scholarly journals Protective Factors Contributing to Wellbeing Among Refugee Youth in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryan Tozer ◽  
Nigar G. Khawaja ◽  
Robert Schweitzer
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
English Language ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Refugee Youth ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined protective factors associated with the wellbeing of 93 youth from a refugee background resettled in Brisbane, Australia. Wellbeing was defined as an absence of psychological distress and the presence of subjective wellbeing. Students at Milpera State High School, a special English language school, completed a battery of questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses examined the relationship between protective factors and wellbeing, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. The results indicated that higher levels of school connectedness and acculturation were significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress. Further, higher levels of school connectedness, acculturation and resilience, in addition to having a permanent visa, were significantly associated with higher levels of subjective wellbeing. Notably, 55% of the variance in subjective wellbeing was explained jointly by these factors. School connectedness, acculturation, resilience, and visa certainty were instrumental in enhancing aspects of wellbeing in the present sample of students from a refugee background. Implications for refugee-related policy and strategies in schools, mental health services, and at broader governmental levels are discussed.

scholarly journals Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempt Among Indigenous Māori Youth in New Zealand: The Role of Family Connection

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terryann C. Clark ◽  
Elizabeth Robinson ◽  
Sue Crengle ◽  
Theresa Fleming ◽  
Shanthi Ameratunga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Family Connection

The purpose of this study was to (1) describe risk and protective factors associated with a suicide attempt for Māori youth and (2) explore whether family connection moderates the relationship between depressive symptoms and suicide attempts for Māori youth. Secondary analysis was conducted with 1702 Māori young people aged 12–18 years from an anonymous representative national school-based survey of New Zealand (NZ) youth in 2001. A logistic regression and a multivariable model were developed to identify risk and protective factors associated with suicide attempt. An interaction term was used to identify whether family connection acts as a moderator between depressive symptoms and a suicide attempt. Risk factors from the logistic regression for a suicide attempt in the past year were depressive symptoms (OR = 4.3, p < 0.0001), having a close friend or family member commit suicide (OR = 4.2, p < 0.0001), being 12–15 years old (reference group: 16–18 years) (OR = 2.7, p < 0.0001), having anxiety symptoms (OR = 2.3, p = 0.0073), witnessing an adult hit another adult or a child in the home (OR = 1.8, p = 0.001), and being uncomfortable in NZ European social surroundings (OR = 1.7, p = 0.0040). Family connection was associated with fewer suicide attempts (OR = 0.9, p = 0.0002), but this factor did not moderate the relationship between depressive symptoms and suicide attempt (χ2 = 2.84, df = 1, p = 0.09). Family connection acts as a compensatory mechanism to reduce the risk of suicide attempts for Māori students with depressive symptoms, not as a moderating variable.

Cross-Sectional Associations Between Sitting Time and Several Aspects of Mental Health in Belgian Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1112-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Asztalos ◽  
Greet Cardon ◽  
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij ◽  
Katrien De Cocker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Sitting Time ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Sleeping Problems ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
The Relationship

Background:Sedentary behavior (including sitting) is negatively associated with physical health, independent from physical activity (PA). Knowledge on the associations with mental health is less elaborated. Therefore this study aims to investigate the relationship between sitting and 5 indices of mental health in adults (psychological distress, depression, anxiety, somatization, and sleeping problems), and between sitting interactions (sitting×gender, sitting×age, sitting×education, and sitting×PA) and these mental health indices.Methods:A cohort of Belgian adults (25–64 years; n = 4344) provided self-reported data on sitting and PA and on 5 mental health indices. Cross-sectional associations were examined using multiple linear regression analyses.Results:Analyses adjusted for gender, age, education, and PA showed significant positive associations between sitting and the 5 mental health indices (P < .05). All associations were true for both men and women, and for low and high educated individuals, while some were only found in older individuals (somatization, P < .001) and those being insufficiently active (psychological distress, P = .007; depression, P = .002; and anxiety, P = .014).Conclusions:More sitting seems to be associated with poorer mental health, independently of gender, age, education, and PA. Moderation analyses showed that these associations may differ according to age and PA levels.

Factors That Influence Battered Women to Leave Their Abusive Relationships

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Koepsell ◽  
Mary A. Kernic ◽  
Victoria L. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Battered Women ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
External Support ◽  
Stepwise Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Abusive Relationship ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Leave Taking ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Protection Order

This study examines factors associated with leaving an abusive relationship, including relationship characteristics, external support, and health status of the abused subjects. The subjects included 448 Seattle women whose abuse resulted in police involvement or filing for a civil protection order against their male partner. Women were followed longitudinally for 9 months. Stepwise logistic regression analyses assessed factors independently predictive of leave taking. Predictors of leaving the abusive relationship were young age, leaving the relationship previously, and having a protection order, an abuse-related physician visit, and a high score of psychological vulnerability to abuse. Seeking but not receiving external support was negatively associated with leave taking.

