Shame and Ageing in a Transforming World

2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-54584-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 331 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 682 g

The book provides a comprehensive overview of research and concepts related to shame and ageing, in the context of social change, upheavals and paradigm shifts, from transdisciplinary, cultural and transcultural perspectives. Drawing upon the editors' previous works on the topic of shame, this volume discusses the contexts of shame and ageing from theoretical, conceptual, and empirical perspectives. The toxic and stressful aspects of shame have been the focus of scientific analysis and discourse on shame and ageing. This volume explicitly makes the dimensions of shame a resource for individuals, and collective transformation processes the object of research in the context of ageing. It looks at emerging lifestyle, political, socio-economic and health contexts. It looks at how and why the frequency, intensity and handling of feelings of shame change over the course of life; the impact of shame on emotional well-being and mental health of older people; the impact of shame on social relationships and social engagement of older people in different cultures; the role of cultural values and norms in the development and processing of feelings of shame, especially in older people, and how these can be used for self-development; and the differences in the way older people in different cultures deal with feelings of shame and the way these can be used to develop effective strategies and techniques for older people to cope with shame. The editors and contributors thereby take cultural and gender aspects, as well as positive psychology and resource-orientated concepts, such as salutogenesis, resilience, happiness, fortitude, locus of control, faith- or strengths-based approaches into account and contextualize them against processes of social upheaval and transformation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mayer, Claude-Hélène

Vanderheiden, Elisabeth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- PART 1 Shame Development Over The Life Span.- 2. Ageing, shame, the destruction of personhood.- 3. Explainable Multilayer Perceptron Classification Model for detecting the Internalized Shame Based on Childhood Trauma, Cognitive Flexibility, Distress Tolerance and Alexithymia.- 4. Effects of Abortion on Shame and Shame Evaluations. An Empirical Investigation.- 5. Through the Looking-Glass: The Family Shame of Elder Abuse.- 6. The Vicious Circle of Age Shame: Stigma & Vulnerability.- 7. Twice hidden? Shame and double stigmatization among old LGBTQIA+ adults.- The Shame and Stigma of Being an Older Student.- 9.“Not in love but shameful grief”: Captain Beefheart’s Late-Career Triumph.- PART 2 Exploring Shame in a Transforming World.- 10. Aging and Shame: Mutual Transformation and the Virtues.- 11. The Shame of Ageing during 4th Industrial Revolution: A Thematic Analysis of Indian Adults - Shaming among Indian Baby-Boomers and Gen X during the 4th Industrial Revolution.- 12. Employing Artificial Intelligence To Alleviate Shame-induced Barriers To Medical Treatment Of Older Persons.- PART 3 Shame and Ageing in Health Contexts.- 13. Stigma, Shame, And Failed Obligation In Dementia Care.- 14. #bodyshaming – body image and eating disorders in older people.- 15. Perceptions of older patients in terms of their healthcare in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Über Autor(innen)

Elisabeth Vanderheiden is an adult educator, adult education manager and CEO of the Global Institute for Transcultural Research. She has published numerous academic books and articles. Her research interests range from shame, conflict and love to andragogical studies and digitalisation. She focuses in particular on cultural and transformative research questions.

Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg. She is a Semester at Sea Alumni (SASFA22) and a Board member of the International Academy of Intercultural Research. Further, she is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Positive Psychology) and for the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. She holds Doctoral degrees in Psychology, Management and Cultural Anthropology. Her Venia Legendi is in Psychology with focus on Work, Organisational and Cultural Psychology from Europa Universität, Viadrina, Germany. Her research areas include transcultural mental health, salutogenesis, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, shame and love across cultures, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, and psychobiography. Her teaching areas are cross-cultural psychology, mental health, organizational theory, systems and design thinking, coaching, positive psychology, organizational behaviour and transcultural conflict management and mediation.