Relational spirituality in individual therapy.

In this article I contribute to the sociology and anthropology of American Evangelicalism by examining the discourse of group Bible study. Every week millions of Christians in the U.S. meet for group study, and in doing so, actively negotiate the categories of meaning central to their faith. Yet, this crucial practice has received scant attention from scholars. This study is grounded in theories of social practice and symbolic interaction, where cultural life is understood through its vital institutions, and institutions are treated as inter-subjective accomplishments. I employ the concept of ‘interactive frames’ to define how Evangelicals understand the Bible study experience. Ultimately, I argue that the predominant interactive frame for Evangelicals is that of cultivating intimacy, which directly reflects the type of personalized, relational spirituality characteristic of their faith. This, in turn, has serious consequences for how Bible reading and interpretation are performed in groups. I use a case study approach, providing close ethnographic analyses of a mixed-gender group from a Restoration Movement congregation.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Randomized clinical trial comparing family-based treatment with adolescent-focused individual therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.5629972.5992054 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Pam Keel

Keyword(s):

Clinical Trial ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Randomized Clinical Trial ◽

Individual Therapy ◽

Family Based Treatment ◽

Family Based

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Efficacy and Cardiovascular Safety of Meglitinides

Current Drug Safety ◽

10.2174/1574886315666201026125848 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

Author(s):

Jim Philip ◽

Cornelius James Fernandez

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Cardiovascular Outcomes ◽

Individual Therapy ◽

Hypoglycemic Agents ◽

Current Evidence ◽

Minimal Risk ◽

Cardiovascular Safety

: Meglitinides are a group of oral hypoglycemic medications currently approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Two meglitinide molecules, Repaglinide and Nateglinide,are presently in use. Repaglinide is preferred because of its superior glycemic efficacy.They have modest efficacy with a mean decrement of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ranging between -0.2 to -1.50% with individual therapy. Additional HbA1c reduction can occur with combination therapy with other oral hypoglycemics. This class of drugs is effective in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia with minimal risk of hypoglycemia.It is also useful in patients in with variable meal timings, especially in the elderly, and in patients with renal failure. There are is a dearth of long-term studies on meglitinides to assess cardiovascular outcomes or mortality in T2DM,although the Nateglinide and Valsartan in Impaired Glucose ToleranceOutcomes Research (NAVIGATOR) study showed no difference between Nateglinide and placebo with regard to the core composite cardiovascular outcomes. Based on a PubMed literature search using key words: ‘meglitinides’, ‘repaglinide’, ‘nateglinide’, ‘HbA1c’, ‘glycated haemoglobin’, ‘cardiovascular safety’, ‘cardiovascular events’, ‘cardiovascular outcome trials’, ‘type 2 diabetes mellitus’ and heart failure, and combining the search terms using Boolean operators ‘AND’, ‘OR’ and ‘NOT’ as needed we compiled current evidence for use of these oral hypoglycemic agents in clinical use. This article is an attempt to review the efficacy and cardiovascular (CV) safety of Meglitinides to help clinicians to use this class of oral hypoglycaemic agents prudently.

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Humility and Relational Spirituality as Predictors of Well-Being among Christian Seminary Students

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/0091647121988968 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009164712198896

Author(s):

Elizabeth G. Ruffing ◽

Dottie Oleson ◽

James Tomlinson ◽

Seong Hyun Park ◽

Steven J. Sandage

Keyword(s):

Virtue Ethics ◽

Impression Management ◽

Differentiation Of Self ◽

Well Being ◽

Future Research ◽

Relational Spirituality ◽

Management Implications ◽

Independent Contribution ◽

Seminary Students

The present study investigated the unique contributions of relational spirituality and humility factors to seminary students’ eudaimonic well-being in a diverse sample ( n = 111) of urban seminary students. Hypotheses were developed in conversation with this research on humility, seminary student formation, and virtue ethics. As hypothesized, the relational spirituality factors of differentiation of self and quest exploration each made a significant independent contribution in predicting students’ well-being over and above impression management. In addition, humility-cultivating practices and dispositional humility were modestly correlated and each made a significant independent contribution in predicting well-being over and above relational spirituality factors and impression management. Implications for future research and for seminary student formation are discussed.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation

The Oxford Handbook of Emotion Dysregulation ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190689285.013.32 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 462-476

Author(s):

Alexander L. Chapman ◽

Nora H. Hope

Keyword(s):

Behavior Therapy ◽

Dialectical Behavior Therapy ◽

Emotion Dysregulation ◽

Behavioral Treatment ◽

Distress Tolerance ◽

Therapy Group ◽

Skills Training ◽

Individual Therapy ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment ◽

Multimethod Research

Developed to treat highly suicidal patients and often associated with the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has evolved into a transdiagnostic treatment addressing emotion dysregulation. DBT is an emotion-focused, comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment including individual therapy, group skills training, between-session skills coaching (phone coaching), and a therapist consultation team. Several elements of DBT address emotion dysregulation directly or indirectly, including emotion regulation skills, distress tolerance strategies to dampen physiological arousal and curb impulses to engage in problematic behaviors, and individual therapy interventions to reduce emotion dysregulation. Growing evidence suggests that DBT may address behavioral, cognitive, physiological, and neurobiological aspects of emotion dysregulation. Future directions should include increasing multimethod research on the effects of DBT on emotion dysregulation, streamlining treatment, making DBT more efficient and targeted, and conceptualizing DBT’s place within the spectrum of other emotion-focused transdiagnostic treatments.

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