Rose Leontini
Biographic Data
| ID | 1247977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose Leontini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rose |
| FAMILY NAME | Leontini |
| SIGNATURE | LEONTINI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8987-2603 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Teachers as first responders
The data show that teachers are often placed as first responders when a student has a mental health issue but feel inadequately trained to manage these issues in the classroom. We identified mental health issues presenting in Australian classrooms and documented critical features of mental-health training asked for by teachers in order to address those issues. Given the increasing demands on teachers to address the mental health of children and a…
Drinking Cultures” in University Residential Colleges
Young people’s heavy alcohol use has been widely linked to their “drinking cultures.” Recent scholarly commentary, however, suggests that prevailing conceptualizations of drinking culture, including those in “public health-oriented” research, tend to oversimplify the complexities involved. This article contributes to the conceptual clarification and development of young people’s “drinking cultures.” We provide a case study of a highly publicized …
Just choose the easy option’
Previous research into young people’s drinking behaviour has studied how social practices influence their actions and how they negotiate drinking-related identities. Here, adopting the perspective of discursive psychology we examine how, for young people, social influences are bound up with issues of drinking and of identity. We conducted 19 focus groups with undergraduate students in Australia aged between 18 and 24 years. Thematic analysis of p…
Social Stuff” and Institutional Micro-Processes
The literature on alcohol consumption among university and residential college students in Australia and comparable countries shows a high incidence of heavy and/or frequent drinking. In this article, we report the findings from a study on alcohol consumption among undergraduate university students living in residential colleges in Australia. The aim of the study was to examine residents’ alcohol use as part of a broader set of institutional prac…
Alcohol, University Students, and Harm-Minimization Campaigns
Trends in alcohol consumption in Australia suggest that university and college students engage in heavy drinking. However, while media and policy representations of young drinkers are frequently negative, the academic literature suggests that young people are not unaware or unconcerned about the harms linked to alcohol use. In this study, we conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with six university students aged 18–21 years. We examined t…
Genetic risk and reproductive decisions
People with a family history of hereditary disease can dispute the common assumption that genetic risk must be contained at all costs. Whilst not averse to undergoing predictive genetic testing, their decisions regarding reproduction can be controversial and may appear to be unethical. In this article three narratives on reproductive decisions by people at risk of Huntington's disease reveal that neither the lay person's ethical considerations on…
Genetic counselling as care of the self
Genetic counselling has frequently been described as a disciplinary practice, with the goal of 'risk reduction'. In this article another dimension to genetic counselling is considered through the Foucauldian theorization on the care of the self. Drawing on narrative analysis, I examine how one informant undergoing genetic counselling interprets the technique of imagining alternative futures learned through counselling, and transforms it into an e…
Looking forward, looking back
Predictive testing for Huntington’s Disease produces new subjectivities. In addition, receiving a gene-positive result induces new relationships towards one’s body, close family members, and one’s future. In this article I examine the story of one woman who, following a gene-positive test result, described her search for ‘signs’ of disease, as well as ways in which to accommodate her new ‘status’. The narrative draws attention to how people who u…
Alcohol, University Students, and Harm-Minimization Campaigns
Trends in alcohol consumption in Australia suggest that university and college students engage in heavy drinking. However, while media and policy representations of young drinkers are frequently negative, the academic literature suggests that young people are not unaware or unconcerned about the harms linked to alcohol use. In this study, we conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with six university students aged 18–21 years. We examined t…
Just choose the easy option’
Previous research into young people’s drinking behaviour has studied how social practices influence their actions and how they negotiate drinking-related identities. Here, adopting the perspective of discursive psychology we examine how, for young people, social influences are bound up with issues of drinking and of identity. We conducted 19 focus groups with undergraduate students in Australia aged between 18 and 24 years. Thematic analysis of p…
Looking forward, looking back
