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The Vibrant Relationship: A Handbook for Couples and Therapists (The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series)
by Kirsten Seidenfaden Piet DraibyThe book is divided into easy to grasp sections of theory and practical exercises. In the first part of the book, two of Denmark's most experienced practitioners in couples' therapy, psychologist Kirsten Seidenfaden and psychiatrist Piet Drailby, explain why we tend to get confused about love. In the exercise section of the book, they provide some simple, yet very efficient, tools to help us find out where we lost our way and how we can remain in a loving vibrant relationship for the rest of our lives.
The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
by Alain BerthozGroping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance—when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.
Vicarious Trauma and Disaster Mental Health: Understanding Risks and Promoting Resilience (Psychosocial Stress Series)
by Gertie Quitangon Mark R. EvcesVicarious Trauma and Disaster Mental Health focuses on the clinician and the impact of working with disaster survivors. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass shootings, terrorism and other large-scale catastrophic events have increased in the last decade and disaster resilience has become a national imperative. This book explores vicarious traumatization in mental health providers who respond to massive disasters by choice or by circumstance. What happens when clinicians share the trauma and vulnerability from the toll taken by a disaster with the victims they care for? How can clinicians increase resilience from disaster exposure and provide mental health services effectively? Vicarious Trauma and Disaster Mental Health offers insight and analysis of the research and theory behind vicarious trauma and compares and contrasts with other work-impact concepts such as burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress. It proposes practical evidence-informed personal strategies and organizational approaches that address five cognitive schemas (safety, esteem, trust, control and intimacy) disrupted in vicarious trauma. With an emphasis on the psychological health and safety of mental health providers in the post-disaster workplace, this book represents a shift in perspective and provides a framework for the promotion of worker resilience in the standard of practice in disaster management.
The Vicissitudes of Totemism: One Hundred Years After Totem and Taboo
by Gerard LucasAfter being the subject of many studies up until 1914, totemism seemed to disappear from the literature. The publication of Freud's work Totem and Taboo was initially greeted with silence, and subsequently with critical and hostile reactions. C. Levi-Strauss was one of the few to devote a book to totemism but considered it as an illusion, although a number of prominent members of the English school of Social Anthropology contested this view, describing the direction adumbrated by Freud's enquiry as "highly pertinent". Totemism appears in Freud's work as a way of dealing with one of the canonical forms of human destructiveness, namely parricide. Why did eminent men find it impossible to utilise Freud's book and those studies that followed it in the interwar period? The mass murders in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, however different they may have been, both generated a profound sense of horror that made their consequences largely unrepresentable for Europeans for more than thirty years.
Victimology: Research, Policy and Activism
by Pamela Davies Jacki TapleyThis book explores what victimology, as both an academic discipline and an activist movement, has achieved since its initial conception in the 1940s, from a variety of experts’ perspectives. Focussing on nine, dynamic and contemporary case studies covering topics like violence against women and girls, bereaved family activism, and environmental victims and climate change activists, each chapter critically examines how different crime victims have been politicised and explores the impact of victim-centred reforms upon criminal justice professional cultures. This book comprehensively and critically examines the historical, social and political factors, including the work of activists, that have shaped the development of theories, policies and reforms in this field, including how victimhood has come to be understood and responded to. The chapters also consider the future developments of this area, including how digital technologies are creating new forms and experiences of victimisation. Speaking to undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in criminal justice and third sector organisations, this book discusses the links between theory, policy and professional practice and how they contribute to and facilitate debates regarding what the role of crime victims is in a 21st century criminal justice system.
