scholarly journals Loss of Close Relationships and Loss of Religious Belonging as Cumulative Ostracism: From Social Death to Social Resurrection

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Adriano Zamperini ◽  
Marialuisa Menegatto ◽  
Miriam Mostacchi ◽  
Simone Barbagallo ◽  
Ines Testoni
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Religious Group ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Social Death ◽  
Threat Model ◽  
Family Abuse

Background: Ostracism is a negative experience that has been studied primarily in laboratory settings. This study extends current research by investigating ostracism in daily life, analyzing the transition from social death to social resurrection of Catholic partners who suffered ostracism both in the couple (with the consequent divorce) and in the religious community they belong to (ban from religious practices). Therefore, we introduce the notion of ‘cumulative ostracism’. Method: Data are composed of the biographical narratives of n = 25 participants in a religious experience group in a period of 7 months. A narrative analysis was used within the framework of the temporal need–threat model. Results: Participants’ narratives are consistent with the temporal need–threat model. The ostracism experience, both in the couple and in the religious group, is characterized by the sequence: immediate stage, coping stage and resignation stage. Moreover, the cumulative ostracism suffered by the participants presents an analogy with the cumulative trauma that occurs in intra-family abuse. Social resurrection occurs through the encounter with a new religious group that allows ostracized people to experience a Catholic religious affiliation again. Conclusions: Our findings reflect the existing theory and add to the existing laboratory research by capturing ostracism-unique dynamics in real life.

A problem-based learning course in physiology for undergraduate and graduate basic science students.

1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (6) ◽  
pp. S16 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Mierson
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Organ Systems

In small-group problem-based learning (PBL), students work cooperatively to solve complex, real-world problems. The problems lead the students to learn basic concepts rather than being presented as applications of concepts they have already learned. The goals are for students to learn and be able to apply the disciplinary content, develop critical thinking abilities, and acquire skills of life-long learning, communication, and team building. PBL has been widely used in recent years in medical and related areas of professional education. In those settings each small group typically has its own faculty facilitator. PBL can be successfully adapted for teaching undergraduate and graduate basic science students, in part by having multiple groups meet in one room with a roving facilitator. This report describes a two-semester PBL sequence in organ-systems physiology. To keep the interest of a diverse group of seniors and graduate students, several types of problems were used: clinical, laboratory research-based, real-life scenarios, and published research articles. The majority of students have responded enthusiastically.

scholarly journals MENELISIK SIASAT CERITA DIGITAL REALITY PADA FILM READY PLAYER ONE?

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Jokhanan Kristiyono ◽  
Hernani Sirikit
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Steven Spielberg ◽  
Digital World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Digital Film

<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>This study aims to find out how factual and digital reality are depicted in film.Castells’ theory on new media is taken for the base theory, subjectivity-identity and power and knowledge by Foucault. Narrative analysis by Lacey is applied to seek answer for the research problem. The advancement of Communication Technology has enabled human beings to have freedom in imagination and make it real. Digital technology and virtual realm are enriched with emerging faked realities and identities. Film, becomes a platform for practising this kind of freedom, making fantasy feels like reality. Film Ready Player One? directed by Steven Spielberg depicts real and virtual world. This study aims to elaborate how real life and digital life are narrated and described in this film. A new identity created in The OASIS,the digital world that a place where mankind escape from reality. Units to be analysed in eight structures of analysis are story, plot, and character. Concludesis factual reality and digital reality are described well in this film, it even tends to hyper-reality. Moreover, conflict in digital world and in the future (2045) are still the same with problems in the history of mankind.</p><p>Keywords; Film; Digital reality; Identities; Narrative.</p><p>ABSTRAK</p><p>Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bagaimana realitas faktual dan realitas digital digambarkan dalam film. Menggunakan teori new media Castells, subjektivitas dan identitas serta power dan knowledge Foucault. Penelitian film ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, dengan metode Analisa Naratif Film (Lacey, 2017). Kemajuan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi membuat manusia memiliki keleluasaan dalam berimajinasi dan merealisasikannya. Teknologi digital dan alam virtual semakin diperkaya dengan munculnya realitas dan identitas semu. Film, sebagai salah satu medium komunikasi massa, merupakan wadah kebebasan berimajinasi. Film Ready Player One?.Film besutan sutradara Steven Spielberg menggambarkan pergesekan antara dunia nyata dan dunia digital. Film ini menunjukkan kehidupan masyarakat moderen pada tahun 2045, dengan adanya perkembangan teknologi yang luar biasa. Suatu piranti yang mengubah manusia menjadi sangat tergantung dengan teknologi. Teknologi informasi dan komunikasi yang menciptakan dunia baru yaitu dunia digital. OASIS, dunia tempat pelarian manusia modern dan menciptakan identitas baru yaitu identitas virtual. Masyarakat informasi yang menciptakan realitas digital. Unit analisis story, plot, dan karakter dianalisis secara naratif dengan delapan struktur. Hasil analisis memberikan jawaban bahwa realitas nyata dan realitas digital digambarkan secara baik dalam film ini, bahkan cenderung berlebihan (hyper-reality). Selain itu, konflik di dunia digital di tahun 2045 tetap sama dengan konflik dalam sejarah manusia.</p><p>Kata Kunci; Film; Digital Reality; Identitas; Naratif.</p>

