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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"true self"”.
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The False Self and True Self: A Christian Perspective
… themselves wrongly (i.e., constructing a false self)? (3) What does true self-understanding entail? (4) What interventions can foster true self-understanding? Chapter 2 presents a biblical response, with specific focus on passages from Proverbs, Matthew’s Gospel, and Paul’s letters. Chapter 3 …
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Being my true self: An existential phenomenological inquiry into how transition influences identity in trans men
… and related anxiety and depression, include self-medication and counselling. There has been little research into the lived experience of trans male gender transition, specifically in the area of identity and the self. This research investigated how transition influences identity in trans men. …
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Writing the true self: case studies of ENG 101 students responding to a Peter Elbow-inspired curriculum
… development, which is based on common ideals of self, belief, and voice. I have written instructional materials for introductory college composition courses that follow Elbow in these principles. I believe this course, “Writing the True Self,” and its accompanying philosophy strongly resonate …
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Communicating through Cork: Marcel Proust's Performative Call to Philosophy of Communication
… as a series of fits and starts, where the self follows false scents in a search for self-fulfillment. Proust wrote the collection of Les plaisirs et les jours (English: Pleasures and Days) and the unfinished Jean Santeuil and Contre Sainte-Beuve (English: Against Sainte-Beuve) while still …
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Adolescent Males’ and Parents of Adolescent males’ Perceptions and experiences of being authentic.
… males. These were: ‘It is good to be me’, ‘True self as judged by other’, ‘Future self as representing hope’ and ‘Revealing true self in safe ways’. Parents’ GETs were identified as: ‘It’s not positive to be outside the system’, ‘Self as lost or put to one side’, ‘Adapting self to fit in’, …
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Millennials’ lived experience of navigating having a voice in a collective country: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach
… of authenticity in many conceptualizations is true self-expression. In fact, it has gained the modern reputation in recent times for being almost synonymous with being true to one self. Existing research has questioned if this is solely a Western ideal as this seems to contradict with the …
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Parts of Women
… middle-aged woman who's always in search of her true self. "Expatriates" concerns a man who enters the lives of his Hare Krishna neighbors, and "Rio" involves a word-struck man in his attempt to form a personal relationship.
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This is All It Is for Treble Voice and Fixed Media
… Topics include maladaptive daydreaming, self comfort, and encouraging oneself to move forward and be their true self despite trying times. The singer is asked to imitate sounds, such as crying or laughing, or characters, such as a storybook fairytale villain. The heaviest influence for …
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Something Gold Steps Out of the Skin
… spiritual enlightenment (or knowledge of the true Self). The areas of research include écriture feminine (women’s writing), the lyric poem, as well as psychological and spiritual theories of self-actualization. The main topics include: desire, beauty, fecundity, and limitlessness. I approach …
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Substance use disorder, shame, and self-forgiveness: A latent profile analysis
… in part by one’s inability to emotionally self-regulate. Whereas multiple forgiveness interventions have been implemented to provide alternative strategies for emotional regulation, self-forgiveness interventions are believed to be the most relevant in the context of substance use recovery, …
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La auto-modelación y el sujeto femenino en La Celestina de Fermando de Rojas y en La Farsa de la Costança de Cristóbal de Castillejo
This thesis examines the concept of self-fashioning in the Spanish texts La Celestina and Farsa de Costança. Greenblatt's theory of self-fashioning in English Renaissance literature can also be applied to the analysis of these Medieval and Renaissance works of the Iberian Peninsula. Self-fashioning …
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Social Media Influencers and Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges
… of AI, including loss of expressing ones’ true self and loss of honesty with their followers. Collectively, participants indicated concerns about their authenticity when AI is used. Furthermore, virtual SMIs are perceived as a threat to SMIs, making it difficult for SMIs to compete on brand …
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[tombstone]
… away from him after he commits a series of selfish acts. An addict's childhood, fraught with isolation, haunts her ability to heal in adulthood. As for tombstones, these stories are obsessed with death, finality, and endings, which reveal more about a person's true self than where they …
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Inside is Outside: Nishida's Dialectic of Alterity and Identity
… of his works tends to be on the expansion of true self-awareness, less attention has been paid to his account of human relations, especially as developed in his essay “I and Thou” (Watashi to nanji, 私と汝). This dissertation aims to address this with a thorough analysis of this essay, including …
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Modeling the Thermal Performance of an Intelligent MEMS Pressure Sensor with Self-Calibration Capabilities
… with a pressure sensor, the sensor can self-calibrate, eliminating the complexities and costs associated with traditional sensor calibration methods. The present work is focused on furthering understanding and improving the thermal performance of a thermopneumatic actuated …
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Transformation and Restoration: Boyhood Masculinity in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
… Bastian reads, however, the book references himself—and he is eventually sucked into the land of Fantastica that he has been reading about. Throughout his time in Fantastica, Bastian’s ability to make endless wishes leads him to change everything about himself, from his physical appearance to …
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EXPANDING TRIBAL CITIZENSHIP USING INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF SELF-DETERMINATION
… citizenship based on international principle of self-determination. Chapter one establishes international law as the foundation of United States colonial law. I have included various documents of international law as supporting components to establish the right to a nationality and citizenship …
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Your Self Again: Clones, Originals, and True Selves of Science Fiction
… on the subject of character and ultimately self. Jonathan Culpeper and Carolina Fernandez-Quintanilla’s work on fictional characterisation, Carl D. Malmgren’s SF typology, and Darko Suvin’s cognitive estrangement form the basis for my clone and original character development framework which …
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Do Individual Differences in Authenticity Influence the Magnitude and Affective Consequences of Self-Discrepancies?
<p>Theories of self-regulation address the continuous process in which individuals compare their behavior to salient goals or standards. Two well-known theories of self-regulation, self-discrepancy theory (SDT) and regulatory focus theory (RFT), each make distinctions regarding the types of …
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