Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Inner self'

Thesis (M.F.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Art. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

Through the course of this semester I have been fortunate to partake in an Honors seminar directed to applying some of the fundamental principles of leadership theory in the lives of its students, specifically as it relates to the projects(business plans) we were completing in as part of the requirement for the Entrepreneurship program – for me, personally, it related to Pocket Pantry – a smartphone app designed to enhance and simplify the modern grocery shopping experience. The means to achieve this end were to observe and listen to an array of demonstrated Entrepreneurs (all of whom were UA graduates) and take note of the specific ingredients that they felt had contributed to their success as leaders and businesspeople. The lessons learned from these incredible speakers were enhanced using several key leadership surveys (i.e. the Big 5 Personality Test). The combination of these mediums led to a comprehensive leadership assessment, the distilled findings of which are reach and explored in the following Thesis paper.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 24, 2008). Advisor: Carolyn Kenny, Ph.D.. "A dissertation submitted to the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change Program of Antioch University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September, 2008."--from the title page. Includes bibliographical references (p.145-156).

South Asian women in the United Kingdom have shown higher rates of self-harm compared to their white counterparts and Asian men. However, only a few studies have attempted to use in-depth exploration on an individual level to understand the reasons behind this. The empirical study aimed to explore the subjective experience and meaning of self-harm from South Asian women’s perspectives. It sought to appraise how they understood and made sense of their experience and the factors contributing to their self-harm using a qualitative phenomenological methodology. Five South Asian women, representing a non-clinical sample, were interviewed and their accounts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA: Smith, 2008). Four master themes, highlighting the women’s experiences of self-harm, their understanding of the contributory factors, and their opinion of support services, emerged. In line with previous research, the study found self-harm to be a method of emotional regulation and a logical response to the distress these women faced in their lives. However, new meanings and understandings specific to South Asian women were also discovered. For instance, self-harm was perceived by these women as a friend; in other words, as a means of compensating for the loss of a visible companion in their lives. Self-harm’s covert style was acknowledged as a significant means of surviving within the context of South Asian culture. Most pertinent and embedded in the study’s findings was the concept of Family honour, otherwise understood as the South Asian cultural code of conduct and law of ‘Izzat’. The concept was recognised as a subtle yet pertinent and underlying influence behind why the women chose to self-harm. These findings have not been produced by previous research, bringing forth novelty to the field. Furthermore, self-harm was experienced as a double-edged sword; this was considered to maintain and perhaps explain the increased rate of suicide following self-harm in this population. Participants’ experiences and opinions of support services were also taken into account. Their suggestions and experience helped the study inform clinical practitioners working with South Asian women to approach interventions differently. Limitations to the study and recommendations for future research have also been outlined.

In the midst of honing my craft as an educator, this ethnographic narrative was done for the purposes of taking an introspective look at the many moving parts of becoming an effective educator as well as developing an ethnographic view of the students who will pass through my classroom during my tenure as an educator. This ethnographic narrative examines my individual background, the educational spaces within which I find myself, communities I serve, and the students I was given the privilege of building relationships with within the classroom. This project serves as an in-depth analysis of the implicit biases one might hold as a teacher and a vehicle for continual introspection on my part as an effective and culturally-aware educator.

This is a study at the interface of self, craft, and sustainability. It is a small part of a wider personal and social conjecture on the subject of ‘change ’ involving these three domains.This research develops the proposal that the success of a profound social change, which in our time pertains to the change towards sustainable societies, lies in the likeliness of self-transformation in individuals. Here the craft perspective is taken in order to link it to a large body of research in response to environmental and ethical concerns. However, unlike other object-oriented approaches with a similar purpose, the purpose of this research is to seek a greater contribution from craft practice when it is viewed as a transformation of the craftsperson. By referring to this human capacity, it argues, not only is crafting an inducement to self-transformation but also self-transformation can be regarded as a craft. To support this argument, material is drawn from the literature on craft, sustainability, philosophy of the self and social and developmental psychology. The historical and developmental formations of the key areas of the research are explored and psychological factors that motivate desirable ‘changes’ are identified. This exploration is then supported by interviews, personal narratives and the active participation of the researcher in the actual practice of craft. The research suggests that the state of self-actualization, where humanity reaches its fullness, is the destination to which the self needs to transform. It then traces elements involved in such a transformation back to their origin. This includes meanings and values leading to transformation, knowledge leading to meanings, experience leading to knowledge and the embodied connection between the self and the environment leading to experience. At the deepest level, it proposes a particular mode of relationship which is best described as craftsmanship or ‘the craft way of being.’ This process is also traced in the personal experience of the researcher.This thesis concludes with an explanation of the concept of ‘deep craft’. It proposes that the outcome of a deeper understanding of craft, which in effect widens the territory of craft activities, becomes manifest in the world in the form of ‘care taking’, essential for the ‘change’ towards more sustainable societies.

This study examined the relationship between participation in a culturally-based arts program and the self-efficacy, self-expression, and achievement motivation in at-risk youth attending Atlanta public schools. The theoretical base used to examine this relationship was grounded in the social cognitive. Interviews conducted with students and parents provided demographic information as well as data on the participation in a culturally-based arts program and the resulting effect on self-efficacy, self-expression, and achievement motivation. Participants included a sample of 108 students between 10 and 14 years of age (M = 11.6, SD = .90). The results of the ANOVA data analysis revealed significant mean differences in self-efficacy and self-expression between the culturally-based arts program participation intervention group and the control group. The analysis indicated no significant mean differences in achievement motivation. There were no significant mean differences in self-efficacy from the pretest and posttest between ages. However, there were significant mean differences in self-expression and achievement motivation scores from the pretests and posttests between ages. Social implications of the research revealed the impact of program involvement on the acceptance of diversity within adolescent development. Social change can happen as a result of this acceptance of diversity. With this knowledge, curricula developers and program implementers may better identify the negative views associated with free expression that have the potential to drive students toward a rejection of academic success or performance-avoidance in the educational environment.

My dissertation is a selection of essays that reflect upon human potential, particularly but not exclusively, within educational environments. I offer theory and practices that suggest that under the right conditions educators and students will move towards the far reaches of their own creative capacities. I offer my own experience and practice as an exemplar of possibilities. I make proposals about educators and education of educators that represent a paradigm shift from centralizing curriculum and content to focusing on care, nurturance, subjective and inter-subjective understanding, and development of educators. The reader is invited to see educators as central, and is encouraged towards the possibility that educators must be supported, encouraged, and cared for in order to support emergence of their vitality, first for themselves and subsequently for students. I outline an approach that puts human beings in educational environments first in practical and specific ways. Integration of personal experience and curriculum material is explicated. The importance of personal inner work for educators is highlighted. Inner Work is characterized as a personal and spiritual process. The claim that educators need to have group facilitation skills is made and evidence offered. Philosophical and theoretical background from education, eastern and western philosophy, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, process-oriented methods, and counselling psychology are drawn upon. The approach is holistic and systemic. The human is viewed as important but not separate from other living beings or the environment. The values of presence, care, and deep democracy underlie the ideas. The importance of relationality and I-Thou connection are explicated. The writing and research draws on a variety of qualitative approaches, including, living inquiry, autobiography, and self-study, as well as conceptual, narrative, poetic, auto-ethnographic, heuristic, and analytic methods. The material, personal, and ephemeral are investigated as integrated parts of the Dao-Field of education and life.

Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Sociology/Criminal Justice & Criminology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005.<br>"A thesis in criminal justice and criminology." Typescript. Advisor: Kristi Holsinger. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 27, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-95). Online version of the print edition.

The overall objective of this study was to identify the common characteristics that are present in the development of self—esteem among black males and to better understand the factors associated with their self-esteem. To attend to this objective the following variables were considered: self-esteem, family structure, peer group association, and personal areas of their lives. Consequently the following hypotheses were tested: 1.There is no statistical significant difference between children who live in public housing and children in non-public housing with reference to their self-esteem. 2. There is no statistical significant difference between children in non-public housing with reference to their peer group relationship. 3. There is no statistical significant difference between children who live in public housing and children in non-public housing with reference to their family support. The results of the t-Test analysis indicated that there is no statistical significant difference between the children living in public housing and the children living in non-public housing for all the three hypotheses tested. Contrary to the previous findings which indicated low self-esteem among Black males in public housing, the result of this study indicated higher levels of self-esteem among Black males living in public housing. The reason for this may be attributed to the interventive program sponsored by Clark Atlanta School of Social Work which provides innovative exercises, workshops, group discussions, games, and fields trips to the Black males that participates in this study.

