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F Lolas Stepke

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PubMed1991

[Oral and written affective expression in children of low socioeconomic status].

Descriptive data on affective expression of 58 children (33 girls and 25 boys) of low socioeconomic status (Graffar index), with ages between 8 and 12 are presented. Intelligence was assessed by means of Raven Progressive Matrixes Test, all subjects exhibiting mean level. Evaluated were the six forms of anxiety and the four hostility forms defined by the Gottschalk method of verbal content analysis. Hope scores, positive and negative, were also obtained from the same verbal samples. The oral sample consisted in speech produced spontaneously during 5 minutes, in response to a standard instruction, and the written sample consisted in brief stories produced under standardized conditions during 15 minutes. The most frequently expressed form of anxiety was separation anxiety, while the most frequently expressed form of hostility was directed outwards covert hostility. "Positive" hope was expressed more frequently than "negative" hope. Data are discussed in terms of their contribution to the establishment of population norms in Spanish-speaking populations for the psychological constructs explored. It is concluded that the method of content analysis of verbal behavior may represent a useful tool for the study of child psychology in different contexts.

Anxiety↗
PubMed1991

[Violence: its forms and justifications].

This paper addresses the conceptual difference there is between violence and aggression. The former is defined as a manifestation of extemporaneous or inappropriate power or force. The latter is defined as an agonist behavior aimed at causing harm. There can be non-aggressive violence, and non-violent aggression as well. Categorization and discrimination are the processes underlying violent aggression. Unanimous aggression, however, preserves social order: Indeed--according to the social group at stake--justifications for violence are order, justice, and fear. A short discussion on contemporary situation closes the paper.

Aggression↗
PubMed1991

[Biomedicine and quality of life: a theoretical analysis].

The notions of illness (subjective feeling), disease (technical labelling), and sickness (social evaluation) are used for highlighting the fact that they constitute semantic spaces which may not coincide. Several factors explain the predominance of biomedical thinking, which must be construed as a cultural system in order to permit an appraisal of its values and weaknesses in relation to other systems such as popular, and folk systems. Quality of life as a research area emphasizes the illness side of the health care system, and may be defined as a tension between expectations and results. It is pointed out that a sound health-care system should strive for a comprehensive multidimensionality integrating technical, personal, and social points of view.

Disease↗
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[Medical theory and psychiatry].

The need for a theory is grounded on the heterogeneity of Medicine: Of basic situation, of medical subsystems and of praxis. The relationship between theory and practice in Medicine should be considered as a task of theoretical reflection, beyond contexts, application, and orientation. As a theory of theories--metatheory--its model lies closer to a "science of actions" than a "science of objects", considered as paradigmatic forms of Medicine. The relevance of these concepts to Psychiatry is illustrated on the basis of the influence of behavioral sciences upon biomedicine, whose advancement rests with Psychiatry.

Philosophy, Medical↗
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[Medicine as a science of actions: consequences for psychiatry].

The need for a theory is grounded on the heterogeneity of medicine: of basic situation, of medical subsystems and of praxis. The relationship between theory and practice in medicine should be considered as a task of theoretical reflection, beyond contexts, application and orientation. As a theory of theories--metatheory--its model lies closer to that of "action sciences" than of "object sciences", considered as paradigmatic forms of medicine. The relevance of these concepts to psychiatry is illustrated on the basis of the influence of behavioral sciences upon biomedicine, whose advancement rests with psychiatry.

Humans↗