Dimensions Of Self Research Articles

Puisi Sufistik Jalaludin Rumi Tentang Makna Kematian (Analisis Psikoanalisis Jacques Lacan Pada Makna Kematian)

The Sufistic poem Jalaludin Rumi signals the living creature that death is a real entity. However, death is illustrated as a pleasant experience for believers, a last resort to the creator. Death is not frightening, but "death" is a symbolic message of desire in the next life by improving our attitudes and behavior. While in the poetry of Rumi the discourse of "Death" has a double dimension: in psychoanalysis the dimension of self (self) which performs self-identification becomes a passive-narcissistic desire, and in ethical-social discourse becomes a social self (collective subject), but the latter never happens because the real never identifies: free subjects never materialize. In the real world, the subject's desires are not satisfied. The meaning of death is always symbolized in the form of "burial" so that humans are defined if death is something scary.

Exploring identity and personal meanings in psychosis using the repertory grid technique: A systematic review.

Current research and clinical practice in person-centred approaches highlight the importance of self, identity, and personal meanings in psychosis. Previous research has focused on dimensions of self, but less attention has been paid to the personal meanings involved in identity. The personal construct theory framework and the repertory grid technique (RGT) allow the study of identity and personal meanings within person-centred approaches of psychopathology and treatment in psychosis, as suggested by studies that began more than 40years ago. However, their contributions have not yet been reviewed. We aimed to systematically review the evidence for the role of identity and personal meanings in psychotic disorders. We performed a systematic search using personal construct and RGT terms in PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed, EBSCO, Scopus, and Google Scholar. After identifying 2,574 articles, 15 were included. Nine studies followed an idiographic assessment, and six were nomothetic. Patients reported their subjective experience of isolation in terms of high self-ideal discrepancy and high perceived discrepancy with their significant others, which some studies associated with a lower degree of recovery or with the way in which positive symptoms were construed. Self-fragmentation either decreased with interventions or was associated with recovery. Evidence regarding interpersonal construing was less consistent, but there was a tendency for patients to show a more rigid cognitive structure than controls. To conclude, we found some evidence that self-discrepancies, fragmentation of self, and interpersonal construing are affected in psychosis and potentially modifiable through psychotherapy.

Psychological Collectivism in Traditional Martial Arts

This paper offers a new perspective for viewing traditional martial arts in terms of psychology. It argues that ‘traditional’ martial arts offer physical skills, moral codes, rituals, roles, and hierarchical relationships which, taken together, creates the perfect environment for psychological collectivism . Psychological collectivism focuses on individuals and their abilities to accept the norms of an in-group, understand hierarchy, and feel interdependence or the common faith of the group. First, this paper introduces the theory of psychological collectivism and connects it with traditional martial arts known as wushu or kung fu. It argues that traditional Asian martial arts create situations strong enough to activate collectivistic attributes of self and suggests that practitioners’ mind-sets can be different within and outside of the training environment. This kind of collectivistic interaction may provide one explanation for how non-Asian practitioners function in such training environments and how the traditional Asian martial arts can work as psychosocial therapies.

Power of Human-self (Transfer, Transform and Transcending the Ego)

The article cocerns the development of human-self which forms the human personality. The feeling of having a personal identity is known as the ego. Ego cannot be seen as the physical body is, though there are many selves or surrogate selves operating in the same person This is developed right from childhood till matured man in four stages: physical body, intellect, morality and finally spirituality. Vedanta recognizes two dimensions of self: the ego or the lower self and the higher or transcendent inner self. This is elaborated and finally the method of yoga has been discussed.

The temporal signature of self: Temporal measures of resting-state EEG predict self-consciousness.

