Jaan Valsiner in Japan: The Trajectory Equifinality Approach (TEA)

Sato, Tatsuya; Tsuchimoto, Teppei; Yasuda, Yuko; Kido, Ayae

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77892-7_39

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“…Discussants are trying to either understand what will happen in future or are calling for actions to influence the ongoing developments despite which techniques are they using during mediation. Meaning-making (of COVID-19) evolves through the process of ‘becoming’ ( Gamsakhurdia, 2019c ; 2019a ; 2020c ; Sato et al, 2016 ).…”

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‘Exploring strategies of semiotic mediation – Making sense of COVID-19’

Gamsakhurdia

2022

Culture & Psychology

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Human meaning-making becomes particularly dramatic at times of social or biological calamities. COVID-19 appeared in the winter of 2020 and had an immense catalytic influence on peoples' lives worldwide. New coronavirus was a new object for many people and they needed the challenge to make sense of it. The meaning of new coronavirus influenceed an individual’s self-positioning in relation to the new threat in the context of related developments. This manuscript reveals the diversity in mediating new coronavirus among discussants representing the same ethnocultural community. Taking the perspective of cultural psychology of semiotic dynamics, we assume that people would make sense of the new coronavirus sourcing semiotic resources from the socio-cultural context; however, simultaneously it is argued that there are no hegemonic ways of reacting to COVID-19. Individuals are considered not passive recipients of external guidance but rather proactive agents whose interpretants serve as regulators of internal and hetero dialogues. Through our exploration, we identified the variety of semiotic techniques which are used by individuals whilst making sense of new signs and developments through various ways of their schematisation and pleromatization. The online-ethnographic research approach was taken to explore various forms of COVID-19 mediation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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‘Exploring strategies of semiotic mediation – Making sense of COVID-19’

Gamsakhurdia

2022

Culture & Psychology

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“…Regarding the sampling criterion, the subject(s) of qualitative research should be one or more individuals with rich experiences and information of interest to the researcher [ 21 ], and a sample size of qualitative research is determined by the practical factors such as the depth and duration of the interview and what is feasible for an interviewer [ 22 – 24 ]. The Nagadoro district was originally a small community with only 72 households, and many of the residents had evacuated to other parts of Japan, leaving few potential interviewees.…”

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Concerns related to returning home to a “difficult-to-return zone” after a long-term evacuation due to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A qualitative study

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This study aimed to identify concerns related to returning to the Nagadoro district of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, in 2023 among its residents as it is designated as a difficult-to-return zone after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. The following four concerns were extracted from the interviews and qualitative analysis: “Difficulties in restarting/continuing farming,” which represent the difficulties in making a living from agriculture due to the absence of family members and neighbors, and the insufficient radiation decontamination; “Discriminatory treatment of products and residents from villagers,” which suggests the presence of discriminations that residents of Nagadoro district are eccentrics and its agricultural products should not be treated together with those of other districts in the Village due to the recognition that the district is severely polluted by radiation; “Shift of the responsibility of returning home from the country to residents by scapegoating,” which is characterized by the shift of responsibility from the government to the residents, including harsh social criticism of the residents of Nagadoro district for not returning even though the evacuation order has been lifted, when it should have been the government’s responsibility to recover the district to a habitable state; “Loss of options for continued evacuation,” which is the loss or weakening of the position of residents of the Nagadoro district who continue to evacuate, and of administrative compensation, resulting from the legal change that they are no longer “evacuees” after the evacuation order is lifted. The findings of this study will provide a foundation for the support of residents of the Nagadoro district after lifting the evacuation order scheduled for the spring of 2023. The findings may be transferable to the residents of other difficult-to-return zones expected to be lifted after the Nagadoro district and to also a radiation disaster-affected place in the future.

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“…1,3,6,10,12,13,17,20] and 12 females [Nos. 2,4,5,7,8,9,11,14,15,16,18,19]; Nos. 14 and 15 were twins).…”

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Appropriate procedures to increase the adherence of children to blood collection: A cross‐sectional study

Yui

Otawa

Horiuchi

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Health Science Reports

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Background and Aim Venipuncture for blood collection elicits fear and pain in children. We investigated factors that affect satisfaction with health checkups that included blood collection in healthy 7–8‐year‐old children who underwent blood collection with topical anesthesia. Method Two studies, one questionnaire survey, and the other structured interviews were conducted to gather insights and understand the emotions of 492 and 20 children, respectively. Results We found that the following six points can be applied to encourage children to assess their experience of blood collection positively: (1) prior information using a pamphlet; (2) telling the children that the volume of blood drawn will be small; (3) carefully explaining the risk and benefit of topical anesthesia; (4) conducting the blood collection process swiftly; (5) praising and thanking the children's effort and cooperation; and (6) explaining the results of the research to the children if their blood is going to be used for research. Conclusion The findings indicate that with appropriate measures to reduce pain and fear, children's initial negative feelings toward blood collection can be replaced by positive feelings after the procedure.

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Jaan Valsiner in Japan: The Trajectory Equifinality Approach (TEA)

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

‘Exploring strategies of semiotic mediation – Making sense of COVID-19’

‘Exploring strategies of semiotic mediation – Making sense of COVID-19’

Concerns related to returning home to a “difficult-to-return zone” after a long-term evacuation due to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A qualitative study

Appropriate procedures to increase the adherence of children to blood collection: A cross‐sectional study

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