In Defense of Discomfort: The Role of Challenging Emotions in the Growth toward Self-Authorship on a Weekend Retreat

Autor/inn/en	Dugas, Daryl; Geosling, Bobbi Jean; Shelton, Jeron
Titel	In Defense of Discomfort: The Role of Challenging Emotions in the Growth toward Self-Authorship on a Weekend Retreat
Quelle	In: Journal of College and Character, 20 (2019) 1, S.47-64 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-1639
DOI	10.1080/2194587X.2018.1559200
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Individual Development; Recreational Activities; Guidance; Student Role; Small Group Instruction; Emotional Response; College Faculty; Self Concept; Metacognition; Phenomenology; Self Actualization; Buddhism; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Entwicklung; Freizeitgestaltung; Beratung; Emotionales Verhalten; Fakultät; Selbstkonzept; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Buddhismus; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This article explores the experiences of undergraduate students participating in a retreat providing guidance toward self-authorship. In post-retreat interviews, participants discussed their experiences of discomfort during the retreat and its importance to their personal growth. Sources of discomfort included inhabiting unfamiliar environments and roles, participating in small group processes, and experiencing unpleasant emotions. Following the retreat, participants linked these experiences with greater capacity for introspection and greater ability to assert themselves. Implications for fostering students' self-authorship are discussed, including the need for greater engagement with students' emotions and for college educators to reconsider their own relationship with discomfort. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01