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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

TREATING TRANSGENDERED CHILDREN: CLINICAL METHODS AND RELIGIOUS MYTHOLOGY

open access: yesZygon, 2010
Bruce Lincoln suggests that myth is “that small class of stories that possess both credibility and authority” (1992, 24). When studying the history of mythology we find that myths often are understood as something other people have—as if the group in ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Developing an authentic sex : Deconstructing developmental-psychological discourses of transgenderism in a clinical setting

open access: yes, 2014
The paper is based on a broader study of the use of discourses of transgenderism among sex-reassignment evaluators in Sweden. In this paper we explore how a developmental–psychological discourse was reproduced by the evaluators in their discursive ...
Kaiser, Niclas   +5 more
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A Large‐Scale Study on the Relation Between Multilingualism and Social Traits in Adults With and Without Autism Diagnoses

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent difficulties in social interaction and communication alongside restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Emerging evidence suggests that bi/multilingualism may enhance social interaction skills, yet prior research has largely ...
Margreet Vogelzang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transgenderism: Facts and fictions

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychiatry, 2009
The nosology associated with transgender phenomena is undergoing rapid revisions. This phenomenon is mentioned in ancient cultures and the allusions to it are variously described in the Indian literatures. The trials and tribulations of the isolated segment of the human population are surmised from two autobiographical accounts of writers. The measures
openaire   +2 more sources

A Phenomenology of Transgenderism as a Valued Life Experience Among Transgender Adults in the Midwestern United States

open access: yes, 2014
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This study is a hermeneutic phenomenology of transgenderism as it is valued and appreciated by adults who self-identify along the transgender spectrum.
Burdge, Barb J.
core   +1 more source

PrEP at the site of action in cisgender and transgender women: A pharmacology study of blood and rectal CD4+ lymphocytes

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background Female sex hormones used in feminizing hormone therapy (FHT) may influence activation and persistence of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications. The clinical relevance of this interaction remains unclear, particularly for transgender and cisgender women (TGW and CGW).
Elizabeth Hastie   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tying the Knot with the DēviGender Transgression in Regional and Trans-Regional Discourses

open access: yesCracow Indological Studies, 2016
The jōgappas are male-born dedicated devotees of the South Indian goddess Reṇukā-Ellamma who adopt feminine characteristics. Due to their devotional practices and gender-specific expression, jōgappas are confronted with and affected by a range of notions
Sarah Merkle
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of Legal Gender in the Case of Transgenderism

open access: yes, 2022
Gender is usually determined at birth based on a person’s physiological and biological characteristics. However, in the case of transgenderism, the legalization of the possibility of changing gender identity becomes much more complicated. Legal gender
Petrėnaitė, Daiva
core  

Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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