scholarly journals Positive Youth Religious and Spiritual Development: What We Have Learned from Religious Families

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 548 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Dollahite ◽  
Loren D. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Personal Experiences

In this article, we highlight the contributions of the findings from a branch of the American Families of Faith national research project that pertain to positive religious and spiritual development in youth. We present detailed findings from six previous studies on religious youth and their parents from diverse faith communities (various denominations in Christianity, three major branches of Judaism, and two major groups in Islam). We discuss what our findings suggest for positive religious/spiritual development, particularly in a family context. Finally, we suggest several ways to strengthen the literature on development in youth by exploring positive religious/spiritual development in relation to (a) social and political activism, (b) popular media and music, (c) participation in secular activities (e.g., sports, arts, gaming), (d) wrestling with BIG questions (i.e., questions involving Being, Intimacy, and God), (e) conversion and disaffiliation, (f) interfaith knowledge and experience, (g) impactful personal experiences, (h) volunteerism and service, (i) religious rituals, ceremonies, and traditions, (j) mental illness, (k) mindfulness and meditation, (l) temperament and personality, (m) agency and personal choices, (n) sexual orientation and experiences, and (o) generative devotion.

Making the Invisible Visible: Black Lesbianism in The Color Purple

Transilvania ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Basarabă
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Black Men ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Heterosexual Relationship ◽  
The Color Purple ◽  
Black Lesbians ◽  
Color Purple ◽  
The Invisible

The paper aims to disclose the factors behind Celie’s preference of transition from an involuntary heterosexual relationship to a homosexual one. I pursue this path due to multiple factors that occur in the novel and which nevertheless lead to Celie’s final homosexual identity. Homosexuality is far too often regarded as a mental illness and people have far too many times misjudged people with other sexual orientation than what the society perceives as “normal”. The findings of my research intend to show that homosexuality implies a variety of psychological, emotional and physical issues and that it is nothing to be ashamed or afraid of. Since racism has always been associated with Black men and sexism with White females, the paper brings the invisible Black lesbians to light.

scholarly journals PÅ FELTARBEJDE BLANDT FOLK

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisanne Wilken
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Field Methods ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Innate Capacity ◽  
Anthropological Fieldwork

Lisanne Wilken: Fieldwork among People Personal relationships between the anthropologist and the informants in a given field plays a crucial role for anthropological fieldwork and for the information the anthropologist gets. With reference to personal experiences from fieldwork in Northern and Central Italy, the author argues that methods of establishing and maintaining personal field relations ought to play a much more prominent role in the discussions of anthropological field methods than is usually the case. In today’s discussions of anthropological methodology one can easily get the impression that field relations are coincidentially automatically, established, or that anthropologists have an innate capacity for the creation of social relationships in a variety of social and cultural contexts. The article discusses how dependence on a few close informants may block the collection of data and suggests ways to establish a broad range of informants. One solution is to establish field relations prior to the commencement of fieldwork. This method not only ensures that informants are available when fieldwork is started but also facilitates the cross-cutting of social boundaries which may otherwise be difficult to crosscut.The article also suggests that questionnaires may be used as a method to attract attention to the research project in the field and to broaden the circle of informants. The focus of the article is not the nature of the data collected during fieldwork, but rather the circumstances for the collection of data.  

scholarly journals Stopgaps, Beasts + Other Strategies of Being in Public Space

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Lisa Hirmer ◽  
Elizabeth Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Creative Research ◽  
Personal Experiences

In this dispatch, Elizabeth Jackson reflect upon the process and possible implications of a collaboration called "Stopgaps and Gems," a creative research project that saw newcomer youth exploring and sharing their personal experiences and insights with other members of Guelph's public. Following Jackson's piece, she and Lisa Hirmer engage in a dialogue about Hirmer's creative practice, Dodolab, and the ways in which her work conceptualizes, engages, and challenges conventional notions of power, place, and representation.

Dancing on the Edges of History, but Never Dancing Alone

2018 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Barbara Ransby
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
African Descent ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Black Female ◽  
Institutional Racism ◽  
First Century ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
And Gender

In this chapter the author reflects on what it means to be a black female historian in the twenty-first century. She challenges those who argue that it should simply mean being a good scholar and that notions of race and gender are anachronisms. She draws from her personal experiences in graduate school and in the academy as well as those of many other female historians of African descent to reflect on the slow and erratic progress but also persistent, intractable prejudice augmented by decades of institutional racism. She also elaborates on the significance of political activism, parenting, and mentors to her work and her life.

Allyship and solidarity, not therapy, in child and youth mental health: Lessons from a participatory action research project with psychiatrized youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Liegghio
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Social

While globally advances have been made to recognize children as social actors in their own right, for psychiatrized young people their experiences of distress are often seen as a limitation and thus used as a justification for denying their meaningful participation in matters of concern to their lives. However, what would it mean if ‘mental illness’ was not seen as a ‘limitation’, but rather as an ‘epistemological position’ from which the social world is experienced, understood and acted upon? What would it mean if our theories about ‘distress’ and ‘helping’ were premised on the subjugated knowledges of psychiatrized children and youth? The consumer/survivor-led research movement has made significant gains in answering these questions for the adult, but not necessarily for the child and youth mental health field. The purpose of this article is to critically examine the significance of psychiatrized young people setting and executing their own research and, ultimately, practice agendas. Presented are the outcomes of an evaluation of a participatory action research project examining the stigma of mental illness conducted with seven psychiatrized youth, 14 to 17 years old. The outcomes suggest our roles as practitioners and researchers need to shift from being ‘agents’ working on behalf of to ‘allies’ working in solidarity with young people to change the social conditions of their marginalization. The article concludes with the limits of consumer/survivor-led research for addressing adultism and, instead, ends with a call for decolonizing children’s mental health.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Erickson-Schroth ◽  
Antonia Barba
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Barriers To Treatment ◽  
Clinical Issues ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Gender

Although discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity is more prevalent in the media now than ever before, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population continues to encounter stigma, disproportionately high rates of trauma, and a resulting increased risk for developing mental illness. These factors, together with a conflicted history with the field of psychiatry, can create barriers to treatment that require practitioners to be active in their approach to providing LGBTQ-inclusive care. This chapter uses case examples to illustrate the range of psychosocial and clinical issues experienced by this population and suggests approaches for improving clinical care. It also discusses strategies for creating safe and LGBTQ-affirming environments.

scholarly journals Discrimination of Various Vulnerable Groups - Perception Among the Students of the Faculty of Engineering (“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu)

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Sorina Corman ◽  
Raluca Sassu ◽  
Mihaela Bucuţă ◽  
Silviu Morar ◽  
Alina Ungureanu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
International Level ◽  
Business Ethics Education ◽  
Roma Population

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to highlight students’ perception of the Faculty of Engineering concerning discrimination, particularly discrimination against certain vulnerable groups. This issue is part of a broader research that aims to assess the attitude of students towards discrimination.The method used in the study is questionnaire-based survey. The questionnaire includes scales and subscales for measuring the attitudes of subjects, their emotions, cognitions and behaviors in relation to discrimination in general, and specifically in relation to certain vulnerable groups such as the Roma population, people with HIV/AIDS, people with a different sexual orientation or people with disabilities and mental illness.The main results of our research have demonstrated that the students from engineering believe that there is discrimination within society, including at the level of educational institutions; the most discriminated category is Roma population.These results reflect the importance of training engineering students in the field of ethics and non-discrimination. We conclude that there is a need of such courses in the context of promoting inclusive societies and of the rebirth of business ethics education at an international level.

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