scholarly journals Interior Architecture as Mediator of Experiential Influence: Establishing a Social Belonging for Disenfranchised Youths

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John R Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Human Emotion ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Design Component ◽  
Social Belonging ◽  
Adolescent Groups

<p>Over the last few centuries, studies have examined the fundamental relationships between architectural form and its effect on human emotion. Interested in the interplay between architecture and human emotion, this thesis explores how interior architecture can be designed to positively influence human behaviour. Sacred architectural typologies such as churches and memorials use scale, light and shadow, reverberation, materiality, et cetera to engage the occupant with an experiential response appropriate to the sacred objectives of the environment. The intent of this thesis is to challenge how such experiential influences can be applied within non-sacred typologies. This research proposes that boarding schools, prisons, and low-cost housing projects are architectural typologies that could potentially provide significant benefits to inhabitants, if interior architecture is constructively engaged as a mediator of influence. More specifically, this thesis challenges how interior architecture may be utilised to enhance the sense of self-esteem, integration, and social belonging of disenfranchised adolescent groups. In addition this thesis aims to revitalise an abandoned 'disenfranchised' school, providing the principal vehicle for the design component of this study. Overall the research suggests providing multiple opportunities for socialised engagement whereby interior architecture, through spatial relationships, contributes to the solution in establishing a sense of self-esteem, integration and social belonging.</p>

scholarly journals Interior Architecture as Mediator of Experiential Influence: Establishing a Social Belonging for Disenfranchised Youths

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John R Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Human Emotion ◽  
Interior Architecture ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Design Component ◽  
Social Belonging ◽  
Adolescent Groups

<p>Over the last few centuries, studies have examined the fundamental relationships between architectural form and its effect on human emotion. Interested in the interplay between architecture and human emotion, this thesis explores how interior architecture can be designed to positively influence human behaviour. Sacred architectural typologies such as churches and memorials use scale, light and shadow, reverberation, materiality, et cetera to engage the occupant with an experiential response appropriate to the sacred objectives of the environment. The intent of this thesis is to challenge how such experiential influences can be applied within non-sacred typologies. This research proposes that boarding schools, prisons, and low-cost housing projects are architectural typologies that could potentially provide significant benefits to inhabitants, if interior architecture is constructively engaged as a mediator of influence. More specifically, this thesis challenges how interior architecture may be utilised to enhance the sense of self-esteem, integration, and social belonging of disenfranchised adolescent groups. In addition this thesis aims to revitalise an abandoned 'disenfranchised' school, providing the principal vehicle for the design component of this study. Overall the research suggests providing multiple opportunities for socialised engagement whereby interior architecture, through spatial relationships, contributes to the solution in establishing a sense of self-esteem, integration and social belonging.</p>

scholarly journals 502 Adapting to COVID19: Can Virtual Burn Camp be as Impactful as Last Year’s In-person Camp?

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S98-S98
Author(s):  
Jessica Banks ◽  
Matt Ferdock ◽  
Jennifer Nagle
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injury ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Camp Counselors ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Burn Survivors

Abstract Introduction Skin is not the only casualty following a burn accident. Many children suffer long term, debilitating emotional effects from their burn injury (Abdullah et al. 1994; Kornhaber et al. 2018). Armstrong-James et al. (2018) and Maslow and Lobato (2010) found that summer camps explicitly designed for burn survivor children can positively impact children’s adaptability to stares and comments and improve their sense of self-esteem. Camp Susquehanna has been a summer camp for burn survivors for the past 25+ years. When the COVID19 pandemic closed many businesses, we decided to transition our in-person camp to 100% online. Researchers demonstrated the positive effects of summer camp for burn survivors (Maslow & Lobato, 2010; Bakker et al. 2011). However, the effects of a 100% online camp are not known. Our concern was, are we able to transition and be as impactful as it is face to face at camp? What will the schedule and activities look like in this new format? How will we ensure all children participating will have access to online and the supplies necessary? Methods We opted to select a three-week format with two sessions a day divided into two age groups. We ensured every child had internet access then mailed out a “camp in the box.” It contained all the things needed for each planned activity. The critical question remained, however, will we be as impactful? The current research looks at quantitative and qualitative measures of self-esteem, happiness, and satisfaction following participation in a three-week summer program held in July 2020. We make comparisons to previous years’ results. The authors expected that self-esteem, happiness, and satisfaction levels matched or exceeded last years’ levels. Results We collected data from 42 campers and 22 volunteer camp counselors. Results show that campers were able to receive the support they needed, not only from the staff but also from their peers. Conclusions The delivery method was indeed different this year, but the positive effect on our campers remained the same.

