The effectiveness of a rational, emotional, behavioral program in modifying the irrational thoughts related to the pressures of life for forced retirees

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-125
Author(s):  
Ahmed Saad Ahmed El-Nahhas
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Behavioral Program ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Irrational Thoughts

Thinking includes cognitive processes implicit or explicit, or an internal mental perception of events or things, or a mental means by which a person deals with facts, things and events through the cognitive processes that are represented in the use of symbols, concepts and words. Thinking and style are its types, it is the outcome of interaction between several changes, such as an individual’s past, past experiences, ability to teach, level of education, level of education and social upbringing, cultural and civilizational factors and the influence of the surrounding environment. Work is one of the important factors that affect the life of a pensioner. Without it, the individual suffers from many social and psychological diseases, such as isolation, depression, anxiety, stress and fear. Work is the basis of respect for the individual and the respect of people for him, and the individual achieves many gratifications through his work, and when he loses it, he is exposed to many frustrated situations related to his inaction. Compulsory retirement is the second of the growth crises experienced by the individual after the crisis of adolescence. Compulsory retirement from work has become one of the most important problems facing them. Here, there are many studies that dealt with adaptation to retirement, which emphasized the importance of preparing for the post-retirement phase so that the individual avoids potential psychological disorders and to achieve a sound psychological and social harmony and a smooth transition to the retirement stage. Irrational thoughts come as a result of false cognitive precipitations in forced retirees, resulting in many socio-psychological problems, such as the problem of family relationships and a tendency to depression. Accordingly, the problem of the study was determined in a question: What is the effectiveness of a professional intervention program within the framework of strategies and methods of rational emotional-emotional-behavioral therapy in modifying the irrational thoughts related to the pressures of life for forced retirees?

Stasis Anxiety

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew van der Vlies
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Black Writers ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Individual Subject ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Contemporary Writing

Two recent debut novels, Songeziwe Mahlangu’s Penumbra (2013) and Masande Ntshanga’s The Reactive (2014), reflect the experience of impasse, stasis, and arrested development experienced by many in South Africa. This chapter uses these novels as the starting point for a discussion of writing by young black writers in general, and as representative examples of the treatment of ‘waithood’ in contemporary writing. It considers (spatial and temporal) theorisations of anxiety, discerns recursive investments in past experiences of hope (invoking Jennifer Wenzel’s work to consider the afterlives of anti-colonial prophecy), assesses the usefulness of Giorgio Agamben’s elaboration of the ancient Greek understanding of stasis as civil war, and asks how these works’ elaboration of stasis might be understood in relation to Wendy Brown’s discussion of the eclipsing of the individual subject of political rights by the neoliberal subject whose very life is framed by its potential to be understood as capital.

Commentary

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy J. Miller ◽  
Grace E. Cho
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Personal Meanings ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Past Experiences

Chapter 12, “Commentary: Personalization,” discusses the process of personalization, based on the portraits presented in Chapters 8–11. Personalization is not just a matter of individual variation; it is a form of active engagement through which individuals endow imaginaries with personal meanings and refract the imaginary through their own experiences. The portraits illustrate how the social imaginary of childrearing and self-esteem entered into dialogue with the complex realities of people’s lives. Parents’ ability to implement their childrearing goals was constrained and enabled by their past experiences and by socioeconomic conditions. The individual children were developing different strategies of self-evaluation, different expectations about how affirming the world would be, and different self-defining interests, and their self-making varied, depending on the situation. Some children received diagnoses of low self-esteem as early as preschool.

