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Outside of Christian culture, accountability partners are used to help individuals achieve goals and stick to commitments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saunders |first1=Elizabeth Grace |title=Should You Even Bother with New Year’s Resolutions This Year? |url=https://hbr.org/2021/12/should-you-even-bother-with-new-years-resolutions-this-year |website=Harvard Business Review |publisher=Harvard Business Review |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ho |first1=Leon |title=How to Find An Accountability Partner to Help You Build Habits |url=https://www.lifehack.org/862621/accountability-partner |website=Lifehack |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=22 January 2020}}</ref> Some people use accountability partners to help them commit to regular a regular [[exercise]] regime and eat healthily,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heath |first1=Elizabeth |title=Skipped your workout — again? An accountability partner can help you meet your fitness goals. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/skipped-your-workout--again-an-accountability-partner-can-help-you-meet-your-fitness-goals/2020/08/03/a1b15202-d109-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html |website=Washington Post |publisher=The Washington Post |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bedi |first1=Pooja |title=It’s time you find yourself an accountability partner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/heartchakra/its-time-you-find-yourself-an-accountability-partner/ |website=Times of India Blog |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=29 May 2022}}</ref> while others have recommended the use of accountability partners to achieve professional goals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kander |first1=Diana |title=3 Strategies for Holding Yourself Accountable |url=https://hbr.org/2022/02/3-strategies-for-holding-yourself-accountable |website=Harvard Business Review |publisher=Harvard Business Review |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=2 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How To an Effective Accountability Partner at Work |url=https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/accountability-partner |website=Indeed Career Guide |publisher=Indeed |access-date=30 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In high stress jobs such as [[social work]], accountability partners can be used to help a person follow through on a [[self-care]] plan and reduce [[occupational burnout]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author = Haley Dalphon|title=Self-care techniques for social workers: Achieving an ethical harmony between work and well-being |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10911359.2018.1481802 |journal=Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment| volume=2019 Vol 29, No. 1, 85-95 (also available at [[wp:library]])}}</ref> A 2018 study of an accountability partner programme at [[Washington State University]] found that the scheme improved the scholarly production of county-level faculty and fostered a more collaborative and encouraging research environment. The programme involved a formal matching process and required regular attendance at monthly meetings, along with administrative and financial support, all of which were found to be necessary for the success of such programmes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Diane K. |last2=Martinez |first2=AnaMaria Diaz |last3=Lanigan |first3=Jane |last4=Wells-Moses |first4=Kayla |last5=Koehler |first5=Christian |title=Scholarly Mentor Program: Supporting Faculty in the Writing and Publication Process |journal=The Journal of Faculty Development |date=2018 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=45-50}}</ref> |
Outside of Christian culture, accountability partners are used to help individuals achieve goals and stick to commitments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saunders |first1=Elizabeth Grace |title=Should You Even Bother with New Year’s Resolutions This Year? |url=https://hbr.org/2021/12/should-you-even-bother-with-new-years-resolutions-this-year |website=Harvard Business Review |publisher=Harvard Business Review |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ho |first1=Leon |title=How to Find An Accountability Partner to Help You Build Habits |url=https://www.lifehack.org/862621/accountability-partner |website=Lifehack |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=22 January 2020}}</ref> Some people use accountability partners to help them commit to regular a regular [[exercise]] regime and eat healthily,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heath |first1=Elizabeth |title=Skipped your workout — again? An accountability partner can help you meet your fitness goals. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/skipped-your-workout--again-an-accountability-partner-can-help-you-meet-your-fitness-goals/2020/08/03/a1b15202-d109-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html |website=Washington Post |publisher=The Washington Post |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bedi |first1=Pooja |title=It’s time you find yourself an accountability partner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/heartchakra/its-time-you-find-yourself-an-accountability-partner/ |website=Times of India Blog |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=29 May 2022}}</ref> while others have recommended the use of accountability partners to achieve professional goals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kander |first1=Diana |title=3 Strategies for Holding Yourself Accountable |url=https://hbr.org/2022/02/3-strategies-for-holding-yourself-accountable |website=Harvard Business Review |publisher=Harvard Business Review |access-date=30 September 2022 |date=2 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How To an Effective Accountability Partner at Work |url=https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/accountability-partner |website=Indeed Career Guide |publisher=Indeed |access-date=30 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A study into skin self-examination among patient groups with a higher risk of [[skin cancer]] published in 2016 found that, while the use of smartphones and automatic reminders increased the incidence of self-examination, those assigned an accountability partner were not significantly more likely to self-examine. Further, satisfaction rates were lowest amongst those assigned the accountability partner group.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marek |first1=Andrew J. |last2=Chu |first2=Emily Y. |last3=Ming |first3=Michael E. |last4=Khan |first4=Zeeshan A. |last5=Kovarik |first5=Carrie L. |title=Piloting the Use of Smartphones, Reminders, and Accountability Partners to Promote Skin Self-Examinations in Patients with Total Body Photography: A Randomized Controlled Trial |journal=American Journal of Clinical Dermatology |date=October 2018 |volume=19 |issue=5 |pages=779–785 |doi=10.1007/s40257-018-0372-7}}</ref> In high stress jobs such as [[social work]], accountability partners can be used to help a person follow through on a [[self-care]] plan and reduce [[occupational burnout]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author = Haley Dalphon|title=Self-care techniques for social workers: Achieving an ethical harmony between work and well-being |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10911359.2018.1481802 |journal=Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment| volume=2019 Vol 29, No. 1, 85-95 (also available at [[wp:library]])}}</ref> A 2018 study of an accountability partner programme at [[Washington State University]] found that the scheme improved the scholarly production of county-level faculty and fostered a more collaborative and encouraging research environment. The programme involved a formal matching process and required regular attendance at monthly meetings, along with administrative and financial support, all of which were found to be necessary for the success of such programmes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Diane K. |last2=Martinez |first2=AnaMaria Diaz |last3=Lanigan |first3=Jane |last4=Wells-Moses |first4=Kayla |last5=Koehler |first5=Christian |title=Scholarly Mentor Program: Supporting Faculty in the Writing and Publication Process |journal=The Journal of Faculty Development |date=2018 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=45-50}}</ref> |
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An accountability partner is a person who coaches another person in terms of helping the other person keep a commitment. The term is a neologism and has gained relatively wide use since the 1990s. The term is often used by Christians where the accountability partner helps a person adhere to a moral commitment, particularly refraining from consumption of pornography. It was originally used in connection with weight loss programs in the 1960s.
Christianity
Within evangelical Christianity, accountability partners have been used as part of programmes to help young men who have committed to sexual purity avoid temptations such as masturbation, viewing pornography, and sexual activity.[1][2] The Promise Keepers, an Evangelical Christian parachurch organization for men, advocates the use of accountability groups to help their members put into practise their Seven Promises, including (but not exclusively) a promise to sexual purity. Members of the Promise Keepers believe that participation in these accountability groups is essential to their vision of godly masculinity and many find disclosing their internal struggles to a trusted other to be a powerfully cathartic exercise. In his 2000 study of these groups, sociologist John Bartkowski observed that they aspire to ideals of equality and community, with chairs arranged in a circular formation, and members recruited from diverse social backgrounds and Christian denominations. However, Bartkowski notes that this ideal of equality is undercut by the exclusion of women from these groups, who are set up as an "other", and the endorsement of family structures based around male headship. Formal and informal leadership structures also emerge in Promise Keeper accountability groups based on proximity to Promise Keeper organizational structures or how long one has been a Christian.[3]
