Psychology Movement Research Articles

From Apocalypse to Empowerment: Reframing Climate Action

Abstract This article proposes empowerment as a new frame for analyzing, communicating, and practicing climate action. I first discuss the role of collective action frames in social movements and the limitations of the predominant apocalyptic climate narratives. I then elaborate the concept of empowerment, which has received little attention from political scientists, who have emphasized “power-over” rather than “power-to.” Empowerment has long been a focus of attention within critical social work, feminist theory, community psychology, and social movement theory. Drawing on these literatures and others, I identify three dimensions of empowerment—critical awareness, resources and opportunities, and autonomy—and consider practical steps that climate leaders can take to empower others to simultaneously pursue personal development and social transformation.

Academic buoyancy, hope, and behavioral engagement in learning English as a foreign language: A mediation model

With the enhancement of positive psychology movement in educational field, the contributive role of academic buoyancy on academic and well-being outcomes has been validated. However, few studies have been conducted to explore the mediation mechanisms between academic buoyancy and engagement, especially in the field of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). Inspired by the control-value theory (CVT), this study set out to examine how EFL buoyancy related to behavioral engagement, using a latent structural equation modelling (SEM). Gender, age, and family resources are controlled while validating the hypothesized model of “academic buoyancy—hope—behavioral engagement”. The sample comprised 542 students (47.7% female) in their second year of secondary education who responded to survey items in a cross-sectional design. Our findings reveal that academic buoyancy was positively correlated with hope, and behavioral engagement in the EFL settings. Also, it was found that the emotional experience of hope fully mediated the relationships between academic buoyancy and behavioral engagement. The hypothesized model accounts for 79.0% of the variance in EFL hope and 54.5% of the variance in behavioral engagement. These findings shed light on the influence mechanism of academic buoyancy on behavioral engagement in learning English as a foreign language. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

Internet of things enabled E-learning system for academic achievement among university students

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a burgeoning frontier in educational innovation, particularly in the realm of e-learning. Despite its expanding capabilities, the integration of IoT technologies into e-learning within higher educational institutions (HEIs) faces numerous challenges and constraints. Limited research has delved into the implementation of IoT in e-learning, especially in developing nations. Consequently, this study seeks to explore the determinants influencing the adoption of IoT for e-learning in HEIs. The aim of the innovative ICT classroom is to assist students in acquiring new skills, adapting to new situations, and utilizing technology in a manner that leads to enhanced learning outcomes and extensive knowledge. Our suggested e-learning system, integrated with IoT technology, gauges student engagement and attentiveness throughout online lectures. The proposed technology integrates electroencephalography (EEG) with IoT. The IoT is a collection of technologies that allow embedded real-world objects to connect to the Internet and is widely used by humans to support a variety of activities. IoT should be taught using developmental learning approaches and included in higher education teaching projects. EEG devices are used to track the psychological movements of students taking online courses. Our findings demonstrate how the proposed method can be used to detect the user’s level of concentration and the required level of educational strategy. A collection of informational indexes for student attention. By using a BiLSTM network to predict undergraduate recall and temporary memory, we can accurately predict undergraduate preferred learning styles. The findings of the research demonstrate that IoT systems and devices play a pivotal role in enhancing access to education. They facilitate easier teaching and learning processes while democratizing education. When employed as educational tools, IoT devices contribute significantly to creating highly engaging learning experiences for students.

Structurally informed psychodynamic theory case conceptualization: Expanding the conceptualization map.

