This investigation utilized a novel, self-help, multi-element psychological program to manage chronic low back pain. A literature review indicated that this disorder was costly and prevalent, yet a large percentage of chronic low back pain patients did not respond to traditional treatment. Recent research has demonstrated that numerous psychological difficulties have been associated with this disorder, including depression and anxiety. It was hypothesized that these psychological concomitants of chronic low back pain maintain and promote further pain, as part of a vicious cycle. Self-help treatment attempted to break this tension-pain-anxiety cycle using various stress reduction, and cognitive and behavioral management strategies.

Research in Logotherapy substantiates the influence of meaning on psychological health and Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) corroborates the effects of psychological health on physical health. This dissertation explores the relationship between meaning and physical health hypothesising that purpose affects physical health. Methodology Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), ANOVAs and stepwise regression were used to explore three possible models. Results EFA revealed four factors, purpose, fear, vitality and aggression. Significant correlations were found between purpose, vitality (0.42) and work application (0.53). Despite the significant relationship between purpose and vitality, the lack of Chi-square is significant, suggesting that additional variables should be introduced into the model. Conclusion People reporting high levels of purpose together with low levels of fear and aggression, can be characterised by high vitality and an absence of medical conditions. Future research should focus on evaluating meaning centred interventions on immunity and vitality. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Bodies - be they fleshy or other - are simultaneously made by, made of, moved by, and the makers and movers of other bodies. Driven by the questions how do bodies emerge? what makes bodies move? and what can bodies do? bodies are placed at the very centre of this book in order to explain and show, not only how such bodily making and re-making - (re)making - and movement is done, but also why awareness and understanding of the processes and practices involved in the continual and ongoing (re)making and moving of bodies - of three particular kinds in particular (bodies of power/knowledge, humanised bodies, and bodies politic) - is vital to the study of international relations, conflict, and security and thus to the discipline of International Relations (IR). In short, bodies - of these three kinds in particular - require foregrounding because international relations, conflicts, and security practices are conducted by, on, and for bodies (humanised bodies and bodies politic in particular), according to bodies (namely referred to as dominant bodies of power/ knowledge, which become fleshed out as material bodies including humanised bodies and bodies politic and enact statecraft, further down the line). Moreover, as demonstrated in this book, which takes up the broad empirical case of post-9/11 American body politics and two case studies into the visual body politics of suffering and dead American soldiers since 9/11 and the 2013 Camp Delta hunger strike, there is much to be gained by taking the very particular embodiments of bodies into account, as every body is unique and it is according to distinctive bodily features, malaise/ailments, and feelings that bodies are moved to act (and in turn touch and move other bodies) and continually become other than they are.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-10-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:27:38Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ventura_w_me_mar.pdf: 215574 bytes, checksum: fcee56aab10161ecebd5ae59514185ab (MD5) / Neste trabalho investigamos o problema da relação mente-corpo segundo o ponto de vista de John Searle. Ao se estabelecer mente e corpo como duas entidades autônomas e opostas ao longo da história filosófica, criou-se um abismo quase que intransponível entre elas, a respeito de uma explicação coerente sobre as interações que mantêm entre si. Denominamos este abismo de “o problema da relação mente-corpo”, em torno do qual, se formou toda uma tradição de pesquisadores interessados em resolvê-lo. Atualmente esta questão se traduz na possibilidade de se saber como os estados mentais interagem com os estados neurocerebrais e, desde sua origem, ainda não se chegou a um consenso teórico sobre uma resposta definitiva. John Searle apresenta como resposta uma proposta bastante peculiar e ao mesmo tempo polêmica, conhecida como “Naturalismo Biológico”. Nosso objetivo consistiu na exposição desta teoria observando seus pontos favoráveis e desfavoráveis em confronto ao contexto teórico no qual está inserida. Primeiro, resgatamos as raízes históricas do problema, buscando as razões pelas quais é considerado um problema filosófico específico a partir do pensamento cartesiano; segundo, apresentamos a teoria do naturalismo biológico propriamente dita, ressaltando o modo como se relaciona com a tradição de filosofia da mente; por último, discutimos uma de suas principais hipóteses: a teoria da causalidade e a noção de emergência como uma resposta ao clássico problema. / In this thesis we investigated the problem of the relationship between mind and body in accordance to the point of view of John Searle. Having been established that the