the text. This modification will employ a new method to analyze the Amnon and Tamar narrative as follows: first use the historical-critical method to reconstruct JEDtrH, then use reception criticism to determine the ways in which the earliest audience of JEDtrH could have understood the text, then use narrative criticism to present one way in which one member of its earliest audience could have understood one pericope within the text. This analysis is preceded by a chapter explaining the interpretive styles associated with narrative criticism.

abstract: Because I would like to edit and publish the chapters of this thesis as journal articles, I would like an indefinite embargo placed on this thesis. Those wishing to see the chapters may view them in their edited for as I publish them in journals, or they may contact me personally for a copy of my thesis.

abstract: Narrative Criticism

abstract: Reception Criticism

abstract: Inner-biblical Allusion

abstract: Tamar

abstract: Absalom


title: Reconstructing the text of the church : the “canonical text” and the goal of New Testament textual criticism

subject:
Bible – Criticism, Textual.
Bible – Canon.
New Testament in context
Bible. -- New Testament.

abstract: Amidst recent doubts about the feasibility of achieving New Testament textual criticism’s traditional goal of establishing the “original text” of the New Testament, Brevard Childs proposed that text critics should go about reconstructing the “canonical text” instead. However, concepts of “canon” have generally been limited to discussions of which books were included or excluded from a list of authoritative writings, not necessarily the specific textual readings within those writings. This thesis considers whether there is historical evidence to support the existence of such a “canonical text” of the New Testament, and whether modern text critics and exegetes should prefer this textform to more traditional reconstructions. This study concludes that there is little evidence to support the existence of a lost “canonical text” of the New Testament, and that even if one assumes the existence of such a text, there are good reasons for continuing to prefer more traditional reconstructions.


title: Registered Nurses Providing Dignity: Caring for Older Persons Living in Residential Care

subject:
Older people--Medical care.
Older people--Care.
Older people--Institutional care.
Nursing.
Nurse’s Role.
Nursing Care.

abstract: Older persons comprise an intricate component of society and, managing their care needs in a manner that demonstrates dignity, is an important element of nursing care. This qualitative study interviewed 11 registered nurses working in a residential care facility, to explore how they provided dignity to older persons. Data analysis revealed three themes: 1) Supporting Dignity included the sub-themes; caring for the whole person, respecting, encouraging independence and being remembered, 2) Dignity Care  incorporated; doing, value-giving care, building relationships and balancing and negotiating and, Structural Context for Dignity comprised; time, nurses' voice, physical setting and barriers created by policy/procedures. The findings demonstrated a unique linkage of self-identity and legacy to supporting dignity for older persons, the influence of structural contexts on nurses' ability to provide dignity care to older persons in residential care and, an association to respect.


title: Relational dimensions of perinatal bereavement : an actionproject investigation of joint grieving in bereaved parents

subject: Perinatal death – Psychological aspects.

subject: Grief.

subject: Bereavement – Psychological aspects.

subject: Parental grief.

subject: Parent and child.

subject: Children – Death – Psychological aspects.

abstract:
This study explored the relational dimensions of perinatal grieving. Three perinatally bereaved couples each participated in one interview, as well as a follow-up member check interview. The research question for this study was, “how do bereaved parents grieve jointly following perinatal loss?” Data were collected using the qualitative action-project method, and participants were asked how they grieved together for their deceased baby. Joint grieving
processes were identified at couples’ initial interviews, and then, following preliminary analyses, were presented back to the couples during the member check interviews for confirmation and alteration. The data analysis followed the protocols set forth in the action-project and instrumental case study methods, combining all data collected from both sets of interviews. Within-case analyses revealed intentional frameworks for each of the couples joint grieving projects, including: (1) Marveling at God’s presence in the midst of loss and the endurance of grace, respect, and togetherness in marriage, (2) Finding each other in the midst of grieving differences to celebrate and honour the sanctity of life, and (3) Coming back into life to find joy and new responsibilities while continuing to mark and honour the existence of the deceased. Joint grieving involved several commonalities between the couples, including re-learning the uniqueness of one another through grieving, interspersing grief within ongoing faith careers, using the safety of the relationship to express painful thoughts and feelings, oscillations between hope and pain, and the ongoing nature of grieving rituals as joint actions. The findings of this
study support the application of broader theoretical models of bereavement to the unique context of perinatal loss, as well as emerging constructivist models of perinatal bereavement. The findings also demonstrate the relevance of relational dimensions of grieving for future empirical and clinical developments in the area of perinatal bereavement.


