Fred H Besthorn
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4176489 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Fred H Besthorn |
| NOMBRES | Fred H |
| APELLIDO | Besthorn |
| FIRMA | BESTHORN F H |
| AFILIACIONES | Wichita State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The relationship between social support and anxiety amongst children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia
This study examined how HIV-related stigma and social support are related to anxiety among children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia. This is a cross-sectional exploratory study with a sample of 132 caregiver-child dyads. Our study found that higher levels of social support was correlated with lower levels of anxiety among children living with HIV, but higher levels of HIV-related stigma was not correlated with higher levels of anxiety. …
Nature, Genetics and the Biophilia Connection
Social work’s notion of environment and its environmental responsibilities has always been narrowly defined. The profession has tended to either neglect natural environmental issues or accept shallow, ecological conceptualizations of nature as something other, quite separate from the human enterprise and/or outside the reach of social work activity. The Biophilia Hypothesis, first articulated by Harvard biologist E.O.Wilson in 1984, offers social…
Depressive symptoms among older caregivers raising children impacted by HIV/Aids in the Omusati Region of Namibia
The study of depressive symptoms among caregivers raising HIV/AIDS-orphans is emerging as an important area of research. However, it has not been explored at length in generational and cultural contexts. In this study, the authors explore the role of financial strain, raising a HIV-infected and/or impacted child, and caregiver knowledge on the depressive symptoms of 89-older caregivers raising HIV/AIDS-orphans in Namibia, Africa. In this study, w…
Ecosocialwork and transformed consciousness
Social work has a long history of environmentally and ecologically informed practice. In recent years, the profession has begun to comprehend how environmental crises and global warming impact the clients we serve. What many social workers have come to refer to as ecosocialwork has emerged as a vital new area of social work practice. This article will review the evolution of ecosocialwork. It will suggest that one of the core priorities of ecosoc…
Ecological Social Work
Ecopsychology, Meet Ecosocialwork
Social work's conventional environmental and ecological perspectives have been important to the theoretical legacy of the profession. In recent years, a new ecosocialwork perspective has emerged that is radically different from the profession's earlier orientations. This new perspective shares much in common with the field of ecopsychology. This essay traces the evolution of ecosocialwork and describes several of its distinguishing features, foun…
A Postmodern Critique of Societal Discourses of Male Violence in Interpersonal Family Relationships
In recent years, treatments of family violence have tended to be built around conventional discourses suggesting that men are major initiators in instances of interpersonal violence. Utilizing a postmodernist analysis, we assess societal discourses that continue to give life to this narrow conceptualization of interpersonal violence. We also examine literature suggesting that both men and women resort to violence to resolve relationship difficult…
Stress, Spiritual, and Support Coping, and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Assisted Living
This study explored the role of stress and coping on the psychological well-being of 316 older adults in assisted living. Hierarchical regression revealed that high stress was significantly associated with high depression and low life satisfaction, while high levels of social support and spiritual coping mechanisms were significantly related to low depression and high life satisfaction. The findings indicated the necessity of appropriate assessme…
Vertical Farming
Environmental concerns, including issues of ecological justice, attention to sustainability, and focus on issues of food security have gathered increased momentum in social work. This article will trace the background of sustainable urban agriculture as a partial solution to the issue of global food insecurity and its impact on marginalised urban populations. It will review the development of a sustainable agricultural initiative called vertical …
Deep Ecology's contributions to social work
Besthorn FH. Deep Ecology's contributions to social work: A ten‐year retrospective In the last decade, a new generation of social workers have made great strides incorporating environmental awareness into their theoretical formulations and practice modalities. This is a welcome development for a profession often conspicuously absent in the emerging international consensus that Earth's capacity to support life is in deep trouble. Beginning in the …
Eco-Spiritual Helping and Postmodern Therapy
Along with some substantial benefits of important scientific and technological advancements in the modern era, we have experienced a significant alienation of humans from the rest of the natural world, manifested by many forms of violence against nature and other living beings. Modernistic therapy approaches and models tend to fragment the person as a whole, focusing on the individual human intellect and/or emotion as being superior or more funda…
