Literature Review and Theoretical Background

2014 ◽  
pp. 21-67
Author(s):  
Christian Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Theoretical Background

Alexithymia, fibromyalgia, and psychological distress among adolescents: literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Tariq Alslman ◽  
Shaher H. Hamaideh ◽  
Manar Ali Bani Hani ◽  
Huda Mohammad Atiyeh
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to review the literature regarding the relationships between alexithymia, fibromyalgia (FM), and psychological distress among adolescents. Google Scholar and databases were searched using alexithymia, fibromyalgia, psychological distress, and adolescent keywords. Studies that examine the relationship between alexithymia and fibromyalgia and the contribution of psychological distress on this relationship among adolescents are lacking. However, based on previous studies on adult samples and theoretical background, there are possible relationship between alexithymia and fibromyalgia as well as possible mediating effect of psychological distress on this relationship in adolescents. Further studies are recommended to examine the relationships between alexithymia, fibromyalgia, and psychological distress among adolescents.

scholarly journals Triple bottom line of the CSR concept and its reporting

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 07001
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Belas ◽  
Katarina Zvarikova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
To Come ◽  
Frequent Problem

Research background: The global situation is alarming. Many scholars, politicians, non-profit organizations and journalists worldwide remind of these arising problems. Sustainability seems to be the only solution, and also many companies try to do their best to contribute to this issue. Purpose of the article: CSR is considered a valuable tool in many fields – profit, stakeholders, and environmental dimensions. All these dimensions are characterized by their specifics, but it is proven that CSR positively impacts all of them. But the frequent problem is that although the companies are aware of the stakeholders´ importance, they are not able to report their activities or report them in an understanding way. Methods: Methods of the literature review is used for the theoretical background to understand the importance of three dimensions of CSR. Method of analysis is used to analyze of GRI index. Findings & Value added: Literature review proves the importance of CSR towards all three dimensions. According to analysis of the DRI index, it is evident, that not only organizations from developed countries have reported, but also organizations from developing countries had become reporting. Following the result of our analysis, we can see that 1 694 organizations from 80 countries try to come close to stakeholders and want to inform them about their activities.

Studies of Accessibility to Healthcare in Canada

2013 ◽  
pp. 68-86
Author(s):  
Olesya Elikan
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Health Geography ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Measuring Techniques

The main goal of this chapter is to provide a theoretical background for accessibility studies as a sub-discipline of health geography and a literature review on the topic. The chapter provides various definitions of accessibility, its major characteristics and comparison between main measuring techniques. The influence of accessibility on population health is also discussed. An overview of recent accessibility studies in Canada is provided and future directions of research are discussed. A case study is provided to illustrate one of the advanced methods in measuring access.

scholarly journals An integrative literature review on nursing interventions aimed at increasing self-care among heart failure patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Boisvert ◽  
Alexandra Proulx-Belhumeur ◽  
Natalia Gonçalves ◽  
Michel Doré ◽  
Julie Francoeur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Critical Components

AbstractObjective: to analyze and summarize knowledge concerning critical components of interventions that have been proposed and implemented by nurses with the aim of optimizing self-care by heart failure patients.Methods: PubMed and CINAHL were the electronic databases used to search full peer-reviewed papers, presenting descriptions of nursing interventions directed to patients or to patients and their families and designed to optimize self-care. Forty-two studies were included in the final sample (n=4,799 patients).Results: this review pointed to a variety and complexity of nursing interventions. As self-care encompasses several behaviors, interventions targeted an average of 3.6 behaviors. Educational/counselling activities were combined or not with cognitive behavioral strategies, but only about half of the studies used a theoretical background to guide interventions. Clinical assessment and management were frequently associated with self-care interventions, which varied in number of sessions (1 to 30); length of follow-up (2 weeks to 12 months) and endpoints.Conclusions: these findings may be useful to inform nurses about further research in self-care interventions in order to propose the comparison of different modalities of intervention, the use of theoretical background and the establishment of endpoints to evaluate their effectiveness.

