Ordering love by Pham, Thi Hong Hanh

“…Supportive characters provide insights and knowledge on the topic of mail-order bride, painting a comprehensive and coherent picture of prevailing social attitude toward the issue. The screenplay seeks to explore the psychology of the different parties involved in the process of getting a Vietnamese mail-order bride. …”
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Understanding the relations between parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and treatment staff in the context of Singapore's social policy and social atttitudes. by Seah, ShiMin.

“…Ultimately, the paper informs us of possible implications of the state’s policy and suggests that more needs to be done in terms of providing facilities and affordable services as well as changing the social attitudes to further improve parents’ quality of life and consequently promote better outcomes for the child.…”
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The right to education: an inclusive education for the deaf in Singapore by Loo, Stephanie Pei Ning

“…One of the new education policies is the mainstream integration of primary school education for deaf children who can sign, which will take effect from 2018. Using a social attitudes survey, this study serves to find out the attitudes and concerns of both parents of typically-developing children and parents of deaf children towards inclusive education and the mainstream integration policy. …”
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Ideology and practice of swearing among young Chinese women in Singapore. by Lo, Isabel Mei Yan.

“…Prospects for the acceptance of women’s swearing were shown to be bleak, as social attitudes toward it remain traditional and hence largely negative.…”
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Towards shared child raising responsibility : self-help groups and childcare support in Singapore. by Mak, Cui Juan.

“…By way of in-depth interviews with respondents from the provider end, findings reveal four salient themes in their discussion of problems associated with providing childcare support: 1) managing parents’ expectations; 2) funding; 3) bureaucracy; and 4) social attitudes. The study concludes that the problem generally lies in a lack of direct communication between all stakeholders, causing a disparity between high expectations of parents and limitations of self-help groups. …”
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A qualitative study on the experience of parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses using a narrative e-writing intervention (NeW-I) by Goh, Faith Ruo Ting

“…Eight of these themes can be categorized under strengths: support from caregiving allies, pausing for a breather, building caregiving repertoire, emerging virtues of caregiving; and stressors: coping with financial adversity, caring for specially-abled children, enduring unpleasant social attitudes, a test of family adaptability, accordingly. …”
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