553 research outputs found
Feasibility and efficacy of an online compassion‐focused imagery intervention for veterinarian self‐reassurance, self‐criticism and perfectionism
No full textBackground: veterinarians report high levels of psychological distress and self-criticism. However, there is minimal research investigating psychological interventions for veterinarians. Evidence suggests that compassion-focused therapy is effective at reducing distress in those with high self-criticism. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a 2-week online compassionate imagery intervention for veterinarians.Methods: a one-group repeated measures design was used with 128 veterinarians. Participants completed measures of perfectionism, self-criticism, self-reassurance and fears of compassion four times, at 2-week intervals (at baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention and 2-week follow-up). Participants answered written questions about their intervention experience post-intervention.Results: content analysis of the qualitative data found the intervention to be acceptable and beneficial to participants. Overall, study attrition was 50.8%, which is reasonable for a low-cost intervention. Minimal differences were found between participants who dropped out compared to those who completed the intervention. Perfectionism, work-related rumination and self-criticism were significantly reduced post-intervention, and these effects were maintained at follow-up. Resilience and self-reassurance remained unchanged. Fears of compassion reduced over the baseline period and pre–post intervention, questioning the validity of the measure.Conclusion: overall, in the context COVID-19, the intervention showed impressive feasibility and preliminary effectiveness. Randomised control trials are recommended as the next step for research to establish the intervention's effectiveness
Effectiveness of self‐compassion‐related interventions for reducing self‐criticism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
No full textSelf-criticism is the process of negative self-evaluation. High levels are associated with psychopathology and poorer therapeutic outcomes. Self-compassion interventions were developed to explicitly target self-criticism. The aim of this review was to estimate the overall effect of self-compassion-related interventions on self-criticism outcomes and investigate potential moderating variables. A systematic search of the literature identified 20 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met the inclusion criteria. Nineteen papers, involving 1350 participants, had sufficient data to be included in the meta-analysis. Pre- and post-data points were extracted for the compassion and control groups. Study quality was assessed using an adapted version of the Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool, which concluded that studies were of moderate quality. Meta-analysis findings indicated that self-compassion-related interventions produce a significant, medium reduction in self-criticism in comparison with control groups (Hedges' g = 0.51, 95% CI [0.33–0.69]). Moderator analysis found greater reductions in self-criticism when self-compassion-related interventions were longer and compared with passive controls rather than active. The remaining moderators of forms of self-criticism, sample type, intervention delivery, intervention setting and risk of bias ratings were insignificant. Overall, the review provides promising evidence of the effectiveness of self-compassion-related interventions for reducing self-criticism. However, results are limited by moderate quality studies with high heterogeneity. Directions for future research indicate that more RCTs with active controls, follow-ups, consistent use and reporting of measures and diverse samples are needed
What does the word ‘Europe’ make you think of? Conceptualisations of Europe in a local context
No full textThe present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the public sphere, employing a case-study conducted in Italy. The author argues that different conceptualisations of Europe are related to diverse “uses” of the media, familiarity with international cultural resources and participation in the transnational public sphere and civil society. These variables affect the construction of Europeans' sense of belonging
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No full textThe authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]:The author name “Gemma Fernánez-García” should be “Gemma Fernández-García” [...
Petrarca e Osberno di Gloucester
No full textSi presenta l'edizione commentata delle note autografe di Petrarca contenute nel Par. Lat. 7492, testimonianza della lettura e dell’utilizzo delle Derivationes di Osberno di Gloucester, altrimenti mai esplicitamente menzionate altrove da Petrarca (il titolo e l’autore rimasero a lungo ignoti). In esse Petrarca indica accordi e discordanze con le Derivationes di Uguccione da Pisa.It presents the annotated edition of Petrarch's autograph notes contained in Para Lat. 7492, evidence of reading and the use of Derivationes Osberno of Gloucester, otherwise never explicitly mentioned elsewhere by Petrarch (the title and the author remained unknown for a long time). In them Petrarca indicates agreements and disagreements with the Derivationes of Huguccio
Le opere storiche di Antonio Ivani da Sarzana
No full textSi forniscono alcune osservazioni e contributi al volume Antonio Ivani da Sarzana, 'Opere storiche' in cui sono pubblicate le principali opere storiche di questo illustre umanista, scrittore prolifico impegnato attivamente nella vita civile e politica del tempo. Interessanti spunti di riflessione offre la tradizione manoscritta, in particolare per la presenza di numerosi autografi rivisti dall’autore.We provide some comments and contributions to the volume Antonio Ivani from Sarzana, 'Historical works' which are published in major historical works of this illustrious humanist, prolific writer actively involved in civic and political life of the time. Offers interesting insights into the manuscript tradition, in particular the presence of numerous autographs revised by the author
R v Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650, Court of Appeal
No full textEssential Cases: Criminal Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650, Court of Appeal. The document also included supporting commentary from author Jonathan Herring.</p
What is the role of an interdisciplinary researcher?
No full text© The Author 2007; all rights reserved.James A Smith and Gemma E Care
STRANIERO E DEVIANZA IN ITALIA
No full textIl lavoro esamina la “questione immigrazione”, che ha assunto in Italia rilevanza crescente soprattutto per l’insorgere di conflittualità, provocando spesso sentimenti di insicurezza e una falsa percezione dell’immigrato come deviante, anche per effetto della rappresentazione mediatica. L’autore si propone di disegnare, attraverso i dati statistici ufficiali dal 2001, un quadro quantitativo e qualitativo dell’immigrazione irregolare e clandestina, nonché della criminalità degli stranieri, alla luce dei mutamenti delle politiche migratorie europee e italiane.This paper examines the "immigration issue", which has taken in recent years increasing importance in Italy, especially for the uprising of social conflicts, often because of the feelings of insecurity and a false perception of immigrants as deviant, partly as a outcome of media representation. The author outlines, through the analysis of official statistics since 2001, the quantitative/qualitative scenario of irregular and illegal migration and aliens' criminality according to the changes of European and Italian politics of migration control
Gemma King, Jacques Audiard, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021
No full textAs the director of nine feature films, author of at least two dozen screenplays, and the recipient of a Grand Prix and Palme d’Or at Cannes, multiple Césars, and a myriad of international awards, Jacques Audiard merits a book. Surprisingly, Gemma King’s is the first, in English or in French. Although her focus is on the features, from See How They Fall/Regarde les hommes tomber (1994) through The Sisters Brothers/Les frères Sisters (2018), King is concerned with Audiard’s body of work as a w..
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