The Second Life of Judaism: A History of Religious Community and Practice in Virtual Spaces

2019 ◽  
pp. 235-260
Author(s):  
Julian Voloj ◽  
Anthony Bak Buccitelli
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Cultures

This chapter talks about San Francisco-based company Linden Lab who launched Second Life (SL), which is described as an online digital world that is built, shaped, and owned by its participants. It discloses how SL was seen as the next big internet phenomenon and was the focus of attention by investors and media alike for a short period of time. It also explains SL's complex relationship with 'real life', which is defined both by the encoded parameters of the virtual space and by the social and cultural practices of the people who use the platform. The chapter discusses SL as a broad platform that encompassed many cultural constructions and developed a rich and diverse set of religious cultures. It recounts how dozens of Jewish sites across the grid emerged and were created both by individual users and by offline institutions that established SL presences.

scholarly journals Adventists in Montenegro—From the Atheistic Psychosis of Socialism to the Post-socialist Individuation of Adventism

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Vladimir Bakrač ◽  
Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan ◽  
Predrag Živković ◽  
Rade Šarović
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Valuable Data ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Depth Interview

The process of converting individuals to a particular religious community is one of the issues addressed by the Sociology of Religion. In the post-socialist Montenegrin society, there have been research works related to dominant religious communities, the Orthodox, the Roman Catholic, and the Islamic, while science has shown no interest in small religious groups. The Adventist movement in Montenegro, although present for a long period of time, has failed to mobilise individuals for conversion to a greater extent. Therefore, this research aims to find out when, under what conditions and in what way the individuals in Montenegro, as a post-socialist state, chose Adventism as religious affiliation, what affected this process the most, and were there any specificities in that regard. This paper is a result of a survey conducted via an in-depth interview with 17 believers of the Adventist Church. The obtained results indicate several valuable data: most respondents accepted the Adventist movement in Montenegro in the early 1990s; they got first-hand knowledge of this religion from their friends or wider family members and relatives, a consistent interpretation of the Holy Bible is the main reason for conversion. A significant factor in the process of conversion to Adventism is early religious socialisation within a family.

Therapy Management Patient Consensus (TheMaPaC): A patient perspective on published therapy management recommendations for TKI-treated patients with a special focus on sunitinib.

