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The Quest for Purpose
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 428

The Quest for Purpose

While the search for meaning and purpose appears to be a constant throughout human history, there are characteristics about our current time period that make this search different from any other previous time, particularly for college students. In this book, Perry L. Glanzer, Jonathan P. Hill, and Byron R. Johnson explore college students' search for meaning and purpose and the role that higher education plays. To shed empirical light on this complex issue, the authors draw on in-depth interviews with four hundred college students from different types of institutions across the United States. They also analyze three sets of national survey data: the National Study of Youth and Religion, College Students Beliefs and Values, and their own Gallup-conducted survey of 2,500 college students. Their research identifies important social, educational, and cultural influences that shape students' quests and the answers they find. Arguing against a utilitarian view of education, Glanzer, Hill, and Johnson conclude that colleges and universities can and should cultivate and aid students in their journeys, and they offer suggestions for doing so.

Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1712

Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

The Self in Anxiety, Stress and Depression
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 453

The Self in Anxiety, Stress and Depression

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000-04-01
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

The focus of this book is on stressful experiences and emotional reactions. The common perspective is that self-related cognitions play an important role in describing and explaining the subjective experience of stress, anxiety and depression and the impact on academic performance and social interactions. The assumption of self-related cognitions as mediators in the regulation of one's behavior has a variety of consequences for different fields of applications in psychology.

Perfect Balance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

Perfect Balance

Become a stronger, more informed gymnast with this practical guide for young athletes, filled with unique insights, advice, tips, strategies and more intended for young gymnasts who want to feel heard and understood in one of the toughest, most competitive sports. Gymnastics is one of the fastest growing sports, particularly for young girls. Yet despite its popularity, many young athletes quit before they reach high school age due to the physical and mental demands. In Perfect Balance, multiple award-winning former gymnast and mentor to young gymnasts Julia Konner helps young athletes navigate their relationship with gymnastics. With a mix of objective advice, personal stories from the autho...

Questioning Psychological Health and Well-being
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 179

Questioning Psychological Health and Well-being

Explores the meaning of psychological health and well-being. This book examines three historical illustrations of interdisciplinary dialogue between theologians and psychologists that took place in the US from 1940 to 1960 and two contemporary theoretical voices - critical psychology and existential analysis - within the discipline of psychology.

Prisoners of Our Thoughts
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 217

Prisoners of Our Thoughts

How do I find meaning in my life? How can I find meaning in my work? World-renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's ""Man's Search for Meaning"" is one of the most important books of modern times. Frankl's personal story of finding a reason to live in the most horrendous of circumstances-Nazi concentration camps-has inspired millions. Now, ""Prisoners of Our Thoughts"" applies Frankl's philosophy and therapeutic approach to life and work in the 21st Century, detailing seven principles for increasing your capacity to deal with life-work challenges, finding meaning in your daily life and work, and

The Social Construction of Russia's Resurgence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 334

The Social Construction of Russia's Resurgence

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-06
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

A concluding chapter discusses the policy implications of aspirational constructivism for Russia and other nations and a methodological appendix lays out a framework for testing the theory.

Private Speech
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Private Speech

Since the publication of Vygotsky’s Thought and Language in the United States, a number of North American and European investigators have conducted systematic observations of children’s spontaneous private speech, giving substantial support to Vygotsky’s major hypotheses — particularly those regarding the social origins of higher psychological functions. However, there still remain many vital questions about the origins, significance, and functions of private speech: How can social and private speech be validly differentiated? What kinds of social interactions promote the use of private speech? What are the sources of individual differences in the use of private speech? This unique volume addresses these and many other important questions. Characterized by a strong emphasis on original data, it reports on systematic observations of spontaneous private speech in children and adults in both laboratory and naturalistic settings. In addition to its systematic analysis of common methodological problems in the field, the book contains the most comprehensive bibliography of the private speech literature currently available.

Sacred Aid
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

Sacred Aid

How and why did this happen, and what does it mean for humanitarianism writ large?.

Depression and the Social Environment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

Depression and the Social Environment

While depression has been the subject of much research in the last decade, far too little attention has been paid to the influence of the social environment on depression and on mental health generally. This lack has become more conspicuous since the Canadian federal government began requiring that policy makers make social environment a primary consideration when designing new mental health programs.