scholarly journals INTERPRETIVE STRATEGIES USED FOR DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE’S OWN EXPERIENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Kolobova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Analytical Strategy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Autobiographical Texts ◽  
Interpretive Strategies

The article examines strategies used for discursive construction of significant life events on the examples of women experienced divorce. Using the author's approach to the discursive analysis of autobiographical texts, we highlighted the specific features of event interpretation by such women. As a result of our study, we identified five main interpretive strategies used by these women for discursive construction of their experience: “dramatic”, “demonstrative”, “pragmatic”, “accusative” and “analytical”, which were examined from the following aspects: psycholinguistic (a narrator’s focus, communicative tonality of their texts), emotional (emotional load, a polarity of emotions), meaningful (area of meanings, meaningful and factual information), reflexive (meanings, senses, conclusions, ways of interpretation, attitudes), self-designing (the way of experience organization), intentional (a basic line of self-presentation, purposes of communication), regulatory (constructed links between the past and the future, planning of the future), motivational-value (a role and significance of marital relations in a woman's life). We demonstrated that these interpretive strategies used for discursive construction of examined women’s experience had clear specificity, due to the used methods objectifying textually their experience in divorce, discursive strategies and individual characteristics of meaning generation. According to our previous results, the “analytical” strategy is a more productive trend for interpretations of divorce. Thus, as for motivation and values, women preferring this strategy focuses on the values of the classical family due to highly structured life experience and its conversion into a narrate; as for regulation, they use a constructive spatial-temporal orientation, positive emotional background, an unbiased attitude to the Other, moderate involvement in the event and an optimistic perspective. If these factors are reduced, as it is characteristics for intermediate interpretive strategies, the integrity of self-narrative texts is breached, the semantic core is ruptured, factual information predominate over reflective, which generally leads to superficial destructive conclusions and negative prospects as for marriage. Keywords: experience, personal experience, discourse, discursive construction of experience, interpretive strategies, discursive text analysis.

scholarly journals Mnemicity vs. Temporality: Distinguishing between components of episodic representations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Mahr
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Episodic Simulation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Event Simulations

Human beings regularly 'mentally travel' to past and future times in memory and imagination. In theory, whether an event is remembered or imagined (its ‘mnemicity’) underspecifies whether it is oriented towards the past or the future (its ‘temporality’). However, it remains unclear to what extent the temporal orientation of such episodic simulations is cognitively represented separately from their status as memories or imagination. To address this question, we investigated whether episodic simulations are more easily distinguishable in memory by virtue of their temporal orientation or their mnemicity. In three experiments (N = 360), participants were asked to generate and later recall events differing along the lines of temporal orientation (past/future) and mnemicity (remembered/imagined). Across all of our experiments, we consistently found that participants were more likely to confuse in recall event simulations that shared the same temporal orientation rather than the same mnemicity. These results show that the temporal orientation of episodic representations can be cognitively represented separately from their mnemicity and have implications for debates about the role of temporality in episodic simulation.

scholarly journals Marie de l’Incarnation d’après Jean-Daniel Lafond : l’amour d’une sainte contre la barbarie actuelle

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Amandine Bonesso
Keyword(s):  
Film Maker ◽  
The Future ◽  
Autobiographical Texts ◽  
Biographical Tradition

Abstract The contribution examines the documentary Folle de Dieu (2008) and the play Marie de l'Incarnation ou La déraison d'amour (2009), Jean-Daniel Lafond’s adaptations of Marie de l’Incarnation’s (1599-1672) autobiographical texts. The study demonstrates that the two works, the last in a long biographical tradition, construe the nun’s life as a humanitarian model through the theme of love. In this manner, the film-maker encourages the current society not to give way to the bellicose violence of the last century and to rethink the future as a possible happiness.

Will the future BE POSITIVE? Early life experience as a signal to the developing brain pre school entry

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-125
Author(s):  
Anne Rifkin-Graboi ◽  
Kiat Hui Khng ◽  
Pierina Cheung ◽  
Stella Tsotsi ◽  
He Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Developing Brain ◽  
School Entry ◽  
Early Life Experience ◽  
The Future

The stability of the Parental Bonding Instrument over a 20-year period

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAY WILHELM ◽  
HEATHER NIVEN ◽  
GORDON PARKER ◽  
DUSAN HADZI-PAVLOVIC
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Parental Bonding Instrument ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
The Stability ◽  
State Depression ◽  
Over Time

Background. The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) measures the perception of being parented to the age of 16 years. Low scores on the care dimension and high scores on the overprotection dimension are considered to be risk factors of depression. While the PBI has been shown to be a reliable and valid instrument, the stability of the PBI over extended periods (taking into account individual characteristics and life experience) needs to be demonstrated.Method. The PBI was measured in a non-clinical cohort on four waves between 1978 and 1998, along with a series of self-report measures including state depression and neuroticism. Differences in PBI change over time were examined by gender, lifetime major depression diagnosis, and life event variables, as well as by scores on neuroticism and state depression.Results. Acceptable retest coefficients on PBI scores over the 20-year study were found for the cohort. No differences were found in PBI scores over time on the variables examined, including sex and depression measures.Conclusions. The results indicate long-term stability of the PBI over time. The influences of mood state and life experience appear to have little effect on the stability of the perception of parenting as measured by the PBI. The present study increases confidence in the PBI as a valid measure of perceived parenting over extended time periods.