Predictive testing for Huntington’s Disease produces new subjectivities. In addition, receiving a gene-positive result induces new relationships towards one’s body, close family members, and one’s future. In this article I examine the story of one woman who, following a gene-positive test result, described her search for ‘signs’ of disease, as well as ways in which to accommodate her new ‘status’. The narrative draws attention to how people who u…
Drinking Cultures” in University Residential Colleges
Young people’s heavy alcohol use has been widely linked to their “drinking cultures.” Recent scholarly commentary, however, suggests that prevailing conceptualizations of drinking culture, including those in “public health-oriented” research, tend to oversimplify the complexities involved. This article contributes to the conceptual clarification and development of young people’s “drinking cultures.” We provide a case study of a highly publicized …
Social Stuff” and Institutional Micro-Processes
The literature on alcohol consumption among university and residential college students in Australia and comparable countries shows a high incidence of heavy and/or frequent drinking. In this article, we report the findings from a study on alcohol consumption among undergraduate university students living in residential colleges in Australia. The aim of the study was to examine residents’ alcohol use as part of a broader set of institutional prac…
Looking forward, looking back
Predictive testing for Huntington’s Disease produces new subjectivities. In addition, receiving a gene-positive result induces new relationships towards one’s body, close family members, and one’s future. In this article I examine the story of one woman who, following a gene-positive test result, described her search for ‘signs’ of disease, as well as ways in which to accommodate her new ‘status’. The narrative draws attention to how people who u…
Genetic risk and reproductive decisions
People with a family history of hereditary disease can dispute the common assumption that genetic risk must be contained at all costs. Whilst not averse to undergoing predictive genetic testing, their decisions regarding reproduction can be controversial and may appear to be unethical. In this article three narratives on reproductive decisions by people at risk of Huntington's disease reveal that neither the lay person's ethical considerations on…
Genetic counselling as care of the self
Genetic counselling has frequently been described as a disciplinary practice, with the goal of 'risk reduction'. In this article another dimension to genetic counselling is considered through the Foucauldian theorization on the care of the self. Drawing on narrative analysis, I examine how one informant undergoing genetic counselling interprets the technique of imagining alternative futures learned through counselling, and transforms it into an e…
Alcohol, University Students, and Harm-Minimization Campaigns
Trends in alcohol consumption in Australia suggest that university and college students engage in heavy drinking. However, while media and policy representations of young drinkers are frequently negative, the academic literature suggests that young people are not unaware or unconcerned about the harms linked to alcohol use. In this study, we conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with six university students aged 18–21 years. We examined t…
Just choose the easy option’
Previous research into young people’s drinking behaviour has studied how social practices influence their actions and how they negotiate drinking-related identities. Here, adopting the perspective of discursive psychology we examine how, for young people, social influences are bound up with issues of drinking and of identity. We conducted 19 focus groups with undergraduate students in Australia aged between 18 and 24 years. Thematic analysis of p…
Social Stuff” and Institutional Micro-Processes
The literature on alcohol consumption among university and residential college students in Australia and comparable countries shows a high incidence of heavy and/or frequent drinking. In this article, we report the findings from a study on alcohol consumption among undergraduate university students living in residential colleges in Australia. The aim of the study was to examine residents’ alcohol use as part of a broader set of institutional prac…
Drinking Cultures” in University Residential Colleges
Young people’s heavy alcohol use has been widely linked to their “drinking cultures.” Recent scholarly commentary, however, suggests that prevailing conceptualizations of drinking culture, including those in “public health-oriented” research, tend to oversimplify the complexities involved. This article contributes to the conceptual clarification and development of young people’s “drinking cultures.” We provide a case study of a highly publicized …
Teachers as first responders
The data show that teachers are often placed as first responders when a student has a mental health issue but feel inadequately trained to manage these issues in the classroom. We identified mental health issues presenting in Australian classrooms and documented critical features of mental-health training asked for by teachers in order to address those issues. Given the increasing demands on teachers to address the mental health of children and a…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (4 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Alcohol (2 works) · Alcohol consumption (2 works) · Biology (2 works)