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Assesses this methodology, benefits & drawbacks, role of subjects, reliability, use in education, example (childhood sexual abuse).
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Simply put, narrative research consists of studies in which the primary data source is some type of subject provided narrative; for example, as in a discourse between one or more people on a particular subject, or a conversational storytelling (Mishler, 1995). According to Mishler (1995), narrative studies are essentially of three types:
(1) those in which the research focus is upon the time between when the event occurred and the narrative in which it is discussed;
(2) those in which the focus is upon strategies used to tell the story and/or the textual and structural elements of the narrative; and
(3) those in which the function of the narrative is
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(p. Focusing on the first two of these problems, it is arguedthat neither constitutes an insuperable barrier to people telling theirstory. THE INDEXOF FRAGMENTATION OR NONCODABILITY IS ALSO RELEVANT TO DETERMINATION OFACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR NONACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Collaborative partnershipsbetween teacher and interpreter generate dynamic text which becomes frozenon publication. Languages: ENGLISH THE NEED FOR CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE FAMILY PROCESS INSCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER MENTAL ILLNESSES IS STRESSED. The therapy experiences of women survivors ofchildhood sexual abuse. It is shown that personality disturbancesof the parents are a predisposing factor in the development ofschizophrenia. Feb 1978 32p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American EducationalResearch Association (62nd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 27-31, 1978)EDRS Price - MF 1/PC 2 Plus Postage. Mishler, Elliot G.; Waxler, Nancy E. P. A variety of such methods including the narrative researchapproach, the grid approach, the gatekeeper design, and the user/systeminteraction are discussed.Developent in a Norh Africn Tribe Towar a Psychology of Peripheral SocialOrders Gregg, Gary S. PROBLEMS OF ANALYSISACROSS-SESSIONS AND WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY ARE CONSIDERED. Languages: ENGLISH THE AIMS OF THE STUDY WERE TO DEVELOP METHODS AND CONCEPTS FOR THEEXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF NATURAL SOCIAL GROUPS AND APPLY THEM TO THESTUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FAMILY INTERACTION AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION AND OTHER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTALAPPROACH AND THE CLINICAL APPROACH ARE CONSIDERED. The purpose of this paper is topresent such an analysis. Findings of the study were said to show that when adults initiate aconversation with a question, they retain control over its course bysuccessive questioning, i.e., by chaining. CODEN: JNLHEY PUB. Language: English Document Type: CONFERENCE PAPER (15 ); POSITION PAPER (12 ) GeographicSource: U.S.; Massachusetts Journal Announcement: RIENOV79 The scientific method is described as intending to be the guarantor ofobjectivity, neutrality, and diligent application of its rigorousprocedures and to produce a body of cumulative knowledge that is systematicand general. 217-271. DISCUSSION OF THE REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF ETIOLOGICAL,SITUATIONAL, AND ADAPTIVE MODELS TO FIT THE DATA PERFECTLY, WHILE EACH FITSOME ELEMENTS OF THE DATA BETTER THAN THE OTHERS, IS SET FORTH. Such informantspresent four particular interview problems: inarticulateness;unresponsiveness; a concrete frame of reference; and difficulties with theconcept of time. In embedding, there are two responses to the question. MOTHERS OFGOOD PREMORBID SONS ASK MORE QUESTIONS THAN MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN OR OTHERFAMILIES. 2D ends. Thesecond examines the narrative therapy of White and Epston, specificallytheir use of letters in the therapeutic encounter. IDENTIFICATION AND NUMBERING OF CODEABLE UNITS IS ANALYZED. IN FAMILIES OF SONS, NORMALS AREHIGH, POOR PREMORBID PATIENT'S FAMILIES LOW, AND GOOD PREMORBID PATIENT'SFAMILIES IN AN INTERDEDIATE POSITION ON THE INDEX OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. IN POOR PREMORBIDFAMILIES, THE MOTHER IS A LAUGHTER ROLE SPECIALIST WHEN THE PATIENT SON ISPRESENT, BUT NO FAMILY MEMBER CONSISTENTLY CHANGES HIS RATES OF LAUGHTERBETWEEN SESSIONS. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. POOR PREMORBIDPATIENT'S FAMILIES ARE HIGH IN DEFERENCE TO RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND LOW INATTENTION TO THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS. Phenomenological themes emerged thatreflected the experiences and "voices" of the students. Mishler, E.G. THE FREQUENCY OF ELLIPTICAL STATEMENTS IN NORMAL FAMILIES OF SONS FAREXCEEDS THAT FOR ALL OTHER FAMILIES. The model of reflection whichemerged from the study points to the need for engaging prospective teachersin reflective processes early and throughout their teacher preparationprograms. THE NEED FOR RIGOROUSMEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS IS STRESSED. Comparative analysis demonstratesthe strength and depth of current narrative research. The backgrounds of the teachers sampled for this study varied with regardto their career experiences (aspiring, beginning, and experiencedteachers), racial/gender characteristics, and the context of theschool/children and grade levels they served. POORPREMORBID FAMILY MOTHERS ASK MORE QUESTIONS THAN GOOD OR NORMAL MOTHERS. Mishler, E.G. 269 PAGES Descriptors: SOCIAL WORK ; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Descriptor Codes: 452; 622 This exploratory study creates a postmodern narrative context forpsychotherapy and extends these ideas to problems of alcoholism. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. This brings particular strains in respect ofnotions of validity and to relationships. 1467714 ORDER NO: AADAA-INN 1742CLASSROOM AS COMMUNITY Author: ORR, JEFFREY AURDON Degree: PH.D. PATIENT DAUGHTERS HAVE WEAKINTERACTION AND LITTLE POWER. The Wynne theory emphasizes theconcept of an individual's identity as the link between the person and hisculture; the impairment of ego functioning and its associated disorders inschizophrenia are caused by an unstable environment during the child'sdevelopment. Such interpretations are described as privilegeddiscourses. INTERACTION INFAMILIES NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY, 1968. Furthermore, the patternsof predictability were different for words from the 2 types of families;words following noncontent hesitations in schizophrenic families dropped tolow levels of predictability, 18%, in contrast to a 36% level ofpredictability for the same type of word in normal families. 556485 UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN A NORTH AFRICAN TRIBE: TOWARD A PSYCHOLOGY OFPERIPHERAL SOCIAL ORDERS GREGG, G.S. 55-79. The first half of the paper lists members ofthe research team, their individual concerns, how they came together, andthe nature of the work: to gather narratives from professionals inelementary education, to supplement the narratives with commentary from theteam, and then to find ways to use the narratives and commentary witheducation students. It is argued that over-readers offrozen texts must treat as data that which is available to them: theinterpreters' perceptions. The questionnaire outlines an interview techniquefor understanding schizophrenic thinking processes. It is suggestedthat more inclusive research strategies could combine the heretoforeseparate lines of inquiry, furthering and strengthening development in thefield(s) of narrative study.3976 8 94 3951Changing Patterns of Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Consequences for Healthand Development Friedman, Herbert L. Types ofdiscourse initiated by and sustained through questioning. Children were said to question eachother through a more balanced use of chaining and arching which Mishler(1975) concluded to be a more egalitarian or a less competitive mode. IN NORMAL FAMILIES, ATTENTION ISFOCUSSED ON THE FATHER, WHO IS ATTENTIVE TO, AND SUPPORTED BY, THE MOTHER.IN FAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS, NO DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN NORMAL, GOOD PREMORBID,AND POOR PREMORBID TYPES ARE REPORTED. The project is divided in two parts. (1995). INCOMPLETE SENTENCES,LAUGHTER, PAUSES, FRAGMENTS, AND REPETITIONS ARE TAKEN AS INDICES OFDISRUPTION OF COMMUNICATION. 