Emotional Contact Research Articles

Challenges of Polish families related to caring for a disabled child at home: a cross-sectional study.

A family with a disabled child has major changes and challenges. The difficulties experienced by the whole family are of various natures and relate to emotional, psychological, caring, and financial problems. The aim of the study is to learn about the challenges and involvement of Polish families in caring for a disabled child in the home environment. A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted in a group of 103 parents of disabled children. The proprietary questionnaire and a standardized scale for the Generalized Self-Efficacy Survey (GSES) were used as a research tool. The material for the study was collected online, using Google Forms software, and statistically processed. Emotional contact with a disabled child turned out to be the most difficult aspect of care for almost half of the respondents (42.7%). The vast majority of respondents (75.7%) described the level of difficulty in caring for a disabled child as much higher than the level of difficulty in caring for a healthy child. Most parents (87%) spend between 10 and 20% of their family income on the treatment and rehabilitation of disabled children. A significant relationship was noted between the assessment of the family's economic situation and place of residence (χ2P = 27.32; p < 0.0001; Vc 0.51). Parents of children with disabilities who live in rural areas and have less education are less well off financially. The average GSES score was 24.54 and was in 4 sten. The biggest care challenge for parents of disabled children turned out to be emotional contact with the child. The GSES index for parents of children with disabilities is lower than the average values obtained in Polish studies, which translates into worse coping with problems.

Computational hermeneutics of emotion: a comparative study of emotional landscapes in the Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”

This study employs computational hermeneutics to explore emotional representations in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Using advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, including sentiment analysis powered by the BERT model and other tools, we examine the emotional and existential aspects embedded in the narrative. Our approach combines computational tools with traditional hermeneutic methods to deconstruct the emotional journey of the protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov. We quantitatively analyze his emotional evolution before and after the pivotal crime, mapping his psychological transition from detachment to engagement. The study focuses on four key emotional dimensions: Attitude, Introspection, Sensitivity, and Temper. By transforming qualitative textual data into a quantitative framework, we provide a novel illustration of Raskolnikov’s psychological progression from a state of depersonalization to full emotional contact. This computational analysis is contextualized within a broader philosophical interpretation, drawing on concepts such as Stoic apatheia and Heideggerian Sorge. Our research serves a dual purpose: it enhances our understanding of Dostoevsky’s work while demonstrating the potential of computational methods in literary analysis. By bridging digital humanities and traditional literary criticism, this study contributes to the growing field of digital hermeneutics and opens new avenues for interdisciplinary research in literature, philosophy, and computational linguistics.

Kin investment biases of aunts and uncles: associations with phenotypic resemblance and sociodemographic characteristics.

Higher investment in maternal than paternal aunts and uncles is explained by the "paternity uncertainty hypothesis". Regardless of laterality, however, aunts show a greater degree of investment than uncles, which is attributed to sex-specific reproductive strategies. Resemblance cues can be used as indicators of genetic relatedness. The central hypothesis of the current study was that perceived phenotypic resemblance between aunts/uncles and niblings would be associated with aunts' and uncles' investment. The association was predicted to be stronger with respect to patrilateral than matrilateral aunts and uncles and stronger with respect to patrilateral aunts than patrilateral uncles. 243 Iranians aged between 15 and 50 participated in a retrospective analysis and filled out a 52-item questionnaire focusing on the solicitude, emotional closeness, and contact frequency between aunts/uncles and their nephews/nieces. In addition, the participants had to rate their phenotypic resemblance with their aunts and uncles. Aunts' and uncles' solicitude, emotional closeness, and contact frequency were differentially expressed according to sex and laterality. Maternal aunts showed the significantly highest emotional closeness, contact frequency, and investment, while the opposite was true for paternal uncles. Moreover, investment was correlated with phenotypic resemblance. Such association was stronger for patrilateral than matrilateral aunts and uncles, and concerning solicitude it was stronger for patrilateral aunts than patrilateral uncles. The resemblance-based kin recognition mechanism among aunts and uncles was self- rather than family-referent. In conclusion, phenotypic similarity can be used as a cue to genetic kinship and is correlated with the investment of aunts and uncles. However, such associations also depend on the degree of genetic relatedness and the differential kin investment provided by each sex.