Greater Right Hemisphericity is Associated with Lower Self-Esteem in Adults

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1244-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Persinger ◽  
Katherine Makarec
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Developmental History ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
History Of

28 men and 32 women were given Vingiano's Hemisphericity Questionnaire and the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory. People who reported the greatest numbers of right hemispheric indicators displayed the lowest self-esteem; the correlations were moderately strong ( r>.50) for both men and women. These results support the hypothesis that the sense of self is primarily a linguistic, left-hemispheric phenomenon and that a developmental history of frequent intrusion from right-hemispheric processes can infuse the self-concept with negative affect.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF NARRATION IN NOTES FROM A DEAD HOUSE BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-238
Author(s):  
Tamara Batalova
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Fyodor Dostoevsky ◽  
Theatrical Performance ◽  
Essential Idea ◽  
The Dead

Within the framework of Pavel Medvedev’s sociological poetics, the article identifies and studies the features of the narrative in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from a Dead House, and examines the role of these features in expressing the key idea of this novel, namely the desire of convicts for freedom, for “resurrection from the dead”. From this point of view, the author examines the significance of the narrator’s duality (Goryanchikov and Goryanchikov-Dostoevsky) and the juxtaposition of the characters in the narrative (positive and negative). He also analyzes the compositional function of the XI chapter of the first part of Notes from a Dead House, “Presentation”, in the plot. The Christian faith plays the vital role in the expression of the essential idea of the work. An open-minded attitude to people, a friendly, Christian approach towards them is a distinctive feature of Goryanchikov-Dostoevsky and all the positive characters in the book. Inspired by the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, the convicts staged a theatrical performance, which alters the moral state of both the actors and the audience, fortifies their sense of self-esteem required to resist the prison orders that “deaden” people, and strengthens the prisoners’ desire for freedom, for “resurrection from the dead”. The article concludes that Notes from a Dead House is the beginning of aesthetic and artistic changes that manifested themselves in Dostoevsky’s post-prison works.

Fashion and women’s self-concept: a typology for self-fashioning using clothing

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa S. McNeill
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Identity Motives

Purpose An individual’s identity is defined in the role that they devise for themselves, based on social positions. Examining identity motives can help in understanding what influences one to take on a particular role. Self-esteem is one of the major motivational drivers in determining the role that an individual takes on. Individuals, through self-presentation, are said to be motivated to control the impressions others form of them. In this way, self-concept and fashion innovativeness are linked – with prior research suggesting that those with high levels of fashion innovativeness are also those with a strong sense of self. Where a gap remains, however, in exploring the direction of the relationship between self-concept and being more innovative and fashionable in clothing choices, as well as how individuals reflexively judge their own fashion choices against their perception of others – e.g. can you force yourself to be a fashion leader? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This study takes a lived experience approach to examine fashion as a tool in establishing social hierarchies amongst women. The study uses depth interviews with ten women to explore the developed self-concept of women actively engaged with fashion consumption. Findings The research presents a typology of fashion identities, exploring notions of security, dominance and innovativeness in self-fashioning using clothing. Research limitations/implications The research is exploratory, and limited to a sample of ten women. However, the study offers a number of key findings to drive future research in this area. Practical implications The research finds that both security of self-concept, in relation to fashion and general self-esteem, as well as insecurity, can motivate women towards fashion independence. This suggests that identity-based marketing is likely to be more successful than lifestyle-based marketing, when selling women’s fashion clothing. Social implications In prior research, self-concept and fashion innovativeness are linked – with prior research suggesting that those with high levels of fashion innovativeness are also those with a strong sense of self. This study finds that those with an insecure sense of self may also exhibit fashion independence, using fashion to acquire social capital. Originality/value This paper illustrates the concept that, unlike previous notions of fashion independence and engagement with fashion, these fashion-involved categorisations of behaviour are not always driven by sophistication, confidence, creativity and low fear of risk. Instead, this study has shown that fashion innovativeness can be motivated by an overarching fear of the outcomes of being judged unfashionable.

