scholarly journals The Role of Psychological Sense of School Membership and Postcode as Predictors of Profiles of Socio-emotional Health in Primary School Children in England

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-295
Author(s):  
Susana Castro-Kemp ◽  
Olympia Palikara ◽  
Carolina Gaona ◽  
Vasiliki Eirinaki ◽  
Michael J. Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Belonging ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Membership ◽  
Psychological Sense ◽  
Health Profiles

Abstract A dual approach to mental health in schools has been widely defended, where the assessment of psychological distress and the examination of strengths/well-being are two separate continua. In line with a well-being approach, school belonging has been referenced as an important indicator of mental health in children. This study explored the predictive role of school sense of belonging alongside other demographic variables (gender, main language spoken at home, and socio-economic status of postcode) on the socio-emotional health profiles of primary school children in England. Children (N = 522) were recruited from three primary schools in Greater London. A survey including measures of school belonging and socio-emotional health was administered to all children. Results showed that it is possible to identify groups of students at primary school level based on socio-emotional health ratings on gratitude, zest, optimism, and perseverance. School sense of membership, as measured by the psychological sense of school membership primary (PSSM-P), was the best predictor of group membership and, together with socio-economic status, explains 37% of the variance in socio-emotional health profiles. Belonging starts affecting well-being and socio-emotional health as early as in primary school, hence the importance of universal screening and early preventive actions to promote well-being in this age range. The study provides evidence supporting the use of the abbreviated (PSSM-P) in predicting socio-emotional health profiles, with potential to complement distress-based measures.

THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN THE EDUCATION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 373-378
Author(s):  
G.S. Mailybaeva ◽  
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M.S. Baidildanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Primary School Student ◽  
The Family

The modern family, as before, plays an important role in the formation of the social environment in which the child grows and develops. The role of the family in the education of primary school children needs to be reconsidered, it is obvious that the partnership dialogue of parents is the most important condition for the well-being of the child. This article discusses the role of the family and the main forms of communication of primary school children and parents. The issues of improving the educational activity of the family by establishing effective communication styles were touched upon. The family shows the relevance of communication from the point of view of psychology. After all, the family is the first collective of the child, the natural environment of his development and the founder of the future personality. In addition, the article describes the types of communication styles between family members for good education

scholarly journals The Role of Family and School in Securing Psychological Well-Being of Primary School Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
O.A. Karabanova
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
First Graders ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Internal Position ◽  
Teachers And Parents

The paper reviews the age spicific form of psychological well-being in primary school age as the result of the acquisition of a new social position and role of student that, according to C. Ryff, is the essence of psychological adaptation of the child to school. The research was aimed at exploring the conditions of psychological adaptation to school in chidlren as a process that promotes psychological well-being at this age. The research goals were as follows: to explore the character and dynamics of school adaptation in first-graders; to compare the notions of successful adaptation in teachers and parents; to study the relationship between successful psychological adaptation to school and a) the features of the internal position of student, b) the type of parenting style. The sample consisted of 122 first-graders (7—8 years old) and 110 parents. It was empirically proven that all components of psychological well-being in primary school children, namely: positive relations in the form of cooperation in joint educational activities with the teacher and peers; self-acceptance represented in the form of internal position of student as self-identification with the social role of the student; competence as mastering the means of learning activity and autonomy as an independent implementation of the latter; important goals in the form of meaningful acceptance of learning objectives; personal growth, expressed in the content and pace of individual progress in personal and metacognitive development — all these are determined by the psychological readiness of teachers and parents to transform their relationships with the child and to establish adequate forms of educational cooperation. It is argued that disharmonious types of parenting styles interfere with the child’s psychological adaptation to school.

