Personal Self Research Articles

Resilience, Stress, and Mental Health Among University Students: A Test of the Resilience Portfolio Model.

In recent years, post-secondary students' mental health has become an important public health concern. However, studies examining protective factors of mental health among students and during challenging times are limited. Guided by the strength-based Resilience Portfolio Model and following a group of undergraduates (N=1004) throughout the 2020/2021 academic year, this study examined multiple domains of resilience internal assets and external resources and simultaneously tested multiple protective mechanisms for student mental health using structural equation modelling. Results provided support for insulating effects: both internal assets such as emotion regulation and external recourses such as social network supportiveness and cultural fit in university (i.e., perceived congruity between students' personal and cultural selves and their university environment) were associated with reducing academic stress which in turn promoted student mental health at the end of the academic year. There was also support for additive effects: greater cultural fit in university was also directly related to better end-of-year student mental health. As cultural fit in university was associated both directly and indirectly with student mental health, creating an inclusive university community may help reduce student academic stress, lower student psychological distress and improve student subjective well-being.

Fenomena Keikutsertaan Isteri Dalam Pemenuhan Nafkah Perspektif Hukum Islam

Islam has divided the roles of husband and wife in the household in detail. This includes the task of fulfilling family finances (breadwinner), where this is the responsibility of the husband, while the wife is obliged to regulate the domestic sector in the household. However, the reality exists, many wives participate in the task of financial maintenance. This phenomenon is important to continue to discuss because disputes over duties in the household will have an impact on life together. This research is a library research with a qualitative approach and uses a content analysis methodology. This research aims to reveal the phenomenon of wife's participation in the fulfillment of family support, such as factors, impacts, and reviews of Islamic law. This research produces the phenomenon of wife's participation in the task of family finances has several factors, internal from the wife's own personal self and external factors that cause a wife to need to do it. This phenomenon also has positive and negative impacts that affect the lives of married couples, children, and families. Meanwhile, according to a review of Islamic law, the participation of the wife in the fulfillment of the maintenance which is the husband's duty is allowed but with several conditions. The most important requirement is to maintain her main duties as a wife and housewife.

Influence of Badminton Coaches on the Athletes’ Self-Efficacy

This study employed a correlational research method to examine the relationship between coaches’ self-efficacy – specifically in terms of emotion, optimism, work satisfaction and self-confidence -and athletes’ self-efficacy, which includes personality self- efficacy, sports discipline, psychological self-efficacy and professional thought efficacy. A purposive sampling technique was used to specifically select 10 badminton coaches. Meanwhile, stratified sampling was employed to proportionately distribute the 300 athletes from five universities, ensuring representation from different subgroups. This study found no significant correlation between coaches’ self-efficacy and athletes’ self-efficacy as indicated by the p values greatre than the .05 level of significance set in the study. Despite the Spearman rho coefficients ranging from moderate to high, these results were not statistically significant, these findings suggest that while there may be observable trends the relationship between coaches and athletes’ self-efficacy is not conclusively supported by the data.

Early-career primary school teachers as ‘watched watchers’: an analysis informed by feminist surveillance studies

ABSTRACT Using concepts from feminist surveillance studies, this study followed three early-career teachers as they transitioned from an educator preparation program to professional employment as primary classroom teachers. In particular, this analysis highlights how surveillance constrained and contributed to participants’ experiences and available subjectivities. Outcomes suggest experiences of surveillance significantly influenced the early-career teachers’ negotiations of personal and professional selves, contributing to workplace compliance and uniformity, as well as impacting their well-being. Understanding participants’ experiences as young women and new teachers amid school spaces saturated with various forms of surveillance can contribute to a better-informed perspective for supporting early-career teachers.

Competing strategies between public and private self: separation and diffusion of the entrepreneurial identity of solo entrepreneurs on social media

Social media are gaining significance in organizations and their business strategies. Therefore, the self-presentation of solo entrepreneurs on social media requires a strategic analysis and concept due to their specific business structure. Solo entrepreneurs work on their own without having any employees in their company. In other words, they stay as the personification of a one-(wo)man-firm. The business structure of solo entrepreneurs is particular since they operate in the most decentralized form of a firm, which is a one-person firm. In some way, solo entrepreneurs can be regarded as independent (self-employed) laborers. When presenting themselves online, they must decide which characteristics of the private self should be emphasized and which should be incorporated into the entrepreneurial identity to be useful to the business. Our qualitative study conducted twelve semi-structured interviews with solo entrepreneurs to understand how they present themselves on social media and how the solo entrepreneur offered online differs from the private self. We have found that there are features of the personal self that are kept strictly out of the entrepreneurial sphere, but there are areas that make a mix of personal and entrepreneurial selves. Our results help to understand the group of solo entrepreneurs and their unique characteristics in an increasingly important field of digital media.