mind and body are two autonomous and opposed entities through the length philosophical history, an almost insurmountable abysm was created between them, in respect to a coherent explanation of the interactions maintained between them. We named this abysm “the problem of the relation between mind and body”, around which, has been formed a tradition of researchers interested in solving it. Nowadays this question translates into the possibility of knowing how mental states interact with neural cerebral states and, its origin, one still hasn’t come to a theoretical agreement on a definitive answer. John Searle presents as an answer a quite peculiar and at the same time polemical proposal, known as “Biological Naturalism”. Our objective consisted in the exposition of this theory observing its favorable and unfavorable points in confrontation to the theoretical context in which it is inserted. First, we redeemed the historical roots of the problem, in search of reasons which are considered a specific philosophical problem derived from Cartesian thoughts; second, we presented the theory of the biological naturalism properly said, emphasizing the way it relates to the traditional philosophy of the mind; finally, we discussed one of its main hypotheses: the theory of cause and effect, and the notion of emergency as a reply to the classic problem.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T16:53:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-02-24Bitstream added on 2015-05-14T16:59:02Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000816084.pdf: 546108 bytes, checksum: 9ecb59e3d926b6379bd0209c2777d36b (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação Ezequiel Dias do Estado de Minas Gerais (FUNED) / A vivência da doença onco-ginecológica, proporciona sofrimento, preocupações e perdas tanto na paciente como nos membros da sua família, em particular, naquele que tem a responsabilidade da prestação de cuidados. Clinicamente, tem havido uma tentativa de modificar as respostas de estresse dos indivíduos, com terapias anti-estresse, que focam nas interações entre a mente e o corpo nos fatores mentais, sociais, espirituais e emocionais, afetando diretamente a saúde e a capacidade de auto-cuidado e auto-consciência. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia e em seu cuidador. A amostra foi constituída de 60 mulheres com câncer de colo uterino, submetidas à radioterapia, acompanhadas pelo Hospital Luxemburgo, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, e 60 cuidadores, sendo divididos em dois grupos denominados caso e controle. O grupo caso era composto de 30 mulheres e seus respectivos cuidadores, que participaram do programa de medicina anti-estresse (PMAE). O grupo controle não participou da terapêutica (30 mulheres e 30 cuidadores). Os participantes completaram um conjunto instrumentos de medida: o questionário socio-demográfico e clínico, o questionário European Organization for Reseach and Treatment of Cancer Qualityof- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), a Escala da Qualidade de Vida do Cuidador/Familiar Oncológico e o Termômetro de Distress. Foi coletada uma amostra de saliva para medição do cortisol salivar antes e após a realização das técnicas da medicina anti-estresse. Os grupos foram semelhantes em relação ao estado civil, escolaridade, menopausa, altura e peso. As pacientes que participaram do PMAE apresentaram melhora na qualidade de vida (p=0,0004), diminuição do distresse (p>0,0001) e cortisol salivar (p>0,0001). A qualidade de vida dos cuidadores de mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas ... / The experience of onco-gynecological disease, provides distress, worries and losses in both patient and the family members, in particular, in that it has the responsibility of providing care. Clinically, there has been an attempt to modify the stress responses of individuals with anti-stress therapies, which focuses on the interactions between mind and body in the mental, social, spiritual and emotional factors directly affecting the health and capacity for self-care and self -awareness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the mindy-body medicine (MBM) in women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy and their caregivers. The sample consisted of 60 women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, followed by Luxembourg Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and 60 caregivers were divided into two groups: case and control. The case group consisted of 30 women and their caregivers who participated of MBM. The control group did not participate in therapy (30 women and 30 caregivers). Participants completed a set of measurement instruments: the socio -demographic and clinical questionnaire, the questionnaire European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Quality of Life Scale Caregiver / Family oncology and Distress Thermometer. A saliva sample for measurement of salivary cortisol before and after performing the techniques of MBM was collected. The groups were similar with respect to marital status, education, menopause, height and weight. The patients who participated MBM showed improved quality of life (p=0.0004), decreased distress (p>0.0001) and salivary cortisol (p>0.0001). The quality of life of caregivers of women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, which did not participate in MBM decreased (p=0.0475) compared to the group case. Caregivers PMAE participants showed decreased distress (p=0.0013) compared to the control group ...

