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Psychological skills training using simulated practice for brief therapeutic interactions
No full textPhysiotherapy students lack confidence when applying psychological strategies as part of interaction and assessment. Further research is required to establish consistent approaches to training in prequalifying programmes. The purpose of this study was (a) to document experiences of student physiotherapist to a Stroke-based simulation when applying the model of emotions, adaptation and hope (MEAH) tool, (b) consider if there are different experiences when the tool is applied online versus in-person and (c) provide recommendations for the use and application of the MEAH tool and training for future research and clinical practice. An interpretative hermeneutic phenomenological study was undertaken. Two settings were selected in-person and online via zoom©. E-training focussing on the principles of the MEAH was delivered before a 10-minute simulation was undertaken by each student (online or in person). Semi-structured interview examining the experiences of the e-training were analysed using a reflexive thematic analysis. A conversation analysis was applied to 24 recorded in-person conversations. Twenty-five university final year physiotherapy students completed the in-person study and 13 second year physiotherapy student completed the online study. Thematic analysis: Four major themes across both groups were identified: (a) the content and value of the e-training, (b) the experience and perception of the simulation, (c) the application of the MEAH screening tool and (d) future training needs. Conversational analysis: Three types of interaction were identified. Type 1 interactions (15/24, 62.5%) followed the form in a very exacting way. Type 2 interactions (3/24, 12.5%) used the tool as an aid to their conversation. Type 3 interactions (6/24, 25%) deviated from the main focus of the tool. Factors which influenced the interaction were identified. The current study demonstrated that the model of emotions, adaptation and hope can be used to enhance a brief therapeutic interaction for physiotherapy students. Further research and policy recommendations are provided
Please Don't Bomb the Ghost of my Brother
No full textan international, ludic investigation of the pandemic and personal los
History on the margins: truths, struggles and the bureaucratic research economy in Colombia, 2016–2023
No full textThis essay reflects upon the challenges and the achievements of an exploration of the marginalized experiences of the armed conflict in Colombia. Our meth- ods – interdisciplinary, rooted in an ethos of co-production and openness to a great plurality of ways of storytelling – have created a fuller and richer representation of the horrors of war and their consequences. The lessons we have learned through making it happen will have major policy and adminis- trative implications for the delivery of bilateral research collaborations funded by state resources
Precision behavioral phenotyping as a strategy for uncovering the biological correlates of psychopathology
No full textOur capacity to measure diverse aspects of human biology has developed rapidly in the past decades, but the rate at which these techniques have generated insights into the biological correlates of psychopathology has lagged far behind. The slow progress is partly due to the poor sensitivity, specificity and replicability of many findings in the literature, which have in turn been attributed to small effect sizes, small sample sizes and inadequate statistical power. A commonly proposed solution is to focus on large, consortia-sized samples. Yet it is abundantly clear that increasing sample sizes will have a limited impact unless a more fundamental issue is addressed: the precision with which target behavioral phenotypes are measured. Here, we discuss challenges, outline several ways forward and provide worked examples to demonstrate key problems and potential solutions. A precision phenotyping approach can enhance the discovery and replicability of associations between biology and psychopathology
Blurring the moral limits of data markets: biometrics, emotion and data dividends
No full textThis paper considers what liberal philosopher Michael Sandel coins the ‘moral limits of markets’ in relation to the idea of paying people for data about their biometrics and emotions. With Sandel arguing that certain aspects of human life (such as our bodies and body parts) should be beyond monetisation and exchange, others argue that emerging technologies such as Personal Information Management Systems can enable a fairer, paid, data exchange between the individual and the organisation, even regarding highly personal data about our bodies and emotions. With the field of data ethics rarely addressing questions of payment, this paper explores normative questions about data dividends. It does so by conducting a UK-wide, demographically representative online survey to quantitatively assess adults’ views on being paid for personal data about their biometrics and emotions via a Personal Information Management System, producing a data dividend, a premise which sees personal data through the prism of markets and property. The paper finds diverse attitudes based on socio-demographic characteristics, the type of personal data sold, and the type of organisation sold to. It argues that (a) Sandel’s argument regarding the moral limits of markets has value in protecting fundamental freedoms of those in society who are arguably least able to (such as the poor); but (b) that contexts of use, in particular, blur moral limits regarding fundamental freedoms and markets
Enabling Dialogic, Democratic Research: Using a Community of Philosophical Enquiry as a Qualitative Research Method.
No full textPhilosophy for Children is a pedagogical approach practised worldwide. Although well known for its contribution to democratic teaching and learning its contribution to critical research is relatively unknown. In this paper we present the use of a Community of Enquiry (CoE), as conceptualised in Philosophy for Children, as a qualitative research method that foregrounds participant voice. Framed through Freirean critical pedagogy and social transformation, we present research undertaken with primary pre-service teachers in England, exploring their emerging teacher identity, and detail the method of how a CoE was enabled. We conclude and advocate that a CoE aligns with a research axiology concomitant with ethical critical practices and argue for an environment that enables the researcher, and participants, to generate data collaboratively and collectively through democratic dialogue. Finally, our findings show that a CoE can have much to offer qualitative critical scholars beyond its originally intended pedagogical contribution
Hypothesis: Dementia diminishes interdependence in health and quality of life among spousal partners
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Ethical Agility in Dance:Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance.
No full textBritish Dance studies in the second decade of the twenty-first century is at an unusual juncture. Whereas it has established itself as a mature discipline, dance (as with other creative subjects) is under threat in school curricula and consequently at the further and higher education levels. This book responds to the industry’s call for more radical interdisciplinary perspectives in dance. It aims at widening our understanding of contemporary dance technique and training in view of an expanded field of dance which encompasses dance and health, dance in community, dance and performance, dance and choreography, dance and education. It questions how can the concept of ‘technique’ and associated systems of training in dance be redefined to enable the collaboration of skills and application of ideas necessary for twenty-first century dancing bodies. It brings together voices from scholars and researchers but also practitioners, educators and independent choreographers. The four different sections of the book offer accessible texts with a wide range of contributions including conversations and examples of practices thematised by scholarly essays. It culminates in radical provocations in the forms of manifestos for the future of dance practice. While the volume is ideal for anyone with an interest in dance, it will be a compelling read for dance and performance students, teachers and artists
On Solidarity
No full textThis special issue critically examines the notion of solidarity from and within the field of performance. Solidarity as a concept is ethically vacuous and in need of a clear ethical and political agenda. This issue specifically addresses questions concerning the ways that solidarity is ‘performed’ and the kinds of contributions the field of performance can make in working towards social equality. Across the various contributions, the issue sketches out the ways that solidarity is practised in and through performance as a potential generative force for social change. In discussing situated practices within various socio-political contexts, it examines a variety of solidary formations and bindings, such as within racial and religious minority groups, as well as solidarity existing across difference. It offers discussions of the ways solidarity is performed in colonial contexts, in post-disaster relief work, as well as in local activist groups