{"title":"Organised loneliness and its discontents","authors":"Olivia Sagan","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.12008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.12008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This review paper offers a critique of the discourse of loneliness both in the popular and academic imagination. It questions the stance and approach of much loneliness research and the headlines that have been extracted from it. These position loneliness as an epidemic, framing it as a global public health problem, its aetiology and management located in the individual. The paper draws attention to overlooked alternative framings of loneliness as well as to the risks of maintaining our current levels of alarm regarding it. Finally, the work of Hannah Arendt is turned to, as part of a wider academic reappreciation of her work on loneliness. The paper ends by suggesting what can be learned by loneliness researchers in the medical humanities from such political analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.12008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139042023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David J. Gilbert, Clare S. Allely, Gisli Gudjonsson, Raja A. S. Mukherjee, Penny A. Cook
{"title":"Immediate and repeat interrogative suggestibility in a sample of adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder","authors":"David J. Gilbert, Clare S. Allely, Gisli Gudjonsson, Raja A. S. Mukherjee, Penny A. Cook","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.12007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.12007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are more likely to be involved with the criminal justice system (CJS) than neurotypical individuals. Interrogative suggestibility is theorised to be a weakness in this population; this is the first experimental evidence of interrogative suggestibility in adolescents with FASD. Fifty-two participants (aged 11–16 years) completed the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale immediately and after 1 week; the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; and the Behavioural Rating of Executive Function. Compared to the control group, individuals with FASD were more vulnerable to leading questions, negative feedback and evidenced significantly higher suggestibility, immediately and after 1 week. A significant correlation was found between immediate and repeat suggestibility at 1-week follow-up. Poorer memory recall, lower intelligence quotient and higher impulsivity were also observed in the FASD population. The results indicate the importance for the CJS to establish whether suspects, witnesses, and victims of crimes may have been impacted by prenatal alcohol exposure since this is a significant source of vulnerability that could lead to false confessions or miscarriage of justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.12007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138739884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen Oehme, Lyndi Bradley, Merina Cameron, Ann Perko, James Clark
{"title":"Increasing multidisciplinary professionals' capacity to support neurodiverse families","authors":"Karen Oehme, Lyndi Bradley, Merina Cameron, Ann Perko, James Clark","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.12003","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dvr2.12003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Persistent stigma surrounding neurodivergent people still exists. This article advocates for changes to societal systems to improve the well-being of neurodivergent individuals and families, beginning with widespread awareness and support. Our suggested approach to improve societal infrastructure includes large-scale online educational training of multidisciplinary professionals who operate within these systems to increase understanding, awareness, support, and accommodations for neurodivergent people. Multidisciplinary professionals who have received neurodiversity training can advocate for their respective systems to improve services for neurodivergent clients. We describe the 2023 development of Florida State University's (FSU) new online Professional Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity. The asynchronous psychoeducational training provides continuing education credit to a wide range of professionals. The framework for this training and curriculum content are described. Such training, along with a set of accompanying open-access resources, can be replicated by institutions in many languages and cultures to improve professionals' knowledge and skills across the globe.</p>","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.12003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135137606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity & inclusion research: Unveiling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and access","authors":"Gabriela C. Zapata, Le Cui","doi":"10.1002/dvr2.12004","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dvr2.12004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The global crisis brought about by the COVID pandemic and the reinvigorated actions of social groups such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and the Climate Movement once more brought to light the realities faced by countless minoritized communities, and the effects of systemic racism, discrimination, and climate change on people's lives (Archibong & Annan, <span>2023</span>; Fileborn & Loney-Howes, <span>2019</span>; Joseph–Salisbury et al., <span>2020</span>; Liu et al., <span>2022</span>). These movements have reminded us that we all have a role to play in making this world more inclusive and equitable, and that the diversity of our societies must be celebrated and valued. The new journal <i>Diversity & Inclusion Research</i> seeks to contribute to the achievement of these goals.</p><p>The multidisciplinary, open access nature of the journal makes it unique. Unlike academic publications with more field-specific foci, <i>Diversity & Inclusion Research</i> offers researchers from diverse scholarly areas as well as social organizations and communities the opportunity to share high-quality local and international research centered on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at the individual, organizational, and societal level. The journal welcomes works resulting from projects that explore issues of opportunity, inequality, diversity, access, and inclusion as related to gender, ethnicity, class, language, citizenship, dis/ability, age, sexual orientation, religion, as well as other forms of inequality and protected characteristics. Investigations examining opportunities for furthering the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including but not limited to <i>SDG 5</i> (gender equality), <i>SDG 8</i> (decent work and economic growth), <i>SDG 10</i> (reduced inequalities), and <i>SDG 16</i> (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) will also be showcased.</p><p>As a Gold Open Access journal, <i>Diversity & Inclusion Research</i> embraces Open Research practices, with the objective of not only improving the quality of diversity research and boost dissemination of its findings to raise public awareness, but also actively adopting policies and practices grounded in inclusion, equity, and equality. The journal's foci and goals are embedded in the diverse publication formats that are accepted. For example, authors are invited to submit research articles and critical reviews of existing literature as well as practice/policy-based pieces, commentaries, and editorials. More importantly, <i>Diversity & Inclusion Research</i> hopes to become a platform where students, early-career and established scholars, activists, and advocates find a home for their diversity-related work.</p><p>The journal's mission and focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion are closely connected to the personal and professional lives of the inaugural Co-Editors-in-Chief, Dr. Taylor Le Cui and Dr. Gabriela C. Zapata. Taylor positions himself as a cisgender gay","PeriodicalId":100379,"journal":{"name":"Diversity & Inclusion Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dvr2.12004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135683729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}