Viewing and Emotional Conflict in Akhilleus Tatios

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198810513.003.0012 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel King

Keyword(s):

Emotional Distress ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Emotional Conflict ◽

The Gaze ◽

Gender Hierarchies

Akhilleus Tatios’ novel, Leukippe and Kleitophon, is famously obsessed with the formulations of viewing and the gaze. This has traditionally been seen as reinforcing some of the gender hierarchies of the narrative as a whole. Building on the work of Morales (and others), this chapter argues that Akhilleus Tatios constructs a conflicted gaze in which the emotional impact of viewing trauma is caught between the viewer’s pleasure at the image and the emotional distress that it might also induce. Akhilleus Tatios’ narrative constantly questions and problematizes how viewers position themselves in relation to trauma and, in so doing, helps to problematize a range of different reactions to others’ pain.

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Breaking News of Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences and Emotional Needs of Patients With Cancer in a Multiethnic Asian Setting

JCO Oncology Practice ◽

10.1200/jop.20.00002 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. JOP.20.00002

Author(s):

Li-Ping Wong ◽

Yek-Ching Kong ◽

Nanthini Thevi Bhoo-Pathy ◽

Shridevi Subramaniam ◽

Ros Suzanna Bustamam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Family History ◽

Emotional Distress ◽

Cancer Diagnosis ◽

Family Members ◽

Bad News ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Negative Experience ◽

Supportive Cancer Care ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Asian Patients

PURPOSE: The breaking of news of a cancer diagnosis is an important milestone in a patient’s cancer journey. We explored the emotional experiences of patients with cancer during the breaking of news of a cancer diagnosis and the arising needs in a multiethnic Asian setting with limited supportive cancer care services. METHODS: Twenty focus group discussions were conducted with 102 Asian patients with cancer from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds. Thematic analysis was performed. RESULTS: While most participants, especially younger patients with young children, experienced intense emotional distress upon receiving a cancer diagnosis, those with a family history of cancer were relatively calm and resigned. Nonetheless, the prior negative experience with cancer in the family made affected participants with a family history less eager to seek cancer treatment and less hopeful for a cure. Although a majority viewed the presence of family members during the breaking of bad news as important, a minority opted to face it alone to lessen the emotional impact on their family members. Difficulties disclosing the news of a cancer diagnosis to loved ones also emerged as an important need. Sensitive and empathetic patient-physician communication during the breaking of news of a cancer diagnosis was stressed as paramount. CONCLUSION: A patient-centered communication approach needs to be developed to reduce the emotional distress to patients and their families after the breaking of bad news of a cancer diagnosis. This is expected to positively affect the patients’ subsequent coping skills and attitudes toward cancer, which may improve adherence to cancer therapy.

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Emotional Impact Feedback Changes How We Remember Negative Autobiographical Experiences

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000042 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 354-359 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Melanie K. T. Takarangi ◽

Deryn Strange

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

The Other ◽

Personal Perspective ◽

Emotional Impact ◽

Potential Mechanism ◽

Negative Experiences ◽

Negative Memory ◽

The Relationship ◽

Negative Memories ◽

Over Time

When people are told that their negative memories are worse than other people’s, do they later remember those events differently? We asked participants to recall a recent negative memory then, 24 h later, we gave some participants feedback about the emotional impact of their event – stating it was more or less negative compared to other people’s experiences. One week later, participants recalled the event again. We predicted that if feedback affected how participants remembered their negative experiences, their ratings of the memory’s characteristics should change over time. That is, when participants are told that their negative event is extremely negative, their memories should be more vivid, recollected strongly, and remembered from a personal perspective, compared to participants in the other conditions. Our results provide support for this hypothesis. We suggest that external feedback might be a potential mechanism in the relationship between negative memories and psychological well-being.

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