Chicanx visits Mexico: A Personal History and Self Reflection

Chicanx visits Mexico: A Personal History and Self Reflection

Private Cctv Liability Under Biometric Data Protection Rules

The penetration of technology that is increasingly developing has a lot of impact on human life. Increasing technology also results in the rapid development of home security equipment, especially Closed-Circuit Television cameras (hereinafter mentioned as CCTV). The right to privacy, to which everyone is entitled to personal self- protection Doctrinal legal research is a crucial aspect in recognizing various societal problems. Doctrinal research combines a systematic analysis of the provisions of legislation and the legal principles contained in it or derived from it, but also the logical and rational order of legal propositions and principles. Doctrinal legal research methods involve the analysis of legal propositions or legal concepts on which the main study is based. Case base approach demands the researcher to understand the reasons that used by the judges or another adjudicator until it reaches the final decision. Most personal data protection laws around the world distinguish between regular personal data and biometric data. At the beginning, Article 4 paragraph (1) of EU GDPR regular personal data commonly define on the laws as a set of data that able to identify a natural person either from electronic or non-electronic devices. Under the data protection laws regime especially GDPR, UK Data Protection Law and Indonesia Data Protection Law, mitigation during a data protection failure involving household CCTV systems typically involves taking immediate steps to minimize the impact of the breach Furthermore, stated in the Fairhurst v Woodard case homeowner could be held liable for failure to protect the personal data if they use camera on the outside boundary of their house and they could face hefty fine and/or tools removal. Finally, this writing contributes to undergoing discourse on cyber law field especially in data protection law and provide insights for academician, practitioner, and society.

El Yo de la persona humana como elección radical de ser individuo singular en el pensamiento de Søren Kierkegaard

The aim of this study is to present that the category of singular individual in Kierkegaard's thought in the pseudonymous works The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness Unto Death, mainly, is configured structurally and dynamically as a personal self, not reduced to the character of individuation and always in a critical position to any attempt at homologation of social, organic, ideological or political forms, contradicting the interpretations of Kierkegaard as individualist, solipsist or, on the contrary, as devoid of an idea of ​​community or ontological foundation. The singular individual as a personal I in Kierkegaard is structurally configured in a tripartite relationship of soul, body and spirit, which are integrated as that singular person in a free dynamic not reduced to the conception of the Hegelian or Aristotelian movement, but of a radical choice to be oneself as freedom, which is, at the same time, the relationship with the foundation of existence that for Kierkegaard is the love of a personal God, configuring its reality in forms of life in a non-chronological time. In such a way that the I as a singular individual in Kierkegaard is the concrete person, in relation to an existential foundation and an essential freedom, which constitute the basis of a personalist anthropology.

An Affect “That Shudders Me”: An Approach to Husserl’s Phenomenology of Joy

In the texts collected in the second volume of the Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins, Husserl extensively discusses experiences of joy (Freude). By considering Husserl’s examples related to joy not as mere illustrations, but as a guiding thread for the identification of experiential structures, this article shows how these examples are not only significant for the general theory of intentionality of affective and emotional non-objectifying acts, but also provide valuable insights into the specific phenomenon of joy itself. Specifically, the article demonstrates how the distinction between joy, sensory pleasure, and liking provides insights into the intentional structure of joy as a responsive affect. On the basis of these distinctions, the article raises the normative question about the appropriateness of affective and emotional responses. It argues that the appropriateness of joy should be assessed from two perspectives: in relation to the value that justifies an affective response and in relation to a personal motivational nexus. From the former perspective, joy can be normatively assessed. However, when only considering the latter perspective, joy cannot be assessed according to objective normative standards. Finally, building on these findings, the article explores how the phenomenology of joy and motivation may be connected to the specific experience of depth and discusses the role of joy for a phenomenological investigation of the personal self.

