Dissertations / Theses: 'Sense of Self and Self-Concept'

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George, Amber Elizabeth. "Interpreting dislocation gathering a sense of belonging /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.

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Chaudry, Sara. "Trauma and sense of self." Thesis, City University London, 2011. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1074/.

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Nizzi, Marie-Christine. "Assessing the Sense of Self." Thesis, Lille 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIL3H043.

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Peut-il y avoir une science du vécu identitaire ? Si la science est l’étude objective de principes généraux, le vécu identitaire subjectif peut-il être décrit, quantifié et conceptualisé en termes scientifiques ? De précédents travaux suggèrent que le vécu identitaire est associé à la qualité de vie, la dépression et le suicide (Nizzi et al., 2012). Pourtant, les professionnels de santé n’ont à ce jour aucun outil fiable à leur disposition pour évaluer le vécu identitaire de leurs patients. Développer des outils psychométriques informatifs et largement utilisables pourrait contribuer à de nouvelles perspectives théoriques, diagnostiques et cliniques pour le traitement des pathologies rencontrées fréquemment en consultation de neuropsychologie. Mon but est de développer une approche empirique du vécu identitaire, telle qu’elle soit utile au clinicien. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons trois éléments de ce programme de recherche, centré sur les démences neurodégénératives. L’Etude 1 explore l’impact du contexte culturel sur la représentation sociale de la maladie d’Alzheimer (MA). L’Etude 2 caractérise l’impact de la MA à trois stades de détérioration cognitive sur quatre marqueurs du vécu identitaire. Enfin, nous présentons le développement et la validation d’un nouvel outil neuropsychologique destiné à évaluer le vécu identitaire : les fluences verbales identitaires (Etude 3)
Can there be a science of the sense of self? If science is the objective study of general principles, beyond the particularities of individuals, can the subjective sense of self ever be described, measured, and modeled in scientific terms? Prior work suggests that the patients’ subjective experience of their identity may be associated with important health outcomes, such as quality of life, depression, and suicide ideation (Nizzi et al., 2012). Yet, clinicians do not have reliable measures to assess the sense of self of their patients. Developing informative, implementable psychometric tools to assess the sense of self may provide a novel perspective on our conceptualization, diagnosis and treatment of multiple conditions frequently seen in neuropsychology consults. My aim is to develop an empirical, clinically-relevant approach to assessing the sense of self.This dissertation presents three components of this line of research. Study 1 examines the context-dependence of the ways in which Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is represented by non-specialists in two different cultural settings, Paris and Boston. Study 2 investigates how four components of the sense of self (self-knowledge, mirror self-recognition, the bodily distinction between self and other, and self- reported age) vary across three stages of AD. Building on this earlier work, Study 3 reports on the development, validation and first clinical application of a new tool to assess the sense of self, called the Verbal Self Fluency task

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Nice, Joshua. "Obsessive compulsiveness and sense of self : self-ambivalence, attachment insecurity, shame and self-compassion." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599579.

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Moe, Aubrey M. "Schizophrenia and the Sense of Self." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1333749648.

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Palomo, Lovinski Noel N. "Confessions and the Sense of Self." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1238697296.

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Mashhour, Mostafa Ali Salem. "Resident's sense of control, self-esteem and sense of community in aided self-help housing in Egypt." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367019.

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King, Kathryn Claire. "Underprepared community college students the role of academic self-concept and sense of belonging in developmental education /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Mar. 30, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-138). Also issued in print.

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Grimes, Jayne. "The self in conflict : securing a sense of self in military and civilian contexts." Thesis, City University London, 2012. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/2121/.

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The ex-Services population is estimated to make up between 3.5% to 10% of the prison population according to the Defence Analytic Services Agency (DASA, 2010) .and National Association for Probation Officers (NAPO, 2008). Soldiers are believed to make up the largest occupational group in the prison system, numbering at least 8,500 (NAPO). Many ambiguities exist around how the Services experience may impact upon personnel and potentially on subsequent offending behaviour. In my view there is limited research which addresses the issue directly and discussions have tended to focus on the same constructs, generally considered through quantitative methodologies. Given the high numbers of personnel returning from on- going conflicts in the Middle East it is important that a new perspective be offered to the conversation. In my view this population themselves are best placed to do this. Ten male ex-Services personnel have been interviewed, within a qualitative research design and a grounded theory methodology has been used with the aim of giving a 'voice' to the men themselves. Drawing from a situational interactionist influence a theoretical framework is proposed which addresses. the interaction between these men and their context, situational demands they perceived and the strategies they evolved to meet them. Challenges are addressed and strategies developed in the realms of interpersonal relationships, time and space, military action and emotions which helped them to survive on a number of levels. These are represented by four core categories: Securing the Self, Structuring the Self, Defining the Self and Expressing the Self. I propose that the men evolved these adaptive strategies over time in the Services and to varying degrees carried them into civilian life and in some cases into their offending behaviour. The proposed ideas are discussed with regards to how they complement existing theory and a case study is presented to suggest how they might be applied in clinical practice.

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Trela, Margaret Jeanne. "Using memory books to enhance sense of self." Connect to resource, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/44566.

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Davies, Gemma. "Managing sense of self following acquired brain injury." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/853309/.

