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Attention and modal versus amodal completion : a function for filling-in?Davis, Greg January 1996 (has links)
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Visual search : process and representationFound, Andrew Paul January 1997 (has links)
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Pára quieto menino, presta atenção!! proposições para um outro olhar sobre o corpo atendoMayer, Valéria Neves Kroeff January 2007 (has links)
Nos dias atuais, uma atenção que não seja seletiva, focal, sustentada e voluntária é tratada como desatenção. Neste contexto, a hipercinesia do corpo é entendida, muitas vezes, como um sintoma passível de medicalização. Mas existe uma relação direta entre a quietude do corpo e o estar atento do sujeito? Na busca por respostas para este e outros questionamentos, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo onde se observou a dinâmica de um grupo de crianças no ambiente escolar, nos seus dois primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. O material empírico compôs-se de registros realizados durante os anos de 2006 e 2007, através de caderno de campo, fotografias, filmagens, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com pais, educadores e crianças, bem como análise de documentos escolares, a fim de poder relacionar dinâmica corporal e o funcionamento da atenção de um grupo de crianças em diferentes atividades. A análise dos dados foi realizada apoiada na perspectiva teóricometodológica proposta pela Rede de Significações - RedSig (2004) e a mulher rendeira, suas almofadas, alfinetes, linhas e bilros foram as metáforas usadas para descrever o percurso metodológico. Assim sendo, foi na relação entre “pesquisadora-rendeira” e seus bilros (crianças, educadoras, pais e contextos) que esta pesquisa aconteceu, ou numa outra escrita, se fizeram os fios para a tecitura desta renda de bilros. Buscou-se assim, com os fios encontrados, tecer por meio destes corpos/ sujeitos e que agora se fazem bilro, uma renda de relações que possibilitasse um outro olhar sobre o corpo e sua motricidade no estar atento da criança em diferentes atividades. Esta pesquisa aponta para o fato de que “atenção” é uma palavra com muitos significados e também que o que se entende por atenção, pode ser diferente do que se percebe no sujeito atento. E propõe também a existência de duas manifestações involuntárias na dinâmica do corpo, que podem sugerir um estar atento à tarefa ou situação, são elas: o tônus atencional e as sincinesias. Lembramos, no entanto, que estas (in)conclusões surgiram à partir da convivência com muitos sujeitos, em diferentes contextos. E também, que o que se fez aqui não foi uma correlação direta entre símbolo e significado, pois acreditamos que o linguajar do corpo se faz na relação com o outro. / Nowadays, an attention which is not selective, focal, sustained and voluntary is deemed as inattention. In this context the body hyperkinesis is understood, many times, as a symptom susceptible to medicalization. Is there a direct connection between the body quietude and the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject? In search for answers for this and other questions, a field survey was done where the corporal dynamics of a group of children in the school environment was observed in the first two years out of nine of the Elementary School. The empirical material is constituted of registrations done during the years of 2006 and 2007, through a field registration book, photos, video recordings, a semi-structured interview with parents, educators and children, as well as school documents analysis with the intention to be able to relate the corporal dynamics and the attention functioning of a group of children in different activities. The data analysis was done supported in the theory-methodology perspective proposed by the Rede de Significações – RedSig (2004) and the lacemaker, her cushions, pins, threads and bobbin laces were the metaphors used to describe the methodological route. Therefore, it was in the relation between “surveyor-lacemaker” and her bobbin laces (children, educators, parents and contexts) that this survey took place, or in other words, the threads were made for the braiding of this bobbin lace. The endeavour was to, with the threads found, braid through these bodies/subjects that now are turned into bobbin laces, a lace of relations that make possible a new view about the body and its motricity in the being attentive of a child in different activities. The survey indicated the fact that “attention” is a word with many meanings and also what is understood as attention may be different from what is perceived in the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject. It also proposes the existence of two involuntary manifestations in the body dynamics, that might suggest a state of being attentive to the task or situation which are: the attentional tonus and the synkinesis. Reminding although that these (in)conclusiveness came from the closeness with many subjects in different contexts. Also, what was done here was not a direct correlation between symbol and meaning, because we believe the body language is done in relation with the other.