Effects of MyBFF@school Intervention in Health-related Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Primary School Children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahari Ishak ◽  
Suet Fin Low ◽  
Wan Abdul Hakim Wan Ibrahim ◽  
Abqariyah Yahya ◽  
Fuziah Md. Zain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Functioning ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

<p>Obesity has been shown to impact the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among children. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of MyBFF@school program on HRQOL among overweight and obese primary school children in Malaysia. KINDL<sup>R</sup> Questionnaire was used to collect data on their HRQOL before and after the program. ANCOVA was used to analyse the comparison between intervention and control group after 6 months. There are significant effect on family functioning, F(2,1103)=7.452, p<0.05 and school functioning, F(1,1117)=7.103, p<0.05 after the intervention. Effects can also be seen on physical well-being, emotional well-being and friends functioning. The program is effective in improving the HRQOL significantly in two dimensions namely the family and school functioning. In order to achieve greater overall success,social support should be an integral part of the program and stigma on obesity should be managed and reduced by including normal-weight children in the program.</p>

Pateicības izpausmes folklorā psiholoģiskā kontekstā

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Ieva Ančevska
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
Health And Well Being

The article examines the depiction of gratitude and related events in Latvian folklore through comparative evaluation. Gratitude is considered in a psychological context, comparing the attitude expressed in folklore with the findings of modern scientific research. Gratitude is a concept that is usually associated with a relationship or a benefit, it is most often aimed outwards, dedicated to someone else, but at the same time, it creates a pleasant feeling within the person. In modern psychology, gratitude is receiving more and more attention from researchers because its manifestations stimulate the formation of positive emotions and contribute to the improvement of the person’s overall well-being. Research and clinical studies in psychotherapy confirm that gratitude plays an important role in improving mental health and reducing depressive, destructive feelings. In turn, neuroscience research shows the potential of a grateful and positive attitude in strengthening psycho-emotional health and well-being in general. In Latvian folklore, gratitude is depicted as an important part of ritual events, which helps to ensure a positive, balanced connection with the forces of nature, gods, and society. In folklore, the importance of gratitude is emphasised more when building family relationships or accepting various situations and occurrences in life. In both psychological research and the practice of systemic therapy, as well as in folklore, gratitude appears as one of the most important values of interpersonal connection, which promotes the formation of harmonious relationships. Similar to the opinions of psychology, the folk world views emphasise the motivational role of gratitude in improving the quality of human life and health in general.

The Moderation Role of Being Valued by Teachers Over the Association Between School Children Motivation and Need for Competition

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110441
Author(s):  
Cristina Maria Bostan ◽  
Tudor Stanciu ◽  
Răzvan-Lucian Andronic
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

Concordant with classical theoretical guidelines (i.e., social facilitation, social constructivism theory, and the Pygmalion effect) we tested the need for competition and perception of being valued by teachers to be better motivated for learning in school. We extend knowledge by testing these associations mediated by the social economic status given by the well-being of the family (i.e., controlling for gender and socio-economic status). A total of 214 Romanian students (45.3% boys) with ages between 13 and 17 years were administered the PEER questionnaire (i.e., perception of being valued by teachers, school-children motivation, and the need for competition). Results show a positive relation between the need for competition and motivation for learning. We also found positive relations between the perception of being valued by the teacher and motivation for learning and the need for competition. We conclude that motivation is higher when the need for competition is higher and the perception of being valued by teachers is higher.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FOR CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Viala ◽  
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Olena Denysiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Health It ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
Perception Of Health

The article explores the problems of motivating a healthy lifestyle of primary school children. The issue of a healthy lifestyle will always be relevant because it plays a key role in maintaining and promoting health. It is especially relevant for the younger generation, because it is our future. The work presents scientists who analyzed the theoretical and methodological principles of forming a healthy lifestyle for children, the formation of a healthy lifestyle from the standpoint of medicine, as well as psychological and pedagogical aspects of educating a healthy lifestyle for children. Selection of previously unsolved parts of the overall problem. The main material of the article states that a healthy lifestyle of children should start with a healthy example of parents and teachers, because they are the ones who lay the foundation for the children lifestyle. The ideological principles of a healthy lifestyle are described, namely: the idea of the priority of the value of health, the perception of health not only as the absence of disease, understanding of health in its four areas - mental, physical, social and spiritual. The criteria for forming a positive motivation for a healthy lifestyle in students are indicated, namely: at the level of physical health, at the level of mental health, at the level of spiritual health and at the level of social well-being. It is necessary to pay special attention when choosing a strategy for the formation of a healthy lifestyle in primary school age, to: psychological and psychophysical characteristics and rely on the area of actual development of the child to work on the formation of a healthy lifestyle was successful. To be more effective in creating motivation for a healthy lifestyle, parents and educators must remember that there must be a systematic approach that includes methods that are comprehensively aimed at implementing a healthy lifestyle. The article presents the most common methods of forming motivation for a healthy lifestyle both in school and in distance learning. The most effective methods in working with primary school children are active methods, as younger students are very active and like to move a lot.