title: Relevance Theory and Proverbs: Exploring Context through Explicatures and Implicatures

subject: Relevance. Proverbs. Pragmatics.

abstract:
Relevance Theory (Sperber & Wilson 1986/1995) is a theory of communication which states that
the human brain is geared towards processing relevant stimuli for little effort. While proponents
of Relevance Theory have endeavored to explain various linguistic phenomena such as
metaphor, irony, sarcasm, and idioms, there has been little work done on the proverb. The
current thesis fills in this gap within Relevance Theory by applying Relevance-Theoretic
principles to the interpretation of proverbs in context. This study explains how proverb meaning
carries both a base meaning as well as an implicated meaning in context, with the use of
Relevance Theory’s explicatures and implicatures. In addition, this thesis makes use of ad hoc
concept formation (Wilson & Carston 2007) to account for meaning modulation and contrasts
the analysis of proverbs under Relevance Theory with Vega-Moreno’s (2003) analysis of idioms
under Relevance Theory.

abstract: implicature

abstract: pragmatics

abstract: proverb

abstract: idioms

abstract: ad hoc concept formation

abstract: explicature

abstract: implicature

abstract: metaphor

abstract: Relevance Theory


title: Responsive, Cue-Based Breastfeeding: Exploring Public Health Nurses' Perceptions

abstract: Supporting responsive, cue-based breastfeeding (RCBBF) (i.e., baby-led) is considered best practice for promoting maternal-infant attachment and reducing an infants’ obesity risk. RCBBF recognizes the reciprocal relationship between the maternal-infant dyad. Public health nurses (PHNs) are exposed to mixed messaging and we do not know how they enact RCBBF in practice. This study used interpretive description to explore PHNs’ perceptions of RCBBF. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online. One overarching theme, bound by trust, and three sub-themes were identified: disrupted trust (informational disruption and maternal mistrust), building trust (education and responsiveness to maternal needs), and maintaining trust (varying degrees of trust). Participants’ perceptions of RCBBF were filtered through a lens of trust that could be limited or enhanced. When disrupted, trust was limited, when built, it was enhanced, and when threatened, it was maintained. These findings are significant in beginning to understand the clinical application of RCBBF, but more research is needed.

abstract: Breastfeeding

abstract: Responsive

abstract: Public Health Nurses

abstract: Perceptions

abstract: Baby Friendly Initiative


title: Ripples of Betrayal: A Voice-Centred Relational Inquiry into Acquaintance Sexual Assault

subject:
Acquaintance rape
Psychic trauma.
Sexual abuse victims.

abstract: By adopting a relational ontology, the present study challenges traditional approaches to psychological theory, research and practice. This complementary lens was used to explore women’s experiences of harm and healing in the context of acquaintance sexual assault. Six women participated in interviews using sandtrays, and the Listening Guide (Brown & Gilligan, 1992) was used to analyze transcripts. Voices of harm constricted participants’ experiences of being connected to themselves, others and the world, and consisted of denial, confusion, judgment, isolation and separation. Voices of healing emerged as expansive processes, identified as acknowledgment, knowing, acceptance, accompaniment and empowerment. These findings broaden current understandings of sexual assault, trauma and betrayal, and better equip counsellors, social supports, communities and cultures, to dismantle relational processes that stagnate survivors and promote those that foster growth.

abstract: acquaintance sexual assault

abstract: relationships

abstract: The Listening Guide


title: Risk Level and the MMPI-2 Profile of Individuals with a History of Sexual Offending

abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess whether there is a relationship between sexual recidivism risk and personality in individuals with history of sexual offending. Personality characteristics and risk levels were measured using 4, 8, and 9 MMPI-2 scales and Static-99, respectively. The participants were individuals incarcerated in Alberta for sexual crimes (N = 535) who were enrolled in the Phoenix Treatment Program. Zero-order correlations were examined between MMPI-2 scales and Static-99. A MANOVA showed significantly higher scores on the combined MMPI-2 scales for high risk individuals when compared to the low risk group. A discriminant analyses indicated that the effect sizes of the relationship between the scales 4 and 9 with risk scores were larger than the effect size of the relationship between the scale 8 and risk scores. These findings could benefit clinicians in treatment planning for individuals with previous sexual offending behaviours.