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Pára quieto menino, presta atenção!! proposições para um outro olhar sobre o corpo atendoMayer, Valéria Neves Kroeff January 2007 (has links)
Nos dias atuais, uma atenção que não seja seletiva, focal, sustentada e voluntária é tratada como desatenção. Neste contexto, a hipercinesia do corpo é entendida, muitas vezes, como um sintoma passível de medicalização. Mas existe uma relação direta entre a quietude do corpo e o estar atento do sujeito? Na busca por respostas para este e outros questionamentos, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo onde se observou a dinâmica de um grupo de crianças no ambiente escolar, nos seus dois primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. O material empírico compôs-se de registros realizados durante os anos de 2006 e 2007, através de caderno de campo, fotografias, filmagens, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com pais, educadores e crianças, bem como análise de documentos escolares, a fim de poder relacionar dinâmica corporal e o funcionamento da atenção de um grupo de crianças em diferentes atividades. A análise dos dados foi realizada apoiada na perspectiva teóricometodológica proposta pela Rede de Significações - RedSig (2004) e a mulher rendeira, suas almofadas, alfinetes, linhas e bilros foram as metáforas usadas para descrever o percurso metodológico. Assim sendo, foi na relação entre “pesquisadora-rendeira” e seus bilros (crianças, educadoras, pais e contextos) que esta pesquisa aconteceu, ou numa outra escrita, se fizeram os fios para a tecitura desta renda de bilros. Buscou-se assim, com os fios encontrados, tecer por meio destes corpos/ sujeitos e que agora se fazem bilro, uma renda de relações que possibilitasse um outro olhar sobre o corpo e sua motricidade no estar atento da criança em diferentes atividades. Esta pesquisa aponta para o fato de que “atenção” é uma palavra com muitos significados e também que o que se entende por atenção, pode ser diferente do que se percebe no sujeito atento. E propõe também a existência de duas manifestações involuntárias na dinâmica do corpo, que podem sugerir um estar atento à tarefa ou situação, são elas: o tônus atencional e as sincinesias. Lembramos, no entanto, que estas (in)conclusões surgiram à partir da convivência com muitos sujeitos, em diferentes contextos. E também, que o que se fez aqui não foi uma correlação direta entre símbolo e significado, pois acreditamos que o linguajar do corpo se faz na relação com o outro. / Nowadays, an attention which is not selective, focal, sustained and voluntary is deemed as inattention. In this context the body hyperkinesis is understood, many times, as a symptom susceptible to medicalization. Is there a direct connection between the body quietude and the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject? In search for answers for this and other questions, a field survey was done where the corporal dynamics of a group of children in the school environment was observed in the first two years out of nine of the Elementary School. The empirical material is constituted of registrations done during the years of 2006 and 2007, through a field registration book, photos, video recordings, a semi-structured interview with parents, educators and children, as well as school documents analysis with the intention to be able to relate the corporal dynamics and the attention functioning of a group of children in different activities. The data analysis was done supported in the theory-methodology perspective proposed by the Rede de Significações – RedSig (2004) and the lacemaker, her cushions, pins, threads and bobbin laces were the metaphors used to describe the methodological route. Therefore, it was in the relation between “surveyor-lacemaker” and her bobbin laces (children, educators, parents and contexts) that this survey took place, or in other words, the threads were made for the braiding of this bobbin lace. The endeavour was to, with the threads found, braid through these bodies/subjects that now are turned into bobbin laces, a lace of relations that make possible a new view about the body and its motricity in the being attentive of a child in different activities. The survey indicated the fact that “attention” is a word with many meanings and also what is understood as attention may be different from what is perceived in the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject. It also proposes the existence of two involuntary manifestations in the body dynamics, that might suggest a state of being attentive to the task or situation which are: the attentional tonus and the synkinesis. Reminding although that these (in)conclusiveness came from the closeness with many subjects in different contexts. Also, what was done here was not a direct correlation between symbol and meaning, because we believe the body language is done in relation with the other.
