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)
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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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