Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-05-11T18:42:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaubersonCarvalho.pdf: 7382565 bytes, checksum: ef3d7833fa4c1169928950406eb6544a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-11T18:42:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ClaubersonCarvalho.pdf: 7382565 bytes, checksum: ef3d7833fa4c1169928950406eb6544a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-06 / This research aims to analyze linguistic and enunciative features of self-help discourse for teenagers. We are based on studies of French School of Discourse Analysis, more precisely in the enunciative-discursive perspective developed by Maingueneau (2008b, 2008c, 2013). The idea is to examine how the linguistic maneuvers performed by the enunciator form the constitution of his ethos. For this, we use a conception of ethos (MAINGUENEAU, 2008a, 2008b) that "draws" the image projection of the enunciator from marks on the discursive surface, that is, in the enunciation. We chose as corpus three editions published by Capricho magazine between January and March 2015. Based on the criteria of regularity and productivity, we chose four categories of analysis: linguistic modality, conversational markers, metaenunciation, and Aphorizing Enunciation. The analysis indicates that the ethos of the subject of self-help discourse for teenagers demands, on the one hand, effects of spontaneity, in search of the trait of involvement and empathy with the enunciate; and, on the other, effects of authority, in the manifestation of certainty and obligation that characterize its domain. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar traços linguísticos e enunciativos do discurso de autoajuda para adolescentes. Fundamentamo-nos em estudos da Análise do Discurso de linha francesa, mais precisamente na perspectiva enunciativo-discursiva desenvolvida por Maingueneau (2008b, 2008c, 2013). A ideia é examinar como as manobras linguísticas empreendidas pelo sujeito enunciador favorecem a constituição do seu ethos. Para tanto, recorremos a uma concepção de ethos (MAINGUENEAU, 2008a, 2008b) que “desenha” a projeção de imagem do enunciador a partir de marcas na superfície discursiva, isto é, no enunciado. Selecionamos como corpus três edições publicadas pela revista Capricho entre janeiro e março de 2015. Com base nos critérios de regularidade e produtividade, elegemos quatro categorias de análise: modalidade linguística, marcadores conversacionais, metaenunciação e enunciação aforizante. A análise aponta que o ethos do sujeito enunciador do discurso de autoajuda para adolescentes reclama, de um lado, efeitos de espontaneidade, em busca de traços de envolvimento e empatia com o enunciatário; e, do outro, efeitos de autoridade, na manifestação de traços de certeza e obrigação que caracterizam o seu domínio.

Preface -- A note to the reader -- A word about wisdom essentials -- Wisdom is best : think and live wisely -- Make insight your priority -- Buy wisdom, education and insight -- Good things come out of wisdom -- Wisdom's cry and call to everyone -- Intelligence outranks muscles -- Don't assume you know it -- Your face mirrors your heart -- Finding wisdom has much gain -- A warning against a life of crime -- Favor : how to obtain favor for successful living -- Speak out for justice -- Walk with the wise -- A whack on the heads of fools -- One who knows much says little -- If you quit listening -- Warning against adultery -- Warning against foolish acts -- The value of hard work -- The king's protocol -- Children listen to your father -- Wisdom and foolishness throw a party -- A honest life is worth it -- Fear of God expands your life -- The path of a good leader -- Manage your energy, attention and time -- Do your best : prepare for the worst -- Thirty sterling principles to live by -- Without good direction people lose their way -- A God-shaped life -- Sift and weigh every word -- Everything has a place and a purpose -- The right words at the right time -- Fools recycle silliness -- Hodge-podge of wise principles -- Four mysteries -- Four intolerables -- Four dignitaries -- Fall small wonders -- A good wife -- Start with God -- Learn it by heart -- The final word. "At the core of your being you truly want an enriching and fulfilling life. There are many ways to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is designed to help you find the right way to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is written so that we'll all know how to live well and right. It is written so that we will understand what life means and where it's going. It is essentially a manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair. It is a practical book for everyday people stumbling through life. It will teach the inexperienced the ropes and hopefully give young people a grasp on reality. There is something in this book for everyone. There's something in the manual for seasoned men and women. There is still a thing or two for the experienced to learn. There is fresh insight broken down in simplicity to probe and penetrate the rhymes and seasons of your life..." / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1092/thumbnail.jpg

This book explores the vision of cultivating a year-round system of renewal and positioning of your mind to think thoughts of wisdom. / https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1105/thumbnail.jpg

