Review of: Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health Toward Inspirational Practice, Donna Betts and Val Huet (eds) (2023) London and Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley, 272 pp., ISBN 978-1-78775-722-6, p/bk, GBP 29.44
Dramatic representation. The theater, Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
This study aims to test the effectiveness of peer counseling guidance in reducing cyberbullying behavior among students at the Daar El Syahid Teluknaga Islamic Boarding School, Indonesia. This study used an experimental method with a pretest-posttest control group design. The research sample was selected using a purposive sampling technique, with 150 students from a population of 500. The sample was divided into an experimental group, which received peer counseling guidance intervention, and a control group, which received intervention as usual. The research instruments used included the Cyberbullying Behavior Scale, Peer Counseling Effectiveness Questionnaire, Observation Guide, and Interview. Data analysis was carried out using an independent t-test, first testing the assumptions of normality and homogeneity of variance using Kolmogorov-Smirnov or Shapiro-Wilk and Levene's Test. The study showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after the intervention, with a substantial decrease in cyberbullying behavior in the experimental group. The results of this study indicate that peer counseling guidance effectively reduces cyberbullying behavior among students. The program successfully raised awareness of the negative impacts of cyberbullying, developed coping strategies, and strengthened empathy and digital ethics among students. The results of this study are expected to be the basis for developing counseling programs in educational institutions to create a safer and more inclusive environment for students.
Farzin Bagheri Sheykhangafshe, Hojjatollah Farahani, Mohsen Dehghani
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Chronic pain is a multifaceted condition influenced by biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors, with personality traits playing a key role in shaping individual experiences. This study investigates the differences in temperament and character traits among individuals with varying degrees of chronic pain severity. Conducted as a descriptive and causal-comparative study, the research focused on patients with chronic pain attending pain clinics and physiotherapy centers in Tehran between 2022 and 2023. A purposive sample of 130 individuals experiencing low and 130 individuals experiencing high pain levels participated in the study. The participants completed questionnaires assessing chronic pain severity using the Graded Chronic Pain Scale and personality traits using the Temperament and Character Inventory. Data analysis was conducted using multivariate analysis of variance with SPSS 24. The results revealed significant temperament and character components between the two groups (p < 0.01). Patients experiencing higher levels of chronic pain exhibited elevated levels of harm avoidance (F=761.740) and novelty seeking (F=399.756), alongside decreased levels of reward dependence (F=564.723), persistence (F=243.040), self-directedness (F=291.953), cooperativeness (F=452.232), and self-transcendence (F=285.586). The results of this study revealed that individuals with higher levels of chronic pain exhibit elevated harm avoidance and novelty seeking, along with lower reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence. These differences highlight the significant influence of personality traits on chronic pain experiences. The findings can inform the development of personalized pain management strategies to improve the quality of life for these patients.
Como se ve, esta ley indirectamente deja las puertas abiertas al maltrato de los invertebrados y posiblemente en la práctica arrastra con ello al de los pequeños vertebrados, ya que el sentido común ha demostrado que hay una relación inversa entre el tamaño del animal y la capacidad del humano para aniquilarlo; esto es, a menor dimensión del primero, mayor facilidad para el segundo de matarlo. Es decir, que la ética respecto de la condición sintiente del animal decrece con sus medidas, y seguramente también con la incapacidad de este de emitir un grito u otro tipo de queja sonora o de exponer señas de dolor, lo cual disuadiría a algunos a hacerles daño, aunque esto no impide que animales más grandes y expresivos como gatos o perros sean víctimas —a pesar de convivir con el hombre desde hace miles de años— de sus dueños u otras personas, a veces perversas, de todo tipo de sevicias y que en el futuro serán capaces de perpetrar crímenes hacia sus propios congéneres. De hecho, el maltrato animal, que alcanza increíbles grados de sadismo, es muchas veces uno de los signos precoces de los asesinos en serie; por ejemplo, ya en 1886 Krafft-Ebing observó que ese tipo de asesinos disfrutan (hoy diríamos con Lacan que gozan) al torturar a los animales indefensos, lo que les produce una sensación de poder.
Thadeus Ega Fausta, Muslihati Muslihati, Henny Indreswari
Global diversity illustrates students' ability to think broadly when encountering cultures different from their own. The aim of this research is to determine whether there is an effect when guidance and counseling services are combined with local Indonesian values, specifically the values contained in Kakawin Sutasoma. The Kakawin Sutasoma is a work by Mpu Tantular, believed to have been written between 1365 and 1389 during the Majapahit kingdom in the 14th century. The Majapahit kingdom had a diverse cultural and religious background, which inspired Mpu Tantular to create a bridge among these various streams to foster unity. This research is a type of quasi-experiment, using a pretest-posttest control group design. The research subjects are 10th-grade students aged 15 to 16 years, selected through purposive sampling, consisting of 8 individuals for the experimental group and 6 individuals for the control group. The control group consists of 4 males and 4 females, while the experimental group has 4 males and 2 females. Data analysis used non-parametric statistical tests employing the Wilcoxon technique, followed by the Mann-Whitney test to compare differences between the experimental and control groups. The results of this study show an Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.008 < 0.05. This means that group guidance with the sociodrama technique incorporating Kakawin Sutasoma values is effective in managing the global diversity attitudes of high school students.
