Language and ethnic belonging are topics that intertwine with one another. 1.5 second generation Asian Americans experience a struggle in the maintenance of their language as they navigate USA English language. This paper examines this relationship by investigating how proficiency impacts an individual’s degree ethnicbelonging within American experience. investigation utilizes narratives eight ...

OBJECTIVES To identify patterns of personal experience or behavior in self-neglect by exploring narratives of cognitively intact older adults. DESIGN Descriptive study involving semistructured interviews and unstructured narratives. SETTING A parent study of self-neglect characteristics. PARTICIPANTS Cognitively intact, self-neglecting older adults referred from 11 community-based senior ...

Why do people vary in their views of human nature and their visions of the good society? Why do many people categorize themselves as “liberal,” “conservative,” “libertarian,” “socialist,” and so on? Some researchers try to answer these questions by starting with people’s self-identifications and then moving “down,” examining traits (such as openness to experience) that underlie and predict endo...

The purpose of this collective case study was to describe the communication behaviors of five people with chronic aphasia when they retold personal narratives to an unfamiliar communication partner using four variants of a visual scene display (VSD) interface. The results revealed that spoken language comprised roughly 70% of expressive modality units; variable patterns of use for other modalit...

Despite an urgent need to address the issue of obesity, little research has examined the psychological factors that influence support for obesity-related policy initiatives, which represent an important tool for addressing this complex health issue. In the present study, we measured the degree to which people supported obesity-related policy interventions and empathized with a person struggling...

OBJECTIVES This paper reports finding from a study that focused on people living with chronic pain, chronicling their experiences of pain and emotional distress, and their social and personal narratives. METHODS The paper presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) of six interviews conducted with men and women aged between 27 and 61. The interviews were taken from a larger stu...

The International Year of Chemistry series finishes with this article. Over a period of a year, the 11 previous articles have provided historical and contemporary glimpses into the field. They have also discussed different aspects of chemistry’s complex structure as a major field of science. Early chemistry evolved from metallurgy (1 ) and alchemy-turned-pharmacy (2, 3 ), and from its very earl...

OBJECTIVES Survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) have experienced a life threatening and potentially traumatic illness and treatment that make them vulnerable to long lasting negative psychological outcomes, including anxiety and depression. Nevertheless, studies show that overcoming cancer and its treatment can present an opportunity for personal growth and psychological healt...

This study investigated the oral personal narrative production in 60 Cantonesespeaking children between 6 and 9 years of age. Three language measures, namely Total Personal Narrative Score, Macrostructure Score and Microstructure, were derived from three personal narratives produced by each participant after listening to the sample stories. The participants also completed the Cantonese Grammar ...

This study investigated the oral personal narrative production in 60 Cantonesespeaking children between 6 and 9 years of age. Three language measures, namely Total Personal Narrative Score, Macrostructure Score and Microstructure, were derived from three personal narratives produced by each participant after listening to the sample stories. The participants also completed the Cantonese Grammar ...