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The thesis focuses on understanding positive adjustment to acquired brain injury (ABl), including key predictors and processes. Understanding the potential for positive change will help individuals to live meaningful lives and adjust views of self despite the negative consequences of brain injury. Part l, the Literature Review, examines what is known about psychological adjustment and post traumatic growth following an injury and considers this in the context of rehabilitation practice. It also examines the qualitative literature relating to the experiences of emotional adjustment post-ABI. This includes themes relating to adjusting to losses, identity adjustment and coping. Part 2, the Empirical Paper, is a qualitative study investigating the self-narratives of individuals in the early stages of brain injury rehabilitation, with the aim of exploring the ways in which they adjust their view of self. All participants reported an altered sense of self, characterised by no longer recognising their own limits and abilities, seeing themselves as vulnerable, lacking in control and disconnected from the world. At the same time individuals appeared to hold a view of self in control through taking action, developing self-understanding, noticing events that reinforce a sense of 'recovering self, as well as finding new meaning in the experience. Part 3, the Critical Appraisal, reflects on the research process, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. Reference is made to the limitations of interviewing individuals with severe brain injuries. Finally, epistemological and philosophical issues related to scientifically investigating the construct of 'identity' are considered.

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Cottle, Tatyana Vladimirovna. "How Bilingual Counselors Experience Sense of Professional Self." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50864.

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The United States is in the process of changing demographically. As a result, there is an increasing demand for culturally appropriate counseling services for minority groups. However, little research about counselors' ability to deal with issues stemming from bilingualism is available. As language is used to establish the relationship in counseling, the importance of counselors' understanding regarding how a second language may influence the counseling process is vital. Although numerous studies have thus far emphasized the significance of cultural knowledge and the need for bilingual counseling services, culturally diverse populations continue to be underserved due to language barriers (Gushue, Constantine, and Sciarra, 2008). The American Counseling Association's (ACA) Code of Ethics (2005; 2014) provides best-practice guidelines for appropriate bilingual support during the counseling session. However, few studies have explored the role played by a second or additional language during the counseling session (Marcos and Urcuyo, 1979; Oquendo, 1996; Ramos-Sanchez, 2009; Santiago-Rivera, Altarriba, Poll, Gonzalez-Miller, and Cragun, 2009; Tehrani and Vaughan, 2009). This study adds to the existing body of knowledge about bilingual counselors' experiences providing counseling services in a language in which they have not had professional training. Chapter One provides an overview of the problem, Chapter Two delivers an in-depth literature review, Chapter Three describes the methodology, Chapter Four provides findings of the study, and Chapter Five discusses the results and offers implications for bilingual counselors and counselor educators and supervisors as well as makes suggestions for further research.
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Lange, Deborah, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and of Health Humanities and Social Ecology Faculty. "A sense of being." THESIS_FHHSE_XXX_Lange_D.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/372.

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This thesis emerged from the author’s quest to increase her personal and professional effectiveness, to become more congruent, and to be a better person in the world. The thesis discusses how to move from Argyris and Schon’s behavioural model 1 (seeking answers externally, blaming others, avoiding responsibility, controlling behaviour and the belief that there is one right way) to model 2 (seeking answers from within, accepting responsibility, living in a state of flow, surprise and emergent possibilities, looking at the world in multiple ways and collaborating with others). Drawing from her own experiences and interactions with others, the author explores issues such as how people learn the qualities that enable them to be better people; what experiences have enabled people to move toward model 2; what happens when a group, especially within an organisation, moves toward model 2 and how does this happen; and how can conditions be created to enable individuals or groups to move toward model 2.
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Welton, Martin. "Sense and self : towards an embodied epistemology of acting." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2002. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1031/.

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Choudhary, Aarti. "A process variation tolerant self compensation sense amplifier design." Connect to this title, 2008. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/166/.

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Branum, Tarra Rose. "Movement the vessel for a positive sense of self /." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2009. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession89-10MIT/Branum_TMITthesis2009.pdf.

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Robbins, Kimberly D. "The Origin of a Sense of Self in Women." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1346965956.

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Elmore, Luke. "Beyond the Limits of Disagreement: Sense and Self-Reference." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1564529923699644.

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Thompson, Julia. "A Sense of Time, A Sense of Self: The 'Lived Perspective' of the Walk." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32508.

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Much of the walking that we do in our daily lives is dull, but sometimes, unexpectedly, it can be revelatory. During these moments, through what phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty calls the â lived perspectiveâ of walking, we experience a merging of our inner and outer worlds and achieve greater self-awareness. Although most of our experience in the landscape is through movement, we rarely design for such spaces. Using the hypothesis that terrorist threats and an aging infrastructure may lead to the rerouting of the CSX Railway south of Washington, D.C., shutting down the existing line, I propose to convert the CSX Railway bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington to an open public space. While other portions of the track may be demolished and returned to the wide avenues envisioned by Lâ Enfant or renovated as trolley tracks, the CSX bridge could be renovated to provide a link between the neighborhood of Capitol Hill and the Anacostia River through a pedestrian walkway. The methodology I use to explore this thesis is two-fold. I study several environments, from site-specific artworks to monuments to large urban parks. I also study fields that explore the experiential nature of perception such as art and philosophy, and use the freedom of expression that drawing allows as a tool to inform the design of spaces that can enable us to experience a state in which our mind, body, and vision are intertwined.
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Kennett, Jeanette. "Agency and responsibility : a common-sense moral psychology /." Oxford [u.a.] : Clarendon Press, 2001. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00060671-d.html.

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Jafroudi, Nahal. "Exploration of the model of the self attributed to Ostad Elahi and its implications for the education of ethical literacy : an education that enhances an individual's sense of dignity." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2014. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/exploration-of-the-model-of-the-self-attributed-to-ostad-elahi-and-its-implications-for-the-education-of-ethical-literacy-an-education-that-enhances-an-individuals-sense-of-dignity(533cbf93-9d31-4cef-93bc-08249f0c7d54).html.