Thesis (MA (VA)(Visual Arts))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>The purpose of the thesis is to contextualise my art works in theoretical terms. As counterpart to my art practice and consistent with its subject matter, the thesis deals with the handbag as subject and investigates the formation of an idiomatic, metaphorical or symbolic visual language that emerges in my handbag Collections. The thesis traces how such language pertains to social, cultural and personal history as sources of its conception to also serve as foundation for the conception of my art works. Its central questions are formulated around ‘how’, thus investigating the formative, the developmental and the process. Its thinking is relativist, embracing the belief that no option is absolute, but rather as susceptible to change as it is open to interpretation. As events of change and change inducing events, developmental processes are posed in a framework of generative structuralism that comprises the internalisation of externalities and the externalisation of internalities. As such it structures an attempt to define the genesis of my aesthetic idiolect in and from a cultural context. The thesis therefore posits its secondary aims as investigative rather than determinist of how social and cultural context informs my art-making processes and how generation and development occur in my art-making processes in order to determine how these factors contribute to a personal voice becoming evident in my work. My art practice and art works serve as primary sources of information and the thesis partially serves as a process of textual re-articulation of my own art-making practices to reveal the relationships between habitus as generative structure, enaction of identity and aesthetic idiolect.

This novel is about Jess, a left wing trade unionist and student lawyer who, caught up in a fast-paced Sydney inner city life, goes to a hypnotist in an effort to drink less and instead has an experience of God. Her conscious self cannot cope with this and she represses it, but it still exists in a deeper part of her and the novel tracks the path by which she finally hauls and hacks her way back to it. The novel is divided into four parts, David, Jane, Padma and Jess. The first three parts tell of her emotionally dependencies on other people, and in the last section she finally finds a kind of hard-won peace and self-acceptance, and a love of God that is rooted in the small joys of her daily life.<br>Master of Arts (Hons) (Creative Writing)

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This thesis develops a new way of engaging emotion in a large organisation and develops a new form of organisational practice entitled “Reflective Emotional Practitioning.” The thesis argues that the concept of emotional intelligence as accepted in organisations represses rather than embraces emotion. The conceptual framework centres the inquiry on the problem of organisational power as an obstacle to the creative harnessing of emotion at work. The thesis reverses the organisations’ centralised power by placing the individual at the centre so that the individual learns to reflect upon and embrace emotion in collective and self inquiry, and demonstrates how this may lead to creative and ethical work. The thesis is divided into two parts: in the first, the author carried out action research workshops on emotional intelligence and performance management, but it became clear that power was an issue, repressing emotions. But through reflection this became a turning point after the author engaged in deep self-reflection in meditative supervisions, writing and reflective practice. This enabled the author to process experience into a methodological shift towards a self-ethnography and research action applied to the work situation in what became called Reflective Emotional Practitioning (REP). The REP model was used as a tool to venture further on a visceral pathway, uncovering the author’s relationship with emotion. The author began to recognise that the self and the other could be held in reflexive practice and writing. In the second part evidence comes through further vignettes representing the author’s pathway and shone a light on a dialogical process between the self and others. Freedom and space were revealed and the research began to demonstrate the inner- and outer-selves working through emotion. Through this process emotion became conceptualised as “felt energy”. Felt energy was triggered by the outer world, but also a place of knowing from which further action could be taken, and then further reflected upon. The reflexive writing process used vignettes to illustrate how emotion was engaged, fed back and stored as a “return to the self” in a continual learning process. Through illuminating a new way of both conceptualising and working with emotions, the author shows how, over several years of reflective practice, the method underpinned some major innovative and sustainable work projects. The thesis concludes by defining the contribution of this research as a transferable approach that can engage emotion in self-empowered actions within an organisation’s power regime. The contribution is to both methodology and knowledge about the way emotion is experienced, used and conceptualised, although the author acknowledges and discusses the difficulty of producing knowledge through writing the self, particularly within the confines of a large public sector organisation. However, the struggle to write the self has produced a rich text that conveys the possibilities of transferring the approach for other organisational researchers and reflective practitioners engaging emotion in their different personal and organisational contexts.

This thesis develops a new way of engaging emotion in a large organisation and develops a new form of organisational practice entitled “Reflective Emotional Practitioning.” The thesis argues that the concept of emotional intelligence as accepted in organisations represses rather than embraces emotion. The conceptual framework centres the inquiry on the problem of organisational power as an obstacle to the creative harnessing of emotion at work. The thesis reverses the organisations’ centralised power by placing the individual at the centre so that the individual learns to reflect upon and embrace emotion in collective and self inquiry, and demonstrates how this may lead to creative and ethical work. The thesis is divided into two parts: in the first, the author carried out action research workshops on emotional intelligence and performance management, but it became clear that power was an issue, repressing emotions. But through reflection this became a turning point after the author engaged in deep self-reflection in meditative supervisions, writing and reflective practice. This enabled the author to process experience into a methodological shift towards a self-ethnography and research action applied to the work situation in what became called Reflective Emotional Practitioning (REP). The REP model was used as a tool to venture further on a visceral pathway, uncovering the author’s relationship with emotion. The author began to recognise that the self and the other could be held in reflexive practice and writing. In the second part evidence comes through further vignettes representing the author’s pathway and shone a light on a dialogical process between the self and others. Freedom and space were revealed and the research began to demonstrate the inner- and outer-selves working through emotion. Through this process emotion became conceptualised as “felt energy”. Felt energy was triggered by the outer world, but also a place of knowing from which further action could be taken, and then further reflected upon. The reflexive writing process used vignettes to illustrate how emotion was engaged, fed back and stored as a “return to the self” in a continual learning process. Through illuminating a new way of both conceptualising and working with emotions, the author shows how, over several years of reflective practice, the method underpinned some major innovative and sustainable work projects. The thesis concludes by defining the contribution of this research as a transferable approach that can engage emotion in self-empowered actions within an organisation’s power regime. The contribution is to both methodology and knowledge about the way emotion is experienced, used and conceptualised, although the author acknowledges and discusses the difficulty of producing knowledge through writing the self, particularly within the confines of a large public sector organisation. However, the struggle to write the self has produced a rich text that conveys the possibilities of transferring the approach for other organisational researchers and reflective practitioners engaging emotion in their different personal and organisational contexts.

Thesis (Ph.D. in Nursing) -- University of Colorado Denver, 2008.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-141). Free to UCD Anschutz Medical Campus. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;

Efforts to enhance the function of counselling departments in primary and middle schools are emphasised in Taiwan; however, emotion-management related courses are haphazard and rare. This study was concerned with investigating to what extent a process oriented drama program might be able to facilitate the inner change of students, especially those students with emotion management problems or the children with low self confidence. The study adopted case study methodology to identify and describe the dramatic phenomena in two separate cases. It aimed to interpret the natural settings of both workshop series and to draw out connections and contradictions. Two stages of analysis were developed in relation to drama concepts and theories. Stage 1 applied the perspectives of personal engagement (Warner), contextual frames (O’Toole), and emotion (Bolton) for analysing drama activities and participants’ varied engagements in each workshop. Stage 2 focused on the themes drawn from the datum in each case, including individuals’ reflections about the dramatic experiences or their regulations after the drama lessons. The participants were primary aged students at a local school in Tainan, Taiwan. Many of the participants in both cases had been identified by their regular teachers having emotional or behavioural problems at school or at home. As the teacher researcher, I designed a drama workshop series I called “Inner Change”, and facilitated two iterations of the workshops. I drew on Warner’s (1995) categories of engagement as well as theories of drama and counselling, emerging from my literature review within the analysis process to consider how might process drama afford opportunities for learning to manage personal emotion and behaviour, and what challenges and constraints emerge when conducting such a program with children who were identified as impulsive or emotional? I also critically reflected on my own processes of design and facilitation such as the decisions and mistakes made in the drama activities and my struggles in the implementations. Reflections of the study demonstrated why I felt regretted in some workshops and how my mindset was shifted and extended after the program. Findings indicate that participant engagement was related to enhanced self--awareness and personal emotion--management, particularly when they engaged as processors or participant--observers in accordance with Warner’s engagement categories. Participants’ levels of engagement changed in the drama processes as the flexible structure of this program allowed opportunities for the students to interact and shift their engagement during workshops. Limitations of this study included the short time frame for the workshop series, and my relatively new experience in planning and facilitation of drama workshops. This study may provide other drama educators with new insights in the identification of participants’ engagement; additionally, new beginners in drama education may learn from this study and, simultaneously, avoid the mistaken decisions as I made in both drama practices.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>School Educ & Professional St<br>Arts, Education and Law<br>Full Text