Looking to the Future to Appreciate the Present

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1238-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime L. Kurtz
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Temporal Distance ◽  
College Graduation ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
College Life ◽  
The Future

Both psychological research and conventional wisdom suggest that it can be difficult to attend to and derive enjoyment from the pleasant things in life. The present study examined whether focusing on the imminent ending of a positive life experience can lead to increased enjoyment. A temporal distance manipulation was used to make college graduation seem more or less close at hand. Twice a week over the course of 2 weeks, college students were told to write about their college life, with graduation being framed as either very close or very far off. As predicted, thinking about graduation as being close led to a significant increase in college-related behaviors and subjective well-being over the course of the study. The present research provides support for the counterintuitive hypothesis that thinking about an experience's ending can enhance one's present enjoyment of it.

Relations of Retired People and Their Grandchildren

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1083-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirja Kalliopuska
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

79 retired persons in the third-age university were asked about their relationships with their grandchildren and relationships in general. The ages of the 63 women and 16 men ranged from 54 to 82 years ( M of 66 years); 62% were married, 28% divorced or widowed, 61% lived with spouse, 34% lived alone, 4% with their adult children, and only one person in an old-age home. The average number of grandchildren was three. Analysis showed relations with their grandchildren were judged as very good or good (91%). The grandparenting role was diverse: the grandparent gave a grandchild love or affection, care, shelter, life experience, moral values, company, closeness, trust, aid, and support. The grandchild benefitted from the relationship affectively, cognitively, and materially. The grandchild gave a grandparent joy, inspiration, tenderness and love, contentment, life attitudes, closeness and company, and hope and faith for the future.

scholarly journals Progress in Low Field Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy in Chemical and Biochemical Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Grootveld ◽  
Benita Percival ◽  
Miles Gibson ◽  
Yasan Osman ◽  
Mark Edgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
High Field ◽  
Biochemical Analysis ◽  
Disease Monitoring ◽  
Analytical Strategy ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Future ◽  
Nmr Techniques

The employment of spectroscopically-resolved NMR techniques as analytical probes have previously been both prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging in view of the large sizes of high-field facilities. However, with recent advances in the miniaturisation of magnetic resonance technology, low-field, cryogen-free “benchtop” NMR instruments are seeing wider use. Indeed, these miniaturised spectrometers are utilised in areas ranging from food and agricultural analyses through to human biofluid assays and disease monitoring. Therefore, it is both intrinsically timely and important to highlight current applications of this analytical strategy, and also provide an outlook for the future, where this approach may be applied to a wider range of analytical problems, both qualitatively and quantitatively<br>

scholarly journals “Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0255359
Author(s):  
Emilia Janeczko ◽  
Adrian Łukowski ◽  
Ernest Bielinis ◽  
Małgorzata Woźnicka ◽  
Krzysztof Janeczko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Large City ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

Birdwatching is one of the most sustainable types of nature-based tourism and, at the same time, a form of recreation that is developing very dynamically. Birdwatching is attracting more and more people, not only professionals, but also amateurs from many countries. Birdwatching research is still relatively embryonic, especially when compared to nature tourism or wildlife tourism. Our main aim was to determine preferences and opinions of birdwatchers visiting the largest national park in Poland, in relation to their different levels of involvement. The data were collected in 2018 from a survey of a sample of 357 Polish and foreign birdwatchers. Results showed that birdwatcher respondents were predominantly male, middle-aged, and living in a large city. An important tool described in this article is a new scale that assesses the level of involvement of individual people engaged in birdwatching activity. This scale corresponds well with the individual characteristics of birdwatchers. Most birdwatchers defined their birdwatching activity as a permanent rather than a temporary hobby and therefore considered it to be more of a lifestyle than a hobby. Engagement in birdwatching activity increased with age and frequency of trips. The two most important reasons for birding were ‘to be close to nature’ and ‘fascination with birds’. It has been proven that the development of birdwatching in the future will require a developed infrastructure enabling interaction with the objects of observation.

Taking the fear out of apocalyptic preaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-75
Author(s):  
Jennifer Garcia Bashaw
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
Interpretive Strategies

In the last century of the American Church, fear has characterized much of apocalyptic preaching. Fear of apocalyptic texts has inhibited the preaching of them in some pulpits; fear of the future and fear of others has dominated the apocalyptic message in others. This article answers the question, “How did apocalyptic preaching get so out of hand and what can we do to fix it?” by providing a brief overview of apocalyptic preaching in America and by offering interpretive strategies and homiletical suggestions for preaching apocalyptic texts responsibly and without fear.

scholarly journals Future outlook of people living alone with early-stage dementia and their non-resident relatives and friends who support them

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Heaton ◽  
Anthony Martyr ◽  
Sharon M. Nelis ◽  
Ivana S. Marková ◽  
Robin G. Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Future ◽  
Framework Approach

Abstract Little is known about the experiences of people living alone with dementia in the community and their non-resident relatives and friends who support them. In this paper, we explore their respective attitudes and approaches to the future, particularly regarding the future care and living arrangements of those living with dementia. The study is based on a qualitative secondary analysis of interviews with 24 people living alone with early-stage dementia in North Wales, United Kingdom, and one of their relatives or friends who supported them. All but four of the dyads were interviewed twice over 12 months (a total of 88 interviews). In the analysis, it was observed that several people with dementia expressed the desire to continue living at home for ‘as long as possible’. A framework approach was used to investigate this theme in more depth, drawing on concepts from the existing studies of people living with dementia and across disciplines. Similarities and differences in the future outlook and temporal orientation of the participants were identified. The results support previous research suggesting that the future outlook of people living with early-stage dementia can be interpreted in part as a response to their situation and a way of coping with the threats that it is perceived to present, and not just an impaired view of time. Priorities for future research are highlighted in the discussion.

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