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Stiefel F, Bourquin C, Michaud L. Positive psychology interventions in palliative care: Cui bono? Palliat Support Care 2024; 22:588-591. [PMID: 38124626 DOI: 10.1017/s1478951523001682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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- Friedrich Stiefel
- Psychiatric Liaison Service, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Liaison Service, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Liaison Service, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jurist E, Greenberg D, Pizziferro M, Alaluf R, Perez Sosa M. Virtue, well-being, and mentalized affectivity. RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY (MILANO) 2023; 26:710. [PMID: 38189466 PMCID: PMC10849072 DOI: 10.4081/ripppo.2023.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Virtue ethics, featuring the claim that virtue leads to wellbeing, has been imported by psychologists from philosophy. In the first part of the paper, we re-examine the source of virtue ethics in Aristotle's philosophy and question whether virtues can be the path to eudaimonistic well-being for us, given that contemporary society differs from ancient society in terms of a lack of consensus about virtues. We focus on the modulation of emotions as a good starting place for reconstruing virtue ethics, and we affirm a connection to well-being through the construct of "mentalized affectivity", which is a specific kind of emotion regulation. In the second half of this hybrid paper, we provide evidence for the link between mentalized affectivity and well-being, based upon an empirical study with an adult sample (N=558). Our study examined how the Mentalized Affectivity Scale (MAS) predicts subjective well-being compared to five commonly used and related measures: Difficulty with Emotion Regulation Scale; Emotion Regulation Questionnaire; Flexibility Regulation of Emotional Expression scale; Reflective Functioning Questionnaire; Toronto Alexithymia Scale. The most important finding is that the MAS and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale are most predictive of satisfaction with life. A second finding, less relevant for the present paper, is that the MAS (namely, its components of Identifying and Processing) strongly predicted psychopathology, including anxiety and mood disorders. This suggests that the MAS is a valuable tool for research on emotion regulation, well-being, and psychopathology, and that mentalized affectivity ought to be regarded as a promising construct for re-describing and specifying the contemporary relevance of virtue ethics.
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- Elliot Jurist
- The City College of New York, NY; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, NY.
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- Iterdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel; Department of Music, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel; Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.
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Sibeoni J, Manolios E, Mathé J, Feka V, Vinez MM, Lonsdorfer-Wolf E, Bloch JG, Baylé F, Meunier JP, Revah-Levy A, Verneuil L. The experience of a program combining two complementary therapies for women with breast cancer: An IPSE qualitative study. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285617. [PMID: 37590246 PMCID: PMC10434849 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The use of complementary therapies within oncology is a clinical issue, and their evaluation a methodological challenge. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study exploring the lived experience of a French program of complementary therapies combining structured physical activity and MBSR among women with breast cancer. METHODS This French exploratory qualitative study followed the five stages of the Inductive Process to analyze the Structure of lived Experience (IPSE) approach. Data was collected from February to April 2021 through semi structured interviews. Participants, purposively selected until data saturation. Inclusion criteria were: being an adult woman with breast cancer whatever the stage who had completed their treatment and were part of the program of complementary therapies. RESULTS 29 participants were included. Data analysis produced a structure of experience based on two central axes: 1) the experience these women hoped for, with two principal expectations, that is to take care of their bodies and themselves, and to become actors in their own care; and 2) an experience of discovery, first of themselves and also in their relationship with the exterior, whether with others, or in society, and in the relationships with health-care providers. CONCLUSIONS Our results from this French study reinforce the data described in other western countries about the needs of women receiving care in oncology departments for breast cancer: they need to be informed of the existence of supportive care in cancer by the health-care professionals themselves, to be listened to, and to receive support care. A systematic work of reflexivity about this redundancy in our results and in the qualitative literature, led us to question what impeded the exploration of more complex aspects of the experience of this women-the inherently emotional and anxiety-inducing experience of cancer, especially anxiety about its recurrence and of death-and to suggest new research perspectives to overcome these methodological and theoretical obstacles.
