Neuróticos anônimos é uma associação formada por grupos de ajuda mútua que reúnem indivíduos que se consideram com problemas emocionais seguindo o Programa de recuperação de Alcoólicos Anônimos, adaptado às suas finalidades. Com base em pesqnisa etnográfica, incluindo a observação participante nas reuniões de três grupos localizados na cidade de São Paulo, foram caracterizadas as formas de participação, atividades dos grupos, as motivações, crenças e valores dos participantes, abordando ainda aspectos organizacionais e históricos da associação e do seu Programa. Considerando o processo de individualização em curso, esta pesquisa buscou compreender o papel desempenhado pela instituição na orientação do comportamento dos seus membros em relação às suas demandas específicas relacionadas aos problemas comuns da vida cotidiana. A partir do exame da socialização experimentada pelos participantes nos grupos, é mostrado como a participação engendra processos de identificação entre indivíduos que passam por problemas semelhantes, requerendo de cada um o envolvimento ativo e a motivação subjetiva - a formulação de um projeto para si e com outros por meio da construção autônoma de uma narrativa de vida para si mesmos. Afirma-se que o papel das instituições para os indivíduos se transformou, não mais determinando os rumos pelo qual eles devem traçar os seus destinos ao longo da vida, nem servindo para orientá-los completamente quanto aos inúmeros problemas que se colocam para eles na vida cotidiana. Isto é, os indivíduos selecionam uma dentre tantas outras instituições existentes, das quais participam e pelas quais são socializados ao longo da vida, para resolverem determinados tipos de problemas e não outros. / Neurotics Anonymous is an association formed by self-help groups bringing together individuais who consider themselves with emotional disturbances by following the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery Program adapted to your purposes. Based on ethnographic research, including participant observation conducted at the meetings of three groups located in the city of São Paulo, it was characterized forms of participation, the activities of groups, motivations, beliefs and values of the participants, also considering organizational and historical aspects of the association and its Program. Considering the ongoing process of individuation, this research sought to understand the role played by the institution in guiding the behavior of its members in relation to their specific demands related to common problems of everyday life. From the examination of socialization experienced by group participants, it is shown as the participation engenders processes of identification between individuais who go through similar problems, requiring each one the active involvement and subjective motivation - the formulation of a project for themselves and others through autonomous construction of a life narrative for themselves. It is argued that the role of institutions for individuais changed, not determining the direction in which they should draw their destinations throughout life, not serving to guide them completely as the many problems that arise for them in everyday life. That is, individuais select one among many others existing institutions, which they participate and for which they are socialized lifelong, to solve certain types of problems and not others.

Orientador: Adriana Gracia Piscitelli / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T06:30:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferreira_CarolinaBrancodeCastro_D.pdf: 3338879 bytes, checksum: 59002f4529c15dd65c7af040adb5fcca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O objetivo desta pesquisa é compreender aspectos da produção de moralidades e noções afetivo-sexuais no Brasil contemporâneo a partir de campo de pesquisa constituído por três frentes etnográficas, por meio das quais busco compreender diferentes relações, fluxos, circulações e deslocamentos de sujeitos, significados, noções e sentidos. A primeira é trabalho de campo etnográfico entre fluxos produtores de socialidade estabelecidos em grupos de ajuda mútua anônimos ligados às ideias de addicção/compulsão sexual e amorosa. A segunda frente etnográfica diz respeito à análise e reflexão da circulação de materiais de autoajuda, bem como da propagação e visibilidade de noções e aparatos produtores de morais afetivo-sexuais veiculados por diversas mídias de comunicação. Finalmente, a terceira frente reúne material sobre o surgimento de categorias médicas e noções patologizadoras contemporâneas, relacionadas ao amor e ao sexo, bem como por breve trabalho de campo etnográfico no Ambulatório Integrado dos Transtornos do Impulso (AMITI) do Instituto de Psiquiatria no Hospital das Clínicas em São Paulo. A análise do conjunto do material revelou que a socialidade produzida em grupos anônimos opera a partir de ideias e categorias específicas, nas quais noções de pertencimento e aquelas que produzem sentidos do sagrado são da maior importância. Além disso, o engajamento emocional nessa socialidade envolve a produção de teorias nativas da doença do vício em sexo e/ou amor, horizontes éticos afetivo-sexuais criados a partir de práticas pedagógicas no âmbito amoroso-sexual, e competências emocionais que produzem elementos de diferenciação social que abarcam dnâmicas e buscas de mobilidade social. Ainda, discuto a importância de agentes leigos na constituição de saberes médicos e especializados a respeito da adicção ao sexo e amor, com ênfase na constituição da oferta de determinados serviços na área da psiquiatria em São Paulo relativos ao tema / Abstract: The proposal of this research is to understand aspects of the production of moralities and sexual-affective notions in contemporary Brazil. With this in mind, the fieldwork consists of three ethnographic fronts, by which I seek to understand different relationships, flows, circulations and displacements of subjects, meanings and notions. The first is ethnographic fieldwork between sociality established in anonymous self-help groups linked to ideas of sexual and love addiction. The second ethnographic front concerns the analysis of self-help materials, as well as the propagation and visibility of notions and gadgets producers affective-sexual moral conveyed by various media of communication. Finally, the third front gathers material about the emergence of medical categories and pathologized notions, related to love and sex, as well as brief ethnographic fieldwork at the Clinic of Integrated Impulse Control Disorders (AMITI) of the Psychiatry's Institute at the Hospital of Clinicas in Sao Paulo. The analysis of the material revealed that sociality produced in the flows among the anonymous groups operating out of ideas and specific categories in which notions of belonging and those that produce the sacred meanings are relevant. Furthermore, the emotional engagement involves the production of native theories of disease about the sex and/ or love addiction. Moreover, it get involved ethical emotional-sexual horizons created practices competences within skills produce elements of differentiation social that include social mobility. Still, I discuss the importance of no-specialist elements of the production of knowledge in the establishment of medical and psi expertises about sex and love addiction, with an emphasis on the constitution provision of certain services in the field of psychiatry in Sao Paulo for the theme / Doutorado / Ciencias Sociais / Doutora em Ciências Sociais

