Choosing It All

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
Simidele Dosekun
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Feminine Style ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Feminine Beauty

This chapter explores the women’s accounts of why they dress in spectacularly feminine style. It shows that they insist on “choice,” positioning themselves as thoroughly agentic, self-regarding and self-pleasing in what they represent as a pleasurable and empowering yet also laborious, disciplined and policed, and sometimes physically painful dress practice. Teasing out the content and contradictions of the women’s said choice, the chapter argues that what they are choosing is spectacular feminine beauty, and ultimately because it promises a subjective and embodied sense of self-confidence.

Developing a sense of self-reliance: caregivers of infants with single-ventricle heart disease during the interstage period

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Flerida Imperial-Perez ◽  
MarySue V. Heilemann ◽  
Lynn V. Doering ◽  
Jo-Ann Eastwood ◽  
Nancy A. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Home Monitoring ◽  
Palliative Surgery ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Second Surgery

Abstract Background: Caring for infants after the first-stage palliative surgery for single-ventricle heart disease bring challenges beyond the usual parenting responsibilities. Current studies fail to capture the nuances of caregivers’ experiences during the most critical “interstage” period between the first and second surgery. Objectives: To explore the perceptions of caregivers about their experiences while transitioning to caregiver roles, including the successes and challenges associated with caregiving during the interstage period. Methods: Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology guided the collection and analysis of data from in person or telephonic interviews with caregivers after their infants underwent the first-stage palliative surgery for single-ventricle heart disease, and were sent to home for 2–4 months before returning for their second surgery. Symbolic interactionism informed data analyses and interpretation. Results: Our sample included 14 parents, who were interviewed 1–2 times between November, 2019 and July, 2020. Most patients were mothers (71%), Latinx (64%), with household incomes <$30K (42%). Data analysis led to the development of a Grounded Theory called Developing a Sense of Self-Reliance with three categories: (1) Owning caregiving responsibilities despite grave fears, (2) Figuring out how “to make it work” in the interstage period, and (3) Gaining a sense of self-reliance. Conclusions: Parents transitioned to caregiver roles by developing a sense of self-reliance and, in the process, gained self-confidence and decision-making skills. Our study responded to the key research priority from the AHA Scientific Statement to address the knowledge gap in home monitoring for interstage infants through qualitative research design.

scholarly journals On the Hunt for Noble Savages: Romance Tourism and Ageing Femininities

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Ieva Stončikaitė
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Romance Tourism

Casual sexual encounters are closely wedded to leisure travel, and have received a lot of attention in both theoretical and empirical work. However, the relationship between romance tourism and female ageing remains largely under-researched. This article offers critical insights into the interplay of the successful ageing and sexual relationships abroad of older women travellers. It shows that romance tourism has both positive and negative implications for women’s physical and psychological health and wellbeing. Although exotic escapes help reconnect women with their youthful selves, enhancing a sense of self-confidence and challenging the narrative of decline, casual sex may also generate conflicting feelings once the travel romance is over. This article also encourages the rethinking of the complexities of ageing femininities, sexual activity and health risk in ‘silver’ romance tourism today. Additionally, it argues that the sexual health guidelines and information campaigns should adopt a more multifaceted approach to sexual expressions, and encourage alternative views towards sex and sexuality in later life, in order to not create a rather oppressive ideology among older women.

An Evaluation of a Treatment Package Designed for Women with a History of Sexual Victimization in Childhood and Sexual Dysfunctions in Adulthood

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Gazan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Relaxation Training ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Sexual Dysfunctions ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Erroneous Beliefs ◽  
Treatment Package

This study systematically evaluated the effectiveness of a treatment package developed for women who had been sexually victimized in childhood or adolescence and who were experiencing sexual dysfunctions in adulthood that they attributed to these earlier experiences. The treatment package consisted of three components: (a) relaxation training, (b) cognitive restructuring of the women's erroneous beliefs about sexual victimization, and (c) treatment of the sexual dysfunctions. A multiple-baseline across-subjects design was utilized (Hersen & Barlow, 1976). Participants included five women and their partners who voluntarily sought therapy from the Psychological Services Centre, University of Manitoba. Repeated measures were collected at specific intervals through the treatment and at follow-up using interview data and several standardized questionnaires. The results indicated the treatment package was successful in assisting the women in the study to achieve the first two goals of therapy: (a) to modify the woman's erroneous beliefs about sexual victimization, particularly those beliefs related to psychosexual functioning, and (b) to increase the woman's sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction. The treatment package intervention had only limited success in assisting the couple to achieve sexual satisfaction. Reasons for this may relate to (a) the women's reported increased sense of self-worth and self-confidence following the cognitive restructuring, (b) subsequent demands by the women for a more egalitarian sexual relationship, and (c) the incorrect assumption that partners were prepared to assist the women in achieving overall sexual satisfaction.