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The broad aim of this thesis is to develop a holistic conception of the self in relation to the complex interplay between education for ethical literacy and the notion of an agent as an ontological reality capable of self-transformation and self-realisation. To this end, ethical literacy, as a function of a holistic education, is conceived as enabling individuals to realise their essential nature through leading morally decent lives. The purpose of enquiry into the concept of the self is to highlight that since the self- transformative aims of ethical literacy are exercised on the self by the self, revitalising the focus on the agent’s ethical development therefore depends on grasping the true nature of the person who will live or aspire to live an ethical life. The notion of ethical literacy, as a moral empowerment that enables individuals to understand, analyse, reflect and practice that which makes them humane, postulates a holistic understanding of what it means to be human, which in turn implies that it is in understanding who human agents truly are, how they are to better themselves and what they can become, that the question of ethical literacy acquires a more concrete meaning. This thesis is divided into four parts, with part one providing a brief analysis of the moral landscape existing within the global community and highlights the need for effecting an equitable and compassionate moral horizon through education for ethical literacy. Part two, engages with the conceptual understanding of three influential ‘self‘ paradigms, namely, those of Descartes, Hume and Freud, which in tracing a line of these significant ‘self’ paradigms within the Western evolution of the concept of the self, places contemporary views on this subject in a historical context and informs how the conceptual consequences of these have formed, affected and influenced the postmodern humanist understanding of the self experienced today. To this end, in the search for a model of the self that may have the potential to close the epistemic gap existing between the differing concepts of the self, part three investigates the model postulated by the contemporary Eastern philosopher, Nour Ali Elahi, which in considering the self as an ontological reality, puts a special emphasis on the bi-dimensionality of human beings. Finally, in part four, the thesis is concluded by drawing on the analysis of the aforementioned influential self-paradigms, whose concepts of the disengaged individualistic self, the sense-content illusory self and the drive-driven fragmented self, have contributed to the prevalent ambiguity of the notion of the self in terms of relationality, in terms of continuity in time, and in terms of depth. By contrast, Ostad Elahi’s holistic model of the self, as an integrated theory of the self constitutive of its psychological, ontological and metaphysical dimensions, is offered as providing an alternative underpinning for a form of education for ethical literacy that is conducive to the enhancement of one’s sense of dignity.

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Anderson, Gail Alice. "The impact of bullying on the adolescent's sense of self." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212008-161731.

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Williams, Karen. "A qualitative exploration of sense of self and anorexia nervosa." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-qualitative-exploration-of-sense-of-self-and-anorexia-nervosa(49ac94f1-6780-4347-878e-da34901dff36).html.

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The thesis has been prepared in paper based format and includes three papers: paper 1 is a literature review, paper 2 is an empirical study and paper 3 is a critical reflection. Paper 1 has been prepared for submission to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and systematically reviews the qualitative literature pertaining to the process of recovery from anorexia nervosa (AN). A metasynthesis of 12 studies was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) principles. The metasynthesis identified factors that helped and factors that hindered recovery from AN, in addition to offering an interpretation of how these factors underpin the process of recovery. The strengths and limitations of the review are discussed, as are the implications of the findings for clinical practice. Paper 2 has been prepared for submission to the British Journal of Clinical Psychology and is a qualitative exploration of the nature of the relationship between the self and the eating disorder in individuals with a lifetime history of AN. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 women and the interview transcripts analysed using constructivist grounded theory methodology. The results suggested that the self is shared with AN and separating the self from AN has an important role to play in recovery from the disorder. A theoretical framework explaining the nature of the relationship between the self and AN is presented and discussed. The strengths and limitations of the study are considered, as are the implications of the findings on the content of therapeutic interventions. Paper 3 is not intended for publication and is a critical reflection of the research process as a whole. It evaluates the strengths and limitations of both paper 1 and paper 2, in addition to offering a critical review of completing a qualitative research project. Paper 3 also discusses issues surrounding reflexivity, implications of the research for clinical practice/working as a clinical psychologist and draws overall conclusions.

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Johnston, Dawn. "Renegotiating the self : how eight women diagnosed with breast cancer re-shaped a sense of self-identity." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44304.

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A narrative analysis was conducted to explore the research question: How do women reshape their sense of self-identify after being diagnosed with breast cancer? The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can leave women feeling as if their pre-cancer identity no longer fits for who they perceive themselves to be. There is a need for a better understanding of how women negotiate their experiences into a post-diagnosis self-identity. Counselling psychology is well-suited for this research because of its emphasis on helping individuals to navigate the various social, emotional, relational, and health-related concerns that women with breast cancer experience. A social constructionist framework informed the exploration of the social and interpersonal contexts within which women experience breast cancer. Eight women participated and volunteered their time and their intimate experiences. Each semi-structured interview was audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. A holistic-content approach was used to interpret and analyze each interview in order to write an individual narrative for each participant. An across-narratives thematic analysis identified six common themes including: 1) The Future-Focused Self; 2) The “I am Not a Survivor” Self; 3) The Intentional Self; 4) The Mindful Self; 5) The Social Self; and, 6) The Self as a Woman with Breast Cancer. The themes were validated by peer and expert reviewers. Participants’ narratives and themes were then applied to a model of re-shaping self-identity as a transition, in order to better understand the influences of the personal, social, and cultural contexts in which women experience breast cancer. The resulting model holds implications for future research, theory and practice. Previous models of the breast cancer experience hypothesize about how women’s self-identities are impacted by an experience of breast cancer, while the current model explains how women move through such a process. Counselling psychologists and healthcare professionals can use the model to identify where in the process of the cancer experience that a woman may be, and which contextual factors may be influencing her experience. Future research can expand on this model by exploring it in greater depth, and longitudinally in order to better delineate how the process unfolds.

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Steggals, Peter. "Making sense of self-harm : exploring the cultural meaning and social context of non-suicidal self-injury." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2143.

