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Memory, Materiality, and Trauma: Revisiting the Parlour Floor, St. Albans, 1381.
No full textThis paper explores the events at the abbey of St. Albans in 1381 through a lens of memory and trauma. It revisits the much-discussed actions of the rebels, ripping up the millstones of the parlour floor, and frames it not as akin to documentary culture (per Justice, 1994) but rather material culture. In doing so, this paper emphasises the role of memory in the motivations and actions of the rebels and establishes a valuable and fruitful connection between medieval trauma and medieval memory. It shifts the study of medieval trauma from a current focus on violence to one that highlights and emphasises societal and community identifiers – in this case, centuries of oppression and enforcement of suit-of-mill. By using trauma as a valuable analytic, rather than diagnostic tool (Trembinski, 2018, 26) this paper encourages its use by medieval historians and particularly historians of the Revolt
How Catholic and how charismatic are the followers of Bishop Barron? A study in personality theory
No full textThe mission and ministry of the Word on Fire Institute and of Bishop Barron focus interesting questions regarding the ongoing connection between Catholic identity and charismatic influence. The present empirical enquiry, rooted in personality theory and the psychology of religious orientation, explored the profile of 490 participants attending an event in central London animated by Bishop Barron. Participants completed measures of Catholic orientation and charismatic orientation alongside the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales. The data demonstrated that the majority of participants were firmly rooted within the Catholic tradition, with a minority also rooted in the charismatic tradition. For these participants the two streams were complementary and mutually supportive. Charismatic predisposition was associated with emotional stability, with a preference for feeling (rather than thinking), and with a preference for perceiving (rather than judging). Attention is drawn to ways in which preferences for feeling and perceiving may be perceived by those who prefer thinking and judging
Accessing visitor perception of an immersive cathedral experience: applying the Jungian lenses of sensing and intuition and Bailey’s theory of implicit religion
No full textThe SIFT hermeneutical approach, rooted in Jungian psychological type theory, distinguishes between two core cognitive processes: perceiving concerned with gathering information and judging concerned with evaluating information. The present study applies this approach to eliciting and interpreting visitor perceptions of an immersive cathedral installation (a pre-Christmas son et lumiere) by focusing on the perceiving lenses of sensing and intuition. Drawing on data from 545 visitors, analysis of qualitative responses to the sensing prompt ‘What details, factors and features of the installation caught your attention and have stayed with you?’ identified six main themes. Analysis of qualitative responses to the intuitive prompt ‘What big ideas, themes, dreams or possibilities inspired your imagination during the installation?’ identified five main themes. These two prompts generated quite different responses, suggesting that a complementary and richer perception of the total experience could be accessed by engaging both the sensing function and the intuitive function
Conceptual and theoretical considerations - Racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia
No full textIn this chapter, Scott Fleming provides a conceptual framework that contextualises the case study accounts in the subsequent chapters. Drawing upon a wide range of discourses about racisms, he uses illustrative empirical examples – though mainly from men’s football. The chapter begins with a critique of the problematic biological concept of ‘race’, recognising how it has become the basis of the social construct of racisms. To support analytical precision, an overarching typology of racisms (individual – institutional – cultural – structural/systemic) is presented, as well as a lexicon of related terms. In relation to sport especially, the recent history of scientific racism (racial science) is traced through some flawed but impactful works. However, despite rigorous and compelling evidence and counter-arguments, key messages have become embedded in the popular folklore of European football. A common characteristic of many of the ways that racisms find expression is the racialised ‘other’. Several of these provide a platform for a brief consideration of the dominant theoretical position that has emerged in the last 20 years, Critical Race Theory, which examines structural/systemic and institutional racisms with analytical and practical applications
Investigating the effects of a ten-week circuit training program on balance in people with cancer
No full textBACKGROUND:
Cancer is a major burden of disease worldwide which continues to rise. Prevalence of falls increases with age, whilst those with a diagnosis of cancer have also been found to be predisposed to a greater risk of falls, partially due to impaired balance. Exercise programs in older adults have been shown to improve balance and reduce fall risk.
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of a ten-week circuit training program on balance and fear of falling (FoF) among adults diagnosed with cancer.
METHODS:
Participants (n=12) completed a 14-item balance (Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest)) and FoF (Falls Efficacy Scale - International (FES-I)) assessment prior to taking part in a ten-week circuit training program. Upon completion of the program, participants completed a post-assessment, consisting of the Mini-BESTest and FES-I.
RESULTS:
Balance significantly improved, as measured by the Mini-BESTest (p= 0.003; mean difference: 15.2%; BCa 95% CI: 10.1% to 20.8%), with significant improvements in three of the four subcomponents (Reactive Postural Control: p< 0.001; Dynamic Gait: p< 0.001; Anticipatory Postural Adjustments: p= 0.046) following the ten-week circuit training program. FoF significantly decreased following the program (p= 0.026; mean difference: -4.8; BCa 95% CI: -8.1 to -1.9).
