The Effect of Self-management of University Taekwondo Demonstration Members on Exercise Stress and Performance

Previous research in sociology has shown that what is considered as sanity or mental health is described according to a social ideal. Mental health problems have been theorized as a deviance from such norms. Depression, in particular, has been the object of sociological contemplation due to its divergence from a Western social normativity focused on functionality, adaptation and productivity. This research adds to this body of work on depression as a deviation from social norms. It seeks to address a gap within the literature, by exploring the ways in which the “post-depressive” state may be defined in accordance with social norms. As such, it analyzes the links between “post-depression” and normality, from the perspective of individuals having lived with depression. 46 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Canadians individuals who have experienced depression. Results from our content analysis show that the absence of depression was often synonymous with normality and characterized by the following dimensions: a positive attitude; the potential to take action; functionality and performance; self-management; a positive relationship with others; and the notion of meaningful projects. Our results show that participants do not define the absence of depression following psychiatric or clinical indicators, as recorded in the DSM, and that they do not consider it to be a return to an anterior, pre-depression, state. Rather, post-depression is idealized, perceived as a state of unfailing conformity to social expectations and norms.

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Novas formas associativas na produção recente de moradia social no Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais ◽

10.22296/2317-1529.2013v15n2p77 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 77 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Camila Moreno de Camargo

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Housing Policy ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Urban Space ◽

Social Relations ◽

Self Management ◽

Second Phase ◽

Housing Production ◽

Brazilian Government ◽

And Performance

O presente artigo aborda aspectos relacionados à produção habitacional da modalidade “Entidades” do programa Minha Casa, Minha Vida, a partir de observações de campo. Pretende-se elaborar uma chave de leitura que destaque, no contexto de atendimento do programa federal mencionado, as entidades organizadoras e os diferentes graus de vinculação e relação que estabelecem com os movimentos de luta por moradias nacionais, a sociedade e o próprio Estado. Tais questões vêm se construindo e nos mostram certa urgência de análise e pesquisas mais aprofundadas, no sentido de avançar na discussão acerca da produção habitacional por meio da autogestão no Brasil, visto que, ainda que inexpressivo do ponto de vista quantitativo e em comparação com a produção mais massiva empreendida pelo mercado, ela nos revela uma série de transformações que vem redefinindo as relações sociais e a produção do espaço urbano contemporâneo. Palavras-chave: habitação de interesse social; Minha Casa, Minha Vida; entidades; movimentos sociais; política habitacional. Abstract: In response to the global economic crisis of 2009, the brazilian government launched the Minha Casa, Minha Vida – MCMV program, with the purpose of producing one million houses in the country. In its second phase, currently the program aims to produce another two million housing in the country. This production occurs by means partnership among actors at the various political, commercial, social and voluntary levels. In this context, this article aims to develop a new key for reading the entities responsible for organising the construction of the project contracted and the different degrees of attachment and relationship they establish with the national fight for housing movements, the society and the state itself, in the composition of demand and performance location. Such questions show some urgency in the analysis and further research for advancing in discussion about housing production through self-management in Brazil, it reveals a series of transformations that has been redefining social relations and production of contemporary urban space. Keywords: social interest housing; “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”; entities; social movements; housing policy.

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Self-Management—Communications as Listening: Presentation, Electronic and Web-Based, and Performance Feedback

Developing Human Service Leaders ◽

10.4135/9781506330389.n15 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 245-278

Keyword(s):

Performance Feedback ◽

Self Management ◽

Web Based ◽

And Performance ◽

Management Communications

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How mHealth can facilitate collaboration in diabetes care: qualitative analysis of co-design workshops

BMC Health Services Research ◽

10.1186/s12913-020-05955-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Meghan Bradway ◽

Rebecca L. Morris ◽

Alain Giordanengo ◽

Eirik Årsand

Keyword(s):

