Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc)"
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Ārai Whakamōmori: An Exploration of Te Whakaruruhau’s Suicide Prevention Strategy
(The University of Waikato, 2017)Te Whakaruruhau, Waikato Women’s Refuge, have been able to achieve a suicide free environment for their clients for over 31 years. This research sought to understand how Te Whakaruruhau have been successful in preventing ... -
Back to the future: The re-emergence of authentic lifestyles in response to the alienating effects of contemporary capitalism
(University of Waikato, 2011)This project was written to identify the social forces that were behind the emergence of eco-locally based grass-roots initiatives that have emerged in recent times. It was found that they were formed in response to the ... -
Behavioural variation in extended and alternating extinction
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Hens were trained to peck a square stimulus on a touch-sensitive screen under an FR5 reinforcement schedule for a maximum of 30 reinforcers (taking approximately 10 minutes). Then hens experienced extinction sessions of ... -
Behind the Ink NZ: Tattoos in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Link to a Process of Self-Healing
(University of Waikato, 2015)This study aimed to examine the reasons why individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand tattoo their bodies and analyse the mechanism by which tattoo acts as a method of coping, self-healing and self-transformation for these ... -
Beneath the Golden Facade: A History of the Early Years on the Thames Goldfields
(University of Waikato, 2013)The story of Thames has been told and retold by many authors since the area was proclaimed a goldfield in 1867. These histories often glamourise the prosperity and wealth that gold brought to the town and its people. This ... -
Better Must Come: Reggae As A New Social Movement
(The University of Waikato, 2010)Abstract This thesis discusses the intertwining relationship between the rise of reggae music on a local and global scale, and the political efforts of both Michael Manley and Edward Seaga to close the gap between the rich ... -
Beyond Sorted: Developing Critical Adult Financial Education
(University of Waikato, 2012)This research sought to reimagine financial education from a critical theory perspective. This study proposes how a community of learners operating a critical pedagogy could be used to deliver adult financial education, ... -
Beyond the Bump: Women's Experiences of Body Image during Pregnancy and in the Postpartum
(University of Waikato, 2016)Body image is an important aspect of identity, with body image dissatisfaction related to many negative experiences such as depression and low self-esteem. Pregnancy is a time of rapid and substantial change for women’s ... -
Body Image and Eating Attitudes: Comparing Chinese Females with Other Females living in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2007)Eating disorders affect individuals from most ethnic backgrounds. Research suggests that White females experience the greatest levels of disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. Studies examining Chinese females found ... -
Body Image Attitudes amongst Māori and Pakeha Females
(The University of Waikato, 2006)Research has shown that body image plays a principle role in predicting the occurrence and extent of eating disordered symptomatology. The term 'body image' has multiple definitions but is most commonly used to refer to ... -
Body Image Dissatisfaction among Men Engaged in Regular Weight Training Activities: An exploratory analysis
(University of Waikato, 2014)The central purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the body image dissatisfaction experiences of a group of young adult men who were engaged in regular recreational weight training activities. Within this, ... -
Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Physical Punishment
(The University of Waikato, 2007)Fifteen women and five men participated in a study aimed at devising strategies to reduce the use of physical punishment in New Zealand. The potential problems with the use of physical punishment, the extent of its use in ... -
Caregiver Health Related Quality of Life and Burden When Caring for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury
(University of Waikato, 2012)Often family members take on the responsibility of caregiver when another family member sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The caregiving role is a stressful task which may impact negatively upon caregivers’ psychological ... -
The Challenge to Fijian Methodism - the vanua, identity, ethnicity and change
(The University of Waikato, 2007)Christianity is the dominant religion in the Fiji islands today. However, this was not the case in the early eighteen hundreds. Back then, the Fijians had lived a life and culture of their own that was not known to the ... -
Challenges of a Pregnancy Gone Wrong: Pregnancy Complications, Illness Perceptions and Distress
(University of Waikato, 2014)Women with pregnancy complications need to cope with a pregnancy that can have life changing consequences. The objective of this research project was to understand the experience of women who had been diagnosed with a ... -
Change in Local Places: the experince of a peri urban community
(The University of Waikato, 2006)ABSTRACT This thesis explores change in place, and particularly the social tensions that arise from change in peri-urban communities. In this study, a review of relevant literature indicates that rural/urban fringe areas ... -
Charming or harming: Case studies of emotional abuse in heterosexual intimate partner relationships
(University of Waikato, 2013)Emotional abuse in the absence of physical abuse is often unrecognised. Although the literature identifies the insidious nature of this type of abuse and the physiological, psychological and emotional harm it often causes, ... -
Child poverty and media advocacy in aotearoa
(The University of Waikato, 2006)New Zealand has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Research has shown that modern mass media provide a mediated cultural forum through which policy ... -
Childfree couples' experiences of stereotyping, harassment and pressure
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This qualitative study is about New Zealand couples who, by choice, do not have children. Strong social norms exist for couples to have children, and those who express a desire to do otherwise have been disbelieved, ... -
Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Parent Administered Behavioural Intervention to Increase Child Physical Activity
(The University of Waikato, 2006)Obesity is a complex and increasingly prevalent health disorder that is associated with a wide range of medical, social, and psychological difficulties. People are more likely to be obese if they consume an energy dense ...
