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The moral intelligence of children
01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The authors studied the ways in which the shared, daily experience between emotionally connected adults and their children can instill moral sense, and teach children to develop moral intelligence through witnessing the conduct of others.
Abstract: A study of the ways in which the shared, daily experience between emotionally connected adults and their children can instill moral sense, and teach children to develop moral intelligence through witnessing the conduct of others.
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TL;DR: An overview of a family resilience framework developed for clinical practice is presented, and its advantages are described to suggest the broad utility of this conceptual framework for intervention and prevention efforts to strengthen families facing serious life challenges.
Abstract: This article presents an overview of a family resilience framework developed for clinical practice, and describes its advantages. Drawing together findings from studies of individual resilience and research on effective family functioning, key processes in family resilience are outlined in three domains: family belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication/problem-solving. Clinical practice applications are described briefly to suggest the broad utility of this conceptual framework for intervention and prevention efforts to strengthen families facing serious life challenges.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the possibility of rethinking citizenship so as to include children, and argue that such a rethinking of citizenship can prompt us to consider the similarity of concerns confronting child and adult, and to recognize the interdependence of our lives and how such interdependency is best fostered.
Abstract: This article considers the possibility of rethinking citizenship so as to include children. Much current discussion of children and society is marked by a series of interlocking discourses which serve to problematize and marginalize children. This dominant `negative agenda' thrives untouched by recognition of the many complex and demanding responsibilities accepted by children or of the many degrading social forces that bear down equally on children and adults such as poverty and racism. To think anew about citizenship and children can prompt us to consider the similarity of concerns confronting child and adult, and to recognize the interdependence of our lives and how such interdependency is best fostered. What might such a rethinking of citizenship entail? The article argues that, in addition to reconsidering what we think it is to be a child (for instance ideas about incompetence and irrationality associated with childhood), we need to rethink the value of the language of rights and the social signific...
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TL;DR: The fact that children's nurses appeared to make decisions about involving children in decision making in the absence of a reliable framework was a significant finding and highlights a real problem in the current climate.
Abstract: Aims and objectives. To explore children's, parents’ and nurses’ views on participation in care in the healthcare setting.
Background. Children have a right to be consulted and involved in their care.
Design. The grounded theory method was used and data were collected through in-depth interviews, questionnaires and observation. Sample consisted of 11 children, 10 parents and 12 nurses from four paediatric wards in two hospitals in England.
Results. Parents felt that children should be involved in the decision-making process thereby enhancing and promoting children's self-esteem and positive self-regard, which would consequently enhance their overall welfare. Likewise, children expressed the need for consultation and information so that they could understand their illness; be involved in their care, and prepare themselves for procedures. However, children's own opinions and views were underused and they had varying experiences of being consulted about their care and treatment. Nurses appeared to hold varying and discrepant views on the involvement of children in decisions and for some nurses, the child's involvement seemed to be dependent on the child's cognitive maturity and being defined as a rational subject.
Conclusion. Health professionals’ communication behaviour may reflect recognition of children's cognitive abilities rather than their competence to understand. The fact that children's nurses appeared to make decisions about involving children in decision making in the absence of a reliable framework was a significant finding and highlights a real problem in the current climate.
Relevance to clinical practice. Nurses faced with workforce pressures may encounter considerable challenges to facilitating children's involvement in decisions about their care. Hence it is imperative that nurses’ examine the basis of their decisions and use more explicit criteria for determining children's involvement.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a developmental framework for understanding personality in middle childhood and critically review five models of temperament and personality structure in this age range: the models of A. Thomas and S. Chess, A. H. Buss and R. Plomin, M. K. Rothbart, J. Block and J.
Abstract: Developmental researchers have neglected the study of personality traits in middle childhood, thus leaving unanswered many questions about childhood personality structure. This article presents a developmental framework for understanding personality in middle childhood and critically reviews 5 models of temperament and personality structure in this age range: the models of A. Thomas and S. Chess, A. H. Buss and R. Plomin, M. K. Rothbart, J. Block and J. H. Block, and the Big Five. A number of robust personality dimensions common to these models and the broader developmental and adult personality literatures are then discussed: sociability, social inhibition, dominance, negative emotionality, aggressiveness, prosocial disposition, persistence/attention, mastery motivation, inhibitory control, and activity level. These dimensions represent a preliminary taxonomy of personality traits for exploring questions of individual development in childhood.
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...Anna Freud, echoing the claims of her father, spoke of middle childhood as “the time when a childs character is built and consolidated, or isnt,” (Coles, 1997, p, 98)....
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TL;DR: Although the overall evidence is promising enough to warrant careful and expanded study, the need for a methodological pluralism in research and for cultural sensitivity is recommended.
Abstract: The role of spiritual and religious factors in health, viewed from a scientific perspective, has been yielding interesting if not intriguing results. In general, studies have reported fairly consis...
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...• People born after 1950 may be less likely to have had moral, emotional, religious, or spiritual preparation to cope with life in today’s technologically fast paced, information culture (e.g. Coles, 1997; Damon, 1995; Goleman, 1995)....
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