The study has the interest to investigate the existing values in science and analyze the possibility of promotion of ethics in the scientific pratices in the contemporaneity. The basis for this analysis is on Hugh Lacey s studies on the search for an epistemological model based on the adequacy of present values in scientific practices to social projection and human needs. This analysis shows that to have a better understanding of science and its objective, we should distinguish the values, the moments and the decisive strategies for the development of science. The Lacey s proposed has two articulations a distinction of values (cognitive and noncognitive) and a distinguish of the proper times of scientific practice that would enable a better explanation and justification of the problem of ―value-free science‖. To Lacey, there are three moments of scientific activity that allow us to analyse the performance of values: the moment M1, to adopt ways and strategies for research; the moment M2, to accept theories; and the moment M3, to apply scientific knowledge. The distinction of values is needed to support the view that scientific knowledge can be impartial and still serve as social values. Already, the distinction of moments of scientific activity allows the author to indicate the suitable place for investigating social influences in the research (at the moments M1 and M3). We realize that the modern tradition of science used a materialist understanding that selected restricted and one-dimensional strategies of research, overly linked to noncongnitive values of control of natural objects that privilege capitalists values, that, almost always, do not guarantee the enjoyment of other values essential for the human welfare. Therefore, this discussion suggests the importance of rethink the present values in science for a scientific activity that balances the ideal of the understanding of the world, together with the ability to generate useful Technologies for the flourishing of humanity. / O estudo tem por interesse investigar os valores existentes na ciência e analisar a possibilidade da promoção de uma prática científica ética na contemporaneidade. A base para essa análise fundamenta-se nos estudos de Hugh Lacey sobre a busca de um modelo epistemológico pautado na adequação de valores presentes nas práticas científicas às projeções sociais e necessidades humanas. Tal análise aponta que para termos uma melhor compreensão da ciência e do seu objetivo devemos distinguir tanto os valores quanto os momentos e as estratégias decisivas para o desenvolvimento da ciência. A proposta de Lacey apresenta duas articulações - uma distinção dos valores (cognitivos e não cognitivos); e uma distinção dos devidos momentos da prática científica que possibilitariam uma melhor explanação e justificação do problema da ―ciência livre de valores‖. Para Lacey há três momentos da atividade científica que nos permitem analisar a atuação dos valores: o momento M1, de adotar caminhos e estratégias para a pesquisa; o momento M2, de aceitar teorias e; o momento M3, de aplicar o conhecimento científico. A distinção dos valores é necessária para apoiar a visão de que o conhecimento científico pode ser imparcial e ainda se servir de valores sociais. Já a distinção dos momentos da atividade científica permite ao autor indicar o local adequado para se investigar influências sociais no interior das pesquisas (nos momentos M1 e M3). Perceberemos que a tradição moderna de ciência se utilizou de um entendimento materialista que selecionou estratégias de pesquisa restritas e unidimensionais, exageradamente ligadas a valores não cognitivos de controle dos objetos naturais que acabam por privilegiar valores capitalistas que, quase sempre, não garantem a apreciação de estratégias múltiplas de pesquisa e de outros valores essenciais para o bem-estar humano. Por isso esta reflexão propõe a importância de repensarmos os valores presentes na ciência para almejarmos uma atividade científica que equilibre o ideal de entendimento do mundo juntamente à capacidade de gerar tecnologias úteis ao florescimento da humanidade. / Mestre em Filosofia

A managerial role place great challenges on the individual from the perspective of self- management, primarily considering the challenges of that role and individual needs and values. This dissertation discusses the potential for maintaining well-being when performing in a managerial role in a supra-national corporation. The focus is primarily on the idea of flourishing (thriving) defined by the American psychologist Martin Seligman. Flourish fundamentally includes subjective, hedonic elements (experiences of joy), as well as, eudaemonic quality built on the individual but for the wider community. Flourishing is closely linked to the self-concept of the individual; its content is subjective in character. Employment in a supra-national environment includes characteristics which may reduce the quality of this for an individual. This, mainly, involves constant adapting to change, working in a turbulent environment, collaborations encountering cultural differences (national and organisational), working in a matrix structure and/or frequent emphases on hedonism or consumerism. The research is predominantly qualitative in character; mapping pivotal topics which, in the future, will require a more empirical approach. This research focuses on a deeper understanding of functional areas and strategies which...

