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Held in a story: Relatability across plates and places
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract This piece explores the power and ambivalence of storytelling through a dinner with Jemimah, a counseling psychologist and a trained educator with a keen interest in using storytelling as pedagogy in Northeast India. As the evening unfolds in her dining room, stories and memories are exchanged, revealing how relatability is not inherent but ...
Anna Notsu
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Women's motivations for and experiences with transabdominal cerclage: A qualitative study
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Volume 105, Issue 6, Page 1124-1132, June 2026.Women undergoing transabdominal cerclage described the intervention as necessary and a source of hope after previous pregnancy loss. Perceived benefits outweighed surgical and obstetric downsides; however, anxiety and emotional vulnerability persisted throughout pregnancy, rooted in prior loss.
Stina Lou +8 more
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Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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, 2022 A survey was conducted among laughter yoga leaders and teachers nationwide todetermine the feasibility of implementing laughter yoga for the mentally challenged.
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Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic
Feminist Anthropology, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
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OUT OF TIME? Chronocracy and Ageism in Brexit–COVID‐19 England
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 193-217, May 2026.ABSTRACT Generation or relative age is a common way humans define social difference. In Europe and North America, old age is frequently perceived as a period of decline and loss, a condition “successful aging” paradigms exhort individuals to avoid for as long as possible. Explicit and implicit ageist beliefs, discourses, and practices marginalize later
CATHRINE DEGNEN
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017 The purpose of the study is to establish the role of copyright and informal methods of physical therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to the literature. Materials and methods. Literary sources over the past 10 years, selected
V. M. Savchenko
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Brain and Behavior, 2023 Objectives To identify and synthesize existing research on the effectiveness and feasibility of multiform humor therapy on people suffering from depression or anxiety, with the hope of benefiting future research.
Xuefeng Sun +6 more
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Recent discursive psychology research has sought to respecify social influence as a discursive accomplishment and has also begun to identify how the psychological thesaurus is used to portray social influence in situated talk. The present paper contributes to this project by examining how social influence is depicted in accounts of influencing
Liz Cooper
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 3958-3975, April 2026.ABSTRACT Background Loneliness significantly affects the physical and mental health of older adults, particularly those in long‐term care settings. Despite the high prevalence of loneliness, comprehensive reviews on psychosocial interventions targeting loneliness in these populations are scarce.
Jodie Cheuk‐Yan Szeto +4 more
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