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19502-e19502
Author(s):  
Berit Eberhardt-Wetherington ◽  
Valerie Gall ◽  
Melanie Lang ◽  
Manuela Schmidinger ◽  
Viktor Gruenwald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Preference ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Patient Survey ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Therapy Management ◽  
Background Therapy ◽  
Management Recommendations

e19502 Background: Therapy management is an essential component of patient care for RCC or GIST patients (pts) treated with TKI (e.g. Sunitinib). Preventive measures and early intervention can reduce or eliminate specific adverse events (AE) allowing for adequate therapy duration and improved quality of life. Published recommendations (RECs) for AE management often rely on theoretical aspects and limited evidence leading to heterogeneous or contradicting RECs. To overcome these issues, a collaborative approach of physicians, pts and Pfizer was established. Here we report on an extensive survey to deepen the knowledge on the validity and practicability of published RECs in 27 TKI treated pts (20 RCC; 7GIST). Methods: RECs (n = 221) for AE management in pts receiving sunitinib or other VEGFR-targeted TKIs were retrieved from the literature since 2006 (approval of sunitinib). RECs were transferred into a detailed questionnaire (QU) using patient-friendly language. Pts receiving sunitinib assigned one of 5 rating categories to each REC (positive experience (self/others); no information; negative experience (self/others). Results: 47 pts received the QU, 27 (15 female; median age 62 yrs) returned evaluable QUs. The pts have been on sunitinib therapy for a median of 16 months. On average, 49% of RECs received positive ratings; 44% based on individual experience. 20 RECs were rated positively by >80% of pts. The results indicate that patients had the most positive experience with RECs about patient/physician information on AEs, care/protection of feet, skin ointment use, food preference, hydration and fatigue reduction. Other REC ratings were heterogeneous, with a preference for measures that can be easily applied in daily life. It is notable that 47% of published RECs were unknown to the participants. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first extensive patient survey on the validity and practicability of published RECs. The results identify a number of useful, established RECs from a real-life pts perspective. The results will be further evaluated and compared with an ongoing physician survey.

scholarly journals Experiential learning in public health: evaluation of a health promotion campaign assessment for pharmacy students

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Simon White ◽  
Alison Gifford ◽  
Martin Frisher
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Health Promotion Campaign ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Promotion Campaigns

Description: Students in small groups designed, delivered and evaluated real-life health promotion campaigns in the local community. A peer assessed component was included from the fifth cohort onwards. Evaluation: Six successive cohorts of pharmacy students anonymously completed an evaluation questionnaire after finishing the assessment. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were undertaken on the data. The results showed that consistently more respondents reported the assessment as a positive experience than a negative experience. Significantly more respondents reported peer assessment as being useful and group members equally contributing to campaign planning in the cohorts with peer assessment compared to the pre-peer assessment cohorts, but peer assessment did not significantly affect enjoyment ratings. Respondents’ reported enjoyment of the assessment was significantly associated with agreement that it prepared them for health promotion in practice. Conclusions: Pharmacy students perceived the health promotion campaign assessment as appropriately challenging and enjoyable preparation for health promotion in practice.

scholarly journals Life Story of Helge Fossmo, Former Pastor of Knutby Filadelfia, as Told in Prison

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liselotte Frisk ◽  
Susan Jean Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Social Resource ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

In January 2004 the religious community of Knutby Filadelfia gained notoriety in Sweden after a young woman was shot dead and a young man seriously wounded. One of the pastors, Helge Fossmo, the husband of the murdered woman, was later found guilty of incitement or conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to life in prison. The actual perpetuator was, however, one of his mistresses, who was committed to psychiatric care. The case became subject to extraordinary media attention, with focus on the congregation’s charismatic head pastor, Åsa Waldau, and the innovative teachings of the group. This article is based on a narrative analysis of an interview in prison with the former pastor Helge Fossmo, as a step towards understanding the psychological, social and ideological forces that may have contributed to the violence in the Knutby case. Narratives are culturally framed and draw on cultural resources, are socially constructed, and become consolidated by repetition. The narrative of Fossmo draws upon the cultural resource of the “evil cult narrative,” as well as the social resource of his therapist, whose perspective is strikingly similar to the one Fossmo presents.

Patient and physician perspective on published therapy management recommendations for TKI-treated patients with a focus on sunitinib: The TheMaPaC project (Therapy Management Patient Consensus).

