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Exploring alexithymia with the French Perth alexithymia questionnaire: latent structure, profiles, and links with affective outcomes

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionAlexithymia is of high clinical interest and its measurement remains an important evolving area of research. The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a self-report measure designed to enable facet-level and valence-specific assessments of
Carole Fantini-Hauwel   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Information, Meaning and Eigenforms: In the Light of Sociology, Agent-Based Modeling and AI

open access: yesInformation, 2012
The paper considers the relation of Shannon-type information to those semantic and hermeneutic aspects of communication, which are often referred to as meaning. It builds on considerations of Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann and Robert K.
Manfred Füllsack
doaj   +1 more source

Subjectivism and Objectivism about Meaning in Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This chapter is an opinionated survey of three main views about meaning in life: objectivism, on which a component of a person’s life can contribute meaning to it even if she in no way cares about the component; pure subjectivism, on which the person’s ...
Johansson, Jens,, Svensson, Frans
core   +1 more source

Are Fertility Preservation Procedures Before Gonadotoxic Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Feasible and Safe in Very Young Children? A Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

De-sportization of fighting contests: The Origins and Dynamics of No Holds Barred Events and the Theory of Sportization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
On the basis of an empirical analysis of the emergence, spread and transformation of No Holds Barred fighting contests during the 1990s, we argue that Norbert Elias’s model of sportization represents a fruitful but not sufficiently differentiated ...
Bottenburg,van, Maarten   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Leisure and meaning in life

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
How people engage in leisure is an important but frequently underappreciated aspect of meaning in life. Leisure activities range from highly engaging and meaningful to subjectively trivial.
Seppo E. Iso-Ahola, Roy F. Baumeister
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Daffodils and Solitude in William Wordsworth’s I Wandered Lonely as A Cloud

open access: yesBuletin Al-Turas, 2023
Purpose This study aims to identify the meaning of Wordsworth’s poem entitled I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by analyzing its intrinsic elements.   Method The present study is qualitative interpretive, focusing on the meaning conveyed in the poem ...
Ni Komang Arie Suwastini   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Meaning of a Market and the Meaning of “Meaning”

open access: yesJournal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, 2019
Are there any viable semiotic objections to commodification? A semiotic objection holds that even if there is no independent consequentialist or deontic objection to the marketing of a good—such as that it is exploitative or causes third party harm—there remains a problem with what is said by participating in that market.
openaire   +2 more sources

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