Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc)"
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A capabilities approach to freedom of employment: Hierarchical capabilities
(The University of Waikato, 2021)When people in New Zealand are unhappy with their current employment, they are often advised to find a new job. Implicit here is the assumption that a new job will be better, but it is not entirely clear that this is always ... -
A comparison of the eye movement patterns used for comprehension and scanning reading techniques
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Two techniques that can be used when reading are scanning the text for particular information and reading for full comprehension. These two reading techniques may be achieved using different eye movements. This thesis ... -
A critical analysis of Section 27 of the Sentencing Act (2002)
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis analyses the effectiveness of Section 27 of the Sentencing Act (2002) in achieving its primary objective of addressing the high rate of Māori incarceration. This problem largely stems from the destruction of ... -
A matter of habit? Early life stress and cognitive flexibility in infants
(The University of Waikato, 2017)The long-term associations between chronic early life stress such as maltreatment, and cognitive functioning are well documented. However, less is known about the relation between early life stress exposure through experiences ... -
A phenomenological study of the motivation barriers and enablers experienced by prisoners in terms of their participation in educational programs
(The University of Waikato, 2019)An exploratory study, building on current international literature and research, examining motivational barriers and motivational factors New Zealand prisoners experience when making choices regarding prison education ... -
A Sea of Voices: Deep sea mining and the Solwara 1 Project in Papua New Guinea
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Deep sea mining is a new and increasingly important part of the capitalist exploitation of the world’s oceans. Situated off the coast of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, Solwara 1 is expected to become the world’s ... -
A structural realist assessment of the strategic competition between the US and Iran in Iraq from 2003-2016
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The invasion of Iraq in 2003 sparked a competition between two major Middle Eastern powers, the US and Iran, for influence in the former Ba’athist dictatorship. For the US, influencing Iraq would reinforce its position, ... -
A Thematic Analysis of Mental Illness in New Zealand News Articles
(University of Waikato, 2014)Mental illness is one of the main reasons for disability in the western world with one in five individuals being classed as mentally ill during some time in their life. As a concept, mental illness has a strong presence ... -
A Transnational Analysis of Elderly European Wealth Distributions: Developing and Testing New Methodologies within the new Household Financial and Consumption Survey
(University of Waikato, 2017)Transnational wealth inequality is an expanding field of study. However, the field has many limitations especially relating to problems of data availability, methodologies used, and the very limited pool of existing ... -
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain: An Evaluation of the Self-Help Book, Living Beyond Your Pain
(The University of Waikato, 2008)The current research was a randomised two group (control and treatment) study that evaluated the effectiveness of an ACT-based self-help book for people with chronic pain. Over a 6-week period, 6 participants read the ... -
Acceptance and commitment therapy for public speaking anxiety: A self-help format
(The University of Waikato, 2008)A non-concurrent multiple baseline design across eight participants was used to determine whether working through Hayes and Smith's (2005) book would help those with public speaking anxiety. Hayes and Smith (2005) is based ... -
ACT and smoking cessation using a smartphone application (SmartQuit™)
(University of Waikato, 2016)Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a third wave behavioural therapy, which encourages individuals to stop fighting their internal experiences (e.g. thoughts, feelings, and memories) and teaches individuals techniques to ... -
Acute Assessment of Aggression: Using the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) with New Zealand Offenders
(University of Waikato, 2015)Institutional violence in prisons and other corrections settings is a hazard to the security and wellbeing of staff and other offenders. However, the ability to systematically assess for acute, day-to-day aggression in ... -
Adaptation to water scarcity in the context of climate change: A Case Study of the Nuku'alofa and Hihifo Districts, Tongatapu
(University of Waikato, 2017)For the most part, PICs and SIDS are constantly reminded of their vulnerability to climate change. Often, the increasing portrayal of island countries as vulnerable does not necessarily address what causes that vulnerability. ... -
Addiction Phenomenology In Substance Use And Non-Substance Use Disorders
(The University of Waikato, 2008)There is growing research evidence and public concern over the burgeoning of disorders which share common features with substance addictions. In order to investigate the presence and role of addiction features in disorders ... -
Adolescent Māori mothers experiences with social support during pregnancy, birth and motherhood and their participation in education
(The University of Waikato, 2007)The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of social support in helping adolescent Māori mothers cope with pregnancy, birth and motherhood, with a particular emphasis on its role in enabling them to continue ... -
Adolescents' Stigmatisation of Mental Illness
(University of Waikato, 2012)Stigmatisation of individuals with mental illness has a negative effect on their quality of life, help seeking behaviour, treatment outcomes, and on the individual‟s self-esteem and self-efficacy. The stigmatisation of ... -
Ageing, Motion Perception and the Compensation for Eye Movements
(University of Waikato, 2010)Smooth pursuit over a textured background introduces full-field motion to the retinal image in the direction opposing the eye movement. If this motion is not correctly attributed to the eye movement, it can be falsely ... -
An empirically grounded theory of conscientiousness as an Aristotelian virtue
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis is an interdisciplinary project; I develop a new philosophical theory of conscientiousness as a neo-Aristotelian virtue. I then go on to develop two psychometric measures (one general measure and one student-specific ... -
An examination of white/Pākehā young adults changing their religious identity in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2021)The examination of religion within the field of sociology in New Zealand (NZ) is a neglected area of research within academic scholarship. New Zealand is considered a secular society; therefore research examining changes ...
