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Kitching, Karl; Kiely, Elizabeth; Ging, Debbie; Leane, Máire – Gender and Education, 2021
This paper draws on an Irish government-commissioned study of parents' views about the sexualisation and commercialisation of children. We examine how parents understand 'sexualisation' qualitatively, through their evoking of past, present and future images of childhood. The data underlines how sexualisation becomes rationalised as something to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Sexuality, Children
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Lyons, Rena; Brennan, Sara; Carroll, Clare – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2016
The everyday lives of children with disabilities are not well understood, with few studies exploring how participation in everyday life is conceptualized and given meaning. The overall aims of this study were, first, to explore parental views of their children's participation and, second, to identify barriers and facilitators in relation to…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Children, Parent Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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O'Driscoll, Claire; Heary, Caroline; Hennessy, Eilis; McKeague, Lynn – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Children and adolescents with mental health problems are widely reported to have problems with peer relationships; however, few studies have explored the way in which these children are regarded by their peers. For example, little is known about the nature of peer stigmatisation, and no published research has investigated implicit…
Descriptors: Females, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Smyth, Ciara; Blaxland, Megan; Cass, Bettina – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of "hidden" carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Caregivers, Identification (Psychology), Social Attitudes