Identity Goals Research Articles

Lower Extremity Osseointegration Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols: A Scoping Review.

Lower-extremity transcutaneous osseointegration is a rehabilitation alternative to socket-suspended prostheses. The rehabilitation process, philosophies, and routines remain under-described. This review, primarily, identifies commonalities and differences among protocols. Secondarily, strategies are proposed to streamline future research of post-osseointegration surgery rehabilitation. Two differently phrased queries of Google Scholar, Pubmed, Embase, and Web of Science were performed. First using either "osseointegration" or "osseointegrated" or "bone anchored prosthesis" AND [last name]. Second, replacing author name with "physical therapy" or "rehabilitation." Six hundred eighty-eight articles were identified describing lower-extremity rehabilitation following osseointegration. Following software-based deduplication, manual abstract and full-text review, article reference evaluation, and use of Google Scholar's "Cited by" feature, 35 studies were fully analyzed. First, a consolidated summary was made of protocols focusing on stages, timing, and other descriptions of postoperative rehabilitation. Subsequently, strengths and limitations of protocols were considered to propose potential strategies to investigate and optimize postoperative rehabilitation. All articles describe rehabilitation having this same order of goal progression: from surgery to gradual weight bearing and final goal of independent ambulation. The most impactful difference influencing the stated final goal of independent ambulation was whether 1 or 2 surgical stages were performed. No articles reported patient success rate achieving proposed goals and timing, or challenges during rehabilitation. Therefore, the first research suggestion is to investigate actual success rates achieving proposed goals and timing. Second, to further explore rehabilitation of performance deficits, beyond unaided ambulation. Finally, to incorporate technology such as mobility trackers to more objectively understand prosthesis use and mobility. All lower-extremity osseointegration rehabilitation literature recommends identical goal progression order. No studies evaluate patient challenges or variation. Understanding and addressing such challenges may enhance postoperative rehabilitation. This article consolidates published rehabilitation protocols post-osseointegration surgery. Specific analysis and experimentation of the protocols may enhance the uniformity and potential of patient rehabilitation.

Communication quality predicts patients’ colorectal cancer screening behavior

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the quality of patient/clinician communication as one potential factor that impacts colorectal cancer screening behavior. As part of a larger randomized controlled trial conducted between 2011 and 2016 in the setting of community and academic family medicine or internal medicine practices in Michigan, USA, patients completed a pre-encounter survey, completed their regularly scheduled visit with their primary care clinician (which was audio-recorded), completed a post-encounter survey, and allowed 6-month follow-up chart audit. We trained 10 coders to rate 216 of the audio-recorded conversations between 216 patients and their primary care physicians for 6 specific features of communication quality (using 7-point scales), including the extent to which participants enacted attention to medical content, engagement, emotional expression, relationships, face, and accommodation. At least 3 coders rated each conversation, and intraclass correlations (i.e., reliability assessment) were in the good to excellent range. We found that patient and clinician attention to face (an identity goal) was a significant predictor of colorectal cancer screening at 6 months follow up. Measuring communication in terms of attention to multiple goals reveals unexpected findings about the aspects of communication that impact colorectal cancer screening behavior. The focus of many interventions to improve colorectal cancer screening rates is on the content (i.e., task goals) of clinicians' communication (such as presenting the different options for screening), yet the content of communication was not a significant predictor of screening in the present study. Rather, clinicians' and patients’ attention to identity goals predicted screening behavior, which suggests that interventions may not need to be overly complex and that simply improving the quality of attention to identity goals in clinician communication might be one of the most straightforward yet impactful ways to improve colorectal cancer screening uptake among patients.

When catholic and polish identity goals meet: Goal overlap via a sense of belonging.

When catholic and polish identity goals meet: Goal overlap via a sense of belonging.

