Browsing by Subject "wellbeing"
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Can psychopathy be adaptive at work? Development and application of a work focused self- and other-report measure of the triarchic psychopathy model
(MDPI, 2020)Psychopathy may have both adaptive and maladaptive effects at work but research into workplace psychopathy is constrained by the lack of short, work-relevant measures that can be used for both self- and other-report. We ... -
Coastal communities, leisure and wellbeing: Advancing a trans-disciplinary agenda for understanding ocean-human relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand
(MDPI, 2021)Commentators are advocating for research to better understand relationships between healthy coastal ecosystems and human wellbeing. Doing so requires inter- and transdisciplinary approaches across humanities, arts, social ... -
Cultural knowledge and identity for wellbeing and success: Trying to make the connections in the north of New Zealand.
(2010)This paper argues that secure cultural identity is essential to wellbeing and cultural identity is important to Māori youth participation and success. The roles of community and schools in developing secure cultural identity ... -
Expanding understandings of wellbeing through researching women's experiences of intergenerational somatic dance classes
(Routledge, 2019)Engaging a feminist ethnographic methodology, this article offers a discussion of women’s embodied experiences of wellbeing in intergenerational somatic dance classes. Somatic dance classes aim to develop embodied awareness, ... -
Family structure and change in early childhood and the wellbeing of tamariki Maori
(Population Association of New Zealand, 2020)Internationally there is growing evidence that family structure, and changes in structure, have an impact on children’s health and wellbeing and the intergenerational transmission of inequity. The effects, however, vary ... -
From the rākau to the ngākau
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in Aotearoa New Zealand has funded 11 National Science Challenges (NSC), which aim to tackle a series of big questions affecting wellbeing in society. One Challenge, ... -
Good friendships improve our lives. But can virtual friendships be good?
(2021)Good friendships improve our lives. But philosophers, psychologists, and other social scientists disagree about the nature of friendship and the value of virtual friendships. Recent technological advances and global crises ... -
An integral rite of passage: embedding the aesthetic in adventure education in the pursuit of wellbeing
(University of Waikato, 2011)The context for this study was the implementation of an arts integrated unit examined through the lenses of wellbeing, adventure education, children’s spirituality and aesthetic experience. The author’s personal experiences ... -
Maximising potential: The psychological effects of the youth development programme Project K
(New Zealand Psychological Society, 2017)Project K is a positive youth development programme targeting 13-15 year old students with low self-efficacy. It involves three components: wilderness adventure, community challenge and individual mentoring. This longitudinal ... -
Māori and indigenous views on R and R: Resistance and Resilience
(Nga Pae o Te Māramatanga, 2014)This article explores the development of Mäori and Indigenous frameworks of resilience, considering the impact of engaging with largely State- led notions of resilience on Mäori development. We highlight the closely linked ... -
Organisational volunteering: Meanings of volunteering, professionalism, volunteer communities of practice and wellbeing
(University of Waikato, 2012)Volunteering has become the major means by which individuals and communities connect and engage with significant social issues. While volunteering is typically constructed as an inherently positive activity that improves ... -
Professional wellbeing
(The New Zealand Psychological Society, 2007)The aim of this chapter is to review issues relating to wellbeing and stress that may affect psychologists. It will discuss the causes of stress and wellbeing and the outcomes for psychologists, then set out some realistic ... -
Recognition and indigenizing official statistics: Reflections from Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia
(IOS Press, 2015)In First World colonised nations such as Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, population statistics form the evidentiary base for how Indigenous peoples are known and `managed' through state policy approaches. Yet, population ... -
The rewards of professional change: Two primary school teachers’ experiences of transforming outdoor education.
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2017)Embarking on and sustaining professional change is often a challenging process for educators. This is particularly so within a broader context of rapid (r)evolution in curriculum, pedagogical and assessment-related ... -
Taku manatawa, taku manapou. The learning of te reo Māori in adulthood: Perceptions of its contribution to overall wellbeing
(University of Waikato, 2015)Ko te tāhuhu o tēnei whare rangahau ko te toiora o te tangata. Ko te tūāpapa o te whare, ko te reo Māori. E toru ngā pou tūhono i te tāhuhu ki te papa, mō tēnei rangahau ko aua pou ko te oranga wairua, ko te oranga whānau, ... -
The treadwheel of welfare: A narrative exploration of sole mothers’ experiences of accessing support from the Aotearoa/New Zealand welfare system
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Neoliberal ideology has been the dominant political and economic underpinning of the Aotearoa/New Zealand social welfare system for the past forty years. The main neoliberal principles of individual responsibility, free ... -
The wellbeing and social connectedness of older people in the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Maldives
(University of Waikato, 2016)Older people in small island developing states (SIDS) live within the context of a distinctive set of circumstances in terms of the unique geo-spatial characteristics of island nations, the typically small size and dispersed ... -
Wāhine Whaiora: Māori Women's Experiences of Bipolar Disorder and their Pathways to Recovery
(University of Waikato, 2014)This research examines the unique, lived experiences of wāhine Māori (Māori women) who have been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder and who are currently living ‘well’. Recent literature indicates that Māori present ... -
Wellbeing for children with a disability in New Zealand: A search for meaning by Maree Kirk
(The University of Waikato, 2006)This thesis explores the meaning of wellbeing for children with a disability in New Zealand, an area of social policy that has been largely unexamined. Focusing on the school environment, three questions are addressed: ... -
What (actually) matters in literacy education: Contributions from community psychology
(Research Commons, 2013)This paper describes the critical role community psychology theories played in reframing literacy research involving mainly Māori and Pacific peoples’ extended families and communities. Within a critical social constructionist ...