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Elitidrottare har identifierats som en riskgrupp för psykisk ohälsa utifrån exponering av såväl generella som sportspecifika påverkansfaktorer. Bland elitidrottare är förekomsten av psykisk ohälsa dessutom större bland kvinnor än män. Första syftet med studien är att kartlägga förekomsten av symtom på psykisk ohälsa (ångest, depression och sömnsvårigheter) och psykisk hälsa bland spelare i Svenska Damhockeyligan (SDHL). Andra syftet är att undersöka samband mellan symtom på psykisk ohälsa/hälsa och demografiska variabler (skador, anställningsstatus), socialt stöd och psykologisk flexibilitet. 182 av 199 SDHL-spelare (medelålder 22,3±SD 4,8, 16–35 år) från alla nio lag deltog i denna tvärsnittsstudie. Självskattningsformulär användes som datainsamlingsmetod och data analyserades vidare genom statistiska analyser. Resultatet visade att över 4 av 10 spelare rapporterade måttliga eller högre nivåer av symtom på ångest, depression och/eller sömnsvårigheter, där ungefär hälften rapporterade komorbiditeter. Detta indikerar ett glapp för prevention. Sammantaget rapporterade 6 av 10 ett sub-idealt tillstånd (d.v.s. ingen psykisk ohälsa och psykiskt välbefinnande), vilket indikerar ett glapp för promotion. Statistiskt signifikanta positiva samband fanns för psykologisk flexibilitet och socialt stöd. Förslagsvis kan dessa faktorer bli fördelaktiga att adressera vid preventivt och promotivt hälsoarbete med målgruppen. Framtida forskning kan adressera dessa faktorer vid interventionsstudier liksom följa populationens psykiska hälsotillstånd och dess påverkansfaktorer över tid. / Objectives: First, to map the prevalence of symptoms of mental illness (i.e., anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties) and mental health among players in the Swedish Women’s Hockey League (SDHL). Second, to investigate relationships between mental illness/health and demographic variables (i.e., injuries, employment status), social support and psychological flexibility. Methods: SDHL players (n=182; mean age 22.3±SD 4.8, range 16-35) from nine teams participated in this cross-sectional study. 79% (n=145) combined sports with education or work (i.e., “dual careers”). 20% (n=54) reported injuries. Self-assessment questionnaires were used to measure perceived levels of symptoms of anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, psychological flexibility, and social support. Mental health/illness variables were presented as descriptive statistics and associations were investigated through multivariate binary logistical regression analyses. Results: Moderate or severe levels of symptoms were reported among 29% for sleep difficulties and 26% for anxiety and/or depression. 19% reported comorbidities. 58% reported flourishing mental health. Lower psychological flexibility was associated with lower odds of flourishing mental health and higher odds of symptoms of mental illness. Social support was associated with higher odds of flourishing mental health and lower odds of sleep difficulties. Conclusion: 6 of 10 players reported not reaching the ideal state of mental health (i.e., no mental illness and flourishing mental health). Statistically significant associations were found with psychological flexibility and social support, suggesting these factors will be beneficial to consider when working to promote mental health and prevent mental illness in this population.

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L'argomento di questa tesi è una particolare forma di ripresa tedesca dell'etica delle virtù, ad opera di Anselm W. Müller, sorta in quel movimento di rifondazione della filosofia morale che prende il nome di Rehabilitierung der praktischen Philosophie. Una prima parte del lavoro ricostruisce tale contesto, la cui causa è l'esigenza di restituire all'etica la sua capacità di guidare l'azione. Esaminando la filosofia politica e la scuola ermeneutica, è possibile risalire alla loro matrice comune: l'interpretazione heideggeriana di Aristotele. Nel neoaristotelismo pratico si radica, infatti, l'etica delle virtù tedesca (Tugendethik), che si propone come risposta all'impasse della filosofia morale denunciata dalla Rehabilitierung. Vengono evidenziate innanzitutto le differenze rispetto alla più ampia Virtue ethics angloamericana e poi i concetti intorno a cui questo modello di etica si costruisce: la virtù, la saggezza, la vita buona come attuazione di tutte le potenzialità umane realizzata grazie alle virtù; il carattere come struttura costantemente in fieri, modellata da una pratica continua di atti virtuosi o viziosi. L'influsso di ciascuna azione non è rivolto, dunque, verso l'esterno, ma verso l'interno della personalità del soggetto. L'etica delle virtù è, pertanto, un'etica “di prima persona”, concentrata sull'agente, piuttosto che sulle sue singole azioni. / The topic of this Ph. D. thesis is the latest discovery of virtue ethics in Germany, developed in the frame of that moral philosophy Renaissance called Rehabilitierung der praktischen Philosophie. I use as a model the latest Anselm Müller's work. The first part of my work describes this context, whose cause is the requirement of giving back to ethics its ability to lead action. Observing political philosophy and hermeneutic school, we can discover their common origin: Heidegger's interpretation of Aristotle's ethics. German virtue ethics (Tugendethik), which is the main topic of the second part, is based on practical Neoaristotelism. Tugendethik can be a possible answer to the difficulty of moral philosophy that Rehabilitierung has shown. At first, I have highlighted the differences from the largest Anglo-American virtue ethics; then I have exposed the main concepts of this ethics model: virtue, wisdom, good life – as total human fulfilment and flourishing, allowed by virtues - and character – as a permanent changing fabric, woven by a continuous practice of virtuous or vicious acts. The main influence of every action is, in fact, not external, but internal: its target is the agent's personality. Therefore virtue ethics is a “first person-ethic”, because it cares more about the person who acts than about his singular actions.

This research project explores whether the delivery of positive psychology interventions in the workplace through an employee assistance program (EAP) can improve employees’ authentic happiness/flourishing as well as decrease symptoms of depression. A small convenience sample of 13 Manitoba public school educators accessing employee assistance were recruited for a quasi-experimental research design. Nine participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the remaining participants assigned to the control. Experimental group members participated in a six session psychoeducational, experiential, and process-oriented positive psychotherapy group that met once a week over six weeks. Experimental group participants’ scores on the authentic happiness/flourishing measure increased by a statistically significant 9% and depression scores decreased by a statistically significant 45% from pre-intervention to one month post-intervention. The study’s findings therefore provide promising confirmation that positive psychology interventions delivered through EAPs can make a meaningful difference as both secondary prevention and primary enhancement strategies in the workplace.

This research project explores whether the delivery of positive psychology interventions in the workplace through an employee assistance program (EAP) can improve employees’ authentic happiness/flourishing as well as decrease symptoms of depression. A small convenience sample of 13 Manitoba public school educators accessing employee assistance were recruited for a quasi-experimental research design. Nine participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the remaining participants assigned to the control. Experimental group members participated in a six session psychoeducational, experiential, and process-oriented positive psychotherapy group that met once a week over six weeks. Experimental group participants’ scores on the authentic happiness/flourishing measure increased by a statistically significant 9% and depression scores decreased by a statistically significant 45% from pre-intervention to one month post-intervention. The study’s findings therefore provide promising confirmation that positive psychology interventions delivered through EAPs can make a meaningful difference as both secondary prevention and primary enhancement strategies in the workplace.