No Retreat, No Surrender: The Temporal Dimension of Psychic and Social Conflicts / Ni Retirarse Ni Rendirse: La Dimensión Temporal de los Conflictos Psíquicos y Sociales

FORUM ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Fiorentini ◽  
Giovanni Foresti
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Psychic Development ◽  
Experience Of Time ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Psychic Functioning

The authors suggest that there is a correlation between the current prevailing experience of time and some disorders in psychic functioning both at the level of the individual and in society. The disruption to the chronological order of psychic development is seen as a consequence of the immense cultural upheavals that took place during the 1970s and '80s. In turn, these changes are viewed as a consequence of more discreet modifications that impact on both family relationships and social structure.Los autores sugieren que existe una correlación entre la experiencia presente predominante del tiempo y algunos trastornos del funcionamiento psíquico tanto a nivel individual como social. La alteración del orden cronológico del desarrollo psíquico se considera como consecuencia de los terribles trastornos culturales que tuvieron lugar durante los ańos 70 y 80. A su vez, estos cambios se consideran como consecuencia de modificaciones más discretas que impactan tanto a las relaciones familiares como a la estructura social.

Diplomacy, agency, and the logic of improvisation and virtuosity in practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 712-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Cornut
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Norm Compliance ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Practical Reality ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Past Experiences

Immersed in the flow of activities, diplomats and other international practitioners are simultaneously influenced by past experiences and constantly innovating in response to situations that are never exactly the same. The conceptual tools of International Relations scholars must be capable of capturing this practical reality. To that end, I introduce in this article a relational approach to agency that can make sense of practitioners’ innovative ways of doing things in practice. Practice theorists in IR often emphasize hierarchies, struggle, and the role of habitus in shaping practices. Both building on and departing from them, I dig into the logic of practical sense and discuss Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of regulated improvisations, virtuosos/amateurs, and illusio to grasp agency in practice. I develop the idea that international actors are primarily practical and put improvisations and virtuosity — rather than rationality, cognitive processes, emotions, norm-compliance, path-dependency or even habits/habitus — in the foreground. I contend that this approach holds broader promise for the analysis of international politics than existing conceptions. We have much to gain by focusing on how international practitioners in their local contexts actually improvise in the moment. These improvisations in specific sites are constitutive of the ‘big picture’ of international politics. I take diplomatic practices in embassies and in permanent representations as an illustration.

scholarly journals INDIVIDUAL-TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY OF CANDIDATES TO PARENTS IN SUBSTITUTE FAMILIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Vishtalenko ◽  
◽  
Emma Andreasyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Life Path ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

Most researchers of socialization processes agree that the primary socialization carried out in the family is crucial. The phenomenon of the family was considered in terms of psychological, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, biological and cultural approaches. Now the question of surrogacy is being studied in terms of the psychology of the life path of the individual; as manifestations of the meaning of life, will, responsibility; as a world of the subjective, where is always something more. Many scientists pay attention to the methodology, organization, functioning of foster families; the problems of lifestyle of orphan children in general, and in particular – in a professionally foster family. Scientists have considered the motivation of the adopted child into the family and some socio-psychological characteristics of parents. However, there are almost no studies of some individual-typological features that dysfunctionally affect family relationships, although these features may be the reason for the denial of the family's ability to be a substitute. The relevance of the study is due to the need of supplement the structural and semantic components of the psychological diagnosis of potential parents in foster families. The empirical study was conducted on the basis of the Odessa Regional Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth, a territorial division of the Odessa Regional State Administration. In testing took a part about 30 applicants for foster parents. With the help of Individual-typological questionnaire LM Sobchyk (ITO) there was created an average statistical portrait of candidates for the role of parents in foster families. They are characterized by a high level of extraversion (48.6%); average level of rigidity (82.9%), aggression (54.3%), anxiety (82.9%), introversion (71.5%), lability (74.3%), sensitivity (62.9%), spontaneity (60%). All these qualities positively characterize all members of the sample and confirm their reliability as potential parents in foster families. These conclusions can be used by psychologists in the selection of candidates for the role of foster parents in foster families, as well as in psychological counseling.

scholarly journals An ontology to support evidence-based Functional Behavioral Assessments

