With international concern growing over the sharp increase in alcohol-related physical, psychological and social problems, effort has been directed over the past decade toward arresting the growth of the situation created by alcoholism in western society. Alcoholism is defined and treatment approaches are discussed, along with the methodological problems encountered in evaluating such approaches. An innovative technique, ALCONFRONTATION, is described and examined. Encouraging claims have been made by the author of Alconfrontation in provoking drug dependent persons to choose to become independent of their drug of choice. A study designed to evaluate the impact of the technique in comparison with another treatment approach and a control group of "no treatment" is described. Cases diagnosed alcoholic who were consecutively admitted to a psychiatric admission centre were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Pre-treatment data were collected on all subjects prior to treatment. The groups were followed up six to seven months later and comparisons were made between groups on variables related to life style and sobriety using Chi-square and Federighi's Exact test. Absence of significant differences between groups indicated no evidence of treatment effect. Few subjects were sober on follow-up. It is concluded that Alconfrontation did not positively affect the drinking behaviour and life patterns of alcoholics in this study. Further research is suggested to determine if the technique has any negative impact. Recommendations for alternative management and treatment of chronic alcoholics are made. A two level programme consisting of a community co operative support system and a "Total Push" interdisciplinary team treatment facility is suggested and outlined. / Masters Thesis

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Thesis (M.A.E.T.)--Western Seminary, 1997. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-57).

Two architectural entities meet at a point in time, to form a simultaneous presence of both, habitation and expression. An architectural intervention in that sense is an evolutionary process in which ideas of different periods and languages are examined, translated and confronted. Even though opposed in their characteristics, they confer into a dialog of unity. The juxtaposition of architectural ideals, environmental resources and technologies of various times become stratified in a continuity of building. / Master of Architecture

The problem of study concerns whether the video self-confrontation technique would have a beneficial behavioral effect on children engaged in play therapy, as had previously been demonstrated on adults receiving psychotherapy. Using this technique, videotape equipment records a patient during a therapy session after which the patient is confronted with the reality of his own image and behavior. The objectives of the video technique are to accelerate insight and positive behavior change.

Le constat évoqué à propos des peuples arabes, acteurs passifs d’un contexte de paupérisation, est centré sur ses orientations futures à travers l'impact déterminant des discours idéologiques. L’entrée du monde arabe dans l’ère moderne a tourné au désastre, entravant son accès à la modernité en l'éloignant peu à peu d’une idée de progrès. L’effort de dépassement d'une logique de crise perpétuelle s'orientera inévitablement vers la recherche d’un idéal commun en mesure de conférer une stabilité vitale pour cette région soumise à des siècles d’instabilité. Parmi les choix futurs des populations arabes, l'une des alternatives pourrait être l'éradication du contexte de misère via l’instauration d’un mode de production démocratique.

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While many organizations have taken steps to protect minority individuals from the negative effects of prejudice and discrimination, such initiatives may be met with limited success. That is, prejudice and discrimination may remain major problems even with organizations who adopt organizational policies to enhance equity and reduce workplace discrimination. This dissertation examines the use of an individual-level strategy that individuals can enact in response to prejudice and/or discrimination, and that is the strategy of directly confronting the prejudice of their co-workers. This study examines the utility of confronting co-workers in the workplace with particular emphasis on the cognitions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of third-party bystanders following witnessing a confrontation. I anticipated that the identity of the confronter (a member of the target group or an ally) and the level of conflict (high or low conflict) as well as the type of conflict (aggressive vs. calm, and personalized to the individual vs. generalized to society as a whole) in the confrontation would differentially impact outcome variables. Indeed, the results suggest that allies (versus targets) who confront elicit more positive behavioral intentions from observers to enact such strategies in the future; that high conflict (either aggressive or personalized) confrontations elicit more negative cognitions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions than do low conflict confrontations; and that targets and allies who confront have the most impact on third-party individuals if they utilize different strategies. Specifically, allies received particularly negative ratings when they confronted in an aggressive and personalized manner (compared to the other three strategies) and targets received relatively negative ratings only when confronting in an aggressive manner. These results held true in data obtained several weeks later. This research assesses the practicality of using confrontation as a prejudice-reduction tool and potentially informs future diversity management initiatives in organizations.

Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Psychology, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 11, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-97). Also issued in print.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The current study examined African American participants’ perceptions of and reactions to a White ally vs. a Black target (vs. a no confrontation control condition) prejudice confrontation. Based on intergroup helping theories suggesting that low-status group members question high-status helper motivations and consequently feel disempowered by their help (Fisher, Nadler, & Whitcher-Alagna, 1982; Nadler, 2002), we predicted that participants would report lower empowerment when a White vs. Black person confronted on their behalf, and that perceived confronter motivation would mediate the effect of confronter group membership on empowerment. To test these hypotheses, we recruited African American participants (N = 477) via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, randomly assigned them to either a no confrontation control, target confrontation, or ally confrontation condition, and then assessed participants’ sense of psychological empowerment and perceptions of the confronter’s motivation. The results supported our predictions for the primary dependent variables, and mediation analyses provided evidence for a causal model such that confronter group membership affected participants’ psychological empowerment via their perceptions of the confronter’s motivation. The findings suggest that although both target and ally confrontations are preferable to no confrontation, allies should be aware of the possible disempowering effect of their confronting on targets of prejudice and the importance of their own motivations when engaging in prejudice confrontation. The current study further emphasizes the importance of representing targets’ perspectives in studies of prejudice.