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Non-suicidal self-injury, more popularly referred to as ‘self-harm,’ has become a well established and somewhat haunting presence within late-modern western culture, however in marked contrast to the recent history of its cultural power and social presence, its clinical analysis and scientific exploration have proven confused, fragmented, and faltering. I argue here that these problems arise from a tendency to model self-harm as an individual psychopathological mechanism, an approach which tends to overlook the meanings and contexts which embed and pervade it as a cultural pattern, a social phenomenon, and a personal practice. By contrast I explore self-harm as a late-modern idiom of personal distress and emotional dysphoria, and argue that in order to make sense of it we must try to understand its meaning and not just its mechanism. I pursue this more situated exploration of self-harm through my research question: what are the discursive conditions of possibility which allow ‘self-harm’ to take on the meaning that it has in late-modern culture, and which allow it to exist as a meaningful category of action, and ‘the self-harmer’ to exist as a meaningful category of person. To help in this exploration I identify the key concepts and systems of meaning used to represent and understand self-harm across the multiple social sites in which discourse about it is produced. I do this through a cultural sociological approach especially influenced by Foucault’s archaeological method, and work with a hermeneutic analysis of a range of data, including non-structured interviews, psycho-medical texts which represent expert systems of knowledge governing understandings of self-harm, and popular representations in magazines, newspapers and other media. In this way I address the very conditions upon which self-harm can exist and work as a meaningful idiom in late-modern culture, or in other words: I seek to make self-harm make sense.

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Mills, David. "The sense of self and place in Tim Winton's Cloudstreet /." Title page and introduction only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm6568.pdf.

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Primmer, Mary-Beth. "Sense of self in the conduct of research in counselling." Thesis, Durham University, 2002. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3759/.

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This thesis addresses the relationship between counselling and researching. It questions whether or not there is an approach to researching that maintains and facilitates the sense of self of the researcher through the extension of congruence from something held to something that is acted upon. In outlining and defining the worlds of researching and counselling this thesis highlights two perceived fundamental differences between the two processes. The process of counselling, as defined within this thesis, is founded on the individual, and holds a proficiency model of the individual. The individual, to put it simply, is inherently trustworthy and possesses awareness and resources. Researching, again as defined within this thesis, is founded on the notion of community and holds a deficiency model of the individual. The individual according to the world of researching needs to be given boundaries to be trustworthy and responsible. In light of these perceived differences this thesis suggests that within the current field of research processes it is impossible for the individual researcher to conduct research in a manner which respects and facilitates their sense of self and active congruence. Constructs such as reflexivity impose a philosophy that has the distrust of the individual researcher at its core. This thesis suggests an alternative approach to researching that adopts the foundations of person-centred counselling. This approach has been named Researching with a Sense of Self. Researching with a sense of self (ReSS) is an approach to researching that extends the use of the self of the researcher beyond the boundaries of constructs such as reflexivity. Mirroring the philosophy of the person held within person-centred counselling, this process of researching employs constructs that facilitate and respect the self of the researcher as trustworthy and capable. This thesis is in two parts. The first part locates the thesis within the current literature of counselling and researching and introduces the notion of researching with a sense of self. The second part presents the application of the approach in the field of counselling in primary care, specifically looking at the individual counsellor working within a primary care context.

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Greenberg, Phyllis A. Jr. "The Outsider Within: Sense of Self in Jewish Feminist Women." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30648.

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Both Judaism and feminism encompass a wide range of practices and beliefs. Both are often misunderstood in popular media and educational settings. Outcomes of these misrepresentations can vary from social slights to dangerous anti-semitic and sexist behaviors, all of which have potential of interfering with development among Jewish and feminist people. Because religion, culture, and ideology contribute to adult identity in important ways, and because Judaism and feminism are poorly understood within the general population, research on the experience and meaning of Judaism and feminism is warranted. In this study I explored the development of Jewish and feminist identity among a sample of adult women residing in an area with small Jewish and feminist populations. Participants discussed how they negotiated the patriarchal hierarchy found in Judaism and in society at large, and they assessed the influence of residing in their community on their Jewish and feminist identities. Feminist standpoint theory guided development of the interview questions and procedures. This approach brings women, who have often been at the margins of research, to a central focus. Jewish feminist women are often outsiders within the Jewish community, the feminist community, and the general community. They share the usual concerns of patriarchy noted by other feminists, but also must contend with patriarchy within Judaism and anti-semitism within the feminist and general communities. Feminist standpoint theory focuses attention on these intersecting elements of infuence on identity. The results of this study reveal variation in the meaning of Judaism and feminism in women's lives. Although all of the participants used Jewish as a cultural identity, some also used it as an ethnic, racial, spiritual, or religious designation. Participants in this study found that their Jewish and feminist ideologies, for the most part, coexisted well. Any conflict between the two ideologies was generally resolved by reframing the Jewish perspective. All of the participants reported that living in an ideologically conservative and predominantly Christian environment influenced their sense of self. For most of the women the influence contributed to a clearer definition of and stronger identification with both Jewish and feminist ideologies.
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Greer, Arthur Scott. "Making sense out of the self, a social constructionist perspective on the history and measurement of the self." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0028/NQ39268.pdf.

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Todres, Leslie Allen. "An existential phenomenological study of the kind of therapeutic self-insight that carries a greater sense of freedom." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002582.

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The central aim of this study was to contribute to the clarification of the nature of self-insight in psychotherapy by means of a qualitative research design. A pilot study provided direction by suggesting a psychologically relevant focus that was experientially specific; that is, the kind of therapeutic self-insight that carries a greater sense of freedom. A phenomenological research method was used to describe and interpret in depth the experiences of eight clients who had been in psychotherapy. Their experiences were explicated to yield a psychologically relevant general description of the phenomenon. The results indicated ten central constituents of the experience. Such themes included, amongst others, the role of language in providing perspective, the increased understanding of personal agency, the achievement of a more complex self-image, and the ability to express existing desires and motives within a more flexible or creative behavioural context. The general description also indicated how phenomena such as memory, feeling, motive, metaphor, dreams and present behaviour interact in the co-constitution of this kind of therapeutic self-insight. After dialoguing the results of the study with relevant literature, the thesis concluded with reflections on the intrinsic value of therapeutic self-insight, as revealed in this study, in relation to the spirit of technology.