CASE MANAGEMENT IN WORK WITH INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OF UKRAINE

With the beginning of the russian-Ukrainian war (2014), a significant part of the population from the zone of active hostilities left their homes in search of a calmer place for temporary residence. Most of them remained on the territory of Ukraine and obtained the status of an internally displaced person (IDP). A significant part crossed the borders of neighboring states in the status of “refugee”. Both, the first and the second, need support and help in places of temporary residence. In Ukraine, this category of population is provided with various types of payments and social services, depending on their needs. If the mechanism of social payments has already been worked out, then the mechanism of social services providing is only in the process of implementation. In Ukraine communal institutions and non-governmental organizations are providers of social services. These are mainly Social Service Centers/Centers for the social services provision or charitable foundations operating in territorial communities, which are places of temporary residence of internally displaced persons. In the context of the research, the algorithm of social services providing to internally displaced persons in territorial communities - places of temporary residence - in the context of case management/case management in communal and non-state owned organizations was studied. A qualitative study was conducted, due to which employees of organizations and internally displaced persons themselves were involved in order to study the specified issue. The interview was the main tool for data collection. 12 social workers/case managers of communal institutions of three regions and the Charitable Foundation “Caritas” and 6 internally displaced persons who are clients of these institutions were interviewed. It was found out that both communal institutions and non-governmental ones use the case management algorithm in working with a certain category of clients, which is called case management in the work of Caritas employees. Social workers of communal institutions strictly follow the stages of case management defined by the Law of Ukraine “On Social Services”, avoiding any emotional contact with IDPs. This model of work is close to the clinical model of case management. “Caritas” employees focus more on psycho-emotional support in their work with IDPs in the case management process, which is closer in type to the brokerage model. Caritas employees are more motivated to work. They also have a greater resource in planning assistance to IDPs. Based on the results of the analysis of the received data, recommendations were formulated to improve the work of social workers

Introduction to "The older analyst at work: The old man and the sea?"

This Analyst at Work section examines the work of an older psychoanalyst as he ages yet continues to work as a psychoanalyst. Eike Hinze describes his work with a disturbed young man. Decisions about starting an analysis and the struggles involved in 'reaching' this patient form part of the question of whether this is a 'quest', or another analysis, near the end of an analytic career.Of particular note is Dr. Hinze's explicit use of his own 'reverie'/ countertransference/ unconscious states to form interventions. The two discussants express their own understanding of how they might approach the problems posed. They both speak to the forms of intervening that differ from their own, and their clinical understanding of revealing one's own associations in the clinical hour. They also speak to how the process of aging might have influenced the clinical work itself.The possible shift in technique over the course of Dr. Hinze's clinical career is more difficult to assess: does it come from age, maturity, shifts in theory and technique, or an intense desire to make emotional contact within this particular patient and clinical setting? These are the "question marks" conveyed in their discussions, like the one in the title itself.

PECULIARITIES OF SUBTITLED TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF ANCIENT EGYPT EXPLAINED IN 12 MINUTES

High-quality translation from a foreign language plays a key role in the commercial and creative success of any film. Due to the growing need for this type of translation, highlighting the specifics of documentary film translation will be useful for novice documentary translators and professionals interested in various types of translation. Background. Documentary is a widespread and one of the most interesting genres of cinema for people of all ages. Subtitling as a type of audiovisual translation allows viewers not only to get closer to the original story of the event broadcast in another language, but also to hear authentic speech and other elements of the video. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to identify the specifics of the subtitled translation of documentaries and to identify the translation transformations used in the translation of such a film genre. To do this, it is necessary to identify the essence of subtitling; consider the requirements for the compiling subtitling, identify the difficulties that translators may face in the process of subtitled translation; analyze translation transformations in the subtitled translation of documentaries. Materials and methods. The practical material for the study was the short documentary film Ancient Egypt explained in 12 minutes, published on the YouTube video hosting channel Captivating History. To solve the tasks set, both theoretical and practical research methods were used: analysis of literature on translation theory and subtitled translation as a special aspect of audiovisual translation; analysis of translation transformations during subtitled translation of the documentary film Ancient Egypt explained in 12 minutes. Results. The results of the study showed that subtitling is a complex and creative task for a translator. Subtitles for films allow you to create an emotional contact between the reader and the author of the film, to focus his attention on important information and, most importantly, to preserve the authenticity of the documentary material. In the subtitled translation of documentary films, it was revealed that the most common transformations are transliteration, omission, generalization and functional substitution. Practical implications. The results of the research can be used by novice translators and professional translators when translating documentaries.