The self is the core of our mental life. Previous investigations have demonstrated a strong neural overlap between self-related activity and resting state activity. This suggests that information about self-relatedness is encoded in our brain's spontaneous activity. The exact neuronal mechanisms of such "rest-self containment," however, remain unclear. The present EEG study investigated temporal measures of resting state EEG to relate them to self-consciousness. This was obtained with the self-consciousness scale (SCS) which measures Private, Public, and Social dimensions of self. We demonstrate positive correlations between Private self-consciousness and three temporal measures of resting state activity: scale-free activity as indexed by the power-law exponent (PLE), the auto-correlation window (ACW), and modulation index (MI). Specifically, higher PLE, longer ACW, and stronger MI were related to higher degrees of Private self-consciousness. Finally, conducting eLORETA for spatial tomography, we found significant correlation of Private self-consciousness with activity in cortical midline structures such as the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex and posterior cingulate cortex. These results were reinforced with a data-driven analysis; a machine learning algorithm accurately predicted an individual as having a "high" or "low" Private self-consciousness score based on these measures of the brain's spatiotemporal structure. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that Private self-consciousness is related to the temporal structure of resting state activity as featured by temporal nestedness (PLE), temporal continuity (ACW), and temporal integration (MI). Our results support the hypothesis that self-related information is temporally contained in the brain's resting state. "Rest-self containment" can thus be featured by a temporal signature.

Estudo da estrutura fatorial e das qualidades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da Male Body Attitude Scale-Revised

Objetivo: A literatura demonstra que a imagem corporal é uma dimensão central de auto e heteroavaliação e um foco de preocupação não só para as mulheres, mas também para os homens. Diversos autores têm sublinhado a necessidade de um maior investimento no desenvolvimento e validação de instrumentos de medida para a imagem corporal para o sexo masculino, dado que homens e mulheres se distinguem significativamente em relação às preocupações associadas à aparência física. A Male Body Attitude Scale-Revised(MBAS-R) é a versão revista de um instrumento de medida (MBAS), especificamente desenvolvido para a população masculina, que visa avaliar as atitudes e preocupações em relação à imagem corporal. O presente estudo visa estudar a estrutura fatorial e as propriedades psicométricas da versão portuguesa da MBAS-R.Métodos: O estudo foi conduzido numa amostra constituída por 222 homens da população geral portuguesa, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 65 anos.Resultados: Os resultados de uma série de análises fatoriais confirmatórias demonstraram a adequação da versão portuguesa da MBAS-R (12-itens) com uma estrutura de dois fatores (massa muscular e massa gorda). A análise dos itens da versão portuguesa da MBAS-R revelou que todos os itens contribuem consistentemente para a respetiva subescala e para a medida global. Adicionalmente, tanto a escala total como as subescalas da versão portuguesa da MBAS-R revelaram boa consistência interna. Os resultados mostraram ainda que as preocupações e atitudes em relação à imagem corporal, avaliadas pela MBAS-R, se associam positivamente a vergonha externa, vergonha corporal e inflexibilidade alimentar.Conclusões: Os resultados sugerem que a MBAS-R é uma medida breve e válida para avaliar e caraterizar as preocupações masculinas em relação à imagem corporal de um modo global e, simultaneamente, especificamente em relação a duas dimensões centrais da vivência da imagem corporal (massa muscular e gordura corporal) nesta população.

Other and Stranger in the structure of the human self (Buber, Levinas, Kristeva)

In this article, the author examines the relationship between the human self and its two distinctive conditions – the Other, as any alternative form of being, and the Stranger, as hostility. In the first part of the article, the author shows historical and cultural dimensions of Self and the Other in the European context. In this regard, anything that does not belong to a particular cultural area is deprived of ontological status and expelled. The Other has attributes of femininity or bestiality and is associated with evil or deviation. However, the extraordinariness of the Other causes a certain enchantment. Finally, the Other becomes an image of the mirror that offers a look at oneself from aside. The second part exposes the structure of the relationship between Me and Thou according to the theory of Martin Buber (1878–1965). Here the monolithic world appears as a double. Openness, intimacy, and trust are characteristic for this construction. Aggressive forms of power are replaced with respect and responsibility. In the third part, based on the ideas of Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995), the totality of being is proved unlocked by interaction with the Other. It becomes possible as a response to sympathy and love. Therefore, the Other is revealed through his/her face that one can see, while human condition is based on the fact that a human cares for the existence of the Other. Finally, in the fourth part, the author appeals to Julia Kristeva (born 1941) approach to the problem of Stranger. He finds out that the possibility of recognizing the essential elements of Stranger within our Self is an important aspect of human identity, as we will only be able to clarify our own purposes by accepting someone else in ourselves. Article received 26.02.2018

