Toward a definition of psychological health: Appreciating Maslow's conceptual vision

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Bland
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Definition Of

scholarly journals THE NATURE OF SYMPTOMS: FLUCTUATION OR RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM INTERNALLY OF CHOICE

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
Svitlana Kalishchuk
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Existential Approach ◽  
Therapeutic Concepts ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Symptom Formation

The paper raises the issue of exacerbation of psychological problems caused by the political and economic environment, which creates a general social tension and becomes a background that exacerbates the existential problems of the individual. That's why author emphasizes on a particular need for the development of therapeutic direction and a detailed and well-grounded development of therapeutic concepts. It creates ways of an effective solve of current problems of psychological health and well-being of the person. The article explained the conceptual provisions of the establishment, operation and therapeutic work with the symptom. The main characteristics, structure and overall symptom phenomenological expanse from the standpoint of the existential approach of the theory of system solutions and system modeling. Psychological functions of a symptom are considered. Issues of operationalization of a symptom and definition of conceptual provisions of its formation are solved . Basic rules of interpretation of a symptom and interpretation of the concept are described in terms of several approaches. The conceptual provisions of symptom formation that allow to include it in psycho-corrective methods are considered in detail. The methods of the existential-systemic technological approach for providing psychological assistance to the client are analyzed and empirically tested, providing dynamic changes in the content of the "picture of the world" of clients in the cognitive and ontological plans. According to the empirical study, psychosomatic, emotional and behavioral symptoms were presented. It has been shown that symptoms with different specificities have unchanging constituents and functions. It also has been shown that applying an existential approach helps the symptomatic client to produce a new, better reality that will take into account the actual needs and aspirations of the subject. Thus, the main task, which is directed and work with the symptom – is the person's approach to himself/herself, greater sensitivity to his own real existential aspirations.

scholarly journals Stages of Recovery Instrument: Development of a Measure of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 972-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Retta Andresen ◽  
Peter Caputi ◽  
Lindsay Oades
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Longitudinal Methods ◽  
Research Register ◽  
Mental Health Consumers ◽  
Health Consumers ◽  
Definition Of

Objective: In order to realize the vision of recovery-orientated mental health services, there is a need for a model and a method of measuring recovery as the concept is described by mental health consumers. A preliminary five-stage model based on consumer accounts was developed in an earlier study by the authors. This next stage of the research program describes the development and initial testing of a stage measure which, when validated, can be used in testing that model. Method: Existing measures of recovery were reviewed to assess their concordance with the model, and a new measure, the Stages of Recovery Instrument (STORI) was subsequently developed. A postal survey was conducted of 94 volunteers from the NISAD Schizophrenia Research Register. Participants completed the STORI and measures of mental health, psychological wellbeing, hope, resilience and recovery. Results: The STORI correlated with all of the psychological health variables, and the five stage subscales were found to be internally consistent. An ordinal relationship between the stage subscales was demonstrated by the intercorrelations of the subscale scores and the pattern of correlations between the subscales and the other measures. However, a cluster analysis of items revealed an overlap in measurement of adjacent stages, with only three clear clusters emerging. Conclusions: The results provide preliminary empirical validation of the STORI as a measure of the consumer definition of recovery. However, refinement of the measure is needed to improve its capacity to discriminate between the stages of the model. The model could then be comprehensively tested using longitudinal methods and the inclusion of objective measures.

scholarly journals Psychodynamic determinants of value orientations of Suvorov Military School cadets of the MIA of Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
ALINA V. KULINCHENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Psychodynamically Oriented ◽  
Priority Direction ◽  
Military School ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
To Come ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
University Training