Victimology: A Comprehensive Approach to Forensic, Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives
by Rejani Thudalikunnil GopalanThe term victim refers to a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action. Victimology focuses on the victimization in terms of psychological effects, impact on criminal justice system and new policies and it is a major aspect in the area of forensic field. Victimization can occur due to abuse, assault, maltreatment, war, terrorism, crimes and it can happen in different settings like home, school, and public. In the past, more emphasis was given to perpetrators and various theories tried explain the behavior of perpetrator and their offences. Recently, researchers started focusing different aspects of victimology and explored risk factors for becoming victim, reasons for repeated victimization, and forensic, psychological and social dimensions of victims and consequences of victimization. But there is a need for new theories and researches to have more thorough understanding of victimization. The field of criminology dealt with crimes and various theories has developed to explain why crime occurs and more focused on perpetrators. A crime involves perpetrator and victim and not much attention has been given to the victim until recently. What happens to a victim, what are the psychological and social consequences of a harmful act to a victim, vulnerabilities to become a victim are getting serious attention now a days and started influencing the criminal justice system. The psychological and social impacts of victimization may be a short or long duration but the impacts cannot be ignored. The legal remedies and psychological healings are important aspects of victimization. While considering these factors, the book would be focusing on origin and scope of victimology, different types of victimization such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, maltreatment, cyber crimes, war and terrorism, natural calamities, victimization at school and work place, human trafficking, crime against persons, crime against property, white collar crime, elder abuse, victim with disabilities, secondary victim and re-victimization and its psychological impacts and related issues. The book would also focus on victimology and forensic factors and its influence on criminal justice system in addition to the psychological management of victimization.
Victims and Memory After Terrorism (Victims, Culture and Society)
by Ana MiloševićThis book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terrorism, its victims, and the broader society. While various social scientists have extensively theorized and analysed how trauma and memory interact, grow apart, and reinforce each other, this book puts the rights and needs of the victims centre-stage.Departing from the prescriptive, legal blueprints of memory, this book introduces the concept of ‘memorial needs’ to challenge and complement existing victimological frameworks. It critically assesses the efficacy of public memorialization and its success in assisting those affected by violence by exploring how victims engage with memory and memorialization. It investigates personal and collective responses to urban terrorism in Europe that have taken a wide range of forms including media coverage, spontaneous memorials and public mobilizations, literary and artistic works, trials, and controversial counter-terrorism measures. Making a case against the fetishization of memory as an overarching answer to curing visible and invisible wounds provoked by violence, Victims and Memory After Terrorism sends out a practical invitation to the field to 'repair symbolic reparations' in a way that memorialisation is not just an expression of potential, an aspiration for a more moral and just society and a promise of healing for the victimised.An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of victimology, criminology, sociology, politics and those interested in the relationship between collective memory and terrorism.
Victims of Stalking: Case Studies in Invisible Harms (Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology)
by Jenny KorkodeilouThis book explores the nature and impact of stalking and criminal justice system responses to this type of abuse based on the experiences and lived realities of victims. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 26 self-defined victims of stalking in England and Wales, it explores the psychological and social effects of this hidden and misunderstood form of interpersonal violence. Korkodeilou's work seeks to improve understanding regarding this type of abuse, contribute to feminist criminology and gender-based violence literature, and expand scholarly knowledge with her research's theoretical, methodological and practical implications. Victims of Stalking will appeal to academics in the fields of victimology, victimisation, gender-based and interpersonal violence, criminal justice system responses to victims and to criminal justice system professionals (e.g. police officers, probation officers, and lawyers).
Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prophecies
by Robert D. RomanyshynIn Victor Frankenstein, the Monster and the Shadows of Technology: The Frankenstein Prophecies, Romanyshyn asks eight questions that uncover how Mary Shelley’s classic work Frankenstein haunts our world. Providing a uniquely interdisciplinary assessment, Romanyshyn combines Jungian theory, literary criticism and mythology to explore answers to the query at the heart of this book: who is the monster? In the first six questions, Romanyshyn explores how Victor’s story and the Monster’s tale linger today as the dark side of Frankenstein’s quest to create a new species that would bless him as its creator. Victor and the Monster are present in the guises of climate crises, the genocides of our "god wars," the swelling worldwide population of refugees, the loss of place in digital space, the Western obsession with eternal youth and the eclipse of the biological body in genetic and computer technologies that are redefining what it means to be human. In the book’s final two questions, Romanyshyn uncovers some seeds of hope in Mary Shelley’s work and explores how the Monster’s tale reframes her story as a love story. This important book will be essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian theory, literature, philosophy and psychology, psychotherapists in practice and in training, and for all who are concerned with the political, social and cultural crises we face today.