Self–Compassion as A Facet of Neuroticism? A Reply to the Comments of Neff, TóTh–KiráLy, and Colosimo (2018)

In this paper, we respond to comments by Neff et al. (2018) made about our finding that the negative dimensions of self–compassion were redundant with facets of neuroticism ( rs ≥ 0.85; Pfattheicher et al., 2017) and not incrementally valid. We first provide epistemological guidance for establishing psychological constructs, namely, three hurdles that new constructs must pass: theoretically and empirically sound measurement, discriminant validity, and incremental validity—and then apply these guidelines to the self–compassion scale. We then outline that the critique of Neff et al. (2018) is contestable. We question their decisions concerning data–analytic methods that help them to circumvent instead of passing the outlined hurdles. In a reanalysis of the data provided by Neff et al. (2018), we point to several conceptual and psychometric problems and conclude that self–compassion does not overcome the outlined hurdles. Instead, we show that our initial critique of the self–compassion scale holds and that its dimensions are best considered facets of neuroticism. © 2018 European Association of Personality Psychology

Overseas Qualified Nurses’ (OQNs) perspectives and experiences of intraprofessional and nurse-patient communication through a Community of Practice lens

BackgroundOverseas qualified nurses enter their new workplaces as experienced newcomers, who are challenged by unfamiliar patterns of communication with patients and colleagues. Little is known of the relational dimension of these nurses’ adjustment to unfamiliar communication norms. AimThis paper explores the barriers and enablers of clinical communication experiences of OQNs from their perspective using a Communities of Practice framework. MethodsThis exploratory qualitative study involved semi-structured interviews of OQNs (males=4, females=17) employed in acute and semi-acute clinical settings, at a major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne, Australia, with a increased OQN presence. Verbatim transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. FindingsTwo major themes emerged from the analysis. The first theme comprised the pre-existing attributes of self, as both a barriers and enabler with sub themes of language adaptability and preparedness. The second theme was interactions with colleagues and patients with sub themes of expectations, adjustment and career progression. As seen through the CoP lens, these themes had a relational dimension, as communication with other staff and patients reportedly impacted on the nurses’ development in an unfamiliar healthcare environment. ConclusionOQNs can find communication in Australian healthcare complex and challenging making it an important area for learning. Intercultural communication issues stand out as a crucial factor in these nurses’ transitions. ‘Newcomer’ OQNs need active and meaningful interactions with local colleagues (old timers) and patients in order to gain language and cultural understanding of the new context. Provision of an ongoing supportive learning environment with opportunities for constructive feedback will help OQNs move from peripheral participation to full participation in health care encounters.

And the dish ran away with the spoon: a hodgepodge of reflections, as rigorous as they are rambling, on the true subject.

In this article, the topic of 'the true subject' is explored in terms of a dialectical mode thinking which is in keeping with Jung's great insight concerning psychology's lack of an Archimedean vantage-point distinct from its topics and subject matters. Evocative and expository, the emphasis is upon the performative poetics of such thinking within the sphere of our soul-making. The interpretative mode of practice presented in the article is richly illustrated with examples from Biblical texts, literary images, and proverbial sayings, as well as from the sur-real of nursery rhyme and the genre of the murder mystery. Essential insights of Jung's concerning the infinite and the finite as dimensions of self are revisited in terms of that contemporary trend of Jungian thought known as psychology as the discipline of interiority.