In her study of study of evangelical men who pledge pre-martial chastity, sociologist Sarah Diefendorf argues that the act of confessing sexual temptation provides these men with emotional release and can relieve tension. She notes the importance of gender in such relationships: men will choose to be accountable to other men in order to avoid the potential for sexual temptation which might occur if discussing sexual thoughts and activities so openly with a women.[2]
Accountability partnership arrangements can also make use of accountability software. These are surveillance apps which tracks a user's internet activity and sends reports to a predetermined accountability partner. Covenant Eyes — the largest company on the market — had in September 2022 over 50,000 downloads of its app and an annual revenue of $26 million. A report by Wired magazine in 2022 found a number of security risks with many of these apps. Tests conducted by the magazine found that searching terms such as "gay" or "lesbian", or accessing online support for young LGBT people, immediately sent a “questionable activity report” to the accountability partner.[4]
Beyond Christianity
Outside of Christian culture, accountability partners are used to help individuals achieve goals and stick to commitments.[5][6] Some people use accountability partners to help them commit to regular a regular exercise regime and eat healthily,[7][8] while others have recommended the use of accountability partners to achieve professional goals.[9][10] A study into skin self-examination among patient groups with a higher risk of skin cancer published in 2016 found that, while the use of smartphones and automatic reminders increased the incidence of self-examination, those assigned an accountability partner were not significantly more likely to self-examine. Further, satisfaction rates were lowest amongst those assigned the accountability partner group.[11] In high stress jobs such as social work, accountability partners can be used to help a person follow through on a self-care plan and reduce occupational burnout.[12] A 2018 study of an accountability partner programme at Washington State University found that the scheme improved the scholarly production of county-level faculty and fostered a more collaborative and encouraging research environment. The programme involved a formal matching process and required regular attendance at monthly meetings, along with administrative and financial support, all of which were found to be necessary for the success of such programmes.[13]
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References
- ^ Breed, Gert (2022). "Fellow believers helping persons addicted to pornography by becoming an embodiment of love". In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi. 56 (1): 1–9. doi:10.4102/ids.v56i1.2834.
- ^ a b Diefendorf, Sarah (2015). "After the Wedding Night: Sexual Abstinence and Masculinities over the Life Course". Gender & Society. 29 (5): 647-669. doi:10.1177/0891243215591597.
- ^ Bartkowski, John P. (2000). "Breaking Walls, Raising Fences: Masculinity, Intimacy, and Accountability among the Promise Keepers". Sociology of Religion. 61 (1): 33–53. doi:10.2307/3712089. ISSN 1069-4404.
- ^ Mehrotra, Dhruv. "The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn 'Shameware' Apps". Wired. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Saunders, Elizabeth Grace (22 December 2021). "Should You Even Bother with New Year's Resolutions This Year?". Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Ho, Leon (22 January 2020). "How to Find An Accountability Partner to Help You Build Habits". Lifehack. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Heath, Elizabeth. "Skipped your workout — again? An accountability partner can help you meet your fitness goals". Washington Post. The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Bedi, Pooja (29 May 2022). "It's time you find yourself an accountability partner". Times of India Blog. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Kander, Diana (2 February 2022). "3 Strategies for Holding Yourself Accountable". Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "How To an Effective Accountability Partner at Work". Indeed Career Guide. Indeed. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Marek, Andrew J.; Chu, Emily Y.; Ming, Michael E.; Khan, Zeeshan A.; Kovarik, Carrie L. (October 2018). "Piloting the Use of Smartphones, Reminders, and Accountability Partners to Promote Skin Self-Examinations in Patients with Total Body Photography: A Randomized Controlled Trial". American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 19 (5): 779–785. doi:10.1007/s40257-018-0372-7.
- ^ Haley Dalphon. "Self-care techniques for social workers: Achieving an ethical harmony between work and well-being". Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 2019 Vol 29, No. 1, 85-95 (also available at wp:library).
- ^ Smith, Diane K.; Martinez, AnaMaria Diaz; Lanigan, Jane; Wells-Moses, Kayla; Koehler, Christian (2018). "Scholarly Mentor Program: Supporting Faculty in the Writing and Publication Process". The Journal of Faculty Development. 32 (1): 45–50.