The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire & Deviance in the 19th Century
by Fern Riddell“An enjoyable read and an informative survey of Victorian sexual tastes and preoccupations . . . a rigorously balanced account of this complex subject.” —Victorian SecretsAn exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practices and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the late 19th century. Drawing on both satirical and real-life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered.Reproducing original advertisements and letters, with extracts taken from memoirs, legal cases, newspaper advice columns, and collections held in the Museum of London and the British Museum, this book reveals historical sexual proclivities.“Riddell’s book lifts the veil on historic sexual attitudes to illuminate the secrets of our ancestors’ lives. Written with wry humour in a pastiche of Victorian style, the book is both entertaining and highly informative.” —Your Family Tree
Victorious Heart: Finding Hope and Healing After a Devastating Loss
by Kim PeacockVictorious Heart shares a story about the devastating loss of a child, while offering hope, healing, and victory in the midst of that loss. Have you found yourself in a broken place, defined by the loss of a loved one? Grief is not something that can be fixed or cured, but rather is proof that someone is missing a part of themselves a normal response to loss. In Victorious Heart, Kim Peacock shares the story of the devastating loss of her oldest daughter, Nicole. She bares the deepest sorrow of her life, but also reveals how the Lord carried her through and is still carrying her through turning her pain into a beautiful story of hope and healing. Victorious Heart reassures readers they are not alone, helps them manage some of the difficult firsts like birthdays and holidays and shows them how to protect their mind and avoid the blame game. Grieving family members learn that its okay to laugh again, in time, and that they too can have a victorious heart of hope in the midst of their biggest sorrow.
A Victory Garden for Trying Times
by Debi Goodwin“A compelling and intimate reflection on love and grief and ordinary things that comfort and sustain us.” — Alison Smith, award-winning journalist Ever since her childhood on a Niagara farm, Debi has dug in the dirt to find resilience. But when her husband, Peter, was diagnosed with cancer in November, it was too late in the season to seek solace in her garden. With idle hands and a fearful mind, she sought something to sustain her through the months ahead. She soon came across Victory Gardens — the vegetable gardens cultivated during the world wars that sustained so many. During an anxious winter, she researched, drew plans, and ordered seeds. In spring, with Peter in remission, her garden thrived and life got back on track. But when Peter's cancer returned like a killing frost, the garden was a reminder that everything must come to an end. A Victory Garden for Trying Times is a personal journey of love, loss, and healing through the natural cycles of the earth.
The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
by Sasha IssenbergUPDATED FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONThe book Politico calls "Moneyball for politics" shows how cutting-edge social science and analytics are reshaping the modern political campaign.Renegade thinkers are crashing the gates of a venerable American institution, shoving aside its so-called wise men and replacing them with a radical new data-driven order. We've seen it in sports, and now in The Victory Lab, journalist Sasha Issenberg tells the hidden story of the analytical revolution upending the way political campaigns are run in the 21st century. The Victory Lab follows the academics and maverick operatives rocking the war room and re-engineering a high-stakes industry previously run on little more than gut instinct and outdated assumptions. Armed with research from behavioural psychology and randomized experiments that treat voters as unwitting guinea pigs, the smartest campaigns now believe they know who you will vote for even before you do. Issenberg tracks these fascinating techniques--which include cutting edge persuasion experiments, innovative ways to mobilize voters, heavily researched electioneering methods--and shows how our most important figures, such as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, are putting them to use with surprising skill and alacrity. Provocative, clear-eyed and energetically reported, The Victory Lab offers iconoclastic insights into political marketing, human decision-making, and the increasing power of analytics.
