Taking One’s Responsibilities While Facing Adversity: A Balanced Analysis of Self-Help Books Reading

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Nicolas Marquis
Keyword(s):  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
Self Help

Self-help books are frequently criticised by social scientists, who often impute problematic effects (on individuals and on society) to their reading. This article intends to show why this phenomenon needs to be studied through a theory of practice which includes the reception process. Drawing upon 55 interviews and 297 letters from self-help book readers, the article questions the practice of self-help reading in its own relevance system to show how readers use these books with a need for effectiveness and conduct different inquiries about their credibility. I finally argue that this empirical stage not only does not impair a critical perspective on self-help books but might actually improve it.

Cultural spaces of popularized psychological knowledge: Attachment parenting in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-357
Author(s):  
Anna Sieben ◽  
Ayşe Yıldırır
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
John Bowlby ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Attachment Parenting ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

The psychological concept of attachment is constantly evolving. Approximately 70 years after attachment theory was first introduced by John Bowlby in the late 1940s, the notion of attachment is still in flux with continually changing ideas of what it means to be a good parent. One path along which attachment as a concept is moving from academia to everyday life is the philosophy of attachment parenting which was first established in the US by William and Martha Sears. Ideas about attachment theory and attachment parenting are frequently accompanied by critical comments on “Western” cultures. This critical perspective on modernity, individualism, and autonomy is portrayed in the first part of this article. The second part traces attachment as a concept transferred to Turkey. Rather than studying academic work on attachment in Turkey, this article focuses on popularized versions of attachment theory which gain ground as part of the parenting philosophy of attachment parenting. This article analyzes parents’ blogs, websites, self-help books, fieldwork protocols, and interviews with parenting trainers and parents themselves. It focuses on how popular scientific use of attachment parenting in Turkey is accompanied by discussions of cultural identity, cultural values, and belonging. The article shows that attachment theory and parenting are used in quite diverse ways to comment on Turkish (parenting) culture, ranging from anglophile readings to more conservative appropriations of attachment theory as Anatolian education. These forms of popularizing attachment theory challenge the sociological concept of psychologization.

scholarly journals LIVELIHOODS STATUS OF RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SELF HELP GROUPS IN KEERAPALAYAM BLOCK, CUDDALORE DISTRICT

YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 748-757
Author(s):  
Dr. R. Babybowna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
High Rate ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Self Help Groups

The most important social innovation to help the poor in recent years has been the success of the thrift and credit based self help groups (SHG), especially those formed by women. These groups assisted by NGOs have successfully developed a system of revolving credit for the benefit of group members based on their own savings. SHGs have successfully maintained in high rate if loan repayments and successfully generated additional income, jobs, and small enterprises for their members. The first national conference of women entrepreneurs held at New Delhi in November 1981 advocated the need for developing women entrepreneurs for the overall development of the country. It called for priority to women in allotment of Land. Sanction of power, Licensing etc… the second international conference of women entrepreneurs organized by the National Alliance of young entrepreneurs (NAYE) held in 1989 at New Delhi. Entrepreneurship development among women can be considered a possible approach to economic empowerment of women. Human resources and technology are the two important factors of growth in new economic order. To activate these two factors like livelihoods and require rural entrepreneurship development in a big way in an economy. Women’s entrepreneurship has become an important aspect of the changed Indian economic. The participation of women in different innovative business undertakings has empowered them in the social, economic and cultural arena specifically, economists, social workers and social scientists have studied rural women and entrepreneurship in India at various levels

Fifty Years since the Coleman Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Downey ◽  
Dennis J. Condron
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Sociology Of Education ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Coleman Report ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

In the half century since the 1966 Coleman Report, scholars have yet to develop a consensus regarding the relationship between schools and inequality. The Coleman Report suggested that schools play little role in generating achievement gaps, but social scientists have identified many ways in which schools provide better learning environments to advantaged children compared to disadvantaged children. As a result, a critical perspective that views schools as engines of inequality dominates contemporary sociology of education. However, an important body of empirical research challenges this critical view. To reconcile the field’s main ideas with this new evidence, we propose a refraction framework, a perspective on schools and inequality guided by the assumption that schools may shape inequalities along different dimensions in different ways. From this more balanced perspective, schools might indeed reproduce or exacerbate some inequalities, but they also might compensate for others—socioeconomic disparities in cognitive skills in particular. We conclude by discussing how the mostly critical perspective on schools and inequality is costly to the field of sociology of education.

scholarly journals Neoliberalism and Disability: The Possibilities and Limitations of a Foucauldian Critique

2015 ◽  
pp. 84-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Yates
Keyword(s):  
Disabled People ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