Discussion of Profound Silence by Steven L. Ablon, MD

ABSTRACT This essay, a discussion of Dr. Steven Ablon’s paper on profound silence in an analytic treatment, considers the relevance of Winnicott’s thinking about the positive aspects of silence for some analytic treatments. The author discusses Winnicott’s interest in the importance of non-communication in the service of forming a true, rather than false and compliant, self. Winnicott observed that adolescents, especially, require privacy in searching for an identity and for establishing a mode of communicating with others that does not lead to a violation of the personal self, including in the analytic situation. In the spirit of Winnicott, Dr. Ablon in his work with his adolescent patient grew comfortable being silently present, creating a holding environment that allowed his patient to develop largely through play rather than interpretation and insight.

CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND THE MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL

The article analyzes the main approaches to understanding the nature of identity construction and the mechanisms of social control in the digital age. Digitalization, globalization, and the transition of modern society to a networked or digital state have created new conditions for constructing identity, which is becoming more flexible and changeable. A close relationship between the nature of identity formation and practices of social control has been proven. The construction of identity in the digital society is a complex process involving individuals’ interaction with technology, social media and information systems. This process serves as a form of social control, establishing norms, influencing behavior, and shaping identities by social, economic, and political interests. Social networks are becoming important channels of identity formation, where individuals interact with different groups and virtual communities. The regulatory, economic, and political control mechanisms in the digital environment are described. It is proved that online platforms contribute to the construction of social ties, which ensures social control by influencing the content and nature of interactions. They also form prevailing unified patterns and models of action, influencing the identity and social behavior of individuals. Information and communication technologies offer new opportunities for self-expression and self-identification, but at the same time pose challenges to the preservation of the personal self. Therefore, it is necessary to take these issues into account in studies of digital culture and social media. Identity is not isolated or autonomous but is formed through constant interconnections with society and under the influence of various mechanisms of social control. The subject always has the opportunity to create new forms of identity and go beyond fixed roles and functions. However, it is also important to find a balance between the use of digital technologies and the preservation of real communications, while minimizing the negative consequences.

Identifying predictors of transition to a care home for people with dementia: findings from the IDEAL programme

Objectives This study investigates factors associated with the person with dementia and the caregiver to identify those associated with an increased risk of transition to a care home. Method IDEAL data were collected at baseline and at 12- and 24-month follow-up for 1545 people with dementia and 1305 caregivers. Modified Poisson regressions with an offset for ‘person years at risk’ were used. Person with dementia factors explored were personal characteristics, cognition, health, self- and informant-rated functional ability, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Caregiver factors explored were personal characteristics, stress, health, and quality of the dyadic relationship. Results A 5% people moved into care. Risk of moving into a care home was higher among people with dementia who were ≥80 years, among people with Parkinson’s disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies, and among those without a spousal caregiver. Poorer cognition and more self-rated or informant-rated functional difficulties increased the risk of moving into care. Conclusion Factors related to increased dementia severity and greater disability are the primary influences that place people with dementia at greater risk of moving into a care home. Strategies that help to maintain everyday functional ability for people with dementia could help delay people with dementia moving into care.

Organization of Informal Education of Youth: On the Example of the Program «DOZRILI»

The article highlights the issues related to the self-realization of the individual using the tools of non-formal education. Formal, informal and non-formal education in the context of ensuring the self-realization of the individual, their strengths and weaknesses are analyzed. The importance of introducing non-formal education as a leading form of ensuring individual self-realization at the legislative level (Laws of Ukraine, Strategies, etc.) and as a result of a number of surveys (Public Organization «Youth Institute», U-Report digital platform of the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, etc.) is emphasized. The mentoring program «DOZRILI» was analyzed as an effective tool of informal education to ensure the self-realization of the individual, in particular, public activists and youth workers in 10 regions of Ukraine according to a predetermined program. It is described how the curriculum was adapted for implementation in educational institutions of the city of Nizhyn, as well as the priority topics of education for students of various categories - values and their integration into everyday life, determining one's own resources and their balance in life, setting one's own goals. The subject of motivation for the participation of young people in this educational program is determined - interest in acquiring knowledge of a new format, own personal growth and acquisition of new knowledge, the search for opportunities for personal growth and self-development, the need for personal and professional self- realization.