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Lange, Deborah. "A sense of being /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031210.112234/index.html.

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McCoy, Lisa. "Supporting New Elementary Teachers and Cultivating a Sense of Self-Efficacy." Thesis, Piedmont College, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3560457.

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This mixed methods study was conducted in a large school system in Georgia. The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast a variety of methods used to support new elementary teachers to increase both self-efficacy and retention. Traditional support methods such as teacher preparation, induction, mentoring, and administrator support were included in this study. In addition, minimally researched areas of new teacher support including instructional coaching, professional learning communities, observation/feedback, and online support were examined.

The data sources utilized in this study included an online new teacher survey, a new teacher focus group, and an administrative interview with the Executive Director for Human Resources Staffing for the school system. Based on the results, developing key partnerships between schools systems and teacher preparation institutions along with year-long student teaching experiences or residency programs is recommended to promote new teacher success. Additionally, the school system's own alternative teacher certification program exhibited positive results. Beginning teachers also expressed a desire for training on paperwork, student support meetings, and programs specific to the school system.

A common thread across all data sources was that support from people is extremely helpful to new teachers. In particular, mentoring and coaching were helpful across all three data sources. Moreover, online support including social networking and educational websites were shown to be extremely useful to novice teachers. Results also indicated that the opportunity to observe other teachers was tremendously beneficial and desired by 100 percent of new teachers who had not received that opportunity.

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Maas, Kimberly. "Making sense of motorcycle brotherhood| Women, branding, and construction of self." Thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1545878.

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This project focused on the motorcycle culture as evidenced in the definition of motorcycling brotherhood, the role of women in motorcycle culture, branding, and construction of self-identity. This study is intended to provide an in-depth analysis of these four areas for every-day bikers rather than outlaw motorcycle gangs. Previous research to date has focused on the culture and context of brotherhood among outlaw motorcycle gangs.

I use these four sections to determine what the everyday bikers understanding of brotherhood is, what women's current place is in motorcycle culture compared to men, the effects of branding and logos on motorcyclists, and how motorcyclists create their selfhood based upon these brands and logos. I attempt to determine if alienation is a prevalent theme or theory for the everyday biker. I found that out of 21 respondents interviewed, 10 Harley Riders and 11 non-Harley Riders, social psychology is a more prevalent explanation for why motorcyclists choose to ride.

Most of the bikers I interviewed stated that they ride because it provided a sense of adventure, it could free their mind temporarily, it felt like freedom, they felt like one with nature or the world, it was a great hobby, and most of all it allowed them to practice and share in social relationships. I also found that while women riders have grown in numbers over the years, patriarchy still exists and masculinity still dominates the motorcycling scene. Brotherhood is also found to be related to the biker code. Overall, motorcyclists still believed it is important to help out their fellow brother on two wheels rather than to worry about the brand of bike or type of bike they ride.

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Santamaría, Andrés Peter. "A principal's sense of self-efficacy in an age of accountability." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3296855.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of California, San Diego, California State University, San Marcus and San Diego State University, 2008.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Mar. 25, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120).

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Wilson, Penelope Jane. "The impact of social influences on a woman's sense of self." Thesis, City University London, 2009. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8606/.

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Western society arguably contains contradictory and confusing social and political discourses regarding the role of women and the construction of motherhood. This study explores the lived experience of women who have decided to be full time stayat- home mothers and have experienced identity challenges as a result. Through the interpretative phenomenological analysis of interviews with eight full-time stay-athome mothers this study seeks to understand how the decision to be a stay-at-home mother may impact upon a woman's identity and how identity challenges are managed. As a result of this analysis it is proposed that identity challenges may be experienced and managed through social comparison processes, both within and between groups. It is further postulated that the decision to take and hold the identity occurs via a process of continuous re-evaluation and re-commitment to the role, which appears to be influenced by both traditional and feminist ideologies. This model is discussed in relation to the literature on social identity, and in particular Breakwell's (1986) theory of identity threat. It is suggested that a greater understanding of both the challenges and the coping strategies available to women at the personal, interpersonal and intergroup levels, and how these are contextualised within a social framework, may be beneficial for counselling psychologists working with this population.

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Kirk, James M. "Principal Leadership and Teachers' Sense of Self-Efficacy| A Meta-Analysis." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10075623.

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Researchers have explored various antecedents to teacher efficacy in an effort to shape leadership practice to promote this elusive construct. This study was conducted as a meta-analysis of the extant literature regarding principal leadership and teachers’ sense of self-efficacy. After a comprehensive search, a sample of 29 studies were determined to have met the inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis. These studies referenced Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy as a theoretical framework and tested a correlation between teacher efficacy and principal leadership.

The purpose of this study was to deepen the understanding of how much, if at all, principal leadership affects teachers’ sense of self-efficacy. The research questions for this study were as follows: (a) To what extent is school principal leadership associated with teachers’ sense of teaching efficacy? and (b) Does the relationship between school principal leadership and teachers’ sense of teaching efficacy vary as a function of the measured leadership constructs? (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.)

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Kokkoris, Michail, Olga Stavrova, and Tila Pronk. "Finding meaning in self-control: The effect of self-control on the perception of meaning in life." Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6743/1/15298868.2018.pdf.