In this article, I reflect back on the period since the publication of the first edition of Foucault and the Government of Disability in order to argue that the intervening years have seen the increasing advance of neoliberal politics that impact on the lives of disabled people. Beginning from an overview of Foucault’s 1978-9 lectures on neoliberalism, I seek to demonstrate that a range of policy developments that affect disabled people can be read against the background of Foucault’s analyses of neoliberal rationalities and practices of government. The impact of these developments has been economically harsh for many; hence, the article considers the potential for effective critique of these issues starting from a Foucauldian analytics. I argue that Foucault’s works, whilst useful in unsettling taken-for-granted assumptions about subjectivity and autonomy given by neoliberal governmental rationalities, do not, in and of themselves, suggest a form of critique that is capable of mounting an effective challenge to the neoliberal consensus. My argument ends with a challenge to Foucault-inspired social scientists to ally the valuable insights available from Foucauldian analyses to a critical perspective that can, in addition, diagnose and respond to problems of economic marginalisation, the concentration of wealth, and the marketisation of the social.

Group Experiences and Individual Differences in Stuttering

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 4335-4350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth E. Tichenor ◽  
J. Scott Yaruss
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Group Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Adults Who Stutter

Purpose This study explored group experiences and individual differences in the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings perceived by adults who stutter. Respondents' goals when speaking and prior participation in self-help/support groups were used to predict individual differences in reported behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Method In this study, 502 adults who stutter completed a survey examining their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings in and around moments of stuttering. Data were analyzed to determine distributions of group and individual experiences. Results Speakers reported experiencing a wide range of both overt behaviors (e.g., repetitions) and covert behaviors (e.g., remaining silent, choosing not to speak). Having the goal of not stuttering when speaking was significantly associated with more covert behaviors and more negative cognitive and affective states, whereas a history of self-help/support group participation was significantly associated with a decreased probability of these behaviors and states. Conclusion Data from this survey suggest that participating in self-help/support groups and having a goal of communicating freely (as opposed to trying not to stutter) are associated with less negative life outcomes due to stuttering. Results further indicate that the behaviors, thoughts, and experiences most commonly reported by speakers may not be those that are most readily observed by listeners.

Introduction to the Forum on Cluttering: Rays of Hope Shine Around the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1566-1567
Author(s):  
Isabella Reichel
Keyword(s):  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Feedback Training ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Thread ◽  
Evidence Based Treatments ◽  
Attention Performance ◽  
Self Help Groups

Purpose In the 10 years since the International Cluttering Association (ICA) was created, this organization has been growing in the scope of its initiatives, and in the variety of resources it makes available for people with cluttering (PWC). However, the awareness of this disorder and of the methods for its intervention remain limited in countries around the world. A celebration of the multinational and multicultural engagements of the ICA's Committee of the International Representatives is a common thread running through all the articles in this forum. The first article is a joint effort among international representatives from five continents and 15 countries, exploring various themes related to cluttering, such as awareness, research, professional preparation, intervention, and self-help groups. The second article, by Elizabeth Gosselin and David Ward, investigates attention performance in PWC. In the third article, Yvonne van Zaalen and Isabella Reichel explain how audiovisual feedback training can improve the monitoring skills of PWC, with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication. In the final article, Hilda Sønsterud examines whether the working alliance between the client and clinician may predict a successful cluttering therapy outcome. Conclusions Authors of this forum exchanged their expertise, creativity, and passion with the goal of solving the mystery of the disconcerting cluttering disorder with the hope that all PWC around the globe will have access to the most effective evidence-based treatments leading to blissful and successful communication.

Stuttering-Related Podcasts: Audio-Based Self-Help for People Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1131-1138
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Dignazio ◽  
Megan M. Kenny ◽  
Erik X. Raj ◽  
Kyle D. Pelkey
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Group Members

Purpose It is known that people who stutter (PWS) benefit from self-help experiences, such as attending support groups or conferences. However, limited research has been done to explore the listening of stuttering-related podcasts as a form of self-help for PWS. This study seeks to understand the reasons why PWS listen to stuttering-related podcasts and provide descriptions of their listening experiences. Method Thirty-three PWS who have listened to stuttering-related podcasts were recruited to participate in an online survey that included multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Responses were analyzed and grouped into descriptive themes. Results Participants reported listening to stuttering-related podcasts as a way to gain information and perspective. They also reported experiences that fit themes of empowerment and camaraderie, as a result of listening. Conclusions Stuttering-related podcasts seem to be a positive self-help tool for PWS. Stuttering support group leaders and/or speech-language pathologists may consider introducing their group members or clients who stutter to this type of audio-based self-help experience.

Digital Audio and Self-Help for People Who Stutter

ASHA Leader ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 19-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Snyder ◽  
Peter Reitzes ◽  
Eric Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Digital Audio ◽  
Self Help
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document