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Pára quieto menino, presta atenção!! proposições para um outro olhar sobre o corpo atendoMayer, Valéria Neves Kroeff January 2007 (has links)
Nos dias atuais, uma atenção que não seja seletiva, focal, sustentada e voluntária é tratada como desatenção. Neste contexto, a hipercinesia do corpo é entendida, muitas vezes, como um sintoma passível de medicalização. Mas existe uma relação direta entre a quietude do corpo e o estar atento do sujeito? Na busca por respostas para este e outros questionamentos, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo onde se observou a dinâmica de um grupo de crianças no ambiente escolar, nos seus dois primeiros anos do Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. O material empírico compôs-se de registros realizados durante os anos de 2006 e 2007, através de caderno de campo, fotografias, filmagens, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com pais, educadores e crianças, bem como análise de documentos escolares, a fim de poder relacionar dinâmica corporal e o funcionamento da atenção de um grupo de crianças em diferentes atividades. A análise dos dados foi realizada apoiada na perspectiva teóricometodológica proposta pela Rede de Significações - RedSig (2004) e a mulher rendeira, suas almofadas, alfinetes, linhas e bilros foram as metáforas usadas para descrever o percurso metodológico. Assim sendo, foi na relação entre “pesquisadora-rendeira” e seus bilros (crianças, educadoras, pais e contextos) que esta pesquisa aconteceu, ou numa outra escrita, se fizeram os fios para a tecitura desta renda de bilros. Buscou-se assim, com os fios encontrados, tecer por meio destes corpos/ sujeitos e que agora se fazem bilro, uma renda de relações que possibilitasse um outro olhar sobre o corpo e sua motricidade no estar atento da criança em diferentes atividades. Esta pesquisa aponta para o fato de que “atenção” é uma palavra com muitos significados e também que o que se entende por atenção, pode ser diferente do que se percebe no sujeito atento. E propõe também a existência de duas manifestações involuntárias na dinâmica do corpo, que podem sugerir um estar atento à tarefa ou situação, são elas: o tônus atencional e as sincinesias. Lembramos, no entanto, que estas (in)conclusões surgiram à partir da convivência com muitos sujeitos, em diferentes contextos. E também, que o que se fez aqui não foi uma correlação direta entre símbolo e significado, pois acreditamos que o linguajar do corpo se faz na relação com o outro. / Nowadays, an attention which is not selective, focal, sustained and voluntary is deemed as inattention. In this context the body hyperkinesis is understood, many times, as a symptom susceptible to medicalization. Is there a direct connection between the body quietude and the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject? In search for answers for this and other questions, a field survey was done where the corporal dynamics of a group of children in the school environment was observed in the first two years out of nine of the Elementary School. The empirical material is constituted of registrations done during the years of 2006 and 2007, through a field registration book, photos, video recordings, a semi-structured interview with parents, educators and children, as well as school documents analysis with the intention to be able to relate the corporal dynamics and the attention functioning of a group of children in different activities. The data analysis was done supported in the theory-methodology perspective proposed by the Rede de Significações – RedSig (2004) and the lacemaker, her cushions, pins, threads and bobbin laces were the metaphors used to describe the methodological route. Therefore, it was in the relation between “surveyor-lacemaker” and her bobbin laces (children, educators, parents and contexts) that this survey took place, or in other words, the threads were made for the braiding of this bobbin lace. The endeavour was to, with the threads found, braid through these bodies/subjects that now are turned into bobbin laces, a lace of relations that make possible a new view about the body and its motricity in the being attentive of a child in different activities. The survey indicated the fact that “attention” is a word with many meanings and also what is understood as attention may be different from what is perceived in the ‘be attentive’ state of the subject. It also proposes the existence of two involuntary manifestations in the body dynamics, that might suggest a state of being attentive to the task or situation which are: the attentional tonus and the synkinesis. Reminding although that these (in)conclusiveness came from the closeness with many subjects in different contexts. Also, what was done here was not a direct correlation between symbol and meaning, because we believe the body language is done in relation with the other.
