Silence is a construction: An exploratory of people’s everyday understandings

Culture & Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

In this exploratory study, we documented the variety of meanings and ranges experiences that people associate with word “silence”. The research involved developing premises for a “qualitative-first” content analysis, based on anonymous responses 116 participants to six incomplete sentences prompts. If participant described two or more features silence in their response, coded these entries separately. We analyzed 890 codes via social representations theory. analysis data suggests are not purely sensory but rather constructed. other words, they mediated by specific activities, intentions, emotions, values, interactions others self. Regardless whether moments occur intentionally unexpectedly, appear influence attention focus different tasks. These can also serve as necessary contrast variation during. One key aspects concerns relational dimensions potential deepen jeopardize our relationship self, others, environment, even God some. value contextual sociocultural approaches study everyday life is further discussed considering findings.

Language: Английский

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“The Whole Structure Is Knackered, It Could Still Explode, It Really Could”: A Mixed Methods Study of Initiatives to Increase General Practitioner Prescribing in an Opioid Dependence Treatment Program from 1970 to 2022 in New South Wales, Australia

Contemporary Drug Problems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Opioid dependence is a chronic health condition with significant public implications. treatment (ODT) has evolved considerably over time. In New South Wales, Australia, ODT prescribing been available since 1970, managed by both state services and private practitioners, mostly general practitioners (GPs). This study investigated how various initiatives influenced GP engagement in Wales. The research employed mixed-methods approach, combining document review, key informant interviews, quantitative prescriber data analysis. Findings revealed substantial increase GPs the 1970s, providing care for half of ODT-treated population 2022. However, only small percentage offered ODT, resulting limited access unmet needs. structure remained vulnerable to potential disruptions availability. These results highlight complex interplay between policy clinical practice addressing opioid dependence. underscores need long-term, diverse strategies improve support involvement comprehensive individuals

Language: Английский

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Transformative Social Policy Through Land Reform: Women’s Economic Agency and Rural Social Change in Zimbabwe

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

This article investigates the transformative potential of social policy interventions in restructuring gender relations and women’s economic empowerment. It specifically examines Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme as a instrument designed to reshape positioning rural settings. Through qualitative quantitative analyses data from 30 women land beneficiaries, study reveals significant shifts roles being marginalised individuals landowners employers, thereby challenging traditional patriarchal structures. The findings indicate that these transitions not only enhance autonomy but also elevate their status within communities, fostering sense agency participation agricultural production community leadership. highlights transformation dynamics labour relations, increasingly assume leadership roles, disrupting conventional promoting equity agrarian contexts. micro-level experiences documented provide insight into how navigate relations. contributes reframing discourse emphasises necessity for policies recognising contributions economies. acknowledges limitations reform universal solution, suggesting its effectiveness is contingent upon having support systems place. concludes can serve powerful catalyst transformation, paving way more equitable sustainable landscape Zimbabwe.

Language: Английский

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Validating the use of large language models for psychological text classification

Frontiers in Social Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) are being used to classify texts into categories informed by psychological theory (“psychological text classification”). However, the use of LLMs in classification requires validation, and it remains unclear exactly how psychologists should prompt validate for this purpose. To address gap, we examined potential using classification, focusing on ways ensure validity. We employed OpenAI's GPT-4o (1) reported speech online diaries, (2) other-initiations conversational repair Reddit dialogues, (3) harm healthcare complaints submitted NHS hospitals trusts. Employing a two-stage methodology, developed tested validity prompts instruct manually labeled data ( N = 1,500 each task). First, iteratively three types one-third coded dataset, examining their semantic validity, exploratory predictive content Second, performed confirmatory test final remaining two-thirds dataset. Our findings contribute literature demonstrating that can serve as valid coders phenomena text, condition researchers work with LLM secure semantic, predictive, They also demonstrate rapid cost-effective iterations over big qualitative datasets, enabling explore refine concepts operationalizations during manual coding classifier development. Accordingly, secondary contribution, enable an intellectual partnership researcher, defined synergistic recursive process where LLM's generative nature facilitates checks. argue may signify paradigm shift toward novel, iterative approach improve operationalizations.

