Browsing by Supervisor "Ritchie, Jane"
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The Development and Evaluation of a Cultural Competency Training Programme for Psychologists Working with Māori: A Training Needs Analysis
(University of Waikato, 2012)The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a cultural competency training programme for clinical psychology students to work with Māori consumers. A pilot programme (study 1) was developed from the international ... -
Empowerment evaluation of Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga Family Start: Improving service delivery
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis explores child maltreatment in New Zealand by considering service delivery of the Family Start programme at Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga through an empowerment evaluation. The purpose of this research is to evaluate ... -
Exploring mothers' experiences of separating from an abusive partner
(University of Waikato, 2010)This research explored mothers' experiences of separating from an abusive partner. It focuses on the contextual factors which support or undermine women's ability to keep their children safe. Of particular interest was the ... -
Female suicidal behaviour: Initiation, cessation and prevention
(The University of Waikato, 2003)This thesis explores non-fatal suicidal behaviour in young women. The approach taken is qualitative in orientation. The central form of data collection was the semi-structured interview. Interviews were conducted with key ... -
He ara whakaora i whaia e atahi wahine i tukinohia = Long term effects of childhood sexual abuse among Maori women: A healing path for abused women
(The University of Waikato, 1998)He Ara Whakaora I Whaia E Etahi Wahine I Tukinohia: A Healing Path for Abused Women is a qualitative study of long term effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse among Maori women. Thirteen Maori women of diverse ages, sexual ... -
Hei oranga mo ngā wāhine hapū (o Hauraki) i roto i te whare ora
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This thesis had four-main objectives. In the first instance, it aimed to improve understanding of psychosocial variables which may mediate the quality of Māori childbirth experience, namely: social support, coping strategies, ... -
lnteragency collaboration in youth justice: Creating change through action research
(The University of Waikato, 2006)This thesis describes a community psychology intervention in the Hamilton youth justice sector from September 2001 through to August 2004. I initiated the project with a Maori social service provider, Maatua Whangai, to ... -
Maori children : Conceptions of Death and Tangihanga
(University of Waikato, 2011)Research pertaining to Maori children‟s experiences and perceptions of death and tangihanga is sparse. Much of what is available, relating to children and their experiences with death, particularly death of a loved one, ... -
Proactive lucidity: Superconsciousness, creativity, and the virtually real
(The University of Waikato, 2004)This thesis considers the significance and relevance of the distinction between artificial and natural environments and virtual reality experiences which seem to directly confront the question what is reality?. In focusing ... -
Tino rangatiratanga in health policies and practises
(University of Waikato, 2010)The purpose of my doctoral research was to investigate tino rangatiratanga in health policies and practises in Aotearoa. My research involved defining tino rangatiratanga and exploring the expression of tino rangatiratanga ... -
Treaty People Recognising and Marking Pākehā Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2010)The suggestion that all people are cultural and live in cultural worlds acts to challenge members of culturally dominant groups as they tend to see their way of life as normal rather than cultural. Dominant group members ... -
Women’s experience of emotional abuse in intimate relationships: a qualitative study
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This study investigated emotional abuse that occurs without physical abuse in the context of heterosexual, committed couple relationships. It examined the ways in which men abused women and the impact this had on women’s ...
