Ruth A Humphry
Biographic Data
| ID | 6213736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth A Humphry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Humphry |
| SIGNATURE | HUMPHRY R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
Joining in, interpretative reproduction, and transformations of occupations
To understand the early emergence of occupations, this paper suggests occupational scientists need to look for the little things infants do to participate in routine occupations of the people around them. This participation creates an interpersonal workspace where infants’ behaviors reflect the caregiving practices of the culture they were born into. Empirical research supports the idea that infants experience the action of people as intentional.…
Infants with colic
The purpose of this article is to broaden our understanding of colic and to explore the effects of infant colic both on the mother's stress level and on her anxiety about separation from her infant. A “colic” group of 20 mother-infant dyads was compared with a second, control “noncolic” group of equal size. Significant group differences in the amount of time the infants cried, fussed, and were in a quiet/awake state were found. Although no differ…
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
Joining in, interpretative reproduction, and transformations of occupations
To understand the early emergence of occupations, this paper suggests occupational scientists need to look for the little things infants do to participate in routine occupations of the people around them. This participation creates an interpersonal workspace where infants’ behaviors reflect the caregiving practices of the culture they were born into. Empirical research supports the idea that infants experience the action of people as intentional.…
Infants with colic
The purpose of this article is to broaden our understanding of colic and to explore the effects of infant colic both on the mother's stress level and on her anxiety about separation from her infant. A “colic” group of 20 mother-infant dyads was compared with a second, control “noncolic” group of equal size. Significant group differences in the amount of time the infants cried, fussed, and were in a quiet/awake state were found. Although no differ…
Joining in, interpretative reproduction, and transformations of occupations
To understand the early emergence of occupations, this paper suggests occupational scientists need to look for the little things infants do to participate in routine occupations of the people around them. This participation creates an interpersonal workspace where infants’ behaviors reflect the caregiving practices of the culture they were born into. Empirical research supports the idea that infants experience the action of people as intentional.…
Foregrounding the transactional perspective’s community orientation
More than 10 years after our publication in this journal introducing the transactional perspective on occupation, we take the opportunity with others in this special issue to critically examine and suggest enhancements to the perspective. Here we lay the groundwork for what could be a new phase in the transactional perspective’s development by arguing for the value of its community-level orientation toward processes of occupation, inquiry, and pr…
Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work) · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 work) · Child and Animal Learning Development (1 work)