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Variations in Age and Life Experiences in Relationship to Israel Affiliation: Examining a Generational Divide
Full text linkCollation Model for LJS 16: [Speculum historiale, Books 25-28].
Full text linkA volume, probably the third from a set of three, comprising Books 25 to 28 of the Speculum historiale of Vincent of Beauvais. The volume is incomplete, breaking off at the beginning of Chapter 80 of Book 28, although the table of contents for Book 28 lists 102 chapters (f. 148r-148v) and the Speculum historiale when complete runs to 32 books.https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/1155/thumbnail.jp
Four Facts About ESG Beliefs and Investor Portfolios
Full text linkWe analyze survey data on ESG beliefs and preferences in a large panel of retail investors linked to administrative data on their investment portfolios. The survey elicits investors’ expectations of long-term ESG equity returns and asks about their motivations, if any, to invest in ESG assets. We document four facts. First, investors generally expected ESG investments to underperform the market. Between mid-2021 and late-2022, the average expected 10-year annualized return of ESG investments relative to the overall stock market was −1.4%. Second, there is substantial heterogeneity across investors in their ESG return expectations and their motives for ESG investing: 45% of survey respondents do not see any reason to invest in ESG, 25% are primarily motivated by ethical considerations, 22% are driven by climate hedging motives, and 7% are motivated by return expectations. Third, there is a link between individuals’ reported ESG investment motives and their actual investment behaviors, with the highest ESG portfolio holdings among individuals who report ethics-driven investment motives. Fourth, financial considerations matter independently of other investment motives: we find meaningful ESG holdings only for investors who expect these investments to outperform the market, even among those investors who reported that their most important ESG investment motives were ethical or hedging reasons
MS Bodley Or. 621 as a “Study Psalter” for Christian Hebraists
Full text linkBecause of its diminutive size, unconventional decorative scheme and total lack of built-in translations, MS Bodley Or. 621 is an anomaly among the nine “Hebrew Psalters for Christian Use” listed by Raphael Loewe. It has received scant attention principally because, as a book that appears to have been intended for Jews only to be later appropriated by Christians, it seems to be of lesser relevance to discussions of thirteenth-century English Hebraism than those psalters that were unambiguously custom-made for gentile scholars. This article challenges this premise and this conclusion. By re-examining and synthesising the paleographical and codicological evidence presented by the text proper, I suggest that the psalter may indeed have been commissioned by a Christian according to his specific needs. By considering the form, content, and distribution of the marginal annotations, especially those that contain not only Latin and French translations but also Hebrew roots, I highlight the remarkable and unique method of learning Hebrew adopted by one of the scholars, which is not unlike the modern notion of learning a language through immersion. By approaching the all-Hebrew psalter with an imperfect grasp of the language, he transforms the experience of reading into a learning process, and the psalm text into a type of textbook. This agrees well with the short and fragmentary nature of surviving Hebrew grammars from thirteenth-century England, and perhaps explains why there was no need for more comprehensive works
“It Has Meant Like I’m Not a Family Member”: Experiences of Parentified 18–24-Year-Old Emerging Adults – An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
No full textObjectives: Evidence has suggested that the consequences of parentification can be destructive, traumatic, and negative. In many studies, parentification is not linked to positive outcomes, but most studies have not examined positive outcomes. Most studies on parentification have concentrated on child caregivers up to 18 years of age, whereas young adult caregivers (18–24 years) as a group have been neglected. Recent research has begun to change focus from risk and pathology to protective factors. The purpose of this study is to explore how 18–24-year-old parentified emerging adults view, experience, and make-meaning of their role, challenges, and sense of self.
Methods: This is a qualitative study utilizing Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Purposive sampling (n=7) was used to achieve a sample of 18–24-year-old emerging adults who met a pre-screening minimum number of parentification criterion utilizing a subset of the Parentification Inventory Questionnaire (PI). Semi-structured Zoom interviews were conducted with participants and data gathered and analyzed using IPA protocols.
Results: Each participant has a unique view of their story, influenced by a varied set of environmental, biopsychosocial, and sociocultural factors as well as their own definition of “being parental”. Study participants shared commonalities in the role fulfilling a family need, varied emotions and feelings engendered at varied life stages, growing up too fast, and mental health functioning and help seeking. Therapy emerged as a potential avenue to establishing parentification narratives and managing consequences. Lastly, sense of self and locus of control may enable positive personal growth opportunities.
