Social Psychological Dimensions of Resistance to Psychiatric Innovations

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1083-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg S. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
State Mental Hospital ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Northeastern State ◽  
Total Institutions ◽  
Psychological Dimensions ◽  
State Mental

A pilot study was conducted in a large northeastern state mental hospital which attempted to isolate factors affecting staff resistance to innovations. Four social psychological variables: conservatism, dogmatism, machiavellianism, and faith in people were investigated. It was found that resistors scored higher on conservatism, dogmatism, and machiavellianism, and lower on faith in people than did acceptors. Such findings indicate that social psychological factors, which have largely been neglected in the study of innovative behavior, may be of considerable importance in understanding the reactions of members of organizations, especially total institutions, to organizational changes.

scholarly journals A Social Psychological Review on Women’s Surname Change after Marriage and Divorce

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Orientation ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Review ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Marriage And Divorce ◽  
Feminist Identification ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual

Surname is an integral part of a person’s identity. However, surname which has many psychological and social meanings for the person is changed only for women after marriage. In this regard, the purpose of the article is to review the factors affecting women’s decisions regarding surname choice after marriage and divorce, as well as explaining the stereotypes and attitudes towards women who made traditional or untraditional name choices. In terms of the marital surname choice, women may adopt husband’s surname, hyphenate their birth surname and their husband’s surname, and retain only their birth surname. In this context, we presented not only related demographic variables such as age, socio-economic level, education level, and political orientation but also social psychological variables such as emphasis on family/motherhood, sexism, feminist identification, religiosity and perceived social norms. Then, studies focusing on the attitudes and stereotypes towards women who make different marital surname choices were presented. The traditional surname change was also considered in terms of patriarchy and gender-based discrimination. Additionally, possible effects of the post-divorce surname change on a woman's life were mentioned. In the conclusion part, the effects of surname change at the individual and societal level were discussed in parallel with the issues mentioned in the current article and further possible research ideas were suggested. Keywords: Surname change, surname choice, marriage, divorce, sexism, attitudes, stereotype

Social-psychological dimensions of social change (transnational theme)

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert C. Kelman ◽  
Henri Tajfel ◽  
Amar Kumar Singh ◽  
Ljuba Stojic ◽  
Eugene H. Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

The Logic of the State Mental Hospital

1962 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-349
Author(s):  
Rue Bucher ◽  
Leonard Schatzman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Hospital ◽  
The State ◽  
State Mental Hospital ◽  
State Mental

Personal Adjustment and Authoritarian Attitudes toward the Mentally ILL

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fracchia ◽  
Charles Sheppard ◽  
Joseph Pintyr ◽  
James Crovello ◽  
Sidney Merlis
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
State Mental Hospital ◽  
Mentally Ill Persons ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
Large State ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
State Mental ◽  
Inferior Class

The relationship between authoritarian attitudes, which reflect the belief that mentally ill persons comprise an inferior class requiring coercive handling, and personal adjustment was examined for 77 female psychiatric aides at a large state mental hospital. Correlations and analysis of variance suggested the lack of a systematic association between the two variables.

FLAGS AS A NEW ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH STATUS

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-602
Author(s):  
Jawad A. Fatayer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Social Psychological Perspective

Mental health is examined from a social-psychological perspective based on years of clinical experience in the USAand some Arab countries. Three hundred and fifty-two participated to examine the validity and the reliability of this new instrument. Eleven social-psychological variables, integrated with five central emotions, make up the FLAGS assessment, which proved to have strength and dependability.

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