Orientador: Carmen Beatriz Milidoni / Banca: Osvaldo Pessoa Júnior / Banca: Jonas Gonçalves Coelho / Resumo: Neste trabalho investigamos o problema da relação mente-corpo segundo o ponto de vista de John Searle. Ao se estabelecer mente e corpo como duas entidades autônomas e opostas ao longo da história filosófica, criou-se um abismo quase que intransponível entre elas, a respeito de uma explicação coerente sobre as interações que mantêm entre si. Denominamos este abismo de "o problema da relação mente-corpo", em torno do qual, se formou toda uma tradição de pesquisadores interessados em resolvê-lo. Atualmente esta questão se traduz na possibilidade de se saber como os estados mentais interagem com os estados neurocerebrais e, desde sua origem, ainda não se chegou a um consenso teórico sobre uma resposta definitiva. John Searle apresenta como resposta uma proposta bastante peculiar e ao mesmo tempo polêmica, conhecida como "Naturalismo Biológico". Nosso objetivo consistiu na exposição desta teoria observando seus pontos favoráveis e desfavoráveis em confronto ao contexto teórico no qual está inserida. Primeiro, resgatamos as raízes históricas do problema, buscando as razões pelas quais é considerado um problema filosófico específico a partir do pensamento cartesiano; segundo, apresentamos a teoria do naturalismo biológico propriamente dita, ressaltando o modo como se relaciona com a tradição de filosofia da mente; por último, discutimos uma de suas principais hipóteses: a teoria da causalidade e a noção de emergência como uma resposta ao clássico problema. / Abstract: In this thesis we investigated the problem of the relationship between mind and body in accordance to the point of view of John Searle. Having been established that the mind and body are two autonomous and opposed entities through the length philosophical history, an almost insurmountable abysm was created between them, in respect to a coherent explanation of the interactions maintained between them. We named this abysm "the problem of the relation between mind and body", around which, has been formed a tradition of researchers interested in solving it. Nowadays this question translates into the possibility of knowing how mental states interact with neural cerebral states and, its origin, one still hasn't come to a theoretical agreement on a definitive answer. John Searle presents as an answer a quite peculiar and at the same time polemical proposal, known as "Biological Naturalism". Our objective consisted in the exposition of this theory observing its favorable and unfavorable points in confrontation to the theoretical context in which it is inserted. First, we redeemed the historical roots of the problem, in search of reasons which are considered a specific philosophical problem derived from Cartesian thoughts; second, we presented the theory of the biological naturalism properly said, emphasizing the way it relates to the traditional philosophy of the mind; finally, we discussed one of its main hypotheses: the theory of cause and effect, and the notion of emergency as a reply to the classic problem. / Mestre

Orientador: Paulo Traiman / Coorientador: Sara de Pinho Cunha Paiva / Banca: Rívia Mara Lamaita / Banca: Ricardo dos Reis / Banca: Luís Otávio Zanatta Sarian / Banca: Anaglória Pontes / Resumo: A vivência da doença onco-ginecológica, proporciona sofrimento, preocupações e perdas tanto na paciente como nos membros da sua família, em particular, naquele que tem a responsabilidade da prestação de cuidados. Clinicamente, tem havido uma tentativa de modificar as respostas de estresse dos indivíduos, com terapias anti-estresse, que focam nas interações entre a mente e o corpo nos fatores mentais, sociais, espirituais e emocionais, afetando diretamente a saúde e a capacidade de auto-cuidado e auto-consciência. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia e em seu cuidador. A amostra foi constituída de 60 mulheres com câncer de colo uterino, submetidas à radioterapia, acompanhadas pelo Hospital Luxemburgo, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, e 60 cuidadores, sendo divididos em dois grupos denominados caso e controle. O grupo caso era composto de 30 mulheres e seus respectivos cuidadores, que participaram do programa de medicina anti-estresse (PMAE). O grupo controle não participou da terapêutica (30 mulheres e 30 cuidadores). Os participantes completaram um conjunto instrumentos de medida: o questionário socio-demográfico e clínico, o questionário European Organization for Reseach and Treatment of Cancer Qualityof- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), a Escala da Qualidade de Vida do Cuidador/Familiar Oncológico e o Termômetro de Distress. Foi coletada uma amostra de saliva para medição do cortisol salivar antes e após a realização das técnicas da medicina anti-estresse. Os grupos foram semelhantes em relação ao estado civil, escolaridade, menopausa, altura e peso. As pacientes que participaram do PMAE apresentaram