Post 9-11 Terror Hysteria
It was only weeks after the planes crashed into the twin towers on that bright, sunlit morning of September 11th, 200l, that it became apparent that the most important challenge now facing American democracy was how well would we strike a balance between liberty and security. This paper will look at the history of civil liberties in light of threats to national security. It will examine components of the US Patriot Act, how these provisions are b…
Revisioning Environment
Social work's notion of environment has always been unnecessarily restrictive. The profession has tended to either ignore the natural environment or accept a shallow ecological conceptualization of nature as something other, quite separate from human activity. Deep ecology offers social work an essentially different view of the person/environment construct and argues for a fundamental shift in the way humanity views its relationship with nature. …
Radical Environmentalism and the Ecological Self
This analysis explores current, Western conceptualizations of self-identity, contrasts these with ideas of self from earlier epochs and suggests that an emerging cultural transition is leading to a new sense of self-an ecological self. The new self does not ignore identification with nonhuman beings and nature, as conventional conceptualizations have so often done. Rather, it suggests that nature constitutes both the beginning and the ongoing ess…
Radical Environmentalism and the Ecological Self
This analysis explores current, Western conceptualizations of self-identity, contrasts these with ideas of self from earlier epochs and suggests that an emerging cultural transition is leading to a new sense of self-an ecological self. The new self does not ignore identification with nonhuman beings and nature, as conventional conceptualizations have so often done. Rather, it suggests that nature constitutes both the beginning and the ongoing ess…
Deep Ecology's contributions to social work
Besthorn FH. Deep Ecology's contributions to social work: A ten‐year retrospective In the last decade, a new generation of social workers have made great strides incorporating environmental awareness into their theoretical formulations and practice modalities. This is a welcome development for a profession often conspicuously absent in the emerging international consensus that Earth's capacity to support life is in deep trouble. Beginning in the …
Vertical Farming
Environmental concerns, including issues of ecological justice, attention to sustainability, and focus on issues of food security have gathered increased momentum in social work. This article will trace the background of sustainable urban agriculture as a partial solution to the issue of global food insecurity and its impact on marginalised urban populations. It will review the development of a sustainable agricultural initiative called vertical …
Revisioning Environment
Social work's notion of environment has always been unnecessarily restrictive. The profession has tended to either ignore the natural environment or accept a shallow ecological conceptualization of nature as something other, quite separate from human activity. Deep ecology offers social work an essentially different view of the person/environment construct and argues for a fundamental shift in the way humanity views its relationship with nature. …
Nature, Genetics and the Biophilia Connection
Social work’s notion of environment and its environmental responsibilities has always been narrowly defined. The profession has tended to either neglect natural environmental issues or accept shallow, ecological conceptualizations of nature as something other, quite separate from the human enterprise and/or outside the reach of social work activity. The Biophilia Hypothesis, first articulated by Harvard biologist E.O.Wilson in 1984, offers social…
Revisioning Environment
Social work's notion of environment has always been unnecessarily restrictive. The profession has tended to either ignore the natural environment or accept a shallow ecological conceptualization of nature as something other, quite separate from human activity. Deep ecology offers social work an essentially different view of the person/environment construct and argues for a fundamental shift in the way humanity views its relationship with nature. …
Radical Environmentalism and the Ecological Self
This analysis explores current, Western conceptualizations of self-identity, contrasts these with ideas of self from earlier epochs and suggests that an emerging cultural transition is leading to a new sense of self-an ecological self. The new self does not ignore identification with nonhuman beings and nature, as conventional conceptualizations have so often done. Rather, it suggests that nature constitutes both the beginning and the ongoing ess…
Post 9-11 Terror Hysteria
It was only weeks after the planes crashed into the twin towers on that bright, sunlit morning of September 11th, 200l, that it became apparent that the most important challenge now facing American democracy was how well would we strike a balance between liberty and security. This paper will look at the history of civil liberties in light of threats to national security. It will examine components of the US Patriot Act, how these provisions are b…
