Table 5 Relational practice terms used, with underlying theories, across the 4 sectors
From: Relational practice in health, education, criminal justice, and social care: a scoping review
Sector | Terms used for relational practice | Underlying theories mentioned |
|---|---|---|
Criminal justice | Psychological-informed planned environments, therapeutic communities, pro-social environment, enabling environments, relational theory, relational model, relational justice | Psychoanalysis [18], trauma-informed [18], attachment [18], social psychological group theory [22], decolonising theories [25], positive psychology [28], Bourdieu’s concept of habitus [52, 177], relational authority [66], procedural justice [66], feminism [106], reintegrate shaming [156] |
Education | Relational learning, relational approach, dialogic communication, relational framework, relational practice, relational framework, restorative practice, relational teacher development, relational pedagogy, relational theory, relationally focussed approach, teacher-student relationships, responsive classroom approach, relationship-resourced resilience model | Relational cultural theory [29], deliberate relationship model [29], relational communication theory [40], dialogue communication theory [40], ecological perspective [54], humanistic nursing [61], inclusive practices [65], constructivist self-determination theory [80], gestalt theory [90], relational field theory [90], humanistic psychology [94], Carl Rogers significant learnings [94, 175], psychoanalysis [123], trauma-informed approach [139], Gergen’s relational account of education [160, 164] |
Health | Relational care, relational theory, relational approach, open dialogue, relational practice, relational stance, transformative communication, authentic partnership, family-centred care, relationally focussed leadership, relational focus, developmental-relational approach, relational perspective, enabling environments, relational ontologies, relational inquiry | Swanson’s Middle Range Theory of Caring [12, 178], conversational pedagogy [16], humanistic education [16], Carl Rogers Conditions theory [19, 175], systemic-relational perspective [19], compassionate healthcare [31, 32], normalisation process theory [32], Foucault meta-ethical framework [36], feminism [64], trauma-informed care [72], psychoanalysis [2], object relations [2], Boyatzis and McKee’s resonant leadership theory [100, 179], Kanter’s theory of organizational empowerment [100, 180, 181], Andersson and Pearson’s workplace incivility theory [100, 182], and Maslach and Leiter’s burn out theory [100, 183], motivational interviewing [120], socio-ecological model [133], ecological model [144], inter-organizational collaboration models developed by D’Amour et al. [153, 184] and San Martín-Rodríguez et al. [153, 185], Bourdieu’s theory of relational practice [153, 186], needs theorists (e.g., Henderson, Orem [165], Interaction theorist (e.g., Paterson and Zderad, Peplau [165], outcome theorists (e.g., Johnson, Rogers, Roy [165]. caring/becoming theorists (e.g., Watson and Parse [165] |
Social work/care | Relational theory, relationship-based practice, guanxi, relational practice, family-centred inclusive practice, relational social work practice, relational autonomy, relational and strength approaches, restorative practice | object relations [17], attachment [17], self-psychology and relational psychoanalysis [17], critical theory (social work) [17], therapeutic and relationship-based model of care [34], social exchange theory [42], humanism [48], relational, systemic and complexity theories [71], Bourdieu relational theory [89, 186], trauma-informed care [170], feminism [138], relational theory of human connectedness [141], threshold concept theory [143], capabilities communities [148], emancipatory power framework [148], psychosocial perspective [149], psychodynamic perspective [150], capacity building approach [149] |