D.Ed. (Psychology of Education) / Daily media reports alert nations worldwide of the ever escalating aggressive acts of behaviour over many decades and has subsequently aroused deep concern as progressive growth In population becomes increasingly evident. Our future lies in the hands of our youth who are exposed to a wide range of educational, family, employment, political and health challenges that depart in major ways from those of young people one or two generations ago. The educational challenge is not limited to academia solely but more Importantly focuses on the upholding and envisioning of a values-based education that stirs the conscience of a nation encouraging moral, responsible law abiding citizens. This responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of our female educators amongst others in a democratic educational system. Female educators outweigh males significantly in number in our educational system yet research reveals that some female educators are not given sufficient support, acknowledgement and recognition for their committed roles In education. Faced with overwhelming demands female educators are expected to fulfil multiple roles and yet maintain a healthy balance between work commitments and family responsibilities. Some cultures have the added expectation that women bear the prime responsibility for childcare and domestic work. As a result, notable gender differences in aggression arise primarily from contrasting gender roles which augments into the workplace. The overall purpose of the study is to develop and describe a psycho-educational programme to be used as a framework of reference to facilitate the healthy self-management of secondary school female educators' experience of their aggression. The implementation and evaluation of the programme will serve as a facilitative process through the promotion of personal growth and the mobilisation of female educators to constructively self-manage their experience of aggression. Attempts to meet this broad objective were accomplished by employing an explorative, descriptive and contextual research design. In this research study field notes were used in conjunction with eight in-depth phenomenological Interviews conducted with female educators. The findings of their experiences of aggression at their secondary school evolved around their associated emotions; the resultant measures of support and the coping strategies the female educators sought as a current means of addressing their mental health status as educators and community stakeholders. The data analysis of the findings revealed that female educators do have the potential to facilitate and mobilise the available resources in order to promote their own mental health and grow towards wholeness. The future scenarios that schools are likely to face are both challenging and daunting: can schools actively shape the future by listening to the heartbeat of its female educators or merely respond to its exigencies. The liberal awakenings and gradual movement from oppression to equality for the female In South Africa as well as Issues of aggression, political violence, single parenting and abuse on women further extrapolate the need to listen to the voices of women. An awareness of their plight as evidenced In this study will hopefully draw attention to their needs and bring offers of subsequent support to the mothers of our nation which will inadvertently Impact on our youth ... our future as a nation. A shared vision building process will thus only become a living force when each Individual truly believes s/he can shape her/his future. The ability of our educational system to compete in an Increasingly global economy depends on our ability to prepare both learners and educators for new or changing landscapes.

The individualization and medicalization of the emotional distress of those given psychiatric diagnoses deny the social, political, and economic context in which the presenting behaviours arose and leads away from making changes to society. Some people who are psychiatrically labelled join in groups for solidarity in the face of being stigmatized. In these groups the members can resist the disempowerment and helplessness learned in the psychiatric system. With co-researchers from a self-help group this study gives expression to the usually silenced voices of psychiatrized people. Feminist and standpoint theories, co-cultural and living systems theories form a framework for this narrative study. A structural narrative method is used to analyze the stories, found in the transcripts of six individual interviews, told by the co-researchers about their experiences in psychiatric services and in the recovery process. The stories reveal how the ideology and practices of psychiatry use stigma, oppression and the creation of the identity of psychiatric patient for control and management. The stories also reveal the reality of hope for recovery through the support of peers and from the role models of those who have significantly recovered their mental health. Two focus group interviews were conducted with members of the self-help group where suggestions for programs were developed to address issues raised within the groups and in the individual interviews. The findings of the research will be reported to the self-help group who will use the study to back proposals for the funding of recovery-oriented programs. When social workers and other mental health professsionals recognize the importance of supporting the process of recovery, consumer/survivor-run programs will be acknowledged as effective and integral parts of any mental health system / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