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- Jordan Sibeoni
- Pôle Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France
- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- IPSEA: IPSE Association, IPSEA.fr, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- IPSEA: IPSE Association, IPSEA.fr, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Service de Psychiatrie et Addictologie de l’adulte et du Sujet âgé, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- IPSEA: IPSE Association, IPSEA.fr, Paris, France
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- Service de Physiologie et EFR, NHC, Hôpitaux Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Service de Physiologie et EFR, NHC, Hôpitaux Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut Français Pleine Conscience Mindfulness Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- GHU Paris Psychiatrie-Neurosciences, Pole Précarité, Hopital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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- Pôle Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France
- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- IPSEA: IPSE Association, IPSEA.fr, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1153, Statistic and Epidemiologic Research Center Sorbonne Paris Cité, (CRESS), ECSTRRA Team, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- IPSEA: IPSE Association, IPSEA.fr, Paris, France
- GHU Paris Psychiatrie-Neurosciences, Pole Précarité, Hopital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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Hunt J. On the need for structurally competent counselling and psychotherapy: Neoliberal ideology, disability and the psy disciplines. COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/capr.12649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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- Joanne Hunt
- Graduate of University of Derby College of Health, Psychology and Social Care Derby UK
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Dóci E, Spruyt B, De Moortel D, Vanroelen C, Hofmans J. In Search of the Social in Psychological Capital: Integrating Psychological Capital into a Broader Capital Framework. REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/10892680231158791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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During the past decade, a rich literature emerged focusing on “psychological capital,” a multidimensional concept encompassing self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience. So far psychological capital has been predominantly studied in the areas of work and organizational psychology, management, and organizational behavior. This paper argues that (1) the relevance of psychological capital is much broader than assumed so far and (2) that not only the outcomes but also the (social) origins and sources of psychological capital need to be studied. More specifically, the key questions that we address in this paper concern (1) how the notion of psychological capital can be integrated into a broader capital framework that allows studying (the reproduction of) social inequalities, (2) what such integration adds to disciplines such as psychology and sociology, (3) and which avenues for further research can be derived from such framework? Informed by the work of Pierre Bourdieu, we argue that psychological capital is the missing link to develop a comprehensive framework for studying (the reproduction of) social inequalities. Based on our theory building, we develop an interdisciplinary research agenda.
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- Edina Dóci
- School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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Seubert L, McWha‐Hermann I, Seubert C. Critical Reflection and Critical Reflexivity as Core Processes for Critical WOP: Precarious Employment as an Example. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/apps.12424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lisa Seubert
- Department of Psychology, Leopold‐Franzens‐University Innsbruck Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Leopold‐Franzens‐University Innsbruck Austria
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Bonvin S, Stiefel F, Gholam M, Bourquin C. Calling situated: a survey among medical students supplemented by a qualitative study and a comparison with a surveyed sample of physicians. BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION 2022; 22:619. [PMID: 35971124 PMCID: PMC9376571 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03642-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Calling within the medical context receives growing academic attention and empirical research has started to demonstrate its beneficial effects. The purpose of this study is to investigate what motivates students to enter medical school and what role calling may play (i), to evaluate if calling influences the way in which they experience their studies (ii), and to compare medical students' experience of calling with those of physicians. METHODS A questionnaire survey was distributed among medical students (N = 1048; response rate above 60%) of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. It was supplemented by a group discussion between bachelor medical students (N = 8) and senior physicians (N = 4), focusing on different facets of calling. An existing data set of a survey among physicians, addressing calling with the same questionnaire, was used to compare students' and physicians' attitudes towards calling. Survey data were analyzed with the habitual statistical procedures for categorical and continuous variables. The group discussion was analyzed with thematic analysis. RESULTS The survey showed that experiencing calling is a motivational factor for study choice and influences positively choice consistency. Students experiencing calling differed from those who did not: they attributed different definitions to calling, indicated more often prosocial motivational factors for entering medical school and perceived the learning context as less burdensome. The analysis of the group discussion revealed that the concept of calling has a fluid definition. It was conceived as having the characteristics of a double-edged sword and as originating from within or outside or from a dialectic interplay between the inner and outer world. Finally, calling is experienced less often by physicians than by medical students, with a decreasing prevalence as the immersion in the clinical years of the study of medicine progresses. CONCLUSIONS Calling plays an important role in study choice and consistency of medical students. Given its relevance for medical students and its ramifications with the learning context, calling should become a topic of the reflexive parts of the medical curriculum. We critically discuss the role played by calling for medical students and provide some perspectives on how calling could be integrated in the reflection and teaching on physicianhood.
