Athlete-Centred Coaching in University Sport:

Realizamos uma ampla investigação sobre a produção da subjetividade eclesiástica, tal como ela se processa na instituição seminário católico. Utilizando o instrumental teórico da análise institucional, mapeamos os operadores institucionais subjetivadores do dispositivo pedagógico seminário, enfocando tanto suas relações de poder quanto seus aspectos místicos, atentos às dimensões instituintes e instituídas. Os dados foram obtidos através da observação do cotidiano institucional e de entrevistas semidirigidas com os diversos atores institucionais, tanto no seminário filosófico quanto no teológico. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a formação do clero pode ser considerada como um domínio ainda flutuante, constituindo um campo de noções conexas que reconhecemos como sendo pertinentes aos saberes pedagógicos, psicológicos e teológicos. Há o desconhecimento e a denegação da dimensão totalitária e disciplinar do seminário. O modo de funcionamento hegemônico do seminário seria o asilar ou conventual, baseado no enclausuramento, na tutela completa da existência do candidato ao sacerdócio, na vivência grupal e no panoptismo, atraído pela força gravitacional do paradigma tridentino.Abstract: We carried out a broad investigation about the production of ecclesiastical subjectivity as it occurs in the Catholic Seminary institution. Using the theoretical instrument of institutional analysis, we made a chart of the institutional operators that subjectify the pedagogical seminary device focusing both on its power relations and on its mystical aspects, carefully examining its instituting and instituted dimensions. The data was obtained through observation of the everyday institutional life and from semi-structured interviews with the various institutional actors, both in the philosophical and in the theological seminary. The results obtained indicate that the training of the clergy may be regarded as a still uncertain domain, constituting a field of related notions that we recognize as being pertinent to the pedagogical, psychological and theological forms of knowledge. There is a lack of knowledge and a denial of the totalitarian and disciplinary dimensions of the seminary. Its hegemonic way of functioning would be similar to that of an institution or a convent, based on seclusion, on the full control of the life of the candidate to priesthood, on collective living, on panoptism (full time surveillance), all attracted by the gravitational force of the Tridentine paradigm.

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Environment and its Forms of Knowledge: The Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops in India

Journal of Developing Societies ◽

10.1177/0169796x211001235 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 167-183

Author(s):

Aniket Aga

Keyword(s):

Power Relations ◽

Genetically Modified ◽

Genetically Modified Crops ◽

Gm Crops ◽

Regulatory Regime ◽

Democratic Participation ◽

Environment Protection ◽

Policy Decisions ◽

Inherent Ambiguity ◽

Forms Of Knowledge

A fierce controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops has been raging in India for over two decades. Analyzing India’s regulatory regime for GM crops, this article focuses on the modes through which state bureaucracies know the environment. It argues that two epistemologies - scientific and legal-administrative – underpin environment protection. By unraveling the course of regulatory disputes, I demonstrate that bureaucracies are not just hierarchically divided but are also segmented by horizontal, functional specializations. There is thus an inherent ambiguity lodged between environment as a technical discourse and as statecraft. This ambiguity both fosters and constrains democratic participation in policy decisions and can even partially disrupt power relations in unanticipated ways.

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Asymmetric Power Relations in Gynaecological Consultations for Cervical Cancer Prevention: Biomedical and Gender Issues

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18157850 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (15) ◽

pp. 7850

Author(s):

Carla Freijomil-Vázquez ◽

Denise Gastaldo ◽

Carmen Coronado ◽

María-Jesús Movilla-Fernández

Keyword(s):

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia ◽

Power Relations ◽

Intraepithelial Neoplasia ◽

Cervical Cancer Prevention ◽

Emotional Reactions ◽

Limited Information ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Biomedical Knowledge ◽

Asymmetric Power ◽

And Gender

A generic qualitative research, using a poststructuralist feminist perspective, was conducted in a Spanish gynaecology unit with the following aims: (a) to analyse how asymmetric power relations in relation to biomedical knowledge and gender shape the medical encounters between gynaecologists and women diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and (b) to explore the cognitive, moral, and emotional responses expressed by patients. A total of 21 women diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were recruited through purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were recorded and transcribed, and a thematic analysis was carried out. Two major themes were identified: (a) gendered relations in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia medical encounters are based on hidden, judgmental moral assumptions, making women feel irresponsible and blamed for contracting the human papillomavirus infection; (b) biomedical power is based on the positivist assumption of a single truth (scientific knowledge), creating asymmetric relations rendering women ignorant and infantilised. Women reacted vehemently during the interviews, revealing a nexus of cognitive, moral, and emotional reactions. In medical encounters for management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, patients feel they are being morally judged and given limited information, generating emotional distress. Healthcare professionals should question whether their practices are based on stereotypical gender assumptions which lead to power asymmetries during encounters.