scholarly journals Mediators and Moderators of Reinforced Self-Affirmation as a Method for Reducing the Memory Misinformation Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malwina Szpitalak ◽  
Romuald Polczyk
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Misinformation Effect ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Witness Testimony ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Forensic Psychologists ◽  
External Sources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Memory Confidence

The misinformation effect occurs when an eyewitness includes information in his or her account that is incongruent with the event he or she witnessed, and stems from being exposed to incorrect external sources. This is a serious threat to the quality of witness testimony and to the correctness of decisions reached by courts. However, few methods have been developed to reduce the vulnerability of witnesses to misinformation. This article presents such a method, namely, reinforced self-affirmation (RSA), which, by increasing memory confidence of witnesses, makes them less inclined to rely on external sources of information and more on their own memory. The effectiveness of this method was confirmed in three experiments. It was also found that memory confidence, but not general self-confidence, is a mediator of the impact of RSA on misinformation effect (ME), and that contingent self-esteem and feedback acceptance, but not sense of self-efficacy or general self-esteem, are moderators of this impact. It is concluded that RSA may be a promising basis for constructing methods, which can be used by forensic psychologists in real forensic settings.

scholarly journals DOĞUMA HAZIRLIK SINIFLARININ KADINLARIN DOĞUM ŞEKLİ, KORKUSU VE DENEYİMİNE ETKİSİ: SİSTEMATİK DERLEME

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Gonca Buran ◽  
Zeliha Olgaç ◽  
Zekiye Karaçam
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Vaginal Delivery ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Childbirth Education ◽  
Narrative Methods ◽  
Self Confidence

This study was carried out to examine the effect of childbirth education classes on women's birth method, fear and experience. For this study, which is a systematic review, the studies were obtained by browsing PubMed, Cochrane, EBSCOhost and Google Academic databases in March-May 2018. Seventeen studies published in 2000-2018 were included in the study. The data were synthesized using meta-analysis and narrative methods. The total sample size of the studies is 17736. In this systematic review, a meta-analysis based on the results of six studies found that childbirth education classes increased the rate of vaginal delivery (OR: 1.59, p<0.01). The pooled results of five studies also showed that childbirth education classes were effective in reducing the fear of birth (MD: -23.41, p<0.001). In some studies, it had been reported that childbirth education classes positively affected the perception of pain, using of epidural analgesia, perceived support, satisfaction, self-efficacy, sense of self-confidence, adaptation process, sense of control, body awareness and use of alternative birth position. It had also been found that the childbirth education classes reduce anxiety, stress, medical intervention and drug use. As a conclusion, this systematic review showed that childbirth education classes reduce the fear of birth, and increase the vaginal delivery rate and positive birth experiences.

scholarly journals Readiness for action in emergency circumstances in professional activities of penal system employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 05006
Author(s):  
Tatiana Vasilievna Kirillova ◽  
Elena Sergeevna Lobanova ◽  
Vasily Vasilyevich Smykovsky ◽  
Maksim Sergeevich Machekhin
Keyword(s):  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Professional Communication ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Given

Correctional facilities are created to implement penalties for persons who have committed criminal offences. Consequently, persons held in them are often socially dangerous, criminally infected and inclined to deviant behavior. At the same time, the isolation, restriction of discretion and movement, the need to stay for a long time in a certain group of people are triggering factors and cause such conditions as boredom, irritation, apathy, depression, emotional instability. These circumstances do not exclude the occurrence of emergencies caused by a violation of standards and rules of conduct by persons sentenced to imprisonment, as evidenced by the facts recorded in penitentiary practice. Working in such conditions imposes special requirements to employees. In respect thereof, particular attention is paid to the need for penal system employees to be ready for emergency circumstances. This type of readiness is complex and includes motivationally interdependent will, cognitive and activity components. The formation of the given components depends on a number of external and internal factors. While preparing staff for professional tasks in emergency circumstances, it is rather important to pay attention not only to personal, but also to the collective readiness of staff units. The staff readiness to emergencies contributes to the effective service tasks execution, increases the sense of self-confidence in staff and their authority among colleagues, and affects the nature of professional communication.

