Relationship Between Actual and Perceived Locomotor and Ball Skills Competence Among Children: A Person–Centered Approach

Though professionally unaware of each other, Carl and Fred Rogers had much–including religious upbringings, early career interests in child well-being, and primary aspects of their philosophies on life and human potential–in common. Carl Rogers became one of the most influential American psychologists to date, in formulating person-centered approaches to psychotherapy and life, and as a children’s television host Fred Rogers was–and has remained, in the eyes of generations of kids and adults alike over the last 50 some-odd years–in many ways perhaps the most exemplary late 20th century embodiment of Carl Rogers’ proposed way of being. Here, I–a mentor to motivated students in the meteorological and psychological sciences, and others in wider life–discuss my discovery of the person-centered approach, via childhood exposure to Fred Rogers; and provide perspective on the ways the person-centered approach can be utilized to foster more effective and meaningful mentorship and learning-based relationships.

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Robust management tools for a person-centered medical organization

10.33920/med-03-2005-03 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 17-34

Author(s):

Vitaliy Berdutin

Keyword(s):

Human Factor ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

Medical Organization ◽

Management Tools ◽

Constant Attention ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Basic Concepts ◽

Medical Teams ◽

Cultural Reality ◽

Person Centered Approach

Modern social and cultural reality forces the heads of medical institutions to pay increased attention to the human factor, rethinking such basic concepts as «management» and «organization». It is important to cultivate the most comfortable person-centered work environment in medical teams. The main goal of this article was to demonstrate the feasibility of using robust management to maintain the constant attention of the medical administration on the interpersonal relations of employees. The article contains a brief description of robust management tools, a description of the person-centered approach, as well as examples of the use of robust regulators and socionic profiling estimators. The potential of robust management is not revealed when the management simply declares its merits, but when the entire medical team wants and can use it, actively involved in achieving the desired result.

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Teaching a Clinical Method Adapted to Contemporary Medicine

10.1093/oso/9780199370818.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

J. Donald Boudreau ◽

Eric J. Cassell ◽

Abraham Fuks

Keyword(s):

Clinical Observation ◽

Skills Training ◽

Spoken Language ◽

Communication Skills Training ◽

Clinical Method ◽

Medical Interviewing ◽

The Status ◽

Clinical Thinking ◽

Contemporary Medicine ◽

Person Centered Approach

A truly person-centered curriculum requires important changes to how the clinical method is taught. Medical interviewing demands explicit instruction in how the spoken language works and specific strategies that elevate the status of attentive listening so that this aspect is seen as important as the more mechanical aspects of traditional communication skills training. The term chief complaint is declared outdated and suggestions for its replacement are offered. The medical record is considered an important educational instrument, and recommendations are made so that it is in service of functional assessment and better aligned to a person-centered approach. Modifications to the physical examination, particularly a renewed emphasis on clinical observation, are outlined. The chapter concludes with a discussion of clinical thinking and judgment. A plea is made for inculcating a receptiveness toward a narrative competence within medicine.

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Living a Calling and Work–Family Interface: A Latent Profile Analysis

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/10690727211006701 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106907272110067

Author(s):

Chunyu Zhang ◽

Bryan J. Dik ◽

Zengyun Dong

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Chinese University ◽

Work Conflict ◽

Work Family ◽

Person Centered Approach ◽

Latent Profile ◽

Family Enrichment

The positive outcomes of calling have been examined in a large and growing number of studies, yet little is known about how calling relates to the work-family interface. In this study, we adopted a person-centered approach using latent profile analysis to explore how living a calling relates to different work-family interface profiles. With a sample of 267 Chinese university counselors, we found three work-family interface profiles: slightly conflictual (51%), experiencing slightly higher than average levels of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC) and slightly lower than average levels of work-to-family enrichment (WFE) and family-to-work enrichment (FWE); work-to-family conflictual (15%), with higher levels of WFC and lower levels of FWC, WFE, and FWE; and enriched (34%), indicated by higher levels of WFE and FWE and lower levels of WFC and FWC. The results revealed that the greater the extent to which participants were living their calling, the more likely they were to be classified into the enriched profile. Our findings contribute to the literature on calling by offering person-centered insights on the relation between calling and the work-family interface.