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Taibi ◽  
Giuseppe Chiazzese ◽  
Gianluca Merlo ◽  
Luciano Seta
Keyword(s):  
Functional Assessment ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Behavioural Treatment ◽  
Target Behaviour ◽  
Behavioral Assessments ◽  
The Individual

The term Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) refers to a set of multiple assessment strategies aimed to identify specific antecedents and consequences that maintain a target behaviour (Du Paul, 1996). In the context of FBA, standards and protocols to support the data exchange between researchers, health professionals and therapist are under-represented. Moreover, there is a need for sharing common actions and assessment practices in order to improve the application of the FBA. To meet these goals, we propose the definition of an FBA ontology as a tool to describe three specific aspects related to individual, behavioural and assessment data in different contexts of everyday life such as school, family and social environments. The individual data include: diagnoses, medications, school information, discipline referrals and other events, thus providing a comprehensive overview of the individuals and the network of support people with specific roles that collaborates on the individual’s care. The behavioural data include the description of an individual´s target behaviour, and information about places and settings in which the behaviour occurs. The assessment gathers structural behavioural data collections, according to systematic direct observation, and in compliance to the ABC model (antecedents, behavior, and consequences) commonly used in the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for identifying behavioural functions, and designing intervention plans. This data is relevant in supporting statistical analysis in order to evaluate the efficacy of the behavioural treatments. Moreover, the FBA ontology provides a complete model that enables integration and interlinking with other Linked Open Data datasets and repositories thus supporting the sharing of appropriate resources such as behavioural patterns, effective intervention strategies, and behavioural treatments. Finally, the ontology provides the basis for the designing of software applications to support the functional assessment processes. This ontology has been applied in the framework of the WHAAM (Web Health Application for ADHD Monitoring) project, aimed to promote the FBA approach to the behavioural treatment of ADHD children. References: DuPaul, G. J., & Ervin, R. A. (1996). Functional assessment of behaviors related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Linking assessment to intervention design. Behavior Therapy, 27(4).

scholarly journals MODERN APPROACHES TO MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF FAMILIES WITH INFANTS WITH SEVERE CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-145
Author(s):  
O.E. Dukhovskyy
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Craniocerebral Trauma ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Severe Craniocerebral Trauma

