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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 178 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-136).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-111). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-111). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-142).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 76 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-76).

The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of change through therapeutic enactment in psychodrama. Existential and hermeneutic phenomenology conducted from the perspective of a dialectic between storied narrative and thematic analysis was used to investigate the essential meaning of the experience. Eight co-researchers who had experienced significant change through therapeutic enactment in psychodrama were interviewed in depth. Transcripts from these interviews were transposed into narrative form in order to straighten the story of change through enactment in a before, during, and after sequence. These eight individual narratives were validated by the co-researchers. An independent reviewer checked each narrative against the original transcript, video tapes of the enactments, and comments of each co-researcher for trustworthiness. Each validated narrative provided a rich description of the lived experience of change through therapeutic enactment. In addition, fifty-nine (59) essential themes were formulated from the individual narratives: Fourteen (14) in the planning stage, twenty-four (24) in the enactive stage, and twenty-one (21) in the reflective, or integrative stage, of the enactment process. These themes were then woven into a common story representing the pattern and meaning of change through therapeutic enactment for this group of co-researchers. Finally, notations made during the transposing of the transcripts into personal narratives, formulation of the essential themes, and construction of the common story were used to develop a theoretical story of change through therapeutic enactment, as a final level of hermeneutic interpretation. This theoretical story was then presented in summary form as a thematic sequence of multi-modal change processes representing a model of change through therapeutic enactment. The results of this study suggested numerous theoretical and technical implications. Foremost among theoretical implications was the suggestion that Tomkins (1992) script theory of affect may best illuminate the effects and processes of psychodrama and enactment. This study also had implications for interactional theories of development, contemporary psychoanalytic theories of interpersonal functioning, theories of moral development, theories of dream functioning, and ethological theories of myth and ritual. The results of this study also suggested a number of additional qualitative and comparative outcome studies for future research.

<p> This research seeks to understand how people in the Denver metropolitan area perceive and remember weather, climate, and climate change and how social, demographic, and environmental factors might influence these perceptions and memories. To do this, an online survey was completed in 2006 and in-person interviews were conducted in 2010 and 2011. The online survey and the in-person interviews both asked questions about recent weather, seasonal climate for specific years, beliefs about climate change and human impact on climate change, and social and demographic information. During the 2010&ndash;2011 in-person interviews, ambient meteorological conditions were recorded. For climate recollections, overall accuracy was about 20%. In general, women who were politically liberal, majored in a science field, believed in climate change, and were in a good mood were the most accurate for past climates. However, this accuracy was still only about 30%. For recent weather memories, the accuracy was about 50%. Time was the biggest indicator of accuracy, with the most recent weather being remembered the most accurately. When asked to rate the weather from positive to negative for specific events, respondents reported the weather with a negative bias for extremely negative flashbulb memory events. For perceptions about climate change, over 80% of the respondents in the Denver metropolitan area believed global warming was occurring and that humans had an impact on global warming. Over 80% of respondents believed that global warming will impact the Denver metropolitan area, however not all of these people knew how climate change would impact them personally. </p>

<p> The overall structure of this research is an autoethnographic journey from the depths of deep space into the underworld of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice while considering the depth psychological implications of co-mingling electronic computer-mediated virtual realities and our human-sensed biological reality. In so doing, the effect of screens, the psychological tempo and consumption of imagery, is considered from a phenomenological viewpoint. Proliferating computational devices, with their emphasis upon increasing speed and acceleration, are viewed as connectors as well as psychic retreats. The research examines the contrasts between the electronic virtual construct and our vital lived surround of oxygen and water while considering the legacy and effects of these machines upon our perception of an increasingly degraded environmental circumstance. The research suggests that through an <i>intentional</i> physical and psychological slowing it is possible to reconnect with the elemental rarities of earth and through that sensitivity there opens a possible pathway of re-enchantment and environmental stewardship of the earth as a life. The research presents an alternative scenario of an electronically blinkered and tethered cyborgized people burrowing further into a virtual world until the earth, utilizing its nuanced language of wind, heat, and storm, demands that they look up from their machines and pay attention to the anomalies in their lived surround. The research indicates that the choice is clear but far from sure.</p><p> Key words: Phenomenology, auto-ethnographic, myth, computers, cyborg, psychological acceleration, eco-psych, environment, slowed perception, psychic retreat, stewardship, re-enchantment.</p>

Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Counseling, 2007. / "December, 2007." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 02/27/2008) Advisor, Cynthia Reynolds; Committee members, Sharon Kruse, Patricia Parr, Sandra Perosa, Paula Britton; Department Chair, Karin Jordan; Dean of the College, Cynthia F. Capers; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.