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 445-445
Author(s):  
Berit Eberhardt-Wetherington ◽  
Valerie Gall ◽  
Melanie Lang ◽  
Manuela Schmidinger ◽  
Viktor Gruenwald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Patient Survey ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Therapy Management ◽  
Physician Perspective ◽  
Physician Intervention ◽  
Dietary Counselling ◽  
Asco 2012 ◽  
Management Recommendations

445 Background: Optimizing outcomes in RCC or GIST patients (pts) receiving TKI (e.g. sunitinib ([U]) involves therapy management as a key component. Reduction/elimination of adverse events (AEs) by prevention/early intervention may improve quality of life and enable adequate duration of therapy. Published recommendations (RECs) for AE management are heterogeneous and often rely on hypothetical considerations or limited evidence. A collaborative effort of physicians, patients, and Pfizer addresses these issues. An initial analysis of a patient survey on real-life validity of RECs in 27 TKI-treated pts was shown at ASCO 2012 (abstr. 99588). We report an updated combined analysis with an expert survey in 23 physicians experienced in SU use for RCC and GIST. Methods: RECs for AE management in pts receiving SU or other VEGFR-TKIs were retrieved from the literature since 2006 and listed in a questionnaire (QU). For the patient survey, RECs were converted into patient-friendly language, RECs requiring physician intervention/decision were excluded. Pts rated RECs in 5 categories (positive/negative experience [self/others]; no information). Experts rated the RECs according to strength of their consent and own experiences. Results: 27 pts had evaluable QUs. Pts were on SU for 16 months (median). On average, 49% of RECs were rated positive; 44% based on individual experience. 20 RECs were rated positively by >80% of pts. Pts had most positive experiences with RECs concerning pt/physician communication on AEs, care/protection of feet and skin, food preference, hydration, and fatigue. Pts had a preference for RECs with low interference in daily life. RECs rated positive by >80% of pts were supported by most experts. Several RECs supported by most experts were unknown to many pts, including dermatological interventions, dietary counselling, and self-perception. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first patient and expert survey on validity and practicability of published AE management RECs. The data identify useful consensual RECs from real-life perspective. TKI therapy management may be improved by enhanced pt education.

scholarly journals Religiosity and Volunteering Intention among Undergraduate Malaysian Muslim Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 05100
Author(s):  
Abdullah AbdulElah Ali Sallam ◽  
Shuhairimi Abdullah ◽  
Abdul Jalil Ramli ◽  
N. S. Hussin ◽  
Z Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Large Role ◽  
Muslim Students ◽  
Individual Motivation

This paper deals with the question: To what extent do religiosity characteristics, contribute to the influence of volunteering intention among Malaysian Muslim students during disasters? To answer this research question, we focused the students in public universities. The finding concerns found that religiosity increases the likelihood of volunteering intention, implying that religious affiliation of youth increases the likelihood of volunteering. This is in line with previous research, that religious attendance is related positively to volunteering. These results confirm the idea that support of the religious attributes community plays quite a large role in volunteering process.. However, it a bear that volunteering is not only dependent on religious community, but also on individual motivation.

Children’s and adolescents’ conceptions of personhood

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masha Komolova ◽  
Monisha Pasupathi ◽  
Cecilia Wainryb ◽  
Sarah Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Simultaneous Use

Children’s and adolescents’ narratives of interpersonal experiences can inform our understanding of developmental shifts in the use of personhood concepts. We present results from two studies ( ns = 90, 112) with children aged five to 16 years. In the first study, children were asked to describe one positive and another negative experience with a friend, and in the second study, to describe a time when they were a victim and another time when they were a perpetrator of harm. Across both studies, results supported previous findings suggesting that psychological, relational, trait, and identity personhood conceptions become more prominent with age, whereas activity, physical, and material conceptions become less prominent with age. However, our results also revealed that, within the context of real-life experiences, psychological conceptions become evident at earlier ages than suggested by children’s responses to the structured tasks employed in previous research. In addition, we found age-related increases in the simultaneous use of psychological and relational conceptions of persons, especially in narratives of negative experiences. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for social development.

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