There is a rich history of psychological movements that call upon the field to collaborate with clients to both acknowledge and resist oppression, as well as an increasing emphasis in professional guidelines on conceptualizing clients with attention to the role of the social and physical environment, to contemporary experience with power, privilege, and oppression, and to institutional barriers and related disparities. These calls indicate the need for psychological case conceptualization to move beyond preconceived assessments of which aspects of clients' identities are salient to them, to engage with clients' sociocultural identities as situated within systems of power and oppression, and to engage in advocacy to improve clients' socioenvironmental contexts and to challenge structural oppression. In this article, we attend to the foundational contributions of Black psychology, intersectionality, liberation psychology, Indigenous healing, and radical healing for using case conceptualization to guide structurally responsive and impactful treatment and advocacy. We then present a case example drawn from a composite of clinical encounters that captures client distress interwoven with structural forces such as addiction stigma, intersecting classism and sexism, White privilege, and caregiver leave policies. To demonstrate how to integrate structural forces with theory, we present how this case would be conceptualized utilizing psychodynamic frameworks infused with attention to the ways in which structural forces shape and perpetuate the client's distress. To move from naming to integrating structural competency in case conceptualization, psychotherapy training must address how structural forces shape how client distress develops and is maintained and necessitates advocacy outside of the session. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

KRITIK EPISTEMOLOGI ISLAM OLEH MUHAMMAD ABID AL-JABIRI DAN IMPLIKASINYA PADA ISLAMISASI PSIKOLOGI

Jabiri's philosophical thought has had a very broad influence both at the global and national levels. The concept of reason is formed and active and the episteme trilogy allows a critical reading of Islamic law. It helps distinguish between the transcendent and absolute normative values ​​of Islam and the contextual historical and methodological side of Islam. Using Jabiri's thinking, this study will formulate a critique of the Islamization of Psychology movement that has been developing for a long time. The problem is that the Islamization of psychology works by consolidating the bayani episteme and making the bayani psychology dominant. This creates a theoretical dead end in Islamic psychology because it is bound by the text and context of the holy book, thereby ignoring the dynamics of modern science. It is also shown that other Islamic epistemes can give different forms to the Islamization of Science with the development that has been carried out by several Muslim scholars on a limited basis as an example. The implication is that Islamic psychology must present an alternative epistemological structure that overcomes old limitations before being followed by an Islamic psychology that is able to provide benefits throughout the ages.

The influence of Psychology on linguistics

Language is not a dry physical Phenomenon, but has a mental basis. Any Phonemes that come out of the mouth have meaning and the meaning is in the mind. If there was no mental aspect of language, then the sounds would only be a physical Phenomenon, like other sounds that we hear, which only enter our brains through the ears as a physical Phenomenon, but have no meaning and in the mind. It does not create any image or concept, such as the sounds of airplanes, cars and thunder. That language has meaning, meaning is related to Psychology, thus language and Psychology are connected and both enter into each other, so linguistics and Psychology merge into each other and create a branch called Psycholinguistics. Language is a representative of the psychological movements and actions of a person from the beginning to the end. It starts when the vocal organs of the little one become capable of producing sounds and sending their emotional requests to others through sounds (Phonemes). If we come to the background of ideas about different aspects of life in civil history, then these ideas are very new, which connect linguistics and psychology.

Micro‐level dynamics in digital transformation: Understanding work‐life role transitions

AbstractThe transitions individuals make between roles are critical for navigating professional and private life domains. These role transitions involve physical and psychological movements between positions and statuses in social structures. Today, digital technologies are becoming increasingly pivotal in these transitions. However, neither existing theory on role transitions nor recent contributions to the digital transformation literature have unpacked the connection between digital technologies and role transitioning. Based on a qualitative inquiry involving knowledge workers from the Global South, we develop the concepts of role emancipation, role confinement, and role conflation and examine how these types of role transitioning relate to the capabilities of digital technologies. We find that digital technologies can introduce levels of rigidity or flexibility that, in turn, either solidify or soften the domain boundaries influencing work‐life role transitions in the context of digital transformation. We abstract these ideas into a theoretical model and chart a course for consolidating a ‘micro‐level of analysis frontier’ within digital transformation research.

