Piloting a brief intervention to increase positive identity and well-being in transgender and nonbinary individuals.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakary A. Clements ◽  
Sharon S. Rostosky ◽  
Sara McCurry ◽  
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Keyword(s):  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Identity

Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Positive Identities

2020 ◽  
pp. 617-636
Author(s):  
Mathew L. Sheep
Keyword(s):  
Past History ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Work Organizations ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Organizational Scholarship

Why do people work so hard to establish and grow an identity that is positive? Individuals in their work organizations engage in ongoing identity work to establish and sustain positive identities in pursuit of life, energy, viability, well-being, and growth. However, the pursuit of positive identities does not altogether negate the negative, nor is it a simple, linear path to growth. It is often a complex process, riddled with contradiction and tension, with aspirational identities paradoxically unfolding in a persistent tension with their opposites that can be residuals from past history and/or emergent from current crisis or perceived future threat. The literature exploring positive identities (part of a larger stream of a ‘positive’ turn in psychology and organizational scholarship) has grown steadily over the past two decades. The novel focus of this chapter is to explore the paradoxical, tensional aspects of and tactics involved in positive identity work, highlighting current perspectives, criticisms, and ways forward in research.

Reclaiming a Positive Identity in Chronic Illness through Artistic Occupation

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Growth Status ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Positive Sense ◽  
Adult Lives ◽  
Artist Identity

This article presents a qualitative study of women's positive reconstruction of self and identity during chronic illness through engaging in textile artwork. Ten women volunteered to be interviewed about the influence of their artistic occupations on their perceived health, well-being, and identity in chronic illness. This article specifically examines identity-related issues within the narratives, guided by the principles of grounded theory. The thematic analysis revealed that the participants' engagement in art-making during illness gradually contributed to a positive identity as a textile artist. Although emerging after the onset of illness, the artist identity enabled each participant to express continuities with her pre-illness self and values. Participants also regained a positive sense of personal growth, status, achievement, and connection with other women, which all appeared to promote their successful adaptation to ill health. The support of social networks and the wider cultural milieu may have enabled participants to commit themselves to their artwork. The findings suggest that meaningful artistic occupation may provide a source of positive identity for people living with chronic illness, even when they have not engaged regularly in art in their earlier adult lives.

“The music gets through”: Experiences of classical composers and observations of hospitalized adolescents in a music-based intervention

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110420
Author(s):  
Emily Cascarino ◽  
Tess Knight ◽  
Jacqui A Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Arts And Health ◽  
Adolescent Engagement

Music is a valuable aid for hospitalized adolescents as they navigate normative and non-normative stressors. Music-based interventions link these adolescents with composers who write music designed to facilitate emotional well-being; yet little is known about how each engage and find meaning in these interventions. This study examines the motivations and musical choices of composers of music for mental health, as well as how hospitalized adolescents engage in and benefit from the creative process. Ten adolescents with extensive hospital experiences, six composers, two hospital staff, and one program coordinator were observed and/or interviewed in a music-based intervention. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of interviews with composers, coordinators, and hospital staff was performed to gain deep understanding of psychosocial benefits for all groups. This was supplemented by ethnographic observation of the program. Qualitative themes of Composer Reasoning, Listener Influence, and Adolescent Engagement revealed interplay of challenges and rewards for composers and adolescents. Composers reported positive change in adolescent mood and engagement and reflected on this within the context of meaning-making and social connection. This study demonstrates the potential value of music as a tool to promote positive identity and contributes to the body of research forging a connection between the arts and health care.

scholarly journals Defining a Brief Intervention for the Promotion of Psychological Well-being among Unemployed Individuals through Expert Consensus

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osvaldo Santos ◽  
Elisa Lopes ◽  
Ana Virgolino ◽  
Miodraga Stefanovska-Petkovska ◽  
Alexandra Dinis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Expert Consensus ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Reappraising academic and social adversity improves middle school students’ academic achievement, behavior, and well-being

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (33) ◽  
pp. 16286-16291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey D. Borman ◽  
Christopher S. Rozek ◽  
Jaymes Pyne ◽  
Paul Hanselman
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Grade Point

The period of early adolescence is characterized by dramatic changes, simultaneously affecting physiological, psychological, social, and cognitive development. The physical transition from elementary to middle school can exacerbate the stress and adversity experienced during this critical life stage. Middle school students often struggle to find social and emotional support, and many students experience a decreased sense of belonging in school, diverting students from promising academic and career trajectories. Drawing on psychological insights for promoting belonging, we fielded a brief intervention designed to help students reappraise concerns about fitting in at the start of middle school as both temporary and normal. We conducted a district-wide double-blind experimental study of this approach with middle school students (n = 1,304). Compared with the control condition activities, the intervention reduced sixth-grade disciplinary incidents across the district by 34%, increased attendance by 12%, and reduced the number of failing grades by 18%. Differences in benefits across demographic groups were not statistically significant, but some impacts were descriptively larger for historically underserved minority students and boys. A mediational analysis suggested 80% of long-term intervention effects on students’ grade point averages were accounted for by changes in students’ attitudes and behaviors. These results demonstrate the long-term benefits of psychologically reappraising stressful experiences during critical transitions and the psychological and behavioral mechanisms that support them. Furthermore, this brief intervention is a highly cost-effective and scalable approach that schools may use to help address the troubling decline in positive attitudes and academic outcomes typically accompanying adolescence and the middle school transition.

LGB positive identity and psychological well-being.

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Scales Rostosky ◽  
Robert D. Cardom ◽  
Joseph H. Hammer ◽  
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Positive Identity

The Contribution of Nonfamily Adults to Adolescent Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Scales ◽  
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Developmental Relationships ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Sexual Responsibility

This chapter presents an extensive literature review and data from a sample of more than 30,000 children and youth from 30 countries, showing that young people worldwide do not experience an adequate level of developmental relationships with nonfamily adults that feature (a) care, (b) challenge, (c) support, (d) sharing of power with adults, and (e) expansion of young people’s possibilities. Young people who experience high-quality developmental relationships with nonfamily adults are significantly better off on a variety of well-being indicators, including positive identity, workforce readiness, educational attainment, spiritual development, and sexual responsibility. It is concluded that nonfamily adults represent a vast, largely untapped, resource for positive youth development and well-being globally. Implementing policies and practices to measure, track, and build those developmental relationships may be a relatively low-cost way to both promote youth well-being and efficiently multiply the positive impact of existing international aid and humanitarian investments.

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