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- S Bonvin
- Psychiatric Liaison Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Liaison Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center of Epidemiological Psychiatry and Psychopathology (CEPP), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Liaison Service, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Plesa P, Petranker R. Manifest your desires: Psychedelics and the self-help industry. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2022; 105:103704. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bonilla S, Natarajan M, Koven J, White L, Lamb S. The discourse of being ‘triggered’: Uses and meanings among counselling students. COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/capr.12535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Sara Bonilla
- Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Counseling and School Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
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Satterwhite R. Critical considerations for the effective use of leadership inventories and assessments. New Dir Stud Leadersh 2021; 2021:35-46. [PMID: 34487618 DOI: 10.1002/yd.20440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Leadership education ideally prepares learners for not only the world we now know, but also the anticipated global challenges that the practice of leadership will be tasked with addressing in the future. Towards this end, centering criticality, integrating both horizontal and vertical development, and balancing leader and leadership development become important goals. This article addresses how leadership educators can utilize inventories and assessments to advance these goals.
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Positive Psychology Applied to the Workplace: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/00221678211029400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An ever-expanding literature now exists critiquing the theory and philosophy of positive psychology, however, research has yet to provide a critical analysis of its practical application. The current study extends on these critiques by exploring how positive psychology is applied to the workplace by investigating practitioner-based sources including interviews with workplace coaches who use positive psychological interventions and applied published texts. The study draws on Michel Foucault’s concepts of power/knowledge and discourse as a theoretical and methodological framework. Three dominant discourses were identified which illustrate the ways in which positive psychology is applied to the workplace. These include the promotion of its scientific credentials, employing a strength-based approach and using goal-setting and behavioral reinforcement interventions. When applied to the workplace, these discourses psychologize workplace problems, resulting in potentially negative outcomes for employees. However, interviews with some of the workplace coaches indicate they practice a degree of reflexivity, providing a salutary lesson for the science of positive psychology.
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Girerd L, Verniers C, Bonnot V. Neoliberal Ideology in France: A Qualitative Inquiry. Front Psychol 2021; 12:686391. [PMID: 34267709 PMCID: PMC8276107 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.686391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This article adds to the existing literature on neoliberal ideology by investigating its content and contours in a context historically marked by statism. Very few studies in social psychology have looked at how neoliberal ideology transpires out of people's discourses and none have done so in such contexts. Yet, this appears necessary in order to better understand its actual influence and how it interacts with localized norms. Relying on a qualitative analysis of 32 semi-structured interviews and on the existing literature, we identified five central themes of neoliberal ideology in France: State prerogatives, competition, abstraction from institutional and social contexts, the entrepreneurial self and emotional management. Results suggest that the influence of neoliberal ideology transpires in the way people envision competition as something natural and motivating, in the way they distance themselves from their immediate and distant contexts, and in the way they value and engage in self-regulation while pursuing happiness and self-optimization. We also found that, in the French context, neoliberal ideology was not necessarily associated to the willingness to see the State step back and to the rationalization of all types of inequalities. Indeed, in the eyes of participants, the State largely remains the guarantor of public services and should ensure an equality of opportunity. This study highlights the value of relying on a qualitative approach to provide a rich and complex account of social realities such as ideologies.