Obesity is a serious public health issue within the U.S. and minimal long-term success is found with standard behavioral weight-loss treatments. Typical weight-loss interventions do not acknowledge psychological factors, such as weight-related stigma, which may play a role in the development and maintenance of poor coping behaviors, such as unhealthy eating patterns. Individuals who are obese may often experience weight-related stigma present in society and are ultimately at risk for weight self-stigma, which is related to poor health behaviors and increased psychological distress. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), can be effective for treating numerous mental health presentations, might also be effective in decreasing weight self-stigma and improving health behaviors. Guided self-help may be particularly attractive to individuals struggling with weight self-stigma because it allows for greater flexibility and personal choice. There have been no previous randomized controlled trials evaluating guided self-help for weight self-stigma and health behavior change in obese populations. This study reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of ACT guided self-help for weight self-stigma comparing two versions of guided self-help with varying levels of support versus waitlist control. Each active condition provided unique levels of guided self-help to evaluate whether phone coaching enhanced the program. Results showed both active conditions were highly acceptable, although greater satisfaction with support and greater follow-through with book reading was found for those who received phone coaching. There were significant improvements at post in binge eating, physical activity, psychological distress, weight self-stigma, and weight-related psychological flexibility for both active conditions versus waitlist. Mediational analyses showed significant treatment effects, such that weight self-stigma and weight-related psychological flexibility fully and separately accounted for the relation between ACT guided self-help and binge eating behavior. The findings from this study provide the first randomized controlled trial data of an effective intervention for weight self-stigma. Clinical implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

Previous research on self-change in support groups has focused on the ways individuals accomplish self-change in the "local cultures" of the support group settings. This ethnographic study of the 12-step self-help group Debtors Anonymous (DA) departs from that tradition by focusing on the ways that DA members achieve self-change by employing "recovery" strategies learned from the group in their everyday lives. DA members enter the group during financial crises, and often believe they cannot manage their own personal finances. By learning techniques of financial management taught by the group, DA members gradually gain "sobriety" and financial management skills. This analysis highlights the important role played by various technologies of self-construction in DA members' recovery efforts. Drawing on narrative and governmentality theories, this analysis shows how DA members accomplish self-change by learning to become self-monitoring and self-restrained financial managers and consumers.

Since the turn of the twentieth century, middle-class Americans have considered the thin body--ostensibly the result of self-control and self-discipline--a moral imperative and a symbol of good citizenship. In this thesis, I provide a critical perspective on fat studies by examining the ways in which the field authorizes itself in a society that deems the fat body unhealthy, costly, and immoral. As one potential solution to fat-hatred, fat studies proposes fat-positivity, but I argue that fat-positivity requires an extraordinary act of imagination in which the fat person overcomes what I term the ideology of thinness and subsequently feels good about herself. Importing models of ambivalence from disability studies, I propose ambivalence as an alternative to fat-positivity. I argue that ambivalence is a legitimate response when living in a society that de-values one's embodiment, but ambivalence is undertheorized by fat studies scholars. In Chapter 2, I analyze from a feminist perspective Tweets with the hashtag "feeling fat," tracing the emotion to cultural ambivalence about consumption and consumerism. In Chapter 3, I examine how the genre of the fat memoir authorizes itself during an "obesity epidemic" and what those methods reveal about gendered selfhood. Instead of indicting these Twitter users and fat memoirists for their purported lack of fat-positivity, I emphasize instead the social situations that give rise to these cultural forms. I suggest that drawing attention to ambivalence is a form of political resistance.

This study sought to explore what Self-Help Support Groups (SHSGs) might have to offer young people who experience mental health issues. By definition, these non-profit support groups are run by and for people who come together on the basis of a shared experience. Although much research has been conducted on SHSG involvement among adults, there has been little investigation on the experiences of young people; this is despite the importance of youth mental health. Although several bodies of knowledge contributed to this study, they offered a limited understanding to the findings. Consequently, a more encompassing social capital framework was used to illuminate and challenge the findings. Among the varied understandings of social capital are two oft-cited perspectives – that of Bourdieu (1986) and that of Coleman (1988). However, that applicability of social capital to this study necessitated a theoretical extension of these two perspectives. The present study offers valuable direction to improve current social policy. This includes increased training opportunities for human service providers to raise awareness and appreciation for the unique role filled by SHSGs ; the demonstration of explicit support for SHSG’s in social policy that is relevant to mental health, substance use issues, and young people; and the establishment of a New South Wales clearing house. The thesis closes by attesting the potential benefits associated with SHSGs; if not for the potential benefit they offer young people with mental health issues, and the communities to which they belong, then as a valuable area for future investigation. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

In 1992, the Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) as an application over the Internet using TCP/IP protocol as stated in the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3). Accessing local IS to process data is no longer appropriate in the revolution of distributed processing. Web environments are heterogeneous and portable. First, the Web was developed for textual publishing purposes. However, in parallel the rapid advances of related technology and the incredible growth of ubiquitous data, the Web has evolved from a static medium for information sharing into an interactive multimedia platform that includes video, sound, animation, with dynamic links. In the light of these advancements, Web accessibility and associated problems (eg. People with deafness), represent a serious obstacle that prohibits people with special needs from accessing telecommunication systems. The Deaf Community’ is almost a closed community that has its own language (i.e. sign language), customs and traditions. There is little research around the world investigating direct machine translation of sign language. To avoid machine translation and associated problems, this thesis built on current Web technology to integrate Signage Information into the Web environment. As part of this integration, it made use of an ‘Intermediary Signage Object’ rather than intermediate transmission of video-based sign language. Finally, this thesis provides a Sign Language Annotation tool. It generates an XML document in order to process signage object content. The Graphical Usage Interface (GUI) contains a display window that plays customized sign language clips according to the sign viewers’ preferences. The Signage Tool extends IBM VideoAnnEx Tool to include sign language attributes and related data. In addition, it has been developed for different types of users involved with the deaf community (i.e. hearing impairment, hard of hearing, and sign language interpreters.) / Master of Science (Hons.)