38721 HER1969- 5755 RESPONSIVENESS. Ethical recommendations include the responsibility oftherapists to educate clients about their role and to discuss thelimitations of their knowledge and the impact of their subjectivity on thetherapy process. DIFFERENCES IN MEASURES OF DIRECT ANDINDIRECT AFFECT ARE NOTED. DEPT. By careful evaluation ofclinical theories and empirical study of hypotheses, an increasedunderstanding of schizophrenia and of normal behavior is given.Descriptors: Schizophrenia; Family Formation; Behavioral Sciences; Mentalor Emotional Disorders 38723 HER1969- 5757 REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY. 38717 HER1969- 5751 EXPRESSIVENESS. OF 5 FAMILIES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN APPROACHED, 32 AGREEDTO PARTICIPATE. CODENUMBERS WERE RECORDED ON MIMEOGRAPHED CODE SHEETS HAVING IBM COLUMN NUMBERSIN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE AND SEQUENTIAL ACT NUMBERS IN THE VERTICAL PLANE.CODING RELIABILITY OF 85 PERCENT WAS REQUIRED AND ATTAINED FOR ALL CODESSAVE INTERACTION PROCESS ANALYSIS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RESPONSE. Furthermore, the patternsof predictability were different for words from the 2 types of families;words following noncontent hesitations in schizophrenic families dropped tolow levels of predictability, 18%, in contrast to a 36% level ofpredictability for the same type of word in normal families. Utilizing the information in these students'narratives may decrease the number of African American students whoultimately drop out of school. PAGE7236. INDIRECT MODES INCLUDE TOTAL SPEECH DISTURBANCE, REPETITIONS,INCOMPLETE PHRASES, AND INCOMPLETE SENTENCES. A cross-case analysis was conducted to assessuniversality and to highlight the patterns/themes that connected these sixexemplary practitioners. In other words, narrative studies are not as powerful as standardexperimental studies in terms of allowing the researcher to placeconfidence in his/her conclusions formulated upon the basis of the study'sfindings. She described these as follows: Survivors in dynamic therapies are effectively able to negotiate differences and wishes leading to deepening process and stronger therapy alliances. Interpreters of teacher narratives invite over-readers to trustthe evidential bases of their reflections. Thesecond half of the paper contains a finished narrative about a high schooladministrator dealing with student fights and describes how the story wassolicited and used and what students might have gained from it.ED346461 CS21337 Putting Nature to the Rack: Narrative Studies as Research. The major findings described include: (1) the power of study groups tobreak down teacher isolation and encourage collegiality; (2) the waytheoretically-based reading helped teachers view practice from a new lens,especially those teachers who have taught for more than ten years; (3) theproblems associated with inservice teachers keeping professional journals;(4) the difficulties involved in critically exploring beliefs aboutteaching and learning and adopting a reflective approach to practice; (5)the tremendous amount of change that took place in the classrooms ofinformants both during the year of the study and in the following year; and(6) the promise of implementing more reflective, democratic models of staffdevelopment. P. P. III. Part of an ongoing inquiry into the nature andfunction of depressive withdrawal, the study set forth a new theory ofwithdrawal as an essentially positive impulse (though one subject tocomplicating factors) in abused, depressed individuals and discussed anarrative (interview) research approach as the appropriate method forexploring such individuals' experiences of withdrawal. (p. Models that may provide a better fit between researchmethods and phenomena of interest, namely the context-dependence of humanmeaning and action, are described as available and deserving of attention.A number of these alternative approaches and methods that may be moreappropriate are described. DETAILED TABULAR FINDINGS AREGIVEN. Theexploratory nature of the study is conceded; further research in theorganization of social behavior is suggested. Both the traumatic symptomsassociated with victimization and the assumptions of the therapist mayinterfere with the development of a healing therapy relationship. SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, BRONXVILLE, NY JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES 46:3 71-91, 199 ISSN: 22-4537 Languages:ENGLISH Document Type: JOURNAL THIS PAPER RECONCEPTUALIZES THE "PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERNIZATION" IN LIGHT OFTHE FACT THAT MANY THIRD WORLD SOCIETIES ARE UNDERDEVELOPING RATHER THANDEVELOPING. 198 PAGES Descriptors: EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY OF ; EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION ;EDUCATION, TEACHER TRAINING Descriptor Codes: 34 ; 514; 53 The purpose of this investigation was to amplify the "voices" of studentsin the margins to better understand their perceptions toward school and therelationships they have with the significant adults in their lives.Children and adolescents from the underclass/working class, middle class,and the privileged/overclass were interviewed in order to gain insight intowhat they perceived their relationship with the significant adults in theirlives to be like and how those relationships affected their livedexperiences. Languages: ENGLISH IT IS ARGUED THAT VARIATION FROM ORDERED, COMPLETED SENTENCES ANDDISRUPTIONS IN THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATIONS OCCUR MORE OFTEN IN NORMALFAMILIES THAN IN FAMILIES OF SCHIZOPHRENICS. YEAR: 1995 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: Denmark LANGUAGE: Swedish DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract of Journal Article (aja) Trends in folkloristic narrative research in the 198 s are examined,including: expansion of the field, rise of interpretation as a necessarypart of research, and focus on aesthetic choices of the narrator. Languages: English The major clinically based ideas on family processes and schizophrenia aresurveyed and their relationship to experimental investigation are assessed.The main features of 3 formulations of the relationships betweenschizophrenia and certain aspects of family life are examined and comparedby focusing on their respective answers to critical questions: which familyprocesses are considered to be pathogenic, what is the nature ofschizophrenia, what are the mechanisms through which family patterns exerttheir pathogenic effect, and why are not all of the children schizophrenic?After the current theories are reviewed, the experimental papers arepresented, arranged according to the interpersonal unit: the parental dyad,the pathogenic triad, and the family tetrad. 42 references. THE PREMORBIDSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF EACH SCHIZOPHRENIC WAS CLASSIFIED AS GOOD OR POORACCORDING TO SCORES ATTAINED ON THE PHILIPS SCALE OF PREMORBID ADJUSTMENT.ORDER OF PARTICIPATION OF THE WELL AND ILL SIBLINGS WAS NOT CONTROLLED BUTWAS REASONABLY BALANCED. 252968 HIS1976- 9291 Studies in dialogue and discourse: II. PARENTALPROTECTION, OR FEAR OF SETTING OFF UNWANTED BEHAVIOR, IS SEEN AS A REASONFOR THIS SPECIAL HANDLING OF SCHIZOPHRENIC SONS. THEFINDING OF GREATER RATES OF DISRUPTION OF COMMUNICATION IN NORMAL FAMILIESTHAN IN FAMILIES OF SCHIZOPHRENICS IS SEEN AS AN INDICATION OF FLEXIBILITY.RESPONSIVENESS, ANOTHER STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, SHOWS FAMILIES OF POORPREMORBID SCHIZOPHRENICS MOST ATTENTIVE TO RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND FAMILIESOF GOOD PREMORBID SCHIZOPHRENICS AS MODERATELY RESPONSIVE, CONTROLLED, ANDRIGID. THE EXPERIMENTAL FAMILIES HAD ONE SCHIZOPHRENICCHILD AND ONE HEALTHY CHILD. These students' stories revealed that their successes and failures werethe result of positive and negative relationships with significant adultsat home and at school. ED377 189. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. These differences may obtain between core and peripheralsectors within the developed nations as well.89961 5 EMBASE No: 933 9 Narrative discourse in children with language disorders and children withnormal language: A critical review of the literature Liles B.Z. 38722 HER1969- 5756 FAMILY DISCUSSIONS: ILLUSTRATIONS OF FINDINGS. POOR PREMORBID SONSINTERRUPT AT A MODERATE RATE, AND ARE SUCCESSFUL AT INTERRUPTION. P. Year: 1991 Corporate Source/Institution: MIAMI UNIVERSITY ( 126) Adviser: KAREN M. FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN TWO DISCUSSIONS, WITHONE CHILD PARTICIPATING AND ONE EXCLUDED EACH TIME. WELL DAUGHTERS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC FAMILIES TALKWITH THEIR FATHERS MORE THAN OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS DO. Languages: English Sentences containing several types of hesitation, including pauses,repetitions and word fragments, were sampled from the interaction offamilies of schizophrenic and normal children. Themoral and ethical justification for narrative research is seen as primarilyone of providing an alternative voice for the disenfranchised.ED173362 TM 8517 Meaning in Context: Is There Any Other Kind. Utterance structure and utterancefunction in interrogative sequences. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. McLean, S.V. This paper explores the natureof narrative and knowledge building in educational research, thecomplexities of "good" storytelling, and moral issues attendant inconstructing representations of people's lives.EJ5 5786 SP5242 6 Narrative Research, Teaching, and Teacher Thinking: Perspectives andPossibilities. Thedegree to which words were correctly guessed was associated with theposition of the word relative to the hesitation in the sentence.Differences were found in the predictability of words antecedent andsubsequent to noncontent and content hesitations. The first locates narrative theory in a postmodern context. The fifth surveys current literature onnarrative ideas about addiction and trauma. Specific questionsaddress the therapists' use of power, the process of constructingknowledge, the negotiation of differences and wishes, and other ethicalpractices such as the therapists' use of nurturance, touch and self-disclosure. Thereview (a) describes theoretical perspectives on narrative use, (b) surveysresearchers' rationales for the investigation of narrative ability, (c)discusses methodological issues relevant to narrative research, and (d)concludes with a discussion regarding future research. & Waxler, N.E. GOOD PREMORBID SONS ARE INTERRUPTED LESS, AND LESSSUCCESSFULLY, THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. Descriptors: SOCIAL PROBLEMS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES;SCHIZOPHRENIA; CHILDREN AND YOUTH; PSYCHOLOGY Copyright 1993 IFI/Plenum Data Company selection 3 of 3DIALOG(R)File 86:Mental Health Abstracts(c) 1997 IFI/Plenum Data Corp. 1925-31): an attempt to grasp the meaning of mental disorder. First, narrativeresearch, no matter how useful and needed it might be in terms of exploringcertain phenomena and/or certain populations, must be understood to lackthe rigorous experimental control associated with quantitative researchmethods. WHILE ALL FAMILIES HAVE A PAUSE RATE OFAPPROXIMATELY 2 PERCENT, POOR FATHERS HAVE HIGHER PAUSE RATES THAN GOODFATHERS, WHILE NORMAL FATHERS HAVE THE LOWEST PAUSE RATES. DEPT. Thisstudy utilizes a feminist, narrative research method to interview womensurvivors of childhood sexual abuse about their efforts toward recovery andtheir views of the psychotherapy relationship. Problems with narrative research in education have also beendiscussed by Thomas (1992). Twelve women survivors discuss how they chose their therapists and howthey understand the therapy process and relationship. A critical narrative research model wasused in this study, employing ten data sources: pre and post-teacherquestionnaires, pre and post-audio-taped teacher interviews, pre and post-Literacy Beliefs Profiles, audio-taped negotiated-topic study groupsessions, journal entries, classroom observations/photographs, principalinterview, state program review findings, district writing test data, andgroup interview and discussion--one year later. THE STUDY INVOLVED OBSERVATION OF FAMILY GROUPS IN DISCUSSION OFCONTROVERSIAL TOPICS. DEPT. 426 PAGES Descriptors: EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD ; EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY OF ;BIOGRAPHY Descriptor Codes: 518; 998; 3 4 The purposes of the study were to examine in detail the philosophies ofsix exemplary early childhood practitioners; to gather the reflections ofthese philosophies on teaching practices; and to collaboratively constructportraits of each practitioner under study. Based on her analysis of data, Shannon (1996) concluded that women'snarratives yielded three distinct patterns of alliance in therapy: dynamic,idealizing and avoidant. CODEN: NONYEA PUB. The final section includes theresponses of Bateson, Lidz, Wynne and Spiegel. Theseinclude not only classroom practice and professional careers, but also theSelf, Experience, Memory, Identity, Autobiography, Life History, Agency,and Structure. Descriptors: SOCIAL PROBLEMS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CHILDRENAND YOUTH; PSYCHOLOGY Copyright 1993 IFI/Plenum Data Company selection 2 of 3DIALOG(R)File 86:Mental Health Abstracts(c) 1997 IFI/Plenum Data Corp. All rts. Women havedifficulty gaining access to treatment and their recovery process may becompromised by the threat of revictimization. 99) Mishler (1975) was particularly interested in examining therelationship of the linguistic structure of the discourse to differentialsbetween speakers in power and authority. Theteachers decided on the topics for study group meetings and had controlover which parts of the study to participate in and what specific formstheir participation would take. In addition to the foregoing, the researcherasked women to respond to specific questions concerning the therapists' useof power, the process of constructing knowledge, the negotiation ofdifferences and wishes, and other ethical practices such as the therapists'use of nurturance, touch and self-disclosure. Journal ofPsycholinguistic Research, 4(2), 99-121. Age andgeneration boundaries are blurred, leading to inappropriate parentalbehavior, which is learned by the child. DEPT. Peabody Journal of Education; v7 n2 p139-61 Win 1995 Theme issue title: "Teacher Effectiveness: A Look at What Works." ISSN: 161-956X Available from: UMI Language: English Document Type: POSITION PAPER (12 ); JOURNAL ARTICLE ( 8 ) JournalAnnouncement: CIJOCT95 Analyzes the utility of narrative as a legitimate educational researchtool, reviewing major research paradigms; comparing sociolinguistic(narrative) and empirical research methods; discussing conceptions ofnarrative; exploring the sociopolitical, conceptual, and theoreticalframeworks guiding narrative and empirical research; examiningepistemological issues; and noting future directions for using narrativeinquiry.EJ472674 EC6 7313 Narrative Discourse in Children with Language Disorders and Children withNormal Language: A Critical Review of the Literature. Descriptors: EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Descriptor Codes: 727 This study investigated a reflective model of professional developmentthat was designed to encourage inservice teachers to adopt a morereflective approach to literacy instruction. 38716 HER1969- 575 STRATEGY FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION. WHERE VARIABILITY REACHES ANEXCESSIVE LEVEL, HOWEVER, IT MAY RESTRICT RATHER THAN LIBERATE. Narrative research methodology was used to collect each student'snarrative individually. Therelations between narrative structures, plans, and actions in societalinteraction are analyzed from the perspective of Victor Turner's (1985,1992) concept of social drama. TAKINGTHE LEAD FROM TEACHERS: INVESTIGATING A REFLECTIVE MODEL OF PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT Author: LEWISON, MITZI ANN Degree: PH.D. Booth and Booth (1996) conclude that: ...researchers should put more emphasis on overcoming the barriers that impede the involvement of inarticulate subjects in narrative research instead of dwelling on their limitations as informants. These are thequasi-judicial method and the criterial approach to trustworthiness. (USA) , 1993, 36/5 (868-882) CODEN: JSPHA ISSN: 22-4685 LANGUAGES: English SUMMARY LANGUAGES: English SUBFILES: 11 This review and analysis of the literature on narrative discourse inchildren places particular emphasis on children with language disorder. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. DIFFICULTIES OFSEPARATING EFFECTS OF FAMILY, SESSIONS, AND FAMILY MEMBER ARE EXAMINED TODETERMINE GROUP, SITUATIONAL AND ROLE EFFECTS. Languages: English A sociolinguistic approach to the study of language is described, andthree types of discourse, all initiated and sustained by questions, areempirically defined: chaining, arching and embedding. (Paper presented at the Teachers' Stories of Life and WorkConference (Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, April 9-11). TWO MODES OFPOWER CONTROL ARE IDENTIFIED AS APPROPRIATE FOR ANALYSIS OF THE FAMILIESSTUDIED, ATTENTION CONTROL AND PERSON CONTROL. Dept Psychiatry Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge St MA 2139 Journal ofNarrative and Life History 1995, 5, 2, 87-123. PAGE1999. Four final community conversations explore aspects ofgesellschaft which Marlene experiences as she strives to teach her studentsindividual responsibility, to include children who are "outsiders", to givechildren room for individualism and acceptance, and to keep the outsideforces of gesellschaft from eroding her community. (1996). In this regard, he notes that narrativestudies of teachers and teaching are increasing and include examinationsnot only of classroom practice and professional careers, but also the Self,Experience, Memory, Identity, Autobiography, Life History, Agency, andStructure. The central argument of this essay addresses the discoverythat research findings appear to be context-dependent; methods of thetraditional model of science are inappropriate to the study of context-dependent phenomena. 