scholarly journals National Identity Expressed in Chinese and Korean Clothing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Chenhao Sun ◽  
Jisoo Ha
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Religious Philosophy ◽  
Clothing Design ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Arts

The purpose of the study is to observe historically national identity expressed in Chinese and Korean Clothing. The literature review and the case study both in China and South Korea were conducted at the same time. The outcomes from the studies are as follow: National identity has been reflected in clothing mainly via the adoption of ethnic elements and civic elements. Chinese and Korean visible-symbolized ethnic elements are from their traditional arts, costumes and lifestyles, invisible-spiritual ethnic elements mainly from religious philosophy. But the Korean wave, which is the modern ethnic invisible-spiritual element, is growing popular all over the world. Chinese and Korean visible-symbolized political elements refer to national or governmental sign, marks or national logo. The invisible-spiritual political elements contain the specific political atmosphere. Chinese are Socialism and anti-capitalism. Meanwhile Korean are Patriotism, Collectiveness, anti-communism and Military ideology. It provides a comprehensive and complete theoretical background for investigating how national identity has been shown in China and Korea’s past and current fashion. It is expected to promote the diversified development of both Chinese and Korean clothing design expression in the future.

scholarly journals Theoretical Underpinnings of Learner Engagement in Software Visualization System: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.20) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Abdullah Abdullah Al-Sakkaf ◽  
Mazni Omar ◽  
Mazida Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Software Visualization ◽  
Learner Engagement ◽  
Visualization System

Having a solid theoretical foundation is essential for designing an effective software visualization (SV) tool. Despite the decades of developing different SV tools, there are still doubts about their effectiveness. Furthermore, learner engagement plays an important role in building a successful SV tool. In programming education, the problem of the high failure rates among students is still unresolved. Therefore, there is a need to understand the theories behind the exciting SV tools from the engagement perspective in order to have a road map for future tool construction. Yet the factors influencing learner engagement in SV tools are still unclear. This study set out to determine how to develop an SV design model to enhance student engagement in an introductory programming course. A systematic literature review (SLR) was used to obtain an overview of the current theoretical foundation used. The search identified a total of 432 papers between 2011 and 2017. This study examined 58 papers selected based on a well-defined selection process. In this paper, the contribution in constructing the protocol for SLR is presented as well as the preliminary results of the study. The researchers were in the process of data extraction phase to address the research questions. The expected outcomes of this review became the identification of a theoretical background used to construct and explain engagement in software visualization. The expected output of this study was a list of the factors that have a positive impact on learner engagement in SV tools.  

scholarly journals Writing Matrix and Assessing Literature Review: A Methodological Element of a Scientific Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Erni Murniarti ◽  
Bernard Nainggolan ◽  
Hulman Panjaitan ◽  
L.Elly AM Pandiangan ◽  
I Dewi Ayu Widyani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Scientific Project

A debatable consensus on and appropriate approaches to literature review function as the theoretical background of the paper. It redefines the literature review substance, synthesis, and procedure to literature matrix, and literature review assessment. In addition, some implications are to interpret the discussion. Finally, finding of the present study is applicable to any study fields at it generally provides matrix for which writing literature review can be easily conducted. Suggestions, identical to the potential of further studies and its application by on-going researcher and writer, are holistically provided.

Smell and Taste in Art: Suggestions towards a Systematic Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-175
Author(s):  
Christian Dieter Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
Different Levels

The reflections outlined in this paper on smell and taste in modern and contemporary art are divided into three larger chapters: an introductory literature review is followed by a general discussion of sense perception in terms of philosophy, physiology, and intellectual history; and this forms the backdrop for the main body, in which eight different approaches to olfactory and gustatory art are proposed. These categories take different levels as their starting point: for instance, they illuminate the significance of smell and taste as materialities, they address aspects of the process of perception, they posit questions concerning the affect of smell and taste, they consider spatial and temporal aspects, and they discuss the relation between perception and knowledge. The main body of the paper is concerned with these categories and their respective theoretical background, also providing concrete examples of relevant works of art.

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