Motivation, Resisting, Considering and Accepting
John R. Cutcliffe, José Carlos Santos, Paul S. Links, Juveria Zaheer, Henry G. Harder, Frank Campbell, Rod McCormick, Kari Harder, Yvonne Bergmans, Rahel Eynan in Routledge International Handbook of Clinical Suicide Research, 2013
Through the progression of group, seeing the possibility that there may be some value to participation began to occur through presentation of some of the concepts and/or skill utilization. The key was that it had to resonate for the individual, thus returning to the belief that the content has to hold meaning for participants in order for them to consider that it might have some value. Albeit cautiously, accepting themselves as participants in the group and being active group members occurred after participants had passed through their resistance and considered how things might be different for them. This in turn instilled some level of hope that things might have the potential of being different; believing oneself to be capable and competent; being worthy of respect and caring. The instillation of hope and each participant's comment on the sense of belonging and inclusion, ascribe to the curative factors of group: universality and instillation of hope as noted by Yalom and Leszcz (2005). When considering Everall et al.'s (2006) finding that social support is central to a young person's healing, perhaps a significant feature of the PISA/SFSL intervention is that it creates a place of belonging and commonality. Furthermore, it could be interpreted that the focus on emotional literacy is concordant with Everall et al.'s (2006) suggestion that it is emotional processing that often contributes to an increased sense of agency and sense of control.
Narrative practice
Trudy Stewart in Stammering Resources for Adults and Teenagers, 2020
NP engages with the stories a person tells to make sense of his life. The processes of externalisation and reauthoring are illustrated in this chapter with stories from our clinical practice. Through the process of externalisation, a person takes a position as separate from the problem and evaluates the effects of the problem. From this, a sense of agency develops, which allows him to recognise steps he has to take in line with his desired outcomes. This leads into the reauthoring process. Narrative practice, while recognising the value of narratives, has developed these processes to enable a therapist to help move a client from problem-based narratives to narratives that fit better with his hopes, values and dreams.
Pain, voluntary action, and the sense of agency
Jennifer Corns in The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain, 2017
The studies described here suggest that the sense of being in control can reduce perceived pain levels, beyond any effects of voluntary movement or motor preparation on pain processing. One outstanding question is whether painful outcomes, as opposed to non-painful outcomes, affect the sense of being in control over the action that caused the pain. This feeling of control over one’s own actions and their outcomes is known as the sense of agency.
Agency and Authenticity
Published in AJOB Neuroscience, 2021
Subjectively, our phenomenal sense of agency is said to be the feeling we experience in our active capacity to engage in effectual behavior. That experience, that feeling, is what we can say counts as verification of a causally appropriate cognitive disposition in relation to the activity – i.e., the sense that the effects are indeed the result of our agentive engagement when accompanied by mental representations that make appropriate sense of the effects experienced as being the results of my will to act. For instance, I believe that my fountain pen has run out of ink, so I pick it up with the intention to change the cartridge, and do so. The experienced effects of my action have resulted in a phenomenal (seeming) confirmation that my beliefs and intentions are what caused my will to be effectual via the act of picking up and changing the cartridge. To be clear, the general approach to agency that posits appropriate relations of cause and effect as verifiable (at least subjectively) between mental representations and events is what we might consider the standard theory of agency.
Association between schizotypal personality trait and dispositional optimism among prisoners: Findings from some selected male prisoners in a Nigerian prison
Published in International Journal of Mental Health, 2020
Babatola Dominic Olawa, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
While it is already known that being diagnosed with schizophrenia is associated with lower levels of optimism in comparison with healthy controls (Jeste et al., 2017), we are yet to know whether sub-clinical psychotic traits and experiences found in schizotypal personality trait also predict optimism. According to the self-consciousness model (Gallagher, 2004), the minimal-self survives on both senses of ownership and sense of agency. In particular, the sense of agency is needed to understand that we are the cause of our actions (Asai & Tanno, 2007). This implies that optimistic disposition may be dependent on the awareness that (by our actions) we can contribute to the occurrence of future positive outcomes. However, an experimental study has shown that individuals with schizotypal personality traits have a weaker or dysfunctional sense of agency (Asai & Tanno, 2007). Given the abnormal sense of agency in the schizotypal personality trait, it is proposed that this trait will negatively predict dispositional optimism among prison inmates. Findings will necessitate the need for early detection of schizotypal PD to prevent its risks for lower optimism and other mental health problems among inmates.
Adaptive Behavioral, Social-Emotional, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 2 Years of Age in Hungarian Preterm Infants Based on Bayley III
Published in Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2021
Beáta Erika Nagy, Flóra Kenyhercz
We find it essential to interpret our findings not only statistically but in their clinical importance as well. Many studies have already called attention to the higher risks of (mild or severe) developmental delay in cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional functioning, however, we also calculated odds ratios for the vulnerability of ELBW children within the population of low birthweight infants. We need to emphasize, that regarding the Adaptive Behavior skills, the ELBW group performed relatively poorer in the Practical and Social adaptive domains and relatively better in the Conceptual domain. Based on our result, we would like to emphasize the important role of both parents and health-care professionals. Parents should promote their children’s sense of agency and encourage them to do tasks they can do at their age in order to promote self-care skills development. This sense of agency may support the development of healthy self-esteem and competence that are needed in various aspects of life. Regarding health-care professionals, we find it crucial to screen the low birthweight (especially the ELBW) population for any delays in all developmental domains at 2 years. Early interventions may prevent any difficulties in mental, motor, or emotional/behavioral development in later ages.
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- Theory of Mind
- Moral Reasoning