'If I Don't Have My Support Worker in the Room…': A Multi-perspective Mixed Methods Study of Remote Daily Living Support for Neurodivergent Young Adults.

Information technology is increasingly being employed for providing support and interventions in disability and health service contexts. This study aimed to investigate service users' and support workers' perspectives on remote support in daily living for young adults with neurodevelopmental conditions. Using a convergent mixed methods approach, we integrated qualitative and quantitative findings from survey responses and focus groups. Young service users (aged 18 to 29) diagnosed with ADHD and/or autism (n = 35) and support workers (n = 64) from four municipalities in Sweden responded to a survey designed to tap into their lived experiences and views. The topic was explored further in focus groups with young service users (n = 7) and support workers (n = 3). Open-ended survey questions were analyzed using qualitative content analyses and complemented with information from the focus groups, while closed survey questions were summarized descriptively. Inferences were merged in a joint display. While participants reported having access to digital devices, service routines for remote contact were not in place. Service users were more hesitant than support workers in endorsing remote support, expressing concerns that this approach would be inferior to in-person support (e.g., owing to miscommunications and insufficient social and emotional contact). Still, both groups expressed that remote contact may at times be a beneficial complement to in-person meetings, increasing accessibility and user choice. Service providers planning to implement remote support elements should explore the demand, acceptability, and organizational readiness for this approach. Moving forward, user engagement will be crucial to meet individual preferences, values, and needs.

Walking the (Infrastructural) Line: Mobile and Embodied Explorations of Infrastructures and Their Impact on the Urban Landscape

Drawing on a series of Infrastructural Exploration ‘walkshops’ hosted at the Centre for Urban and Community Research (Goldsmiths), this article reflects on the possibilities offered by walking infrastructural lines to critically engage with urban infrastructure. In these walkshops, we invite participants – academic researchers, students, activists, members of the public – to join in moving through the city and to consider their embodied and emotional contact with the infrastructure we encounter. Traversing different spaces and opening our sociological imaginations to the city, we place an emphasis on collective experiences, happenstance conversations and different forms of knowing. We aim to foster a corporeal, mobile and multisensory attention to infrastructure and its impacts on the urban landscape. In this article, we propose that these embodied and affective encounters with infrastructure can attune us to questions of infrastructure’s social life, the politics of its siting, urban power dynamics, distributional (in)justice and forms of (infra)structural violence. Inspired by Shannon Mattern’s work, the article ends by offering a provocation. We ask readers, as we ask walkshop participants: then what? What are the socio-political potentials in these collective, peripatetic and visceral engagements with infrastructure?

ENHANCING SOCIAL CONNECTION AND SITTING SKILLS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

The commented issue is intended for all specialists carrying out special pedagogical work, and especially speech therapists, who during their speech therapy classes often deal with hyperactivity and negative behaviors: aggression, self-aggression, as well as self-restrained children and adolescents.&#x0D; The research of the presented phenomena and the search for coping solutions by the speech therapist may seem unacceptable to some specialists because the work carried out on overcoming aggressive manifestations, and the rejection of any proposed method of communication are considered the subject and object of the study of psychologists. However, the unprecedented frequency of these phenomena during speech therapy classes allows us to address the researched phenomena from a speech therapy perspective as well, because aggressive manifestations and especially disobedience to the specialist and rejection of all possible forms of contact can be an obstacle to speech therapy intervention with children and adolescents with autism syndrome.&#x0D; The application of the necessary steps for the formation of emotional contact during the speech therapy classes presented in the article, as well as the creation of special conditions, document their unique role in terms of the effective implementation of speech therapy classes through experimental research.

