1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450253403321

Autore

Czarniawska-Joerges Barbara

Titolo

Narratives in social science research [[electronic resource] /] / Barbara Czarniawska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-4462-2595-X

1-84920-950-2

1-280-36867-5

9786610368679

1-4129-3176-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Introducing qualitative methods

Disciplina

300.72

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Social sciences - Methodology

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Storytelling

Narration (Rhetoric) - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - The 'Narrative Turn' in Social Studies; Chapter 2 - How Stories are Made; Chapter 3 - Collecting Stories; Chapter 4 - Narratives in an Interview Situation; Chapter 5 - Reading Narratives; Chapter 6 - Structural Analyses; Chapter 7 - Close Readings: Poststructuralism, Interruption, Deconstruction; Chapter 8 - Reading Social Science; Chapter 9 - Writing Social Science; Chapter 10 - Narrativizing Social Sciences; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a useful and rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830499903321

Autore

Ryan Frank <1944->

Titolo

Cognitive therapy for addiction [[electronic resource] ] : motivation and change / / Frank Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013

ISBN

1-118-31647-9

1-299-15903-6

1-118-31652-5

1-118-31655-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/227

616.85227

616.860651

Soggetti

Compulsive behavior - Treatment

Substance abuse - Treatment

Cognitive therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The tenacity of addiction -- Existing cognitive behavioural accounts of addiction and substance misuse -- Core processes in addiction -- A cognitive approach to understanding the compulsive nature of addiction -- Vulnerability factors in addiction -- Motivation and engagement -- Managing impulses and craving -- Managing mood -- Maintaining change -- Future directions & concluding comments.

Sommario/riassunto

An innovative new approach to addiction treatment that pairs cognitive behavioural therapy with cognitive neuroscience, to directly target the core mechanisms of addiction. Offers a focus on addiction that is lacking in existing cognitive therapy accountsUtilizes various approaches, including mindfulness, 12-step facilitation, cognitive bias modification, motivational enhancement and goal-setting and, to combat common road blocks on the road to addiction recoveryUses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can