Book Reviews : Adrian Furnham: The Protestant Work Ethic. The Psychology of Work-related Beliefs and Behaviours 1990, London and New York: Routledge. 305 pages

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“…It was important for the young people that their social circles understood that their experience was much more severe than this tiredness. This can be understood within the strong narrative in the western world that it is weak or lazy to ‘give in’ to normal tiredness; for example embedded in the ‘protestant work ethic’ (Greenberg & Furnham, 1990; Rotenberg, 2003). Within this belief system, serious physical illness is one of the few valid reasons for not working hard.…”

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Why do young people with CFS/ME feel anxious? A qualitative study

Fisher

Crawley²

2012

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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Young people with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalagic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) (CFS/ME) experience higher levels of psychological distress than healthy controls and young people with other chronic illnesses, and it was recently demonstrated that 38% of this population scored above the clinical cut-off on the Spence Child Anxiety Scale. Subscales of social and separation anxiety were consistently high across gender and age groups. In this study, we used qualitative methods to help us understand more about these two types of anxiety in young people with CFS/ME. Eleven young people (age 12-18) were interviewed. Interviews were self-directed by the participants and were wide ranging. The transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five superordinate themes were identified: social loss and adjustment; introduction of uncertainty and unpredictability; the vulnerable self; individual differences; and contributions towards recovery. Many themes were identical to those described in young people coping with other chronic illnesses in adolescence. In addition, young people with CFS/ME describe experiences associated with the perceived illegitimacy of this condition, namely: feeling unable to explain their illness; bullying from peers; disbelief; and distrust from adults around them. This becomes an additional challenge for these young people. Clinicians need to be aware of these problems, and offer appropriate support.

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Why do young people with CFS/ME feel anxious? A qualitative study

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Crawley²

2012

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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“…Centraal in dit concept staat de morele plicht tot werken, waarbij werk wordt gezien als een doel op zich, en waaraan een moreel verheffend karakter wordt toegeschreven (bv. Furnham, 1990). Een dergelijke visie houdt tevens de ethische veroordeling in van individuen die niet werken, terwijl ze daar toch toe in staat zijn.…”

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“…: Drenth, 1984;Zanders, 1988;Zanders et al, 1994). Het ' protestantse arbeidsethos' vormt hiervan wellicht het bekendste voorbeeld (Furnham, 1990), al werd tevens een eigen arbeidsethos ontwikkeld in bv. het Christendom (cf.…”

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“…Daarbij wordt een puriteins ascetisme benadrukt, waarin er enkel ruimte is voor sparen en investeren, in plaats van voor genot. Deze houding ten aanzien van arbeid zou samengaan met een eerder negatieve houding tegenover de vrije tijd, met het belangrijk achten van geld en efficiëntie, het belang van onafhankelijkheid en zelfredzaamheid en tenslotte ook met het geloof in God of het hiernamaals (Furnham, 1990). Daarbij hoort tevens een religieus gefundeerde goedkeuring van winst (Drenth, 1984: 104).…”

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“…De 'elite-elan'-hypothese stelt dat het arbeidsethos sterker leeft onder de hogere beroepsgroepen en de hoger geschoolden (Zanders, 1988). Onderzoek stelde echter een significante negatieve correlatie vast tussen arbeidsethos en het opleidingsniveau (Furnham, 1990). Een onderzoek naar de 'meaning of work' in zeven westerse landen, kwam tot de bevinding dat hoger opgeleiden en de mensen met een hogere sociaaleconomische positie werk in mindere mate als een plicht opvatten, in vergelijking tot lager opgeleiden en mensen met een lagere beroepspositie ( MOW, 1987).…”

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Arbeidsethos in Vlaanderen: een exploratie van de morele inbedding van arbeid op basis van het APS-survey van 1998

Vandoorne¹,

Witte²

2003

Tijdschrift Voor Sociologie

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This exploratory study examines three issues: the occurrence of the work ethic in Flanders (Belgium), background characteristics associated with the work ethic, and the association of the work ethic with other attitudes and with cultural conservatism. A new measure of the work ethic was introduced, based on the work of Jahoda. Data of a representative sample of Flemish respondents in 1998 were analysed. The results show that about half of the respondents endorse our measurement of the work ethic. Higher scores were found among older but also among younger respondents, blue-collar workers and self-employed, men and low skilled individuals. Religion showed no association with the work ethic. Our measurement of the work ethic was part of a broader dimension of cultural conservatism, as expected. The future of the work ethic was discussed on the basis of our results

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Book Reviews : Adrian Furnham: The Protestant Work Ethic. The Psychology of Work-related Beliefs and Behaviours 1990, London and New York: Routledge. 305 pages

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Why do young people with CFS/ME feel anxious? A qualitative study

Arbeidsethos in Vlaanderen: een exploratie van de morele inbedding van arbeid op basis van het APS-survey van 1998

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