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Die rol van MBTI-resultate in die ontwikkeling van opvoedkundigesielkunde-interns se teoretiese raamwerke
Get PDFM.Ed.Interns in Educational Psychology are in the conditional autonomy phase of training and professional development. They have already completed a formal training component of two years and are currently busy with an internship which comprises the practical component of the Masters degree in Educational Psychology. During training interns develop a theoretical framework against the backdrop of a theoretical foundation and Educational Psychology experience. The theoretical framework of an intern is unique and describes the methods, techniques and strategies preferred by the specific intern for use in therapy. The possible role of personality type (based on MBTI® results) in the development of the theoretical framework of an intern, was researched in this study. A purposeful random sample of four interns at the same training institution was chosen. The study followed a basic qualitative research design and included an explorative literature study. The literature study focussed on the context and phase of professional development, development of theoretical frameworks and self-knowledge regarding personality types. Data was collected by means of document analysis of the MBTI® results and theoretical frameworks, as well as individual, semi-structured interviews and field notes. Data was represented according to categories and sub-themes which focussed on the intern's reflections on the therapeutic process, his or her personal experiences, personality type and theoretical framework. The data was analysed by means of the Constant Comparative Method. The results of the data analysis, as well as the literature study, showed that the personality type of an intern, as determined by the MBTI® does play a significant role in the development of his or her theoretical framework and that it may hold implications for the training of interns in Educational Psychology. The literature study, along with the results of this study, contribute to the training of interns and thus to training institutions and the Educational Psychology profession, in that it develops awareness about the necessity of self-knowledge regarding personality types in the development of the theoretical frameworks of interns and the influence thereof on the practice of Educational Psychology
Flourishing beyond borders: Character strengths, resilience and self-perceived well-being of the accompanying expatriate partner during international relocation
No full textPhD (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe process of expatriation presents many challenges to the working partner, the accompanying expatriate partner (AEP), as well as their families. One of the most cited reasons for failed expatriate assignments is the unhappiness or the inability of the spouse to adjust in the host country. The need for psychological support is evident, which makes it important to explore and find ways to facilitate AEPs’ mental health. This should involve recognizing and making optimal use of their personal resources, such as character strengths and resilience. Even though there are multi-national companies (MNCs) and psychologists who offer training and assistance prior to expatriation, insufficient attention has been given to the mental health of the AEP. This study aimed to address this extant gap in research and practice. In an effort to gain an understanding of the character strengths, resilience and well-being of the South African AEP, the research study consisted of three sub-studies conducted in three phases. Each phase is reported in a separate research article (cf. Chapters 2, 3 and 4). The core question for the overall study was: Do the character strengths and resilience of AEPs play a role in their self-perceived well-being during international relocation? The following research questions were formulated and addressed in the respective articles: (a) What are the character strengths, levels of resilience, and self-perceived well-being of AEPs during international relocation? (Article 1); (b) What are the significant associations between the character strengths, levels of resilience, and self-perceived well-being of AEPs during international relocation? (Article 1); (c) How do AEPs subjectively experience the relationship between their character strengths, resilience and self-perceived well-being? (Article 2); (d) How do their experiences inform our understanding of the mental well-being of AEPs? (Article 2); and (e) How can character strengths and resilience be enhanced to ultimately facilitate the well-being of AEPs? (Article 3). A multimethod research design was used, where Phase 1 followed a quantitative approach and Phases 2 and 3 followed a qualitative approach. In Phase 1, three standardised questionnaires (i.e. VIA-72, RS and MHC-SF) were used to describe 110 participating South African AEPs’ character strengths, resilience and self-perceived well-being, where after the associations between these constructs were determined and proposed in a structural equations model. In Phase 2, a smaller sample group (n=17) answered 16 semi-structured, open-ended questions in an effort to inform our understanding and review the quantitative model that was proposed in Phase 1, and to provide insight into AEPs’ subjective experiences regarding the interplay between these constructs. In Phase 3, four practicing psychologists who had experience in consulting with expatriates answered 2 semi-structured, open-ended questions and reflected on the strengths included in the model, as well as on the ways in which to enhance AEPs’ character strengths and resilience to ultimately facilitate their well-being. The results of the VIA-72 indicated that the strengths of Integrity/Honesty, Love, Fairness, Appreciation of beauty, Gratitude and Kindness ranked highest. The results of the RS showed 21.8% (N = 24) of the participants to have low levels of resilience; 67.3% (N = 74) to have moderate levels of resilience, and 10.9% (N = 12) to have high levels of resilience. Further, the results of the MHC-SF indicated that 9.1% (N=10) of the participants were languishing, 46.4% (N=51) had moderate mental health, and 44.5% (N=49) were flourishing. The correlational results indicated that strengths of Curiosity, Gratitude, Hope and Zest were not only positively associated with participants’ levels of resilience and well-being, but were also the most significant predictors of AEPs’ resilience and well-being. Resilience was also positively associated with self-perceived well-being. Findings from the qualitative data of Phase 2 confirmed that the strengths of Curiosity, Gratitude and Hope played pivotal roles during expatriation and that these strengths had an effect on both their levels of resilience as well as their self-perceived well-being. Finally, findings from Phase 3 provided insight into the fact that the strengths of Curiosity, Gratitude and Hope as well as resilience could be cultivated to ultimately facilitate well-being. Participating psychologists furthermore reflected on therapeutic approaches and techniques that could be used to facilitate the further development of these character strengths, and hence also AEPs’ mental health. Both the AEPs and the psychologists affirmed a definite need for psychological support prior to and during their time abroad.Doctora
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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