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DESCRIPTIVE EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INDIVIDUALS’ USE OF PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, THE MICRO-PULSE, FOR PAIN RELIEFUnknown Date (has links)
Pain has caused innumerable suffering to countless individuals and has impacted their lives in profound ways. There are many detrimental effects of pain including decreased ability to work, depression, isolation, increased pharmaceutical use, and addiction. Pain, on a worldwide scale, remains ineffectively treated and alternative solutions for managing pain are needed. Pain is conventionally treated with pharmaceuticals, primarily narcotics. Continuation of medications for these painful conditions often causes dependence and addiction. The pain and narcotics cycle contributes to the opioid epidemic. The cost in human lives is immense. Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) is a holistic modality used for various ailments. This exploratory descriptive research study focused on the experience of individuals using the Micro-Pulse, PEMF, for pain relief. The mind/body connection was a foundation of the holistic theoretical framework for this study. The theoretical grounding for this study was Watson’s (2018) theory of human caring, which is based on a foundation of holistic healing incorporating mind, emotional body, physical body, and spirit for treatment of pain. Understanding an individual’s experience of pain relief will potentially raise awareness and promote the exploration of holistic therapeutic approaches for patients in pain. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Understanding Ki in the Daily Experience of Advanced Practitioners of Aikido: A Phenomenological StudyAndress, Steven C. 10 May 1996 (has links)
Ki, Japanese for living energy (Chi in Chinese), is at the absolute core of the Oriental model of medicine and wellness. Complementary to this model, many Oriental martial art exercises have evolved to cultivate Ki for optimal health. However, the concept of Ki remains poorly understood and relatively unexplored in traditional Western health and medical literature. Further, the health focus of martial art research has remained primarily concerned with the arts' contribution to psychological health. This has left a significant gap in our understanding of the other health benefits that these arts and Ki have to offer. To begin closing these gaps, Moustakas' phenomenological research method was used to develop an enhanced understanding of Ki. Twelve advanced practitioners of the traditional martial art of Aikido were asked to illuminate how they perceive and describe the experience of Ki in their lives. Aikido was an excellent art through which to study Ki because of the art's focus on developing the Ki of its practitioners and its recognition in the literature as psychologically beneficial. The co-researchers described Ki as a force that they perceived to be influencing their lives in multiple ways. They believed that the Ki they developed through their Aikido practice enhanced the health of their minds, bodies, and spirits. Ki was described and explained through its perceived immediate and long term effects. They expressed Ki as an integrated part of their beings that enhanced physical and psychological health and well-being, and fostered calmness and clarity of mind. Ki was also perceived as a tool for recove1ing from injuries and illness and for achieving personal goals. Further, over time they perceived that Ki engendered great trust in the universe and that Ki protected their health. Several key differences between the traditional definition of Ki and the co-researchers' everyday experience emerged from the analysis. These were the differentiation between the long and short term effects of Ki, the description of Ki as a tool, and the attribution to Ki of the feelings of trust in the universe.
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Just being a girl : female child sexual abuse and the problem(s) of embodimentSutherland, Karen Jeanne, 1961- January 2002 (has links)
Abstract not available
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Bitter for your mouth, good for your health? : the relationship between somatization, alexithymia and a culture-specific behavior of drinking herbal tea, and the treatment effect of expressive writing / 苦口良藥? 身體軀化、失讀情感及涼茶文化行為之關係與情感書寫的治療效果Chio, Pit Hoi January 2012 (has links)
University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Psychology
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Development of the Negative Attentional Bias during Exercise Measure and the Rumination and Escape Thoughts MeasureBrown, Katie M. 01 May 2011 (has links)
The primary purpose of this study was to develop a measure to assess negative attentional bias toward changes in bodily sensations during exercise and to examine the reliability and validity of that measure. A secondary purpose was to develop a measure to assess tendencies toward rumination about the changes in bodily sensations and tendencies to have escape thoughts with regard to the exercise bout. While global measures of anxiety, rumination, and escape thoughts already exist, the advantage of these newly developed measures is that they are context specific to exercise. Participants in this study consisted of 329 undergraduate students. The mean age for the participants was 19.94. Participants were given, via an online survey, two newly created measures as well as established measures of neuroticism, pessimism, trait anxiety, and current exercise habits. The two newly created measures yielded reliable scores via examination of internal consistency. The results also demonstrated that the newly created context specific measures correlated significantly with global measures of neuroticism, pessimism, and trait anxiety; evidence for convergent validity. Last, the new measures correlated more strongly with current exercise habits than the global measures; evidence for convergent-divergent validity.
