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RE: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?



This is a very important and considerable big study in Australia which is focused more to young people but I think many findings and are also applied for older individuals.

-----Original Message-----
From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Andy Blunden
Sent: Sun 11/11/2012 4:31 PM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?
 
Oh! Much too much for me to  cope with Nektarios.
Do you have some simple guidelines, relevant to contemporary Australia?

Andy

Nektarios Alexi wrote:
>
> Well they could be some cultural differences between Anglo-Australians 
> and  Greeks or Greek-Cypriots for the simple fact that church and 
> state is not separated in Greece and Cyprus, therefore very often 
> people see them selves as Greek-Orthodox christians which very often 
> comes with certain attitudes towards seeking solutions for health 
> problems and also mental health problems. These differences we reckon 
> would be bigger between older population than younger people which 
> probably more or less 80% of the population under 40, over there, have 
> graduate and postgraduate qualifications.
>
> Nektarios
>
> (find attached some important articles on the subject)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Andy Blunden
> Sent: Sun 11/11/2012 10:10 AM
> To: ablunden@mira.net; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?
>
> I don't know about cultural differences, Nektarios, but when you've 
> figured out how to encourage people to seek help who either deny they 
> need it, or don't want to cause trouble, please get in touch! Or if 
> you have any good literature for a novice reader, I would be 
> interested, too. What are the factors?
>
> Andy
>
> Nektarios Alexi wrote:
>
>         Yes something like that Andy:)
>        
>         If all goes as it is expected to goes i might be finishing 
> next year that time. I am going to Cyprus next week to collect the 
> data from there and then start writing the next part of it, results 
> and discussion.Literature review it is almost finished i think...
>        
>         Help-seeking behaviours for mental ilness it is simply means 
> to whom are asking for help individuals that are going through mental 
> health problems. e.g Are Greeks more willing to ask help from a family 
> member or friend or the priest than the psychologist or the 
> psychiatrist? And also are the Anglo Australians more willing to ask 
> for help when facing such problems from mental health professionals 
> than Greeks? Something like that in a nutshell:)
>        
>         Nektarios
>         ,
>        
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Andy Blunden
>         Sent: Sat 11/10/2012 8:46 PM
>         To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>         Subject: Re: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?
>        
>          From Budapest to San Diego via Darwin, eh?
>        
>         Where are you up to in your PhD, Nektarios?
>         And what does "help-seeking behaviours for mental illness" mean?
>        
>         Andy
>         Nektarios Alexi wrote:
>         >
>         > Thats a good question Andy, it seems that a sequence of 
> events lead me
>         > to xmca, but i think who put the seed to me of such a 
> comprehensive
>         > approach to human development and human problems was my 
> professor of
>         > developmental psychology Magda Kalmar when i was doing my BA
>         > Psychology and MA Clinical Psychology at Eotvos Lorand 
> University of
>         > Budapest. She has worked directly with Jerome Bruner i have 
> discovered
>         > accidentally a week ago ''In Oxford Bruner collected a large 
> group of
>         > graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who participated 
> in the
>         > effort to understand how young children manage to crack the 
> linguistic
>         > code, among them Alison Gopnik, Magda Kalmar hu:Kalmár Magda
>         > (pszichológus), Alan Leslie, Andrew Meltzoff, Anat Ninio, 
> Roy Pea,
>         > Susan Sugarman [2], Michael Scaife, Marian Sigman [3], Kathy 
> Sylva and
>         > many others. '' (Wikipedia) and Uri Bronfenbrenner i think. 
> But i
>         > didnt know about xmc a specifically till 2 years ago when i 
> started
>         > writing my PhD research proposal here at Charles Darwin 
> University
>         > where i was seeking material to write a proposal explaining
>         > help-seeking behaviours for mental illness under a sociocultural
>         > framework, and somehow through google i have discovered the 
> infinite
>         > food for thought world of xmca:)
>         >
>         > Nektarios
>         >
>         >
>         > -----Original Message-----U BronfenbrennerFrom:
>         > xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Andy Blunden
>         > Sent: Sat 11/10/2012 7:05 PM
>         > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>         > Subject: Re: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?
>         >
>         > The infinite regression happens by itself, Nektarios, along 
> with the
>         > pleasure you will get from reading this stuff. Don't worry about
>         > "absolute answers" because you won't find them. What brought 
> you to xmca
>         > to begin with?
>         >
>         > Andy
>         >
>         > Nektarios Alexi wrote:
>         > >
>         > > But what about creating questions as reading? What about 
> expanding by
>         > > learning? And what about reading for the sake of 
> questioning rather
>         > > than seeking for absolute answers? What about reading for 
> sake of the
>         > > pleasure of reading by it self? But not a pleasure that it is
>         > > exhausted after its fullfillment but for a pleasure that 
> is getting
>         > > deeper and deeper as more someone read?
>         > >
>         > >
>         > > -----Original Message-----
>         > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Andy Blunden
>         > > Sent: Sat 11/10/2012 2:02 PM
>         > > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>         > > Subject: Re: [xmca] ISCAR Newsletter?
>         > >
>         > > To read productively, Nektarios, I think it is always 
> necessary to read
>         > > purposively, that is, especially, to seek for the answers 
> to specific
>         > > questions (or betters ways of framing the question!). 
> Sometimes what you
>         > > are reading is not at the appropriate degree of generality 
> to give
>         > > answers recognisable to your questions, and that is a 
> problem in itself.
>         > > But always proceed like Sherlock Holmes, looking for clues.
>         > >
>         > > Andy
>         > >
>         > > Nektarios Alexi wrote:
>         > > >
>         > > > Hi Andy,
>         > > >
>         > > > Tnx for posting your work. I am looking toward to read 
> it carefully
>         > > > very soon and hope to come up with some relevant questions.
>         > > >
>         > > > Sometime it is hard to find appropriate questions, 
> because i am not
>         > > > always sure if i am understanding correctly what i am 
> reading, from
>         > > > scholars of the calibre that are writing in this forum. 
> But i think
>         > > > that all these fascinating readings that people posting 
> here it is a
>         > > > kind of Zone of Proximal development for me since it 
> keeps my
>         > > > intellectual curiosity always alert.
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > > Nektarios
>         > > >
>         > >
>         >
>         >
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