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Supplemental Material - Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition
No full textSupplemental Material for Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition by Ketaki A Diwan, Joanne M Chung, Christina Meyers, Lotte van Doeselaar, and Anne K Reitz in European Journal of Personality</p
sj-pdf-1-erp-10.1177_08902070211054896 – Supplemental Material for In good times and in bad: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of bereavement on self-esteem and life satisfaction in couples
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-erp-10.1177_08902070211054896 for In good times and in bad: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of bereavement on self-esteem and life satisfaction in couples by Anne K. Reitz, Rebekka Weidmann, Jenna Wünsche, Janina L. Bühler, Robert P. Burriss and Alexander Grob in European Journal of Personality</p
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No full textContingency of Self-Esteem on Daily Events During The Transition to Becoming a Teacher
No full textPrevious research suggests that individuals substantially differ in the direction and magnitude of self-esteem change during education-to-work transitions (Diwan et al., 2022, Filosa et al., 2022, Reitz et al., 2019). Yet less is known about why individuals differ in change. To understand these individual differences in self-esteem change, theories of personality change (Wrzus & Roberts, 2017) and self-esteem change (Reitz, 2022) stress the importance of situation-state contingencies (Kuper et al., 2022), that is, the extent to which states fluctuate in response to daily situations/events. Daily experiences that tap into the mastery of new social roles and developmental tasks that individuals are expected to master during education-to-work transitions could be specifically relevant to self-esteem (Diwan et al., 2022; Reitz et al., 2019; Reitz et al., 2022). In the present study, we will examine one possible situation-state contingency that is relevant for becoming a teacher during the teacher education program: the extent to which daily study- and work-related events predict state self-esteem
'The cracked mirror': Anne Sexton's poetics of self-representation
No full textThis thesis re-evaluates the work of the poet Anne Sexton (1928-1974), concentrating, in particular, on the indeterminacies, contradictions and aporia which it finds to be characteristic of her ostensibly frank and self-revelatory writing. The study is based on a close textual
analysis of Sexton's writing, is informed by oststructuralist theories, and is sustained by an
examination and discussion of archive collections of her previously unpublished papers. In seeking an understanding of Sexton's poetics, the thesis identifies and interrogates the strategies of denial and obfuscation apparent in her own explication of her work - principally, by scrutiny of the unpublished, and previously unresearched, drafts of a series of lectures
which she delivered in 1972. Chapters One and Two consider the origins of `confessional' or - Sexton's preferred term - 'personal' poetry and reassess her place within contemporary poetry. They suggest that
Sexton's writing is engaged in a process of negotiation and contestation, both with the boundaries and expectations of confessionalism, and with the strictures of T. S. Eliot's theory of `impersonality'. In support of these arguments, Chapter Two offer a reading of Sexton's
little-known poem, `Hurry Up Please It's Time', alongside its intertext, Eliot's The Waste Land. Chapter Three reassesses received views of the supposedly beneficial interrelationship between confessional speaker and reader. It examines Sexton's appropriation of dramatic
masks and personae and her use of metaphors of striptease and prostitution, and suggests that these are employed simultaneously to appease and to repel an intrusive audience. Similarly, Chapters Four and Five trace Sexton's problematisation of two previously-accepted tenets of confessional poetry: its status as autobiography and its truthfulness, drawing attention to the techniques employed in order to give the impression of both. Chapter Six considers Sexton's
problematic engagement with a language which is not malleable, transparent, and referential but, rather, is experienced as uncooperative and occlusive. Finally, the thesis recuperates Sexton from the common charge of narcissism, arguing that it is the writing, rather than the poet, which is self-reflexive and self-conscious. In this respect, it concludes that her work - perhaps unexpectedly - anticipates many of the tendencies of postmodernist writing
Interview: Anne-Marie Fortier
Get PDFThis paper is an edited version of an email interview conducted by Debra Ferreday and Adi Kuntsman with Anne-Marie Fortier, the author of Multicultural Horizons: Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation (Routledge, 2008). Fortier’s work has been informative in the development of some of the arguments explored in this special issue; in their conversation Ferreday and Kuntsman asked her to comment on the ideas of haunting, racial imaginaries, nostalgia, national anxieties, political feelings and hopes for the future
Understanding Consumer Interest in Organics: Production Values vs. Purchasing Behavior
No full textExtensive research exists on who does or might purchase organic food products, however little research has addressed either who values organic production methods when deciding what to eat, and correspondingly, who does not purchase organics regularly. This paper reports that values about organic farming often do not translate into corresponding stated preferences about organic food consumption behavior. The paradox is examined within the context of the consumers’ sociodemographic characteristics as well as through opinions and preferences related to food in their lives.
