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Personal Change (personal + change)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Medical Sciences	60%
Psychology	40%

Selected Abstracts

Creating Mr. Right and Ms. Right: Interpersonal ideals and personal change in newlyweds

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, Issue 4 2000
ANN P. RUVOLO
Based on research on exchanging information during conflict (e.g., Levinger, 1983) and the energizing effects of negative feelings (e.g., Lewin, 1951; Gottman & Krokoff, 1989), this study explores circumstances in which individuals change, over the years, in fulfillment of their spouses'unmet ideals for them. In a longitudinal study of over 200 African American newlywed couples and White newlywed couples, respondents'ratings were combined to form an index of individuals'change in fulfillment of their partners'initially unmet ideals for them. Predictions were that individuals would change more when they listen and try to understand their partners'feelings during conflict or when they have negative feelings about the functioning of the relationship. Results were that high openness to information exchange during conflict predicted high change for White husbands, White wives, and African American wives, and negative feelings about relationship functioning predicted high change for White wives, African American wives, and African American husbands. [source]

Employer-sponsored occupational therapy professional development in a multicampus facility: A quality project

AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY JOURNAL, Issue 4 2009
Anne Cusick
Aim:,To critically assess and develop recommendations for professional development (PD) for occupational therapists in a multisite specialist cerebral palsy occupational therapy service. Method:,Quality improvement project based on principles of participatory action research: audit of PD resources/activity; stakeholder consultations and literature review. Results:,The PD program goal, resources, strategies, activities and evaluations conducted at the centre were identified and described. Areas for improvement were identified by critically considering the PD program in the context of reviewed literature. There was an assumption that personal change through PD would help attain the organisational goal of clinically competent practitioners who use evidence-based practice in a family-centred context. Recommendations:,Future PD plans and evaluations need to explicitly address this assumption. The use of structured reflection and the ,clinical reasoning' conceptual framework was recommended as one way to help personal change from PD to have workplace impact. This project provides a precedent and guide to occupational therapy PD planners regarding a whole-of-organisation approach to developing and maintaining competence through PD. [source]

A Unified Theory of Development: A Dialectic Integration of Nature and Nurture

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Issue 1 2010
Arnold Sameroff
The understanding of nature and nurture within developmental science has evolved with alternating ascendance of one or the other as primary explanations for individual differences in life course trajectories of success or failure. A dialectical perspective emphasizing the interconnectedness of individual and context is suggested to interpret the evolution of developmental science in similar terms to those necessary to explain the development of individual children. A unified theory of development is proposed to integrate personal change, context, regulation, and representational models of development. [source]

The experiences and perceived changes of Chinese ex-mental patients attending a holistic psychiatric rehabilitation programme: a qualitative study

JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Issue 6 2008
A. L. LUK
The paper reports a study on the subjective experiences and perceived personal changes of Chinese ex-mental patients attending a psychiatric holistic rehabilitation programme. The programme adopted a self-help group approach in which holistic aspects of physical, psycho-social and spiritual needs are emphasized. There are different rehabilitation programmes for chronic mental patients. However, spiritual element is not consciously included in most of these programmes. Furthermore, few studies document the changes of participants attending psychiatric rehabilitation adopting self-help and holistic care principles. A qualitative approach using an in-depth interview was adopted. A total of 20 members from the programme, which was about one-sixth of all the regular group members were recruited. All interviews were audiotaped and transcribed. Data were coded, categorized and developed to different themes using content analysis. Totally, there were 52 themes developed from the data. However, only 13 themes on experiences in the group and nine themes on the perceived personal changes were reported. By attending the programme, participants had positive feelings and gained many positive learning opportunities when interacting with peers. Interacting with group counsellors was also very beneficial to them. Though there were only some improvements physically, there were clear perceived positive changes in the psychological, social and spiritual dimensions. These findings are consistent with those found in the quantitative measures reported previously. The subjective experiences of the participants were positive and they perceived positive personal changes after joining the group. The findings support the effectiveness of the long-term nature of self-help group. Furthermore, the holistic programme helps members rediscover meaning and purpose of life and the religious practices in the group can be regarded to be a protective factor to stress not only to those believers but also to the non-believers. [source]