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Shira Barzilay - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the interpersonal theory of suicide and adolescent suicidal behavior
    2015
    Co-Authors: Shira Barzilay, Dana Feldman, Avigal Snir, Alan Apter, Vladimir Carli, Christina W Hoven, Camilla Wasserman
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND: Joiner's interpersonal theory of suicide (IPTS) proposes that suicide results from the combination of a perception of burdening others, Social Alienation, and the capability for self-harm. The theory gained some empirical support, however the overall model has yet to be tested. This study aimed to test the main predictions of IPTS in a large community sample of Israeli adolescents. METHOD: 1196 Israeli Jewish and Arab high-school pupils participating in the SEYLE project completed a self-report questionnaire measuring perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, health risk behaviors, and non-suicidal self-injury (risk variables), and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts (outcome measures). The data were tested in cross-sectional regression models. RESULTS: Consistent with IPTS, perceived burdensomeness was found to interact with thwarted belongingness, predicting suicidal ideation. Depression mediated most of the effect of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness on suicidal ideation. Acquired capability for self-harm, as measured by health risk behaviors and direct non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, predicted suicide attempt. However, this mechanism operated independently from ideation rather than in interaction with it, at variance with IPTS-based predictions. LIMITATIONS: The cross-sectional design precludes conclusions about causality and directionality. Proxy measures were used to test the interpersonal theory constructs. CONCLUSION: The findings support some of the IPTS predictions but not all, and imply two separate pathways for suicidal behavior in adolescents: one related to internalizing psychopathology and the other to self-harm behaviors. This conceptualization has clinical implications for the differential identification of adolescents at risk for suicidal behavior and for the development of prevention strategies. Language: en

Dieter Wolke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • resilience to bullying victimization the role of individual family and peer characteristics
    2013
    Co-Authors: Maria Sapouna, Dieter Wolke
    Abstract:

    Little research attention has been paid to bullied students who function better than expected and are therefore defined as “resilient”. The present longitudinal study aimed to identify individual, family and peer factors that predict fewer than expected levels of depression and delinquency following experiences of bullying victimization. The sample consisted 3,136 adolescents. Self-report data were used to measure bullying victimization at age 13 and 14 and depression and delinquency at age 14. We examined the effects of gender, self-esteem, Social Alienation, parental conflict, sibling victimization and number of close friends on levels of emotional and behavioral resilience following bullying victimization. The resilience measures were derived by regressing depression and delinquency scores at age 14 on levels of bullying victimization at age 13 and 14, respectively. The adolescents who reported low depression despite frequently experiencing bullying tended to be male, had higher self-esteem, were feeling less Socially alienated, were experiencing low levels of conflict with parents and were not victimized by siblings. On the other hand, the adolescents who reported low delinquency despite frequently experiencing bullying tended to be female, had higher self-esteem, were experiencing low levels of conflict with parents, were not victimized by siblings and had less close friends. Relationships with parents and siblings continue to play some role in promoting emotional and behavioral adjustment among victims of bullying and, therefore, interventions are more likely to be successful if they target both the psychoSocial skills of adolescents and their relationships with their family.

Nan Zhou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Staels Hilde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • “The Unsettling Portrayal of Migrant Existence in Rawi Hage’s Urban Fiction.”
    2018
    Co-Authors: Staels Hilde
    Abstract:

    This essay considers the function of the grotesque mode in Rawi Hage’s novels 'Cockroach' (2008) and 'Carnival' (2012). The grotesque is a provocative tool with which Hage draws attention to the predicament of the class of poor and disadvantaged new immigrants in contemporary Montreal. He offers a male immigrant’s unsettling perspective on the Canadian multicultural ideal that proclaims the acceptance of ethnic and racial difference. Formal aspects that generate a grotesque effect include the first-person narrator’s self-image, his disruptive discourse of resistance, his disorienting view of urban reality, and spatial metaphors in the context of the protagonist’s Social Alienation and marginalisation. Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection throws light on the sense of fear and repulsion felt towards the urban poor, and on the protagonist’s deliberate identification with vermin in the context of his discourse of resistance. Even though the underprivileged migrant is able to answer back, Hage’s novels are devoid of true regenerative and liberating power. The literary texts give prominence to the migrant’s isolation and socio-economic outsider position. Nonetheless, the grotesque mode also functions as a powerful tool with which the author depicts the recent immigrant as someone with a resilient and mobile identity.status: publishe

  • "The Unsettling Portrayal of Migrant Existence in Rawi Hage’s Urban Fiction".
    2018
    Co-Authors: Staels Hilde
    Abstract:

