HERSTORY: WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER EXPERIENCES IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

The purpose of this study was to explore women’s professional career experiences in sport psychology. Using qualitative methodology, seventeen female sport psychology practitioners participated in intensive semi-structured interviews from May 2021 to July 2021. This study resulted in two distinct manuscripts. First, guided by constructivist grounded theory methodology, embedded in a feminist standpoint framework, this study developed a grounded theory to help explain what sources attract and retain women in sport psychology. The developed theory includes the following main categories: sources of career attraction, training and professional development, and sources of career retention, and ten subcategories. This theory contributes to a scant body of literature addressing women’s professional experiences in sport psychology and provides professional implications to help the field of sport psychology better understand women’s career trajectories and how to better support them within the profession. Finally, this study introduces a positive discourse surrounding women’s career experiences in sport psychology by highlighting their resilience and professional experiences. Second, guided by a feminist standpoint and intersectional framework, this study explored intersecting identities and career experiences of (N=17) female sport psychology practitioners. Applying thematic analysis, the following five themes emerged: (1) perceived lack of credibility, (2) compensation disparities, (3) sexist attitudes, (4) pregnancy and parenthood, and (5) advocating for self and others. The results of this study document the continued career obstacles experienced by women in the profession by highlighting the intersections of gender, age, pregnancy, and parenthood. Furthermore, this study documented female sport psychology practitioners’ resistance and deliberate efforts to promote inclusivity and equity within the field of sport psychology. Both manuscripts document the lived experiences of female sport psychology practitioners and provide professional implications to better support women within the profession

Early Retirement and Public Disability Insurance Applications: Exploring the Impact of Depression

This paper investigates the impact of depression on labor force participation among older workers. Empirically, we use two analytic strategies and rely on a sample drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey. Depression directly and indirectly increases individuals%u2019 probability of retiring early and applying for DI benefits, after accounting for other predictors of labor force exit. Accounting for the independent effects of depression, disability associated with physical illness may be smaller than the official statistics suggest. There may be great economic gains in increasing depression treatment awareness and access to treatment for individuals, employers and society.

A break from pain! Interruption management in the context of pain

Activity interruptions, namely temporary suspensions of an ongoing task with the intention to resume it later, are common in pain. First, pain is a threat signal that urges us to interrupt ongoing activities in order to manage the pain and its cause. Second, activity interruptions are used in chronic pain management. However, activity interruptions by pain may carry costs for activity performance. These costs have recently started to be systematically investigated. We review the evidence on the consequences of activity interruptions by pain for the performance of the interrupted activity. Further, inspired by literature on interruptions from other research fields, we suggest ways to improve interruption management in the field of pain, and provide a future research agenda

Pengembangan Modul Kecerdasan Spiritual Sebagai Media Layanan Bimbingan dan Konseling Pribadi pada Siswa

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan produk pengembangan modul kecerdasan spiritual sebagai media layanan bimbingan dan konseling pada siswa SMP. Model penelitian ini  menggunakan model pengembangan Sugiyono metode Researh & Development (R&D). Modul kecerdasan spiritual berlatar belakang oleh rendahnya kecerdasan spiritual pada siswa yang diperoleh hasil pengamatan dan observasi langsung pada saat melakukan Praktek Pengalaman Lapangan. Proses pengembangan modul kecerdasan spiritual ini dikembangkan menggunakan metode Researh & Development model Sugiyono yang terdapat tahapan-tahapan yang harus dilewati sehingga mendapatkan suatu produk yang layak digunakan. Penelitian pengembangan ini menghasilkan sebuah produk media bimbingan dan konseling yaitu “Modul Kecerdasan Spiritual Sebagai Media Layanan Bimbingan dan Konseling Pada Siswa SMP Negeri 1 Gorontalo”.Modul ini telah layak digunakan oleh guru Bimbingan dan Konseling untuk meningkatkan kecerdasan spiritual siswa, dengan kejelasan materi sudah sesuai dan mudah di pahami karena sudah melalui tahap uji validasi masing-masing oleh ahli/pakar desain media, ahli bahasa dan ahli bimbingan dan konseling

Eco Maps: A Tool to Bridge the Practice-Research Gap

The social work profession has played host to a continuing dialogue about the interplay between research and practice. Traditionally, practitioners collect data that have real-world usefulness and are relevant to the intervention process with particular clients. Researchers, on the other hand, are skilled in designing and conducting studies that result in data that can be generalized to build the profession\u27s foundation of knowledge. Data collection tools and techniques that are both relevant to practice and germane to knowledge-building are needed. This paper demonstrates the use of the eco map, a common practice tool, to collect and organize data about families, thus bridging a gap between practice and research functions

Effects of activity interruptions by pain on pattern of activity performance - an experimental investigation

Background and aims: Suspending an ongoing activity with the intention to resume it again later is a natural response to pain. This response facilitates coping with the pain, but it may also have negative consequences for the resumption and performance of the activity. For example, people with pain problems are often forced to take a break from doing their household chores because of their pain. They might delay resuming their chore, eventually needing longer time to finish it. We investigated how activity interruptions by pain influence the pattern of subsequent activity performance. We expected that when an activity is interrupted by pain (compared to non-pain), people spend longer time away from the activity, need longer time to complete it, and are less motivated to perform it. Methods: Sixty healthy volunteers performed an ongoing task that required them to make joystick movements in different directions according to a specific rule. Occasionally, participants received either a painful electrocutaneous stimulus or a non-painful and non-aversive auditory stimulus (between-subjects) as an interruption cue. The interruption cue was followed by the temporary suspension of the ongoing task and the initiation of a different activity (interruption task). The latter required the categorization of cards and had a maximum duration, but participants could also stop it earlier by pressing a button. We measured time away from the (interrupted) ongoing task, total time to complete the ongoing task (including the interruptions) and self-reported motivation to perform both the ongoing as well as the interruption task. Results: Groups did not differ in the time away from the ongoing task, total time to complete the ongoing task, or self-reported motivation to perform the two tasks. Conclusions: Activity interruptions by pain did not impair the pattern of activity performance more than activity interruptions by non-pain. Potential explanations and suggestions for future research are discussed

Changes in vitamin biomarkers during a 2-year intervention trial involving increased fruit and vegetable consumption by free-living volunteers

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Specialized Science High Schools: Exploring Contributions of the Model to Adolescent Talent Development Specialized Science

As the field of gifted education shifts much of its focus to domain-specific talent development, specialized science high schools are taking their place on the stage. Back in 1981,Bloom and Sosniak argued persuasively that talent development cannot take place exclusively in schools. They stressed that schools were not prepared to offer the required levels of expert teaching, time, and effort. Yet, specialized science high schools, by design, are staffed with teachers with advanced degrees, offer relatively flexible schedules, interested peers,reasonable access to appropriate technology, and connections with research institutions to provide apprenticeships for the most motivated and interested students