Abstract. The relevance of the study of the topic under consideration is a result of the need to improve the quality of profile pre-university training carried out on the basis of the Suvorov military schools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The priority direction of pre-university training is the formation and development of the motivational and personal orientation of Suvorov cadets for future educational and service-professional activities in the positions of cadets of departmental universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and after graduation - in the positions of officer-specialists with higher education. The implementation of this training direction requires a scientific and methodological definition of a relevant research subject that determines its success. It seems expedient to study as such a subject the cadets’ value orientations and associated self-structural personal formations rooted in the unconscious. As a result of the study, the value-orientational hierarchy of Suvorov school cadets of different years of training was determined, as well as the relationship of the value orientations of the cadets with the resource of their psychological health, reflecting the ratio of constructive and destructive-deficient central (unconscious) personality functions, was established. The data obtained allow us to come to the conclusion about the determinative influence of unconscious mechanisms on the formation of values at the stage of pre-university training of the Suvorov school cadets. Key words: value orientations, cadets, Suvorov military school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, general constructiveness, general destructiveness, psychological health resource, psychodynamically oriented personality questionnaire «Resource», professional self-determination.

scholarly journals Susceptibility to empathy and its relationship to emotional maturity among university students (An applied study on students of the college of education, university of Diyala, Iraq, 2020 AD)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Ghassan Ghazanfar Hamid ◽  
Maki Babiker Saeed Dewa ◽  
Al-Fatih Mustafa Suleiman Al-Kanani
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Basic Study ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Package Program ◽  
Definition Of

The capacity for empathy represents an emotional experience that affects human life in facing problems and difficulties and providing assistance to those we feel that needs it, and in fact it represents an essential component of human life, in addition to its impact on their psychological health. The present study aimed to uncover the relationship between the capacity for empathy and emotional maturity among university students, and in order to achieve the objectives of the current study, the researcher built a scale of sympathy capacity according to according to the researcher also built the scale of emotional maturity according to the definition of (CATEL), and the researcher verified One of the psychometric characteristics of the two study scales, and the basic study sample reached (400) students from Diyala University for the morning study, for the academic year (2019-2020), and they were selected according to the random stratified method of equal distribution, and the data were processed statistically using the package program Statisticians for Social Sciences (SPSS). Several results were reached, including: Among them: There is a tendency of sympathy among the individuals of the study sample that is statistically significant in favor of university students. There are statistically significant differences in the susceptibility of empathy according to the gender variable and in favor of females. The study recommends making use of the results of the current study by educational counselors. It also recommends that researchers in the field of psychology make use of the measure of the susceptibility of empathy in order to diagnose the susceptibility of empathy. The necessity of creating a positive academic environment for university students to help increase their self-confidence when they encounter problems. The study suggests conducting a number of researches on the variable susceptibility to empathy in daily life and society in order to identify its degree and the possibility of developing it in a way that serves societies.

Child Labor in Brazil and Uruguay

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Guedes Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Universal Definition ◽  
Definition Of

The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 12.5 million children and adolescents under the age of fifteen currently working in Latin America and the Caribbean. Of these, 9.6 million (77%) perform tasks that pose a risk to their physical and psychological health. This article presents a brief comparative analysis of child labor in Brazil and Uruguay in order to discuss the challenges of confronting this phenomenon in two very different countries that have embraced divergent strategies to deal with similar problems. To do this, the article presents an overview of the incidence of child labor in Brazil and Uruguay and seeks to demonstrate how far the category of labor is from a universal definition in the academic world, which is also repeated in the debate on the definition of child labor. It is possible to identify different moments of the debate in Latin America regarding the concept of child labor. Some approaches have been more contextualized than others, but all remain controversial and are sometimes considered incomplete. It will also consider the changes in the world of labor and how they interfere in this phenomenon. Despite advances in the fight against child labor overall, Brazil is starting to stagnate in its efforts to reduce the number of child and adolescent workers, and its challenge is to find new political solutions to address this problem. Uruguay still needs to place the issue more centrally on the nation’s political and social agenda in order to guarantee consistent research on the problem that can guide its policy responses.