Does Economic Growth Increase or Decrease Economic Losses and Deaths from Storm Surge Disasters in China? An Empirical Analysis from The Aspect of Hazard Exposure

Storm surge disaster is the major threat to coastal residents’ lives and property in China, which could steal away development gains in a short time. Therefore, the storm surge disaster loss reduction is an indispensable part of socio-economic development. However, the relationship between economic growth and the loss of storm surge disasters remains unclear. Herein, we explored the relationship between economic growth and the losses caused by storm surge disasters in China’s coastal zones from 1978 to 2020. We established an empirical model through the indicators of direct economic loss and death toll using negative binomial estimate and tobit estimate models. To ensure the accuracy of the model, multiple socioeconomic factors were also included in the models. The results revealed that there is an “inverted U-shaped” relationship between GDP per capita and the losses from storm surges. Furthermore, we used the entropy method to establish the storm surge hazard exposure index of China’s coastal zone from 2000 to 2020, considering disaster intensity, population density and other factors. When considering hazard exposure level, the role of economic growth may be diminished. In other words, at the same economic level, higher hazard exposure leads to greater disaster losses. We argue that economic growth and disaster resilience are not identical goals. Thus, the government needs sufficient information support when formulating disaster prevention and reduction plans.

"I WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT": THE SCIENCE IDENTITY AND CAREER GOALS OF BLACK AND LATINX SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS

This instrumental case study examines the science identity and career goals of 16 Black and Latinx science and engineering postdoctoral scholars. Interviews were conducted and grounded by the model of science identity to understand the ways in which science identity develops over time and the influence of race/ethnicity and gender on career goals. Through deductive data analysis techniques, four themes emerged: (1) science competency is built at an early age and solidified in high school; (2) science performance is actualized but questioned in college; (3) science recognition is fostered through professional development and success; and (4) racism and sexism shape the desire to make an impact through a STEM career. Understanding how Black and Latinx postdoctoral scholars' science identity and STEM career goals are nurtured and thwarted within educational systems can be illuminating to those training the next generation of advanced STEM professionals. If the individuals next in line to enter the professoriate are deterred, greater consideration must be given to their experiences.

Moral identity goal characteristics: Age-related trends from early adolescence to old age.

The study investigated age-related trends in moral identity goal characteristics, as proposed in previous research (Krettenauer, 2022a), by modifying the Self-Importance of Moral Identity Questionnaire (Aquino & Reed, 2002). Internally and externally motivated moral identity was assessed on varying levels of abstractness for promotion orientation as well as prevention orientation in Canadian participants from three different age groups: early adolescence (13-14 years, n = 248, 119 female), late adolescence to early adulthood (17-20 years, n = 251, 160 female), and mid to old age (50-76 years, n = 129, 76 female). Findings demonstrate that the self-importance of abstract moral identity characteristics increased with age relative to concrete identity characteristics, while the relationship between the two characteristics weakened. The same trend was found for internal moral identity motivation in comparison to external motivation. The study demonstrates that moral identity does not only reflect stable individual differences but is also an important developmental construct. Merging developmental and individual difference perspectives on moral identity opens new and promising avenues for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

¿(Está/Es) Difícil?: Variable Use of Ser and Estar by Heritage Learners of Spanish

The current study examines variation in copula selection in Spanish by looking at the written productions of three groups of language learners in the United States, including heritage learners, those with English as an L1, and international students with English as an L2. Research on copula variation in Spanish has pinpointed several key linguistic and social factors that influence selection; this study aims to apply these findings to heritage learners in order to determine how their acquisition differs from that of non-native language learners. This analysis used the COWS-L2H corpus of Spanish from the University of California, Davis. Examining over 8000 tokens of [adjective + copula] constructions in variable contexts where both ser and estar were used, the study tracks how linguistic and extralinguistic factors condition copula selection within the three learner groups and how these results compare to previous findings. Seven factors were predictive of copula selection: resultant state, frame of reference, adjective class, experience with study abroad, essay prompt, student age, and course level. Heritage learner copula use was found to be governed by a different set of predictors than that of learners, hinting at the variable motivations and backgrounds that influence use and reflect the identity goals of these speakers.

