THE INFERIORITY CURRICULUM

Bernard looks back at the last decade and notes that although many things have improved, women at all levels in academia still face more subtle forms of discrimination, which comprise what she calls the "Inferiority Curriculum." Exposure of these subtle discriminatory behaviors is gradually occurring through what Bernard has termed the "Feminist Enlightenment," a discipline-by-discipline process which began in the mid-1960s. Bernard documents many "down-putting" behaviors that continue to undermine women's achievement and argues the necessity of overcoming the damage by building positive self-images among women.     

Which STEM relationships promote science identities,attitudes, and social belonging? A longitudinal investigation with high school students from underrepresented groups

Social Psychology of Education - A longitudinal science intervention with students from ethnic-racial underrepresented groups in an urban area examined the roles of intervention participation and...     

Manifestations of anxiety and coping strategies in patients with metastatic lung cancer and their family caregivers: a qualitative study

Objective: Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is common, deadly, and associated with impairing anxiety for patients and caregivers who often co-experience similar symptoms that can vary together over time. We aimed to discover themes as to how NSCLC patients and caregivers express and cope with anxiety.

Design: Semi-structured interviews of patient-caregiver dyads (N?=?21), coded using NVivo Software.

Main Outcome Measures: Open-ended questions on anxiety mutuality, giving or receiving care, communication, and the most difficult aspects of having or caring for someone with Stage IV NSCLC.

Results: Analyses revealed that patients and caregivers were linked psychologically, co-experiencing symptoms of distress or coping, rising and falling together. Shared patient and caregiver themes emerged of cognitive, behavioural and physiological manifestations of anxiety and coping mechanisms.

Conclusions: Patient and caregiver expressions of anxiety and coping methods mapped onto the cognitive-behavioural model, implying potential use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to address these issues. This expands understanding of symptoms and coping strategies in NSCLC, explores patient-caregiver interaction, and confirms the need for future clinical intervention. Future research should focus on development and dissemination of CBT-based dyadic interventions addressing anxiety in NSCLC patients and caregivers.