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Art and Science of Transformational Change

Page history last edited by Debby McCormick 9 years, 6 months ago

 

We invite you to participate as a researcher in finding and adding resources on transformational change.   This is a dynamic tool for you to add information you find to your FW 311 individual group's wiki as you do research for class projects (click on the "Sidebar" located on the right in the "View" mode--select the appropriate Class Wiki).  We encourage you to share not only titles (for example, the citation of a journal article, a book, a blog, or title of a digital media stream), but also the places you found the resources and the search strategies you found useful, as we have in the links below. Students will post to the topic areas on the sidebar located on the right.

 

Required Assignment Materials:

 

Measuring the Immeasurable: The Scientific Case for Spirituality. (2008). Boulder, CO: Sounds True Publishers.

Read the following:

Simon, T.  Introduction, pp. ix-xi.

Russell, P.  Exploring Deep Mind, pp. 1-13.

Pert, C. & Marriott, N.  The Science of Emotions and Consciousness, pp. 15-33.

 

Supplementary Resource Materials:

 

Articles:

 

Braden, Gregg  (2011).  Deep wisdom: the marriage of science and spirituality. Tampa Bay Wellnes, 26 (9), pp. 12-15.  Excerpt from article: "In recent years, an explosion of new discoveries throughout the sciences has left little doubt that many long-standing views about life, our world, and our bodies have to change. The reason is simple: The ideas are wrong. In light of the new evidence regarding near–ice age civilizations, the false assumptions of human evolution, the origin and role of war in our past, and the undue emphasis on competition in our lives today, we must rethink the most basic scientific beliefs that lie at the core of the decisions we make and the way we live. This is where the new deep truths of science come in." 

Search strategy: Keyword search in Consumer Health Complete: science AND transformation.

To read the full text click on the PDF link on this page.  

 

Wade, G. H.  (1998).  A concept analysis of personal transformation.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28 (4), pp. 713-719.

Abstract: A concept analysis of personal transformation.  Personal transformation,  a multidimensional concept, is applicable to nursing practice, education, and research. Using a modified version of Walker and Avant’s concept analysis model, personal transformation was analysed relative to Newman’s Theory of  Health as Expanding Consciousness. By integrating common themes from definitions of several disciplines with Newman’s theory, a definition of personal transformation was derived. Personal transformation is a dynamic, uniquely individualized process of expanding consciousness whereby individuals become critically aware of old and new self-views and choose to integrate these views into a new self-definition. A conceptual map depicts the defining attributes, antecedents and consequences of personal transformation. A model case illustrates the applicability of the concept to nursing education. Because the transformation process is revealed through individual patterns, qualitative research for further analysis of the concept is recommended.

Search strategy: Keyword search in Academic Search Premier: self and transform* and change and health* and theor*, limited to Peer reviewed, limited to last 8 years.

To read the full text click on the PDF link on this page.

 

Astin, J. A., Shapiro, S. L., Eisenberg,  D. M., & Forys, K. L.  (2003).  Mind-body medicine: state of the science, implications for practice. The Journal Of The American Board Of Family Practice, 16 (2), pp. 131-47. Absract: Although emerging evidence during the past several decades suggests that psychosocial factors can directly influence both physiologic function and health outcomes, medicine had failed to move beyond the biomedical model, in part because of lack of exposure to the evidence base supporting the biopsychosocial model. The literature was reviewed to examine the efficacy of representative psychosocial-mind-body interventions, including relaxation, (cognitive) behavioral therapies, meditation, imagery, biofeedback, and hypnosis for several common clinical conditions. METHODS: An electronic search was undertaken of the MEDLINE, PsycLIT, and the Cochrane Library databases and a manual search of the reference sections of relevant articles for related clinical trials and reviews of the literature. Studies examining mind-body interventions for psychological disorders were excluded. Owing to space limitations, studies examining more body-based therapies, such as yoga and tai chi chuan, were also not included. Data were extracted from relevant systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials. RESULTS: Drawing principally from systematic reviews and meta-analyses, there is considerable evidence of efficacy for several mind-body therapies in the treatment of coronary artery disease (eg, cardiac rehabilitation), headaches, insomnia, incontinence, chronic low back pain, disease and treatment-related symptoms of cancer, and improving postsurgical outcomes. We found moderate evidence of efficacy for mind-body therapies in the areas of hypertension and arthritis. Additional research is required to clarify the relative efficacy of different mind-body therapies, factors (such as specific patient characteristics) that might predict more or less successful outcomes, and mechanisms of action. Research is also necessary to examine the cost offsets associated with mind-body therapies. There is now considerable evidence that an array of mind-body therapies can be used as effective adjuncts to conventional medical treatment for a number of common clinical conditions.

