scholarly journals A MODEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR CORRECTIONAL PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lisa Gannaway
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Treatment Engagement ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Treatment Development ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Correctional Rehabilitation ◽  
Engagement In Treatment ◽  
Key Questions

<p>Despite recent advances in correctional rehabilitation, rates of treatment attrition remain high and low efficacy rates suggest improvements in treatment development and delivery are needed. Treatment engagement is an important concept which remains poorly understood. In order to enhance understanding and facilitate higher levels of engagement in treatment, robust theoretical models need to be developed. In light of this, two key questions need to be answered; (1) what is engagement? And (2) what are the underlying causal mechanisms which facilitate or hinder engagement? I explore the contributions of current conceptualisations and models of correctional treatment engagement. I explain how evolutionary psychology, agency, norms and the therapeutic alliance can contribute to our theoretical understanding. These concepts are then integrated to form the Model of Engagement for Correctional Practice. Engagement is conceptualised as a set of adaptive, goal-directed behaviours occurring as a result of the dynamic interactions between contextual, psychological and social processes. I argue that these factors influence the nature of the therapeutic alliance and subsequently participant engagement. The model is then evaluated in terms of critical features required for a robust theory of engagement. I then suggest some practice principles and guidelines to demonstrate how this model can be applied to enhance treatment engagement.</p>

scholarly journals A MODEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR CORRECTIONAL PRACTICE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lisa Gannaway
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Treatment Engagement ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Treatment Development ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Correctional Rehabilitation ◽  
Engagement In Treatment ◽  
Key Questions

<p>Despite recent advances in correctional rehabilitation, rates of treatment attrition remain high and low efficacy rates suggest improvements in treatment development and delivery are needed. Treatment engagement is an important concept which remains poorly understood. In order to enhance understanding and facilitate higher levels of engagement in treatment, robust theoretical models need to be developed. In light of this, two key questions need to be answered; (1) what is engagement? And (2) what are the underlying causal mechanisms which facilitate or hinder engagement? I explore the contributions of current conceptualisations and models of correctional treatment engagement. I explain how evolutionary psychology, agency, norms and the therapeutic alliance can contribute to our theoretical understanding. These concepts are then integrated to form the Model of Engagement for Correctional Practice. Engagement is conceptualised as a set of adaptive, goal-directed behaviours occurring as a result of the dynamic interactions between contextual, psychological and social processes. I argue that these factors influence the nature of the therapeutic alliance and subsequently participant engagement. The model is then evaluated in terms of critical features required for a robust theory of engagement. I then suggest some practice principles and guidelines to demonstrate how this model can be applied to enhance treatment engagement.</p>

scholarly journals Development of Approaches to Creation of Active Vibration Control System in Problems of the Dynamics for Granular Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 11004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei P. Khomenko ◽  
Sergey K. Kargapoltsev ◽  
Andrey V. Eliseev
Keyword(s):  
Granular Medium ◽  
Granular Media ◽  
Active Vibration Control ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Vibration Machine ◽  
Vibration Field ◽  
Steel Balls ◽  
Analytical Approaches

The article deals with the development of mathematical models and evaluation criteria of the vibration field in the dynamic interactions of the elements of the vibrational technological machines for the processes of vibrational strengthening of long-length parts with help of a steel balls working medium. The study forms a theoretical understanding of the modes of motions of material particles in interaction with a vibrating surface of the working body of the vibration machine. The generalized approach to the assessment of the dynamic quality of the work of vibrating machines in multiple modes of tossing, when the period of free flight of particles is a multiple of the period of the surface oscillations of the working body, is developed in the article. For the correction of vibration field of the working body, the characteristics of dynamic interactions of granular elements of the medium are taken into account using original sensors. The sensors that can detect different particularities of interaction of the granular medium elements at different points of the working body are proposed to evaluate the deviation from a homogeneous and one-dimensional mode of vibration field. Specially developed sensors are able to register interactions between a single granule, a system of granules in filamentous structures, and multipoint interactions of the elements in a close-spaced cylindrical structure. The system of regularization of the structure of vibration fields based on the introduction of motion translation devices is proposed using the multi-point sensor locations on the working body. The article refers to analytical approaches of the theory of vibration displacements. For the experimental data assessment, the methods of statistical analysis are applied. It is shown that the peculiar features of the motion of granular medium registered by the sensors can be used to build active control systems of field vibration.

Magnetic fields in the solar photosphere

2008 ◽  
Vol 366 (1884) ◽  
pp. 4465-4476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J Bushby
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Solar Photosphere ◽  
Complex Field ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Magnetic Features ◽  
Localized Magnetic Field ◽  
Made In

Recent high-resolution observations of the surface of the Sun have revealed the fine structure of a vast array of complex photospheric magnetic features. Observations of these magnetic field structures have already greatly enhanced our theoretical understanding of the interactions between magnetic fields and turbulent convection, and future photospheric observations will inevitably present new theoretical challenges. In this review, I discuss recent progress that has been made in the modelling of photospheric magnetic fields. In particular, I focus upon the complex field structures that are observed within the umbrae and the penumbrae of sunspots. On a much smaller scale, I also discuss models of the highly localized magnetic field structures that are observed in less magnetically active regions of the photosphere. As the spatial resolution of telescopes has improved over the last few years, it has now become possible to observe these features in detail, and theoretical models can now describe much of this behaviour. In the last section of this review, I discuss some of the remaining unanswered questions.

