scholarly journals Pastorale implikasies van die liggaam/denke verbintenis

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-793
Author(s):  
W Coetzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
The Will ◽  
Biophysical Method

Against the background of the body/mind connection the focus is firstly on the Biblical view of man as an unfragmented unity. Secondly the emphasis is on the historical roots of the so called biopsychosocial model that is replacing the traditional biophysical method. Furthermore, the focus is also placed on the possibility of physical problems as the result of unresolved emotions; the immune system as an important link within the body/mind connection; critical life changes; the role  of genetics as well as important decisions of the will; social  support and loneliness; and, the therapeutical value of writing or verbalization. In conclusion the emphasis is put on the pastoral implications of all the above mentioned factors and a plea is made for the inclusion of the pastoral/spiritual dimension in the biospychosocial model. This will lead to a fully multidisciplinary approach in the counseling of the traumatized and/or emotionally wounded person.

Material Culture and Embodiment in American Religion

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
American Religion ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Will

In recent years, the study of religion has undergone a useful materialization in the work of many scholars, who are not inclined to define it in terms of ideas, creeds, or doctrines alone, but want to understand what role sensation, emotion, objects, spaces, clothing, and food have played in religious practice. If the intellect and the will dominated the study of religion dedicated to theology and ethics, the materialization of religious studies has taken up the role of the body, expanding our understanding of it and dismantling our preconceptions, which were often notions inherited from religious traditions. As a result, the body has become a broad register or framework for gauging the social, aesthetic, and practical character of religion in everyday life. The interest in material culture as a primary feature of religion has unfolded in tandem with the new significance of the body and the broad materialization of religious studies.

The Fall

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Image
Keyword(s):  
Human Person ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interesting Discussion ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The Will

This chapter presents Hilary’s understanding of the Fall. Hilary uses the ‘historical’ Genesis narrative and apparently rejects Origen’s teaching of the Fall of souls into bodies. His most interesting discussion of the Fall (InMt 10.23–4) sees the scriptural narrative as an allegory for the components of the human person. At the Fall, the human is changed and now comprises body, soul, will, disobedience (infidelitas), and sin; however, Christ’s coming gives the body and soul dominance over the other three elements. This intriguing analogy demonstrates that for Hilary the first sin, disobedience, is also its own punishment (an idea later found in Augustine). The importance of infidelitas in Hilary’s works is demonstrated, as is the role of the will at the Fall.

scholarly journals A thematic study of the role of social support in the body image of burn survivors

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kellie Hodder ◽  
Anna Chur-Hansen ◽  
Andrea Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Body Image ◽  
South Australia ◽  
The Body ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Burn Survivors ◽  
Burns Unit

There is evidence that social support is important for the development and mainte- nance of body image satisfaction for people who have sustained burn injuries. This qualitative study explored the specific mechanisms by which social support impacts the body image satisfaction of burn survivors, drawing on nine participants’ in depth accounts. Participants were recruited through a burns unit at a public hospital in South Australia. Interviews were conducted with nine female burn survivors aged between 24 and 65 (mean age 44.6). Participants described their perceptions about their appearance post burn and their social support experiences. Four themes were identified: acceptance, social comparison, talking about appearance concerns, and the gaze of others. Results indicate that for these participants, social support was an important factor in coming to terms with changes in appearance, specifically support that helps to minimise feelings of difference. Unhelpful aspects of social support were also identified included feeling that suffering was being dismissed and resenting the perceived expectation from supports to be positive. Social supports are important to consider in relation to body image for those working with people who have survived burn injuries.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL PART IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN REHABILITATION OF CARDIAC PATIENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (8(38)) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Roksolana Nestеrak ◽  
Myroslava Gasyuk
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cardiac Patients ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Adherence To Treatment ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
New Strategies

The study was ained to analysis of the physical component in the complex rehabilitation of cardiac patients with acute coronary syndrome. Rehabilitation of patients with acute coronary syndrome was performed according to the author's "Program of Clinical and Psychological Rehabilitation of Cardiac Patients by Optimizing the Internal Health Image". The physical component in complex multidisciplinary rehabilitation of cardiac patients with acute coronary syndrome is necessary and provides the optimum possible recovery of the body, promotes adherence to treatment, provides awareness of the role of various disease development factors. In the course of physical rehabilitation, the patient chooses new strategies for recovery and preservation of health.

Attention in Augustine

Rhizomata ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-270
Author(s):  
Lenka Karfíková
Keyword(s):  
Sense Organ ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
The Body ◽  
External Object ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Will ◽  
With Memory

Abstract The article treats the role of attention (intentio or attentio) in Augustine’s analysis of sense perception, the notion of time, and the Trinitarian structure of the human mind. The term intentio covers a broad range of meanings in Augustine’s usage. Its most fundamental meaning is the life-giving presence of the soul in the body, intensified in attention’s being concentrated on a particular thing or experience; Augustine also uses the term attentio in this latter sense. According to his analysis of time, by way of attention (intentio or attentio), the soul fixes the present in which the future passes into the past. Due to the intention of the soul, the form abstracted from an external object is both imprinted into the sense organ and retained in the memory in order to be, by intention again, recalled before the sight of mind. As “the intention of the will” or just “the will”, attention connects intellectual understanding with memory. In Augustine’s eyes, attention has a different quality depending on the object it is oriented to, and a different intensity, ranging from inattentive distraction (distentio) to concentrated effort (intentio).

