Voices of the Unheard: Women and Infertility in IndiaHuman Arenas - - Trang 1-20 - 2022
Arushi Kothari, Sujata Sriram
More than just a medical condition, infertility is mired in a multitude of socio-cultural phenomena that leave indelible impressions on the lives of women and families. A qualitative phenomenological study examined the experiences of infertility for women from low-income families in India, illustrating its impact on well-being. Women’s experiences with their partners, family, community and medical...... hiện toàn bộ
Developing Psychologically Compelling Understanding of the Involvement of Humans in ResearchHuman Arenas - Tập 2 - Trang 433-450 - 2019
Kieran O’Doherty, Michael Burgess
Research conducted on humans has a long history of ethical protections, with the Nuremberg trials in 1945 and 1946 triggering stronger protection across most jurisdictions. While there have been many reorientations and corrections in the emphasis of codes protecting human research participants, all have implicitly assumed a conception of human decision-making and the person that are psychologicall...... hiện toàn bộ
The Synthetic and Syncretic Nature of Human CultureHuman Arenas - Tập 1 - Trang 1-8 - 2018
Luca Tateo, Giuseppina Marsico
The inaugural issue represents a specimen of the project Human Arenas intends to promote: the interdisciplinary study of higher psychological functions in human goal-oriented liminal phenomena, both in ordinary and extraordinary life conditions. The construction of generalized knowledge about human culture can be developed only through a pluralistic, polyphonic, syncretic, innovative, passionate a...... hiện toàn bộ
Locus of Control in Dynamic Settings: a Semiotic Extension of an Old TheoryHuman Arenas - Tập 4 - Trang 542-562 - 2020
Christian Højen Bisgaard
Psychological theorizing has for many years been captured in dualistic thinking that axiomatically enforces a break—either/or mentality—into the study of systemic phenomena. This includes the topic of control of reinforcement (locus of control—LoC—a classic research tradition introduced by Julian Rotter in 1966). From a systemic perspective, we need to overcome the limits of seeing LoC of either “...... hiện toàn bộ
Calling Out Injustice: Youth from Differently Privileged Backgrounds Narrate About InjusticeHuman Arenas - - 2021
Svetlana Jović
Our perceptions of the world are lastingly shaped by our sociocultural and political place in the world. Social positionalities provide epistemic means through which social processes are perceived, experienced, and articulated. This paper explores how the contrasting social worlds in which adolescents from differently advantaged positions within a society live, inform, and shape their sense-making...... hiện toàn bộ
Are We Still at the Beginning of Our Study of Motherhood and the Mother–Child Bond?Human Arenas - - 2021
Kristiina Uriko
Valsiner’s work on cultural psychology and developmental psychology shows what psychology is capable of: subtle, coherent, seamlessly incorporating what’s been learned in developmental biology and cultural psychology. By developing understanding beyond the existing knowledge, his work guides to new perspectives in the research of early childhood development. The earliest periods in human developme...... hiện toàn bộ