8 -116. Mishler, Elliot G.; Waxler, Nancy E. FINDINGS FOR FAMILIES OFDAUGHTERS TEND TO BE SIMILAR TO, BUT WEAKER THAN, THOSE FOR FAMILIES OFSONS. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. 38713 HER1969- 5747 BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY. Processes of education and empowerment with survivors inresearch and practice are recommended. 1518 93 ORDER NO: AAD96-39849A COLLABORATIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE REFLECTIVE PRACTICES OF SIX EXEMPLARYEARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTITIONERS Author: PATTNAIK, JYOTSNA Degree: ED.D. Languages: ENGLISH THE CODING OF INTERACTIONS IS ILLUSTRATED WITH SMALL SEGMENTS FROMTRANSCRIPTS. (1968). THE SAMEORDERING IS FOUND FOR SONS. Thedegree to which words were correctly guessed was associated with theposition of the word relative to the hesitation in the sentence.Differences were found in the predictability of words antecedent andsubsequent to noncontent and content hesitations. Languages: English A sequential patterning of triad familial interactions was studied inrelation to order and time. Current ethical guidelines are inadequate foraddressing the complexity of these power dynamics and the needs ofsurvivors in therapy. 38714 HER1969- 5748 RESEARCH DESIGN, SAMPLE, AND EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE. For example, one of themajor strategies offered is "attending to what goes unsaid." Not only issuch a strategy difficult to put into practice, it introduces a subjectiveelement into the research in that the researcher is in danger of generatinghis own idiosyncratic speculations as to what has not been stated. MOTHERS OF POOR PATIENT DAUGHTERS, AND THEPATIENT DAUGHTERS THEMSELVES, USE MORE INTERRUPTION THAN IN GOOD PREMORBIDDAUGHTER FAMILIES. 94638 STR1971- 5557 Functions of hesitations in the speech of normal families and families ofschizophrenic patients. School as a system for maintaining inequity, inequality, andexclusion, however, was the emphasis of these students' narratives. Chaining involves aconversation extended through successive questions by the initialquestioner; arching concerns a similar conversation extended by therespondent's questions. MEMBERS OF GOOD PREMORBID MALE FAMILIES TEND TO AVOIDDIRECTLY ATTACKING OR SUPPORTING OTHERS IN THE SITUATION. Shannon (1996) does not even address this issue in herdiscussion of the implications of her findings; nor does she discuss thefact that her call for major changes in ethical guidelines and herconclusions about the powerlessness of survivors are based on a sample ofonly 12 women. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. Survivors in avoidant therapies are fearful of the power of the therapy relationship and tend to avoid committing fully to a therapy. CODEN: JAHCD9 PUB. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. POOR PREMORBIDDAUGHTERS ARE ISOLATED FROM THEIR MOTHERS MORE THAN OTHER DAUGHTERS.SUPPORT FOR THE ETIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IS FOUND IN THE RELATIVELY POWERLESSPOSITION OF THE FATHER IN SCHIZOPHRENIC FAMILIES. The narratives of these students were analyzedto identify the factors affecting their perceptions of school, their viewsof themselves, and their experiences in school. Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, MA 21115Family Process 14(1):17-5 , 1975. Survivors in avoidant therapies are fearful of the powerof the therapy relationship and tend to avoid committing fully to atherapy. Language: English Document Type: POSITION PAPER (12 ); CONFERENCE PAPER (15 ) GeographicSource: U.S.; Arizona Journal Announcement: RIEAPR95 This paper describes a project at Arizona State University West togenerate a collection of narratives to be used in professional teachereducation and to examine ways narratives and narrative research techniquescould be used with students. The personal narratives of these students revealed that they perceivedschool as both a system for maintaining inequity and as an arena forchange. Narrative research methodology was used to collect eachstudent's narrative. IT IS INTENDED AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CLINICAL-PSYCHIATRIC ANDACADEMIC SOCIAL SCIENCE. INTERACTION PROCESS ANALYSISEXPRESSIVENESS WAS HIGHEST FOR NORMAL FAMILIES AND LOWEST FOR FAMILIES OFSCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS WITH GOOD PREMORBID SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. P. These problems are said not include:(1) the need for a more comprehensive and specific paradigm specifying therelation of language to reality and what may count as "data" or evidence;(2) the fact that methods generate a dynamic text which, however, becomes"frozen" on publication; (3) the ways in which a narrative is changedthrough the researchers' selection emphasis on the context in which the"story" is being told; (4) the method's susceptibility to transference andcountertransference effects; and (5) the fact that readers of narrativestudies are obtaining data which is in part confounded by the researchers'perceptions of the stories. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE NOTED BETWEENTHOSE WHO WOULD AND THOSE WHO WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE. 14 -163. CODEN: JNLHEY PUB. A new method of multivariate informationalanalysis of family interaction is described. DEPT. New York, Science House, 1968. Narrative research is often used in educational studies. A general hypothesis about the relationship of linguisticstructure of a discourse to differentials between speakers in power andauthority was examined in first grade classrooms, and results substantiatethe existence of such a relationship. A subsidiarypurpose of the project was to examine ways narratives and narrativeresearch techniques could be used with students. The primary assumption which guided the inquiry of this project was thatreflection is the key component which distinguishes exemplary practitionersfrom their counterparts and that reflection opens up pathways to success inthe professional endeavors of exemplary practitioners. An example of one such study was conducted by Shannon (1996) toexamine the therapy experiences of women who had experienced sexual abuseas children. ADISCUSSION IS OFFERED OF THE MANN-WHITNEY "U", THE KRUSKAL-WALLIS"H", THESPEARMAN RHO, THE WILCOXIN MATCHED PAIRS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL TESTSUTILIZED. 117-139. Survivors in dynamic therapies are effectively able to negotiatedifferences and wishes leading to deepening process and stronger therapyalliances. In this society there is a provisional-made-permanent character of its household-based, clientelistic social relations. THE STUDY HAS INVOLVED DATA GATHERING, DATA PROCESSING,STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE ANALYSES. The first tells the story ofnarrative and the history of the application of these ideas inpsychotherapy and recovery. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. 