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The present research explored whether self-control is associated with the perception of meaning in life. A week-long daily diary study (Study 1) showed trait self-control (but not daily experiences of self-control failure) to be positively associated with a general sense of meaning in life and daily experiences of meaning. This association was robust against controlling for life satisfaction, positive and negative affect. Study 2 tested two potential mechanisms underlying the association between trait self-control and meaning in life: Successful goal progress and experience of structure in life. While self-control was positively associated with both, only the experience of structure predictedmeaning: Self-control was positively related to the perception of one's life as having a clear sense of structure and order, which in turn predicted a stronger perception of meaning. Study 3 replicated the mediation path via the experience of structure and showed it to be stronger for individuals high (vs. low) in the personal need for structure. The present findings add to the emerging literature on trait (and state) self-control and dispositional determinants of meaning in life.

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Nakano, Erline Vieira. "Changes In The Sense And Perception Of Self In Individuals With Aphasia." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001190.

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Winter, Elizabeth Anne. "Attitudes towards technology based on stereotypes, self-categorisation and sense of control." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7460.

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This research examines social psychological explanations for the under-representation of women in careers in computing. Following a review of the literature, a paper questionnaire collected open response data from 524 participants from two age groups representing pre- and post- adolescence. Results regarding what constituted a typical computer user indicated a shift from same gender representations at ages 10-11 to a young male stereotype by the vast majority of 16-18 year-olds. Proportionally less computer use by adolescent girls than boys was reported alongside girls having fewer positive emotions with age. An online survey provided quantitative data from a further 672 participants and introduced additional age-groups of 13-14 year-olds, undergraduates and adults. It confirmed the transition from same gender to a stereotyped male representation of a typical computer user during adolescence and indicated this occurred around 13-14 years of age. Principal Component Analyses (PCA) of 24 pairs of Locus of Control measures for work/education and computing contexts suggested men had a higher sense of personal control in a computing context than general whereas for women this was the reverse. PCA of a 20-item semantic differential scale to represent emotional responses provided evidence of three factors: positive/negative emotions; engagement and emotionality which offered some gender differences and relationships with other variables. A third study, of 179 undergraduates, related data from the online questionnaire to any effect on actual performance or self-rating on a computing task. Results showed that framing the task as evaluative and holding same-gender mental representations affected both performance and self-evaluation. This gave support to Stereotype Threat Theory (Steele & Aronson, 1995) in a computing context plus suggested factors that may prompt the opposite: Stereotype Lift (Walton & Cohen, 2003). Finally, the results of all three studies are discussed in terms of cognitive, affective, behavioural and perceived control components of an overall attitude towards computers.

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Pearson, Hazel Anne. "The Sense of Self: Topics in the Semantics of De Se Expressions." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10610.

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This work investigates a series of phenomena that shed light on the analysis of attitudes de se. We adopt Lewis’ (1979) proposal that attitudes de se involve self-ascription of a property, and investigate how this view of mental content is reflected in natural language. The implementation favored is a strong version of Lewis’ position: root and embedded clauses are uniformly treated as being of property type. Our approach elaborates Chierchia’s (1990) view that de se construals arise via binding by an abstraction operator in the clausal left periphery. Part I develops an argument that such operators occur in root as well as embedded clauses. This is contrasted with the view that the evaluation index incorporates an individual parameter, a prominent version of which treats the behavior of predicates of taste such as tasty as evidence that truth is relativized to individuals (Lasersohn, 2005; Stephenson, 2007a, 2007b). Chapter 2 argues against this view, defending a semantics for taste predicates that requires no appeal to an individual parameter. Chapter 3 employs an argument from Moore’s Paradox to motivate the proposal that root clauses bear individual abstractors in their left periphery, while Chapter 4 identifies phenomena that the system accounts for. Part II concerns two elements whose distribution is confined to embedded clauses: controlled PRO and the logophoric pronoun in the Niger-Congo language Ewe. Chapters 5 and 6 investigate the semantics of partial control, a variety of control where the controller denotes a proper subset of the understood subject. The view that control complements express properties lends itself to a principled account of which predicates license partial control. Chapter 7 presents novel data regarding the logophoric pronoun in Ewe. We show that, contrary to what had been assumed in the absence of the necessary fieldwork, Ewe logopohors are not obligatorily de se. We propose an account of this finding that is compatible with the implementation of the property view that we favor. Chapter 8 closes the dissertation by considering why it should be that certain expressions, such as PRO, are obligatorily de se while others, like the Ewe logophor, can be de re.
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Stanworth, Rachel. "Sources of meaning and sense of self in people who are dying." Thesis, Heythrop College (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392395.

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Peppiatt, A. J. "Self-agency and psychosis : trauma, sense of agency and locus of control." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1408028/.

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This thesis is presented in three parts, all of which focus broadly on the experience of agency in relation to psychosis or psychotic-like experiences. Part one, a systematic review of the literature, examines whether ‘sense of agency’, a subjective awareness of intentional actions, is altered in psychosis and evaluates the evidence for different models proposed to explain such alterations. The evidence suggests SoA is altered in psychosis in a number of ways and is associated with delusions of control and other psychotic phenomena. The research with non-clinical populations, however, is less clear. Several methodological limitations were identified. Future research and clinical implications are considered. Part two is an empirical paper that investigates whether different levels of self-agency - namely, action awareness (sense of agency) and a higher order level of agency (locus of control) - are related. It also explores the potential mechanisms by which self-agency alterations contribute to the development of psychotic-like experiences. External LoC was found to mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and psychotic-like experiences. The two levels of agency (SoA and LoC) were not associated. Part three, a critical appraisal of the research, discusses conceptual and methodological issues that arose and the implications for future research in the area of agency experiences. In addition, it includes the author’s personal reflections on the research process more generally and consideration of the scientist-practitioner model.