Medical Situations

2017 ◽  
pp. 455-465
Author(s):  
Patrick Morse ◽  
Kate Sweeny
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Doctor Patient Communication ◽  
Information Availability ◽  
Physical Cues ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Medical Situation

The present chapter reviews the psychological literature on medical situations, their properties, and their associations with a variety of physical and psychological health outcomes. It offers a definition of medical situations and suggests a framework to organize the literature before providing a review of research on health outcomes associated with different medical situation categories (e.g., waiting for a doctor, receiving treatment), as well as their physical cues (e.g., hospital room with a view of nature, ambient sounds) and psychological characteristics (e.g., doctor-patient communication, information availability). The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications of past studies and suggestions for further research on medical situations.

scholarly journals Domestic violence: a Rodger’s evolutionist conceptual analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Grassi Bonamigo ◽  
Deborah Ribeiro Carvalho ◽  
Marcia Regina Cubas
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Definition Of

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the concept of domestic violence based on its use in health sciences, humanities, and exact sciences according to Rodgers’ evolutionary model. Methods: this is a concept analysis based on Rodgers’ evolutionary conceptual model. Ninety-six articles were included in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French, which had a definition of domestic violence, having identified the antecedents, attributes and consequences and produced a model case. Results: twenty-two attributes, ten antecedents and eight consequences were identified. Final considerations: from antecedents, attributes and consequences, it was possible to identify the connection between domestic violence and gender issues, especially patriarchal, being seen in a normalized way by society and causing consequences to the victims’ physical and psychological health.

scholarly journals From Psychology of Sustainability to Sustainability of Urban Spaces: Promoting a Primary Prevention Approach for Well-Being in the Healthy City Designing. A Waterfront Case Study in Livorno

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Leporelli ◽  
Giovanni Santi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
Before And After ◽  
First Results ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Definition Of

One of the main objectives of contemporary society and international research is to improve the physical and psychological health and well-being of the population, especially within the urban space. An effective approach to address this complex issue must necessarily be trans-disciplinary, and must be framed in the broader perspective of the Science of Sustainability, in particular the Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development, as a frame of reference. The study shows the first results of research, in terms of methodology and qualitative analysis, with the following objectives—identification of the criteria for intervention for a healthy city design, with particular attention to the psychological, architectural, and construction aspects, and an initial verification of these criteria, through a case study consisting of a section of the city’s waterfront, in the city of Livorno. This case study has enabled, both, the definition of an innovative design and implementation of solutions, for the correct use, accessibility, and management of spaces. It provides the first evaluation of a possible digital analyses of a waterfront, before and after intervention; and highlights the potential and the critical aspects of the process of recovery and re-appropriation of an urban space, for a new social life, within it.

Modeling of Situations of Professional Activity in the Process of Training Specialists in the Field of Computer Sports

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
P. Postnikov
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Specialized Education ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Training Specialists

The author shows the relevance of training computer sports specialists, which is due to the shortage of such professionals with specialized education in the labor market. The article reveals the specifics of eSports, presents the existing experience in training such specialists. The review of the regulatory and legal sphere of this kind of sport is carried out. The theoretical aspects of the formation of the competence of a computer sports specialist are considered, approaches to the definition of the content and technologies of the process of training these specialists are substantiated. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the author has developed the structure and content of the competencies of computer sports athletes in the following areas: “Sports discipline of computer sports”, “Preserving the physical and psychological health of an athlete”, “Maintaining the image of computer sports”. The main professional functions that future specialists in computer sports should master, the training of which is carried out in universities within the framework of bachelor's programs in the direction of training 49.03.04 Sports, have been substantiated.

A Call for Person-Centered and City-Centered Student Supports

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-125
Author(s):  
Crystal L. George-Moses ◽  
Paul Archibald ◽  
Selena T. Rodgers ◽  
Mayra Lopez-Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
Student Supports ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is devastating the well-being of college students and society. This article examines the need for attention to collegiate mental health during public health emergencies, with a particular focus on college students in urban settings. The article begins with a brief description of the unique challenges faced by cities during pandemics and continues with a historical overview of pandemics. College students attending three public colleges (n = 719) were surveyed regarding the impact of COVID-19 on their psychological health. Preliminary findings reveal a prevalence of students (44.9%) reporting moderate or severe traumatic stress symptoms in response to COVID-19 stressors. A definition of what we define as “astonishing” is the high trending prevalence of college students reporting that they know someone who died due to COVID-19 (70.6%). The article concludes with recommendations for future research and offers person-centered approaches for social workers and leadership in higher education.

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