Recognition

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-29
Author(s):  
Deborah L. Rhode
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Driving Performance ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Intrinsic Goals ◽  
Status Recognition

This chapter explores recognition, or what social scientists sometimes label status. Recognition is a fundamental need, but it takes different forms. Some people crave respect from peers; others want the applause of multitudes. The quest for recognition can have positive consequences in driving performance and encouraging generosity. But it can easily turn toxic, because acclaim is addictive and the desire can never be fully satisfied. For many people, the more recognition they receive, the more they require -- and fame is often fleeting. Overt self-aggrandizement is usually self-defeating. Mental health and satisfaction is lower among people strongly invested in acclaim than in intrinsic goals such as relationships, personal growth, and contributing to a larger cause or community. Although our craving for recognition is deeply rooted, our culture can do more to refocus what people seek recognition for and to reward those who serve socially valued ends beyond their own.

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES AIR FORCE PILOTS USE FOR SELF-REGULATION

Aviation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Dolgova ◽  
Maryna Ivaniuk ◽  
Serhiy Tukayev
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Self Reliance

This article contains the results of theoretical and empirical analysis of the psychological resources of air force pilots. It presents a model of psychological resources for self-regulation, the components of which are resilience, moral and ethical responsibility, flexibility, reflexivity, tolerance or intolerance for ambiguity, and mental health as a complex of personal resources such as autonomy, competency, personal growth, a positive attitude to others, life goals, and self-reliance.

Essentials for Education and Training for Tomorrow's Physicians

2017 ◽  
pp. 230-252
Author(s):  
Timothy Edward A. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Training

Education and training of medical students and postgraduate residents must undergo a critical review in light of the changing times and attitudes. The demands of life in general are enough to provide significant stressors for today's students in addition to coping with pressures of balancing passing exams with meeting the expectations of family and instructors. This chapter will highlight the realities of the effect of the pressures of study on the students' mental health and well-being. It will then describe several changes that can be made to the way medical students are trained which then shifts the focus to personal growth and development and away from the traditional goals of knowledge, skills and competencies for the goal of passing the exams. In the end, this chapter will challenge readers and institutions to pause and reconsider the current approach to training of medical students.

The effect of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on entrepreneurial intentions

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Omer Farooq ◽  
Mariam Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Financial Success ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extrinsic Goals ◽  
Intrinsic Goals

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how and when intrinsic (personal growth, affiliation, community contribution, health) and extrinsic (financial success, fame, physical appearance) goals affect individuals’ entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). The study uses goal contents theory to propose that intrinsic and extrinsic goals positively influence individuals’ EIs. The authors further argue that the collectivism moderates the effect of intrinsic and extrinsic goals on individuals EIs.Design/methodology/approachA survey was designed to collect data from business graduates at a university in Pakistan. The measurement model and the hypothesized model were tested using the structural equation modeling technique in MPlus 7.0.FindingsThe results suggest that all four intrinsic goals and three extrinsic goals positively affect individuals’ EIs. However, financial success and fame appear to be the most prominent determinants of EIs. Similarly, personal growth and contribution to community are strong predictors of individuals’ EIs. Conversely, health, physical appearance and affiliation motives were found to have a weaker effect on individuals’ EIs. Moreover, the results show that collectivist orientation negatively moderates the effect of intrinsic goals on individuals’ EIs, but positively moderates the effect of extrinsic goals. These results suggest that the EIs of individuals with high collectivist orientation are mainly induced by extrinsic goals, whereas intrinsic factors play a greater role in stimulating the EIs of individuals with low collectivism.Originality/valueExtant research has paid little attention to intrinsic and extrinsic goals as determinants of individuals’ EIs. Thus, this study explores how and when intrinsic and extrinsic goals develop individuals’ EIs. This study is the first of its kind to highlight the importance of individuals’ cultural orientation (collectivism) to determine the alternative role of intrinsic and extrinsic goals in developing individuals’ EIs. In addition, this study was conducted in a different cultural setting (i.e. South Asia), which provides an opportunity to expand the boundary conditions of the phenomenon by offering an alternative perspective on this issue.

scholarly journals Loss and change: The challenges of mothering an adult child with schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Sandra E. Wiens ◽  
J. C. Daniluk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice ◽  
Growth And Change ◽  
Relational Change