О. Dukhovskyy The study involved a comprehensive survey of 137 families (mother and father) of children with severe somatic disease aimed at the development and evaluation of the system of medical and psychological support of families with a somatically challenged child. The main group comprised 97 families participating in the program of medical and psychological support, and the control group included 40 families who did not receive psychological support. According to our findings, a serious disease of the child became a psychotraumatic situation for all the parents, resulting in the development of anxiety-depressive reactions and conditions. Psychodiagnostic examination showed that the parents had mild, moderate depressive and anxious episodes on the Hamilton Rating Scale; high levels of situational and personal anxiety according to the C.D. Spielberger Inventory, a high level of neuropsychic stress on T.A. Nemchin Scale. The couples under investigation noted tensions in family relationships, family conflicts, related to the treatment of the child and escalation of pre-existing interpersonal and marital problems that led to distancing and a decrease in internal family resource. Based on these data, we have developed a system of medical and psychological support of the families with somatically challenged child, which consisted of four consecutive phases and included the use of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (Beck AT, 2006), family therapy (Eidemiller E. G., 2003), rational therapy (classic Dubois P., 1912) and psychological educational programs. Case monitoring in the main group following the employment of the proposed system of medical and psychological support showed a stable positive pattern of psychological state with a statistically significant total reduction of anxiety-depressive states and the harmonization of the marital relationship.Key words: Medical and psychological support, anxiety, depression, family interactions, infants with severe craniocerebral trauma. СУЧАСНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО МЕДИКО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО СУПРОВОДУ СІМ’Ї ДИТИНИ ПЕРШОГО РОКУ ЖИТТЯ З ВАЖКОЮ ЧЕРЕПНО-МОЗКОВОЮ ТРАВМОЮ.Духовський О.Є.У ході роботи з метою розробки та апробації системи медико-психологічного супроводу сім’ї дитини першого року життя з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою проведено комплексне обстеження 137 родини (мати та батько) дітей першого року життя які отримали важку черепно-мозкову травму. Основну групу склали 97 родин, які прийняли участь у програмі медико-психологічного супроводу, контрольну групу 40 родин, які не отримували психологічну підтримку. Як показали результати дослідження черепно-мозкова травма дитини стала психотравмуючою ситуацією для усіх батьків, яка приводила до розвитку тривожно-депресивних реакцій та станів. За даними психодіагностичного обстеження у батьків відмічалися легкій помірний депресивний та тривожний епізоди за шкалою Гамільтона; високі рівні ситуативної й особистісної тривожності за методикою Ч.Д. Спілбергера, високій рівень виразності нервово-психічної напруги по шкалі Т.А. Немчина. Обстежені родини відзначали наявність напруженості в сімейних відносинах, сімейні конфлікти, як пов’язані з лікуванням дитини, так і ескалації існуючих раніше міжособистісних та подружніх проблем, що призводило до дистанціювання та зниження внутрішньосімейного ресурсу. Базуючись на отриманих даних нами розроблена система медико-психологічного супроводу сімʼї дитини першого року життя з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою, яка складалася із чотирьох послідовних етапів та включла використання індивідуальної когнітивно-поведінкової терапії (Бек A. T., 2006), сімейної терапії (Ейдміллер Е. Г., 2003), раціональної психотерапії (класичний варіант Дюбуа П., 1912) та псих освітніх програм. Як показали результати динамічного спостереження, на фоні застосування запропонованої системи медико-психологічного супроводу в основній групі відзначена стійка позитивна динаміка психологічного стану з повною редукцією тривожно-депресивних та гармонізацією подружніх відносин.Ключові слова: Медико-психологічний супровід, тривога, депресія, родинна взаємодія, дитина з важкою черепно-мозковою травмою. СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ К МЕДИКО-ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОМУ СОПРОВОЖДЕНИЮ СЕМЬИ РЕБЕНКА ПЕРВОГО ГОДА ЖИЗНИ С ТЯЖЕЛОЙ ЧЕРЕПНО-МОЗГОВОЙ ТРАВМОЙ.Духовской А.Э.В ходе работы с целью разработки и апробации системы медико-психологического сопровождения семьи ребенка первого года жизни с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой проведено комплексное обследование 137 семей (мать и отец) детей первого года жизни получивших тяжелую черепно-мозговую травму. Основную группу составили 97 семей, принявших участие в программе медико-психологического сопровождения, контрольную группу 40 семей, не получавшие психологическую поддержку. Как показали результаты исследования, черепно-мозговая травма ребенка стала психотравмирующей ситуацией для всех родителей, которая приводила к развитию тревожно-депрессивных реакций и состояний. По данным психодиагностического обследования у родителей отмечались легкой умеренный депрессивный и тревожный эпизоды по шкале Гамильтона; высокие уровни ситуативной и личностной тревожности по методике Ч.Д. Спилбергера, высокий уровень выраженности нервно-психического напряжения по шкале Т.А. Немчина. Обследованные супруги отмечали наличие напряженности в семейных отношениях, семейные конфликты, как связанные с лечением ребенка, так и эскалацией существующих ранее межличностных и супружеских проблем, чт приводило к дистанцированию и снижению внутрисемейного ресурса. Основываясь на полученных данных нами разработана система медико-психологического сопровождения семьи ребенка первого года жизни с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой, которая состояла из четырех последовательных этапов и включала использование индивидуальной когнитивно-поведенческой терапии (Бек AT, 2006), семейной терапии (Ейдмиллер Е. Г., 2003), рациональной психотерапии (классический вариант Дюбуа П., 1912) и психобразовательных программ. Как показали результаты динамического наблюдения, на фоне применения предложенной системы медико-психологического сопровождения в основной группе отмечена устойчивая положительная динамика психологического состояния с полной редукцией тревожно-депрессивных состояний и гармонизацией супружеских отношений.Ключевые слова: Медико-психологическое сопровождение, тревога, депрессия, семейное взаимодействие, ребенок с тяжелой черепно-мозговой травмой.