212276 HIS1976- 3522 The sequential patterning of interaction in normal and schizophrenicfamilies. FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH WAS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF SEX,PREMORBIDITY, AND THE CONDITION OF A HEALTHY SIBLING OF THE SAME AGE. THE SCHIZOPHRENIC SAMPLE WAS OBTAINED BY APPLYINGNINE CRITERIA TO PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTHCENTER AND DIAGNOSED AS SCHIZOPHRENIC BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 1963 AND FEBRUARY1, 1965. Survivors in idealizing therapies are unable to negotiatedifferences and tend to idealize their therapists while sacrificing theiremotional growth. Thomas, David Apr 1992 26p.; Paper presented at the Teachers' Stories of Life and Work Conference(Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, April 9-11, 1992). The second presents a discussion of narrativetheory using letters and clinical illustrations from the researchers ownpractice and other professional and literary sources. DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSION OF NEGATIVEFEELINGS WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN FAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS AND FAMILIES OF SONS.POWER STRUCTURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE FAMILIES ALSO OCCURRED. THE RESEARCH IS BASED ONTYPESCRIPTS MADE FROM TAPE RECORDINGS OF 88 EXPERIMENTAL SESSIONS WITH 49FAMILIES. Methods involved having 12 female survivors of childhood sexual abusediscuss the processes they used to select their therapists. Disability and Society, 11(1), 55-69. Narrative research was used to give "voice" to thesestudents that are excluded and marginalized by the adults in their schools.The students' stories were analyzed. ED 346 461.452618 96 1211Models of Narrative Analysis: A Typology Mishler, Elliot G. Each model isexplored, with examples given and related studies cited. All of the theories emphasize the critical role played byparticular interaction patterns and family role relationships. THE FINDINGSARE THOUGHT TO OFFER SOME SUPPORT TO EITHER AN ETIOLOGICAL OR AN ADAPTIVEINTERPRETATION OF FAMILY BEHAVIOR IN RELATION TO SCHIZOPHRENIA. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision; v11 n4 p32 -4 Sum 1996 ISSN: 882-1232 Available from: UMI Language: English Document Type: EVALUATIVE REPORT (142); JOURNAL ARTICLE ( 8 ) JournalAnnouncement: CIJJAN97 Narrative research, a qualitative research approach, includes a broadrange of accounts, from first-person narratives to studies that interpretthe stories others tell about their lives. Further, an attempt was made to specify futureresearch directions for narrative research. 88468 STR1971- 5557 Functions of hesitations in the speech of normal families and families ofschizophrenic patients. DEPT. However, Thomas (1992) points out that before narrativeresearch can be fully exploited for its efficacy of informing educatorsabout educational processes, personnel, and other relevant concerns, itneeds to deal with several problems. (Eds.) Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Languages:English Natural conversations in first grade classrooms were analyzed to compareadult initiated and child initiated interrogative series in exchanges thatare initiated and extended by questioning. An excellent use of the narrative methodology can be found in a studyconducted by Mishler and Waxler (1968) on schizophrenia and familyinteraction processes. (Eds.) Author address not given In: Mishler, E., Family processes and schizophrenia New York, ScienceHouse, 1968. Sounds of silence: Narrative researchwith inarticulate subjects booth. Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 2115 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 7(4):279-3 5, 1978. PARTICIPATION RATE, WHOSPEAKS TO WHOM, AND STATEMENT LENGTH ARE TAKEN AS INDICATORS OF ATTENTIONCONTROL. 299 PAGES Descriptors: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL ; WOMEN'S STUDIES Descriptor Codes: 622; 453 Women who seek treatment for the devastating effects of childhood sexualabuse face a number of barriers unique to the patriarchal culture of femalevicitmization both within and outside the therapy relationship. Family Health Division World Health Organization, Ave Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Journal of Adolescent Health 1992, 13, 5, July, 345-35 . 3 -54. PAGE4542. 192-216. Survivors in idealizing therapies are unable to negotiate differences and tend to idealize their therapists while sacrificing their emotional growth. THE RELEVANCE OF SOCIAL CLASS, MOBILITY,MIGRATION, AND ETHNICITY TO SCHIZOPHRENIA COULD BE MORE CLOSELY STUDIEDTHROUGH WELL-DESIGNED LONGITUDINAL STUDIES. THE FORMAL ANAMNESIS OF THEPSYCHIATRIST IN CHARGE WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE SCHIZOPHRENIC INDIVIDUALS.NORMAL SUBJECTS WERE CHOSEN FROM SCHOOL AND CHURCH LISTS. A REVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY IS SET FORTH.THE FINDINGS ARE GROUPED UNDER TWO HEADINGS--VARIABLES THAT ARESUBSTANTIVE, AND STRUCTURAL VARIABLES. The imperative of narrative means selection and emphasisshaped by the relationship context in which the "story" is being told.Narrative and its interpretation are susceptible to transference andcountertransference effects. TENSIONRELEASE, LAUGHTER AND PAUSES ARE TAKEN AS DIRECT MODES OF SPEECHDISTURBANCE. Languages: ENGLISH ALL FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE STUDY HAD TWO SIBLINGS OF THE SAME SEX AND OFAPPROXIMATELY THE SAME AGE. Languages: English Sentences containing several types of hesitation, including pauses,repetitions and word fragments, were sampled from the interaction offamilies of schizophrenic and normal children. The study revealed that the practitionersnurtured distinct images of education which served as mental maps to guidetheir classroom practices. AMONG FAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS, POOR PREMORBIDMOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS ARE MORE VARIABLE THAN THOSE OF GOOD FAMILIES.FAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS ARE SIMILAR TO FAMILIES OF SONS IN THE RANK OF GOODPREMORBID FAMILIES, BUT THE RANKING OF POORS AND NORMALS IS REVERSED.SCHIZOPHRENIC DAUGHTERS TEND TO BE MORE NEGATIVE IN AFFECT THAN THEIR WELLSISTERS. Twomodels are considered as suitable for evaluating such cases. The data were analyzedfor each practitioner to infer particularity and the uniqueness of theparticipants' practices. The study suggests the usefulness of incorporating "teaching throughcases" in teacher preparation programs, strengthening the tradition ofcollaborative and narrative research, and approaching educational changefrom the perspectives of practitioners. It was discovered that thereare few differences in sequential patterning between normal and abnormalfamilies. STRAHAN Source: VOLUME 56/ 8-A OF DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL. A number of ethicalrecommendations were also formulated. Sometimes it was felt that transforming the stories into writtenfinished narratives actually changed them in an unethical way.A weakness of the research, however, is that while several problems aredelineated, McLean (1994) offers no clear direction as to how to deal withthese dilemmas. The primary process of data collection wasinterviews/observations conducted by the researcher. Seven more community conversations tell stories of agemeinschaft community which gives children support, allows them to risk,gives them a voice in solving classroom problems, calls upon them to servetheir fellow students, both inside, and outside the classroom, inviteschildren to be a part of the community, and engages them in learning whichis highly social. (Copies available exclusively from Micrographics Department,Doheny Library, USC, Los Angeles, CA 9 89- 182.) 1179531 ORDER NO: AAD13-44 3STUDYING SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL IN DEPRESSION Author: RIGSBY, ROBERTA KAY Degree: M.A. Survivors' increased vulnerability to revictimization, theirtendency to avoid conflict and the asymmetries of power in the therapyrelationship contribute to the reenactment of unhealthy patterns ofdominance and submission. 1532719 ORDER NO: AAD97- 6677NARRATIVE MEANS TO SOBER ENDS: LANGUAGE, INTERPRETATION, AND LETTER WRITINGIN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND RECOVERY (ALCOHOLISM) Author: DIAMOND, JONATHAN P. In general, the directionsspecified included a greater research focus on methods and procedures tostrengthen the narrative approach. CODEN: JSISAF PUB. (78 refs.)Descriptors: PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISSUES; AFRICA; MODERNIZATION; SOCIALPROCESSES; SOCIETY Identifiers: OVERVIEW Copyright 1993 IFI/Plenum Data Company selection 2 of 2DIALOG(R)File 86:Mental Health Abstracts(c) 1997 IFI/Plenum Data Corp. Y?ETC. ETIOLOGICAL, ADAPTIVE AND SITUATIONAL FRAMEWORKS OF EXPLANATIONARE TO BE DEVELOPED AND CONTRASTED. INTERACTION INFAMILIES NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY, 1968. DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE ETIOLOGICAL, SITUATIONAL AND ADAPTIVEFRAMEWORKS OF ANALYSIS ARE NOTED. The findings discuss how letter writing andcorrespondence are transforming of clients' experience of, and relationshipto, their problems; and demonstrates narrative therapy's ability to expandthe conceptual base of the addiction field. YEAR: 1992 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United States LANGUAGE: English DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract of Journal Article (aja) The impact of changing societal and global conditions on adolescent sexual behavior and its study is examined. Also problematic were the researchers' efforts toassess and report the impact of stories on listeners or how the storiesemerged. (p. 3 6965 TAI1978-27884 Anton T. Year: 1995 Corporate Source/Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (CANADA) ( 351)Adviser: ROBERTA MCKAY Source: VOLUME 56/11-A OF DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL. 1376187 ORDER NO: NOT AVAILABLE FROM UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS INT'L. In embedding, there are two responses to thequestion. The fourth considers contributions by family therapists otherthan White and Epston whose work includes and supports narrative conceptsand ideas, such as the collaborative approaches of Lynn Hoffman, HarleneAnderson and Harry Goolishian. INFAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS, NORMALS USE THE STRATEGY OR INTERRUPTION MOST, GOODPREMORBID FAMILIES USE IT LEAST. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. Each model isexplored, with examples given and related studies cited. It is concluded that researchers should putmore emphasis on overcoming the barriers that impede the involvement ofinarticulate subjects in narrative research instead of dwelling on theirlimitations as informants.4555 2 96 2432Some Reflections on the Development of Narrative Research Nagra reflexioner kring utveckilingen inom berattelseforskning Arvidsson,Alf Etnologiska instit Umea U, S-9 187 Sweden Nord Nytt 1995, 58, Aug, 43-46. 55)Clearly, attempts should be made in future research to strike down barriersto the participation of inarticulate subjects; however, it should also bepointed out that there is value in determining the boundaries orlimitations of a given research methodology. 154 275 ORDER NO: AAD97-12 82THE THERAPY EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE(SEXUAL ABUSE) Author: SHANNON, PATRICIA JEAN Degree: PH.D. Moreover, it was stated that current ethicalguidelines pertaining to this topic were inadequate. PAGE1462. These types ofdiscourse were said to be: chaining, arching and embedding defined by theauthor as follows: Chaining involves a conversation extended through successive questions by the initial questioner; arching concerns a similar conversation extended by the respondent's questions. THERE ARE FEWERSIGNIFICANT 38719 HER1969- 5753 POWER: THE STRATEGY OF PERSON-CONTROL. (p. INTERACTION INFAMILIES NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY, 1968. NORMALFAMILIES SEEM TO SEEK SUBSTANTIVE AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING; GOODPREMORBID PATIENT'S FAMILIES SEEM MOST CONCERNED WITH PRESERVING THE FORMOF INTERACTION, WHILE POOR PREMORBID PATIENT'S FAMILIES SHOW LACK OFCLARITY REGARDING THE REQUIREMENTS AND GOALS OF THE TASK AND MAY LACKSHARED INTERNALIZED RULES FOR INTERACTION. HEAVY STRESS IS PLACED ON METHODOLOGICALINNOVATION. THE WORK HAS, HOWEVER,DEMONSTRATED THE APPLICABILITY OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODS TO THE STUDY OFFAMILY FUNCTIONING. APPLICATION OF THESITUATIONAL, ADAPTIVE AND ETIOLOGICAL MODELS TO THE DATA FINDS SOME SUPPORTFOR EACH BUT NO DECISIVE ADVANTAGE FOR ANY. The participants' reflective oral narratives and classroom practices, thechildren's work samples and other relevant documents, and the perceptionsof parents (in the case of the classroom teachers) and universitysupervisors (in the case of the aspiring teachers) toward the practitionerswere collected for review. Data consisted of discoursesgiven in response to questions by both adults and children in first gradeclassrooms. The idea here was thatstudent teachers could read these narratives and use them to gain a greaterunderstanding of what they might expect to encounter once they actuallybegin their teaching careers. Implications of this study include ways tomake school more inviting for African American students: (1) theimplementation of a culturally relevant curriculum and culturally relevantteaching may increase the academic success of African American students;(2) implementing fair and equal school practices may alleviate students'perceptions of school as a system for maintaining inequity, inequality, andexclusion; and (3) better communication among school personnel, AfricanAmerican students and their parents may prevent these students from feelingso alienated from the school. Mishler, Elliot G. Degree: PH.D. EDRS Price - MF 1/PC 2 Plus Postage. The model consisted ofmonthly, negotiated-topic study group sessions (focused on differentaspects of process writing instruction), theoretically-based reading, anddialogue journal writing. THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH DISRUPTIONS IN NORMALFAMILIES IS INTERPRETED AS EVIDENCE OF SPONTANEITY AND FLEXIBILITY RATHERTHAN ANXIETY. A brief biography of Boisen ispresented, followed by the first publication of the questionnaire he usedto test his hypotheses. A typology ofnarrative models is proposed that focuses on one of three problems definedas the central task for narrative research: (1) reference and the relationbetween temporal ordering of events and their narrative representation;(2) textual coherence and structure and narrative strategies, withsubclasses of textual poetics and discourse linguistics; and (3) narrativefunctions of contexts and consequences, with subclasses of narratizationof experience, narrative and culture, storytelling in international andinstitutional context, and the politics of narrative. Further, some of the strategies developed byBooth and Booth (1996) appear to be sound recommendations; however, theywould be quite difficult to put into practice. P. They were alsoasked to provide their personal understandings of the therapy process andthe therapeutic relationship. Drawing on detailed interview material from a young male informantwith learning difficulties in England, an attempt is made to show howthese problems might be tackled, emphasizing the importance of beingattentive to what goes unsaid. Languages: ENGLISH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CODE IS TAKEN AS AN INDEX OF RESPONSIVENESS. Adults ask moreconstraining questions than children, and children respond in complexthough less appropriate ways to children's questions than to adults'questions. Thesecommunity conversations explain the context of the classroom and show it tobe a place which is heavily based upon a pedagogy of caring andrelationality. (1975). Descriptors: Diagnostics; History; Schizophrenia Identifiers: Journal; Biography; Human; Theory; Overview Copyright 1993 IFI/Plenum Data Company****************************************************************************** Press ENTER to return to list of items for display?logoffMenu system 7. Psychology Dept Sarah Lawrence Coll, Bronxville NY 1 7 8 The Journal of Social Issues 199 , 46, 3, fall, 71-91. (1994). 322837 HER1979- 3799 Studies in dialogue and discourse. CONTROL VARIABLES SELECTED WEREPRESENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, TYPE OF ILLNESS HISTORY, SEX OF PATIENT, ANDPRESENCE OF A SIMILAR AGE, SAME SEX SIBLING IN THE FAMILY. However, another approach to more fully understanding the strengthsand the weaknesses of narrative research might be to analyze diverse typesof research using this methodology; and, in particular, to analyzenarrative research done by those who are best known in the field for theirwork with respect to this methodology. Year: 1995 Corporate Source/Institution: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATGREENSBORO ( 154) Director: DAVID B. These differences are interpreted as reflectingdifferences in the relative power of adults and children in these settings. THE MOTHER RESPONDS BYPAYING ATTENTION. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MassachusettsFamily Process 9(2):211-22 , 197 . When adults initiate a conversationwith a question, they retain control over its course by successivequestioning, i.e., by chaining; when children ask an adult a question, theadult regains control by responding with a question, i.e., by arching.Children question each other through a more balanced use of chaining andarching that may be conceptualized as either a more egalitarian or a morecompetitive mode. Models of narrative analysis: A typology.Journal of Narrative and Life History, 5(2), 87-123. