Malnutrition is a decisive factor that could detain individual and societal advancements. It may not only reduce individual well-being, but at macro level, could also be a burden for the national health expenditure and the labour productivity. Aside from the economic context, th…
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This thesis followed the journey of a small sample of women from one netball club located in the East of England to provide an insightful analysis into their childhood experiences of sport, exploring the extent to which this may have shaped their adult participation and the comp…
The formation of human capital is the main issue in this dissertation. More specifically, this dissertation discusses two alternative types of transferring human capital, in contrast to the transfer of human capital from parents to their children's education. These two types of …
This thesis explores young people's experiences of, and orientations towards, being and becoming. Using focus groups and interviews with participants aged between 11 and 15, the research investigates how young people form a sense of who they are and who they can become in terms …
Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological condition in the UK; however, there is little research detailing children's experiences of living with epilepsy. More generally, only a small amount of research has explored siblings' experiences of having a brother or sister with…
My thesis studies Hartley Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth to redress the unjust neglect of Hartley’s work, and to reach a more positive understanding of Dorothy’s conflicted literary relationship with William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I provide a complete reassess…
This study is the result of observations and questions that stem from my professional role as a senior key worker with families where a child has a life-threatening or life-shortening illness. This project explores the cultures of families where a child has been diagnosed with a…
The present study assessed levels of anticipated positive and negative social support that undergraduate Latino heterosexual siblings would give to a younger brother that disclosed a gay identity. Randomly selected Latino undergraduate students (N = 179) read a vignette that dep…