scholarly journals Duration of low-wage employment: a study based on a survival model

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-299
Author(s):  
Francisco Silva ◽  
José Vieira ◽  
António Pimenta ◽  
João Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Survival Analysis ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Asian Origin ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Industry Affiliation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Low Pay

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate low-wage retention using a survival analysis approach. Design/methodology/approach Variables explaining low-wage retention take into account the characteristics of the employee, such as education, age, tenure with the company, gender and nationality, and the characteristics of the job and the company such as industry affiliation, number of employees, age of the company and location. Findings Female workers and workers with low level of education, older ones, those with more seniority in the company and those of Asian origin remain longer in a low-wage situation. Also, workers in smaller and older companies located outside the Lisbon region are more likely to stay in a low-wage situation. Practical implications The policy implications are clear. Education plays a prominent role: the higher the level of education of the individual, the higher the probability of him/her leaving low pay. Training programs may help employees in Portugal to leave the low-wage situation. Furthermore, policies must address the different mobility rates of different nationalities and different activities. Training programs are more urgent for hotels and restaurants and transports and communication. The findings also indicate that those initially working in younger firms and larger firms have a higher probability of leaving the low-wage situation. This is a stimulus for decision makers to stimulate employment in the younger firms or in the larger firms. Originality/value Despite low-wage retention being a well-known field of research, to our knowledge this is the first research paper using survival analysis to explain the duration of a low-wage situation.

A psychological and educational intervention program for incarcerated youth

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Scott ◽  
Spencer Beeson ◽  
Shanada Adams ◽  
Michelle Scott ◽  
Taylor Grace Scott
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Incarcerated Youth ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
Behavioral Program ◽  
Trauma Informed Care

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the results of a deliberate psychological and educational intervention with at-risk youth (placed in a detention center) that have been identified as having the potential to benefit from a behavioral program. Design/methodology/approach The program provided systemic behavioral health assessments using trauma-informed care guidelines and then linked the participants to mental health and substance services to increase the children’s access to key health services and reduce the risk of recidivism. The program also provided psychoeducational resources to stakeholders including parents, judges and corrections officers. Comparisons were made between participants receiving the intervention to determine pre and post results. Findings Recidivism rates were also examined. Study participants included 395 at-risk youth between the ages of 13 and 17. In summary, the findings supported the use of this multi-pronged program with juveniles residing in detention centers. Originality/value All work on this research project was completed by the listed authors.

Cognitive Processes and Creative Lateral Thinking in Students of the Naval School of Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Hector Santa Maria Relaiza ◽  
Doris Fuster-Guillen ◽  
Yolvi Ocana-Fernandez ◽  
Patricia Edith Guillen Aparicio ◽  
Freddy Antonio Ochoa Tataje
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Probabilistic Sampling ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Lateral Thinking

The present research focused on identifying the influence of cognitive processes in the creative lateral thinking of high school students. The work was developed under the positivist paradigm; it was classified as basic, of explanatory level, with quantitative approach, non-experimental design and cross-sectional. The sample, calculated through probabilistic sampling, consisted of 221 students. Two data collection instruments were used: the cognitive processes questionnaire and the lateral thinking questionnaire, which were subjected to content validity by expert judgment and reliability and internal consistency analysis by Cronbach's alpha, reaching values of 0.908 and 0.802, respectively. The analysis of verification by Spearman's rho obtained was 0.762, which determined the significant influence between cognitive processes and lateral thinking. It was concluded that, if procedures and actions that lead to the acquisition of knowledge in a constructive way and by discovery are practiced, creative and perceptive lateral thinking would be developed; then the individual would exhibit imagination and creative behaviors.

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