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B Glassner

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PubMed1989

Fitness and the postmodern self.

This essay suggests that contemporary fitness practices share aesthetic and ideological commitments with other activities that have been classified as postmodern. The aesthetic similarities are evident in the use of pastiche and simulation by manufacturers of exercise machines and videotapes. In terms of ideology, the pursuit of fitness is promoted as an opportunity for individuals to avert several of the risks to selfhood thought to be present in modern social organization. Implications for G.H. Mead's theory of the self are discussed.

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PubMed1985

A psychosocial study of early-onset bipolar disorder.

A 4-year study of 48 bipolar subjects and matched controls looked closely at the psychosocial histories of an early-onset subsample. A significant majority of these biographies include five distinct features: treatment as the special child of the family, high achievement in school, evidence of symptomatology in childhood, first episode soon after leaving home, and characteristic content in later symptomatology. The authors suggest that the findings provide a replication of a well-known study and that they further specify the increasingly evident differences between early- and late-onset bipolar patients.

Achievement↗
PubMed1985

The transition from drug use and crime to noninvolvement: a case study.

There is a paucity of research on the factors related to the process of change from involvement to noninvolvement in drug use and criminal activity. This paper presents a case study of one subject's life history, obtained from depth interviews, which reveals this process. For this subject, rehabilitation was facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered facilitated by specific structural factors which interacted with and altered personal values.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Social locations and interpretations: how Jews define alcoholism.

A study of 88 Jews in central New York State, in which respondents were encouraged to discuss their opinions on alcoholism in depth through open-ended verbal questions, revealed differences between the various Jewish denominational affiliations. Orthodox Jews tend to offer disease definitions of alcoholism and their major response to suspected alcoholics is fear, whereas Reform and nonpracticing Jews define alcoholism in terms of psychological dependency and view suspected alcoholics with condemnation and blame. The groups' experiences with drinking and alcoholism also differ. The Orthodox Jews drink on special and sacramental occasions and report not having known any heavy drinkers; Reform and nonpracticing Jews integrate drinking into their daily social interactions and have known persons considered to be alcoholics. Conservative Jews discuss definitions and experiences of drinking and alcoholism with a lack of clarity and their views are midway between those of the Orthodox and those of the Reform and nonpracticing Jews. It is suggested that the places of groups within society and in networks of related groups parallel the interpretations that members hold concerning social phenomena.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

A durkheimian hypothesis on stress.

Commonalities among the events that appear on life events lists and among the types of social supports which have been found to reduce the likelihood of illness are reviewed in the life events literature in an attempt to find a context within sociological theory. Social integration seems to underlie the stress-illness process. In seeking a tradition from which to understand these facts, we selected Durkheim's works in the context of the homo duplex concept wherein social integration involves the interplay of individualism and social forces. After presenting a specific hypothesis for the stress literature, the paper concludes with implications and suggestions for empirical research.

Animals↗
PubMed1983

Life events and early and late onset of bipolar disorder.

Forty-six subjects with bipolar disorder and their relatives and friends were interviewed in depth about life events preceding the first and the latest episode of the subject's affective illness. Twenty years of age was the cutting point for dividing the sample into early- and late-onset groups. The late-onset group reported the occurrence of significantly more stressful life events before the first and before the latest episode of affective illness than the early-onset group did.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Role loss and working-class manic depression.

This first part of a multiphase longitudinal study looks at life events implicated in manic depression among an American working class, bipolar sample. Three turning points are identified. a) Stressful life events occurred that resulted in loss of significant social roles. b) Attempts to regain or replace the roles or otherwise "fight back" proved ineffective. c) Retreat via depression, and rebellion via mania, ensued. These turning points were well verified for 75 per cent of the subjects prior to first onset, and for 56 per cent prior to most recent onset. Special methodological issues are raised, and the need for a biopsychosocial etiology of manic depression is suggested.

Adaptation, Psychological↗