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Volume 24 Issue 2 Introduction
Get PDFLots of Ways to Be a Leader Or: I Am a Library Leader, and So Can You!
People tend to have a fixed mindset about who “librarians” are and how library staff should act, represent their profession, and lead. When I say “people,” I am envisioning every public official, captain of industry and Lyft driver who has ever asked me how many people I shush in a day, and then I am envisioning a rain of cartoon anvils. To be fair, I’m also thinking of a younger version of myself, picking out the dowdiest clothes in my wardrobe for my first day as a circulation clerk at my college library.
Thirteen years and many burritos later, I’m still a loudmouth slob who routinely cracks wise and writes policies galore but enforces the only rule that makes sense to me: don’t be a dick (Wheaton, 2007). I’m also the Assistant Director of Library Services at Crook County Library, and someone who wears the title “librarian” with pride. I got here through the guiding example of peers and bosses who showed me that “librarian” is not synonymous with “lame-o” and that in fact the best library leaders—the ones who do the most to effect positive change in their institutions and their communities—are the ones who embrace their strengths and dreams without compromise. This was the central thesis around which the inaugural Leadership Institute of the Oregon Library Association (LIOLA) was built, but it wasn’t entirely news to me
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Psychosocial Interventions for Adult ADHD: An Empirical Review and Meta-Analysis
No full textAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is commonly identified as a neurodevelopmental disorder occurring in children with symptoms attenuating as they mature into adulthood. However, impairing symptoms persist into adulthood for substantial portion of them. The research on psychological treatments for adult ADHD is not as robust as it is for children. Prior to the conception of this study, one prior meta-analysis of 12 psychotherapy studies had been published, in 2011. In order to provide further insight regarding effective psychological treatment for adults with ADHD, the current study is an up-to-date meta-analytic review of 26 studies with N participants, examining psychotherapeutic interventions for adults with ADHD. Between-group effect sizes for treatment vs. no treatment, waitlist controlled treatment, or treatment as usual were large (d = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.69 - 1.35) across eight study-level effect sizes. Between-group comparisons for different treatment protocols was not possible due to scarcity of study-level effect-size data. Within-group effect sizes using pre- and post-treatment data were medium to large (d = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.68 - 1.01). All effect sizes used either self- or clinician-reported ADHD symptoms. Insufficient data were available to thoroughly conduct analyses of peripheral difficulties related to ADHD (i.e. functional abilities, organizational skills, or productivity). Effects related to treatment orientation produced meaningful distributions for Manualized CBT, Cognitive Remediation, Manualized DBT, and Mindfulness, and Clinical Management; however, there was no evidence to suggest significant differences between the various manualized treatments developed for adult ADHD. Total number of sessions, length of sessions, or length of treatment did not explain variability in treatment outcomes. Participant characteristics such as age gender, or ethnicity did not significantly moderate outcomes. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed
Effects of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention on Shame and Self-Compassion in Women with Substance Use Disorders
No full textResearch suggests shame contributes to substance use disorder (SUD; Dearing, Stuewig, & Tangney, 2005). Meditation practice has been positively correlated with self-compassion and negatively correlated with shame-proneness (Woods & Proeve, 2014). Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) has shown efficacy for SUD (Bowen et al., 2010, 2014); MBRP’s effects on shame and self-compassion are not documented. The current study assesses effects of MBRP on shame and self-compassion in mandated women with SUD. Additionally, the study explores whether experiential avoidance may be a mechanism of change in shame. In a sample of n = 20, there was significant differences between baseline shame (M = 58.53, SD = 32.26) and post-course shame (M = 46.03, SD = 29.47); t(18) = 2.40, p= .03, and between baseline self-compassion (M = 31.60, SD = 8.67), and post-course self-compassion (M = 35.75, SD = 10.21); t(19)= -2.32, p = .03. Further, baseline shame (β = .35, p = .02) and post-course self-compassion (β = -.63, p \u3c .001) predict 79.4% of the variance in post-course shame, R² = .80, F(2,16) = 30.88, p \u3c .001, yet post-course experiential avoidance (β = .28, p = .124) accounted for only 3.1% of the variance in post-course shame, R² change=.031, F(3,15) = 23.60, p \u3c .001. Implications and limitations are discussed