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. References Booth, T. Shannon, P.J. CODEN: DSCIET PUB. This canbe more clearly interpreted and, in combination with other measures, canprovide findings that are more complex and more directly relevant totheories of family organization. Languages: ENGLISH IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT NORMAL FAMILIES WILL HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OFEXPRESSIVENESS THAN FAMILIES OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS, AND THAT THEAFFECTIVE QUALITY OF BEHAVIOR IN THESE FAMILIES WILL BE MORE POSITIVE THANIN FAMILIES OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS. VARIANCES IN MAGNITUDES OF CORRELATION ARE COMPUTED. The bulk of this section describes the ethical dilemmasthat arose from doing the project which included how to treat the stories,how to construe the tellers of the stories, what tellers gain fromparticipation, the impact of listeners on how the stories emerged,transforming the stories to written finished narrative, creating thecommentary to accompany the story, and dilemmas in using the stories. These included the need fortherapists to educate clients about their role and to discuss thelimitations of their knowledge and the impact of their subjectivity on thetherapy process. YEAR: 1995 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United States LANGUAGE: English DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract of Journal Article (aja) AVAILABILITY: Microfiche available Recent narrative studies in human sciences have shown a great diversity in methods and theoretical perspectives. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. There was also evidence that forces outsideschool such as childhood experiences (both positive and negative), familylife experiences, significant role models, and internal forces (e.g.,positive personality/motivational/attitudinal factors as well as theirconsciousness, visions, and struggles to improve had greatly shaped theirprofessional lives. YEAR: 199 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United States LANGUAGE: English DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract of Journal Article (aja) SUBFILE: SOPODA The "psychology of modernization" is reconceptualized with respect toThird World societies, drawing on postcolonial research in North Africaand ethnographic and life-narrative research in the Moroccan pre-Sahara.It is argued that the traditional Moroccan society is not becoming modern,but peripheral, and remains underdeveloped rather than developing. There is one type of study of narratives that should serve as thebasis for continuing work in the field. Survivors' narratives describe three distinct patterns ofalliance in therapy which are characterized as dynamic, idealizing andavoidant. (Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Michigan)Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(11-B), p. The type of discourse within which an utterance is locatedinfluences the features of children's responses to children's but not toadults' questions. The need to transcend the borders to thefields of cultural studies and the sociologies of literature, music, film,and art is discussed.452618 96 1211Models of Narrative Analysis: A Typology Mishler, Elliot G. These problems are said to include: confusion understanding the subjectdue to the inarticulateness; a general unresponsiveness of the inarticulatesubject to questioning; an overemphasis upon the concrete; and difficultieswith the concept of time. Theschizophrenic process is discussed and it is shown that acute schizophreniais an identity crisis, and is the result of the requirement that theindividual move out of the rigid family role structure and behave as anindependent and flexible person. GOOD PREMORBID PATIENTS' MOTHERS LOWER THEIRRATE OF TENSION RELEASE WHEN WITH THEIR PATIENT SONS. Boisen's interviewtechniques are compared to those of his contemporaries. Narrative research methodologies are also used in many psychologicalstudies. Languages: ENGLISH INTERACTION CODES WERE USED TO MEASURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STIMULUS,ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RESPONSE AFFECT, FOCUS, FRAGMENTS, INTERACTION PROCESSANALYSIS, INTERRUPTIONS, PAUSES, STATEMENT LENGTH, TO WHOM ACTION WASADDRESSED, AND SOME OTHER MATTERS NOT DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENT REPORT.METHODS OF CODING, TRANSCRIBING, CHECKING, AND ADDING EXPLANATORY DATA AREDISCUSSED. Languages: ENGLISH A REVIEW IS MADE OF THE LITERATURE ON POWER IN FAMILIES. Putting nature to the rack: Narrative studies asresearch. IN GOOD PREMORBID FAMILIES, THE POWER STRUCTURE CENTERSON THE SONS, WITH MOTHERS COLLABORATING AND FATHERS ATTEMPTING TOMONOPOLIZE LENGTHY BLOCKS OF TIME. (1996). The result is a series of thirteen "community conversations"which re-present the narratives of experience of these children, theirteacher, and the researcher about how this classroom is a community. MEMBERS OF POORPREMORBID FAMILIES ARE HIGH IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INTERPERSONALEXPRESSION. 59381 FRA1971- 982 Family processes and schizophrenia. Behar-Horenstein, Linda S.; Morgan, Ronald R. An example of the kind of study that is being referred to here wasconducted by Mishler (1975) who explored three types of narrative discoursebetween people, all of which involving question asking. It uses Tonnies'swork in sociology on the notions of gemeinschaft and gesellschaft and theliterature that is part of the liberalism-communitarian debate in politicalphilosophy to develop a community metaphor for citizenship education whichis less political and more relational. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. PAGE2848. Vianne; And Others Oct 1994 31p.; Paper presented at the AERO Conference (Tempe, AZ, October 1994).EDRS Price - MF 1/PC 2 Plus Postage. In this collaborative modelof inquiry, the voices of the teachers, principal, and researcher wereprominent in the final report. A CONTROL GROUPIS USED. These methods are drawn from ecologicalpsychology, phenomenological research, sociolinguistics, andethnomethodology. 323 p., $1 . There are several problems with this study. Regarding these problems, McLean (1994) reported that project,developers were unsure of how to treat the stories, or how to characterizestory tellers, or how to delineate precisely what storytellers gained fromtheir participation. 7236) Based on findings, Shannon (1996) concluded that survivors' ofchildhood sexual abuse do not have the power to leave unproductivetherapeutic relationships. DISCUSSION IS OFFERED OF COLLECTIVE EFFECTS,REPLICATED PATTERNS, CONGRUENT PATTERNS, INCONGRUENT PATTERNS, ROLEEFFECTS, AND ABSENCE OF GROUP OR ROLE EFFECTS AS POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPSBETWEEN OUTCOMES OF GROUP AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSES. Languages: English Participation rates have traditionally been used to indicate certainaspects of family and group structure. Thomas, D. SESSIONSWERE RECORDED ON A FOUR-CHANNEL RECORDER. The study's strength is in the fact that itdeals with a topic that is and should be of concern to those interested innarrative research, especially when one considers that there are entirepopulations or large segments of certain populations that tend to be fairlyinarticulate, e.g., children with language difficulties, individuals withbrain disorders, and so forth. 336 PAGES Descriptors: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; WOMEN'S STUDIES Descriptor Codes: 622; 453 This report describes the design, conduct, and findings of a narrativeresearch study concerned with abused, depressed individuals' experiences oftheir social withdrawal. For example, McLean points out that the simple preparationof the narratives presented the project developers with a number of ethicalproblems. Both the strengths and the weaknesses of the reviewed studies weredelineated and discussed. THE MODE OF ANALYSIS IS REPETITIVE ASKING OF THEQUESTION: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE FAMILIES ON VARIABLE X? Mishler, Elliot G. Moreover, theassumptions made about the narratives were simple and concrete and notoverly speculative which means that if desired, another researcher couldprobably easily subject these speculations to a more quantitative testingin order to strengthen the conclusions reached. On the other hand, whenchildren ask an adult a question, the adult regains control by respondingwith a question, i.e., by arching. Year: 1996 Corporate Source/Institution: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATGREENSBORO ( 154) Adviser: KATHLEEN CASEY Source: VOLUME 57/ 5-A OF DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. A typology ofnarrative models is proposed that focuses on one of three problems definedas the central task for narrative research: (1) reference and the relationbetween temporal ordering of events and their narrative representation;(2) textual coherence and structure and narrative strategies, withsubclasses of textual poetics and discourse linguistics; and (3) narrativefunctions of contexts and consequences, with subclasses of narratizationof experience, narrative and culture, storytelling in international andinstitutional context, and the politics of narrative. 