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FMS Effects of a Motor Program for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.1177/00315125211010053 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003151252110100

Author(s):

Liangshan Dong ◽

Bo Shen ◽

YanLi Pang ◽

Mingting Zhang ◽

Yuan Xiang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Motor Development ◽

Group Versus ◽

Motor Program ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Control Group ◽

Gross Motor Development ◽

Children With Asd ◽

Individualized Approach ◽

Experimental Group ◽

Ball Skills

The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a motor program that specifically targeted fundamental motor skills (FMS) in children with ASD. The experimental group (n=21) participated in a 9-week program with motor instructions for 80 minutes/day, three days/week, while the control group (n=29) did not participate in the program. We measured FMS (using the Test of Gross Motor Development-3) one-week before, one-week after, and two-months after the program. Children in the experimental group had significantly larger FMS improvements than the controls on both locomotor and ball skills immediately following the program, and these participants showed continuous improvement on locomotor, but not ball skills, at 2-months follow-up. In individual analyses, 80% of children in the experimental group versus 29% of children in the control group showed continuous locomotor skills improvement beyond their pre-test levels. These findings highlight the importance of both a long-term motor development intervention and an individualized approach for evaluating improved FMS among children with ASD.

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Career Goal Profiles of Early Career Scientists: A Person-Centered Approach

Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/08948453211017235 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089484532110172

Author(s):

Ruth Noppeney ◽

Anna M. Stertz ◽

Bettina S. Wiese

Keyword(s):

Doctoral Students ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Academic Career ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

Early Career ◽

Career Goal ◽

Transition Analysis ◽

Flat Profile ◽

Career Options ◽

Person Centered Approach

Obtaining a doctorate offers various career options. This study takes a person-centered approach to identify interest profiles. Career goals (professorate, entrepreneur, etc.) were assessed at two time points (1-year interval) in a sample of doctoral students and doctorate holders from the STEM fields in German-speaking areas ( NT 1 = 2,077). Latent profile analysis revealed that a four-profile solution provided the best data fit: At T1, 33.0% of the participants aimed for a management position in industry, 16.9% pursued an academic career, 30.1% were interested in activities without leadership responsibilities, and 20.1% had a relatively flat career-goal profile. Latent transition analysis indicated that most changes occurred for those classified into the flat profile, while strong interest in a management career was very stable over time. Additionally, the attainment of the doctorate seemed to be a good predictor for profile membership: Doctorate holders were more likely to be clearly dedicated to an academic career.

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Patterns of Paternal Involvement of Korean Fathers: A Person-Centered Approach

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x211030936 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0192513X2110309

Author(s):

Kwangman Ko ◽

Youngin Kang ◽

Jieun Choi

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Father Involvement ◽

Maternal Employment ◽

Work And Family ◽

Future Research ◽

Level Of Involvement ◽

Parenting Satisfaction ◽

Work Family ◽

Person Centered Approach ◽

Stress Work

Given roles and expectations of father involvement in South Korea are in transition from traditional breadwinner to an involved caregiver to children, it is plausible that Korean fathers show diverse involvement behaviors in the contexts of work, family, and parenting. Using a person-centered approach, we explored if there were groupings of Korean fathers who could be identified from their involvement with their children. We also examined if those subgroup memberships were related to various factors in work, family, and parenting domains. With a sample of 212 married working fathers and the 12 items of involvement behaviors, we found four heterogeneous subgroups of people: low-involved, accessibility-focused, involved-but-less-accessible, and highly involved fathers. Significant differences among the four profiles were also found regarding various factors such as job stress, work and family conflict, work schedule, maternal employment, parenting satisfaction, and perceived level of involvement. Suggestions for future research, practitioners, and policymakers were discussed.

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