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Matter is movement : exploring the role of movement in Henri Bergson and Bruno Latour /Piotrowski, Marcelina. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-91). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR38821
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A body-mind-spirit approach to depression and anxiety: application of mindfulness and compassion training forHong Kong ChineseLo, Hay-ming., 盧希皿. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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The making of persons through social interaction: the case of the able-bodied and the handicapped黃嘉娜, Wong, Ka-nar, Daisy. January 1990 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Psychology / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Heinrich Boll's early prose : a discourse of war-damaged bodiesReimchen, Margaret Helen 05 1900 (has links)
Using insights drawn from research in a variety of disciplines into theories of the body,
this dissertation investigates Heinrich Boll's (1917-1985) early prose (1936-1955) as a discourse
of war damaged bodies. The "new" texts discussed appeared in Germany between 1982 and
1995. The thesis represents the first attempt to analyse Boll's work from the perspective of the
human body.
Chapter I briefly outlines the influence sociology has had for a better understanding of the
role of the human body in society. This chapter demonstrates that the body can be fruitfully used
both as a critical tool and as an interpretative device in discussing literary texts. An elucidation of
the methodology and theoretical approach used concludes the chapter.
The thesis explores Boll's use of the body not only as aspects of the narrative and also for
its ethical implication. According to him, an author's temporality ("Zeitlichkeit") is the first thing
to be communicated before embarking on an analysis or interpretation of his work. Chapter II
investigates the "Aryan/Nazi" body and refers to other contemporary body discourses. Chapter
III, investigating the "Writer's" body, provides insights into Boll's biography. Both chapters
shed considerable light on Germany's cultural, social, internal, and external political situation.
Chapter IV describes the soldier's 'closed,' "disciplined" body as portrayed in texts such
as Das Vermachtnis. Colonel Bressen, a key character in Wo warst du, Adam?, epitomises the
"mirroring" body in Chapter V. More "Schein" than "Sein," it reflects an intentionally
internalised and acquired "habitus." In Chapter VI, Boll's war story "Der blasse Hund," provides
a striking example of a "dominating" body which seeks to preserve its power and to control its
fears through committing violent acts against its helpless victims. In contrast, however, a
"communicative" body such as Kate Bogner's in Und sagte kein einziges Wort, examined in
Chapter VII, is 'open' and caring.
Throughout his early prose, Boll's careful use of body language reveals the multi-layered
nature of reality. Chapter VIII summarises the thesis and presents its major findings upon which
further critical work on the significance of the human body in Boll's later writings might be
based.
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The process of shaping self through regular physical exercise among women : a grounded theoryFlood, Karen R. 11 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological and social processes of
regular physical exercise use by women who consider themselves "exercisers." In using
grounded theory method, the primary objective of this study was to generate a substantive
theory that described (a) the experiences of women who self-identified as exercisers and
engaged in regular physical exercise, (b) the contextual factors that influenced their
participation, and (c) explained the experience of participating in regular exercise,
considering both the positive and negative effects of exercising, and the process of change
through its use.
Twenty-two women (age range, 21 to 60 years) were interviewed about their exercise
experience. Twenty participants self-identified as exercisers. Two other participants, a former
exerciser, and a nonexerciser, were interviewed in order to explore theory limits.
A middle-range theory of "shaping self through exercise" was identified as the basic
process of these women's experience of regular physical exercise. The process involved the
reciprocal connection between two intrapersonal phases: "shaping up" and "experiencing self
as shaped." Through interactions among the subprocesses of shaping up ("talking to self,"
"experiencing exercise," "diverting from self" and "feeling good about self") exercisers in
this study experienced self as shaped through "growing into self," "grounding self in
exercise," and "expressing self through exercise." Influenced by personal meaning and
contextual conditions (one's personal exercise background, current life context, and socialcultural
environment), exercisers frequently re-experienced both phases. Aspects of each
conceptual element of the theoretical model are identified and illustrated by narrative data.
This grounded theory provides insight into the complexity of women's physical exercise
experience. To appreciate this experience it is necessary to view the social-psychological
process from an interactionist perspective. Findings suggest that women's exercise may be
more than physical movement in reaction to environmental and personal influences, but may
also be an intrinsically motivated endeavour towards self-growth, self-care, and selfexpression.
Awareness of the complexity of this process, including personal and contextual
influences, may provide guidance towards more successful adoption and maintenance of
exercise. Implications include future research directions to extend theoretical boundaries and
specificity.
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