Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Conticini
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Street Life

scholarly journals How Is the Risk of Major Sudden Infectious Epidemic Transmitted? A Grounded Theory Analysis Based on COVID-19 in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Duan ◽  
Zhisheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transmission Path ◽  
System Risk ◽  
Risk Source ◽  
Property Losses ◽  
Media Reports

The outbreak of a sudden infectious epidemic often causes serious casualties and property losses to the whole society. The COVID-19 epidemic that broke out in China at the end of December 2019, spread rapidly, resulting in large groups of confirmed diagnoses, and causing severe damage to China's society. This epidemic even now encompasses the globe. This paper takes the COVID-19 epidemic that has occurred in China as an example, the original data of this paper is derived from 20 Chinese media reports on COVID-19, and the grounded theory is used to analyze the original data to find the risk transmission rules of a sudden infectious epidemic. The results show that in the risk transmission of a sudden infectious epidemic, there are six basic elements: the risk source, the risk early warning, the risk transmission path, the risk transmission victims, the risk transmission inflection point, and the end of risk transmission. After a sudden infectious epidemic breaks out, there are three risk transmission paths, namely, a medical system risk transmission path, a social system risk transmission path, and a psychological risk transmission path, and these three paths present a coupling structure. These findings in this paper suggest that people should strengthen the emergency management of a sudden infectious epidemic by controlling of the risk source, establishing an efficient and scientific risk early warning mechanism and blocking of the risk transmission paths. The results of this study can provide corresponding policy implications for the emergency management of sudden public health events.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction of Young Female Factory Workers in Developing Countries: A Grounded Theory Approach to Develop a Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Wasantha Rajapakshe
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Overall Life Satisfaction

This study explores the determinant factors of life satisfaction of female workers in Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Sri Lanka by using the grounded theory approach. Observations and in-depth interviews were applied to gather data. Life satisfaction among women in the workplace is requisite in many industries. Compared with all other sectors, life satisfaction issues are more crucial in FTZs. The model formulated in this study shows the employees' overall life satisfaction at FTZs, which many previous studies have ignored. The findings revealed that overall life satisfaction is dependent on seven satisfaction domains: work satisfaction, health satisfaction, financial satisfaction, family satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, housing satisfaction, community satisfaction, and two factors related to participation in life events: happy events and sad events. In addition, seven personal characteristics: age, marital status, number of family members, parents, family income, education, and positions held before joining FTZs were identified as moderator variables. The proposed model is closed the theoretical gap which many previous researchers overlooked. The study provided managerial and policy implications and proposed policies to the government and managers to overcome this issue.

Hope Inspiration among People Living with HIV/AIDS: Theory and Implications for Counselors

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk Zinck ◽  
John Cutcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Stage Theory ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
The Core ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Core Variable ◽  
Hiv Aids

Despite the dramatic reversal in prognosis for people living long-term with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), the literature indicates, counter-intuitively, that PLWHA often do not have much hope for the future. The authors undertook a grounded theory study (Cutcliff & Zinck, 2011) that resulted in a four-stage theory of hope inspiration for PLWHA. Both the core variable, "Turning from death to life, " and the four stages of the theory have significant practice, education, and policy implications for counselors working with PLWHA, which this article explores in detail. It draws attention to specific counselor qualities (i.e., awareness, possessing a working knowledge of HIV/AIDS) and a sense of hope that the authors argue is needed to underpin effective work with PLWHA. It describes hope-inspiring interventions—witnessing hopelessness, punctuating resources, networking, and re-storying—that counselors might consider, linking each to the theory and stages of hope inspiration

scholarly journals Downward Spiral of Bullying: Victimization Timeline From Former Victims’ Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199083
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Wójcik ◽  
Robert Thornberg ◽  
Wojciech Flak ◽  
Jakub Leśniewski
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
School Transition ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Victims Of Bullying ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

The present study aimed to investigate how those who had been chronic victims of bullying perceive their bullying experience from their initial attacks to their bullying exit, how they understood processes and actions causing a situation to become progressively worse, and how they interpreted their own coping behaviors. Nine individuals who were victimized for at least 6 years were interviewed. The grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data, which generated a grounded theory of the downward spiral of bullying, demonstrating hidden aspects of bullying—the victim’s inner process as a response to external victimizing and accompanying events. The interdependence of those processes is presented in a timeline to show their cumulative nature as new vicious circles of bullying involving maladaptive coping strategies (e.g., self-blame), which form an overriding pattern of behavior that renders victims unable to break it even if they enter a new peer group. In terms of policy implications, the findings suggest the need to introduce school transition programs supporting school adaptation, identify chronic victims, and take every victimhood narrative seriously.