Анализ четырехфакторной модели симптомов аутизма у детей 3–6 лет

&lt;p&gt;The work is devoted to the empirical analysis of age shifts within the framework of the factor model of autism for preschool children. In the 2020&amp;ndash;2022 studies, we obtained a factor model of autism and identified 4 vectors of autism &amp;mdash; typical subtypes of ASD in 3&amp;ndash;4 years old children. Among them are: 1) difficulties in establishing emotional contact, expressing one's emotions and decoding other people's emotions in the context of social interaction; 2) sensory disintegration; 3) impairments in verbal and nonverbal communication and social skills; 4) hyperactivity, including excessive movements, motor disinhibition and restless behavior. It should be emphasized that the first three vectors correspond to the core symptoms of ASD in accordance with the DSM-5. While the hyperactivity factor goes beyond the main symptoms of ASD. In this paper, a comparative analysis of the severity and stability of symptoms was carried out within the framework of a 4-factor model of autism for 3&amp;ndash;4 and 5&amp;ndash;6-year-old children with autism. Sensory and communication impairments have been found to decrease with age, however, emotional impairments and hyperactivity remain at a high level. The theoretical foundations of emotional disorders and hyperactivity in children with ASD are analyzed in detail. Brief practical recommendations are presented for effective early intervention in order to improve the potential trajectory of development of preschool children with ASD.&lt;/p&gt;

Exploring critically ill patients' and their relatives' experiences of intensive care unit during COVID-19: A qualitative study.

Admission to an intensive care unit has physiological and psychological consequences for patients and families, including the family's fear that the patient might die. The COVID-19 pandemic underlined this and furthermore involved visiting restrictions separating patients and families. To explore how patients with confirmed COVID-19 and their relatives experienced an intensive care unit stay and its significance for family dynamics. A qualitative study was performed during the spring of 2020. Five dyadic interviews were conducted with COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit and their relatives. The analysis was inspired by Hochman's dyadic analysis. The analysis revealed three themes: (1) From ill to critically ill: The trauma of separation and fear of losing loved ones; (2) The relatives' significant role in creating a shared coherent understanding of the admission in ICU due to COVID-19; (3) The nurses' roles as a go-between in maintenance of the family dynamic. Separation challenged family function and destabilized family dynamics. Nurses provided emotional support, information about and contact with the patient and relatives. The patients' distorted perception of reality and lack of memory were reconstructed in new family narratives, which offered relief and stabilization of family dynamics. The nurses entered into a triad with the patient and relatives, which also contributed to maintaining a relational dynamic in the family. Maintaining communication between health professionals, relatives and patients, and usage of virtual visits during intensive care unit stay can support the family relationship. Nurse therapeutic conversations might help families' in redefining their family dynamics after ICU admission.

Seeing Feelingly: A Sight‐Impaired Observer's Reflections on an Infant Observation during the Covid‐19 Pandemic

The author reflects on the experience of conducting an infant observation from their perspective of having a sight impairment encapsulated in the phrase ‘seeing feelingly’ taken from Shakespeare's play King Lear. The multi‐sensory and somatic world of the infant is explored where sight is secondary to touch in early infancy and how this reflects something of the observer's way of experiencing the world. The impact of disability on how the author sees themselves and is seen by others is discussed in terms of the defences of projection, projective identification and disavowal. The COVID‐19 pandemic and the necessity of remote observations via video link add another angle from which emotional connection is explored, leading the author to conclude that, although greater visual clarity was gained, emotional contact was diminished. The paradox of a sight‐impaired person ‘observing’ challenges the privileging of the sense of sight, suggesting that a more multi‐sensory approach could be of benefit to the conduct of infant observations. In addition, the very title ‘infant observation’ might deter others with sight impairment from participation.

From co-regulation to self-regulation: Maternal soothing strategies and self-efficacy in relation to maternal reports of infant regulation at 3 and 7 months.

