Browsing Health (Faculty of) by Subject "identity"
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Exploring Presentations of the Self: Tourist Identity and Representation on Facebook
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)The aim of this study is to explore how tourists present and manage impressions of the self as tourist, on Facebook, while travelling. This study applies a qualitative content analysis to the tourism-related, user-generated ... -
Individual Meanings, Co-Constructing Narratives of Identity and Community in Journeys with Schizophrenia
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-21)Through my previous journey as a recreation therapist in the mental health field I enabled a dominant narrative that favoured outcomes, independence, and pathological identities. I also envisioned community to be the ideal ... -
Living with hope in the midst of Change: The meaning of leisure within the context of dementia
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-26)Research exploring identity in the dementia context reveals that some aspects of personal and social identity persist in dementia while others evolve as persons living with dementia find ways to live with the changes in ... -
Locating Self through Adoption Homeland Tours: A Phenomenological Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-01)Tourism and adoption are separate subjects, which are both well-studied. Studies that look at adoption and tourism together are hard to find. Generally, these studies are written from a social work perspective rather than ...