scholarly journals Critique of the concept of motivation and its implications for healthcare practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Augusto Negreiros Parente Sampaio ◽  
José Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita Ayres
Keyword(s):  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
The Body ◽  
Husserlian Phenomenology ◽  
Empirical Psychology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Background Motivation is a crucial and widespread theme within medicine. From clinical to surgical scenarios, acquiescence in taking a pill or coming to a consultation is imperative for medical treatment to thrive. The “decade of the brain” gave practitioners substantial neuroscientific data on human behavior, helped to explain why people do what they do and created the concept of “motivated brain”. Findings from empirical psychology stratified motivation into stages of change, which became more complex over the decades. This research seeks to improve the understanding of how people make decisions about their health, and how to better understand strategies and techniques to help them resolve ambivalence in an effective goal-oriented way. Methods We establish a dialogue with Ricoeur’s phenomenology of the will in order to understand the meaning of these scientific findings. Starting from Husserlian phenomenology, Paul Ricoeur developed his thoughts away from transcendental idealism, through emancipating the intentional structures of the will from the realm of perception. Results Through introducing the concepts of the voluntary and the involuntary, Ricoeur deviated from Cartesian dualism, which renders the body as an object body, a target of natural vicissitudes. The new dualism of the voluntary and the involuntary is dealt with by reference to what Ricoeur called the central mystery of incarnate existence, which considers man “double in humanity, simple in vitality”. This duality makes it possible to consider the brain to be the natural organ of behavior in the human body, and to use empirical psychology as a path to escape from shallow subjectivations of concepts. Conclusions Paul Ricoeur’s simplicity (or unity) of existence provides an invitation for medicine to rethink some of its philosophical assumptions, such that patients can be considered to be autonomous subjects with authorial life projects. Ricoeurian anthropology has a deep ethical impact on how medicine should use technology, which arises from empirical psychology findings. The usage of this new knowledge also needs to be thoroughly inspected, since it shifts the social role of medical science.

scholarly journals Role of Psychologist in Health Care

Pulse ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
AF Azad ◽  
A Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Back Ground ◽  
Physiological Research

Back ground: Recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research have led to a new way of thinking about health and illness. This conceptualization, which has been labeled the biopsychosocial model, views health and illness as the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g., genetic predisposition), behavioral factors (e.g., lifestyle, stress, health beliefs), and social conditions (e.g., cultural influences, family relationships, social support).Objectives: Create awareness about psychological support, understanding behavioral and contextual factors, preventing illness. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pulse.v6i1-2.20347 Pulse Vol.6 January-December 2013 p.37-40

scholarly journals Social support for pregnant women

2015 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Skurzak ◽  
Mariola Kicia ◽  
Krzysztof Wiktor ◽  
Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus ◽  
Henryk Wiktor
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
The Body ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
The People ◽  
Risk Pregnancy

Abstract This paper is a review of the literature concerning the importance of social support during pregnancy. Being pregnant is a special event in every woman’s life, since it is associated with physical and mental changes. In addition to being a physiological event, pregnancy creates a burden for the body and induces stress. Pregnant women tend to suffer from fear of the unknown, especially regarding: baby, themselves, course of delivery, the need for a new role – of a mother, economic, professional, emotional situations and relationship with partner. The diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy and the need for hospitalization increase the incidence of negative emotions and experiences such as: permanent anxiety about the child’s life, anger, sadness, doubts about the diagnosis, fear of pregnancy complications, frustration and dissatisfaction with the implementation of the functions of maternal concerns during the stay in the hospital. Anxiety and fear that appear during pregnancy affect the attitude of women in pregnancy and after childbirth. Various authors frequently use the term “pregnancy-specific stress”. There is a relationship between concerns, stress in the mother during pregnancy and lifestyle, duration of pregnancy, and the possible complications during intrauterine and neonatal life. Social support significantly influences the quality of coping with stress in pregnant women. If a pregnant woman receives strong social support from her network, the negative emotions and concerns would be reduced. Receiving support also boosts the chances of successful pregnancy completion. The people from the immediate social network of a pregnant woman, like their partner, spouse, family, friends, midwife, doctor, are the most vital source of support.

scholarly journals Statens livsnødvendige cirkulation: Handel som livsvigtigt princip for den moderne stat

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (124) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Mathias Hein Jessen
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Political ◽  
Modern State ◽  
The Will ◽  
Economic Thinking

The article analyzes the role of trade in the constitution of the modern state in 17th century England. The article focuses on the metaphor of the body politic and especially the ideas on circulation from William Harvey and how these can be used to analyze Thomas Hobbes’ ideas on trade and circulation in Leviathan and the economic thought of William Petty. Harvey’s thoughts on circulation were revolutionary and highly influential on the political and economic thoughts of the time. Even though Hobbes is mainly focused on law and sovereignty, he still characterizes circulation and trade as a vital motion, not subject to the will of the sovereign. Combined with his notion that the sovereign is the holder of an office, who must administer the wellbeing of the state, this opens up for the analysis that what the sovereign is administering is in reality the necessary motions of trade and the economy in general. This is also seen in one of the most prominent of the mercantilist economic thinkers of the age, William Petty, who in his economic thinking contributed to the constitution of the economy as a given field with a given logic which the ruler could not fundamentally change, but had to understand and act in accordance with in order to govern well.

Stress, Social Support and Biopsychosocial Dynamics in HIV-AIDS

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourens Schlebusch ◽  
Michael J. Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
South Africans ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hiv Aids

Research trends in psychosocial aspects of HIV-AIDS are reviewed, exploring the role of psychosocial cofactors in disease progression. This is undertaken within a biopsychosocial model and gives cognisance to the role of psychosocial stress, social support, and emotional adjustment. Research data from a study of biopsychosocial interrelationships in a sample of HIV-positive patients show a significant correlation between social support and emotional adjustment and that social support exerts a mediatory, stress-buffering effect in these patients. Some observations are made on aspects of the social conditions of South Africans with HIV-AIDS.

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