Contributions of Positive Psychology to Higher Education Across Asia: A Scoping Review and Unifying Thematic Framework

Positive psychology offers a scientific window onto understanding and enhancing the welfare and growth of university communities, and as well as improving academic performance. This holistic approach is on the rise, yet most research is conducted in Western countries. This situation prevails despite the fact that two-thirds of the world’s population live in Asia. This review collated and synthesised published work on applications of positive psychology in higher education conducted in Asia, to describe the current status, explore conceptual perspectives and identify knowledge gaps. A total of 147 articles (157 experimental studies), published since 2000, were included. These were descriptive explorations (12.1%), quantifying associations between positive psychology constructs (62.4%), interventions (19.7%), and psychometric evaluations (5.7%). Key topics were academic leadership, organisational commitment, student engagement and foreign language learning. The thematic framework centered on ‘Optimal Functioning’, with ‘Personal Resources One Can Draw On’ and ‘How One Interacts With The World’ as direct influencing factors, and ‘Environment’ as an indirect factor. Across the Asian region, positive psychology’s major contribution is to identify what types of personal resources are associated with optimal functioning in higher education, but there is little high-quality evidence for intervention benefits, nor a deep understanding of how those resources can be effectively deployed to achieve well-being. As part of the third-wave positive psychology movement, scholars in Asia can play a greater leading role in re-evaluating traditional Western concepts to account for the socio-cultural context in which students and staff are embedded.

Modelling the predictive effect of enjoyment on willingness to communicate in a foreign language: the chain mediating role of growth mindset and grit

ABSTRACT Willingness to communicate in a foreign and second language (L2 WTC) has gradually become a recurrent theme in the SLA. With the advent of an emotional or affective turn brought by the positive psychology movement in applied linguistics, the significant role of positive emotions such as Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE) in L2 WTC has been highlighted. Nevertheless, the mechanism underlying the association between FLE and L2 WTC has received little attention. Drawing on Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory, the present research examined the influence of FLE upon L2 WTC with Growth Language Mindset (GLM) and grit examined as potential mediators through structural equation modelling. To this end, 2426 undergraduate students from 29 universities were asked to fill out an online questionnaire with Likert scale items. The results confirmed that FLE not only directly affected L2 WTC, but exerted an indirect influence on L2 WTC through three paths respectively via the mediating role of GLM, the mediating role of grit and the chain mediating role of GLM and grit. These findings provide empirical evidence from the domain of SLA for the broaden-and-build theory, unveiling the influence mechanism shaping the interconnectedness among all variables. Directions for future research and pedagogical implications are substantially discussed.

PERMA-Profiler for adolescents: validity evidence based on internal structure and related constructs.

The PERMA model of well-being has gained prominence in the study of well-being by the Positive Psychology movement. However, the model has been little studied regarding its applicability in different populations, such as adolescents. This study sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of the PERMA-Profiler instrument for Brazilian adolescents, as well as the measurement invariance for different age groups and gender, and investigate the relation with external variables. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis were used to test the internal structure and invariance of the PERMA-Profiler. Reliability was determined with McDonald's Omega and composite reliability. A total of 1,197 adolescents between 11 and 19 years old from different regions of Brazil participated. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the five correlated factors model was the most appropriate, presenting good factor loadings and adequate reliability. The scale proved to be invariant for adolescents of different age groups and gender. Correlations with associated variables were significant and moderate to strong, showing positive relations between positive emotions and well-being, and negative relations with negative affects and depressive and anxiety symptoms. These results contribute to the understanding of well-being in adolescence and highlight the importance of promoting different components of well-being for adolescents' mental health.

