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Rymes, Betsy – Review of Research in Education, 2011
In this article, the author outlines two general research approaches, within the education world, to these mass-mediated formations: "Deference" and "Denial." Researchers who recognize the social practices that give local meaning to mass media formations and ways of speaking do not attempt to recontextualize youth media in their own social…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Ethnography, Defense Mechanisms, Mass Media
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Ojala, Maria – Environmental Education Research, 2012
Although many young people think climate change is an important societal issue, studies indicate that pessimism is quite common. Finding ways to instill hope could therefore be seen as vital. However, is hope positively related to engagement or is it only a sign of illusory optimism? The aim of the study was to explore if hope concerning climate…
Descriptors: Climate, Student Attitudes, Sustainable Development, Adolescents
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Hayes, Joseph; Schimel, Jeff; Arndt, Jamie; Faucher, Erik H. – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
Terror management theory (TMT) highlights the motivational impact of thoughts of death in various aspects of everyday life. Since its inception in 1986, research on TMT has undergone a slight but significant shift from an almost exclusive focus on the manipulation of thoughts of death to a marked increase in studies that measure the accessibility…
Descriptors: Death, Behavioral Science Research, Anxiety, World Views
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Leander, Lina – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: The present study investigated 27 sexually abused children's reports about abuse given in the context of police interviews. All abuse cases had been verified (with, e.g., photographs or video films), proving that abuse had occurred. Method: The interviews with the children were analyzed regarding amount and type of information reported,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Defense Mechanisms, Victims of Crime
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Garrett, H. James – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011
The author explores the articulations of six social studies student/teachers after a viewing of "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts". The film, a documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the people in and around New Orleans, constitutes an encounter with what Deborah Britzman (1998) calls "difficult…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Trauma, Natural Disasters
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Gormley, Barbara; Lopez, Frederick G. – Journal of College Counseling, 2010
This study examined the contributions of gender, adult romantic attachment orientations (i.e., avoidance, anxiety), defense mechanisms (i.e., narcissism, other-splitting), and stressors to college student psychological abuse perpetration (dominance). Men with higher levels of attachment avoidance, narcissistic entitlement, and stressful problems…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Dating (Social), Defense Mechanisms, Correlation
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Gaztambide-Fernandez, Ruben A.; Howard, Adam – Democracy & Education, 2013
Faced with the facts of economic inequality, the wealthy are confronted with a particular set of moral, social, and political questions, not least of which is the question of how to preserve a sense of being a "good" human being. In the case of justifying privilege, the problem becomes how to position oneself as being uniquely able to enact a…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Moral Values, Thinking Skills, Persuasive Discourse
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Yau, Hon Keung; Cheng, Alison Lai Fong – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
Organisational defensive patterns, including skilled incompetence, organisational defensive routines and fancy footwork, are considered to be a hindrance to effective learning and innovation capacity building in all organisations. The purpose of this research is to investigate: 1) the perceptions of the influence of organisational defensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Communication, Innovation, Questionnaires
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Vellut, Natacha; Cook, Jon M.; Tursz, Anne – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objectives: Using judicial files on neonaticides, (1) to examine the frequency of the association between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy; (2) to assess the accuracy of the concept of denial of pregnancy; (3) to examine its usefulness in programs to prevent neonaticides. Methods: Quantitative and qualitative analyses of data collected from…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Self Esteem, Court Litigation, Pregnancy
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Colangelo, James J. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2009
The recovered memory controversy has been an ongoing debate within the mental health profession for the past two decades. Disagreement remains in the field over the veracity of "forgotten" memories of childhood sexual abuse that are recalled or recovered during therapy. At the heart of the controversy are the concepts of repression and…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Children, Defense Mechanisms, Case Studies
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
The purpose of the current study was to explore learners' evaluation of the credibility of scientific models that represent natural entities and phenomena. Participants were 845 students in grades 9-11 (aged 15-17 years) and 108 prospective science teachers in Oman, totaling 953 students. A survey called Epistemologies about the Credibility of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classification, Credibility, Defense Mechanisms
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Quinn, Gregorio – Substance Abuse, 2010
Substance abuse in the United States has reached catastrophic proportions. 23.6 million people needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem (1). According to the National Association of Social Workers, 60% of all mental health services are carried out by social workers (3). Therefore, social workers are in a critical and unique…
Descriptors: Health Services, Substance Abuse, Mental Health Programs, Drinking
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Livneh, Hanoch – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2009
The concept of denial has been an integral part of the psychological and disability studies bodies of literature for over 100 years. Yet, denial is a highly elusive concept and has been associated with mixed, indeed conflicting theoretical perspectives, clinical strategies, and empirical findings. In part II the author reviews empirical findings,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Chronic Illness, Defense Mechanisms, Disabilities
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Ordonana, Juan R.; Gonzalez-Javier, Francisca; Espin-Lopez, Laura; Gomez-Amor, Jesus – Human Communication Research, 2009
This study was designed to assess the relationship between self-report and psychophysiological responses to fear appeals and behavioral changes elicited by these. Ninety-two subjects watched one of four messages that varied in level of threat (high vs. low) and efficacy (high vs. low). Concomitantly, psychophysiological measures (heart rate and…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Fear, Psychophysiology, Shift Studies
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Keane, Elaine – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
This paper explores the social class-differentiated behaviours of access and traditional-entry students, based on a three-year constructivist grounded theory study with 45 undergraduates at an Irish university. The participant groups behaved significantly differently within the socio-relational realm, engaging in various forms of distancing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning)
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