Bridging conceptual gaps in Global Englishes Language Teaching: ethnographic insights from Thai higher education

ABSTRACT Drawing on ethnographically informed multiple case-study data of seven in-service English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in two universities in Thailand, this article reports on findings with respect to the teachers’ thoughts on the relevance of incorporating the Global Englishes (GE) perspectives in their local language classrooms. Also considered is the question of what attributes the teachers perceive as constituting an ‘ideal’ globally informed English language teacher and whether these perceptions align with the image of language teachers advocated by GE scholarship. The findings demonstrate that GE as understood by the teachers deviates from how it is theorized within the GE scholarship. Incompatibility between their identity goals as an EFL teacher and the perceived image of GE ‘role model’ teachers was also found to have implications for the teachers’ enthusiasm or resistance to change. The article highlights a conceptual mismatch between the teachers’ emic understandings and the researchers’ etic views as the potential barrier to implementing GE innovation in the teachers’ practices, arguing for the potential of positioning teacher identity at the heart of globally informed English language teacher education curricula to foster a shared agenda and the roles teachers play in it.

Supplemental Material for Moral Identity Goal Characteristics: Age-Related Trends From Early Adolescence to Old Age

Supplemental Material for Moral Identity Goal Characteristics: Age-Related Trends From Early Adolescence to Old Age

Striving for identity goals by self-symbolizing on Instagram

Striving for identity goals by self-symbolizing on Instagram

Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.

Self-regulatory processes in striving for identity goals: Self-incompleteness shields eco-friendly vegans from temptations.

Designing the 'new normal': Key insights from the pandemic for transforming online learning going forward

The deep disruption to education caused by the move to online learning during COVID-19 was unprecedented. While most educational stakeholders adapt to the transition back to a “new normal”, it seems an obvious time for constructivist reflection on the lessons learned. The aim of this longitudinal inquiry was to examine the experiences of higher education learners in Chile during the pandemic for potential insights to be gained. The focus was on students in multi-disciplinarian fields and the changes to their perspectives, practices, and identities. Working within the qualitative paradigm, data was gathered using interviews (<i>n=22</i>), surveys (<i>n=1,054</i>, n=1,137, n=205) and field notes. Learners’ experiences were mapped against contemporary e-learning theory and 21<sup>st</sup> century learner identity goals. Through this lens, pedagogical practices, course designs, and uses of technology reflected in online spaces were found to influence learners and their learning in complex ways. Two key themes emerged in the analysis: (1) exposure to conventional pedagogy, information transfer and assessment-driven designs and technology challenges online, left students discouraged with their learning progress and disparaging of their future workplace preparedness and (2) students who experienced learner-centered practices online, supported by contemporary learning theory and community-building course designs and technologies, underwent transformative changes to their learning and identities and feeling confidently qualified for their post study careers. In view of the increasing role e-learning will play in this century, we believe further empirical research of this kind into a myriad of global, digital learning contexts, could help transform online learning and learners in our new post pandemic reality.

Moral Identity and the Acquisition of Virtue: A Self-Regulation View

The acquisition of virtue can be conceptualized as a self-regulatory process in which deliberate practice results in increasingly higher levels of skillfulness in leading a virtuous life. This conceptualization resonates with philosophical virtue theories as much as it converges with psychological models about skill development, expertise, goal motivation, and self-regulation. Yet, the conceptualization of virtue as skill acquisition poses the crucial question of motivation: What motivates individuals to self-improve over time so that they can learn from past experience, correct mistakes, and expand their ethical knowledge to new and unfamiliar circumstances? In this paper, it is argued that the motivation to increase one’s level of skillfulness in leading a virtuous life is supported by a specific identity goal, namely the goal to be a moral person. However, this moral identity goal needs to carry specific goal characteristics in order to effectively provide this motivation. It needs to be sufficiently abstract, internally motivated and promotion- rather than prevention-oriented. Research in developmental psychology suggests that the moral identity of children is rather concrete, externally motivated, and prevention-oriented. With development, higher levels of abstraction, internal motivation, and promotion-orientation gain importance providing an important motivational basis for a self-regulated process of virtue acquisition.

