AB: Describes 2 approaches to understanding how families respond to a member's chronic illness or disability. Whereas the 1st approach is predicated on the assumption that illness is an inherently negative situation that adversely impacts on family life, the 2nd emphasizes the subjective meaning of illness, which is viewed as emergent and changing. It is posited that researchers working from the 1st approach conceptualize families as relatively passive in their response to illness; those using the 2nd focus on how families actively devise strategies for managing family life when a member is chronically ill or disabled. Methodological implications of each approach are summarized, examples of research emanating from each are described, the clinical implications of each approach are discussed, and the advantages of combining elements of both approaches in a given study are presented. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: approaches to conceptualizing family response to member's chronic illness or disability
DE: COPING-BEHAVIOR; FAMILY-RELATIONS; FAMILY-MEMBERS; DISORDERS-; METHODOLOGY-
CC: Classification Code
AG: composite Age Group(s)
PO: Human
UD: 8809
AN: 75-26606
JC: 1242
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TI: Occupational role performance and life satisfaction in elderly persons.
AU: Elliott,-Marjorie-S.; Barris,-Roann
IN: Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Ctr, Nursing Home Care Unit, Richmond, VA, US
AB: Used the model of human occupation as a conceptual framework to examine the relationship between the number and meaningfulness of roles performed and life satisfaction in 112 noninstitutionalized elderly persons (aged 65-91 yrs). Results suggest a positive, significant relationship between life satisfaction and the number of roles performed and the level of involvement in meaningful roles. Findings support the basic premise of occupational therapy, that occupation can maintain and/or restore health. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: number & meaningfulness of occupational roles performed; life satisfaction; 65-91 yr olds
DE: OCCUPATIONS-; LIFE-SATISFACTION; MEANINGFULNESS-; ROLES-; AGED-; VERY-OLD; ADULTHOOD-
CC: 2840; 2860; 28; 28
PO: Human
AG: Adult; Elderly
UD: 8809
AN: 75-26211
JC: 1152
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TI: T. S. Eliot and The Waste Land : Psychopathological antecedents and transformations.
AU: Trosman,-Harry
IN: U Chicago, IL, US
JN: Emotions-and-Behavior-Monographs; 1987 No 4 191-218
IS: 07349890
LA: English
PY: 1987
AB: Examines the link between T. S. Eliot's personality, his psychiatric illness, and his "grouse against life," reflected in his poem The Waste Land. The poem is viewed in terms of intersystemic conflict, narcissistic injury, and reintegration. Events in Eliot's life that eventuated in depression and a brief period of psychotherapy (e.g., sexual failure, death of father, abandonment of mother), the nature of his treatment, the significance of his relationship with Ezra Pound, and the composition of The Waste Land in terms of its psychological meaning are discussed. The work raises questions as to the link between psychopathology and artistic creativity. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: link between personality & psychiatric illness & his "grouse against life" in T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land"
DE: POETRY-; PSYCHOANALYTIC-INTERPRETATION; ARTISTS-; PERSONALITY-; MENTAL-DISORDERS
CC: 2610; 26
PO: Human
UD: 8809
AN: 75-26046
JC: 2104
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TI: Dual-purpose activity versus single-purpose activity in terms of duration on task, exertion level, and affect.
AU: Miller,-Lynette; Nelson,-David-L.
IN: Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hosp, Allentown, PA, US
AB: Examined the performance and affective meanings of individuals engaged in stirring for the single purpose of exercise vs stirring for the dual purposes of exercise and mixing cookie batter. 30 female undergraduates in 2 groups stirred the same substance, but the dual-purpose group received added environmental stimuli: an edible product (cookies) and the aroma of baking cookies. Exertion and duration of involvement were measured. After the procedure, each S completed a short-form semantic differential that measures the affective meanings of an activity on 3 variables: evaluation, power, and action. Ss in the dual-purpose group rated their activity higher on the evaluation variable than did single-purpose Ss. The difference in exertion approached significance. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: dual vs single purpose activity; duration on task & exertion level & affect; female college students; occupational therapy implications
DE: MEANINGFULNESS-; EMOTIONAL-STATES; ENERGY-EXPENDITURE; OCCUPATIONAL-THERAPY; ADULTHOOD-
CC: 3380; 33
PO: Human
AG: Adult
UD: 8808
AN: 75-24533
JC: 2154
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TI: Guided Autobiography: A counseling tool for older adults.
AU: Malde,-Susan
IN: Westmont Coll, Counseling Ctr, Santa Barbara, CA, US
JN: Journal-of-Counseling-and-Development; 1988 Feb Vol 66(6) 290-293
LA: English
PY: 1988
AB: Investigated the usefulness of an educational-counseling course based on the life review concept and designed to help older persons facing critical developmental issues (e.g., self-concept, time competence), using 39 community volunteers (aged 60-82 yrs). Despite a lack of significant results on the dependent measures, informal evaluations and a follow-up study indicate that the course resulted in some positive changes. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: Guided Autobiography educational counseling program; self concept & time competence & purpose in life; 60-82 yr olds
DE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY-; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC-COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC-TECHNIQUES; SELF-CONCEPT; AGED-; LIFE-SATISFACTION; ADULTHOOD-
CC: 3370; 33
PO: Human
AG: Adult; Elderly
UD: 8808
AN: 75-24423
JC: 1577
469 of 596
TI: The social component of health.
AU: Minkler,-Meredith
IN: U California School of Public Health, Berkeley, US
AB: Discusses the role of social support in health promotion and disease prevention, based on theoretical and empirical data linking social support and health status. A number of hypotheses and studies are described, which suggest that social support may play a crucial health promoting role in (1) helping individuals cope with stressful life events or (2) contributing to a general sense of coherence and control over destiny that appears to be connected with health and well-being. Discussed are unanswered questions in conceptualization and methodology. It is suggested that an alliance is necessary between social policy and social support. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1988 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KP: social support; health promotion & disease prevention
DE: SOCIAL-SUPPORT-NETWORKS; PREVENTION-; DISORDERS-; HEALTH-
