Selected Writings of Bolívar

Managing the unmanageable through interdependence in adolescents living with type 1 diabetes and their parents: A constructivist grounded theory

“…A constructivist grounded theory approach was chosen as the methodology to address the purpose of this research and to answer the above-mentioned research questions. Grounded theory has its roots in sociology and is based on the theoretical perspective described by Mead (1964) and Blumer (1969) called "symbolic interactionism" which is a theory that focused on how people think about, give meaning to, and interpret social interactions (Blumer, 1986;Cutcliffe, 2000;. Blumer (1986) indicated that humans react to events, situations, and others according to what meaning it has for them personally and that meaning happens through social interactions.…”

The Intellectual Legacy of George Herbert Mead

“…Whereas Mead describes the 'me' as the 'empirical self', he refers to the 'I' as 'the self in the disintegration and reconstruction of its universe […] the self of unnecessitated choice, of undreamt hypotheses, of inventions that change the whole face of nature'. 51 It is crucial to point out, however, that although the 'me' is not creative, neither is it entirely passive, for even non-creative perception entails active selection of external stimuli.…”

Violent Crime: A Symbolic Interactionist Study*

“…Symbolic interactionism offers an approach for the study of violent crime which can provide findings on the formation of violent criminal acts as well as on the actors who commit them. The analysis of violent crime that follows draws upon important aspects of this approach (see Mead, 1964Mead, ,1938Mead, , 1934Blumer, 1975Blumer, , 1969Blumer, , 1937Lindesmith et al, 1974).…”