Language: Английский

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Challenges for conceptualising otherness

Possibility Studies & Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. 245 - 251

Published: Feb. 24, 2024

Otherness is a deceptively simple concept. Ostensibly it refers to someone else, who is, in an ultimate sense, unknowable. But, there are many ways which the self-other boundary blurred. First, self already other from standpoint of other. Second, so far as perspective taking possible, some otherness within self, and Third, when people talk think they routinely move between perspectives other, changing shifting perspectives, leveraging one against Overall, core challenge for conceptualising that does not exist without self. ‘in’ rather two-sided relational quality arises

Language: Английский

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Problems in Dealing with Problems: How Breakdowns in Corrective Culture Lead to Institutional Failure

British Journal of Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(1), P. 73 - 90

Published: May 16, 2024

Abstract Although research investigating how organizational culture contributes to institutional failure has extensively conceptualized the causal factors (e.g. norms for behaving unsafely), prevents such problems from being corrected is less well theorized. We synthesize theory on accidents, resilience and reliability learning develop a conceptual model of ‘corrective culture’. This relates distributed behaviours three interconnected elements: detection (‘identification’), appreciation their meaning (‘interpretation’) responses prevent harm (‘action’). To investigate model, its role in failure, we combined natural language processing qualitative analysis examine 54 UK public inquiries published during 1990–2020. Our mixed‐methods found that malfunctions identifying, interpreting acting cause breakdown organizations’ loops’, which enables originating compound grow risky, unsafe or poor conduct) an failure. theorize double‐loop required this, whereby strong unambiguous feedback compels organizations acknowledge address dealing with , thus enabling them correctly identify, interpret act issues spiral into

Language: Английский

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Multi-Resolution Design: Using Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses to Recursively Zoom in and out of the Same Dataset

Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 16, 2024

A recent challenge is how to mix qualitative interpretation with computational techniques analyze big data. To this end, we propose “multi-resolution design” for mixed method analysis of the same data: zooms-in provide in-depth contextual insight and quantitative zooms-out measures, associations, statistical models. The raw data transformed between excerpts, counts, measures; each having unique gains losses. Multi-resolution designs entail transforming back-and-forth these types, recursively quantitizing qualitizing Two empirical studies illustrate multi-resolution design can support abductive inference increase validity. This contributes methods literature a conceptualization dataset create tightly integrated synergies.

Language: Английский

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Diaries as Technologies for Sense-making and Self-transformation in Times of Vulnerability

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 58(2), P. 563 - 588

Published: April 4, 2023

Abstract Diaries have been generally understood as “windows” on sense-making processes when studying life ruptures. In this article, we draw Michel Foucault’s conceptualization of self-writing a “technology the self” and sociocultural psychology to propose that diaries are not but technologies aid in sense-making. Concretely, analyzed three non-exhaustive non-exclusive uses diary writing times vulnerability: (1) imagination future preparation encounter difficulties; (2) distancing from one’s own experience; (3) creating personal commitments. Our longitudinal data comprised public online written over more than twenty years, belonging anonymous individuals selected database 400 diaries. We these by iterating between qualitative quantitative analysis. conclude that: beyond their expressive dimension, support process, without form self-generated space for dialogue with oneself which diarist also becomes aware social nature her story; only Socratic “know thyself” work oneself, especially terms perspective past or future; (4) practice goes towards development desire transform trajectory.

Language: Английский

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Development and vulnerability across the lifecourse

Culture & Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(4), P. 813 - 840

Published: Sept. 11, 2023

What is it that develops in adult life? Development through work and family life have been documented theorised detail, but much less known about what learned beyond these domains, people’s engagements hobbies or when out of (e.g., unemployed, retired). We argue development can be addressed general terms, domain specificity; drawing on our sociocultural psychology framework, assuming an open-system perspective, we highlight the two processes progressive differentiation psychological distancing diverse domains activity. To address over time, explore 20 years lives longitudinal analysis online diaries. A combination quantitative qualitative enables us to identify experiences rupture transitions, diversity their interests, how change time. Based a case-study, show that, if direction does entail distanciation, also hindered by cumulation vulnerabilising events. Finally, some such as long-standing activity diary writing, itself used resource for development.

Language: Английский

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Towards a Satisfactory Future—Multiprofessional Rehabilitation for Young Persons with ADHD or ASD

Disabilities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. 918 - 935

Published: Nov. 13, 2024

There is a lack of knowledge about what kind support should be offered in adulthood for persons with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum (ASD) to promote inclusive participation meaningful life domains. The core components multiprofessional rehabilitation intervention young adults are explored from the perspective teams. This qualitative study adopts pragmatic on rehabilitation. Twenty-six professionals participated vignette-based focus group interviews (n = 5), and thematic reflexive analysis was used abductively analyze data. A total ten were identified. Nine them aggregated into three categories: (1) readiness (two components), (2) adaptive progress personal goals (four (3) continuum (three components). overarching tenth component focusing daily life, work, studies, social interaction. collaborative relationship between client professional essential ensure foster clients’ self-determination. strengths solutions instead deficits challenges. To establish continuum, it collaborate within networks awareness opportunities working studying people ADHD ASD.

Language: Английский

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