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COST, CONTEXT, AND DECISIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care ◽

10.1017/s0266462318000612 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (5) ◽

pp. 434-441 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Anthony J. Culyer

Keyword(s):

Health Economics ◽

Health Technology Assessment ◽

Decision Maker ◽

Technology Assessment ◽

Health Technology ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Context Dependent

Objectives:This study is an attempt to demystify and clarify the idea of cost in health economics and health technology assessment (HTA).Methods:Its method draws on standard concepts in economics. Cost is a more elusive concept than is commonly thought and can be particularly elusive in multidisciplinary territory like HTA.Results:The article explains that cost is more completely defined as opportunity cost, why cost is necessarily associated with a decision, and that it will always vary according to the context of that decision: whether choice is about inputs or outputs, what the alternatives are, the timing of the consequences of the decision, the nature of the commitment to which a decision maker is committed, who the decision maker is, and the constraints and discretion limiting or liberating the decision maker. Distinctions between short and long runs and between fixed and variable inputs are matters of choice, not technology, and are similarly context-dependent. Harms or negative consequences are, in general, not costs. Whether so-called “clinically unrelated” future costs and benefits should be counted in current decisions again depends on context.Conclusions:The costs of entire health programs are context-dependent, relating to planned rates of activity, volumes, and timings. The implications for the methods of HTA are different in the contexts of low- and middle-income countries compared with high-income countries, and further differ contextually according to the budget constraints (fixed or variable) facing decision makers.

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What Support? Foucault, Power, and the Construction of Rape

Qualitative Sociology Review ◽

10.18778/1733-8077.15.1.02 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 36-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Aliraza Javaid

Keyword(s):

Power Relations ◽

Social Structures ◽

Male Rape ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Voluntary Agency ◽

The Social ◽

Cultural Constructions ◽

Voluntary Agencies

This paper is concerned with the social and cultural constructions of male rape in voluntary agencies, England. Using sociological, cultural, and post-structural theoretical frameworks, mainly the works of Foucault, I demonstrate the ways in which male rape is constructed and reconstructed in such agencies. Social and power relations, social structures, and time and place shape their discourses, cultures, and constructions pertaining to male rape. This means that constructions of male rape are neither fixed, determined, nor unchanging at any time and place, but rather negotiated and fluid. I theorize the data—which was collected through semi-structured interviews and qualitative questionnaires—including male rape counselors, therapists, and voluntary agency caseworkers. The theoretical and conceptual underpinnings that frame and elucidate the data contribute to sociological understandings of male rape.

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Analysis of Experiences and Psychological Perceptions of Recovered COVID-19 Patients

Journal of Counseling Research ◽

10.18502/qjcr.v20i78.6791 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mahsima Pourshahryari ◽

Abbas Abdollahi ◽

Sahar Ghafouri

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Approach ◽

Initial Reaction ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Step Method ◽

The People ◽

Tehran Province ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Psychological Perceptions ◽

Proximity To Death

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the experiences and psychological perceptions of recovered COVID-19 patients. Methods: This research was conducted using qualitative approach of phenomenology type. The population of this study included the patients recovered from Corona virus in Tehran province. Sampling was performed purposefully. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Collaizi’s seven-step method was applied for analyzing the data. Findings: After coding the interviews and categorizing the topics, the following nine main themes were obtained: initial reaction of loneliness and the need for receiving compassion, negative consequences, proximity to death and the reaction of individuals toward it, effective coping activities, mutual transmission of mental status of the patient, caregivers and medical staff, the effect of illness on meaning and style of life, preoccupation with duties and responsibilities. Conclusion: The present study showed that the experiences of Covid-19 patients have similarities and differences and being ware of these experiences may help the experts and policymakers to prevent the psychological crisis in the post-corona period and prepare the people psychologically in the society to face the epidemics.

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Psychological Therapy for Postnatal Depression in UK Primary Care Mental Health Services: A Qualitative Investigation Using Framework Analysis

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-019-01535-0 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (12) ◽

pp. 3519-3532

Author(s):

Holly Hadfield ◽

Suzanne Glendenning ◽

Penny Bee ◽

Anja Wittkowski

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Primary Care ◽

Postnatal Depression ◽

Psychological Therapy ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Framework Analysis ◽

Parenting Support ◽

Psychological Therapies ◽

Current Psychological

Abstract Objectives Postnatal depression (PND) can have negative consequences for mother and infant. Current psychological therapies are effective in treating depression but improvements in mother-infant outcomes have not yet been established. We aimed to capture mothers’ experiences of therapy for PND with a focus on parenting-related outcomes. We also sought their views on including parenting support within interventions. Methods Fourteen mothers who received psychological therapy in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded and analysed using Framework Analysis. Results Three main themes were identified: ‘The experience of therapy’, ‘Therapy outcomes’ and ‘Views about parenting interventions for postnatal depression’. The main themes were underpinned by other themes. Overall the findings revealed that mothers perceived therapy as helpful in improving mood, confidence as a parent and relationship with their infant. Mothers valued the process of normalising their experiences within group therapy and by their therapists because it reduced any shame and stigma associated with PND. Mothers thought parenting support within therapy would be acceptable if delivered collaboratively. Conclusions Primary care-based psychological therapy for PND was perceived as helpful and acceptable. It clearly met some of the mothers’ goals, especially if their beliefs about being a ‘bad mother’ was challenged and modified. Barriers to engagement, such as childcare issues and therapist’s knowledge about perinatal mental health, would also need to be overcome. Finally, mother-infant interventions should be further explored as an adjunct treatment option.