Data Sharing ◽

Diabetes Care ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

End Users ◽

Self Management ◽

Afternoon Session ◽

Data Types ◽

Joint Workshop ◽

And Performance ◽

Management Recommendations

Abstract Background Individuals with diabetes are using mobile health (mHealth) to track their self-management. However, individuals can understand even more about their diabetes by sharing these patient-gathered data (PGD) with health professionals. We conducted experience-based co-design (EBCD) workshops, with the aim of gathering end-users’ needs and expectations for a PGD-sharing system. Methods N = 15 participants provided feedback about their experiences and needs in diabetes care and expectations for sharing PGD. The first workshop (2017) included patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) (n = 4) and general practitioners (GPs) (n = 3). The second workshop (2018) included patients with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (n = 5), diabetes specialists (n = 2) and a nurse. The workshops involved two sessions: separate morning sessions for patients and healthcare providers (HCPs), and afternoon session for all participants. Discussion guides included questions about end-users’ perceptions of mHealth and expectations for a data-sharing system. Activities included brainstorming and designing paper-prototypes. Workshops were audio recorded, transcribed and translated from Norwegian to English. An abductive approach to thematic analysis was taken. Results Emergent themes were mHealth technologies’ impacts on end-users, and functionalities of a data-sharing system. Within these themes, similarities and differences between those with T1D and T2D, and between HCPs, were revealed. Patients and providers agreed that HCPs could use PGD to provide more concrete self-management recommendations. Participants’ paper-prototypes revealed which data types should be gathered and displayed during consultations, and how this could facilitate shared-decision making. Conclusion The diverse and differentiated results suggests the need for flexible and tailorable systems that allow patients and providers to review summaries, with the option to explore details, and identify an individual’s challenges, together. Participants’ feedback revealed that both patients and HCPs acknowledge that for mHealth integration to be successful, not only must the technology be validated but feasible changes throughout the healthcare education and practice must be addressed. Only then can both sides be adequately prepared for mHealth data-sharing in diabetes consultations. Subsequently, the design and performance of the joint workshop sessions demonstrated that involving both participant groups together led to efficient and concrete discussions about realistic solutions and limitations of sharing mHealth data in consultations.

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Programmed Instruction for Institutionalized Offenders: Contingency Management and Performance Contracts

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1968.22.3.957 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 957-964 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Carl B. Clements ◽

John M. McKee

Keyword(s):

Test Performance ◽

Contingency Management ◽

Self Management ◽

Programmed Instruction ◽

Baseline Phase ◽

Performance Contracts ◽

Work Area ◽

Management Procedures ◽

Contractual Agreements ◽

And Performance

Contractual agreements and contingency management procedures were used in an attempt to increase the productivity of 16 prison inmates studying programmed educational materials. Programmed instruction requires that S respond in a verbal (written) manner to specially constructed questions and/or statements. A question or statement and its corresponding response constitute a “frame.” Ss agreed to complete a progressively greater number of frames per week during an E-management phase. Work was assigned daily by means of a performance contract. During a subsequent self-management phase Ss contracted with themselves to produce more frames than they had completed during the baseline. Following completion of a unit of work during the E-management and self-management phases, S was allowed a 15-min. period in which he could either select an item from a reinforcement menu or opt to return to the study area. Under contingency-management procedures Ss successfully completed the work assigned at first by E and later by themselves. Increased amounts of work were accompanied by greater work efficiency; total time in the work area per day decreased, and the number of frames completed per hour increased. Test performance was better during the contingency-management phases than in the baseline phase.

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Policy-based techniques for self-managing parallel applications

The Knowledge Engineering Review ◽

10.1017/s0269888906000890 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 205-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

RICHARD ANTHONY

Keyword(s):

Empirical Investigation ◽

Environmental Variability ◽

Adaptive Strategy ◽

Parallel Applications ◽

Self Management ◽

Parallel Application ◽

Loosely Coupled ◽

Heterogeneous Nature ◽

Management Techniques ◽

And Performance

This paper presents an empirical investigation of policy-based self-management techniques for parallel applications executing in loosely-coupled environments. The dynamic and heterogeneous nature of these environments is discussed and the special considerations for parallel applications are identified. An adaptive strategy for the run-time deployment of tasks of parallel applications is presented. The strategy is based on embedding numerous policies which are informed by contextual and environmental inputs. The policies govern various aspects of behaviour, enhancing flexibility so that the goals of efficiency and performance are achieved despite high levels of environmental variability. A prototype self-managing parallel application is used as a vehicle to explore the feasibility and benefits of the strategy. In particular, several aspects of stability are investigated. The implementation and behaviour of three policies are discussed and sample results examined.

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