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Propositions: The Architecture School
No full textReflection on my Air Grid 'Propositions' project for a new kind of architecture school
Negotiating Faith in Therapy: A Qualitative Study of Christian Clients in Secular Psychotherapy
No full textThe integration of religious and spiritual considerations in counseling and psychotherapy is increasingly recognized as essential for culturally sensitive practice and improved therapeutic outcomes. This study explored the experiences of 26 Christian clients with prior experience of secular psychotherapy or counseling through an online survey. Participants completed psychometric assessments of religious identity and mental distress and responded to open-ended questions capturing their qualitative experiences. A thematic analysis informed by a contextualist perspective identified three main themes: (1) Faith as Barrier and Bridge to Mental Health, (2) Negotiating Faith in the Therapy Room, and (3) Therapy as Transformation and Disappointment. Findings highlighted participants’ desire for integrated care addressing both spiritual and psychological needs, while also indicating that collaboration with faith leaders and secular professionals may be optimal in addressing distinct issues. Participants drew on biblical narratives to normalize psychological distress and reported using religious practices as coping strategies. They emphasized the importance of person-centered care and strong therapeutic alliances, noting that therapy facilitated meaning-making and self-expression when therapists were attuned and validating. These insights are valuable for therapists and pastoral workers seeking to support religious clients in navigating their faith identity in culturally responsive and clinically effective ways
Unhealthy lifestyle factors and the risk of incident depressive symptomatology in older adults: Findings from the Three-City study
No full textBackground
The association between unhealthy lifestyle factors and incident depressive symptoms has seldom been studied in the specific context of late-life depression.
Methods
Data were drawn from the Montpellier and Dijon centres of the Three-City study with community-dwellers (aged ≥65 years) followed at five time-points over 12 years. Analysis was performed on 3495 dementia-free participants, with no history of major depression, no antidepressant use and a CES-D score < 16 at inclusion. Lifestyle factors at inclusion included alcohol consumption, smoking, sleep disturbances, diet, social activity engagement and physical activity level. A cumulative unhealthy lifestyle index was built with one-point allocated per unhealthy lifestyle factor. Incident depressive symptomatology (DepS) was defined as a CES-D score ≥ 16 or antidepressant use.
Results
Over the median 9.02-year follow-up (range: 1.56–12.75), 922 participants (26.4 %) had incident DepS. Regarding the cumulative index, the DepS risk increased by 18 % [95 % CI, 12 %–16 %], per additional UHL risk factor. In the multi-adjusted model including the 6 factors, smoking (1.70 [1.33–2.17]), sleep disturbances (HR, 1.37 [95 % CI, 1.20–1.57]) and low social activity engagement (1.20 [1.04–1.39]) were independently associated with DepS. The risk increased for all two-by-two combinations of these three factors, the highest being for sleep disturbances combined with smoking (2.84 [1.82–2.45]). Of those occurring in isolation, only sleep disturbances reached significance (1.18 [1.00–1.39]).
Conclusion
The risk of DepS onset increased hand-in-hand with the number of unhealthy lifestyle factors. Interventions targeting unhealthy lifestyles, and in particular sleep disturbances, smoking and social isolation, could have a substantial public health impact on reducing late-onset depression
Cut, tear, draw, compose, stick: Zine-making as a decolonial initiative
No full textIn this essay, a zine-making workshop facilitated by the collective Incidental Unit as part of the CICC School provides a point of departure for observations on the convivial space that emerges in the process of making and embodied creation with others, as well as on how non-linear narrative can be mobilised to articulate the complex navigations and fractures of queer migrant identity, and their wider political significance
Magic Rays of Light: The Early Years of television in Britain
No full textA comprehensive cultural history of British television between 1928 and 1936, locating the new medium against both the social histories of the interwar years and the film, theatre, music and dance cultures of the time
Long‐Run Convergence Trends in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
No full textThis paper examines income convergence among the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the period 1970-2019, spanning the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. We employ the novel log t test developed by Phillips and Sul (2007, 2009), which is robust to heterogeneity and nonlinearity in the data. Our study uniquely analyses convergence using both per capita income and national GDP aggregates. We find evidence of an ongoing process of convergence in GDP per capita among ASEAN members, with convergence rates ranging from 0.003% to 0.22% annually. However, our analysis of national GDP aggregates reveals potential divergence and the emergence of a 'two-tier ASEAN'. We attribute the slow convergence to insufficient capital accumulation and technological progress across member states. Our findings highlight the complex dynamics of economic integration in ASEAN and underscore the need for targeted policies to promote inclusive growth and prevent the formation of a two-tier economic structure within the bloc. This research contributes to the literature on regional economic integration and provides valuable insights for policymakers in ASEAN and other regional economic communities
New Digital Technologies, Law, and a Non-Fascist Life? On Global Governance, Digital Networks, and the Molecular Unconscious
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Community running events as tools for inclusion in serious leisure spaces
No full textThis chapter aims to assess the importance of non-competitive community spaces to runners and how they impact inclusion in running. Despite its simplicity, running is not necessarily an inclusive sport. It requires free time for training, disposable income for equipment and race fees, and the space and privilege to safely run alone. Community running events such as parkrun give runners who are underrepresented at formal races, such as women, the less physically active, and those with physical or mental health conditions, the opportunity to participate in the running community and receive an official time to measure their progress. Using a cross-sectional qualitative approach, runners in High Wycombe, United Kingdom, were surveyed and interviewed to ascertain motivations for participation, experiences of inclusion and exclusion in running community spaces, and barriers to participation. This study included the use of running as an interview methodology. This chapter provides a synthesis of the existing literature and offers insights into the experiences of community runners and how inclusive running spaces are designed and delivered. The results highlight that while running communities can create opportunities to increase representation in sport, running community groups are more accessible to those with the free time, disposable income, and privilege to participate unchallenged. Thus, the diversity of event and race participants is dictated in the first instance by those who feel able to participate in the sport
Analyst Career Concerns and Stock Price Crash Risk
No full textThis study investigates the impact of analyst career concerns (ACC) on stock price crash risk (SPCR). Utilizing a sizable sample of U.S. firms from 1994 to 2020, we observe that career-concerned analysts help reduce future SPCR. We exploit
brokerage house mergers as an exogenous shock to ACC and reveal that the crash mitigating effect of ACC is less noticeable after a decrease in career concerns, implying a causal relationship. Moreover, our main evidence remains robust when using different specifications of the key variables and additional identification strategies to address endogeneity concerns. Our mechanism analysis suggests that career concerns reduce crash risk through reducing information asymmetry and firm risk.
Finally, our results appear more salient in firms characterized by weaker corporate governance, lower levels of analyst coverage, and higher analyst workload (i.e., busy analysts). Collectively, our results underscore the incremental role of career-concerned analysts in influencing SPCR