A Vida É Maravilhosa: O Caminho para Uma Vida Mais Significativa
by Frank MartelaUm guia inspirador que oferece ferramentas práticas e facilmente aplicáveis para uma experiência de vida mais positiva, gratificante e significativa. O que dá sentido à nossa vida? Como podemos lidar com a ausência de um propósito existencial? Valerá a pena focarmo-nos na busca permanente de felicidade? Perceber o sentido da própria existência é fundamental para vivermos com motivação, satisfação e alegria e, sobretudo, para conseguirmos tirar o máximo partido da vida. Vários estudos sugerem que as pessoas com uma forte noção do seu propósito existencial têm mais saúde e vivem mais e melhor. Neste livro, Frank Martela esclarece por que motivo sentimos uma insatisfação permanente e estamos constantemente à procura de algo mais. Numa série de reflexões perspicazes e motivadoras, dotadas de um refinado sentido de humor, o autor analisa as grandes questões existenciais no contexto da vida moderna, oferecendo uma nova abordagem para alcançarmos uma vida mais plena, que passa por fazermos coisas significativas para nós (realização pessoal)de uma forma que nos torne significativos para outras pessoas (realização social). «Um livro para ler vezes sem conta na viagem de descoberta do nosso propósito.» Daniel H. Pink, autor bestseller internacional «Apoiando-se habilmente em áreas como a psicologia, a filosofia e a literatura, este livro irá ajudá-lo a viver uma vida com significado. Uma leitura tão gratificante e divertida quanto enriquecedora.» Emma Seppala, diretora científica do Centro de Educação e Pesquisa sobre Compaixão e Altruísmo da Universidade de Stanford «Um livro brilhante e encantador que aborda as questões mais grandiosas da vida com simplicidade, humor e perspicácia. Se tem curiosidade sobre o sentido da vida — e quem não tem? —, este livro é um recurso valioso.» Roy F. Baumeister, autor bestseller internacional «Neste ensaio edificante, fruto de um cuidadoso trabalho de pesquisa, Frank Martela reúne algumas das ideias mais fascinantes da história, da filosofia e da psicologia para abordar a questão mais premente de todas: o que torna a vida significativa.» Emily Esfahani Smith, autora bestseller internacional
Vida emocionalmente inteligente: Estrategias para incrementar el coeficiente emocional
by Geetu Bharwaney Juan Castilla PlazaUn libro obligatorio para quien desee tener un mayor conocimiento sobre inteligencia emocional.Reuven Bar-On, editor del libro The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence (Manual de inteligencia emocional).Vida emocionalmente inteligente no es un libro para leer, sino para hacer, ya que pone en práctica la teoría de la inteligencia emocional. Si el concepto de inteligencia emocional te es desconocido, no te preocupes, ya que empieza con un breve resumen de lo que es la inteligencia emocional, y lo explica utilizando términos que no requieren conocimientos previos de psicología. Además, nos da la gran noticia de que la inteligencia emocional puede aprenderse y que el coeficiente emocional también puede desarrollarse.Vida emocionalmente inteligente contiene un programa único de mejora que aumentará tu habilidad para utilizar las emociones de forma eficiente. Está repleto de estrategias para controlar las emociones, además de unas ideas muy inspiradoras para enfocar tus sentimientos. Te ofrece el mejor método para vivir una vida emocionalmente inteligente.Geetu Bharwaney es la fundadora y directora de EI World Limited, una empresa a la vanguardia de las innovaciones relacionadas con la inteligencia emocional y los programas de desarrollo en Europa. Geetu es conocida por ser una de las pioneras en el campo de la inteligencia emocional.
La vida empieza cada día: 366 reflexiones para estar presente
by Anne Igartiburu«La vida es lo que sucede aquí y ahora». Un libro repleto de reflexiones y aprendizajes de Anne Igartiburu para cada día del año. Vivir no es algo estático. La vida se destruye y se construye con cada respiración, con cada tictac, con cada amanecer y cada pequeño gesto. Por eso, este libro es un compañero ideal en la aventura de existir. En su interior atesora 366 reflexiones que te invitan a ser consciente de quién quieres ser en cada momento, a estar más cerca de ti mismo y a vivir más intensamente el momento presente. Anne Igartiburu, comunicadora desde hace más de dos décadas, es una de las presentadoras de televisión más queridas y reconocidas de nuestro país. Durante los últimos años ha desempeñado una bonita labor de divulgación en el ámbito del bienestar emocional, una de sus grandes pasiones y en la que se ha formado con algunos de los mejores profesionales de distintos campos. Sus encuentros con expertos en psicología, psiquiatría, neurociencia o filosofía en sus diferentes canales de difusión y en su Podcast Mi Latido de Más le han otorgado gran reconocimiento. En este libro quiere compartir algunos de sus más preciados aprendizajes fruto de este trabajo.