Nästan jobb? Betydelser av kön, plats och tid i den liminala tillvaron som influencer

The feminine-coded work as an influencer has emerged as young women have transformed their personal life stories and self- representations on social media into digital businesses. Despite similarities with other forms of media production, the concept of work is vague, both in the public’s perception of what influencers do and for influencers themselves. It is challenging to differentiate between what is work and what is not, partly because influencers turn activities traditionally viewed as non-work, such as domestic chores, relationship building, and beauty care, into income-generating activities. As a result, the notion of work hours and workplace becomes unclear for influencers. Any location can become a workplace, and any time can become working hours. This article explores how influencers navigate the ambiguity of the concepts of work, work hours, and workplaces. Some view the fluidity of their work as an advantage, while others attempt to assert boundaries by orienting themselves towards traditionally male-coded workplaces, such as the office. Some seek support from institutionalized boundaries, such as children’s school hours, to delineate work, while others feel shame about doing “non-work” activities when their children are in daycare. Regardless of their orientation, influencers must reconcile themselves to the fact that their work cannot be limited to specific times and places. What they sell is the experience of intimacy and authenticity that is created by blurring the boundaries between public and private life.

Избыточность лично-возвратного местоимения себя: к вопросу о небанальном грамматическом плеоназме

The article deals with the case of grammatical pleonasm, which involves the verbalization of the verbal position of the actant or localizer by the case forms of the personal reflexive pronoun self, which have a spatial or subject-object meaning. This phenomenon is widespread in modern usage (at least 50 verbs participate in it), in different types of discourse (journalistic, political, advertising, colloquial, literary, educational and scientific), in oral and written speech, but it is not comprehended in terms of “language norm” or “speech error”, although the data of explanatory dictionaries impose a ban on the duplicate use of the pronoun self with some verbs. The article proves the deficiency of such combinations based on the semantic analysis of verbs, as well as by means of grammatical transformation – changing the part of speech or word order, which serve as additional methods of error verification. Based on the analysis of semantics, the list of verbs (50 units) that form pleonastic collocations (55 units) with all members of the case paradigm (Genitive, Accusative, Dative, Ablative and Locative with or without a preposition) of the personal reflexive pronoun self was revealed. Pleonastic control is provoked mainly by transitive verbs with the meaning of “location” and “placement / movement of an object” (integrating it into something, or excluding it, joining it with something, collecting or eliminating), as well as the meaning of “possessing” or “obtaining”. In metaphorical contexts with these verbs, the pronoun self is also redundant. From the point of view of linguistic logic, semantics and existing dictionary stipulations, this phenomenon should be codified as a grammatical pleonasm.

Literary Neuroexistentialism: Coming to Terms with Materialism and Finding Meaning in the Age of Neuroscience through Literature

With the rise of the scientific authority of neuroscience and recent neurotechnological advances, the understanding of the human being and its future is beginning to undergo a radical change. As a result, a normative and existential vacuum is opening and hopes as well as fears about the future are flourishing. Some philosophers are anticipating a broad neuroscientific disenchantment, sociocultural disruption and a new existential anxiety related to the clash of the neuroscientific and humanistic image of humans. Others are expecting the technological and scientific developments to lead to human enhancement and existential emancipation. In the first part of this commentary, I outline these two contrasting responses to the rise of neurocentricism and non-anthropocentrism. In the second part, I argue that the divide between the old anthropocentric paradigm and the emerging neuroscientific is misconceived and that literature and fictional narrative are particularly illustrative of the possibility of integrating scientific materialism with humanism. I use the contemporary literary-philosophical work The Creative Act by Rick Rubin to show that humanist ideas can indeed cohere with anti-essentialist and neuroscientific notions of personal identity and self and how existential meaning and comfort can be found in a neuroscientifically and deterministically explained world.