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- Lola Girerd
- Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Cavanagh SL. Sociotherapy in the Time of COVID-19: A Critical Position Paper on the Importance of Sociology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 15:211-225. [PMID: 34394801 PMCID: PMC8358565 DOI: 10.1177/1936724421998275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper contends that sociotherapy, a sociologically informed approach to therapy, is a viable alternative to the diagnostic model recognized by the College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario (CRPO). The Psychotherapy Act (2007) along with the Regulated Health Professions Act (1991) gives the CRPO authorization to regulate the practice of psychotherapy and to control titles affiliated with the act of psychotherapy. I offer a discussion of sociotherapy and socioanalysis as clinical alternatives to the conservative and normalizing approaches endorsed by the College. I situate sociotherapy and socioanalysis in the discipline of sociology and in relation to Freudian psychoanalysis. I offer my own sociotherapeutic practice as an illustration of how the societal and the psychological, the social, and the psychic must be engaged in concert. I underscore the importance of dialogue, as opposed to diagnostics, interpretation as opposed to assessments and psychosocial contemplation as opposed to cognitive-behavioral treatment in clinical practice.
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Lomas T, Waters L, Williams P, Oades LG, Kern ML. Third wave positive psychology: broadening towards complexity. THE JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1805501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Tim Lomas
- School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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- Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Cooley SJ, Quinton ML, Holland MJG, Parry BJ, Cumming J. The Experiences of Homeless Youth When Using Strengths Profiling to Identify Their Character Strengths. Front Psychol 2019; 10:2036. [PMID: 31607972 PMCID: PMC6769124 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Individuals, particularly those considered "hard-to-reach," often engage well with assessment tools that involve active dialogue and the co-construction of knowledge. Strengths profiling is one such tool that enables a person-centered and autonomy supportive approach to the identification of character strengths. Strength profiling is an adaptation of performance profiling used in sport psychology, which has not yet been utilized in broader psychological research or clinical practice. Supporting an individual by raising awareness of their personal character strengths is an effective and growing mechanism for promoting psychological well-being. Strengths profiling involves several stages of exploring, defining, and assessing character strengths, leading to the identification of signature strengths and goals for future development. Informed by personal construct theory, the present study explored the experiences of homeless young people living in sheltered accommodation (N = 116), when using strengths profiling at the start and end of a 10-week, strengths-based intervention. Mixed-method data was obtained from the strengths profiles, questionnaires measuring resilience, self-worth, and well-being, and diary entries. Findings revealed a rich array of character strength terminology and individual meanings. Participants found strengths profiling to be highly engaging, particularly due to their active role in strength identification, which prompted interesting and meaningful reflections on character strengths that were pertinent to them. Participants felt their signature strengths were vital protective factors within their lives and strengths profiles were correlated with resilience, self-worth, and well-being. Character strengths and resilience were also significantly and meaningfully improved pre/post-intervention, providing support for the use of strengths profiling as a tool for monitoring change in character strength perceptions. Overall, this study demonstrates the utility and versatility of strengths profiling as a new method in the discipline of positive psychology and strengths-based research and applied practice.
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- Sam J Cooley
- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sport and Health, Newman University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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McDonald M, Gough B, Wearing S. Social psychology, consumer culture and neoliberalism: A response to Phelps and White (2018). JOURNAL FOR THE THEORY OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- School of Social SciencesLeeds Beckett University UK
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- Management Discipline GroupUniversity of Technology Sydney Australia
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Yakushko O, Blodgett E. Negative Reflections About Positive Psychology: On Constraining the Field to a Focus on Happiness and Personal Achievement. JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/0022167818794551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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“Positive” psychology has gained a dominant voice within and outside the field of psychology. Although critiques of this perspective have been rendered, including by humanistic psychologists, psychology scholars have offered minimum space for critical reflections of this movement in contrast to its critiques existing inside and outside the academia in other fields. Therefore, this contribution seeks to explicate emerging systematic critiques of positive psychology by scholars and practitioners from within mental health fields as well as from philosophy, medicine, education, business, and cultural studies and to highlight sociocultural discussions of positive movement by the culture critics. Last, we offer reflections on positive psychology as immigrant professionals from non-Western backgrounds with an emphasis on existential and humanities-based perspectives. We also highlight that the tenets and experiments based on “positive” psychological practices may have especially detrimental effect on marginalized individuals and communities. This contribution seeks to invite a critical dialogue in the field regarding positive psychology within and outside humanistic psychology and psychology in general.