La Vida en un Hospicio: Reflexiones sobre el cuidado al final de la vida
by Ann RichardsonLa muerte es un tema incómodo. A nadie le gusta pensar cómo serán nuestros últimos días. Pero si es que pensamos en ellos, queremos que estén llenos de paz y tranquilidad, con la oportunidad de despedirnos de nuestros seres queridos. La Vida en un Hospicio te permite dar un vistazo al cuidado del final de la vida, donde verás los enormes esfuerzos de las enfermeras, doctores, capellanes y el resto del personal, incluyendo a un considerado cocinero, para brindar la calma que todos esperamos. Quizás estás buscando cuidados del final de la vida para algún ser querido. Quizás te preguntes si éste trabajo es para ti. O sólo tienes ganas de ser inspirado por la humanidad en su mejor momento. Este libro es para ti. ALTAMENTE RECONOCIDO por la Asociación Médica Británica (BMA), 2008 “Las reflexiones simples sobre los temas complejos del cuidado se quedan contigo mucho tiempo después de haber terminado el libro.” Boletín del foro de Enfermería Oncológica Royal College of Nursing (Real Colegio de Enfermería) “Un libro fácil de leer, lo cual puede ser una sorpresa para muchos profesionales y lectores en general por su ligereza, humanidad y tono refrescante. Es reconfortante leer estos relatos honestos del trabajo con los pacientes al final de la vida.” Dra. Nansi-Wynne Evans, Médico General Concurso de libros médicos de BMA
La vida sigue
by Jorge BaficoEste libro es un recorrido y un homenaje. Una invitación a conocer las zonas más complejas de la psique humana, a través de diferentes historias de pacientes. También es un homenaje a la figura de Dagoberto Puppo, un gran médico que ha sido maestro, ejemplo y amigo del autor. El psicoanalista Jorge Bafico y el psiquiatra Dagoberto Puppo recorrieron un largo camino juntos. Un sólido vínculo afectivo y profesional los arropó mientras trabajaron con muchos pacientes. Tras el fallecimiento de Dagoberto en abril de 2009, Jorge supo que tenía que escribir este libro. Recorriendo sus páginas, el lector se encontrará con casos clínicos que tocan la locura, y que al mismo tiempo se convierten en cercanos. Bafico nos acerca a la patología en su versión más cotidiana, desde el respeto y una profunda sensibilidad. Un encuentro con la clínica desde dentro, moldeada a través del vínculo con Dagoberto. Este libro es también un homenaje a un gran médico que ha sido maestro, ejemplo y amigo del autor. Cómo él mismo dice: #Hay hombres que son excepcionales. Dagoberto lo fue y yo tuve la suerte de conocerlo#. Con un lenguaje directo y luminoso, Jorge Bafico nos invita a conocer esta historia de aprendizajes, gratitud y esperanza, pero también de angustia y dolor. Fiel a su estilo, cada texto está acompañado por citas musicales que complementan y amplifican el sentido de cada capítulo.
Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice (Advances in Mental Health Research #4)
by J. Lauren Johnson Joshua L. Cohen Penny OrrWhile film and video has long been used within psychological practice, researchers and practitioners have only just begun to explore the benefits of film and video production as therapy. This volume describes a burgeoning area of psychotherapy which employs the art of filmmaking and digital storytelling as a means of healing victims of trauma and abuse. It explores the ethical considerations behind this process, as well as its cultural and developmental implications within clinical psychology. Grounded in clinical theory and methodology, this multidisciplinary volume draws on perspectives from anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, and art therapy which support the use and integration of film/video-based therapy in practice.
Video Enhanced Reflective Practice: Professional Development through Attuned Interactions
by Liz Todd Karen Williams Clare Webster Alex Greene Maria V. Doria Terri Pease Nancy Ferguson Sheridan Forster Jenny Jarvis Ruben Fukkink Monika Celebi Sandra Strathie Helen Gibson Martin Elliott Kirsty Quinn Angela Underdown Fiona Williams Annemie Wetzels Jo Hewitt Carole Chasle Robin Sen Helen Upton Katja Burakoff Bev Jowett Susan Lyon Lia Van Rosmalen Kaisa Martikainen Anna-Greta Ledin Jo Birbeck Ben Hayes Lucy Browne Stephanie Satariano Joanna Begley Wilma Barrow Hilary Kennedy Michelle Sancho Cyril Hellier Emma Cartwright Miriam Landor Jane Nestel-Patt Emily ArcherVideo Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP), an application of Video Interaction Guidance, supports individuals or groups to reflect on and develop their professional communication, teaching or therapeutic skills with their clients through shared review of moments of attuned interaction in video clips of their day-to-day practice. This book brings together international researchers and practitioners from a range of professions to define VERP, present its theoretical basis and review the current research evidence. Increasing in popularity, VERP is used as a reflective professional development tool for a wide range of professionals and employees, supporting them to analyse and reflect on moments of their effective interaction on video, in situ in the professional environment. The VERP approach is optimistic and empowering, focusing on strength and potential rather than problems or weaknesses. This book provides examples of VERP's application in a wide range of sectors and will be of interest to trainers, CPD providers, managers, psychologists, social workers, higher education educators, health visitors, early years professionals, teachers, counsellors, therapists, and professionals in the private, voluntary, government and local authority sectors.