Eco-Spiritual Helping and Postmodern Therapy
Along with some substantial benefits of important scientific and technological advancements in the modern era, we have experienced a significant alienation of humans from the rest of the natural world, manifested by many forms of violence against nature and other living beings. Modernistic therapy approaches and models tend to fragment the person as a whole, focusing on the individual human intellect and/or emotion as being superior or more funda…
Deep Ecology's contributions to social work
Besthorn FH. Deep Ecology's contributions to social work: A ten‐year retrospective In the last decade, a new generation of social workers have made great strides incorporating environmental awareness into their theoretical formulations and practice modalities. This is a welcome development for a profession often conspicuously absent in the emerging international consensus that Earth's capacity to support life is in deep trouble. Beginning in the …
Stress, Spiritual, and Support Coping, and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Assisted Living
This study explored the role of stress and coping on the psychological well-being of 316 older adults in assisted living. Hierarchical regression revealed that high stress was significantly associated with high depression and low life satisfaction, while high levels of social support and spiritual coping mechanisms were significantly related to low depression and high life satisfaction. The findings indicated the necessity of appropriate assessme…
Vertical Farming
Environmental concerns, including issues of ecological justice, attention to sustainability, and focus on issues of food security have gathered increased momentum in social work. This article will trace the background of sustainable urban agriculture as a partial solution to the issue of global food insecurity and its impact on marginalised urban populations. It will review the development of a sustainable agricultural initiative called vertical …
Ecopsychology, Meet Ecosocialwork
Social work's conventional environmental and ecological perspectives have been important to the theoretical legacy of the profession. In recent years, a new ecosocialwork perspective has emerged that is radically different from the profession's earlier orientations. This new perspective shares much in common with the field of ecopsychology. This essay traces the evolution of ecosocialwork and describes several of its distinguishing features, foun…
A Postmodern Critique of Societal Discourses of Male Violence in Interpersonal Family Relationships
In recent years, treatments of family violence have tended to be built around conventional discourses suggesting that men are major initiators in instances of interpersonal violence. Utilizing a postmodernist analysis, we assess societal discourses that continue to give life to this narrow conceptualization of interpersonal violence. We also examine literature suggesting that both men and women resort to violence to resolve relationship difficult…
Ecological Social Work
Ecosocialwork and transformed consciousness
Social work has a long history of environmentally and ecologically informed practice. In recent years, the profession has begun to comprehend how environmental crises and global warming impact the clients we serve. What many social workers have come to refer to as ecosocialwork has emerged as a vital new area of social work practice. This article will review the evolution of ecosocialwork. It will suggest that one of the core priorities of ecosoc…
Depressive symptoms among older caregivers raising children impacted by HIV/Aids in the Omusati Region of Namibia
The study of depressive symptoms among caregivers raising HIV/AIDS-orphans is emerging as an important area of research. However, it has not been explored at length in generational and cultural contexts. In this study, the authors explore the role of financial strain, raising a HIV-infected and/or impacted child, and caregiver knowledge on the depressive symptoms of 89-older caregivers raising HIV/AIDS-orphans in Namibia, Africa. In this study, w…
The relationship between social support and anxiety amongst children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia
This study examined how HIV-related stigma and social support are related to anxiety among children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia. This is a cross-sectional exploratory study with a sample of 132 caregiver-child dyads. Our study found that higher levels of social support was correlated with lower levels of anxiety among children living with HIV, but higher levels of HIV-related stigma was not correlated with higher levels of anxiety. …
Nature, Genetics and the Biophilia Connection
Social work’s notion of environment and its environmental responsibilities has always been narrowly defined. The profession has tended to either neglect natural environmental issues or accept shallow, ecological conceptualizations of nature as something other, quite separate from the human enterprise and/or outside the reach of social work activity. The Biophilia Hypothesis, first articulated by Harvard biologist E.O.Wilson in 1984, offers social…
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