The Effect of Religiosity on Customers Response to Service Failure: Belief‐in‐Fate , Forgiveness, and Emotional Wellbeing

Background: The residents who pass exit fellowship examination in few attempts adopt certain strategies for early success. The lived experiences of residents passing FCPS final examination in few attempts, barriers to success and strategies to overcome those barriers were studied. Participants and methodology: This phenomenological research study was conducted at Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan from June 2015 to May 2017. Purposeful snowball sampling was done. Eleven residents who passed their Final FCPS examination in few attempts, in the last 15 years were included in the study. Semi-structured open-ended interview of the residents was audio-recorded and transcribed. Three themes of helpful factors, barriers encountered and suggestions to overcome those barriers to get through the final FCPS examination and the emerging sub-themes were analyzed and textural and structural description were assigned. Results: Three themes were based on the aim of study and their related emerging sub-themes were found. The helpful factors included self-directed learning, peer assisted learning, interactive educational environment, rehearsal and self-determination. Barriers encountered were related to learning difficulties, competing responsibilities and physical and emotional burnout. Lastly, suggestions to overcome the barriers were use of multiple technology based learning strategies, developing self-confidence and self-efficacy together with prioritization of emotional and physical wellbeing. Conclusions: This study found that self-regulation and internal motivation were important strategies for success in the FCPS exit examination. Barriers can be overcome through technology based learning and increased self-efficacy and prioritizing physical and emotional wellbeing.

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A Psychological Study on Gender and Emotional Wellbeing of Indian Research Scholars: A Phenomenological Comparison

International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation ◽

10.37200/ijpr/v24i4/pr201605 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 5063-5083

Author(s):

Neema Bajaj

Keyword(s):

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Psychological Study

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Development of the Shift Smartphone App to Support the Emotional Wellbeing of Junior Doctors: Design of a Prototype and Results of Usability and Acceptability Testing (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.26370 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Isabelle Counson ◽

Alexandra Bartholomew ◽

Joanna Crawford ◽

Katherine Petrie ◽

Geetanjali Basarkod ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

User Experience ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Pilot Trial ◽

User Involvement ◽

Health Behaviours ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Prototype Development

BACKGROUND Junior doctors report higher levels of psychological distress than more senior doctors and report several barriers to seeking professional mental health support, including concerns about confidentiality and career progression. Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) may be utilised to help overcome these barriers to assist the emotional wellbeing of this population and encourage help-seeking. OBJECTIVE We describe the development and pilot trial of the Shift mHealth app to provide an unobtrusive avenue for junior doctors to seek information about, and help for, wellbeing and mental health concerns that is sensitive to workplace settings. METHODS A 4-phase iterative development process was undertaken to create the content and features of Shift involving junior doctors, using principles of user-centered design. These four phases were: I) Needs assessment, based on interviews with 12 junior doctors; II) Prototype development with user experience feedback from two junior doctors; III) Evaluation, consisting of a pilot trial with 22 junior doctors to assess usability and acceptability of the initial prototype; and IV) Redesign, including user experience workshops with 51 junior doctors. RESULTS Qualitative results informed the content and design of Shift to ensure the app was tailored to junior doctors’ needs. The Shift app prototype contained cognitive-behavioural, mindfulness, value-based actions, and psychoeducational modules, as well as a tracking function visualising patterns of daily variations in mood and health behaviours. Pilot testing revealed possible issues with the organisation of the app content, which were addressed in a thorough restructuring and redesign of Shift with the help of junior doctors across three user experience workshops. CONCLUSIONS The current research demonstrates the importance of ongoing end-user involvement in the creation of a specialised mHealth app for a unique working population experiencing profession-specific stressors and barriers to help-seeking. The development and pilot trial of this novel Shift mHealth app are first steps in addressing the mental health and support-seeking needs of junior doctors, although further research is required to validate its effectiveness and appropriateness on a larger scale.

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Children's social and emotional wellbeing in schools

10.2307/j.ctt1t89923 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Debbie Watson ◽

Carl Emery ◽

Phil Bayliss ◽

Margaret Boushel ◽

Karen McInnes

Keyword(s):

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

Social And Emotional Wellbeing

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Equity and repurchase intention following service failure

Journal of Services Marketing ◽

10.1108/08876040010347624 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 513-528 ◽

Cited By ~ 104

Author(s):

Adrian Palmer ◽

Rosalind Beggs ◽

Caroline Keown‐McMullan

Keyword(s):

Service Failure ◽

Repurchase Intention

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Evaluating Patient-Defined Priorities for Female Patients with Bladder Cancer

Bladder Cancer ◽

10.3233/blc-200397 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Amanda X. Vo ◽

Mary Kate Keeter ◽

Emily S. Tuchman ◽

Joshua J. Meeks ◽

Alicia K. Morgans

Keyword(s):

Bladder Cancer ◽

Locally Advanced ◽

Invasive Bladder Cancer ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer ◽

Care Experience ◽

Female Patients ◽

Muscle Invasive ◽

Optimal Approach

BACKGROUND: Although bladder cancer is much more common in men than in women, female patients with bladder cancer present with more locally advanced tumors and have worse disease-specific outcomes than male patients, even after controlling for biological differences. There is a paucity of research regarding the optimal approach to caring for female patients with bladder cancer in ways that maximize patient satisfaction, preferences, and values. OBJECTIVE: We sought to explore patient-defined priorities and areas in need of improvement for female patients with bladder cancer from the patient perspective. METHODS: We conducted focus group sessions and semi-structured interviews of women treated for bladder cancer to identify patient priorities and concerns until reaching topic saturation. Transcripts were analyzed thematically. RESULTS: Eight patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and six patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer participated in two focus groups and seven interviews total. Three themes emerged as significantly affecting the care experience: physical impacts, mental health and emotional wellbeing, and the patient-provider interaction. Each theme included patient-defined specific recommendations on approaches to optimizing the care experience for women with bladder cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Although most participants were satisfied with the quality of care they received, they identified several opportunities for improvement. These concerns centered around enhancing support for patients’ physical and mental needs and strengthening the patient-provider interaction. Efforts to address these needs and reduce gender disparate outcomes via quality improvement initiatives are ongoing.

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