This thesis contends that trainee counsellors are disempowered when they are expected to conform to the patterns provided by the trainer or agency. Empowerment results from the encouragement of the trainee to develop his/her own eclectic approach to their counselling, and this is only possible if a range of elective training programs are made available. This thesis also contends that no one agency or trainer is in a position to provide such a range of counselling approaches, and trainees should be motivated to use the service of other agencies, as well as being involved in independent studies. This inquiry proposes that one of the most effective foundations for the development of effective counsellors is the active encouragement of the trainee's self-awareness and the exploration of the trainee's inner life. If the success or failure of counselling depend on the ability of the counsellor to create an environment in which the client can explore his/her own issues, then it requires counsellors who have been empowered to make this discovery for themselves. This thesis also shows the author's own transformational journey, from a directed learner to a self-directed learner, and this paradigm shift in his own life has become the motivating force for empowering others to move into a position where they can exercise their own choices, and be empowered through participatory and transformative learning approaches.<br>Master of Science (Hons)

Philosophy, art and leadership have been considered in previous studies, nevertheless rarely have all three been blended in one. The aim of this thesis resided in the attempt to build an unfixed conceptual net, having the ambition to shed light on the innermost parts of the leader; by collecting insights from philosophical notions, the figure of an artistic leader arises. The personal importance of this work was rooted in the hope of a leadership sourced in an inner reflection. Through qualitative research, we made use of concepts derived from Kant, Foucault, Nietzsche, Heidegger and several other thinkers, targeting the ontological, sensible, and reflecting centers of the figure of the artistic leader; which ultimately was completed by primary data retrieved from experts. At the heart of the thesis, namely the fourth strand, these thoughts are developed in two volumes. The first regards the emergence of the artistic leader, a concise ontology of this figure, the suggestion of the paramount importance played by self-reflection and the ‘care’ as found in a Foucauldian understanding, as well as the mechanisms of the mind of the leader. The eventual practices of the artistic leader are developed in the second volume, seen as expressive channels through which this figure could interact with the environment. The thesis - by its very nature - is open ended, as it is a suggestion of a figure drawing its relevance in the continual constructive thinking this work hopes to generate in the reader.

Research has demonstrated the importance of early social interactions in the development of self-talk. It does not appear, however, that existing research has examined the relationship between parents' self-talk and the self-talk that develops in their children. This study examined the relationship between self-talk in parents and their college-age children. Results revealed significant relationships between students' and parents' positive self-talk, but not negative self-talk. Marginal relationships were found for self-talk ratios (ratios of positive and negative self-talk). Maternal communication was found to mediate the relationship between students' and their mothers' positive self-talk. Different trends also were noted between genders. Finally, self-talk was related significantly to depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Overall, results of this study emphasize the relationship between parents' and their children's positive self-talk and the importance of self-talk in psychological functioning. These findings lend promise to the possibility of modifying parents' self-talk and communication as a way to modify their children's self-talk and psychological functioning.<br>M.S.<br>Department of Psychology<br>Arts and Sciences<br>Psychology

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the dynamic transformations of the bodyself- society relationship as storied by 'Western' practitioners in Modem Yoga and Meditation. The study drew upon three philosophical approaches that belong to the interpretive paradigm: the social phenomenological, the hermeneutical and the social constructionist approaches. The use of life history and ethnographic research strategies allowed for the performance of a combination of purposive, opportunistic, snowball and discrepant case sampling that led to conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with ten long-term (studying and practising regularly for more than two years) Yoga and Meditation practitioners/teachers. The practi~es included a variety of traditions like Vipassana Meditation, Zen, Neo-Advaita, Asthanga Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and others. The study used categorical-content and categorical-form analyses to 'bracket' the whats and the hows of the informants' stories respectively. The findings are represented through . . predominantly modified realist tales, which are accompanied by confessional tales and a five-part creative fiction. The fmdings highlight important issues regarding the participants' beginnings with their practices, which are marked by a desire for some form of transformation that broadly alluded to an increased sense of self-reflexivity and resisting feelings of anomie. Also, they illustrate Modem Meditation and Yoga practices as invented traditions, and thus a complex and dynamic socio-cultural fusion of Asian and Western philosophies and pedagogies that transforms in historical time. Furthermore, long-term engagement with Yoga and Meditation practice is suggestive to involve cultivation of an ethical lifestyle and a somaesthetic, kinaesthetic inner bodymind (high degree ofbodymind unity). This set of somatic pedagogies potentially transforms the practitioners' existential feelings, thus moving their body-selves from a restrictive emotional habitus to it more productive one and altering their sense of self, time, space and relationality (body-selfother). The findings also highlighted how the informants tap into an AsianlWestern fusion of embodied metaphorical narrative resourses, and how they (re)create these narratives in the process of constructing narrative coherence. Finally, the implications of this study's findings suggest that al} the above mundializations in the phenomenal, subjective, social and narrative worlds of the informants culminate in three key mundializations of their socialities (spiritual hierarchies, charisma and achievement) and two key mundializations of their body-selves (disciplined liberal body-selves and samadhic body-selves).

The complexity of the sustainability challenge calls for participatory processes to support the large-scale collaboration across sectors and disciplines that is needed. Besides tools and methodologies to design these processes, the inner world of sustainability practitioners facilitating them is a key element for their success. This thesis focuses on the role of self- awareness for sustainability practitioners based on their stories of having to adapt their process design, their personal practices and advice they give. Using semi-structured interviews with facilitators who use Theory U and/or Art of Hosting methodologies to facilitate participatory processes for sustainable development, we found that self-awareness supports sustainability practitioners in practical terms on the spot, in their leadership development and in the effectiveness of their work. Moreover, through self-awareness, they recognize the importance of diversity and trust, essential elements for the adaptive capacity of the group. This recognition could contribute to more successful processes and outcomes, making practitioners' work and contribution to addressing the sustainability challenge more effective. The potential analogy between inner worlds and healthy social systems poses an interesting angle for further research. Is there such a thing as an inner dimension of sustainability? How does self-awareness relate to that?

The extant vernacular literature of the Anglo-Saxons bears witness to a profound and widespread interest in the inner domain of human experience, as can be seen in the great variety of vocabulary relating to inner faculties and processes and in the diversity of recurring fonnulas, expressions and metaphors depicting the inner life. This thesis examines the remarkably innovative conceptions and expressions of the inner self which we find in a number of Cynewulfian and Alfredian texts. Part One of this thesis considers the diverse approaches to matters of soul, mind and self in a number of disciplines in order to introduce the relevant tenninology and accompanying critical controversies. In Chapter One, I argue for a definition of the inner self as the centre of agency, experience and identity and consider the way in which attention to the inner domain is a useful henneneutic tool for the analysis of anthropological and psychological ideas in the Western intellectual tradition. Chapter Two introduces the relevant Old English vocabulary in reference to divergent critical approaches and the persistent difficulties which we face when trying to analyse AngloSaxon anthropological and psychological ideas in tenns of a rigid soul-body or spiritmatter dualism. Chapter Three examines how attention to the inner domain allows us to appreciate the diversity of vernacular accounts of psychological workings and of differing anthropological schemata in Old English literature. In Parts Two and Three, I examine a number of texts, both in poetry and prose, which explore the inner self in reference to larger ideas about human nature and human purpose and which engage with the implications of Latin Christian anthropological ideas. In Part Two, Chapters Four. Five and Six examine Cynewulfs Christ II, Juliana and Elene respectively. with particular emphasis on the way in which the poet underpins his didactic instructions with of human nature, human types and individual characters. In Part Three, Chapters Seven and Eight explore the systematic approach to psychological and anthropological ideas in the Alfredian 'philosophical' works, namely the Consolation and Soliloquies. respectively. In all of these case studies, I focus on the way in which the internal coherence of ideas in the texts (and in the respective canons) informs the authors' constructions of interiority and in doing so illustrate that a philosophical approach to both poetic and prose texts allows a wider appreciation of innovative thought and expression relevant to human and personal identity in the Anglo-Saxon period.