«Умная дикция» Адриана Антоновича Франковского в переводе Марселя Пруста

The article discusses Adrian Frankovsky’s method in his Marcel Proust translations in the 1920s–1930s. We analyse translations, their drafts, and Frankovsky’s forewords which were never republished and translation synopses preserved in his archive. The traditional rebuke of Frankovsky for literal rendering of Proust’s syntax is counterposed with a view on the task of translation as hermeneutical, as a “critical mime” of the original (Friedrich Schlegel) that precisely for this reason requires “literal rendering of syntax” (Walter Benjamin) and “supra-philological exactitude” (Gustav Shpet). Frankovsky’s philosophical education and translating experience preceding Proust project (modern German philosophy, Descartes, Oswald Spengler, Heinrich Wölfflin, Henri Bergson, Sigmund Freud, contemporary French prose, primarily Henri de Régnier) made him the adequate and essentially modern Russian translator for Proust. His paratexts to translations reveal his specific approach to fiction: Frankovsky was interested in the lucid, analytic manner of thought, intellectual humour, and irony, i. e., features primarily represented in syntax and historically underdeveloped in the Russian language. His other reference point was the idea of “noble clarity” coined by Mikhail Kuzmin, who appealed to Russian prose writers to learn “the laws of lucid harmony and ordonnance” in the “construction of periods and phrases” from European literature. Underlining in Proust’s prose similar qualities of “amazing, incredible precision,” “extraordinary precision,” “unprecedented precision,” and “the desire to achieve the most possible precision,” Frankovsky parted with the mainstream Proust criticism of his time that focused on the French writer’s minute analysis of involuntary psychological movements and sided with (or, rather, followed) Ernst Curtius and Vladimir Vejdle’s approach focused on intellectual lucidity of Proust’s style. The article presents Frankovsky’s translation method through the analysis of his synopses for four books of À la recherche du temps perdu, which are condensed and purified semantic skeletons of the original and a stylistic prototype of the translation.

Positive Psychology in a Secular Age: Exploring the Influence of Secularization on the Ideological Underpinnings of the Positive Psychology Movement

Positive Psychology in a Secular Age: Exploring the Influence of Secularization on the Ideological Underpinnings of the Positive Psychology Movement

On the Phenomenological Investigations into the Psychology of Dreaming

In 1900 the publication of the book, Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud raised very seminal and fascinating questions in the disciplines of psychology and psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud’s intellectual contributions and the discovery of unconscious had given a big jolt to all the classical approaches, shook the disciplinary foundations of psychology and placed ‘psychoanalysis’ as an alternative model for understanding mental world. Psychologists across the world showed keen interest in uncovering the mysteries of dreams and dreaming. But the institutional dominance of Behaviorism and its standards of research didn’t allow them to cross the boundaries of conventional psychology. Behavioristic psychologists raised important questions on the methodology adopted by Sigmund Freud and leveled criticism against his unverifiable explanations. Behaviorism branded his theories as absolute subjectivist and unscientific. Hence, most of the psychologists were silent and systematically marginalized dream research and banished the discourses on dreams in the institutions of higher learning and research. The nineteenth century saw the emergence of the first dream studies, which were primarily concerned with dream phenomenology. Nevertheless, the pace of methodical dream research was held considerably by the emergence of distinct psychological movements at the start of the 20th century: behaviorism, classical psychoanalysis, and gestalt psychology, placed greater stress on the significance and meaning of dreams, as well as what they symbolized in the lives of individuals. Also a few of them questioned the reality of dreams and other similar mental experiences. Consequently, every movement undermined the greater sample sizes and more methodical research on dreams in its own unique manner. While presenting the views of Sigmund Freud, John Watson, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and Fritz Perls this paper makes an attempt to show how classical schools of psychology slowed down the flow of systematic dream studies with large samples.

Gratitude to God and its psychological benefits in Islamic contexts: a systematic review of the literature

ABSTRACT Over the last two decades, the positive psychology movement has inspired interdisciplinary inquiries into the nature of religious gratitude and its beneficial health effects. However, the majority of this research has been conducted with Christian populations and informed by assumptions about the theological significance of gratitude that are grounded in Judeo-Christian religious traditions. This systematic review identified 125 scholarly articles available in Arabic, English, Farsi, and Turkish related to the topic of religious gratitude to provide a synthesis of the theological significance of gratitude to God within Islamic doctrine and everyday practices, according to the presently available scholarly literature. Empirical findings on the relationship between religious gratitude and mental health among Muslims are analyzed and reviewed, with particular attention paid to the metrics and methodological approaches employed by authors in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. From this qualitative synthesis, the authors propose promising areas for future research on this topic.

