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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Andy Blunden* > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ > <http://home.mira.net/%7Eandy/> <http://home.mira.net/%7Eandy/> > Book: http://www.brill.nl/concepts > http://ucsd.academia.edu/AndyBlunden > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > -- > > ________________________________ > > *Andy Blunden* > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ <http://home.mira.net/%7Eandy/> > Book: http://www.brill.nl/concepts > http://ucsd.academia.edu/AndyBlunden > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Andy Blunden* Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ Book: http://www.brill.nl/concepts http://ucsd.academia.edu/AndyBlunden __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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