Conclusion: This study suggests that post-traumatic growth (PTG) could develop in a gradual, thoughtful, and self-aware fashion for parentified 18-24-year-olds. Interventions including but not limited to therapy could be a possible conduit toward making meaning of childhood parentification. Despite commencement of research, and assertions of protective factors impacting outcomes, questions distinguishing why parentified emerging adults’ growth opportunities differ, remain open. This study suggests continued research on parentified emerging adults and positive outcomes is warranted
Caregiver Involvement in Child Trauma Therapy: A Qualitative Study of Trauma Therapists’ Experiences and Perceptions Regarding the Child-Caregiver Relationship
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Caregiver Involvement in Child Trauma Therapy: A Qualitative Study of Trauma Therapists’ Experiences and Perceptions Regarding the Child-Caregiver Relationship
Caroline Menapace Glavin, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Katherine Ledwith, Dissertation Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Caregivers constitute the most proximal and long-standing relationships in a child’s environment, and the caregiver-child relationship can be an agent of change and a powerful tool following trauma. Research has shown that the nature of a child’s relationships, both before and after trauma, play a critical role in shaping their response (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017). Children’s ability to recover from the negative impacts of traumatic events is deeply influenced by the quality of the child’s attachments and by the caregiver’s ability to sensitively respond to the child’s trauma reactions (Breidenstine et al., 2011). In addition to the understanding that caregivers play a role in recovery, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is established as an effective intervention to reduce posttraumatic stress symptoms for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. TF-CBT studies show efficacy in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder, internalizing, and externalizing symptoms (Lanktree et al., 2012). TF-CBT emphasizes the importance of caregiver involvement in the child’s treatment but provides limited instructions for therapists to navigate the complexities of involving caregivers in treatment.
This study used semi-structured interviews with 10 trauma therapists in Philadelphia to explore how caregiver support and involvement is incorporated into TF-CBT. Therapist participants were asked about their perspectives, experiences, and strategies related to assessment of caregivers. Therapists also discussed how they work to bolster the child-caregiver relationship once beginning TF-CBT. Key themes emerged from the interviews, including: the importance of caregiver involvement and individualized approaches to that involvement, the lack of a standardized process for assessing caregiver eligibility, the various factors that impact a caregiver’s ability to meaningfully participate in treatment, and the need for additional support and training related to attachment concerns. The findings of this study suggest the need for support within the TF-CBT model to guide clinical decision-making around eligible caregivers. Similarly, the findings suggest that a standardized process for assessing caregiver eligibility would support clinicians to identify factors that negatively impact a caregiver’s ability to meaningfully participate in treatment. Concrete and social needs also impact caregiver’s ability to participate in TF-CBT, which suggests a need for more trauma-focused case management support and services for youth and families in Philadelphia. Finally, participant therapists discussed a need for additional training and support related to managing attachment concerns within the TF-CBT model. Use of these recommendations could lead to increased effectiveness in implementation of TF-CBT, and ultimately more positive outcomes for youth receiving treatment. The youth and families deserve our commitment to continuous reflection and improvement of our training and our models
Penn Library\u27s LJS 464 - Taḥṣīl al-munā fī sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʼ. (Video Orientation)
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Anchoring Sagittal Plane Templates in a Spatial Quadruped
Full text linkThis paper introduces a new controller that stabilizes the motion of a spatial quadruped around sagittal-plane templates. It enables highly dynamic gaits and transitional maneuvers formed from parallel and sequential compositions of such planar templates in settings that require significant out-of-plane reactivity. The controller admits formal guarantees of stability with some modest assumptions. Experimental results validate the reliable execution of those planar template-based maneuvers, even in the face of large lateral, yaw, and roll incurring disturbances. This spatial anchor, fixed in parallel composition with a variety of different parallel and sequential compositions of sagittal plane templates, illustrates the robust portability of provably interoperable modular control components across a variety of hardware platforms and behaviors.
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Penn Library\u27s LJS 473 - [De navigatione]. (Video Orientation)
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Technical Report on: Anchoring Sagittal Plane Templates in a Spatial Quadruped
Full text linkThis technical report provides a more thorough treatment of the proofs and derivations in the authors\u27 paper Anchoring Sagittal Plane Templates in a Spatial Quadruped. The description of the anchoring controller is reproduced here without abridgement, and additional appendices provide a clearer account of the implementation details