CONCLUSION:
A ten-week circuit training program significantly improved balance and reduced FoF among older adults diagnosed with cancer. Such exercise interventions could be considered as part of routine care following a diagnosis of cancer, as they may help reduce healthcare costs and improve quality of life among people with cancer
Women in the Lincolnshire Home Guard
No full textA discussion of women in the Home Guard that focuses on Lincolnshire. It also covers female family members of the Home Guard and supporting organisations such as the Women's Voluntary Service. Argues that the role of women has been underplayed
Companion Animals and Work-Related Psychological Health among Rural Anglican Parochial Clergy in England
No full textThis study examines the theory that companion animals may contribute positively to work-related psychological health among rural Anglican parochial clergy serving in England, and thus protect against burnout. Data provided by 621 clergy serving in rural ministry (25% female and 75% male) found that 31% shared their home with at least one cat and 35% with at least one dog. Participants completed the Francis Burnout Inventory and the short form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised. After controlling for personal factors (age and sex) and personality factors, neither cats nor dogs were significantly associated with individual differences in scores on the burnout inventory
Faith in science, implicit religion and antipathy to religions: a study among Christian and non-religious students
No full textBailey’s notion of implicit religion is invoked to explore the conflict between science and religion in the adolescent mind. This conflict is reconceptualised in terms of the theologies of religion. On this account, belief in science (as implicit religion) when adopted as a fundamentalist or exclusive position excludes the validity of other religious belief-systems (in this case explicit religions). This thesis is tested by exploring the effect of an exaggerated, uncritical and unqualified belief in the inerrancy of science (styled ‘scientific fundamentalism’) on a hostile and unfriendly attitude towards conventional religions (styled ‘antipathy to religions’). Data were provided by a sample of 10,792 13- to 15-year-old students attending schools in the UK who had identified themselves as either religiously unaffiliated or as affiliated with the Christian tradition. After controlling for personal, psychological and religious factors, the data confirmed a significant positive association between scientific fundamentalism and antipathy to religions. The implications of these findings are discussed for the science education curriculum in schools, arguing that the conflict between science and religion (promoted by an exclusivist position in science) is as damaging for community cohesion as the conflict between different religions (promoted by an exclusivist position in religion)
Persistent pain is associated with poorer balance and gait performance for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
No full textBackground
People with COPD fall due to balance and gait impairments, and frequently report pain. The influence of pain on balance and gait in people with COPD is unknown. We aimed to
compare balance and gait in people with COPD with and without persistent pain and explore factors associated with poor balance and gait.
Methods
43 participants’ characteristics and pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes were recorded. Participants were assigned to two groups, those with persistent pain (pain lasting ≥3months) (n=25) and those without (n=18) for analysis. Between-group differences were calculated for
pain (BPI-SF), balance (BESTest, BBS), gait (GAITrite), isokinetic hip, knee and ankle strength (MVC), lower limb muscle endurance (30 sec STS), physical activity (PASE) and
Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (Pimax). Associations between neuromuscular factors and balance/gait outcomes were investigated.
Results
BESTest and BBS scores were 14.0% (95% CI: 7.4-20.6) and 3.0 (95% CI: 0.7-5.3) lower, for the persistent pain group. Mean gait speed was slower for the pain group (0.99m/s vs
1.18m/s, 95%CI for difference: 0.03-0.35 m/s, group main effect: p=0.02). The mean reduction in dual-task vs single-task gait speed was greater in the pain group (0.12m/s vs
0.05m/s, interaction effect: p=0.045). Lower BESTest scores were associated with poorer muscle endurance (r=0.650), pain severity (r=-0.584), and weaker hip abductors (r=0.370)
and ankle plantar-flexors (r=0.438). No associations were apparent for gait speed.
Conclusion
People with COPD plus pain have worse balance and slower gait speed, especially under dual-task conditions. Pain severity, muscle endurance and hip and ankle strength are
associated with balance performance
Assessing the Power of the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS) to Predict Professional Burnout alongside Lifestyle and Support Choices Among Catholic Priests in Portugal
No full textThis study was designed to test the power of personality, engagement with leisure activities, and professional support, in order to predict susceptibility to professional burnout among Catholic priests in Portugal. Data provided by 208 priests who completed both the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales and the Francis Burnout Inventory demonstrated that reported levels of burnout were significantly lower among stable extraverts and among those who engaged more frequently with leisure activities, while no further predictive power was associated with engaging a discipler or mentor. These findings carry implications for the pastoral care and pastoral oversight of priests