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Satisfaction with Life Through Sickness and In Health: Internal and External Resources and their Impact on Identity Development
No full textIdentity development is one of the most important tasks of adolescence, though in recent years this task has been extended through a post-adolescence period known as emerging adulthood. This period of time is one that is rich in identity exploration and allows for more time to develop a mature identity status. When examining identity development, those factors that affect the development of an identity need to be examined and understood. One such factor that greatly affects identity development is having a serious illness, such as cancer. Those who have or have had cancer may struggle with the development of a cohesive identity. Identity, in this population, is affected by number of factors, including a change in social status, the trauma of having an illness, transitioning from patient to survivor , the physical impacts of the disease, and having to recreate and re-explore one\u27s commitments in important domains of life. Aside from the impacts on identity, satisfaction with life is also impacted in those who have had cancer; however, the literature on satisfaction with life is inconclusive. Some individuals report lowered satisfaction with life, while others report similar satisfaction with life to the general population. This begs the question of why some have decreased satisfaction with life and others do not. This study sought to examine the effects of creativity and parenting on identity development and satisfaction with life. There were significant effects of creativity and parenting on identity, though some effects differed across the healthy group and the cancer group. Similarly, identity had impacts on satisfaction with life that were moderated by the history of an illness
Context at the International Criminal Court
Get PDFIn this article, I propose a contextual approach to ICC jurisdiction normatively to be adopted by the Court’s Office of the Prosecutor and Pre-Trial Chamber in investigating and eventually prosecuting crimes under the Rome Statute. Under this contextual approach, I contend that both the Prosecutor and Pre-Trial Chamber are able to consider evidence outside the traditional notions of territorial and temporal jurisdiction to conceptualize a conflict in its entirety. The totality of cross-border and inter-temporal evidence should be considered when deciding whether to investigate attacks that the Prosecutor has a reasonable basis to believe fall within the Court’s jurisdiction. Procedurally, the multi-step jurisdictional framework, the “Funnel Approach,”—beginning with the preliminary examination of a situation and proceeding to issuing an arrest warrant—provides flexibility to admit extra-jurisdictional evidence. Textually, the open-ended ‘gravity’ threshold does not limit the Prosecutor in considering evidence within the Rome Statute’s territorial or temporal limitations
What\u27s Going on in Our Prisons?
Get PDFAdditional governmental oversight is urgently needed to truly change the culture of a system that holds 53,000 inmates across 54 prisons in New York State. What goes on inside these prisons is largely hidden from view, and there is little accountability for wrongdoing. The State Legislature should follow the A.B.A.’s guidance and establish a monitoring body with unfettered access to prison facilities, staff, inmates and records in announced or unannounced visits
Don\u27t Be Cruel (Anymore): A Look at the Animal Cruelty Regimes of the United States and Brazil with A Call for A New Animal Welfare Agency
Get PDFIn the United States and around the world, animals exploited for human use suffer cruel and needless harm. The group bearing the brunt of this exploitation--agricultural animals--is routinely exempted from the largely ineffective and rarely enforced animal welfare and anti-cruelty regulations that exist today. This Article offers a comparative analysis of the agricultural animal welfare regimes of two countries with globally significant presence in the agriculture industry: the United States and Brazil. Even though the two countries approach agricultural animal welfare differently, they arrive at the same outcome: institutionalized indifference to animal suffering. To remedy the current regulatory structure, this Article proposes the creation of an independent federal agency--The Animal Welfare Agency (“AWA”)--to regulate the safety and welfare of all animals, including those used in agriculture. The AWA could significantly reduce systemic animal cruelty in both the United States and Brazil and represent an important step toward inserting morality and ethics into our relationships with animals
PWND or Owned? The Right of Publicity and Identity Ownership in League of Legends
Get PDFE-sports is a new and growing form of entertainment, where gamers at the peak level of their skill compete for prestige and prizes. The contracts these athletes have are evident of a problem within the legal field of the right of publicity: there are few, if any, protections for individuals who want to license their right of publicity. The growth of E-sports has shown us the caveat emptor approach taken by courts does not adequately protect the licensee from having their privacy intruded upon. Adopting a set of standards for licensing the right of publicity would protect the privacy of the licensee, and let them control their identity as they see fit
Cyberpsychology in the Workforce: Online Disinhibition, Team Dynamics, and Company Culture
No full textAn employee complains on Facebook that it’s too warm in her office, and the next day, she’s terminated. Everyone in the office begins to “un-friend” each other because they don’t know who they can trust. One instance of online disinhibition by a co-worker became a perceived cultural change amongst the workforce of the entire company. Is there a way to establish, based on evidence, that connection between social media and company culture? This research focused on the survey-driven case studies of three distinct organizations. Online and offline questionnaires assessed if employees experienced online disinhibition, how those respondents would scale the culture where they work, and if their use of social media can be categorized as a protected form of free speech. Typical demographic questions were also included to analyze responses by factors such as age. The survey, managed with Qualtrics, was an expansion on the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI). Additional questions covered the six points of online disinhibition (dissociative anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjections, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority) as well as topics such as the prosocial bonding capabilities of gossip. This investigation discovered that while experiencing online disinhibition is still uncommon, many employees are at risk of exhibiting it. Secondly, a meaningful number of employees communicate online in ways that are legally categorized as a protected form of free speech (but that rate varies from site to site). Lastly, it appears that the social media subculture of employees, those who are most engaged online, experience a hierarchical shift in organizational culture
Take it to the Limit: The Illegal Regulation Prohibiting the Take of Any Threatened Species Under the Endangered Species Act
Get PDFFollowing the introduction, part II of this article will provide a brief background on the adoption of the Endangered Species Act. Part III will explain that the statute does not authorize the agencies to extend the take prohibition to all threatened species. Part IV will argue that returning to the statutory scheme would result in a fairer distribution of the costs of species protection by imposing the costs of prophylactic protection on agencies and the public generally. Burdening individuals would be a last resort, as Congress intended. Finally, Part V will identify how Congress’ policy is a reasonable way to align private incentives with species protection. The statute’s approach would encourage property owners to stop a threatened species’ further slide, to avoid imposition of the take prohibition, and to recover endangered species to the point where they can be downlisted and the take prohibition lifted. This would make the statute more effective at accomplishing its primary goal – recovering species to the point that they no longer require protection