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Repercussões da recepção-escuta no atendimento da porta dos serviços de saúde mental coletiva e em seus projetos terapêuticosMendes, Márcia Cristina Schwarz [UNESP] 13 February 2004 (has links) (PDF)
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mendes_mcs_me_assis.pdf: 327150 bytes, checksum: b3bced17d6835388baaef5254ea50ebf (MD5) / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar a escuta no atendimento da recepção dos usuários num serviço de Saúde Mental Coletiva e sua repercussão nos projetos terapêuticos da instituição. Partiu-se da hipótese de que a forma como ocorre a escuta nesses primeiros contatos pode privilegiar ações assistenciais na perspectiva da Atenção Psicossocial, que visa a constituição de um paradigma substitutivo ao modelo psiquiátrico, ou ações que reforçam o paradigma psiquiátrico dominante. O estudo foi desenvolvido num programa de Saúde Mental que funciona no Centro de Saúde de um município do Estado de São Paulo com 30 mil habitantes, cujo atendimento inicial é denominado Pronto Atendimento. Chegamos à conceituação de duas modalidades de recepção na instituição: o Pronto Atendimento, como uma recepção burocrática, e a recepção-escuta, um modo de recepção em consonância com o paradigma da Atenção Psicossocial. Os dados foram colhidos por intermédio da recepção-escuta com um grupo de usuários no atendimento inicial da instituição, num período de dois meses, no plantão semanal da pesquisadora. Foram realizadas observações participantes sobre a interação desses modos de escuta inicial com a instituição e seus programas e com os profissionais da equipe. Levaram-se em conta, ainda, dados obtidos através da leitura de prontuários e dados fornecidos pelos próprios usuários através de entrevistas que revelaram a relação, destes usuários, com o tratamento a que foram encaminhados seis meses após a recepção-escuta... / This research was carried out to study attentiveness in the first-aid given to patients when they arrive at the first-aid reception room of a Public Mental Health Service and its effect on the therapeutic projects of that Service. We started from the hypothesis that the way such a care is given to patients at that first contact may favor assistance in the perspective of the Psychosocial Care which aims at the organization of a substitutive paradigm to replace the psychiatric model or actions which reinforce the prevailing psychiatric paradigm. The study at issue was carried out in the context of a Mental Health program of a Health Service in a county with 30 thousand people, and its first-aid care is called Pronto Atendimento. Two kinds of first-aid care were classified at that Health Service: first-aid care viewed as a bureaucratic promptness and the Attentive first-aid care, a way of attending to patients in accordance with the paradigm of the Psychosocial Care. The data of the research were collected by means of the attentive first-aid care given to a group of patients as they first arrived at the Service, along a two-month training practice while the researcher was on duty at that Service. Participant observation was also made broaching the interaction of such kinds of attentive first-aid care with the Service at issue and its programs, and also with the first-aid personnel team. One also took into consideration data collected by means of research into the Service record and the information provided by patients in interviews focusing on their relation to the treatment they had been given six months after the attentive first-aid care ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
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Présence attentive et satisfaction conjugale en contexte de transition à la parentalitéMorin, Laurence 10 1900 (has links)
La transition à la parentalité est exigeante en raison des nombreux changements et demandes croissantes survenant durant cette période. Lorsque les ressources des parents sont limitées ou que leurs vulnérabilités sont trop grandes pour pouvoir s’adapter au stress, leur détresse psychologique peut se répercuter sur leur relation, ce qui peut à son tour diminuer leur satisfaction conjugale. Une majorité de nouveaux parents rapporte une diminution de leur satisfaction conjugale à l’arrivée de leur premier enfant. Afin d’examiner cette problématique, plusieurs auteurs se questionnent sur les variables pouvant influencer la satisfaction conjugale lors de la transition à la parentalité. Des chercheurs suggèrent d’ailleurs que la présence attentive constitue une ressource individuelle pouvant être associée à plus de satisfaction conjugale durant la transition à la parentalité.
L’objectif général de cette thèse par articles est d’évaluer le lien dyadique entre la présence attentive et la satisfaction conjugale des nouveaux parents. Dans le premier article, ce lien est évalué à un niveau global. L’objectif étant d’évaluer les liens dyadiques entre la présence attentive dispositionnelle et la satisfaction conjugale, ainsi que le rôle du stress comme processus médiateur de cette relation. Soixante-dix-huit couples de nouveaux parents (N = 156 participants ; M = 6 mois post-partum) ont participé à l’étude. Les analyses de médiation ont été réalisées avec un modèle de médiation de l'interdépendance acteur partenaire (APIMeM). Au niveau acteur, les résultats révèlent que la présence attentive dispositionnelle des individus est négativement liée à leur stress, qui à son tour est négativement lié à leur satisfaction relationnelle. En outre, bien que toutes les effets partenaires étaient dans les directions attendues, aucun effet significatif n’a été décelé. Les résultats de cette première étude élargissent les connaissances actuelles sur l'association dyadique indirecte entre la présence attentive dispositionnelle et la satisfaction conjugale durant la transition à la parentalité en mettant en évidence le fait que cette relation est médiée par le stress.