Results show that consumer claims of buying organics and placing importance on organic production systems when deciding what to eat are highly correlated (.472 at 1% significance level; p<. 001). Organic consumers, however, comprise only slightly more than one quarter (27%) of the highly enthusiastic proponents of organic production methods. Our results corroborate existing research that well-educated persons and those who are primary household shoppers purchase organics most frequently. Additionally, women and those who are older, have higher incomes, and are more liberal, as well as respondents who claim food production knowledge also tend to buy organic food regularly.
Regression and factor analysis show that those who value organic production systems when deciding what to eat may be ranked in the following order: the religiously observant, older and female respondents, persons of color, and those who claim food production knowledge. Results show that many of these organic system proponents are under-represented as buyers, in particular: the religiously observant, those for whom food plays an integral role in their lives, the less educated, and lower income and older respondents. More attention should be directed to people who value organic production systems yet do not purchase organics. This will enhance understanding of the transaction barriers that impede consumer participation in the organic market. How this population values organic production systems also has implications for the development of public policy related to sustainable and organic agriculture.Peer reviewe
Consumption Growth and Agricultural Shocks in Rural Madagascar
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the effect of rainfall and agricultural shocks on consumption growth in Madagascar. We are also interested in the impact of local endowments in infrastructures and social services on consumption growth. To achieve this goal, a micro model of household consumption growth is estimated thanks to household panel data collected by the Reseau des Observatoires Ruraux (ROR) between 1999 and 2004. Additional data sources include the 2001 communes census organized by the Ilo program of Cornell University. Altogether these different data sources make an unusually rich data set, at least when considered with developing country standards. We use panel data fixed effect estimation technique to remove unobserved household and community level time invariant heterogeneity. We find that production shocks have a substantial impact on consumption growth and we find sign of persistence of rainfall shocks. Roads and education seems to improve household’s consumption growth and remotness decreases it.risks, growth, poverty, Food Security and Poverty,
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Personal narratives as a predictor of fluctuations and change in self-esteem and life satisfaction during the transition to work
No full textWe will examine whether agency and redemption in a turning point narrative predict self-esteem and life satisfaction in students transitioning from education to work. We will obtain insights into short- and long-term change processes of self-esteem and life satisfaction by examining interindividual differences in daily fluctuations across 14 days and interindividual differences in change across 8 months.
Personal narratives can predict long-term changes in individuals’ psychological adjustment, especially during challenging periods (Adler et al., 2015; Dunlop & Tracy, 2013). Two characteristics that have shown to predict adjustment are agency (Adler, 2012) and redemption (McAdams et al., 2001). Possibly, a meaningful narrative constructed in an agentic and redemptive manner can guide people’s behavior and encourage them when dealing with new setbacks. Consequently, these narratives might indicate resilience, supporting individuals during challenging periods in living the good life.
For young adults, the transition from education to work is often a challenging period, which is reflected in the vast interindividual differences in changes in self-esteem (Reitz et al., 2020) and life satisfaction (Haase et al., 2012). Students’ narratives about a previous turning point might help explain this interindividual variability. Additionally, a meaningful agentic and redemptive narrative could support young adults during challenging days and hence, predict less fluctuation in daily self-esteem and life satisfaction. Considering daily life when studying narratives’ role in adjustment is important, because daily fluctuations in self-esteem and life satisfaction predict psychological problems (e.g., Sowislo et al., 2014; Willroth et al., 2020) and hence, help understand processes underlying trait change
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