    This essay considers the function of the grotesque mode in Rawi Hage’s novels 'Cockroach' (2008) and 'Carnival' (2012). The grotesque is a provocative tool with which Hage draws attention to the predicament of the class of poor and disadvantaged new immigrants in contemporary Montreal. He offers a male immigrant’s unsettling perspective on the Canadian multicultural ideal that proclaims the acceptance of ethnic and racial difference. Formal aspects that generate a grotesque effect include the first-person narrator’s self-image, his disruptive discourse of resistance, his disorienting view of urban reality, and spatial metaphors in the context of the protagonist’s Social Alienation and marginalisation. Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection throws light on the sense of fear and repulsion felt towards the urban poor, and on the protagonist’s deliberate identification with vermin in the context of his discourse of resistance. Even though the underprivileged migrant is able to answer back, Hage’s novels are devoid of true regenerative and liberating power. The literary texts give prominence to the migrant’s isolation and socio-economic outsider position. Nonetheless, the grotesque mode also functions as a powerful tool with which the author depicts the recent immigrant as someone with a resilient and mobile identity.status: publishe

  • The Unsettling Portrayal of Migrant Existence in Rawi Hage’s Urban Fiction
    2018
    Co-Authors: Staels Hilde
    Abstract:

    This essay considers the function of the grotesque mode in Rawi Hage’s novels Cockroach (2008) and Carnival (2012). The grotesque is a provocative tool with which Hage draws attention to the predicament of the class of poor and disadvantaged new immigrants in contemporary Montreal. He offers a male immigrant’s unsettling perspective on the Canadian multicultural ideal that proclaims the acceptance of ethnic and racial difference. Formal aspects that generate a grotesque effect include the first-person narrator’s self-image, his disruptive discourse of resistance, his disorienting view of urban reality, and spatial metaphors in the context of the protagonist’s Social Alienation and marginalisation. Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection throws light on the sense of fear and repulsion felt towards the urban poor, and on the protagonist’s deliberate identification with vermin in the context of his discourse of resistance. Even though the underprivileged migrant is able to answer back, Hage’s novels are devoid of true regenerative and liberating power. The literary texts give prominence to the migrant’s isolation and socio-economic outsider position. Nonetheless, the grotesque mode also functions as a powerful tool with which the author depicts the recent immigrant as someone with a resilient and mobile identityEste ensayo considera la función de la moda grotesca en las novelas de Rawi Hage “Cucaracha” (2008) y “Carnaval” (2012). Lo grotesco es un arma provocativa con la que Hage dirige la atención a la predicación de nuevos inmigrantes de clase pobre y desfavorecida en el Montreal contemporáneo. Ofrece una perspectiva incómoda desde el punto de vista del inmigrante masculino sobre la idea de la Canadá multicultural que proclama la aceptación de las diferencias étnicas y raciales. Algunos aspectos formales que generan este efecto grotesco incluyen: la imagen que tiene de sí mismo el narrador en primera persona, el discurso disruptivo de resistencia, su visión desorientada de la realidad urbana, y metáforas espaciales en el contexto de la alienación Social y marginalización del protagonista. La teoría de la abyección de Julia Kristeva arroja luz sobre el sentimiento de miedo y repulsión que se siente hacia los pobres urbanos, y la identificación deliberada del protagonista con las alimañas en el contexto de su discurso de resistencia. Aunque el migrante desamparado es capaz de responder, las novelas de Hage están desprovistas de verdadero poder regenerativo o liberador. Los textos literarios le dan más importancia a la soledad y aislamiento del migrante, así como a su posición inferior en el contexto socio-económico. Pese a todo, el modo grotesco también funciona como una arma poderosa con la que el autor representa al inmigrante como alguien con resiliencia y una identidad móvi

Anne Hammarstrom - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • peer and teacher bullying victimization of south australian secondary school students prevalence and psychoSocial profiles
    2006
    Co-Authors: Paul Delfabbro, Tony Winefield, Sarah Trainor, Maureen F Dollard, Scott K Anderson, Jacques C Metzer, Anne Hammarstrom
    Abstract:

    This study examined the nature and prevalence of bullying/victimization by peers and teachers reported by 1,284 students (mean age = 15.2 years) drawn from a representative sample of 25 South Australian government and private schools. Students completed a self-report survey containing questions relating to teacher and peer-related bullying, measures of psychoSocial adjustment, and personality. The results showed that students could be clearly differentiated according to the type of victimization they had experienced. Students reporting peer victimization typically showed high levels of Social Alienation, poorer psychological functioning, and poorer self-esteem and self-image. By contrast, victims of teacher victimization were more likely to be rated as less able academically, had less intention to complete school and were more likely to be engaged in high-risk behaviours such as gambling, drug use and under-age drinking. Most bullying was found to occur at school rather than outside school and involved verbal aggression rather than physical harm. Boys were significantly more likely to be bullied than girls, with the highest rates being observed amongst boys attending single-sex government schools. Girls were more likely to be subject to bullying if they attended coeducational private schools. The implications of this work for enhancing school-retention rates and addressing psychological distress amongst adolescent students are discussed.