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Desire for amputation of a limb: paraphilia, psychosis, or a new type of identity disorder

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291704003320 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 35 (6) ◽

pp. 919-928 ◽

Cited By ~ 122

Author(s):

MICHAEL B. FIRST

Keyword(s):

Age At Onset ◽

Rare Condition ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

True Self ◽

Self Identity ◽

Risk Of Death ◽

New Type ◽

The Subject ◽

Better Than

Background. The objective of this paper is to describe and conceptualize an unusual and probably rare condition: the intense longstanding desire to have an amputation.Method. Structured interviews were conducted by telephone of 52 subjects (mean age: 48·6, range 23–77 years; 47 male, 4 female, 1 intersexed) self-identified as having had a desire to have an amputation.Results. Seventeen per cent (n=9) had an arm or leg amputated with two-thirds using methods that put the subject at risk of death and one-third enlisting a surgeon to amputate their healthy limb. The most common reported reason for wanting an amputation was the subject's feeling that it would correct a mismatch between the person's anatomy and sense of his or her ‘true’ self (identity). None were delusional. For all but one subject age at onset was during childhood or early adolescence. For those who had psychotherapy or medication there was no change in the intensity of the desire for amputation. The six subjects who had an amputation at their desired site reported that following the amputation they felt better than they ever had and no longer had a desire for an amputation.Conclusions. These preliminary results suggest the existence of an extremely unusual clinically distinct condition characterized by a lifelong desire to have an amputation of a particular limb. The condition is associated with serious negative consequences: amputation attempts, impairment and marked distress. Reflecting similarities between Gender Identity Disorder and this condition, the author suggests that it may be conceptualized as an unusual dysfunction in the development one's fundamental sense of anatomical (body) identity.

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Exploring Professional Circus Artists’ Experience of Performance-Related Injury and Management: A Qualitative Study

Medical Problems of Performing Artists ◽

10.21091/mppa.2019.1004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 14-24

Author(s):

Timothée Cayrol ◽

Emma Godfrey ◽

Jerry Draper-Rodi ◽

Lindsay Bearne

Keyword(s):

Help Seeking ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Easy Access ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Injury Management ◽

Psychosocial Consequences ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

Data Saturation

AIMS: Circus is a physically demanding profession, but injury and help-seeking rates tend to be low. This qualitative interview study explored the perceptions and beliefs about injury and help-seeking of circus artists. METHODS: Ten professional circus artists (5 males, 5 females; mean age 33 yrs, range 27–42) were enrolled. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted until data saturation of themes was reached. Data were analysed thematically. FINDINGS: Four themes were identified: 1) the injured artist; 2) professionalism; 3) circus life; and 4) artists’ experience of healthcare. Most participants described the circus as central to their lives, and injuries had wide-ranging psychosocial consequences. Injury adversely affected participants’ mood and threatened their identity. Situational and personal factors (e.g., the belief that pain was normal) pushed participants to use adaptive strategies to perform when injured. Continuous touring and financial constraints affected help-seeking. Easy access to healthcare was rare and participants often self-managed injuries. Experiences of healthcare varied, and participants desired flexible and accessible approaches to prevention and injury management. A modified version of the integrated model of psychological response to injury and rehabilitation process and the concept of identity provided a framework to understand participants. CONCLUSION: Injuries had extensive negative consequences. Work schedules, financial factors, employer support, the artist’s perception of the importance of the show, and the relationship between circus and identity influenced injury management and help-seeking. Injury prevention and management strategies could be optimised by developing centres of expertise, online resources, and better regulations of the profession.

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The effect of a total rewards strategy on school teachers’ retention

SA Journal of Human Resource Management ◽

10.4102/sajhrm.v13i1.699 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Boitomelo Makhuzeni ◽

E. Nicolene Barkhuizen

Keyword(s):

Performance Management ◽

Turnover Intentions ◽

Teaching Profession ◽

Research Approach ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

School Teachers ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Total Rewards

Orientation: South African schools are facing significant challenges to retain a talented pool of school teachers. A total rewards strategy could assist schools to reduce teacher turnover.Research purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a total rewards strategy on the turnover intentions of school teachers in the North-West province.Motivation: The under supply of quality teachers has negative consequences for both school pupils and the larger community.Research approach, design and method: A qualitative research approach was followed using semi-structured interviews to gather data from teachers in the North-West province (N = 6).Main findings: The findings showed that performance management, career development and compensations of teachers were poorly applied in schools. Teachers strongly considered leaving the teaching profession as a result of poor rewards. The participants were fairly satisfied with their work benefits and work-life balance.Practical/managerial implications: School management should implement reward practices and policies that will attract and enhance retention of school teachers.Contribution: This research highlighted the problematic areas in the reward systems for school teachers and the subsequent impact thereof on their turnover intentions.

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