11659 NAS1971-12425 Sequential patterning in family interaction: a methodological note.Waxler, Nancy E.; Mishler, Elliot G. 15 3456 ORDER NO: AAD96-32149"THEY MADE ME MEAN": STUDENTS IN THE MARGINS SPEAK OUT AGAINST UNFAIRSCHOOL PRACTICES (MARGINAL STUDENTS, CLASS DISCRIMINATION) Author: PUTNAM-WHALEY, KATHY JANE Degree: ED.D. SOME EVIDENCE OF ASUPERIOR POWER POSITION HELD BY THE SCHIZOPHRENIC SONS IS NOTED. NY:Wiley. There are implications for future research provided by thisstudy: (1) pilot programs, (2) staff development, (3) test scores, and (4)case studies--"voices" of parents, teachers and students. (1992). Languages: ENGLISH INTERRUPTIONS AND QUESTIONS ARE TAKEN AS INDICES OF ATTEMPTS TO CONTROLPERSONS IN THE DISCUSSION SETTING. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. THE AIM OF MAKING THESTUDY RELEVANT TO GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE INTERESTS HAS PERHAPS LIMITED ITSDIRECT APPLICABILITY TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. RELATIONSHIPSBETWEEN EACH INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY AND THE CONTROL AND INDEPENDENTVARIABLES ARE EXPLORED. In thisregard, McLean (1994) described a narrative research project at ArizonaState University West which had the objective of generating a collection ofnarratives to be used in professional teacher education. THE PROBLEM OFDETERMINING FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS TO BE TYPICAL OF ALL FAMILIES, OF ALLDISTURBED FAMILIES, OR ALL FAMILIES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIC CHILDREN ISDISCUSSED. These were submitted tosubjects who attempted to guess each successive word in the sentence. Mishler, Elliot G.; Waxler, Nancy E. 3-62). 323 p. These students told that they were treateddifferently by the adults at school depending on which socio-economic classthey were in. IN FAMILIES OF POOR PREMORBID SCHIZOPHRENIC MALES BOTHSONS STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THE ATTENTION OF THE FAMILY. reserv. 258 PAGES Descriptors: EDUCATION, SECONDARY ; SOCIOLOGY, ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES ; EDUCATION, INTERCULTURAL Descriptor Codes: 533; 631; 282 The purpose of this investigation was to magnify the "voices" of fiveAfrican American high school seniors to better understand theirorientations toward school. EXAMPLES OF INTERACTION PROCESSANALYSIS AND AFFECT CODING ARE PRESENTED. APATTERN OF CONFUSED COMMUNICATION IS IDENTIFIED IN THE FAMILIES OF POORPREMORBID SONS. 7236. Narrative Research: An Analysis of Methods and Findings Booth and Booth (1996) have conducted many studies using narrativeresearch; they are particularly interested in the difficulties that arisewhen subjects are inarticulate. 376 PAGES Descriptors: EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY OF Descriptor Codes: 34 ISBN: -315- 1742-7 This dissertation explores the question of how one teacher's (Marlene's)classroom is a community in order to further thinking about thepossibilities of education for social life in classrooms. Interaction in Families. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. DEPT. Differences between the two encounters appear to be relatedto the outcomes of the encounters, including the framing of clinicaldecisions and the maintenance of cooperative patient-MD relations.471 65 961 322Sounds of Silence: Narrative Research with Inarticulate Subjects Booth,Tim; Booth, Wendy Dept Sociological Studies U Sheffield, S1 2TU England Disability and Society 1996, 11, 1, Mar, 55-69. INTERACTION INFAMILIES NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY, 1968. In their analysis of the man's responses to the interview, theyconclude that there are certain problems which would manifest themselves inany type of narrative research with subjects who are not especially verbal. In other words, investigatingand describing these boundaries would also be a fruitful area for futureresearch in the field. AMONG FAMILIES OF DAUGHTERS, THE GOOD AND POOR PREMORBID FAMILIESDIFFER MORE THAN EITHER DOES FROM THE NORMALS. Languages: ENGLISH THE REPORT IS CONCERNED ONLY WITH MARGINAL ANALYSES; SUMMARY SCORES BASEDON THE OVERALL FREQUENCY OF PARTICIPATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILYDURING AN EXPERIMENTAL SESSION ARE COMPUTED SEPARATELY FOR EACH OF 79 INDEXSCORES, OF WHICH 34 ARE UTILIZED IN THE PRESENT STUDY. Mishler, Elliot G.; Waxler, Nancy E. Mishler, E.G. IT IS NOTED THAT MOSTSTUDIES IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN LONG ON SPECULATION AND SUBJECTIVE ASSERTIONOF BROAD METAPHORICAL IDEAS, AND SHORT ON METHODOLOGICAL SOPHISTICATION ANDQUANTIFIABLE RESULTS. The study argues that letters andother written productions clients and therapists circulate in therapy havemore in common with oral history and good literature (e.g., novels andshort stories) than case histories produced in medicine and social work. Three social-psychological fieldsderive from these social relations and define the dimensions along whichthis society-and perhaps peripheral orders in general-differ from core,industrialized societies: the familial, the persecutory, and the defensivedimensions. THREE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELDS DERIVE FROM THESE SOCIALRELATIONS AND DEFINE THE DIMENSIONS ALONG WHICH THIS SOCIETY-AND PERHAPSPERIPHERAL ORDERS IN GENERAL-DIFFER FROM CORE, INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES:THE FAMILIAL, THE PERSECUTORY, AND THE DEFENSIVE DIMENSIONS. INTERACTION INFAMILIES NEW YORK, JOHN WILEY, 1968. Crafting narratives for pedagogical purposes:Practical issues and ethical dilemmas. Letters were generated in the context of individual, couple, family andgroup psychotherapy at outpatient alcohol and drug abuse clinics, schools,inpatient substance abuse units, residential treatment, partialhospitalization, and employee assistance programs, as well as theresearcher's private practice. AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCEON COMMUNICATION DISTURBANCE FOR FAMILIES OF SONS SHOWS NORMAL FAMILIESHIGH IN DISRUPTION, POOR PREMORBID FAMILIES IN AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION,AND GOOD PREMORBID FAMILIES LOW IN SPEECH DISRUPTION. YEAR: 1996 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: United Kingdom LANGUAGE: English DOCUMENT TYPE: Abstract of Journal Article (aja) Addresses the challenge of using narrative methods in sociologicalresearch with people who have learning difficulties. The study had twogoals, of which the second received more emphasis: to gather preliminaryinterview material regarding withdrawal and, in the process of interpretingthis material, to observe and describe the interpretive methods employed.Two conclusions emerged: (1) the standard view of social withdrawal asinherently negative is of questionable merit in accounting for theparticipants' experiences, and (2) contra the common assumption thatnarrative interpretive methods are inherently mysterious, they can bedescribed in considerable detail by an attentive practitioner. Fairbanks,Colleen M. reserv. Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs,CT USA J. The narratives of these students were analyzed to identify thediscriminatory practices of educators based on what socio-economic class astudent belongs. Teacher narrative studies areseen as fitting into the interpretive case study research approach. MISHLER, ELLIOT G.; WAXLER, NANCY E. OF PSYCHIATRY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. According to Booth and Booth (1996), all of these problems can beovercome, thereby allowing the inarticulate person to serve as a subject inongoing narrative studies. The strength of Mishler and Waxler's (1968) study consisted of thefact that the authors' analyses of the taped discussions (narratives) werebacked up with both logical/conceptual argumentation and additional data.These supplementary procedures included: (1) The use of a control group; (2) A lengthy explication of the levels of analysis as they relatedto both the individual and the group; (3) An explanation of alternative models of family processes as wellas a delineation of the major assumptions underlying each model; (4) The collection of supporting quantitative data using astandardized research instrument; and (5) A specification of the theoretical framework used by the authorsin data analysis.The only weakness of the study was that certain sections of the report werehighly abstract; understanding would have been enhanced if the authors hadprovided more concrete examples of the points they were attempting to make. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 74 Fenwood Road, Boston,Massachusetts 2115 Language and Speech (Teddington) No.13:1 2-117, 197 . IT IS FURTHER HELD THAT SUCHMODES OF COMMUNICATION PERMIT GREATER ADAPTABILITY. Dept Psychiatry Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge St MA 2139 Journal ofNarrative and Life History 1995,
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