Study of the relationship between self-regulated learners strategies with academic achievement

Introduction: Self-regulated learning strategies provide the necessary condition so that improve students’ academic achievement and facilitate learning process. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between self-regulated learning strategies and academic achievements of Nursing and Midwifery Students in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: in this descriptive- analysis study 310 Participants were selected through Stratified random Sampling method by using Cochran formula. Research Instruments included motivational strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ) and student achievement questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using independent T-test, Pearson correlation, Regression through SPSS. Results: self-regulated cognitive learning strategies (0.63) and meta-cognitive learning strategies (0.72) had a significant relationship with students’ academic achievement that can predict 61% of the total variance students' academic achievements. Also, result show that the mean self-regulated learning strategies (t=2.25,p=0.19) and academic achievements(t=3.69,p=0.07) of female students was higher than male students and non-native students (t=0.089,p=0.818) was higher than native students(t=2.072,p=0.039), but the difference was not significant between the two groups. Conclusion: based on result, the dimensions of self- regulatory learning strategies (cognitive learning strategies, meta- cognitive learning strategies) can predict the academic achievement of the students so, it is recommended to managers and professors of universities explain benefits of self- regulation learning strategies to Students by adopting appropriate methods as well as try to improve their abilities in this field.

Intersectional Identity Negotiation

We cast our lens on intersectional networks of identity negotiated by young children in immigrant families. Although some scholars discuss identity construction, we reference identity negotiation to capture the active, strategic, and agential work that we witnessed in our study. We begin by synthesizing relevant research on children’s identity negotiation. We then explore theoretical frames that form the basis for our claims related to intersectional identity negotiation. These 3-year longitudinal collective case studies of Carlos and Liz involved observations, spoken data, and student-created artifacts (e.g., writing samples, maps, photographs, drawings). Data sources were designed to highlight literacy practices and identity construction across time. The cases of Carlos and Liz reveal intersectional networks of identity negotiation that entail positionings relative to various dimensions of self including language, gender, technological practices, nationality, and race. We maintain that attending to the identity negotiations of children in immigrant families reveals sophisticated, agential, and strategic negotiations on the part of children.

Autoconceito e ansiedade escolar: um estudo com alunos do ensino fundamental

Resumo O objetivo do trabalho foi verificar o quanto o autoconceito está associado com ansiedade escolar. Para isso, 195 crianças de ambos os sexos, de sete a 11 anos, estudantes do 2º ao 5º ano do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola particular, participaram voluntariamente respondendo a Escala de Autoconceito Infanto-Juvenil e a Escala de Ansiedade Escolar. Os resultados apontaram várias correlações negativas entre as dimensões avaliadas pela escala de autoconceito com a ansiedade escolar. A dimensão social da escala de autoconceito foi a que apresentou maior correlação, de forma negativa, com a ansiedade. Esse dado se confirmou na análise de regressão que apontou a dimensão social como melhor preditora da ansiedade escolar. Apesar das correlações encontradas, duas dimensões do autoconceito, Familiar e Escolar, não apresentaram relação significativa com a escala de ansiedade escolar, exceto a Escolar para o 2º ano, mas de forma positiva e baixa.

Self-Concept among Adolescents of Mixed Sex and Single Sex Education Schools

School plays a vital role in biopsychosocial development among students. One of the common debates of modern educational system is whether mixed sex education or single-sex education is beneficial for the bio psychosocial development of adolescents. However previous research findings have not provided sufficient evidence to resolve the controversies, this study aimed at clarifying the question of ‘which nature of schooling is effective for multi-dimensional self concept?’ To resolve the controversy, self concept of boys and girls of four mixed sex schools and four single sex education schools was assessed with the help of Multidimensional self-concept scale (MSCS)(Bruce and Bracken, 1992) . Data were statistically analyzed with help of t test. As per result, competence and academic dimensions of self were found to be higher in students from single sex schooling but social dimension of self was elevated in students from mixed sex schooling for both sexes. Girls were found to have scored significantly higher than boys on social dimension of self for both types of schooling.

Self-continuity across time in schizophrenia: An exploration of phenomenological and narrative continuity in the past and future

Disorders of the self, such as the “loss of continuity” of the self in time, are a core symptom of schizophrenia, but one, which is still poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated two complementary aspects of self-continuity, namely phenomenological and narrative continuity, in 27 patients with schizophrenia, and compared them with 27 control participants. Participants were asked to identify 7 important past events and to narrate a story taken from their life that included these events. They were then asked to imagine 3 important events that might happen in their personal future and to build a narrative of their future life. The memory vividness of these important life-events and the proportion of self-event connections in the narratives were used as a measure of phenomenological and narrative continuity, respectively. Our results showed that the difficulty for patients to construct vivid representations of personally significant events was observed in both temporal directions, past and future. Patients’ ability to establish explicit connections between personal events and attributes of self in life narratives was also impaired, but only in the case of past narratives. Our results yield a fresh understanding of the cognitive mechanisms of self-disorders in schizophrenia. The clinical and therapeutic implications of these findings are discussed.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