This research analyses Qing women's writings and paratexts to explore how women applied their agency to re-shape the nature of everyday practice in the boudoir, arguing that dutiful activities were not only responsibilities for the fulfillment of womanhood, but also a location for self-expression and a channel to cross the boundary of private sphere and public society. The main body of this study examines activities concerning rong 容 (appearance) and gong 功/工 (achievements/work), the practical aspects in side 四德 (four womanly virtues) defined in the Confucian values. In the part about women's appearance, this research will examine women's self-adornment and looking in the mirror, and in the part about women's work, it focuses on garment making and cooking. On this basis, this study rethinks the connotation of "four virtues," and further explores women's agency manifested in their everyday details in the late imperial period. Scholars in gender history and women's literature have conducted fruitful studies on multiple aspects of women's daily life, such as women's production and consumption, material life, household duties, literary pursuit, leisure activities, and social communications. This research attempts to examine a less-studied aspect of women's self-representation: their subjective experience in the practical aspects of the "four female virtues." How did common practices about rong and gong relate to women's opinion on body and material, inspire their emotions, and reflect their rich inner reality? How did women empower themselves through these everyday activities and in turn transform duties into a platform of self-construction and self-expression? This research focuses on the Qing dynasty, a transitional period in history that bridged traditional and modern China, to explore how women's agency was constructed in, manifested through, and embedded in the commonest everyday domestic practices. Specifically, this research focuses on four particular activities that represented rong and gong: self-adornment, looking in the mirror, garment making, and food management. I argue that women in the Qing dynasty not merely fulfilled but also tactfully transformed the Confucian expectation of "four virtues" through common practices in the everyday, and in the meanwhile, they empowered themselves by creating personally meaningful worlds within the inner quarters.

O presente estudo teve por objetivo explorar os diferentes estilos de conversa interna (CI) ou reflexividade, definidos como comunicativo, autônomo, metarreflexivo, e fraturado. Os autorrelatos da experiência da conversa interna foram obtidos por entrevistas com sete mulheres e três homens, de formações e ocupações diversificadas, com idade variando entre 24 e 63 anos. Os relatos foram analisados e interpretados de acordo com a orientação fenomenológica. A descrição focalizou a apreensão do fenômeno em uma estrutura simples e básica de um agente primário (capacitações cognitivas gerais e compartilhadas): quando ocorre, como se realiza, sobre quais conteúdos, para que serve e em que ajuda. A redução apontou três especificações de um agente corporativo (organizado e articulado): 1) quanto à experiência em si (comum, natural, habitual); 2) quanto à generalidade e à normalidade (não seria coisa de louco)? e 3) quanto à forma (se metódica e organizada; se espontânea e quase inconsciente). Interpretou-se que os modos de reflexividade, enquanto traslados qualitativos interculturais e atemporais sustentam-se em sua replicabilidade, com possíveis variações em implementações, preferências e manifestações.<br>This study intended to explore the different styles of internal conversation (IC) or reflexivity, defined as communicative, autonomous, meta-reflexive, and fractured. The self-reported experiences of internal conversation were obtained by interviewing seven women and three men of diverse backgrounds and occupations, aged between 24 and 63 years. The self-reported experiences were analyzed and interpreted in accordance with the phenomenological orientation. The description focused on understanding the phenomenon in a simple and basic structure of a primary agent (general and shared thinking skills): when it happens, how it happens, what are its contents, what purpose it serves and in which way it is helpful. The reduction pointed to three specifications of a corporate agent (organized and articulated): 1) in regards to the experience itself (common, natural, habitual); 2) whether it is general and normal (isn’t it something crazy?), and 3) regarding its form (is it methodical and organized or spontaneous and almost unconscious?). It was inferred from this study that the styles of reflexivity, while having inter-cultural and timeless qualities, are sustained in their universality, with possible variations in implementations, preferences and manifestations.

In this qualitative study excessive weight gain in men is placed in the context of a life course trajectory with its characteristic stages. A combination of symbolic interactionism and life course perspectives was deemed appropriate for studying obesity as their basic assumptions complement each other to create a holistic view of the phenomenon. Both the life course and symbolic interactionism perspectives stress the interaction between individuals and their social environment, an observation particularly evident when viewed as a micro-level experience. The chosen approach emphasises the social creation of meanings about life transitions and individual development. The obese man cannot be seen as an isolated unit as, like all people, he is a social being forming part of a network of relationships. Theoretically those with whom he is socialising can be classified as significant others, general others and reference group others. It is their influence that is important in his personal development and experience of the self. While the symbolic interactionism perspective accentuates the development of the self in interaction with others, the life course perspective gives clarity on the way the individual handles transition experiences in order to regain balance after a time of disequilibrium resulting from different trajectories. The theory of cognitive appraisal used in this study enhanced understanding of the obese man‟s passion for food, and the emotion of joy experienced when busy with food-related activities. Cognitive appraisal takes place in each situation when the obese man needs to make a decision or take action in terms of food and life style behaviour. The strategy of enquiry for this research followed a phenomenological and qualitative approach. The unit of analysis was a white man who was obese. The inclusion criteria for the sample were: being older than 21; and complying with the acknowledged criterion for obesity of having a BMI greater than 30kg/m². A purposive sampling technique was employed with each of the 14 participants being interviewed on more than one occasion. Participants were expected to, and were able to describe their experiences of being obese retrospectively. The researcher made almost exclusive use of lengthy, individual, in-depth, unstructured interviews. Three themes emerged from the data namely the meaning of food, the sadness of obesity and coping with obesity. The findings from this study show that, as a social object, the obese man‟s eating habits and the meaning that food has for him are influenced by, and learnt from others such as his family during childhood and adolescence, and his married partner and work colleagues in young adulthood. Essentially, indulgence in eating is for the anticipated pleasure it brings. Thus several factors like marriage, friends and career influence the food trajectory of the obese man. The obese man‟s food trajectories affect his weight trajectory and have a negative impact on his experience of self. His overweight body gives rise to distressing physical constraints and causes emotional experiences of sadness. He is unable to make peace with his obese state and needs to consciously address the situation. Coping strategies used by the obese participants were critical in their handling of their obesity. In the process of self-appraisal they needed confirmation that they could handle the problem so that it did not influence the way they experienced their physical and inner selves. Regardless of all the coping strategies adopted, the participants were not totally able to handle their plight. It actually got worse and impacted extremely negatively on their well-being.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>gm2014<br>Consumer Science<br>unrestricted

Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.<br>Advisors: Udo Greinacher (Committee Chair), Robert Burnham (Committee Member), Michaele Pride (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed May 2, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: Over-the-Rhine;inner-city architecture; community building; anti-gentrification; architectural salvage; mobile architecture; architecture; Cincinnati; SCAD; South Bronx; self-help housing; grassroots organization; construction training; breakdown of welfare. Includes bibliographical references.

<p> The purpose of this Master&rsquo;s thesis was to explore the combination of inner martial arts and Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) and its effect on self-esteem in adolescent girls. A thorough investigation of the existing literature respectively identified the effects of the study of martial arts and the engagement in EAL programs on adolescents. This inquiry was synthesized with an event-driven multi-species case study: an applied research project in which a small group of rural Vermont high school girls participated in a four-week intensive study of the Korean inner martial art WonHwaDo (Appendix A) and EAL facilitated by the researcher. Patterns were observed, documented, and analyzed in order to contribute to the literature in both the field of EAL and youth intervention programming.</p>

It became very obvious, during my research, that alchemy was much more than just aspects of practical metallurgy and much more relevant in terms of symbolic and psychic investigations into the significance of the unconscious mind, the individual and the journey to discover the 'centre.' I use the concept of alchemy as a means to explore the unknown mystery of existence, being and the inner self. 'One Square Inch Between the Eyes' is a phrase used by Taosists to describe that area of the body that contains the highest form of energy and is the centre of spiritual development and transformations. Important aspects of true alchemy appear through Taosist manifestations and is expressed by the unity of nature and humankind. It is seen as a principle of universal understanding and a means to get behind or within appearances. This thesis begins to inquire into aspects of how alchemical notions have developed, both on a practical and symbolic level and how both have impacted on our lives. In the research process, several definitions of alchemy have been identified together with how these definitions have been adopted culturally. I begin to look at areas of art and creativity, science and chemistry, medicine and illness and how people see these aspects of cultural necessities through alchemical concepts and notions.<br>Master of Arts (Hons) (Visual Arts)

Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti moksleivių vidinės darnos, psichosocialinės aplinkos ir sveikatos nusiskundimų sąsajas. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrime dalyvavo 291 Kauno X vidurinės mokyklos 5 – 12 klasių moksleiviai (atsako dažnis 67,8 proc.). Tyrimas atliktas 2007 m. lapkričio – 2008 m. kovo mėnesiais. Duomenys surinkti anoniminės anketinės apklausos būdu. Statistinė duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant kompiuterinį SPSS 13.0 statistinį paketą ir MS Excel. Rezultatai. Mūsų rezultatai parodė, kad 59,2 proc. apklaustų moksleivių pasižymėjo aukšta vidine darna, žema vidine darna pasižymėjo 7,0 proc. 5-9 klasių moksleivių, ir 4,1 proc. 10 - 12 klasių moksleivių. Žema vidine darna pasižymintys moksleiviai patikimai dažniau skundėsi liūdesiu (p<0,0001), nemiga (p=0,004), silpnumu (p<0,001), jautė stresą (p<0,0001), jautėsi nelaimingi (p<0,0001), palyginus su aukšta vidine darna pasižyminčiais moksleiviais. Dažną priekabiavimą (kartą per savaitę ir dažniau) patyrė 16,6 proc. moksleivių, atsitiktinį 36,9 proc. moksleivių. Žemos vidinės darnos grupėje net 43,8 proc. moksleivių patyrė dažną priekabiavimą mokykloje (p=0,003), palyginus su priekabiavimo nepatyrusiais) ir 18,8 proc. moksleivių priekabiavimą patyrė metus ir daugiau. Net 22,4 proc. moksleivių rūko arba kažkada rūkė. Kas savaitę ir dažniau alkoholį vartoja 5,9 proc. moksleivių. Didžiausia dalis moksleivių jautėsi pavargę ryte (51,7 proc.), skundėsi irzlumu (40,3 proc.) ir įtampa (31,4 proc.). Rezultatai patvirtino statistiškai reikšmingas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]<br>Objective of the study. To evaluate the associations between sense of coherence, psychosocial environment and health complaints among students. Methods. The survey was conducted among Kaunas X secondary school 5 – 12 grade students from November, 2007 until March, 2008. Totally 291 students participated in the study (response rate 67.8 percent). Data collection was performed by means of anonymous questionnaire. The statistical softwares SPSS 13.0 and MS Excel. were used in the statistical analysis. Results. Our results indicated that 59.2 per cent of students had high sense of coherence, 7 percent of 5-9 grade students and 4.1 percent of 10 and 12 grade students had low sense of coherence. Sadness (p<0.0001), insomnia (p=0,004), weakness (p<0,001), stress (p<0.0001), unhappiness (p<0.0001) were more prevalent in the subgroup of low sense of coherence as compared to the high one. 16.6 percent of students experienced frequent harassment (once per week and more often), and 36.9 percent of students experienced occasional harassment. The prevalence of frequent harassment was 43.8 percent in the subgroup of low sense of coherence (p=0,003 compared to non-experienced the harassment and 18.8 per cent of students experienced harassment for one year and longer. Even 22.4 percent of students were recent or former smokers, 5.9 percent were weekly and more often alcohol users. The most prevalent health complaints were tiredness in the morning (51.7 percent), irritability (40.3 percent)... [to full text]

O conceito de autoconsciência em psicologia é definido como a habilidade de o indivíduo se tornar objeto de sua própria consciência. Este trabalho visou a investigar essa tradicional definição de forma teórica e empírica. Considerações sobre o conceito de autoconsciência sob a perspectiva da fenomenologia, do pragmatismo e da semiótica sugerem uma abordagem da autoconsciência não apenas como objeto da consciência, mas como uma instância presente em toda a experiência humana. Esta conclusão da parte teórica é posta à prova empírica em dois contextos que viabilizam o estudo da autoconsciência em psicologia: as medidas de autorrelato e a conversa interna verbalizada em tarefas de resolução de problemas. Para realizar estes dois estudos empíricos, a tese ainda envolveu a adaptação de três medidas de autorrelato relacionadas à autoconsciência para a população brasileira: a Escala de Autoabsorção, a Escala de Autorrelfexão e Insight e a Escala Filadélfia de Mindfulness. Os estudos empíricos que se seguiram apontaram resultados que sugerem inovações no conceito de autoconsciência em psicologia, no sentido de contemplar não apenas sua dimensão reflexiva, mas também pré-reflexiva. Tais achados puderam ser observados tanto nas dimensões resultantes da análise fatorial realizada com todos os itens das medidas de autorrelato integrantes do estudo, assim como na conversa interna verbalizada dos participantes que resolveram a problemas analíticos e de insight.<br>Self-consciousness has been definied within the Psychological Science as a capacity that one has to become the object of their own consciousness. This dissertation aimed to investigate such traditional definition using theoretical and empircal procedures. Considerations on the concept of self-consciousness in the phenomenological, pragmatical and semiotic approaches suggest an understanding of self-consciouness not only as an object of consciousness, but also as an instance that is present throughout the whole human experience. This conclusion is under empirical testing in two contexts that allow the study of selfconsciousness in Psychology: self-report measures and verbalized inner speech in problem-solving tasks. In order to proceed with these two empirical studies, this dissertation had to include the adaptation to the Brazilian population of three selfreport measures related to self-consciousness: the Self-Absorption Scale, the Self- Reflection and Insight Scale and the Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale. The following empirical studies suggested results related to inovations in the concept of self-consciousness to the Psychological Science, so that it would include not only its reflexive dimension, but also its pre-reflective one. Such outcomes were observed not only in the resulting dimensions of a factorial analysis of all the items from the self-report measures used in this study, but also in the verbalized inner speech of those participants who solved analytical and insight problem tasks.

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 är en kronisk sjukdom som ökar kraftigt i världen. Behandlingen grundar sig i livsstilsrelaterade åtgärder som ofta innebär en förändring av kost- och motionsvanor. Egenvård vid kronisk sjukdom beskrivs som en process som påverkas av olika faktorer. Sjuksköterskan har en viktig uppgift i att stödja personen i denna process utifrån varje individs behov och erfarenheter. För att kunna ge adekvat stöd är det betydelsefullt att få en ökad förståelse av upplevelsen av egenvård vid diabetes typ 2. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva upplevelsen av egenvård hos personer med diabetes typ 2. Metod: En litteraturöversikt genomfördes baserat på tio kvalitativa artiklar hämtade från databaserna CINAHL och PubMed. Artiklarna analyserades och de likheter som identifierades lyftes fram och bildade nya teman. Resultat: Det övergripandet temat som representerar hela resultatet är upplevelsen av en inre kamp. Temat beskriver hur egenvården upplevs som en ständig kamp där sjukdomens krav vägs mot vad som är betydelsefullt i livet. Subtemat, upplevelsen av att integrera egenvården i vardagen berör egenvårdsprocessen. Resterande subteman; sociala relationers betydelse för egenvården, informationens och kunskapens betydelse för egenvården och den psykiska och fysiska miljöns betydelse för egenvården beskriver vad som underlättar samt försvårar integration av egenvård i dagliga livet. Diskussion: Författarna diskuterar svårigheter med att integrera nya vanor i livet och vad som påverkar egenvårdsprocessen. Diskussionen berör bland annat autonomi, syn på framtiden och behovet av att skapa kontroll över sin livssituation. Diskussionen knyter även an till Meleis' transitionsteori.<br>Background: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that is increasing worldwide. The treatment is based on lifestyle-related measures that often mean a change in diet and exercise habits. Self-management in chronic illness is described as a process that is influenced by various factors. Nurses have a key role in supporting the person in this process based on each individual's needs and experiences. In order to provide adequate support, it is important to get a better understanding of the experience of self-management in type 2 diabetes. Aim: The aim was to describe the experience of self-management among people with type 2 diabetes. Methods: A literature review based on ten scientific articles. All articles were qualitative and found in the databases CINAHL and PubMed. The articles were analyzed and the similarities were highlighted and created new themes. Results: The overall theme representing the result is the experience of an inner struggle. The theme describes how self-management is experienced as a constant struggle between the disease demands and what is valuable in life. The sub-theme, the experience of integrating self-management in daily life, affects the self-management process. The remaining sub-themes describe the barriers to and facilitators of integrating self-management in daily life. Discussions: The authors discuss the difficulty of integrating new habits in life and what influences the process. The discussion includes autonomy, view of the future and the need to gain control. The discussion also relates to Meleis' Transition Theory.

Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) require extracellular signals to induce the expression of intrinsic core pluripotency factors: Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog, known as the OSN triad. Notably, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway has been shown to be important for controlling the expression of transcription factors that orchestrate the characteristic ESC gene expression programme. It remains unclear, however, the exact mechanisms by which the Wnt pathway (via tcf3) contributes to enhance the maintenance of ESCs in a naïve state. Furthermore, little is known of the identity of Wnt-dependent downstream targets that elegantly regulate this ESC state. To identify these Wnt- dependent important transcription factors (TFs) or master regulators (MRs), we used a reverse engineering approach that allowed us to identify several TFs with unknown function in ESCs. The work in this thesis is focused on investigating the function of Nkx1-2 in controlling naïve pluripotency, and we propose it as a novel TF as it had never been described before. Here, we discovered that Nkx1-2 has dual functions in ESC biology. In fact, Nkx1-2 can delay ESC differentiation upon LIF withdrawal and its deletion leads to abnormal pluripotency-specific protein expression. Also, Nkx1-2 is important for ESC differentiation and cell-fate specification in the early mouse embryo development. Overall, this work reveals a novel role for Nkx1-2 in ESC pluripotency and differentiation.<br>Las células embrionarias de ratón (ESCs), requieren de señales extracelulares para inducir la expresión de factores intrínsecos de pluripotencia: Oct4, Sox2 y Nanog, conocidos como la tríada OSN. Notablemente la vía de señalización Wnt/beta catenina, ha demostrado ser crucial en el control de la expresión génica de factores de transcripción en ESCs. Hasta ahora los mecanismos mediante los cuales, la vía de señalización Wnt (via Tcf3) contribuyen a potencializar el mantenimiento de las ESCs en su estado característico, no han sido esclarecidos. Además, muy poco se sabe sobre la identidad de los genes diana dependientes de Wnt y cómo regulan el estado pluripotente de las ESCs. Para identificar estos factores de transcripción (FT) reguladores dependientes de Wnt, hemos usado una estrategia inversa que nos ha ayudado a identificar FTs, cuya función en las ESCs es desconocida. El trabajo presentado en esta tesis se enfoca en investigar la función del gen no descrito hasta la fecha Nkx1-2, en el control de la pluripotencia de las ESCs. Hemos descubierto que Nkx1-2 tiene funciones duales en las células embrionarias de ratón. De hecho, Nkx1-2 puede retrasar la diferenciación de las células en ausencia de LIF, y su deleción causa una expresión aberrante de los factores importantes en mantener la pluripotencia. Además, Nkx1-2 es importante para la diferenciación apropiada de las células madre y también lo es en la especificación celular durante el desarrollo embrionario. En general, el trabajo en esta tesis revela una nueva función para Nkx1-2 en la pluripotencia y diferenciación de las células madre embrionarias de ratón.

This thesis presents several studies of normative development in adolescence, focusing specifically on internalized perceptions of parents’ early behavior and how these perceptions affect the self-concept and social functioning during. Questions of possible age and gender differences in relation to perceptions of self-concept and early parental behavior are addressed. The patterns found in a normal adolescent group are compared with those in a group of adolescents with antisocial problems. Two hundred seventy-seven normal adolescents aged 12 to18 and 30 adolescents with antisocial problems aged 13-19 were investigated. The following self-administered instruments were used: self-concept assessments, the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) introject questionnaire, perception of early parental behavior assessment, the SASB mother/father questionnaires, and the EMBU (A Swedish acronym for “own memories of upbringing”). The Youth Self Report checklist (YSR) was used to assess internalizing and externalizing problems. Studies I and II showed that the normal adolescent self-concept and perception of early parental behavior were positive and that there were no age or gender differences. The antisocial group of adolescents, and particularly the antisocial girls, showed a more autonomous and negative self-concept and more negative perceptions of early parental behaviors. Study III showed that a positive self-concept was related to a positive perception of parent’s early behavior. Study IV showed that an adolescent’s positive self-concept was influenced by a mix of mother acting positively and father acting with control. Adolescent self-control was indirectly influenced by parental control behavior mediated through self-affiliation. Study V showed that a positive self-concept was important for adjustment. A negative self-concept combined with female gender was a risk factor for internalizing problems. Self-control had only a small effect on social adjustment in adolescence. The relationship between a negative self-concept and externalizing problem behavior was stronger for adolescents aged 15 to 16 than for younger or older adolescents. Internalizing problem behavior influenced externalizing problems. The results presented in this thesis support a modified “storm-and-stress” view of adolescence and highlight the importance of promoting a positive self-concept in every adolescent in various psychosocial contexts.

This thesis contends that trainee counsellors are disempowered when they are expected to conform to the patterns provided by the trainer or agency. Empowerment results from the encouragement of the trainee to develop his/her own eclectic approach to their counselling, and this is only possible if a range of elective training programs are made available. This thesis also contends that no one agency or trainer is in a position to provide such a range of counselling approaches, and trainees should be motivated to use the service of other agencies, as well as being involved in independent studies. This inquiry proposes that one of the most effective foundations for the development of effective counsellors is the active encouragement of the trainee's self-awareness and the exploration of the trainee's inner life. If the success or failure of counselling depend on the ability of the counsellor to create an environment in which the client can explore his/her own issues, then it requires counsellors who have been empowered to make this discovery for themselves. This thesis also shows the author's own transformational journey, from a directed learner to a self-directed learner, and this paradigm shift in his own life has become the motivating force for empowering others to move into a position where they can exercise their own choices, and be empowered through participatory and transformative learning approaches.

This research investigates the mutual influence between self-management as organizational structure and intuition in decision-making. Self-management as organizational structure has recently developed as a response to current challenges in society and business, thus constitutes an emerging research field. This study is contributing empirically to this under-research field while at the same time building on the well-researched field of decision-making. In particular, this study is building on the positive view of intuition in decision-making that comes along with dual-process theories. The empirical contribution of this study is collected through semi-structured interviews with a multiple-case study research design. This study’s main finding is the confirmation of a mutual influence, even more, a positive mutual influence, between self-management as organizational structure and intuition in decision-making. Furthermore, first findings on how they are influencing each other are brought forward as well as insights into the diversity of decision-making processes when applying self-management as organizational structure.