abstract: male sex offenders, personality characteristics, MMPI-2, recidivism, Static-99


title: The Role of Metaphor in the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Listening to the Multiple Voices of Shared Experience

subject:
Multiple personality.
Self-perception.
Psychic trauma.

abstract: In this study, the Listening Guide (Brown & Gilligan, 1992) was used to explore the therapeutic application of metaphor in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder (DID) from the perspective of both client and therapist.  Through analysis of the interviews, eight voices were identified.  These voices are organized into two overarching categories: 1) voices of trauma and dissociation, and 2) voices of healing and integration.  Relationships were observed among the various voices of dissociation, as well as between the voices of dissociation and those of trauma and healing.  These relationships reveal natural links between clients’ metaphors of trauma, dissociation, and healing.  The clients’ core metaphors of dissociation – Hope’s beehive metaphor and ‘Reace’s mansion metaphor – illustrate the complex relationships that exist among these metaphorical constructs.  The metaphors represented the individuals’ subjective experiences of DID and were used as the main organizers of the healing process across all three phases of treatment.

abstract: Dissociative identity disorder, metaphor, treatment, Listening Guide


title: A Sanctuary in Time: Exploring Genesis 1’s Memory of Creation

subject: Bible. Genesis, I—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Bible. O.T. Genesis I—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Biblical cosmology.

subject: Creation—Biblical teaching.

subject: Creation—Mythology.

subject: Myth in the Bible.

subject: Cosmogony, Babylonian.

subject: Cosmology, Babylonian.

subject: Enuma elǐsh.

abstract:
Since the days of Wellhausen, pentateuchal scholarship has essentially agreed that Gen 1 and Gen 2 are from two distinct sources. Furthermore, they agree that Gen 1 was added in front of Gen 2 at a relatively late period during the Pentateuch's compositional history. Moving beyond these agreements, this thesis asks why Gen 1, and its cultural memory of creation, was added in front of Gen 2? In other words, what motivated a later group to come along and add Gen 1?
As such, this thesis argues that Gen 1 was intentionally added in order to primarily elevate the Sabbath to a position and status equal to the Temple/Tabernacle. In mnemonic terms, then, Gen 1 is a countermemory that resulted in a shift away from sacred space toward sacred time. A mnemonic shift from the sanctuary in Jerusalem to a sanctuary in time.


title: Science and knowledge : a post-modern approach to empiricism

subject:
Science – Philosophy.
Empiricism.
Metaphysics.
Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-

abstract: Science has become the standard for determining truth and producing knowledge. This has happened alongside the diminishing value of traditions and common sense as sources of knowledge. That is, science has become the benchmark for knowledge at the expense of other possible means. The fact that science has taken such a prominent position regarding knowledge is interesting when one considers the weaknesses of the realist position in the philosophy of science. By `realism' I mean the belief that scientific theories are true, or at least approximately true. I begin by discussing arguments both for and against scientific realism, I conclude that science is a non-realist enterprise and that while useful in helping us understand the world, calling the theories of science `true' is not a safe risk. Finally, since science is the standard for knowledge, I present a theory on the implications of this view for knowledge in general.


title: Sea Change: Nursing in Bella Bella, 1901-1925

subject: Nursing--Religious aspects--Christianity

subject: Methodist Church -- Missions.

subject: Indians of North America--British Columbia

subject: Indians of North America--Education.

subject: Indians of North America--Health and hygiene

subject: Northwest, Pacific--History

subject: Nursing--Study and teaching

abstract: In the early 1900s, the Heiltsuk village of Bella Bella (Wáglísla) in Northwest British Columbia boasted a new Methodist mission hospital and a small Training School for Nurses. This study explores the largely unknown history of missionary nursing in Bella Bella between 1901 and 1925, built around the private documents of Doris Nichols, who began her nursing training there in 1921. This study critically examines the experiences of early nurse missionaries—students and graduates —who lived, learned, worked, and worshiped as a part of the Methodist medical mission in Bella Bella and to the surrounding area. As a social history, this study reflects on those experiences through the lenses of gender, age, class, race, region, and religion. This exploration concludes that Doris Nichols’ rare experience was interconnected with—and an extension of—the profound changes that occurred for the Heiltsuk, the Methodist missions, nursing education, and Doris herself.

abstract: Nurses; Methodist medical mission; Heiltsuk; Bella Bella; Wáglísla; Rivers Inlet; Northwest Coast; Chilliwack, British Columbia; Indigenous healthcare histories; Training Schools for Nurses; R.W. Large Memorial Hospital; Methodist missionary