Play and Play Therapy

2012 ◽  
pp. 667-679
Author(s):  
Debra Leigh Walls Rosenstein
Keyword(s):  
Play Therapy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Melanie Klein ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday Stress

Play is the most powerful, the purest, and the most effective form of communication language and self-expression available (walls, 1982). The concept of therapy through play was derived from Melanie Klein (1921) and Anna Freud (1952). Unfortunately, play is a rapidly declining art due in large part to our ever-changing, fast paced and technologically driven society where recesses are being cut and children often turn to video games instead of the outdoors. With this in mind, incorporating play into the daily academic life of children is critical and vital for their total well being – physically, socially and intellectually. The focus of this chapter is to explain the importance of play, provide a review of the literature, and discuss the theoretical framework, techniques and current trends. Special attention will be focused on how educators can utilize play therapy to enhance self-esteem, social, interpersonal and problem solving skills and reduce the everyday stress that surrounds our children today.

The everyday lives of older adults with visual impairment: An occupational perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 266-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ann Nastasi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Object Identification ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Community Environments ◽  
Occupational Life

Introduction In order to live in a world created for the sighted, older adults with visual impairment must adapt to complete vision-dependent activities that require reading, writing, and object identification. The objective of this study was to explore the occupational lives of three older adults with visual impairment. Method A qualitative study with four interviews each and two observation sessions each was conducted with older adults with visual impairment. Data were analyzed by participant and across participants using open, axial, and selective coding. Codes were refined throughout the process yielding the themes of the study. Results Three themes emerged from the analysis: an occupational life of doing, an occupational life rich with well-being, and an occupational life filled with motivation for independence. Participants were highly motivated to complete their occupations and activities independently. Participation in activities in the home and community environments provided participants with life satisfaction and happiness. Through problem-solving skills, adaptations, and support of family and friends, participants successfully completed their desired occupations. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of motivation and support to facilitate participation in occupations in the home and community environments.

scholarly journals The Experience of Empathy in Everyday Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 095679762199520
Author(s):  
Gregory John Depow ◽  
Zoë Francis ◽  
Michael Inzlicht
Keyword(s):  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Trait Empathy

We used experience sampling to examine perceptions of empathy in the everyday lives of a group of 246 U.S. adults who were quota sampled to represent the population on key demographics. Participants reported an average of about nine opportunities to empathize per day; these experiences were positively associated with prosocial behavior, a relationship not found with trait measures. Although much of the literature focuses on the distress of strangers, in everyday life, people mostly empathize with very close others, and they empathize with positive emotions 3 times as frequently as with negative emotions. Although trait empathy was negatively associated only with well-being, empathy in daily life was generally associated with increased well-being. Theoretically distinct components of empathy—emotion sharing, perspective taking, and compassion—typically co-occur in everyday empathy experiences. Finally, empathy in everyday life was higher for women and the religious but not significantly lower for conservatives and the wealthy.

scholarly journals Post-treatment physiological effects, adverse effects and complications after the selected aesthetic treatments. Review of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Weronika S. Kononowicz ◽  
◽  
Beata Malara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Skin Defects

Aesthetic treatments are performed in order to improve physical attractiveness, well-being, and to eliminate skin defects. These procedures are also associated with physiological post-treatment effects, side effects and complications. The aim of the article was to discuss selected aesthetic treatments with their typical complications and to present the types of natural post-treatment effects and dangerous side effects. Knowledge of the causes and occurrence of undesirable effects after various aesthetic treatments allows to increase awareness of the risks associated with the performance of such procedures.

scholarly journals CURRENT TRENDS OF PLAY THERAPY IN JAPAN

PSYCHOLOGIA ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-246
Author(s):  
MINORU HATASE
Keyword(s):  
Play Therapy ◽  
Current Trends

scholarly journals The Causality of Deviation from the Optimal Parameters of a Regional Demographic System

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5559-5564
Keyword(s):  
Birth Rate ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Optimal Parameters ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Demographic Behavior ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Economic Well Being

This study is based on the identification of causal relationships that determine the current trends in the demographic system of the regions of the Russian Federation. The achievement of optimal parameters of the demographic system is a factor in the implementation of the principle of sustainable development of territories. Demographic behavior is explained from the perspective of an institutional approach and is defined as a reaction and adaptation to changes in the institutional environment. From the standpoint of determinism, the response of the demographic system can be defined as a consequence and causality as the influence of the institutional environment. An attempt to formalize conclusions about the influence of the institutional environment on the demographic parameters of the territory and the application of mathematical research methods have allowed the authors to conclude that the economic well-being of the population was the dominant factor in the increase of the birth rate.

TV und AV Journalismus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Elter
Keyword(s):  
Two Cultures ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Digital Journalism ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday World ◽  
Current Events ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Media ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
Media And Communication

TV-journalism is popular: three-fourths of all germans inform themselfs in this way about the current events: may it be politics, culture or sports. But this linerar leading medium is aging. Through the deep-reaching digitalisation of the everyday-world, the last stage of the media-convergence is reached. Television and Web are melting together, for excample on the tablet, the smartphone or media library. „TV+AV-Journalismus“ is the first German-speaking opus that reflects this development for full-video journalism in a theoretical and practical way. In volume I, the most important theories of media and communication are flowing into an universal model of the digital journalism. This model is then subsequently applied to current trends and developments in praxis within volume II. Moreover, the most vital genres and formats are introduced plus the structural and economic requirements for journalism are explained. Theory and praxis are adressed. The author dares to bridge the gap between these, still separeted „two cultures“.

The Everyday Ageism Scale: Development and Evaluation

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432110361
Author(s):  
Julie Ober Allen ◽  
Erica Solway ◽  
Matthias Kirch ◽  
Dianne Singer ◽  
Jeffrey T. Kullgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
National Poll ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Everyday Discrimination

Objectives Older adults regularly encounter age-based discrimination and stereotyping in their day-to-day lives. Whether this type of routine ageism negatively affects their health and well-being is unclear, in part due to the absence of validated scales that comprehensively measure this phenomenon and distinguish it from other sources of everyday discrimination. Methods This study describes the development of a novel scale, the Everyday Ageism Scale, and its psychometric evaluation using a nationally representative sample of US adults age 50–80 from the December 2019 National Poll on Healthy Aging ( N = 2012). Results Exploratory factor analysis indicated a 3-factor structure comprised of ageist messages, ageism in interpersonal interactions, and internalized ageism. The ten-item scale was psychometrically sound and demonstrated good internal reliability. Discussion Everyday ageism is a multidimensional construct. Preliminary evaluation of the Everyday Ageism Scale suggests its utility in future studies examining the prevalence of everyday ageism and its relationships with health.

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