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Career transition : the sport retirement experiences of New Zealand athletes : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
This study explored the sport retirement experiences of seventy-four New Zealand athletes who were identified as having retired from high performance sport participation. During the peak of their sport careers, these ...
Discourses of grief : the death of the mother : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
(Massey University, 1999)
This purpose of this study was to explore the grief of daughters on the death of their mothers. I interviewed fifteen women. This study draws on feminist post-structuralist insights into subjectivity as constructed in the ...
Menopause in context : a constructivist/interpretive perspective on the attitudes, perceptions, expectations and experiences among women in New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
This study examines the attitudes, perceptions, expectations and experience of menopause among women in New Zealand. It is based on focus groups and in-depth interviews with women aged thirty and above in the Feilding-Manawatu ...
Becoming a parent : discourses, experience and narratives : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
This thesis is focussed on the question of how people become parents. Foucault's theory of discourse and ideas from Contemporary Phenomenology guided a dual approach to answering the question. Discourses from within the ...
Personality and behavioral factors related to drink-driving among young males : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
The study aimed to replicate the findings of research which highlighted a number of personality and behavioural variables that effect an individuals drink-driving frequency, and intoxication level while driving. These ...
The impact of locus of control and control on performance during painful stimulation : an experimental investigation : a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
Pain interrupts cognitive processing, is hard to ignore and demands priority attention (Crombez, Baeyens & Eelen, 1994). Focusing on the effect of pain on attention, the primary task paradigm was used to investigate the ...
An exploration of the validity and reliability of "Managerial Reading Assessment", a cognitive ability test : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1999)
Cognitive ability tests are generally considered in the empirical literature to be one of the most valid predictors for selecting managerial level staff. However, very few of these tests have been specifically designed and ...