Beyond the Comfort Zone

The primary objective of this autoethnographic study is to investigate how lecturers’ attempts to use augmented reality (AR) in the vocational educational context contribute to their transformative learning (TL) journey. The first author of this paper, referred to using the pronoun ‘her/she’, is a vocational lecturer pursuing her doctoral degree in technology-enhanced learning (TEL), has examined the evolution of her pedagogical perspectives by critically analysing and reflecting on her experiences learning and adopting AR technology in her anatomy classrooms. She also explored and unpacked her educational experiences in the past and the social and cultural contexts in which they occurred to gain deeper insight into her previous and current beliefs about TEL. Her autoethnographic writing in this paper shares her struggles and growth, underscoring the significance of scaffolding and professional networked learning opportunities in nurturing transformative learning in lecturers. In collaboration with the second author, her doctoral supervisor, the first author has drawn more meaningful and robust findings from collecting and comparing other lecturers’ experiences implementing AR in similar pedagogical situations. The authors’ discussion sheds light on the often obscure process of how educational professionals challenge and change their long-held pedagogical perspectives on the usefulness of technology for their teaching and student learning. The paper also reveals the cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of professional learning and highlights the role of professional networks in facilitating transformative learning experiences. The findings, derived from personal reflective narratives, self and member-checking interviews, and TL analysis, suggest that a strong sense of ownership, extensive classroom experiences, and commitment to critical reflection played crucial roles in supporting the learning journey. However, this experience transcended the mere acquisition of new knowledge; the study depicts a transformative journey wherein theory recognised a fundamental shift in perception through instrumental learning, emphasising the evaluation of cause-and-effect relationships via critical reflection of actions. Therefore, within the realm of TL, this study may contribute to theory by asserting that critical reflection not only serves as a medium for learning but also functions as a tool for shaping the process of learning itself. The dissemination of such pivotal insights becomes imperative for educators, empowering them to make judicious and well-informed decisions, thereby fortifying their preparedness for a transformative journey that, if embarked on without adequate support, may prove elusive.

The social grounds of personal self: Interactions that build a sense of ‘we’ help clarify who ‘I’ am

AbstractMany lay people believe that the best way to develop a clear sense of ‘who you are’ is to shut yourself off from others and engage in introspection. Increasingly, however, empirical evidence points to the social aspects of identities and identity development. Building on this, we argue that a strong sense of personal identity is more likely to be derived from meaningful social interaction. More specifically, we argue that when communication allows people to develop a sense of shared identity, it can also promote a sense of personal self. Consistent with this hypothesis, evidence from three experiments indicates that social interaction indirectly enhances people's self‐concept clarity and personal identity strength, through an increased experience of shared identity and social validation. This suggests that a sense of ‘me’ is not formed independently of others but also through the experience of ‘we’ in interaction.

Dampak Bullying Verbal Terhadap Menurunnya Rasa Percaya Diri

This research aims to analyze the impact of bullying on students' self-confidence. This research uses a literature review method to collect, identify, evaluate and interpret articles related to the impact of verbal bullying behavior on self-confidence. The data used comes from the results of research that has been conducted and published. Researchers use publish or perish found directly into Google Scholar search to search for relevant journals. The systematic review was carried out using the PRISMA (Preferred international for systematic and metaanalysis) procedure, which consists of identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion. The impact of verbal bullying activities is a decrease in self-confidence. Self-confidence is an attitude in assessing a person's self and their confidence and ability to do something according to their abilities. The characteristics of decreased self-confidence are feeling anxious, low self-esteem, tending to always be silent, and feeling insecure. To overcome bullying, socialization is needed for students to report bullying to teachers and parents, as well as helping to increase students' self-confidence.

초등교사의 다문화 인식 및 수용 태도의 실체적 의미에 관한 질적연구

This study explored the substantive meaning of elementary school teachers’ multicultural awareness and acceptance attitudes. To this end, this study began two researchers’ self-report statements. Then, research questions were formulated and multicultural awareness was divided into uncanny, prejudice, discrimination, and hatred. In addition, the researcher conducted in-depth interviews with eight elementary school teachers to collect and analyze relevant data. As a result of the study, it was found that elementary school teachers teach multicultural students and that their self-perception changes as teachers. In this process, elementary school teachers build relationships with multicultural students by going through the pre-meeting stage, the meeting stage, and the post-meeting stage. From this, the elementary teachers reflected on their existing selves. They understand that their self changed from an initial integrated perception to a separate perception, and they experienced the strengthening of their Persona as a teacher. The findings of the study reveal the empirical implications of what elementary teachers experience in multicultural awareness and acceptance and how they are guided in this process. Based on the results of the study, the researcher discussed the need for educational practice and training for pre-service teachers and teachers who have entered the teaching profession to experience multicultural awareness and separation of self, and discussed the direction of teacher education to separate the personal and professional self for the professionalism of the teaching profession and the need to solidify the area of teacher-centered pedagogy.