The Role of the Supervisor in Creating and Maintaining an Emotionally Healthy Workplace

2022 ◽  
pp. 1715-1730
Author(s):  
Amy Tureen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Positional Power ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Supervisors, be they employed in higher education or in other industries, operate in capacities that allow them to shape organizational cultures within their departments, divisions, colleges, or broader units. Within the higher educational model, this means that supervisors are uniquely placed to counteract negative elements within the culture of academia, which historically has tended to prioritize individual competitive output, with alternative models that may offer improvements to the emotional health and well-being of higher education employees. This chapter seeks to describe the impact of stress on the health of workers, the employment stressors that are unique to higher education, and the processes by which supervisors in higher education can use their positional power to counteract said stressors and improve academic organizational cultures. The chapter includes practical suggestions for supervisors to enhance wellness and decrease emotional harm in scenarios common to the higher education workplace as identified via social media crowdsourcing.

The Role of Culture in Affective Empathy: Cultural and Bicultural Differences

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 309-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Chung ◽  
Sherilynn Chan ◽  
Tracy G. Cassels
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Health ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Reactivity Index ◽  
Affective Empathy ◽  
Personal Distress ◽  
Social Emotional

AbstractEmpathy is essential for healthy relationships and overall well-being. Affective empathy is the emotional response to others’ distress and can take two forms: personal distress or empathic concern. In Western cultures, high empathic concern and low personal distress have been implicated in increased prosocial behaviour (e.g., Eisenberg et al., 1989) and better emotion management and peer relations (e.g., Eisenberg and Fabes, 1998). Various factors have been examined with respect to affective empathy, but the role of culture has received little attention. Previous work suggests that children from East Asian cultures compared to those from Western cultures experience greater personal distress and less empathic concern (e.g., Trommsdorff, 1995), but no work has specifically examined these differences in adolescents or individuals who identify as ‘bicultural’. The current research examines cultural differences in affective empathy using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980) in an adolescent and young adult sample (n=190) and examines how empathy relates to social-emotional health in bicultural individuals. Consistent with research on children, East Asian adolescents reported greater personal distress and less empathic concern than their Western counterparts. The bicultural individuals’ scores fell in between the East Asian and Western groups, but revealed significant differences from their ‘uni-cultural’ peers, demonstrating shared influences of community and family. Importantly, however, the relationship between affective empathy and social-emotional health in bicultural individuals was the same as for Western individuals. The current results provide an important first step in understanding the different cultural influences on empathic responding in a previously understudied population ‐ bicultural individuals.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Executive Functions in Predicting Mathematical Creativity in Typical Elementary School Classes: A Twofold Role for Updating

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Marije Stolte ◽  
Trinidad García ◽  
Johannes E. H. Van Luit ◽  
Bob Oranje ◽  
Evelyn H. Kroesbergen
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Mathematical Creativity ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Starting Model ◽  
General Creativity

The goal of the current study was to investigate the role of executive functions in mathematical creativity. The sample included 278 primary school children (ages 8–13). Two models were compared: the starting model tested whether executive functions (shifting, updating, and inhibition), domain-general creativity, and mathematical ability directly predicted mathematical creativity. The second model, which fitted the data best, included the additional assumption that updating influences mathematical creativity indirectly through mathematical ability and domain-general creativity. Updating was positively related to mathematical creativity. Additionally, updating was positively related to mathematical ability and domain-general creativity. Inhibition, shifting, domain-general creativity and mathematical ability did not have a significant contribution to either model but did positively correlate with mathematical creativity. This study reports the first empirical evidence that updating is a predictor of mathematical creativity in primary school children and demonstrates that creativity is a higher order cognitive process, activating a variety of cognitive abilities.

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