The temporal structure of resting-state brain activity in the medial prefrontal cortex predicts self-consciousness

Recent studies have demonstrated an overlap between the neural substrate of resting-state activity and self-related processing in the cortical midline structures (CMS). However, the neural and psychological mechanisms mediating this so-called “rest-self overlap” remain unclear. To investigate the neural mechanisms, we estimated the temporal structure of spontaneous/resting-state activity, e.g. its long-range temporal correlations or self-affinity across time as indexed by the power-law exponent (PLE). The PLE was obtained in resting-state activity in the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in 47 healthy subjects by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We performed correlation analyses of the PLE and Revised Self-Consciousness Scale (SCSR) scores, which enabled us to access different dimensions of self-consciousness and specified rest-self overlap in a psychological regard. The PLE in the MPFC's resting-state activity correlated with private self-consciousness scores from the SCSR. Conversely, we found no correlation between the PLE and the other subscales of the SCSR (public, social) or between other resting-state measures, including functional connectivity, and the SCSR subscales. This is the first evidence for the association between the scale-free dynamics of resting-state activity in the CMS and the private dimension of self-consciousness. This finding implies the relationship of especially the private dimension of self with the temporal structure of resting-state activity.

Colored Perceptions

Scholars are increasingly employing skin color measures to investigate racial stratification beyond the dimensions of self- or other-classification. Current understandings of the relationship between phenotypic traits, like skin color, and racial classification are incomplete. Scholars agree that perceptions of phenotypic traits shape how people classify others; it remains to be seen, however, whether racial classification in turn shapes people’s perceptions of phenotypic traits. The present study is based on an original survey experiment that tests whether assessments of others’ skin color are affected by a subtle racial cue, a name. Results indicate that skin color ratings are affected by the presence of a racially distinctive name: A significant share of people will rate the same face darker when that face is assigned a distinctively Hispanic name as opposed to a non-Hispanic name. In addition, ratings of male faces are more sensitive to racially distinctive names. The findings bear important lessons for our understanding of the social construction of race and its role in producing inequalities.

Commentary on: "The body social: an enactive approach to the self". A tool for merging bodily and social self in immobile individuals.

Commentary on: "The body social: an enactive approach to the self". A tool for merging bodily and social self in immobile individuals.

Revitalizing Communication Between Split Identities and Psychotic Processes in a South-Asian Treatment Dyad

A unique interchange occurs when psychotherapy is conducted in a language that represents early attachment experiences. The treatment narrative of a South Asian woman diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia is embedded within the framework of intersectionality and presented from the perspective of a bilingual clinician of South Asian descent. Different dimensions of self and intersecting social identity processes emerged through transference, countertransference, impasses and enactments occurring in the relationship. These dimensions are contextualized in the conceptual scaffolding of feminist, multicultural, psychodynamic, and family systems perspectives. Ethical issues in culturally responsive treatment with South Asian women with severe mental illness are discussed.

How Do Facebook Users Believe They Come Across in Their Profiles?: A Meta-Perception Approach to Investigating Facebook Self-Presentation

The present study examines Facebook self-presentation from the perspective of the self-presenters themselves: How do Facebook users believe they come across in their profiles? A sample of undergraduate students (N = 212) rated their Facebook self-presentations as highly positive, although not so positive as to communicate an idealized version of self. Additionally, self-presenters believed that their profiles portrayed them as better than reality on certain dimensions of self (e.g., “funny,” “adventurous,” “outgoing”), accurately on other dimensions (e.g., “physically attractive,” “creative”), and worse than reality on yet other dimensions (“intelligent,” “polite,” “reliable”). Participants believed that their own profile postings made them come across more positively than reality, but Friends' postings made them come across more negatively than reality. The results are generally consistent with the Hyperpersonal model's notion of selective self-presentation.