Routine monitoring of therapeutic alliance to predict treatment engagement in a Veterans Affairs substance use disorders clinic.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon B. Goldberg ◽  
Gail Rowe ◽  
Carol A. Malte ◽  
Hang Ruan ◽  
Jesse J. Owen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Treatment Engagement ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Routine Monitoring

A Shelter in the Storm – Acceptability and Feasibility of a Brief Clinical Intervention for Suicidal Crisis

Crisis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Mansfield ◽  
Sarah Hamilton ◽  
Julie Argus ◽  
Marianne Wyder ◽  
Rachel Macready ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Participant Satisfaction ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Suicidal Crisis

Abstract. Background: People attending the emergency department (ED) for suicidal crisis are at significantly higher risk of taking their own lives in the week following discharge. Aims: We aimed to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of implementing a brief clinical aftercare intervention provided through Allied Health Brief Therapies (AHBTs) Clinics. Method: Consecutive referrals ( n = 149) to the clinics following assessment in the ED for suicidal crisis formed the study group. This article details participant engagement and retention, service provision, therapeutic alliance, and participant satisfaction with the program. Suicidal ideation and ED utilization 3 months pre-/postintervention were used to assess short-term impact. Results: The study supports the feasibility of implementing a brief aftercare intervention for those presenting to the ED for suicidal crisis. High rates of therapeutic alliance and satisfaction with the clinic intervention were reported by participants. Impact assessments pointed to a significant reduction in both suicidal ideation and ED utilization following the intervention. Limitations: A substantial number of participants had missing follow-up data. Given this and the absence of a control group, findings must be interpreted with caution. Conclusion: The study supports the acceptability and feasibility of implementing AHBT Clinics as a potential adjunct in the aftercare of people in suicidal crisis.

Media entrepreneurship: Preparing students for work in a creative profession

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Fulton
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Job Prospects ◽  
Key Questions

One of the key questions students and parents ask journalism and communication educators is, ‘where are the jobs?’. Additionally, every few years news outlets recycle stories on how journalism and communication schools are over-enrolling students in programmes with difficult job prospects. How can educators prepare students to work in a precarious media environment? And how can we embed that preparation in a practical understanding of creativity and creative practice? During 2014–16, I conducted a research project that examined how alternative media producers are telling their stories online. The project consisted of 28 semi-structured interviews with bloggers, broad/narrowcasters, website producers and online magazine publishers and set out to answer questions about the skills, business models, technologies and success of these entrepreneurial journalistic enterprises. Each of the respondents was also asked if they had any advice for students who wanted to work in the online space. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed six key themes: the importance of networking; developing a broad skill base; finding a niche; engaging with your audience; ‘success won’t happen overnight’ and ‘love what you do’. Employing theoretical models of creativity and cultural production from psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, who both contend that creativity and cultural production emerge from a creative system in action, discussion of these themes demonstrates how to prepare students for entering a changing and precarious journalism workforce.

scholarly journals Differential Relationships of the Five Facets of Mindfulness to Worry, Rumination, and Transdiagnostic Perseverative Thought

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justine S. Thompson ◽  
Nabila Jamal-Orozco ◽  
Lauren S. Hallion
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Treatment Development ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Mindfulness Facets ◽  
Development Of Anxiety

Objective: Perseverative thought, such as worry and rumination plays a causal role in the development of anxiety and related forms of psychopathology. Mindfulness-based interventions show promise for reducing PT; however, treatment development is hindered by a lack of attention to different facets of mindfulness (e.g., present-moment awareness; nonjudgment of experience; nonreactivity to experience) and those of perseverative thought (worry; rumination; shared perseverative tendencies).Methods: The present study demonstrated and tested the replicability of hypothesized relationships between worry, rumination, and transdiagnostic perseverative thought with dissociable facets of mindfulness in three well-powered, independent samples (N = 289 undergraduate; N = 255 crowdsourced; N = 261 anxious/dysphoric community). Results: Consistent with predictions, greater present-moment awareness was incrementally related to lower general tendency to perseverate, as was nonjudgment and nonreactivity. Nonreactivity was specifically inversely related to trait worry (i.e., beyond variance shared with perseverative tendencies, rumination, and other mindfulness facets), while nonjudgment was specifically related to rumination (brooding). Findings replicated across all three samples. In two samples, greater present-moment awareness unexpectedly predicted higher worry when other facets were controlled.Conclusions: Taken together, findings establish and replicate a link between present-moment awareness and general perseverative tendencies, with specific inverse relationships of nonreactivity and nonjudgment with worry and rumination, respectively. Future experimental research should test hypothesized causal pathways to inform theoretical models and development of transdiagnostic and personalized treatments.

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