Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc)"
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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 ... -
Building ethnic, refugee and gender relations : ethnic refugee women in the Waikato : improving their socio-economic status through community organisations?
(The University of Waikato, 2003)The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the role of community organisations in the resettlement of refugee¹ ethnic women in the Waikato. Do community organisations (women organisations, ethnic organisations, religious ... -
Can te ao Māori worldviews exist within a western institute’s online teaching and learning environment?
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Tertiary institutions in Aotearoa (New Zealand) offer students online teaching and learning papers across a variety of disciplines. The purpose of this research was to examine whether online teaching and learning environments ... -
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 ... -
Case study: An in-depth exploration of male survivors of female-perpetrated domestic violence
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Male survivors of female-perpetrated violence are often overlooked within the academic, social, and judicial systems. The current thesis highlights this gap in research as well as provides readers with a deeper understanding ... -
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 ... -
Child witnesses of intimate partner violence: Identifying the roles they have and understanding the situations in which they are present
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) can have serious psychological, behavioural, cognitive, and somatic impacts on children and yet they continue to be present in over half of all New Zealand Police call outs for ... -
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 ... -
The Coconut Tree and the Computer Tiger: Information Technology in Traditional Pacific Societies
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This literature review explores the extent to which Information Technology (IT) has affected the cultures of small traditional Pacific societies, with the South Pacific region as the point of focus. The assumption is that ... -
Communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, organisational commitment and intention to leave
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The retention of highly motivated, skilled and committed employees is a major concern by organisations to achieve a competitive advantage. The turnover intentions of human capital are of interest to managers, employees, ... -
Community Forestland Management, Outside Interventions and Local Responses: The case of the Thai ethnic group in the Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district, Nghe An province, Vietnam
(University of Waikato, 2014)In an increasing interaction between indigenous or isolated ethnic communities and outside actors, a lack of confirmation of local forestland rights is seen as one of the most critical issues. Does the outsiders’ occupancy ...