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Pyatt, Molly Elizabeth. "IS A POLICE OFFICER’S SENSE OF SELF-LEGITIMACY PREDICTIVE OF JOB SATISFACTION?" OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2370.

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The primary purpose of this thesis was to determine whether self-legitimacy impacted police officer satisfaction. Using data collected through an online self-reported survey, perceptions of satisfaction among 266 St. Louis County police officers were analyzed, controlling for other factors previously determined to be important to satisfaction such as race, gender, educational achievement, stress, relationships with supervisors, and years of experience. Results showed that self-legitimacy did not significantly affect officer satisfaction; however, relationships with supervisors and stress were significant in determining officer satisfaction. A possible explanation is offered that takes into account the nature of law enforcement around the time of survey collection (i.e., in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting).

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Leathers, Leslie Carol. "Sociocultural, sociohistorical, and sociopolitical effects on African American women's sense of self." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/538.

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The current study was an attempt to increase understanding within the field about the self-conceptualization processes of African American women given the perceptions/ stereotypes that exist about them. Grounded theory methodology was utilized to ascertain participants' understanding of themselves as well as whether historical and/or contemporary perceptions/stereotypes impacted how they saw themselves. The African American women in this study tended to define themselves in positive terms. Often their self-definitions included perceptions/stereotypes that are typically thought to be socially desirable (e.g., strong and independent). The participants' self-definitions tended to exclude perceptions/ stereotypes that carry more negative connotations (e.g., loud and unintelligent). Future research should investigate the implications of perceptions/stereotypes for self-concepts of African American women who are also members of other traditionally oppressed groups.

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Pienaar, Marthe-Marie. "Enhancing the sense of self of peer supporters using life design counselling." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62901.

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One of the main challenges experienced during adolescence is that of developing a coherent sense of self, or self-identity (Becht, 2016; Bester & Quinn, 2010; Erickson, 1977). This study used a parallel (or convergent) interactive multi-method design, embedded in an intervention, to explore the possible effects of group based life design counselling on the sense of self of female adolescent peer supporters. The possibility of assisting more individuals by using intervention techniques in groups was also explored. The research study is embedded in a constructivist paradigm and, working from an interpretive stance, the researcher collected, analysed and reported on quantitative and qualitative data to gained insight into the participants’ experiences surrounding narrative group life design techniques and their possible impact on enhancing the sense of self. The overall findings indicate that the intervention programme enhanced the sense of self of the participating peer supporters. The mixed-method research results from this study provide a clearer view of how groups of adolescents can be supported to become better equipped to negotiate transitions in their lives, by enhancing their sense of self.
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Shamo, Mirela. "Self-identification and sense of belonging among Kosovo Albanian descendants in Sweden." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21953.

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This paper investigates on the self-identification and feeling of belonging among the “Kosovo Albanian” “descendants” in Sweden. This is a study performed through semi-structured interviews of six volunteering participants, born and/or raised in Sweden, whose parents migrated after the 1990 which was the period of Bosnian and Croatian war that caused tensions in the Balkans. The concept of belonging together with the concept of identity, seen as self-identification, personal and collective identity, have guided through the findings of this paper. The result is that, regarding this sample, age of migration, and place of birth seems to matter in more easily defining identity and belonging.

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Hoskins, Caroline. "Beyond recovery : sense of self and psychosocial change following recent onset psychosis." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2016. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/94411/.

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Background: The experience of a Recent Onset Psychosis (ROP) can be traumatic. Framing psychosis using a trauma model has implications for understanding recovery. That psychosis can precipitate Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been demonstrated. However, little research has explored constructive changes that may occur as a result of the struggle to overcome the traumatic experience. Aim: This study sought to explore Post-traumatic Growth (PTG) following a ROP and the relationship of this to the re-construction of the self, which is regarded as central to the recovery process. Method: The study used a constructivist grounded theory approach. Eight individuals who had experienced a recent onset of psychosis, were recruited through NHS and third sector organisations. The participants engaged in semi-structured interviews about their experience of recovery from psychosis and associated perceptions of change (e.g., PTG and Post-traumatic Depreciation (PTD)). Results: The theme ‘the immediate crisis and aftermath’ epitomised the trauma of psychosis and ongoing struggle. The remaining themes ‘making sense’ and ‘finding a sense of value and purpose’ represented strategies employed by the participants to regain a sense of self. Making sense involved creating a ‘narrative of the crisis’ and of the future ‘recovered self’. ‘Re-gaining trust’ was central to the development of reinstating a perception of self as having value and purpose alongside ‘social participation’. Through participants’ engagement in these strategies the core category ‘Post-traumatic Growth’ emerged reflecting positive change, which included the categories: ‘increased self-awareness’; ‘increased empathy for others’; ‘deeper relationships’; and ‘reassessing priorities’. Conclusions: The findings have numerous clinical implications for clinical psychology and more widely for service delivery. The study recommends fruitful research endeavours in the topic of PTG and ROP.

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Cruvinel, Miriam. "Correlatos cognitivos e psicossociais de crianças com e sem sintomas depressivos." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/251741.