The article investigates the problem of organizing the "sense of rightness" in the structure of personality in the context of modern challenges, particularly the war in Ukraine, which has led to deteriorating psychological health, increased stress levels, and the emergence of various psychological symptoms. The authors emphasize the importance of internal harmony and authenticity of personality in the conditions of an increasing pace of life and informational influence. The concept of Carl Rogers' "organismic tendency," which focuses on the internal sense of rightness supported by a therapeutic environment, is examined. Approaches of other theorists, such as Leslie Greenberg, Robert Elliott, Erik Erikson, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Viktor Frankl, regarding the formation and maintenance of the "sense of rightness" are also analyzed. The study highlights the necessity of new therapeutic methods to support psychological resilience and personality development under modern stress factors, particularly through emphasizing the integration of emotions, self-awareness, and the search for deep meaning in life and the sense of rightness.
This article attempts to explore and clarify the theme of death from an educational perspective, through a group intervention and a study conducted on 100 high school students. Death education is conducted through one experiential group, where youth can discuss mourning, loss, separation, death, and life in their own experiences. Participants of this study struggled with ambivalent emotions when facing the polarity of death and life: for instance, they mentioned both hate and love when freely associating with the word ‘life’. Adults often share the erroneous idea that death is not part of the adolescent experience. On the contrary, 89% of the boys and girls stated they experienced a mournful event, even in spheres such as friendship and family. Specifically, 24% of them have had to deal with the death of a friend. This article suggests the necessity of working with small psychodynamic groups when addressing silence and denial which surround the ideas of separation, end, loss, and death working with teen groups.
The focus of this research is Human Resource Management in the field of guidance and counseling in formal education units by studying about human resource planning, recruitment, career development of guidance and counseling teachers. Furthermore, it focuses more on obstacles and support in the management of human resources, both for education unit leaders and even more so for guidance and counseling teachers. The purpose of this research is to cover; 1) Describe the management of human resources in the field of guidance and counseling in the formal education unit, 2) Clarify the description of HR planning, recruitment, career development in the field of guidance and counseling in the formal education unit, 3) Sharpen an in-depth picture of the obstacles in the management of Human Resources in the field of guidance and counseling in formal education, 4) Sharpen the description of the supporting factors in the management of Human Resources in the field of guidance and counseling in formal education. This research method is descriptive qualitative, namely to obtain information about human resource management in the field of guidance and counseling in formal education units in Banjarmasin City. Data Reduction Analysis, namely the Conclusion Data Display. Research Results (1). There is no preparatory stage (2) There has been no data collection for BK teachers (3) There has been no determination of BK teacher positions that are not too urgent (4) There is no planning or program development that helps in meeting the needs and duties of BK teachers. (5) There has never been an implementation or implementation of the planning for the needs of BK teachers.
Ayesha Basharat, Muhammad Mustafa Qamar, Misdaq Batool
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Background: Satisfaction is a positive and pleasurable emotional state promoted by an appraisal, and putting perfection into work is a topic that received the attention of many researchers in different fields.
Objective: A connection exists between job dimensions, stress, and satisfaction at the workplace, but there is an absence of a theory that provides a conceptual understanding of these connections. The correlation between occupational exhaustion, stress, and satisfaction was investigated to find a link between different factors in the workplace that may affect productivity among physical therapists in different working environments.
Methods: : Cross-sectional study ruled out work factors that create negativity or positivity at the workplace. A job exit questionnaire was used for data collection, including questions regarding different aspects of job interpretation for stress and satisfaction, and a perceived stress scale was used to measure stress levels. Open-epi software was used for sample size calculation. Two hundred physical therapists from various private and government clinical settings were chosen. Using the purposive sampling technique, the total number of respondents interviewed was 200, out of which 100 were from government sectors, and 100 who worked in private sectors. Working experience of physiotherapists was decided >5 years as inclusion criteria to test the potential of professional growth in terms of satisfaction.
Results: 97±2% of physical therapists had completed and submitted the questionnaire. 57% have 7±1.5 years of working experience. There is a direct relation between Job exhaustion with stress
r = 0.56, and stress is inversely related to satisfaction r = -0.42. 79% of Physiotherapists in the public sector found their occupation less stressful than physiotherapists working in the private sector. Productivity score was high in govt employees. It was determined that the promotion system based on qualification, skill, and seriousness in work positively affects the work performance.