Database searched: PubMed Medline. Keyword search: health AND yoga AND success*

To access the full text, click on "Check for Full Text." on this page. Click on "Journal." Click on "Select an Issue from the Archive." Select "2003." Click on "March." Scroll down and click on "PDF" next to article title: Mind-Body Medicine: State of the Science, Implications for Practice

 

Books:

 

Electronic Books from Cline Library:

 

Brain and culture: neurobiology, ideology, and social change.   Wexler, B. E. (2006). Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press.  Access ebook.

Chapter 4: Self-preservation and the difficulty of change in adulthood.

Search strategy: keyword search brain and change and transformation in Cline Library online catalog. 

 

Mind-body unity: a new vision for mind-body science and medicine.  Henry Dreher. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003. Chapters: The psychosomatic network: foundations of mind-body medicine -- The social perspective in mind-body studies -- The mindful heart: psychosocial factors in heart disease -- Cancer and the mind: an integrative investigation -- Behavioral medicine's new marketplace -- The scientific and moral imperative of psychosocial interventions for cancer -- Mind-body medicine for women: gender-specific treatments -- Somatization: secrets disclosed to the body -- Mind-body interventions for surgery: evidence and exigency. Access ebook.

 

Science of compassion and love:  theory, research, and applications. Edited by Beverley Fehr, Susan Sprecher, and Lynn G. Underwood. Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Access ebook.

Search strategy: keyword search emotions and science in Cline Library online catalog. 

 

Spirituality and health: multidisciplinary explorations. Edited by Augustine Meier, Thomas St. James O'Connor, Peter VanKatwyk. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfred Laurier University Press, c2005. Access ebook.

 

Print books:

 

Ferguson, M. (1987). The Aquarian conspiracy: personal and social transformation in the 1980s.  Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher; [New York]: Distributed by St. Martin's Press.

Cline Library Book stacks: Call number: HN59.2 .F47 1987      

Chapter: People Changing

Search strategy: keyword search brain and change and transformation in Cline Library online catalog. 

 

Gardner, H. (2006). Changing minds: the art and science of changing our own and other people's minds. Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press.

Cline Library Book stacks: Call number: BF637.C4 G37 2006      

The contents of the mind -- The forms of the mind -- The power of early theories -- Leading a diverse population -- Leading an institution : how to deal with a uniform population -- Changing minds indirectly--through scientific discoveries, scholarly breakthroughs, and artistic creations -- Mind changing in a formal setting -- Mind changing up close -- Changing one's own mind -- Epilogue : the future of mind changing.

Search strategy: keyword search brain and change and transformation in Cline Library online catalog. 

 

Media:

 

Streamed Videos from Cline Library:

 

Healing Arts: The Arts and Medicine. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1996.  29 min.  View streaming video. Summary: Art has been used over the centuries to help people accept a medical condition they cannot change or to provide a spiritual lift during difficult times. But, increasingly, the arts are being used in a scientifically ordered manner to improve health in specific ways. Studies have shown that arts therapy can reduce pain, improve the health of pre-term babies, decrease the severity of headaches, and improve speech of people who've had strokes. This program from The Doctor Is In profiles several examples, including a dance that evolved out of dealing with AIDS, murals in a children's cancer clinic, a physician who is also a professional clown, music therapy for autistic children, and a woman with manic-depressive illness who uses painting as therapy.

 

YouTube: Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason With Pema Chodron (9 minutes):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrgznKit-vI

 

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at 11:48 pm on Jun 21, 2012

Is anyone else having trouble trying to view the additional reading selections or is it just me? (Brittney Cox)

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