A Study of the Influence of Social Media Use on Employees' Psychological Distress and the Moderating Effect of Perceived Organizational Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Youngkeun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Integral Model ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Mental Properties ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to propose an integral model for the influence of the mental properties of professional literacy in social media on employees' psychological distress and investigate a managerial factor moderating the influence of mental properties of professional literacy in social media on employees' psychological distress. For this, using survey method, this study distributed the survey to 305 employees working at Korean companies. This study used a series of multiple regression analyses. In the results, first, invasion and uncertainty among the mental properties of professional literacy in social media increases employees' psychological distress. However, overload has no significance with employees' psychological distress. Second, perceived organizational support has a moderating effect on the relationship between uncertainty and psychological distress. However, perceived organizational support has no effect on the relation between invasion and psychological distress.

scholarly journals Protective Predictors Associated With Posttraumatic Stress and Psychological Distress in Chinese Nurses During the Outbreak of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Xia ◽  
Yajun Yan ◽  
Daxing Wu
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire

Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) posed an unprecedented threat to Chinese healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, few studies notably focused on the mental health conditions of nurses and explored protective factors to prevent posttraumatic stress and psychological distress. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and the predictive factors especially defensive predictors associated with posttraumatic stress and psychological distress in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: In this online study, 1,728 nurses (~77.5% came from the COVID-19 pandemic frontline) were included in the final analysis. Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (PCL-5) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) was used to assess posttraumatic stress and psychological distress.Results: The results demonstrated that the prevalence of posttraumatic stress and psychological distress in nurses throughout China between February 1, 2020 and February 13, 2020 was 39.12 and 24.36%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that insomnia, high panic intensity, and high impact of the COVID-19 pandemic were risk predictors of posttraumatic stress and psychological distress in nurses. Married participants had a 1.58 times increased risk of having posttraumatic stress when compared with the single participants. Frontline medical staff were more likely to suffer from psychological distress. The adequate exercise was a protective predictor of psychological distress [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.655, 95% CI = 0.486–0.883], but not with posttraumatic stress. High-quality diet was a protective predictor of posttraumatic stress (AOR = 0.112, 95% CI = 0.037–0.336) and psychological distress (AOR = 0.083, 95% CI = 0.028–0.247).Conclusions: Our study revealed the prevalence and factors associated with posttraumatic stress and psychological distress in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Low panic intensity, low level of impact, satisfactory sleep, adequate exercise, and better diet were protective factors of posttraumatic stress and psychological distress. It indicated that the psychological status of nurses (particularly those from the COVID-19 pandemic frontline) should be monitored, and protective factors associated with posttraumatic stress and psychological distress should be increased.

scholarly journals Taiwanese Migrants in Australia: An Investigation of Their Acculturation and Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigar G. Khawaja ◽  
Sabrina Yang ◽  
Wendell Cockshaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Proficiency ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Factors Associated

Taiwanese migrants who have settled in Brisbane, Australia (N= 271) completed a questionnaire battery available in both Mandarin and English. A series of multiple and hierarchical regression analyses were used to investigate the factors associated with these migrants’ acculturation and indicators of psychological wellbeing. Results indicated that various personal factors (age, English language proficiency, and duration of stay) were associated with acculturation and indicators of psychological wellbeing. Acculturation was not associated with wellbeing. Social support was associated with the indicators of the participants’ wellbeing. The outcome indicated that although associated with similar personal and environmental factors, acculturation and psychological wellbeing occurred separately. The study highlights the significance of certain personal resources and social support.

scholarly journals Psychological distress and terrorist engagement: Measuring, correlating, and sequencing its onset with negative life events, social factors, and protective factors

2021 ◽  
pp. 136346152110236
Author(s):  
Emily Corner ◽  
Paul Gill
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

This article employs probability-based modelling to unpack the complex and multifaceted individual, social, and psychological processes that may provide psychological protection for individuals engaged with terrorist groups. We outline the predictors of the onset of psychological distress across two phases of terrorist involvement (pre-engagement and engagement). Using a dataset of 96 terrorist autobiographies, we conduct sequence analyses to pinpoint the onset of psychological problems and the experiences that preceded and followed this onset. The results demonstrate a complexity in the relationship between mental disorders and terrorist engagement, as well as the heterogeneity of the lived experience of “being” a terrorist. The experience of psychological distress was mediated by numerous factors and the combination of these factors. The evidence suggests that, in certain cases, individual and group resilience may be a protective factor when an individual faces negative experiences. The presence of protective factors may not be sufficient to explain why group-actor terrorists present with a lower than expected prevalence of mental disorder. Future work should examine whether experiences commonly viewed as risk factors may be more useful in examining the occurrence of psychopathology in terrorists.

Mattering Versus Self-Esteem in University Students: Associations With Regulatory Focus, Social Feedback, and Psychological Distress

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 663-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Flett ◽  
Taryn Nepon
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
University Students ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Social Feedback ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Inferential Style

Although research has established that feelings of not mattering are associated with distress, the factors and processes that contribute to these associations have not received much consideration. The current study was conducted to address three themes. First, mattering was evaluated from a motivational perspective by examining mattering and regulatory focus. Second, the uniqueness of low mattering in predicting distress was investigated when considered along with other predictors (i.e., self-esteem and regulatory focus). Finally, a negative inferential style involving perceptions of negative social feedback was tested as a cognitive mediator of the link between mattering and distress. Mattering was correlated moderately with a promotion self-regulation focus. Regression analyses showed that mattering was also linked uniquely with distress beyond the variance predicted by self-esteem and regulatory focus. In addition, the association between low mattering and distress was mediated by negative social feedback. Our findings highlight the need for further investigation of mattering as a unique contributor to distress and the factors associated with mattering.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Individual Personality Traits (Internality-Externality) and Psychological Distress in Employees in Japan

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahito Fushimi
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
Akita Prefecture ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between the internality-externality (I-E) scale as an indicator of coping styles and the Kessler 6 (K6) scale as an indicator of psychological distress and analyzes the effects of sociodemographic and employment-related factors on this relationship. Employees from Akita prefecture in Japan were invited to complete self-administered questionnaires. A uniform pattern of findings emerged in the relationship between the two scales as follows: all the significant correlations were negative, that is, as the I-E score increased, the K6 score decreased. Furthermore, significant effects were observed for the I-E scale regarding sex, age, education, employee type, and employment status and the K6 scale with multiple regression analyses. Among these, the effect of the K6 scale was significant for the I-E scale in both males and females. The results of this study may help improve mental health clinicians' understanding of psychological distress in employees.

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