This study, conducted in Germany, examines the role of maternal soothing strategies to explain the association of maternal self-efficacy with infant regulation (crying and sleeping behavior). Questionnaire data of 150 mothers, living in Germany, with mixed ethnic and educational backgrounds were collected when infants were 3 and 7 months old. Two types of maternal soothing strategies were distinguished: close soothing, involving close physical and emotional contact, and distant soothing, involving physical and emotional distancing from the infant. A cross-sectional SEM at 3 months indicated that maternal self-efficacy is associated with reported infant regulation through distant soothing strategies. Low maternal self-efficacy was associated with frequent maternal use of distant soothing, which in turn was related to reported infant regulation problems, that is, non-soothability and greater crying frequency. Frequent use of close soothing was associated with reported infant sleeping behavior, that is, frequent night-time awakenings. A longitudinal SEM further indicated that the effects of close soothing persisted at least until the infants' age of 7 months. The study showed how low maternal self-efficacy, increased use of distant soothing, and reported early infant regulation problems are intertwined and that, due to their persisting positive effect on infant soothability, close soothing better supports infant development.

‘A paradise among leprosariums’: Hansen’s disease and affective containment in the Panama Canal Zone

ABSTRACT The Panama Canal Zone’s American administration established Palo Seco Leper Colony in 1907 in order to contain individuals with Hansen’s disease. Yet containment was never a simple strategy. This article argues that American observers used rhetoric to transmute their fear of Hansen’s disease into pity, imagining isolation as a form of care and buttressing the United States’ claim that the curative violence of incarceration was part of a beneficent global project of humanitarianism, civilization, and modernity. At the same time, residents at Palo Seco often reworked or simply rejected these affective claims, and close attention to the archival record finds examples of their anger, love, and hope, as well as pain, stigma, and loneliness. Residents were labelled and consigned, ostensibly made static and ordered through diagnosis, but the site hosted a dynamism and disorder—in both senses of the word—that American imperialism professed to control, but never could. Palo Seco was a kind of emotional contact zone where managers, commentators, and residents negotiated the affective scripts and sentiments of their imperial encounter. Attention to these subjectivities testifies to the humanness, the ragged edges, and the profound affect of the imperial enterprise and its ableist institutions.

Peculiarities of artistic and pedagogical communication as a means of developing creative abilities of children in the third year of life

The article highlights the urgency of the problem of insufficiency or lack of communication with children of the third year of life. We noticed a large number of "on-screen" children deprived of emotional contact with other people. This leads to the deprivation of the individual. We argue the importance of communication as a decisive factor of development. Also in this article, we analyzed scientific papers on the research and found that during the third year of life, speech as a means of communication improves, and communication is a necessary factor in the development of speech. We have found out the source of the term "artistic and pedagogical communication", which has become widespread in the practice of educational interaction with children of different categories. The features of artistic and pedagogical communication with children of the third year of life singled out and characterized. These include increased emotionality; involvement of all channels of perception (visual, auditory, kinesthetic); the importance of motivation for activities that are inherent in every child from birth and that require certain conditions for awakening; artistic and creative activity at the base (artistically productive musical, elementary theatrical). A positive foreign experience of interaction with young children presented, which based on the acquaintance of children with works of art, experimentation with materials for creativity and the development of the sensory sphere. Based on the described features, we formulated the author's definition of the term «artistic and pedagogical communication with children of the third year of life» as a means of developing creative abilities, drew conclusions and outlined the prospects for further research.

Эмоциональная устойчивость и ее ресурсы у работающей молодежи

The article touches upon the issue of empirical study of the emotional sphere characteristics of working youth and such resource factors as resilience, job satisfaction and interpersonal relations. The sample consisted of 163 people aged 18 to 27 years old. The results obtained showed that the majority of respondents (service workers) formally fulfill their professional duties without personal inclusion and empathy. A high level of gen-eral resilience is characteristic of those who are less susceptible to emotional burnout. With increasing length of service the level of emotional burnout increases, at the same time, an increase in enthusiasm for work is able to reduce this level. Comparative analysis based on gender: girls have higher indicators on the scales “general level of emotional burnout” and “emotional exhaustion” than boys. Emotional indices of girls are more typical than in the group of boys. Working girls, unlike working boys, are characterized as easily excitable, they experi-ence all events that occur with them more intensively and for a longer period of time. Working girls more often than boys are exposed to manifestations of emotional instability. Correlations between the emotionality pa-rameters and indices of interpersonal relations have been revealed. As such, the characteristics of emotionality are higher in respondents who need emotional contact with others.

