scholarly journals Feminist Consciousness-Raising in The Girls from Ames

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Salman Salama Abdul-Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Consciousness Raising ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Feminist Consciousness ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Feminist Practice ◽  
Changing Society

This paper constructs the mechanisms of feminist consciousness-raising and face to face feminism as a teaching and nurturing style of life in Jeffrey Zaslow’s The Girls from Ames (2009). The paper also constructs an argument that the Ames girls’ less-political circle of consciousness-raising works as a social process that helps them learn from each other how to comprehend and name their experiences, and how to identify and assess their commonalities and differences. As findings, this study supports with evidence from text the powers of feminist consciousness-raising, which has been an important feminist practice since the beginning of the second feminist wave, not only in maintaining the mental and physical health of the ten women, but in helping the girls survive the challenges of their ever-changing society, build new identities and overcome their misfortunes as well. 

scholarly journals Are non-face-to-face interactions an effective strategy for maintaining mental and physical health?

2021 ◽  
pp. 104560
Author(s):  
Osamu Katayama ◽  
Sangyoon Lee ◽  
Seongryu Bae ◽  
Keitaro Makino ◽  
Ippei Chiba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

scholarly journals Change in mental and physical health, and social relationships, during highly restrictive lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Australia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane L. Rogers ◽  
Travis Cruickshank
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Perceived Change ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

In this study we aimed to examine potential change in mental/physical health and social relationships during a highly restrictive COVID-19 lockdown period in Australia during April 2020. Our survey (n = 1599) included questions about concerns, social behaviour, perceived change in relationship quality, social media use, frequency of exercise, physical health, and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown. When estimating their mental health for the previous year 13% of participants reported more negative than positive emotion, whereas this increased to 41% when participants reflected on their time during COVID-19 lockdown. A substantial proportion (39-54%) of participants reported deterioration in mental health, physical health, financial situation, and work productivity. However, most of these participants reported 'somewhat' rather than 'a lot' of deterioration, and many others reported 'no change' (40-50%) or even 'improvement' (6-17%). Therefore, the psychological toll on Australians may not have been as large as other parts of the world with greater COVID-19 infection rates. Even less impact was apparent for social relationships (~68% reported 'no change') as participants compensated for decreased face-to-face interaction via increased technology-mediated interaction. Our findings highlight how technology-mediated communication can allow people to adequately maintain social relationships during an extreme lockdown event.

During Times of Disruption

2021 ◽  
pp. 292-312
Author(s):  
Ozgur Ates
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to shift from face-to-face courses to emergency online education. This qualitative study explores 43 Master of Business graduate students' experiences and challenges during this transition at a university in Turkey. The overarching themes included the following: 1) the importance of students' engagement and motivation, 2) flexibility being key, 3) the importance of digitalization/ use of technology, 4) the importance of mental and physical health, and 5) remembering nothing is normal. The findings supported the idea that online education is essential in times of lockdown and social distancing during a pandemic; however, understanding and meeting the needs of students is critical as educators move forward while teaching via new platforms.

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