melhora na qualidade de vida (p=0,0004), diminuição do distresse (p>0,0001) e cortisol salivar (p>0,0001). A qualidade de vida dos cuidadores de mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas ... / Abstract: The experience of onco-gynecological disease, provides distress, worries and losses in both patient and the family members, in particular, in that it has the responsibility of providing care. Clinically, there has been an attempt to modify the stress responses of individuals with anti-stress therapies, which focuses on the interactions between mind and body in the mental, social, spiritual and emotional factors directly affecting the health and capacity for self-care and self -awareness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the mindy-body medicine (MBM) in women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy and their caregivers. The sample consisted of 60 women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, followed by Luxembourg Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and 60 caregivers were divided into two groups: case and control. The case group consisted of 30 women and their caregivers who participated of MBM. The control group did not participate in therapy (30 women and 30 caregivers). Participants completed a set of measurement instruments: the socio -demographic and clinical questionnaire, the questionnaire European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Quality of Life Scale Caregiver / Family oncology and Distress Thermometer. A saliva sample for measurement of salivary cortisol before and after performing the techniques of MBM was collected. The groups were similar with respect to marital status, education, menopause, height and weight. The patients who participated MBM showed improved quality of life (p=0.0004), decreased distress (p>0.0001) and salivary cortisol (p>0.0001). The quality of life of caregivers of women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, which did not participate in MBM decreased (p=0.0475) compared to the group case. Caregivers PMAE participants showed decreased distress (p=0.0013) compared to the control group ... / Doutor

Orientadores: Eusebio Lobo da Silva, Sara Pereira Lopes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T17:05:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elias_MarinaFernanda_M.pdf: 1393264 bytes, checksum: b45b1100c2f16ad4983f15813ffd2ed6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa apresenta um estudo sistemático sobre a improvisação enquanto ferramenta para o processo de criação coletiva nas artes cênicas, e a conseqüente sistematização de um jogo teatral ao qual chamamos Zona do Improviso. Utilizamos como norteadores da investigação dois sistemas com evidentes possibilidades de diálogo e entrelaçamento: o Sistema Effort-Shape, desenvolvido por Rudolf Von Laban, e o exercício do Campo de Visão, desenvolvido pelo Prof. Marcelo Ramos Lazzaratto. A partir do interjogo entre esses dois sistemas e, somando como suporte teórico e prático os estudos sobre jogo e improvisação de Viola Spolin, sistematizamos a Zona do Improviso que nos proporcionou juntamente com os dois citados sistemas, a montagem do espetáculo ¿Alma de Papel¿. Levantamos a hipótese de que a relação de cada intérprete com seu material criativo e espontâneo interfere no seu desenvolvimento técnico poético e na criação cênica em si. O desenvolvimento desta pesquisa se deu a partir da experimentação destes conceitos aplicados a dois tipos de propostas realizadas em laboratórios práticos: um processo pedagógico de sistematização destas idéias (Zona do Improviso) e uma experimentação de criação cênica (Alma de Papel). Participaram dos laboratórios vinte estudantes dos cursos de graduação em Artes Cênicas, Artes Corporais, Artes Plásticas e Música, da Unicam / Abstract: This research presents a systematical study about the use of improvisation as a tool for the collective creation in the performing arts, and the consequent systematization of an improvisation game called 'Improvisation Zone¿. As references of this research, we made use of two systems with clear possibility of dialogue and interlacement: the Effort-Shape System developed by Rudolf Von Laban, and the 'Vision Area¿ game, developed by Prof. Marcelo Ramos Lazzaratto. Starting from the 'intergame¿ between theses two systems and guided by the practical and theoretical studies of Viola Spolin, we systematized the 'Improvisation Zone¿, playing a key role in our creation of the play 'Alma de Papel¿. This research enquires the relationship of each interpreter with his own spontaneous and creative material, and how it interferes with his technique and poetic development and in the scenic construction. The development of this research was based on the experimentation of these concepts, applied on two propositions: the pedagogic process of systematization of these ideas ('Improvisation Zone¿) and the experimentation of the scenic construction / Mestrado / Mestre em Artes

