Psychosocial theory and the creation of the risky self

“You Can’t Ignore a Number This Big”: Gender, Risk, and Responsibility in Online Advocacy for Women’s Brain Health

“…The platforms we examined strongly suggest that women can escape looming cognitive decline if they adopt the correct attitude and lifestyle. This fits with a conceptualization of risk that holds the individual responsible to avoid ever-present risk factors rather than, for example, collective efforts to remove risk factors from the environment (Crawford, 2006; Ogden, 1995). This neoliberal logic, which glosses over structural social ills and centers on individuals as self-contained and self-regulating consumers, requires individuals to invest personal resources in the constant avoidance of health hazards and optimization of resilience (Ayo, 2012).…”

“You Can’t Ignore a Number This Big”: Gender, Risk, and Responsibility in Online Advocacy for Women’s Brain Health

“…The platforms we examined strongly suggest that women can escape looming cognitive decline if they adopt the correct attitude and lifestyle. This fits with a conceptualization of risk that holds the individual responsible to avoid ever-present risk factors rather than, for example, collective efforts to remove risk factors from the environment (Crawford, 2006; Ogden, 1995). This neoliberal logic, which glosses over structural social ills and centers on individuals as self-contained and self-regulating consumers, requires individuals to invest personal resources in the constant avoidance of health hazards and optimization of resilience (Ayo, 2012).…”

The Assembly of a Criminal Self

“…Similar developments can be seen in relation to another psychological construct, that of stress (Ogden, 1995). Early in the 1900s, the individual was a passive responder to external events, just as the addict was the unfortunate victim of a hereditary disease and the hysterical child carried the burden of its inherited defects.…”

From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men’s Health for Women

“…Bunton, 1997;Nettleton, 1997). This is a representation which also exists in the academic psychological literature (Ogden, 1995). Our analysis of the major articles in YOU magazine indicates that the dominant 'rational active self' discourse is directed at women rather than men because health care is constructed as women's responsibility.…”

“You Can’t Ignore a Number This Big”: Gender, Risk, and Responsibility in Online Advocacy for Women’s Brain Health

“…The platforms we examined strongly suggest that women can escape looming cognitive decline if they adopt the correct attitude and lifestyle. This fits with a conceptualization of risk that holds the individual responsible to avoid ever-present risk factors rather than, for example, collective efforts to remove risk factors from the environment (Crawford, 2006; Ogden, 1995). This neoliberal logic, which glosses over structural social ills and centers on individuals as self-contained and self-regulating consumers, requires individuals to invest personal resources in the constant avoidance of health hazards and optimization of resilience (Ayo, 2012).…”

The Assembly of a Criminal Self

“…Similar developments can be seen in relation to another psychological construct, that of stress (Ogden, 1995). Early in the 1900s, the individual was a passive responder to external events, just as the addict was the unfortunate victim of a hereditary disease and the hysterical child carried the burden of its inherited defects.…”

From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men’s Health for Women

“…Bunton, 1997;Nettleton, 1997). This is a representation which also exists in the academic psychological literature (Ogden, 1995). Our analysis of the major articles in YOU magazine indicates that the dominant 'rational active self' discourse is directed at women rather than men because health care is constructed as women's responsibility.…”

“You Can’t Ignore a Number This Big”: Gender, Risk, and Responsibility in Online Advocacy for Women’s Brain Health

“…The platforms we examined strongly suggest that women can escape looming cognitive decline if they adopt the correct attitude and lifestyle. This fits with a conceptualization of risk that holds the individual responsible to avoid ever-present risk factors rather than, for example, collective efforts to remove risk factors from the environment (Crawford, 2006; Ogden, 1995). This neoliberal logic, which glosses over structural social ills and centers on individuals as self-contained and self-regulating consumers, requires individuals to invest personal resources in the constant avoidance of health hazards and optimization of resilience (Ayo, 2012).…”

The Assembly of a Criminal Self

“…Similar developments can be seen in relation to another psychological construct, that of stress (Ogden, 1995). Early in the 1900s, the individual was a passive responder to external events, just as the addict was the unfortunate victim of a hereditary disease and the hysterical child carried the burden of its inherited defects.…”

From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men’s Health for Women

“…Bunton, 1997;Nettleton, 1997). This is a representation which also exists in the academic psychological literature (Ogden, 1995). Our analysis of the major articles in YOU magazine indicates that the dominant 'rational active self' discourse is directed at women rather than men because health care is constructed as women's responsibility.…”