Augmenting prehospital care

2020 ◽  
pp. jramc-2019-001320
Author(s):  
Yuval Glick ◽  
B Avital ◽  
J Oppenheimer ◽  
D Nahman ◽  
L Wagnert-Avraham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Decision Time ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Significant Prolongation ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
Patient Prognosis

IntroductionThe challenging environment of prehospital casualty care demands providers to make prompt decisions and to engage in lifesaving interventions, occasionally without them being adequately experienced. Telementoring based on augmented reality (AR) devices has the potential to decrease the decision time and minimise the distance gap between an experienced consultant and the first responder. The purpose of this study was to determine whether telementoring with AR glasses would affect chest thoracotomy performance and self-confidence of inexperienced trainees.MethodsTwo groups of inexperienced medical students performed a chest thoracotomy in an ex vivo pig model. While one group was mentored remotely using HoloLens AR glasses, the second performed the procedure independently. An observer assessed the trainees’ performance. In addition, trainees and mentors evaluated their own performance.ResultsQuality of performance was found to be superior with remote guidance, without significant prolongation of the procedure (492 s vs 496 s, p=0.943). Moreover, sense of self-confidence among participant was substantially improved in the telementoring group in which 100% of the participants believed the procedure was successful compared with 40% in the control group (p=0.035).ConclusionAR devices may have a role in future prehospital telementoring systems, to provide accessible consultation for first responders, and could thus positively affect the provider's confidence in decision-making, enhance procedure performance and ultimately improve patient prognosis. That being said, future studies are required to estimate full potential of this technology and additional adjustments are necessary for maximal optimisation and implementation in the field of prehospital care.

Fashioning Postfeminism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simidele Dosekun
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Global South ◽  
Cultural Critique ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Cultural Formation ◽  
Feminine Style ◽  
Feminine Beauty ◽  
Critical Consideration

This book concerns young, class-privileged women in the Nigerian city of Lagos who dress in a “spectacularly feminine” style characterised by the extravagant use and combination of normatively feminine technologies of dress: cascading hair extensions, false eyelashes and nails, heavy and immaculate makeup, and so on. Based on interviews with such stylized women, the book offers a critical consideration of the kinds of feminine subjectivities that they are performing and desiring. Tracing the repertoires of individualist choice, pleasure, entitlement and “can do” that run through the women’s talk, it argues that they subscribe passionately to the notion, or what the book frames more specifically as the “postfeminist promise,” that immaculate and spectacularized feminine beauty now constitutes and signals feminine power. Seeing themselves as “already empowered,” then, what the women do not see is the need for cultural critique, nor for feminism in the form of collective political struggle. The first book on postfeminism both as a cultural formation in the global South and as it interpellates black women, the work offers a groundbreaking new understanding of the culture as performative and transnationally mobile, and a richly theorised account of how women live, embody, and to some extent suffer it, in the flesh.

scholarly journals Training in Integrative Therapies Increases Self-Efficacy in Providing Nondrug Therapies and Self-Confidence in Offering Compassionate Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathi J. Kemper ◽  
Ellie Hill
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Compassionate Care ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Workforce Engagement ◽  
Integrative Therapies ◽  
The Impact

Background. Patient demand and clinician interest have driven professional training in integrative therapies, but few rigorous evaluations have been published. Methods. This project evaluated the proof of concept of training in acupressure, guided imagery, massage, and Reiki on clinicians’ sense of self-efficacy in providing nondrug therapies, self-confidence in providing compassionate care, and engagement with work. Results. Three out of 4 topics met minimum enrollment numbers; 22 of 24 participants completed follow-up as well as pretraining surveys. All would recommend the training to others and planned changes in personal and professional care. There were significant improvements in self-efficacy in using nondrug therapies, confidence in providing compassionate care, and unplanned absenteeism ( P < .05 for each). Conclusion. Training in integrative therapies is feasible and associated with significant improvements in clinicians’ sense of self-efficacy, confidence in providing compassionate care, and engagement with work. Additional studies are needed to determine the impact on quality of care and long-term workforce engagement.

scholarly journals A Trace of Motivational Theory in Education through Attribution Theory, Self-Worth Theories and Self-Determination Theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Van der Putten
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Education System ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Impact

If motivation is the desire to act or move toward a particular activity, task or goal, just what influences one’s desire to do so remains complex. The impact of social context, or even just the perception of social context, can greatly influence what one attributes to their sense of self, as conveyed in attribution theory (AT), their perception of self-worth, as conveyed in self-worth theories (SWT) and subsequently their mindset and their behaviour to act, as conveyed in self-determination theory (SDT). Even more unclear is exactly what role the education system plays in fostering/hindering one’s motivation to learn. It is clear however, that the structure of the education system, the influence of educator’s actions and attitudes (whether deliberate or inadvertent), and the nature of peer competition can act as detrimental forces on the impact of one’s sense of ability and self. Educational policy that is created based on generalizations about universally innate human abilities, needs and drives, makes the question of how to foster intrinsically motivated students in schools even more challenging. Outside school programs such as Motivate Canada, which aim to foster motivation in youth by strengthening their self-confidence, and in-school programs, such as Inter-A, which aims to generate intrinsic, mastery orientated motivation, may not address all the complex factors underlying student motivation, but are a good start. Subsequently, motivational theories, despite their inconclusiveness provide hope that for students to grow into emotionally well-adjusted adults prepared to constructively contribute to our societies.

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