When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners’ emotions using latent change score mediation model

In a dynamic system, time-dependent links between affective factors can provide more information than the level of response within a single isolated system. In the present study, influenced by the positive psychology movement and the complex dynamic systems theory in the domain of second language acquisition, first, we dealt with change in terms of short-term dynamics and long-term trajectories of foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language boredom (FLB), and foreign language playfulness (FLP) in a sample of 636 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) using univariant latent change score (LCS) models. Then, we explored the developmental processes involved in how changes in FLE and FLP were associated with changes in FLB. In particular, we tested mediation models to see whether the growth of FLP acts as a mediator between FLE and FLB changes in a multivariant LCS mediation (LCSM) model. The findings showed that (a) in a multivariant LCS model, FLE and FLP increases independently predicted decreases in FLB over time and (b) the growth of FLP acted as a mediator between variation in FLE and FLB. Participants showed interindividual and intraindividual divergences in their L2 emotions, not just on the first time of measurement, but also in short-term dynamics and long-term trajectories. The findings facilitate understanding of the complicated mechanism of variation in L2 emotions, thus potentially contributing to enhancement of pedagogical practices and learning outcomes.

Understanding the Religious-Mystical Experience within the Framework of Analytical Psychology: Refraction of the Universalist Paradigm

The subject of the research is the approach of analytical psychology to understanding the content and meaning of mystical experience represented by religious and esoteric traditions. The purpose of the presented article is to reveal the content, directions and results of the conceptualization of religious-mystical experience within the framework of the psychological theory of religion characteristic of analytical psychology, as well as the justification of the universalist paradigm as the basis of this conceptualization. The authors consider in detail the mystical aspects of both analytical psychology itself and the psychological theory of religion formulated within its framework. Special attention is paid to the role of individual mystical and religious experiences of C.G. Jung himself as the empirical basis of this theory. The main conclusions are the theoretical provisions that, unlike religious studies, analytical psychology, involving theology and new religious movements in dialogue, aims to solve the practical problem of resolving the spiritual crisis of modernity on the basis of a new interpretation of mental health achieved with the help of appropriate psychoanalytic practices leading a person to revive his mystical experience, which has a syncretic and trans-confessional nature. A special contribution of the research is the substantiation of the position that the approach of analytical psychology to the phenomenon of religious-mystical experience correlates with the universalist paradigm in religious studies, according to which all mystical traditions, both religious and non-religious, contain certain invariants. A generalization is formulated according to which the result of the implementation of this kind of universalism on the part of analytical psychology was the erosion of the classical Christian mystical tradition, at least its Western Christian version, which led to the replacement of the latter with new mystical practices in line with new religious movements.

Mapping the Unhomely in Edna O’Brien’s The Little Red Chairs

Abstract Sigmund Freud elaborates the conceptualization of the unhomely (uncanny) from a psychoanalytical perspective in his 1919 essay “Das Unheimliche.” Thereafter, Martin Heidegger, in Being and Time, probes the idea from a philosophical aspect, asserting that the unhomely is an existential–ontological state of human existence; and subsequently, Homi K. Bhabha has identified the political significance of the concept. In her 2015 fiction The Little Red Chairs, based on the war crimes of a Bosnian Serb leader, Edna O’Brien, as a literary cartographer, maps and appraises historical figures and events in the spaces of the imaginative and the real. The novel powerfully exemplifies the theorization of the unhomely and illuminates Judith Butler’s theories of precariousness and interdependency through the delineation of displacement, violence, and characters’ psychological movements.