Supplemental Material for Self-Regulatory Processes in Striving for Identity Goals: Self-Incompleteness Shields Eco-Friendly Vegans From Temptations

Supplemental Material for Self-Regulatory Processes in Striving for Identity Goals: Self-Incompleteness Shields Eco-Friendly Vegans From Temptations

Supplemental Material for When Catholic and Polish Identity Goals Meet: Goal Overlap via a Sense of Belonging

Supplemental Material for When Catholic and Polish Identity Goals Meet: Goal Overlap via a Sense of Belonging

Conceptions and Practices of Equity in Research-Practice Partnerships

This framework explores the plurality of ways that research-practice partnerships (RPPs) conceptualize issues of equity, and with what consequences for what gets studied, whose voices are included in inquiry, and what knowledge is foregrounded in partnership activity. We draw on institutional theory and the perspectives of members from diverse partnerships to create a framework on the beliefs and practices of equity in RPPs. In terms of their missions, RPPs’ conceptions of equity ranged from a focus on individualism and standardization, to advancing goals of identity, culture, and belonging and attending to power, justice, and anti-racism. Equity was reflected within processes for working together, varying across coordination, collaboration, or transformation of roles and power dynamics. For RPPs, the framework can help develop a common language and shared meanings. For future research, it can serve as an analytic lens to understand when and how RPPs work in service of educational transformation and change.

GI multisociety strategic plan on environmental sustainability.

GI multisociety strategic plan on environmental sustainability.

МЕТА ТА ЗАВДАННЯ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ДЕПАРТАМЕНТУ ЗАХИСТУ ІНТЕРЕСІВ СУСПІЛЬСТВА І ДЕРЖАВИ ЯК СТРУКТУРНОГО ЕЛЕМЕНТУ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ПОЛІЦІЇ

The article demonstrates that the purpose of the National Police of Ukraine is the result to which all their activities are aimed. It was found that the first group of scientists for the purpose of the National Police of Ukraine understands the protection of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public safety and order. It is highlighted that the second group of lawyers, considering identical goals and objectives, determines that the main tasks of the police are to implement in the manner and within the limits prescribed by law, state policy in the protection of human rights and freedoms, public and state interests, crime prevention, support public safety and order. It is emphasized that the purpose of the Department of Protection of Public and State Interests is to ensure public (public) security and order, protection of human and civil rights and freedoms, public and state interests, combating crime resulting from its activities, which is achieved through its implementation tasks. The thesis that the tasks of the police are expressed in the provision of police services in certain areas, and have a programmatic nature, has been further developed. It is noted that the main tasks of the Department for the Protection of Public and State Interests include the implementation of state policy in the field of human rights and freedoms, as well as the interests of society and the state, which is a set of organizational and legal measures to protect citizens, society and the state illegal encroachments.

Developing a grounded practical theory of engaged communication scholarship: theorizing communities of practice in NCA journals

ABSTRACT This study analyzes use of the terms ‘engaged scholarship’ and ‘engaged research’ in all 11 NCA journals to develop a grounded practical theory (GPT) of engaged communication research. We find that the practice of engaged scholarship is defined by tensions between role identity goals of scholar and practitioner; relational goals of expertise and partnership; and outcome goals of theory and practice. To manage these tensions, engaged scholars (1) discursively construct themselves in dual roles of academic-community member; (2) advocate for researcher reflexivity to manage power dynamics; and (3) privilege theory-practice integrative outcomes. Underlying these tactics, engaged scholars intimate moral and strategic arguments for the practice of engaged scholarship. We discuss the implications of these situated ideals for assessing ‘what counts’ as good scholarship among researchers working at the intersections of theory and practice.

Coda /s/ and intervocalic /d/ elision in Andalusia: The formation of Susana Díaz's regional identity in political discourse

Politicians construct identity, reach supporters, and show their stance toward issues and colleagues through language. This study examines intervocalic /d/ and coda /s/ elision in the speech of the former Andalusian president, Susana Díaz, comparing her tendencies with those of others to determine how she navigates peninsular indexical fields in scripted and unscripted speeches over four years.Díaz's rate of elision increased in scripted speeches late in her presidency, unlike her peers. These changes result in part from the indexical meaning of regional variants, changing identity goals, and her intended audience. Her regional variant use both reinforces her solidarity with her region and supporters, and reflects behavior demonstrated by other peninsular politicians.