Orientador: Fátima Regina Rodrigues Évora / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T02:51:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rovaris_TatianaRomero_D.pdf: 1628110 bytes, checksum: 92174372c4b7f546494bec0557c34f7f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Para Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) o conhecimento só é possível em bases empíricas, porém ocorre dele ser um atomista. Assim, ele desenvolve uma teoria do conhecimento que possui como núcleo o empirismo, que professa que o conhecimento é obtido através dos sentidos e o atomismo, que afirma as coisas são compostas de partículas materiais que são inobserváveis quando não estão em compostos. Deste modo, o objetivo desse trabalho é investigar a teoria do conhecimento em Gassendi no que diz respeito à sua noção de alma. Assim como os átomos professados pelo filósofo, a alma também é inobservável e mesmo assim ambos são tratados dentro de uma teoria atomista da matéria e de uma teoria do conhecimento empirista. Além disso, a noção de alma é um tema problemático na filosofia de Gassendi, pois seu estatuto como material ou imaterial não é esclarecido diretamente pelo filósofo e uma interpretação adequada de tal noção pode ajudar a entender se existe ou não dificuldade quando se enxerga a alma como um objeto do conhecimento. Se a mente for material, se igualaria aos objetos da sensação e aos próprios dados que eles transmitem e se fosse imaterial fugiria da concepção de que tudo que existe no mundo são átomos e vazio / Abstract: To Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) knowledge is only possible on empirical basis, however happens that he is an atomist. Thus, he develops a theory of knowledge that has as its core empiricism, that affirms that knowledge is obtained through the senses and atomism, which defends that things are composed of material particles that are not passible of observation when they are not in compounds. In such case, the aim of this work is to investigate Gassendi's theory of knowledge when it deals with the notion of soul. Just like the atoms the philosopher defends, the soul is also unobservable and even so both are treated from an atomist matter theory and an empiricist theory of knowledge point of view. Besides that, the notion of soul is a problematic subject in Gassendi's philosophy because its statute as material or immaterial is not properly elucidated by the philosopher and an appropriate interpretation of such notion can help to explain if there are or if there are not difficulties when one sees the soul as an object of knowledge. If the mind is supposed to be material, it would be just like the other objects of sensations and the data they transmit and if it is supposed to be immaterial it would not fit with the conception that everything that exists in the world are atoms and void / Doutorado / Filosofia / Doutor em Filosofia

Chronic stress contributes to a global burden of disease that include mental illness, cardiovascular disease and early mortality. One pathway linking stress responses to health outcomes involves cardiovascular response to psychological stress. Specifically, vagal response as indexed by heart rate variability (HRV) can be used to examine autonomic processes, dysfunction of which can predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The competitive academic climate on undergraduate campuses and insufficient time for recreation, rest and study, combined with inadequate coping skills can equate to consistent stressors that lead to subsequent stress and psychopathology among college students. Research demonstrates that reduced HRV can be observed among students during exam time, whereas increased HRV is observed in times of rest, suggesting that academic stress contributes to real-time physiological changes that, when prolonged, can be pathogenic in nature. Interventions aimed at influencing these processes via relaxation or other mind-body approaches have shown that enhancing meta-cognitive skills and other coping strategies have proven helpful in both improving perceived stress and psychological distress as well as improving HRV when compared with controls. This study investigates potential positive physiological effects of an eight-week Spiritual-Mind-Body (SMB) intervention, Awakened Awareness for Adolescents (AA-A), for undergraduate students. Specifically, we explore changes in HRV during resting, stress and recovery phases before and after the eight-week intervention. Additionally, we examine the association between change in self-report on measures of personal spirituality and psychological variables (pre-post AA-A), and changes across a host of HRV indices. Results include improvements in HRV recovery from stress and that a process of spiritual recovery is associated with these changes. SMB interventions that aim to improve spiritual and psychological functioning may promote psychophysiological resilience from stress.