CÂMARA, Pedro Pinheiro. Sobre a possibilidade do conhecimento de si na dedução transcendental e nas reflexões sobre O Sentido Interno de Leningrado. 2017. 98f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, Fortaleza (CE), 2017.<br>Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-05-03T17:29:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-05-04T14:14:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-04T14:14:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_ppcâmara.pdf: 1521207 bytes, checksum: e578db56b4236c775fd6aaa3c6460576 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017<br>This research discusses arguments about self-knowledge in the work Transcendental Deduction of the Critique of Pure Reason using as a strategy of analysis and study of the work the comparison of it with a Kantian manuscript found and published only at the end of the 20th century. It also uses, in order to deepen the theses, the commentators who notably held discussions on the subject. The research defends the importance of inner sense to understand the main argument and to characterize its specificities. Inner sense is a secondary theme, but very attached to the main problem. Time, which is the form of this inner sense, has been studied as the appearance of the subject in the sensibility and, therefore, crucial factor in the understanding of the Kantian subjectivity. This research was structured around some important distinctions to understand the theme under analysis, they are: between internal sense and external sense, and apperception and inner sense. Throughout the production of the arguments the systemic character of the Kantian thought was emphasized, which implies in a greater complexity in the definition of its elements since they are defined in relation to the others. The research concludes the specificity of the self-knowledge that is distinct from the knowledge in a strict sense, because it does not contain the qualifiers of a properly objective knowledge. From the conclusions also emerged the importance of the embodiment of the empirical subject as a way of apprehending oneself, expressing the relation between internal and external sense; as well as the self-affection as an important concept to understand the distinction of the inner sense from the transcendental apperception.<br>A pesquisa discute argumentos sobre o conhecimento de si na Dedução Transcendental da Crítica da Razão Pura, utilizando como estratégia de análise e estudo da obra o seu cotejamento com um manuscrito kantiano encontrado e publicado apenas no final do século XX. Utiliza também para aprofundamento das teses os comentadores que notadamente realizaram discussões sobre a temática. Os argumentos defendem a importância do sentido interno para compreensão do argumento principal e para caracterização de suas especificidades, o que o torna esse último tema adjunto ao problema. O tempo, que é a forma desse sentido interno, foi estudado como aparecimento do sujeito na sensibilidade e, portanto, é fator crucial na compreensão da subjetividade kantiana. O trabalho de pesquisa foi estruturado em torno de algumas distinções importantes para compreensão do tema em análise, são elas: entre sentido interno e sentido externo, e apercepção e sentido interno. Ao longo da produção dos argumentos, ressaltou-se o caráter sistêmico do pensamento kantiano, o que implica em maior complexidade na definição de seus elementos, visto os mesmos estarem bastante definidos em relação aos demais. Do trabalho se conclui a especificidade do conhecimento de si, compreendido como distinto do conhecimento em sentido strictu por não conter os qualificativos de um conhecimento propriamente objetivo. Das conclusões também emergiram a corporeidade do sujeito empírico como modo de apreensão de si mesmo, revelando a relação sentido interno e externo, além da autoafecção como conceito importante na compreensão da distinção do sentido interno da apercepção transcendental.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-08-26T15:37:10Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese NormandoJQViana_Biblioteca Central_UFPE (0).pdf certa.pdf: 2847669 bytes, checksum: 035b1ec1bda1217eaae08822bf17ca9e (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-26T15:37:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese NormandoJQViana_Biblioteca Central_UFPE (0).pdf certa.pdf: 2847669 bytes, checksum: 035b1ec1bda1217eaae08822bf17ca9e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29<br>CNPq<br>Vem de longa data o interesse da ciência psicológica pela busca do autoconhecimento (James, 1890/1983). Neste contexto, os estudos oriundos do campo da autoconsciência, em especial com o advento da Teoria OSA (Duval & Wicklund, 1972), uma das primeiras teorias a considerar as discrepâncias entre o self e os padrões (Duval & Silva, 2001), têm reunido esforços no intuito de superar tamanha lacuna. Neste contexto, entusiasmado pela compreensão do self, em especial em sua vertente simbólica, bem como no instanciamento dos processos autoavaliativos por este operados, tramados à identificação da natureza dos padrões de atratividade e a forma como estes têm sido fenomenologicamente consciencizados no fluxo da experiência interna dos sujeitos, o presente estudo de tese objetiva identificar o que são os padrões de autoatratividade, qual sua dinâmica representacional no seio da experiência interna e o enlaçamento no processo autoavaliativo dos processos de atratividade autopercebida, autofocalização (autoconsciência situacional e disposicional), autoestima, bem estar (satisfação com a vida e felicidade), humor depressivo e religiosidade. Para o estudo em questão, foi recrutada uma amostra mista composta por 657 participantes (563 brasileiros e 94 portugueses), adolescentes, jovens, adultos e idosos, de ambos os sexos e orientações sexuais homossexual e heterossexual, residentes na Região Metropolitana do Recife e na cidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Os procedimentos relativos à coleta ocorreram em três etapas: a primeira com objetivo de levantar emicamente, por intermédio de procedimentos multimétodos, o campo semântico de autoatratividade (Estudo 1 – Qualitativo); a segunda, com base nos achados da etapa anterior, corresponde ao processo de elaboração e validação da Escala de Autoatratividade - EAA junto à pesquisa desta com o conjunto de instrumentos utilizados (Escala de Apreciação Corporal (EAC); Escala de Autoconsciência Situacional (EAS); Escala de Autoconsciência Disposicional (EAD); Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg; Escala de Satisfação com a Vida; Escala de Felicidade Subjetiva; Escala CES-D (Rastreamento de depressão); Escala de Religiosidade Global (ERG) e Escala de religiosidade de item único, bem como o roteiro de entrevista Fenomenológico-Cognitiva dos Estados Autoconscientes – EFEA), a fim de permitir a identificação da multidimensionalidade da maquinaria psíquica atrelada ao construto atratividade dentre a amostra recrutada (Estudo 2 – Ex-post-facto) e a terceira etapa refere-se ao aprofundamento dos achados da etapa que a antecede, por intermédio da apresentação do gradiente fenomenal dos padrões de atratividade com base na identificação dos modos como estes são representados no fluxo da experiência dos participantes durante estado autoconsciente relacionado a autoatratividade (Estudo 3 – Fenomenal). A hipótese geral que dá sustentação ao estudo em questão considera que quanto mais autoconscientes e de modo reflexivo as pessoas são maior seria a capacidade que estas têm de minorar as influências que os padrões de atratividade exercem sobre os processos autoavaliativos, ocasionando prejuízos ao funcionamento psicológico saudável, além de que, os padrões, caso emerjam à consciência, no seio da experiência interna, se realizarão cognitivamente em elementos variados de natureza representacional, em especial na forma da fala interna e visualização interna. De modo específico, dentre o conjunto de hipóteses que dá sustenção ao referido estudo, destaca-se aquela que chama atenção ao papel moderador da religiosidade no possível impacto deletério que os padrões de atratividade ocasionam à vida das pessoas, haja vista, a importância e centralidade de tal dimensão para subjetividade humana. O modelo de análise de dados adotado no presente estudo de tese prezou, no tocante ao material quantitativo, pela investigação da dimensionalidade das escalas por via da metodologia das facetas (Guttman, 1968), com base nas Análises Multidimensionais não-métricas do tipo SSA (Similarity Structure Analysis, ver Guttman, 1968; Roazzi, 1995). Por sua vez, o material qualitativo foi submetido à análise de conteúdo (Estudo 1, Bardin, 1970) e a metodologia fenomenológica padrão (Estudo 2, Cott & Rock, 2008). Os principais achados do presente estudo de tese apontam que os padrões de autoatratividade e sua fenomenologia são representados cognitivamente na consciência por intermédio dos elementos da fala interna e das visualizações internas, associadas aos elementos do sentimento, bem como a consciência sensória. Não se encontrou, todavia, ocorrência de pensamento não simbolizado na análise fenomenal operada. A estrutura de tal padrão se organiza a partir de duas dimensões, uma física e outra não física, representadas pelos fatores: sensualidade, moralidade, apresentação pessoal, afetividade, inteligência, bom humor e asseio. Tais fatores quando correlacionados entre si, e junto as demais medidas utilizadas, apontam a presença de correlações estatisticamente significantes, em especial, no tocante às variáveis: Orientação sexual, no âmbito geral, os heterossexuais encontram-se mais próximos de um campo de afeto positivo, e os homossexuais nas cercanias do afeto negativo; Idade, os mais jovens, também situados num campo do afeto negativo, passando por um campo intermediário, onde há a presença de jovens adultos, findando com os participantes com idades entre 36 e 76 anos, cravados num campo de afeto positivo; Religiosidade, igualmente caracterizada por uma disposição polar, nas cercanias desta variável, os que se dizem religiosos, os heterossexuais e os adultos e idosos, e distanciando-se da religiosidade, localizados em plano antagônico, os que relatam não professar nenhuma fé, os adolescentes de 14 a 20 anos e os jovens homossexuais; e Nacionalidade, os portugueses mais próximos de um padrão de atratividade com base em princípios morais e os brasileiros simpáticos às variáveis sociodemográficas de natureza religiosa, inferindo que estas exercem influência sobre o instanciamento dos processos autofocalizadores, correlações estas cujos significados são corroborados pelos achados oriundos do estudo fenomenal. Tal estudo representa um esforço em dar visibilidade a uma temática pouco investigada na ciência psicológica, a natureza dos padrões de correção e o impacto destes nos processos autofocalizadores, em diálogo com uma perspectiva de mente dual, que contempla aspectos psicológicos e fenomenais da subjetividade e cognição humanas, a fim de contribuir com uma compreensão mais profunda sobre os aspectos cognitivos cruciais relacionados ao instanciamento de modos mais adaptados e, consequentemente, menos comprometedores da existência significativa e feliz.<br>The interest of the psychological science in the search for self-knowledge has come a long way (James, 1890/1983). In this context, studies from the self-awareness field, especially with the advent of the OSA Theory (Duval & Wicklund, 1972), one of the first to consider the discrepancies between the self and the patterns (Duval & Silva, 2001), have gathered efforts in order to overcome such gap. Within this framework, keen on understanding the self, especially in its symbolic aspect as well as in the instantiation of the self-assessment processes it operates, hatched in the identification of the nature of attractiveness patterns and how they have phenomenologically been made aware in the flow of the subjects‟ inner experience, this study aims to identify self-attractiveness patterns, their representational dynamics within the inner experience and the intertwining of the self-perceived attractiveness processes, of self-focusing (situational and dispositional self-awareness), self-esteem and well-being (life satisfaction and happiness), depressive mood and religiosity in the self-assessment process. For this study, a mixed sample of 657 participants (563 Brazilian and 94 Portuguese) was recruited, among whom were teenagers, adults and elderly people of both sexes, as well as homo and heterosexual orientations, living in the metropolitan area of Recife and in Lisbon, Portugal. The collecting-related procedures were carried out in three steps: the first one, to emically raise, through multimethod procedures, the semantic field of self-attractiveness (Study 1 - Qualitative); the second, based on the findings from the previous step, corresponds to the process of development and validation of the Self-attractiveness Scale – SAS, along with its survey with the set of instruments used (Body Assessment Scale - BAS); Situational Self-Awareness Scale (SSAE); Dispositional Self-Awareness Scale (DSAS); Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Life Satisfaction Scale; Subjective Happiness Scale; CES-D Scale (Depression Tracking); Global Religiosity Scale (GRS) and Single-item Religiosity Scale, as well as the Self-Aware States Phenomenological-Cognitive interview script – SASPG), to enable the identification of the multidimensionality of the psychic machinery linked to the attractiveness construct within the recruited sample (Study 2 - Ex-post-facto). The third stage refers to deepening the findings of the previous one through the presentation of the phenomenal gradient of attractiveness patterns based on the identification of the ways they are represented in the flow of the participants‟ experience during the self-aware state related to self-attractiveness (Study 3 - Phenomenal). The general hypothesis that supports the present study considers that the more self-aware and reflective people are, the greater the capacity they have to reduce the influence attractiveness patterns have on self-assessment processes, which bring harm to healthy psychological functioning. Moreover, those patterns, should they emerge to awareness within the inner experience, will cognitively take place in a range of elements of representational nature, especially in the form of inner speech and inner visualization. In particular, among the set of assumptions that support this study, there is one that draws attention to the moderating role of religiosity in the possible deleterious impact attractiveness patterns cause to people's lives, given the importance and centrality of such dimension to human subjectivity. With regard to the quantitative material, the data analysis model adopted in this thesis study valued the investigation of the scale dimensionality by means of the facet methodology (Guttman, 1968), based on the non-metric SSA (Similarity Structure Analysis, see Guttman, 1968; Roazzi, 1995) type Multidimensional Analysis. In turn, the qualitative material was submitted to content analysis (Study 1, Bardin, 1970) and to the pattern phenomenological methodology (Study 2, Cott & Rock, 2008). The main findings of the present study indicate the self-attractiveness patterns and their phenomenology to be represented cognitively in the awareness by means of the inner speech and inner visualization elements, associated with both feelings and sensory awareness. There was no occurrence of non-symbolized thought in the carried out phenomenal analysis, though. The structure of such a pattern is set considering two dimensions, physical and non-physical, represented by the following factors: sensuality, morality, personal presentation, affection, intelligence, good humor and neatness. Such factors, when correlated and with the use of other measures, suggest the presence of statistically significant correlations, especially regarding the variables: Sexual orientation, in general, heterosexuals are closer to a positive affection ground, while homosexuals, around negative affection; Age, the youngest also being in a negative affection ground, passing to a middle ground where young adults are present, ending with between 36 and 76 year-old participants, nailed to a positive affection ground; Religiosity, also characterized by a polar layout around this variable, those who claim to be religious, the heterosexual, the adults and the elderly, as opposed to those distant from religiosity, located in an antagonistic plan, who report not to profess any faith, 14 to 20 year-old adolescents and young homosexuals; and Nationality, with the Portuguese closer to an attractiveness pattern based on moral principles, whilst the Brazilians sympathize with the sociodemographic variables of a religious nature, inferring that they influence the instancing of self-focusing processes, correlations whose meanings are corroborated by findings of the phenomenal study. This study represents an effort to give visibility to a little investigated topic in the psychological science, the nature of correction patterns and their impact on the self-focusing processes, dialoguing with a dual mind perspective, which includes psychological and phenomenal aspects of human subjectivity and cognition in order to contribute to a deeper understanding of the crucial cognitive aspects related to the instancing of more adapted and consequently less compromising forms of a meaningful and happy existence.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:13:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6132.pdf: 851637 bytes, checksum: 6881ffcd8203c0ce0d1033adc3eed7be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-29<br>Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos<br>This work is aimed at investigating the inner life in Bergson s first book, Time and Free Will An essay on the immediate data of consciousness (1889). We try to analyze especially the notions of duration and space in light of what we call the divided self , i.e., the division established by Bergson between the superficial self related to space, social life and language and the deap-seated self which concerns the pure duration of consciousness, the continuous multiplicity of interpenetration of psychological states and creating and unpredictability that constitutes each free act. At the end, and already in possession of the conclusions on the Essay, we will discuss the bergsonian intuitive method and its relationship with the divided self.<br>Este trabalho tem por intuito investigar a vida interior no primeiro livro de Bergson, Ensaio sobre os dados imediatos da consciência, de 1889. Trataremos de analisar sobretudo as noções de duração e espaço à luz daquilo que chamamos o eu dividido , isto é, a divisão estabelecida por Bergson entre o eu superficial relacionado ao espaço, à vida social e à linguagem e o eu profundo o qual diz respeito à duração pura da consciência, à multiplicidade contínua de interpenetração dos estados psicológicos e da criação e imprevisibilidade constituintes de cada ato livre. Ao final, e já de posse das conclusões acerca do Ensaio, discorreremos sobre o método intuitivo bergsoniano e sua relação com o eu dividido.