Conclusion

Hezbollah ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 329-338
Author(s):  
Aurélie Daher
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
Military Organization ◽  
Identity Shift ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Over Time

The arrival of Israeli tanks in Lebanon in June 1982 set in motion the mobilization of part of the militant Shiite world around a desire to take up arms against the invaders. But this drive initially translated into a very localized military organization: the IRL. The civilian council representing the main currents within the IRL was soon replaced by Hezbollah. Officially dedicated to the defense of the Resistance's social and political interests, Hezbollah was given responsibility for mobilization on the Resistance's behalf and for defusing threats against it on the domestic scene. Of all the factors sustaining the continued mobilization of Hezbollah over time, the strongest consists of a set of perceptions -- more precisely, the gradually developed and regularly renewed meaning given to its actions and its achievements. The effect of these interpretations is especially durable because the party's followers had triggered an identity shift. Indeed, between 2000 and 2010, the Shiites sense of self-esteem improved rapidly. The admiration, trust, and, especially, gratitude felt towards Hezbollah – without which such a liberation of community identity and its ascendancy would have remained a long-term aspiration – undeniably constitutes the rock-solid base which the party's mobilization can rely on today.

scholarly journals Ceramic Workshop Adapted with 3D Technologies to Improve the Self-Esteem of People with Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9063
Author(s):  
Alejandro Bonnet de León ◽  
Cecile Meier ◽  
Jose Luis Saorin
Keyword(s):  
Simple Technique ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Digital Manufacturing ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
3D Scanner ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies

This paper describes a process to adapt tools in an artistic ceramic workshop in which custom molds are created using low-cost digital manufacturing technologies. The digitalization of busts by a 3D scanner and their transformation into 3D printed molds is a simple technique that only requires basic digital tools. These molds were used in the artistic ceramic workshop of the Psychopedagogical Center of the Order of San Juan de Dios in Tenerife, where the authors worked with people with intellectual disabilities to make ceramic pieces. These people, in most cases, do not have the necessary skills for detail modeling; however, with the help of digital manufacturing technologies, they can produce molds of their own faces and create personalized figures autonomously. In this way, they increase their self-esteem and autonomy and discover new possibilities for making products; as a result, they feel fulfilled and confirm that they can be part of the creation process. To obtain an evaluation of the activity, a qualitative study was carried out, and observation data were collected. The attitudes of the users were compared with observations made during a similar activity without using molds or technologies. It was observed that the attitude of the participants significantly improved when they obtained more satisfactory results with the use of molds.

scholarly journals Stigma and self-esteem across societies: avoiding blanket psychological responses to gay men experiencing homophobia

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyofyllis Zervoulis ◽  
Evanthia Lyons ◽  
Sokratis Dinos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Positive Sense ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Levels

Aims and methodThe relationship between homophobia (varying from actual and perceived to internalised) and measures of well-being is well documented. A study in Athens, Greece and London, UK attempted to examine this relationship in two cities with potentially different levels of homophobia. One-hundred and eighty-eight men who have sex with men (MSM) living in London and 173 MSM living in Athens completed a survey investigating their views on their sexuality, perceptions of local homophobia and their identity evaluation in terms of global self-esteem.ResultsThe results confirmed a negative association between homophobia and self-esteem within each city sample. However, Athens MSM, despite perceiving significantly higher levels of local homophobia than London MSM, did not differ on most indicators of internalised homophobia and scored higher on global self-esteem than London MSM. The city context had a significant impact on the relationship.Clinical implicationsThe findings are discussed in relation to the implications they pose for mental health professionals dealing with MSM from communities experiencing variable societal stigmatisation and its effect on a positive sense of self.

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