Orientadores: Guita Grin Debert, Omar Ribeiro Thomaz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T06:15:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Trindade_CatarinaCortesaoCasimiroNascimento_M.pdf: 39231849 bytes, checksum: f8c82904615497c4671aa7621b546954 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: A presente dissertação busca compreender os múltiplos sentidos atribuídos ao xitiki, prática de sociabilidade comum na cidade de Maputo, Moçambique. Através da observação dos encontros mensais de dois grupos de xitiki familiar e dos diferentes momentos que os compõem, assim como de entrevistas com mulheres xitikeiras, buscou-se entender como são construídas, fortalecidas e tencionadas as relações entre os participantes. O trabalho mostra que a definição do xitiki como uma forma de poupança e crédito rotativo não dá conta dos significados articulados e das relações estabelecidas pelo xitiki / Abstract: This dissertation aims to understand the multiple meanings given to xitiki, common practice of sociability in Maputo, Mozambique. Through observation of the monthly meetings of two families and the different moments that make them, as well as interviews with women, I tried to understand how the relationships between the participants are built, strengthened and strained. This dissertation reveals that the definition of xitiki as a form of saving and rotating credit doesn¿t manage to handle xitiki¿s articulated meanings and stablished relations / Mestrado / Antropologia Social / Mestra em Antropologia Social

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(地球環境学) / 甲第22104号 / 地環博第190号 / 新制||地環||37(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院地球環境学舎地球環境学専攻 / (主査)教授 西前 出, 教授 小林 広英, 准教授 鬼塚 健一郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Global Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DGAM

Most studies on online self-help groups for healthcare contexts have explored the content of social support. However, very little research has shed light on the communicative behaviors and language use of participants in online self-help groups for mental illness. This thesis studies the communication of social support in online self-help groups for anxiety and depression (OSGADs) to reveal their characteristics as communities of practice (CofPs) and how the predominant communicative acts of the participants contribute to social support communication. The data of the present study is a self-compiled corpus of 120 threads collected from six selected OSGADs. Mixed methods discourse analysis (MMDA) is used as a research method to conduct three empirical studies (i.e., Chapters 4, 5, and 6), in which both qualitative and quantitative approaches of discourse analysis are utilized, including content analysis, textual analysis, and interaction analysis. Different analytical frameworks are employed in the analyses. The data analysis begins by investigating the main communicative patterns of the interactions (Chapter 5) and then examines two predominant communicative acts (Chapters 5 and 6). Issues closely related to the analysis are also discussed in each of the analytical chapters. Using conversation analysis (Jefferson & Lee, 1992) and Social Support Behavior Code (Coulson, 2005), Chapter 4 reveals the sequential structures and main content of the interactions. The results show that self-disclosure and advice-giving are the most predominant communicative acts in the interactions. This chapter argues that the optimal matching theory (Cutrona & Russell, 1990) is probably inadequate to elucidate that the support proffered by respondents aids the support seekers. Chapter 5 investigates the multiple functions of self-disclosure in personal, textual, and interactional layers. The functions are examined through textual analysis and interaction analysis in tandem with frameworks including cognitive discourse analysis (Tenbrink, 2015) and rhetorical structure theory (Mann & Thompson, 2009). The findings show that self-disclosure enables support providers to distance themselves from problems, release their emotions, and increase reliability/persuasiveness. Self-disclosure facilitates the disclosure of other participants and support recipients may perceive it as advice, mitigation, and normalization. Chapter 6 conceptualizes the politeness of advice messages. Viewing advice as a speech event, textual analysis is conducted to explore the discursive moves and relational strategies (Locher, 2006) in advice messages, and shows that the advice messages contain many emphatic moves and relational strategies, including sharing own experience, empathizing, and assessment. The notions of contextualization (Gumperz, 1987) and relational work (Watts, 2003) are used to argue that empathy is a contextualization cue to make the advice messages appropriate and politic. Based on the three empirical studies, this thesis suggests three main characteristics of OSGADs as CofPs, including an emphasis on supportiveness, participants' performance of multiple identities, and frequent self-disclosure and advice. This thesis argues that self-disclosure is particularly crucial in the social support communication due to its multi-functionality. Self-disclosure is also an act that contextualizes an empathetic interactional context wherein advice is often politic and appropriate. This thesis concludes by discussing implications for interpersonal communication and online support groups in Hong Kong

The Group Process Questionnaire (GPQ), a 55-item rating scale, was developed by Richard Wollert in 1981 to assess perceptions of the frequency of processes occurring in self-help groups (SHGs). The GPQ was first employed by Wollert, Eakins, and Dixon (Note 1) as the primary data collection instrument in an ongoing investigation of urban SHGs. This investigation is one of a small number of empirical studies which have attempted to specify the range of SHG activities. Due to the relatively recent emergence of SHGs as topics of research, and the unique obstacles to research presented by the independent character of these groups, previous discussions of their methods of operation have been primarily theoretical and impressionistic in nature.

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