This study analyzes and reports on the characteristics of writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences and explores some possible factors that can bring about such moments. Three basic questions were explored: Can writing trigger peak experience and other positive human experiences? How are writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences best described? What factors influence the occurrence of writing-triggered peak experience and other positive human experiences? Participants were asked to write about their happiest moment in writing. The sample consisted of 270 students enrolled in undergraduate writing classes at a major southwestern university. Of 270 participants, 119(44%) reported having had at least one peak experience or similar positive human experience as a result of writing. Protocols reporting peak experience and other positive human experiences in writing were analyzed for content, yielding a total of 14 descriptive attributes. The participants described their writing experiences as flow of the words, the process of writing is its own reward, peak performance, clarity, disappearance of negative states of mind, and enhanced sense of power and personal worth. Content analysis also yielded 13 possible triggers of peak experience and other positive human experiences including self-expression, realization, free writing, use of writing for introspection, and creative and inspirational writing. In addition, personal orientation was explored as a possible trigger of peak experience and other positive human experiences using a 16-item questionnaire. Factor analysis results yielded four factors: (1) aesthetic creative expressive writing, (2) writing as a thinking and problem solving tool (3) self-discovery, and (4) not interested in writing. Factor one accounted for the highest variance (37%). The common elements in this factor were expressive writing, self-related writing and creative poetic writing with poetic and creative writing having the highest loading.

Sambandet mellan den fysiska miljön och brottslighet har sedan länge varit en relevant fråga inom den kriminologiska diskursen. Den föreliggande studien ämnar vidare undersöka huruvida fysisk oordning i urbana bostadsområden kan studeras genom Google Street View, ett webbaserat instrument för virtuella observationer. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om virtuellt observerad och självrapporterad uppfattad grad av fysisk oordning i bostadsområdet mäter samma fenomen, men även om virtuellt observerad fysisk oordning kan förklara skillnader i självrapporterad utsatthet för egendomsbrott. Genom att utföra virtuella observationer av fysisk oordning med hjälp av Google Street View i tjugo centralt belägna bostadsområden i Malmö visar resultaten att observerad och självrapporterad grad av fysisk oordning är starkt korrelerade och förefaller mäta samma fenomen. Resultaten visar även att observerad nivå av fysisk oordning genom Google Street View till viss del kan förklara variansen av utsatthet för egendomsbrott mellan bostadsområden. Avslutningsvis framhålls i studien att virtuella observationer genom Google Street View är ett lovande samt potentiellt kostnadseffektivt tillvägagångssätt för att undersöka graden av fysisk oordning i urbana bostadsområden. Användandet av Google Street View kantas dock av flera begränsningar som både framhålls och diskuteras grundligt i denna studie.<br>The correlation of physical environment and crime has been an ever relevant topic in the criminological discourse. This study attempts to unravel whether physical disorder in inner-city urban neighborhoods may be studied through Google Street View as a virtual observational tool. The aims of the study is to examine whether virtually observed and self-reported perceived level of neighborhood disorder measure the same phenomenon, and whether virtually observed physical disorder may explain variations of self-reported victimization of property crimes. By conducting virtual observations of physical disorder in twenty inner-city neighborhoods of Malmö through Google Street View, the results of the study propose that virtually observed and self-reported perceived level of disorder is strongly correlated and thus seems to measure the same phenomenon to a great extent. The results of the study also imply that observed physical disorder through Google Street View also accounts for neighborhood differences in victimization of property crimes. The study concludes that virtual observation through Google Street View is a promising and potentially cost-effective alternative approach when auditing neighborhood physical disorder. The methodology does however suffer by limitations which is highlighted and thoroughly discussed.