Le deuxième article porte lui aussi sur l’évaluation du lien dyadique entre la présence attentive et la satisfaction conjugale. Ce lien y est exploré en mesurant deux types de présence attentive, soit la présence attentive générale et la présence attentive relationnelle. Plus encore, la présence attentive y est mesurée au quotidien et les variations intrapersonnelles sont incluses dans les analyses statistiques. Ici aussi, soixante-dix-huit couples (N = 156 participants et 1506 observations) ont pris part à cette deuxième étude. Pendant 14 jours consécutifs, les couples ont rempli des journaux quotidiens mesurant leur niveau de présence attentive générale et relationnelle ainsi que leur satisfaction relationnelle. Les données ont été analysées à l'aide d'un modèle multiniveau avec partenaires distinguables (c-à-d., mère ayant porté le bébé versus partenaire). Les résultats montrent que les jours où les participants rapportent une présence attentive générale et relationnelle supérieure à leur niveau habituel, ils rapportent aussi avoir une plus grande satisfaction conjugale. Des effets partenaires positifs ont également été décelés pour les deux membres de la dyade. Plus précisément, les jours où les parents rapportent plus de présence attentive relationnelle qu’à l’habitude, leur partenaire rapporte plus de satisfaction conjugale. Les résultats issus de cette étude mettent en lumière le rôle central des variations intrapersonnelles de présence attentive dans les liens dyadiques entre la présence attentive et la satisfaction conjugale des nouveaux parents. Plus encore, cette recherche démontre comment la présence attentive relationnelle joue un rôle central dans ce lien dyadique. / The transition to parenthood is particularly demanding because of the accumulating changes and increasing demands during this period. When new parents' resources are limited, or their vulnerabilities are too significant to adapt to the increasing stressors, their distress can spill over into their relationship, negatively influencing their relationship satisfaction. Most new parents report a decrease in relationship satisfaction with the arrival of their first child. To address this issue, several authors have investigated the variables influencing relationship satisfaction during the transition to parenthood. Some point to mindfulness as a potential individual resource associated with greater relationship satisfaction during the transition to parenthood.
This dissertation assessed the dyadic relationship between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction among new parents. The first study examined this relationship at a macro level. Specifically, its purpose was to assess the dyadic links between dispositional mindfulness and relationship satisfaction, and the role of stress as an indirect process in this dyadic relationship. A total of 78 new parent couples (N = 156 participants; M = 6 months postpartum) participated in the study. A mediation analysis was conducted with an actor-partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM). At the actor level, results revealed that individuals' dispositional mindfulness was negatively related to their stress, which in turn was positively linked to their relational satisfaction. Furthermore, although all associations between the individuals and their partner's variables were in the expected directions, no significant partner effects were found. The results of this initial study expand current knowledge about the indirect dyadic association between dispositional mindfulness and relationship satisfaction during the transition to parenthood by highlighting stress as an indirect process underlying this association.
The second study also assessed the dyadic relationship between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction. Yet, it explored this dyadic link using two measures of mindfulness, namely general mindfulness and relational mindfulness. Furthermore, mindfulness was measured daily, and within-person variations in this construct were included in the statistical analyses. A total of 78 couples (N = 156 participants and 1506 observations) participated in this second study. For 14 consecutive days, couples completed daily diaries measuring their general and relational mindfulness and relationship satisfaction. Data were analyzed using a multilevel model with distinguishable partners (i.e., childbearing mother versus partner). Overall, on days when participants reported general and relational mindfulness above their usual level, they also reported greater satisfaction within their romantic relationship. Positive partner effects were also found for both dyad members. Specifically, on days when parents reported having more relational mindfulness than usual, their partners also reported greater satisfaction in their relationship. Our results expand current scientific knowledge by highlighting the central role of within-person variations and relational mindfulness in the positive dyadic link between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction among new parents.