Correction of the attitude to the family role and the child of parents in the conditions of preschool education

The article examines the theoretical analysis and importance of psychological correctional work with parents in relation to their own family role, their parents' attitude to the child, which includes such indicators as optimal emotional contact, emotional distance with the child and excessive concentration on the child in a preschool educational institution. This article shows the results of conducting a primary study in an experimental group using the PARI (parental attitude instrument) technique by authors E.S. Schaefer and R.K. Bell. This technique explores the indicators of the parent's attitude to his family role and the child that interest us. After the correctional program, a repeated study was conducted in the same experimental group; with the indicators of the primary and repeated studies, a comparative analysis was made for changes in the indicators of attitude to the family role and the child, where their qualitative change is observed. The authors of the PARI methodology point out that the study of the attitude to one's own role in family life and the attitude to the child are intended primarily for mothers. The article presents a brief description of the correctional program, with the help of which a corrective effect was made on the attitude to the family role and the child in mothers of preschoolers 3-7 years old.

Child-to-parent intergenerational support and its association with subjective well-being among older adults: A cross-national comparison of American and Korean parents

Rapid population aging in the United States and South Korea has implications for intergenerational relationships and support between adult children and older parents. However, given the two countries’ different cultural and social norms and economic development, older adults’ perceptions and experiences of intergenerational support may differ. This study utilizes data from the 2018 wave of the Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing to examine the relationship between intergenerational support from children to parents and the subjective well-being of older American and Korean parents. Employing the Probit model, our findings reveal significant and positive associations between receiving emotional support from adult children and the well-being of older parents in both countries. However, receiving financial transfers from adult children is negatively associated with the subjective well-being of older American parents, while this association is positive but not statistically significant among older Korean parents. Furthermore, we explored specific subgroups and found that child-to-parent emotional contact significantly contributes to the subjective well-being of fathers, individuals not living with their children, and parents in higher income percentiles. In contrast, receiving financial transfers from adult children plays a significantly positive role in the well-being of older Korean mothers and parents in lower income percentiles. These results highlight the importance of developing interventions tailored to specific countries and groups and effectively addressing the unique needs and challenges older adults face in diverse cultural and socioeconomic contexts.

Communication between grandparents and young grandchildren over distance: Establishing contact with constitutive nonhumans

Physical items are often taken for granted in mediated communication between grandparents (GP) and young grandchildren (GC). This article puts “constitutive nonhumans” at the center of inquiry to understand the potential of physical items and communication technologies to communicate over distance. The notion of phaticity operationalizes the role of constitutive nonhumans to establish and maintain contact over distance, which might have pleasurable or unpleasurable outcomes. A relational view on agency supports the entanglement of humans and nonhumans when they cooperate to communicate over distance. The article reports on a two-phase qualitative study that was conducted in two European countries with 10 GP (aged 60–75 years) and 10 GC (aged 6–11 years). The results identify how the entanglement between constitutive nonhumans conflates emotional connection and contact. Furthermore, the results suggest that the condition of familiarity can direct contact to pleasant or unpleasant outcomes that might differ across mediated and co-located communication.

Reflections of disability in Israeli school readers, 1953-67

ABSTRACT Disabilities were hardly and indirectly represented in Israeli school readers in 1953–67. This article proposes an integrative reconsideration of this attitude. Indeed, while disabled persons are represented as sensitive, their encounters remain sterile with no mention of either physical or emotional contact, without crossborders discussions. Normative persons address their disabled counterparts as seemingly helpless, neither willing nor able to help themselves. School readers offer a compassionate but a cold and distant glance. The whole period lacks empathy, and the disabled represent a specific aspect of that attitude. Israeli normative society emerges from school readers as elitist, ready to accept only those who conform to its high standards. For that reason, the readers abound with immigrant narratives, potentially able to integrate, but not with the disabled, of which readers seemingly despair. Even those who became disabled during military service are absent from the readers, for which they are of no educational use.