«But putting it into practice is difficult, somehow.»

Pflege ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory

Der Theorie-Praxis-Konflikt in der Pflege ist ein bekanntes Phänomen. Bisher liegen jedoch, insbesondere auf die Verhältnisse in der BRD bezogen, kaum fundierte Pflegeforschungsergebnisse zu diesem Thema vor. So wurde ein an den Methoden der Grounded Theory orientiertes qualitatives Forschungsprojekt zur Theorie-Praxis-Vermittlung am Beispiel einer innerbetrieblichen Fortbildungsveranstaltung zu Kinästhetik in der Pflege durchgeführt, das näher untersuchen sollte, was die Umsetzung von Kinästhetik in die Pflegepraxis beeinflußt. Die Forscherin hat dazu nach der Schulung mit den TeilnehmerInnen unter anderem halbstrukturierte Interviews zu deren Erlebnissen bei der Anwendung des Gelernten in ihrer täglichen Arbeit auf Station durchgeführt. Als Ausschnitt aus den Ergebnissen wird der Einfluß der Kategorie «Eigenschaften von Kinästhetik» auf die Umsetzung durch die TeilnehmerInnen an einer Fortbildungsveranstaltung zu diesem Thema dargestellt. Damit wird etwas darüber ausgesagt, inwiefern die Tatsache, daß Kinästhetik als etwas Praktisches, etwas Fremdes und Exotisches, als mit Nähe verbunden, schwierig oder riskant wahrgenommen wird, Auswirkungen auf die Anwendung des neu gelernten Wissens in der Praxis hat. Der Bezug dieser Kategorie zur Schlüssel-Kategorie «Einbau von Wissen und von Neuem» wird abschließend aufgezeigt. Die Ergebnisse der Studie machen deutlich, daß die ausschließliche Konzentration auf Wissensvermittlung der Komplexität des Umsetzungsprozesses nicht gerecht wird.

NS-Verfolgte mit Migrationshintergrund als Patienten in der Geriatrie

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Andrea Zielke-Nadkarni
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory

Hintergrund: Dieser Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse verschiedener qualitativ-explorativer Studien zu Biographien von NS-Verfolgten mit Migrationshintergrund (Juden aus der GUS, Roma, Sinti und ehemaligen polnischen Zwangsarbeitern). Ziel ist die Erhebung der spezifischen Pflegebedürfnisse dieser vulnerablen Klientel im Hinblick auf ihre Abhängigkeit von anderen im Alter, wenn sie medizinische und pflegerische Versorgung benötigt. Methode: Semi-strukturierte Interviews auf der Basis der Grounded Theory wurden eingesetzt, um die soziale und familiale Situation der Befragten zu untersuchen. Ergebnisse: Die Angst, offen über ihre Verfolgungserfahrungen zu sprechen, ist das hervorstechendste Merkmal all dieser Migranten. In vielen Fällen hat das Trauma die Verbindung zu ihrer Umgebung gebrochen und ausgeprägte Gefühle der Isolation und Hilflosigkeit hervorgerufen. Obwohl sie aus unterschiedlichen sozialen Milieus stammen, gibt es eine Reihe von Verhaltensweisen, die ihnen gemeinsam sind und auf eine Verfolgungsgeschichte hinweisen. Zugleich enthüllt die Befragung ihren unsicheren Status als Migranten und ihr Leben in einer Gesellschaft, die sie oft als marginalisierend und ausschließend empfinden.

Grounded Theory – Strategien qualitativer Forschung

Pflege ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 0260-0260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barney Glaser ◽  
Anselm Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory
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