Ivana Marková

Bio: Ivana Marková is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dialogical self & Social psychology (sociology). The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 202 publications receiving 7111 citations. Previous affiliations of Ivana Marková include University of Glasgow & Hacettepe University.

Psychiatric symptoms and CAG repeats in neurologically asymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers

Abstract: The putative relationship between the psychiatric profile of a sample of neurologically asymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers and CAG repeats was investigated. The psychiatric assessments (by consultant psychiatrist and computerised battery) were undertaken before the genetic testing was carried out. In this way, the informational distortions caused by neurological and cognitive deficits were avoided. The hypothesis that there is a relationship between psychiatric and CAG repeats was tested by seeking direct correlations between psychiatric systems and CAG repeats, and also by correcting the correlation by the number of years above or below the estimated age of onset in Huntington's disease. Scores for irritability and cognitive failures were high in the sample. There was no correlation between any psychiatric variable and CAG repeats. Possible explanations for this lack of correlations are discussed.

Acts in Discourse: From Monological Speech Acts to Dialogical Inter‐Acts

Abstract: Il est aujourd'hui communement admis que la conversation issue du dialogue (et du monologue) engendre une situation et une action de discours et de ce fait une interaction. L'A. s'interesse aux travaux theoriques consacres a l'etude de la parole et du discours, en particulier a la theorie de John Searle. Dans cet article, l'A. definit les principales caracteristiques d'une theorie discursive de l'interaction et suggere que le systeme de codification du discours authentique soit rapporte sur cette base theorique

Longitudinal trajectories of awareness in early-stage dementia.

Abstract: Although it is often assumed that awareness decreases as dementia severity increases, there is limited evidence regarding changes in awareness over time. We examined awareness in 101 individuals with early-stage dementia (PwD) and their carers; 66 were reassessed after 12 months and 51 were seen again at 20 months. Awareness was assessed in relation to memory, everyday activities, and socio-emotional functioning using discrepancies between PwD and carer ratings on parallel questionnaires. PwD completed neuropsychological tests and measures of mood and quality of life. Carers completed measures of mood and stress. At initial assessment, discrepancies were greatest for activities of daily living, moderate for memory, and least pronounced for socio-emotional functioning. Discrepancy scores did not change over time. PwD self-ratings indicated perceived poorer functioning in everyday activities over time, but no change for memory and socio-emotional functioning. Carer ratings indicated perceived decline in everyday activities and socio-emotional functioning, but no change for memory. PwD declined in neuropsychological functioning, but self-ratings of depression, anxiety, and quality of life remained stable over time. Carer mood and stress levels also remained stable. At least in the earlier stages of dementia, it should not be assumed that awareness will inevitably decrease as dementia progresses.

Representations of health, illness and handicap

Abstract: A theoretical overview. Part 1: Representation of Health, Illness and Handicap in the Mass Media of Communication: The Self and Media Messages - Match or Mismatch? The Face of AIDS Representations of Learning Disability in the Literature of Charity Campaigns. Part 2: Professional and Lay Representations of Health, Illness and Handicap: The Self and the Other - Perception of the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Scottish Prisons Clinical Diagnosis and the Joint Construction of a Medical Voice The Mentally Ill Person and the Other - Social Representations and Interactive Strategies Medical and Lay Explanations of Diabetes in England and India. Part 3: Human agency and Well-being: Quality of Life - Hope for the Future or an Echo from the Distant Past? Quality of Life and Mental Health - Evaluating the Impact of Long-Term Care Coping and Human Agency.

The Making of Modern Social Psychology: The Hidden Story of How an International Social Science was Created

Abstract: List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations I: The Quest for a Social Psychology of Human Beings 1 The Birth of a New Science 2 Two Sources of Modern Social Psychology II The West European Experiment 3 The West European Experiment 3 Americans and Europeans 4 The Transnational Committee: from New York to Rome 5 The European Map of Social Psychology in the Mid-1960s 6 The Second Milestone for European Social Psychology 7 The Louvain Summer School 8 The Ford Foundation and Fundraising for Europe III The east European Experiment 9 The First Encounter of a Small Science with Big History 10 A Strange Animal IV The Latin American Experiment 11 Latin American Odyssey 12 A Second Encounter with History 13 An 'Invisible College' V Crossing the Atlantic 14 A Crisis Delayed 15 Crossing the Atlantic 16 Pilgrims' Progress 17 Rays and Shadows above the Transnational Committee Appendix Notes References Index

A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation

Abstract: This paper proposes a paradigm for managing the dynamic aspects of organizational knowledge creating processes. Its central theme is that organizational knowledge is created through a continuous dialogue between tacit and explicit knowledge. The nature of this dialogue is examined and four patterns of interaction involving tacit and explicit knowledge are identified. It is argued that while new knowledge is developed by individuals, organizations play a critical role in articulating and amplifying that knowledge. A theoretical framework is developed which provides an analytical perspective on the constituent dimensions of knowledge creation. This framework is then applied in two operational models for facilitating the dynamic creation of appropriate organizational knowledge.

Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research

Abstract: 1. Introduction 2. The emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning 3. The zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research 4. The instruments of expansion 5. Toward an expansive methodology 6. Epilogue.

Remembering. A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology, Cambridge (University Press) 1964.

Abstract: Part I. Experimental Studies: 2. Experiment in psychology 3. Experiments on perceiving III Experiments on imaging 4-8. Experiments on remembering: (a) The method of description (b) The method of repeated reproduction (c) The method of picture writing (d) The method of serial reproduction (e) The method of serial reproduction picture material 9. Perceiving, recognizing, remembering 10. A theory of remembering 11. Images and their functions 12. Meaning Part II. Remembering as a Study in Social Psychology: 13. Social psychology 14. Social psychology and the matter of recall 15. Social psychology and the manner of recall 16. Conventionalism 17. The notion of a collective unconscious 18. The basis of social recall 19. A summary and some conclusions.

A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanisms in children's social adjustment.

Abstract: Research on the relation between social information processing and social adjustment in childhood is reviewed and interpreted within the framework of a reformulated model of human performance and social exchange. This reformulation proves to assimilate almost all previous studies and is a useful heuristic device for organizing the field. The review suggests that overwhelming evidence supports the empirical relation between characteristic processing styles and children's social adjustment, with some aspects of processing (e.g., hostile attributional biases, intention cue detection accuracy, response access patterns, and evaluation of response outcomes) likely to be causal of behaviors that lead to social status and other aspects (e.g., perceived self-competence) likely to be responsive to peer status