Our article describes and illustrates a procedure for isolating a hidden story from a monologue on an assigned topic. The procedure involves four stages: 1) collecting data and preparing transcripts; 2) identifying out-of-key elements; 3) analysing and interpreting a text by means of linguistic and literary theory devices; 4) formulating a hidden story. In deducing a hidden story from narratively out-of-key elements, the vital part was identifying the rules of speech and analysing the contexts in which they were used in the monologue. The hidden story was reconstructed as a one-level narrative pattern on the basis of information inferred from different contexts of using speech rules, as well as from information explicit in the monologue. Our article also discusses the theoretical and clinical value, and new trends in the research on hidden stories.
30 June 2025 in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Odpowiedź na potrzebę czasu może być wynikiem roztropnego spojrzenia na rzeczywistość, w której człowiek żyje i której nie wybiera. Może być jednak konsekwencją naiwnej zgody na świat i dopasowaniem się do jego krzyku. A przecież nie chodzi tu ani o powierzchowną równość, ani pusty gest. Nie ma powodu, dla którego ryzyko powierzchownego odczytania potrzeb świata miałoby ominąć kwestię dopuszczenia kobiet do posług lektoratu i akolitatu. Bardzo wyraźnie przecież wybrzmiewa dziś żądanie prostej symetrii płci, rozmycia, zanegowania różnic. To wołanie na głębszym poziomie jest upomnieniem się o zachwianą równowagę we wzajemności docenienia, ale także zależności życia, równoważnego położenia siebie na szali (zgodnie z poleceniem „Bądźcie wzajemnie sobie poddani”). I tu nie chodzi o to, żeby coś z jednej szali zdjąć, tylko o to, żeby waga drugiej była zbliżona. Idąc tropem słów Benedykta XVI, uznanie dla wkładu kobiet, należy wywieść z posłuszeństwa prawdzie i wzoru Maryi, która zachowuje równowagę między racjami uczuć i rozumu, ujmuje całość życia ludzkiego. W tej optyce, powiększenie przestrzeni dla obecności kobiet byłoby związane z ich zdolnością do dostrzegania oraz upominania się o trwanie i wartość człowieczeństwa.
1 January 2011 in Psychology of Language and Communication
Conflict Resolution and Relational Patterns in the Families of Origin of Women and Men: The aim of the studies was to seek an answer to the following question: Which relationship patterns correlate with different conflict resolution strategies in women's and men's intimate relationships? The subjects were 56 engaged couples (aged 19-37) answering Conflict Resolution Strategy Questionnaires, Personal Authority in the Family System Questionnaires and The Family of Origin Scale. The network of correlations between conflict resolution strategies and relationship patterns is more complex for women than for men. In the women's group, the correlation connects constructive strategies (dialogue and loyalty) foremost with patterns defining intimacy (or its components). However, destructive strategies (exit and neglect) are related to patterns definitive of individuation levels in the family of origin, independence and position. In the men's group, however, the correlation connects conflict resolution strategies (constructive and destructive) to relationship patterns definitive of partner relations. Furthermore, constructive strategies are associated with lower intergeneration triangulation intensity and higher intergenerational intimidation intensity.
1 December 2014 in Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
The theory of literature provides tools for interpreting language communication. A psychologist, when interpreting a communication - which is often a latent one - has no other alternative but to employ these tools (with the exception of non-verbal communication). Often, however, this stage of work is defined as “intuitive”, which significantly limits the repeatability of the procedure and thus gives rise to reservations as to its scientific value. Review of certain literary theory devices, along with their possible applications, allows for naming these tools, selecting, and ordering the consecutive stages of communication analysis. In our opinion, such reviewing opens up the possibility for filling this gap in qualitative research analysis with specific tools and specific ways of using these tools in place of intuitiveness.