The population of Australia is increasing in age, consequently the incidence of cancer diagnoses is rising. This rise will have a dramatic impact on hospitals with much of the disease burden extending to psychological support for cancer care. At present few men diagnosed with cancer seek support. This study sought to explore men's perceptions of support and prostate cancer support groups. The benefits of support groups for men with prostate cancer have been well documented in international studies. In Australia however, relatively few men diagnosed with prostate cancer join such groups and few studies have examined the factors that influence membership and attendance. This study investigated the experiences of a sample of 181 Australian men diagnosed with prostate cancer, 80 of whom were members of support groups and 107 who were not. The participants were recruited from prostate cancer support groups and an outpatient department of a major cancer hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. The two groups were compared on a range of factors, including disease characteristics, illness perceptions and views of prostate cancer support groups. Further, members of support groups rated a number of objectives to determine the effectiveness of the groups. The majority of members recommended prostate cancer support groups to other men with prostate cancer (92%), however of the non-members of prostate cancer support groups, almost half (48%) had never heard of them. Factors that discriminated between support group members and non-members were emotional perceptions of the illness, symptom reports and illness coherence, with support group members reporting higher scores on these variables. Length of diagnosis and age were also factors that discriminated between the groups with support group members younger and diagnosed longer than non-members. There were no differences between the groups on personal control, both groups reported high perceptions of control over the disease. Members reported more benefits and less costs associated with prostate cancer support groups than non-members. Benefits included information, support, sharing experiences, and supporting other men with the disease. Costs included negative discussions, other men dying, and the distance required to travel to the groups. Both members and non-members reported distance to travel to the groups as a major barrier to attendance. The majority of members had heard of the groups through friends and, for non-members who had heard of the groups, through hospital staff. General practitioners were one of the least likely sources of information about prostate cancer support groups reported by members. Prostate cancer support group members reported high levels of satisfaction with the groups on a range of objectives outlined by the Cancer Council of Victoria. Making friends and accessing community assistance exceeded men's expectations of attendance, however men reported a desire for more information and communication. A need for more funding, advertising, and recognition of prostate cancer support groups by medical staff was also reported. Many men with prostate cancer are unaware of support groups, however a number of benefits were noted by both members and non-members. Greater recognition of prostate cancer support groups by medical staff may provide men with prostate cancer an opportunity to access those benefits. Health service providers should consider the important role prostate cancer support groups play in the recovery of men from prostate cancer and consider ways of dispelling myths men may hold regarding the notion of support.

Introduction: La bibliothérapie est l'utilisation d'un support écrit dans le traitement ou la prévention d'un trouble de santé mentale. Son utilisation en pratique clinique est méconnue en France. Pourtant, elle pourrait être utile pour le médecin généraliste. Objectifs : - Etat des lieux des données de la science sur la bibliothérapie, en particulier en soins primaires - Comprendre la nature de l'action du livre sur les individus. Méthode : Revue simple de la littérature. Recueil et analyse qualitative de témoignages écrits d'individus déclarant avoir vécu un trouble psychologique qui a été amélioré par la lecture d'un ouvrage. Ces témoignages ont été recueillis par un formulaire en ligne diffusé par voie numérique de manière pyramidale via par internet. Résultats : 336 articles ont été trouvés. Au final, 58 articles sont retenus pour leur contenu directement à propos de la bibliothérapie et la méthode employée. Dans ces essais, les auteurs ont étudié dans leur quasi-totalité des livres de thérapie auto-administrée, ou "self-help book" dont le contenu est issu des thérapies cognitives et comportementales. Utilisée seule ou en association avec un suivi en consultation, la bibliothérapie est efficace notamment dans les troubles anxieux et les troubles de l'humeur, ainsi que dans certains troubles de l'érection, le sevrage alcoolique et les troubles du sommeil. Elle renforcerait également l'alliance thérapeutique. 590 sujets ont participé à l'enquête diffusée par internet. 299 témoignages ont été laissés, dont 137 de la part de sujets déclarant avoir vécu un bénéfique psychologique à la lecture d'un livre. Ces témoignages analysés par le logiciel NVivo 8.0 révèlent la nature de l'effet bénéfique de la lecture. A saturation du modèle, nous identifions cinq thématiques qui sont développées: l'expérience d'éveil, la distanciation, l'accompagnement, l'apaisement et la prévention. Conclusion: La bibliothérapie est un outil méconnu mais efficace, qui peut être une réponse pertinente, efficiente, accessible et acceptable en soins primaires dans le traitement et la prévention des troubles de santé mentale. Elle est aussi un moyen de placer le patient au centre de la prise en charge de ses troubles en s'appuyant sur ses compétences et son autonomie. Un champ de recherche est ouvert pour l'utilisation de cet outil en France.