A qualitative narrative and cross-narrative research method was used to explore how six mothers of adult children with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder experienced personal growth and change. Twenty-four largely unstructured interviews were conducted over the course of two years. The following eight common themes emerged across the narratives: Enduring sadness and loss, Distress and struggle, Fluctuations in hope, Feelings of guilt and regret, Concern about their child’s future, Impact of their child’s mental illness on their other children, Commitment to helping/action, and Personal and relational change. The changes reported by these mothers were set against the backdrop of the nonfinite losses that characterized the realities and uncertainties of their lives since the onset of their child’s mental illness. Implications for mental health practice are addressed based on these findings.

Blinded by Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wastell ◽  
Susan White
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday World ◽  
Public Imagination

In recent years, new areas of biology, especially epigenetics and neuroscience, have enthralled the public imagination. They have been used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, from early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children to seeking 'biomarkers' as identifiers of criminality. This book critically examines the capabilities and limitations of these biotechnologies, exploring their implications for policy and practice. The book will enable social scientists, policy makers, practitioners and interested general readers to understand how the new biologies of epigenetics and neuroscience have increasingly influenced the fields of family policy, mental health, child development and criminal justice. The book will facilitate much needed debate about what makes a good society and how best to build one. It also draws attention to the ways that the uncertainties of the original science are lost in their translation into the everyday world of practice and policy, and how the primary work is co-opted and manipulated to support particular moral agendas.

Impact on personal growth and environment conservation self-perception in a volunteering program with adults with severe mental illness (SMI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s280-s281
Author(s):  
D. Cabezas Sánchez ◽  
A. Ramírez Macías ◽  
J. Sáiz Galdós
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Green Area ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Introduction“Viaje del Parnaso” is a volunteering project developed at the Day Center Aranjuez2 (CD2) for helping adults with SMI to get a satisfactory and responsible occupation through their implication in a volunteering work in the community, while involved in the maintenance of a green area in the city of Aranjuez.Objectives/aimsThe aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the project on the volunteers’ lives in terms of personal growth and environment conservation and compare its results with non-volunteers also attended at the CD2.MethodsThe project was carried once a week during 45 weeks. 11 volunteers participated on the project, plus 5 non-volunteers were considered as cuasi-control group. The instruments applied were an item on “environment conservation” and 2 subscale items of “Personal Growth” from the Ryff Scales of psychological well-being. Measures were applied at baseline, 6 and 12 months after.ResultsSignificant differences were found on the environment conservation item between volunteers at baseline and 6 months after (P < 0.05). Results also revealed a significant difference (P < 0.05) between volunteers and non-volunteers at both variables (“environment conservation” and “Personal Growth”) in baseline and 6 months after treatment.ConclusionsThe data from this study suggest that a volunteering program seems to be an effective intervention for bringing about improvements in well-being of people with SMI, and also for increasing their environmental awareness. These improvements may also help to change the stigma of SMI reinforcing mental health patient's contributions to society.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Transitions and Loss: Illuminating Parameters of Young Adults' Mental Health

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Rowling ◽  
Zita Weber ◽  
Lesley Scanlon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Love Relationships ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Environmental Events

AbstractDifferent disciplinary groups are increasingly questioning current conceptualisations of young adults' educational, social and personal lives after compulsory schooling. New perspectives are being advanced on the life trajectories of choice and complexity now experienced by school leavers. A consistent theme is the changed nature of young adults' lives, reflecting social and economic pressures on educational, work and personal life goals. This age group has the highest incidence of mental disorders of any age cohort (Andrews, Hall, Teesson, & Henderson, 1999). The changed learning environment in the move to university entails life and environmental events that create risk conditions for young adults. In these circumstances varying degrees of loss, challenge and personal growth exist. Concurrent personal losses, such as death of a peer or family member, broken love relationships, and failure to achieve the dream of a future career, can create particular vulnerabilities. Loss may interfere with the natural progression of intellectual–emotional–psychological growing up (Kastenbaum, 2001). In this article the mental health of young adults is viewed through the lens of loss experiences within a context of change in their life trajectory. Data is drawn from a mixed method study involving questionnaire completion and in-depth interviews of students in four university campuses in New South Wales.

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