Creating a meaningful life: Psychobiographical investigations

Mayer, Claude–Hélène; Fouché, Paul J. P.; Niekerk, Roelf van

doi:10.5964/ejop.6653

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“…It has also been connected with psychiatric disorders, emotional distress, and suicide attempts by writers, poets (Pennebaker & Ireland, 2011), and musicians (Raflis, 2019). A qualitative, exploratory psychobiographical paradigm is sometimes taken to (re)construct the lived experiences of a (famous) person who had died (Mayer et al, 2021), in some cases by suicide (Schultz & Lawrence, 2017). Using a wide network of information from various resources, for example, the person's own work and writings (poems, songs, books, etc.)…”

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Avicii’s S.O.S.: A psychobiographical approach and corpus-based discourse analysis on suicidal ideation

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2022

Psychology of Language and Communication

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This study explored the linguistic patterns and discourse on suicide of the Swedish artist Avicii. Focusing on key events in his life, career, and compositions, a triangulation of data sources was employed grounded on psychobiographical research framework and corpus-based discourse analysis. Texts with reference to suicidal risk factors were then evaluated based on the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide to establish linguistic representations of emotional distress and suicidal ideation. The findings suggest that lexical features associated with mental health struggles, that is, high volume of first-person deixis and death-themed linguistic references, were evident in his writing. There were substantial implications of his predisposition to mental stress and his call for help, his S.O.S. This study helps in further understanding the language and discourse of artists like Avicii on the immense dislocation of emotions and the complexities of navigating (inter)personal relationships.

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Avicii’s S.O.S.: A psychobiographical approach and corpus-based discourse analysis on suicidal ideation

Yeh

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2022

Psychology of Language and Communication

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“…Meaning in life is a well-researched concept in general, as well as in existentialism [ 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 ], and often meaning-making has been associated with mental health and the ability to transform the “meaninglessness” of life and its absurdity into strengths to overcome challenges [ 96 ]. Camus pointed out that human existence is meaningless and that striving for meaning in a life and a world that does not have any inherent meaning is absurd [ 70 ].…”

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Understanding Wildlife Crime from Eco-Existential and African Perspectives: A Psycho-Philosophical Investigation

Mayer

2021

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Wildlife crime has huge consequences regarding global environmental changes to animals, plants and the entire ecosystem. Combatting wildlife crime effectively requires a deep understanding of human–wildlife interactions and an analysis of the influencing factors. Conservation and green criminology are important in reducing wildlife crime, protecting wildlife and the ecosystem and informing policy-makers about best practices and strategies. However, the past years have shown that wildlife crime is not easy to combat and it is argued in this article that there are underlying existential “givens” and culture-specific aspects that need to be investigated to understand why wildlife crime is still on the rise. This theoretical article explores (eco-)existential perspectives, Greening’s four givens and selected African philosophical concepts, aiming to understand the complexities behind the prevalence of wildlife crime within global and African contexts.

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