Video Ethnography
by David RedmonVideo Ethnography provides a thought-provoking, guided framework to ethnographic filmmaking. It examines how this kind of filmmaking can be a means of approximating, mediating and evoking lived experience. Functioning as a kind of sensory extension of the videographer, video ethnography arises directly out of lived experience as a process of dynamic encounters, mobile situations, and embodied approaches that include senses and choices of the videographer, and the participants of the ethnography. The book will help describe and develop students‘ sensibility and awareness of this crucial aspect of video ethnography, so they can craft their own video ethnographies with a fully conscious awareness of how certain skilled and attuned approaches to audiovisual techniques can help facilitate the fullest and most dynamic encounters possible. This book is suitable for classes in ethnographic filmmaking, video ethnography and visual anthropology / sociology.
Video Game Influences on Aggression, Cognition, and Attention
by Christopher J. FergusonThis book addresses the ongoing scientific debates regarding video games and their effects on players. The book features opposing perspectives and offers point and counterpoint exchanges in which researchers on both sides of a specific topic make their best case for their findings and analysis. Chapters cover both positive and negative effects of video games on players’ behavior and cognition, from contributing to violence and alienation to promoting therapeutic outcomes for types of cognitive dysfunction. The contrasting viewpoints model presents respectful scientific debate, encourages open dialogue, and allows readers to come to informed conclusions. Key questions addressed include: · Do violent video games promote violence? · Does video game addiction exist? · Should parents limit children’s use of interactive media? · Do action video games promote visual attention? · Does sexist content in video games promote misogyny in real life? · Can video games slow the progress of dementia? · Are video games socially isolating?Video Game Influences on Aggression, Cognition, and Attention is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians and professionals as well as graduate students in developmental psychology, social work, educational policy and politics, criminology/criminal justice, child and school psychology, sociology, media law, and other related disciplines.
Video Games and Social Competence (Routledge Advances in Game Studies)
by Rachel KowertDespite their popularity, online video games have been met with suspicion by the popular media and academic community. In particular, there is a growing concern that online video game play may be associated with deficits in social functioning. Due to a lack of empirical consistency, the debate surrounding the potential impact of online video game play on a user’s sociability remains an active one. This book contributes to this debate by exploring the potential impact of online video game involvement on social competence outcomes, theoretically and empirically. Through empirical research, Kowert examines the relationships between online video game involvement, social goals, and social skills and discusses the underlying mechanisms of these effects.
Video Games and Well-being: Press Start (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology)
by Rachel KowertThis book examines how video game mechanics and narratives can teach players skills associated with increased psychological well-being. It integrates research from psychology, education, ludology, media studies, and communication science to demonstrate how game play can teach skills that have long been associated with increased happiness and prolonged life satisfaction, including flexible thinking, openness to experience, self-care, a growth mindset, solution-focused thinking, mindfulness, persistence, self-discovery and resilience. The chapters in this volume are written by leading voices in the field of game studies, including researchers from academia, the video gaming industry, and mental health practitioners paving the way in the field of “geek therapy.” This book will advance our understanding of the potential of video games to increase our psychological well-being by helping to mitigate depression, anxiety, and stress and foster persistence, self-care, and resilience.
Video in the Age of Digital Learning
by Jonas KösterAlthough video is now ubiquitous in education, its full potential is oftentimes not fully understood, nor is it used to utmost potential. This timely volume seeks to address this gap by providing educators and instructional designers with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of video production processes and methods for designing effective instructional videos. From its discussion of the significance of digital learning and impact of instructional video to its unique focus on the best design and production techniques that make video an effective teaching tool, this book offers applicable and tested strategies for creating quality instructional video. The accompanying website, which allows readers to see sample videos and access additional online resources, underscores the book’s practitioner focus. Among the topics covered: · Instructional videos for teaching and learning · Design and interactivity of instructional videos · Production, distribution, and integration of instructional videos · The future of instructional video Video in the Age of Digital Learning is an important, practical contribution to the scholarship exploring methods for sharing and acquiring knowledge in the digital age. It promises to be a valuable resource for educators, instructional designers, instructional media producers, and educational technology professionals.