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Orientador: Evely Boruchovitch
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação
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Resumo: Sintomas depressivos estão associados a sérios comprometimentos no desenvolvimento cognitivo, escolar, emocional, familiar e social. O objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar variáveis cognitivas e psicossociais de crianças com e sem sintomas de depressão. A amostra foi composta por 157 alunos de 3ª e 4ª séries do ensino fundamental, de uma escola pública de Campinas. A partir dessa amostra maior foram selecionadas 54 crianças, tendo em vista seus resultados no Inventário de Depressão Infantil, sendo 27 com sintomas depressivos (G1) e 27 sem sintomatologia (G2). As crianças dos dois grupos eram comparáveis quanto ao sexo, a idade (8 a 11 anos) e a série escolar (3ª e 4ª). Após a identificação dos participantes com e sem sintomas, os grupos foram comparados no que concerne às estratégias de aprendizagem, crenças de auto-eficácia, autoconceito e autoregulação emocional. Os resultados revelaram que as crianças com sintomas apresentam autoconceito negativo e baixa auto-eficácia. Tanto o G1 como o G2 reportou o uso de estratégias de aprendizagem cognitivas e metacognitivas, no entanto, os participantes do G1, mencionaram, em algumas situações, menor uso de estratégias metacognitivas e parecem ter mais dificuldades de manter a atenção e de se automotivarem. Em linhas gerais, os dois grupos relataram usar estratégias semelhantes para lidar com as diferentes emoções. No entanto, foi interessante notar que o fato dos alunos do G1 sentirem mais freqüentemente tristeza e raiva, não garantiu que esses participantes apresentassem maior sucesso na percepção de emoções, já que foi G1 o que teve mais dificuldade na percepção da tristeza, do medo e da alegria. É recomendável que novos estudos a respeito da conscientização e percepção das emoções e o uso de estratégias de regulação afetiva de crianças com sintomatologia depressiva sejam realizados.Destaca-se também a necessidade da promoção do desenvolvimento metacognitivo e da aprendizagem auto-regulada, desde as séries iniciais. Sugere-se ainda que futuras pesquisas dessa natureza sejam conduzidas com a finalidade de se enriquecer os dados obtidos na presente tese.
Abstract: Depressive symptoms are associated to severe damages on the cognitive, emotional, study, family and social development. The present study aims at the investigation of the cognitive and psychosocial variables in children with and without depressive symptoms. The sample was composed by 157 third and fourth grade students of elementary school, from a public school in the city of Campinas. Fifty-five children from this larger sample have been selected considering their scores on the Children's Depression Inventory. Twenty-seven of them displayed depressive symptoms (G1) and the other 27 did not present symptoms (G2). The children of both groups were comparable in gender, age (8-11 years-old) and school grade (third and fourth grades). Subsequently to the selection of the participants with and without symptoms, the groups were compared in relation to their learning strategies, their beliefs of self-efficacy, self-concept and emotional self-regulation. Results demonstrate that children with depressive symptoms display negative self-esteem and low self-efficacy. Both G1 and G2 adopted cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies, however, G1 have displayed, in some situations, less usage of metacognitive strategies and seemed to face more difficulties to maintain concentration and be self-motivated. Even though both groups generally employ the same strategies to deal with different emotions, it was remarkable to notice that the fact that the students from G1 experience the feelings of sadness and anger more frequently than G2 did not guarantee their success in perceiving feelings, once G1 faced more difficulties in the perception of sadness, fear and happiness. It is recommended that future research on the perception and awareness of emotions as well as on the use of affective regulation strategies by children with depressive symptoms be carried out. The importance of promoting the metacognitive development and the selfregulated learning since the earlier grades in school is also highlighted. It is suggested that future research of this nature be made with the purpose of enriching the information obtained in the present work.
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Williams, Mhairi Elizabeth. "Can sense of coherence predict therapeutic outcome of a brief guided self-help intervention?" Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5504.

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Background: The construct sense of coherence (SOC) is proposed to explain the variation in the way people cope and it has been linked with positive mental health. Evidence suggests that level of SOC may be able to predict therapeutic outcome. There is a lack of evidence regarding individual predictors for treatment response of guided self-help services. Therefore, SOC is an important construct to consider. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a client’s sense of coherence at the start of a guided self-help intervention could predict their therapeutic outcome. The possibility that coping style mediated this relationship was also examined. Method: The study employed a longitudinal survey design. Participants were patients aged 30-64 years attending a guided self-help service for mild-moderate psychological difficulties. Participant data was collected pre and post intervention (3 weeks to 3 months after initial appointment). Results: A significant negative association was found between SOC and pre intervention anxiety and depression scores. No significant relationship was found between SOC and post intervention anxiety and depression scores (therapeutic outcome). Multiple regression analysis found that sense of coherence and coping style were not significant predictors of therapeutic outcome. Conclusions: It is important to determine the causality of SOC’s relationship with mental health because if SOC can be influenced via psychological intervention this may promote positive mental health and effective coping. Therefore, further research is required to determine if SOC has clinical application.

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Timm, Jana. "The self in action - electrophysiological evidence for predictive processing of self-initiated sounds and its relation to the sense of agency." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-131623.

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Stimuli caused by our own voluntary actions receive a special treatment in the brain. In auditory processing, the N1 and/or P2 components of the auditory event-related brain potential (ERP) to self-initiated sounds are attenuated compared to passive sound exposure, which has been interpreted as an indicator of a predictive internal forward mechanism. Such a predictive mechanism enables differentiating the sensory consequences of one´s own actions from other sensory input and allows the mind to attribute actions to agents and particularly to the self, usually called the “sense of agency”. However, the notion that N1 and/or P2 attenuation effects to self-initiated sounds reflect internal forward model predictions is still controversial. Furthermore, little is known about the relationship between N1 and/or P2 attenuation effects and the sense of agency. Thus, the aim of the present thesis was to further investigate the nature of the N1 and/or P2 attenuation effect to self-initiated sounds and to examine its specific relationship to the sense of agency. The present thesis provides evidence that N1 and/or P2 attenuation effects to self-initiated sounds are mainly determined by movement intention and predictive internal motor signals involved in movement planning and rules out non-predictive explanations of these effects. Importantly, it is shown that sensory attenuation effects in audition are directly related to the feeling of agency, but occur independent of agency judgments. Taken together, the present thesis supports the assumptions of internal forward model theories.

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