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Aung San Suu Kyi’S Defensive Denial Of The Rohingya Massacre: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Denial And Positive-Image Construction, Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Hema Preya Selvanathan, Ali Mashuri, Cristina Jayme Montiel
Aung San Suu Kyi’S Defensive Denial Of The Rohingya Massacre: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Denial And Positive-Image Construction, Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Hema Preya Selvanathan, Ali Mashuri, Cristina Jayme Montiel
Psychology Department Faculty Publications
In December 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accused the Myanmar government of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. Represented by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar authorities denied such accusations. To understand how a political leader can deny ingroup wrongdoings, we unpacked Suu Kyi’s ICJ speech and analyzed her defensive rhetorical style through critical narrative analysis. We aimed to identify and describe the denial strategies Suu Kyi used as well as how she maintained a positive ingroup image to support her position. Our findings showed that Suu Kyi engaged in interpretative denial of genocide by arguing that …
A Digital Mental Health Intervention To Reduce Depressive Symptoms Among Overseas Filipino Workers: Protocol For A Pilot Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial, Melissa R. Garabiles, Andrian Liem, Karmia A. Pakingan, Wen Chen, Agnes Iok Fong Lam, Sebastian Burchert, Brian J. Hall
A Digital Mental Health Intervention To Reduce Depressive Symptoms Among Overseas Filipino Workers: Protocol For A Pilot Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial, Melissa R. Garabiles, Andrian Liem, Karmia A. Pakingan, Wen Chen, Agnes Iok Fong Lam, Sebastian Burchert, Brian J. Hall
Psychology Department Faculty Publications
Background: The current pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) protocol will comprehensively describe the implementation of a culturally adapted Filipino version of the World Health Organization Step-by-Step (SbS-F) program, unguided online psychological intervention for people with depression based on behavioral activation, among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Macao (Special Administrative Region). The main objective of this pilot study is to explore the preliminary effectiveness of the SbS-F program to decrease participant-reported depressive symptoms compared to enhanced care as usual (ECAU); and the secondary objectives are to explore the preliminary effectiveness of the SbS-F to decrease participant-reported anxiety symptoms and improve wellbeing, …