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Repercussões da recepção-escuta no atendimento da porta dos serviços de saúde mental coletiva e em seus projetos terapêuticos /Mendes, Márcia Cristina Schwarz. January 2004 (has links)
Orientador: Abílio da Costa-Rosa / Banca: Laura Belluzzo de Campos Silva / Banca: Cristina Amélia Luzio / Resumo: Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo estudar a escuta no atendimento da recepção dos usuários num serviço de Saúde Mental Coletiva e sua repercussão nos projetos terapêuticos da instituição. Partiu-se da hipótese de que a forma como ocorre a escuta nesses primeiros contatos pode privilegiar ações assistenciais na perspectiva da "Atenção Psicossocial", que visa a constituição de um paradigma substitutivo ao modelo psiquiátrico, ou ações que reforçam o paradigma psiquiátrico dominante. O estudo foi desenvolvido num programa de Saúde Mental que funciona no Centro de Saúde de um município do Estado de São Paulo com 30 mil habitantes, cujo atendimento inicial é denominado "Pronto Atendimento". Chegamos à conceituação de duas modalidades de recepção na instituição: o Pronto Atendimento, como uma "recepção burocrática", e a "recepção-escuta", um modo de recepção em consonância com o paradigma da Atenção Psicossocial. Os dados foram colhidos por intermédio da "recepção-escuta" com um grupo de usuários no atendimento inicial da instituição, num período de dois meses, no plantão semanal da pesquisadora. Foram realizadas observações participantes sobre a interação desses modos de escuta inicial com a instituição e seus programas e com os profissionais da equipe. Levaram-se em conta, ainda, dados obtidos através da leitura de prontuários e dados fornecidos pelos próprios usuários através de entrevistas que revelaram a relação, destes usuários, com o tratamento a que foram encaminhados seis meses após a "recepção-escuta" ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research was carried out to study attentiveness in the first-aid given to patients when they arrive at the first-aid reception room of a Public Mental Health Service and its effect on the therapeutic projects of that Service. We started from the hypothesis that the way such a care is given to patients at that first contact may favor assistance in the perspective of the "Psychosocial Care" which aims at the organization of a substitutive paradigm to replace the psychiatric model or actions which reinforce the prevailing psychiatric paradigm. The study at issue was carried out in the context of a Mental Health program of a Health Service in a county with 30 thousand people, and its first-aid care is called "Pronto Atendimento". Two kinds of first-aid care were classified at that Health Service: first-aid care viewed as a "bureaucratic promptness" and the "Attentive first-aid care", a way of attending to patients in accordance with the paradigm of the Psychosocial Care. The data of the research were collected by means of the "attentive first-aid care" given to a group of patients as they first arrived at the Service, along a two-month training practice while the researcher was on duty at that Service. Participant observation was also made broaching the interaction of such kinds of attentive first-aid care with the Service at issue and its programs, and also with the first-aid personnel team. One also took into consideration data collected by means of research into the Service record and the information provided by patients in interviews focusing on their relation to the treatment they had been given six months after the "attentive first-aid care" ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Mestre
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Do Actions Really Speak Louder Than Words?: Investigating the Effects of Nonverbal Immediacy and Verbally Aggressive Messages on Perceptions of a Managers Perceived Level of Credibility, Caring, and Communicator StyleLybarger, Joseph E. January 2014 (has links)
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Outcomes of Aggression Replacement Training for U.S. Adolescents in Residential FacilitiesOndrus, Coral Ann 01 January 2016 (has links)
A National Survey indicated that 1.6 million adolescents in the U.S. were arrested in 2010 and 1.5 million in 2011 for erratic aggressive behaviors, thus showing a decline from the 2.18 million adolescent arrests in 2007. Residential facilities in the state of Pennsylvania offer a group intervention called Aggression Replacement Training (ART) to help adjudicated adolescents regain control of erratic behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which level of group participation in ART and certain demographic factors (age, gender, ethnicity, family socioeconomic status, parental involvement, and education) predict decreased aggression and increased anger control among these youth. Cognitive theory and change theory were used to guide this causal-comparative investigation. The overarching research question was, does a youth's level of ART group participation (i.e., attentive, inattentive, and resistant) result in a subsequent reduction in risk assessment as measured by post Aggression Questionnaire score differences. Data were collected for the period of 2011-2014 from archival records from 5 residential facilities (n = 160) in Pennsylvania and were statistically analyzed. Findings from an analysis of variance indicate that ART group participation predict decreased erratic aggressive behaviors and increased anger control among adolescents. Findings from multiple regression analyses indicate that parental involvement predicts attentive participation level, whereas ART group participation, gender, and parental involvement predicted a reduction in risk assessment. Study findings may assist other treatment facilities and affiliated agencies in the U.S. with developing and implementing effective interventions for youth who exhibit erratic aggressive behaviors.
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