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- Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, USA
- Rose City Center, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Calvard TS, Sang KJC. Complementing psychological approaches to employee well-being with a socio-structural perspective on violence in the workplace: an alternative research agenda. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1314976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Department of Business Management, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hefferon K, Ashfield A, Waters L, Synard J. Understanding optimal human functioning – The ‘call for qual’ in exploring human flourishing and well-being. THE JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1225120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Kate Hefferon
- School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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- English Institute of Sport, Manchester Institute of Health & Performance, Manchester, UK
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Gent N. How are recent changes to primary care mental health provision within the NHS affecting psychodynamic counsellors’ construction and management of their professional identities? A Foucauldian perspective. PSYCHODYNAMIC PRACTICE 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/14753634.2016.1273792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Victoria Clarke
- Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Varje P, Väänänen A. Health risks, social relations and class: an analysis of occupational health discourse in Finnish newspaper and women's magazine articles 1961-2008. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2016; 38:493-510. [PMID: 26547280 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this article we examine the treatment of psychosocial risks in public occupational health discourse in Finnish newspaper and magazine articles between the 1960s and 2000s, using discourse analysis. Building on class theories, our aim is to investigate how class expectations have been linked with the redefinition of occupational health risks during this period. Our results suggest that as social relations at the workplace became problematised in the occupational health discussions after the 1970s, the image of the hierarchical and naturally conflictual organisation was replaced by idealised middle-class notions of smoothly functioning, harmonious organisations that offered rewarding work experiences. However, this same period since the late 1970s has also been characterised by increasing economic competition and neoliberal market ideology. We conclude that the concern about work-related psychosocial risks and health problems expressed in Finnish newspaper and magazine articles during the last three decades has been shaped in many respects by a collision between the dominant middle-class expectations of harmony and equality and the neoliberal production of competition and inequality.
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- Pekka Varje
- Centre of Expertise for Development of Work and Organizations, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre of Expertise for Development of Work and Organizations, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
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Dematteo D, Reeves S. A critical examination of the role of appreciative inquiry within an interprofessional education initiative. J Interprof Care 2010; 25:203-8. [PMID: 21182444 DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2010.504312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Appreciative inquiry (AI) is a relatively new approach to initiating or managing organizational change that is associated with the 'positiveness' movement in psychology and its offshoot positive organizational scholarship. Rather than dwelling upon problems related to change, AI encourages individuals to adopt a positive, constructive approach to managing change. In recent years, AI has been used to initiate change across a broad range of public and private sector organizations. In this article, we report findings from a subset of 50 interviews gathered in a wider study of interprofessional education (IPE) in which AI was employed as a change agent for implementing IPE in a number of health care institutions in a North American setting. A multiple case study approach. (Yin, 2002) was employed in the wider study and semi-structured interviews were undertaken with participants both before their IPE programs and directly afterwards to obtain a detailed understanding of their expectations and experiences of IPE. Interviews were analyzed in an inductive thematic manner in order to produce key emergent themes from each of the IPE programs. A process of re-analysis provided a set of themes which offered an understanding of the role of AI within this IPE initiative. Our findings identify a strong resonance and fit for AI both among the health and social care professionals who participated in this initiative. Numerous individuals commented on the enthusiasm and energy AI engendered, while praising its ability to enhance their working lives and interprofessional relationships. Yet a number of difficulties were also reported. These focused on problems with the translation of the AI process into achievable structural level (e.g. professional, cultural) changes. Based on these findings, the article goes on to argue that the use of AI can overlook a number of structural factors, which will ultimately limit its ability to actually secure meaningful and lasting change within health care.
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- Dale Dematteo
- Wilson Centre for Research in Education, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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