Conclusion Physiotherapists working in the public sector are more satisfied with their job’s nature, working environment, and occupation than those working in the private sector.
Keywords: Psychological Stress, burnout, Satisfaction, Job/occupation, Physical Therapist
Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities, Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
Laura Edit CIULEA, Andreea-Romana BAN, Eniko Gabriela PAPP
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Communication in sports is a process that is of great concern to specialists, but information related to this area is very poor. Jean Caune [3] pointed out that “cultural phenomena and communication processes are, more than ever, part of any community life”. Communication positively influences the performance of fitness-specific activities, the genetic potential can be improved due to the interaction between practitioners. The present article aims to draw attention to the fact that the way people communicate is influenced, to a large extent, by the personality of the individual, with different interests and emotional states of their own, as well as the fact that their communication skills are essential in our society, they involve the transmission of data, by means of verbal or non-verbal signals, and the creation of different relationships between people. [6, 10]
Regarding sports activities in general and fitness in particular, socialization is a very good means of communication [4]. Fitness is a means of promoting fair play, a means of socialization, being considered a complex phenomenon with positive influences and effects, which is another aspect this article focuses on.
We also intend to emphasize that through socialization, athletes adopt certain rules and principles specific to society, then become members of a team, a group [9]. In the context of socialization, communication has a particularly important role, contributing to the integration and evolution of the athlete in society.
Almudena López-López, Lucía Toca Pérez, José Luis González Gutiérrez
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El presente estudio tiene como objetivo la evaluación del impacto e implementación de un programa grupal piloto basado en la ACT para la reducción de la procrastinación académica en estudiantes universitarios, analizando así mismo, los cambios producidos en el autoconcepto académico y elementos motivacionales. Los estudiantes participantes fueron asignados aleatoriamente a un grupo experimental (N = 7), en el que se aplicó un programa de cinco sesiones, y un grupo control sin intervención (N = 15). Los instrumentos de medida aplicados fueron la Escala de Evaluación de la Procrastinación, el Cuestionario MAPE-3 para la evaluación de la motivación, y la escala de autoconcepto académico perteneciente al Cuestionario AF-5. Los resultados muestran cambios estadísticamente significativos en procrastinación académica, miedo al fracaso y autoconcepto académico. Aunque modesto, este estudio presenta datos a favor de la aplicación de la ACT como una posibilidad terapéutica en la reducción de la procrastinación en los estudiantes universitarios.
The slow learner in this study is a condition in which children experience slowness in their cognitive abilities and are below the average normal child so he needs more time to understand or master the subject matter. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive restructuring techniques to increase students' slow learner learning motivation, cognitive restructuring techniques to replace negative thoughts and interpretations with positive action thoughts so as not to get used to and become aware of their thought processes. This type of research uses Quasi Experiments with pre-test and post-test designs to compare the experimental group and the control group. Research subjects are slow learner students who have low motivation levels with a total of 14 students. The results of the experimental group measurements showed that the post-test score was higher than the pre-test score. Besides that, the Wilcoxon signed Rank Test test shows that the Sig. <0.05 so that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, meaning that there are significant differences in the level of slow learner student learning motivation before and after treatment is given. This shows that group counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques is effective in increasing slow learner students' learning motivation.
En 1972 durante una conferencia en Milán, Lacan introduce su formulación sobre el discurso capitalista. Según plantea, el discurso capitalista es el sustituto del discurso del amo, condenado a estallar. A partir de las novelas 1984 de George Orwell y Un mundo feliz de Aldous Huxley, se pretende explicar en qué sentido el discurso capitalista sustituye y articula el discurso del amo. 1984 ilustra la dominación del Gran Otro bajo la lógica del Gran hermano. Un mundo feliz permite comprender la relación entre tecnociencia y programación cuyo resultado es la seducción como forma de control.
In this article, a clinical protocol for delivering a flexible, spiritually integrated cognitive-behavioral therapy, called spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential, and intensive treatment (SPIRIT), is presented, and its implementation is described.
This article meta-analytically reviews the research on the association between therapist positive regard (PR) and treatment outcome. The history of the construct of unconditional PR in client-centered theory and the efforts to clearly operationalize and measure this construct are reviewed. Several clinical examples are presented. The updated meta-analysis, which features expanded inclusion criteria and a larger number of studies (k = 64) than previous analyses, yielded a small positive association between PR and treatment outcome, g = .28. To control for the repeated use of data sets and study samples within the database, a multilevel meta-analysis was adopted that indicated a stronger relation between PR and clinical outcome (g = 0.36). These analyses support PR’s standing as a significant component of the therapy relationship that leads to improved clinical outcomes. The article concludes with limitations of the research, patient contributions, diversity considerations, and recommendations for using PR in practice.