Positive psychology in neurodiversity: An investigation of character strengths in autistic adults in the United Kingdom in a community setting

BackgroundThe positive psychology and neurodiversity movements both aim to promote and improve wellbeing through strengths-based approaches. However, little is known about how positive psychology can support the wellbeing of autistic people. The present study investigated character strengths profiles as a potential tool to identify strengths-based interventions that could enhance wellbeing outcomes for autistic adults. To our knowledge, this is first study to use this method as a possible way of improving the wellbeing of autistic adults in the community in the UK. MethodForty-seven self-reported formally diagnosed (83%) and self-identifying (17%) autistic adults completed online self-rated standardised questionnaires about their character strengths and life satisfaction. Descriptive statistics and correlational analyses were used to evaluate the profile of character strengths and their relationship to overall life satisfaction. ResultsCharacter strengths most frequently reported by autistic adults were Honesty, Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence, Love of Learning, Fairness, and Kindness. Higher levels of life satisfaction were associated with character strengths of Gratitude, Hope, and Honesty. ConclusionsThe most frequent character strengths were consistent with autistic traits reported in the wider body of autism literature, such as intense interests and strong attention to detail. The present study provides preliminary findings and recommendations for potential future strengths-based interventions that could enhance life satisfaction of autistic adults in a community setting. Further investigation with larger samples is needed to replicate the emerging findings on this topic.

Empowering yourself to better participate in feedback: a new cognitive-behavioural model for medical learners

Sharing formative feedback is inherent in the supervision process and the acceptance of feedback by learners is an essential step in learning. However, receiving feedback from the supervisor evokes emotions and accepting it is not easy. Several recommendations guide preceptors on how to share feedback with learners and all emphasize the importance of encouraging the learner to actively interact in the feedback process. Although studies point to the positive effect of informing and training learners about feedback, few focus on their responsiveness to feedback. Under the rubric of developing a personal skill to better accept feedback, we propose a new behavioral model, called H.O.S.T., which aims to guide learners to approach feedback with a personal growth mindset associated with the learning position. Specifically, the model presents an interdependent set of attitudes and behaviors that aim to facilitate emotional management and engagement in the feedback process, in order to initiate the reflective process necessary for learning and to enable the acquisition of targeted skills. The acronym H.O.S.T. reminds students of the four essential elements of the behavioral model: humility, openness, shared explicitness and tenacity. Based on the positive psychology movement, each element is defined and justified by known theoretical concepts. In order to better assimilate the components of the model, the use of internal dialogue is adopted to facilitate the training and adoption of behaviors. The essence of the model is discussed in light of the feedback literacy dedicated to learners.

Theory of Mind on Ghazali and Ibn Qayyim Al Jauzi Perspective: Analysis Model on Islamic Psychology

The concept of mind was the main issue of philosophical debates on human psychology. In Islamic Psychology, this concept has been discussed long ago by prominent scholars in Islam, both are explained well by Imam al-Ghazali and Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah. This study uses library research with content analysis methods. Hence, this study produces various fundamental ideas. According to Imam al-Ghazali, the human mind has a very influential role in the dynamic movement of human psychology because the mind is a power of knowledge that determines the quality of life. The human mind is called ‘aql, it has a holistic dimension and is interrelated with other spiritual organs. These spiritual organs are called the heart (qalb), spirit (ruh), and soul (nafs). The balance of mind at work affects the mental health that wanted to be achieved. Meanwhile, Ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah explained that the human mind is a gift given to humans as a guide for life. If this gift is not used correctly, humans will lose their identity and overlook many problems. The dimensions of thinking according to Ibn Qayyim are tafakkur, tadabbur, and ta'aqqul as contemplative efforts in shaping mental health. This effort can be likened to mindfulness in today's psychology, as clarity of mind with a focus on the present moment. In this way, both of them contribute scientifically with quite strategic exertions, combining the dynamics of the mind holistically to shape human health and well-being.