Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context*

This study evaluated a program to develop help-recruiting competencies as a strategy to facilitate the transition of adjudicated male youths with disabilities residing in a segregated institution. six adjudicated male youths with disabilities participated in the study. a multiple baseline design across behaviors was used to evaluate the youths' acquisition of help-recruiting skills. self-reported measures of the actions taken by the youths in the process of pursuing transition goals were also collected. youths' performance in role-play situations and generalization probes indicated consistent improvements in help-recruiting skills following training. the youths established a total of 17 transition goals at the beginning of the study, of which 11 were attained as planned, 4 were still in progress at the end of data collection, and 2 were dropped. participants also increased the size of their social support network and reported improved satisfaction with their social competencies. the limitations and benefits of developing help-recruiting competencies to facilitate attainment of transition goals among at-risk youths with disabilities are discussed.

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15. Advances in Research on Social Support and Issues Applying to Adolescents at Risk

Social Prevention and the Social Sciences ◽

10.1515/9783110864328.199 ◽

1991 ◽

pp. 199-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

At Risk

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Exploitation of Health on Instagram

Privacy Concerns Surrounding Personal Information Sharing on Health and Fitness Mobile Apps - Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3487-8.ch007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 164-185

Author(s):

Michael G Blight

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

At Risk ◽

Community Based ◽

Data Points ◽

The Way

This chapter focuses on the exploitative nature of Instagram as a community-based platform. Individual users build, maintain, and participate in communities as a way to connect with experiences and insights that resonate with them. Because users are motivated by different gratifications and are met with social support along the way, brands can use influencers to exploit the community-based practices (i.e., liking, sharing, and curating content) to access a variety of data points from users. Ultimately, users' data is routinely at risk as a byproduct of this subversive use of the platform.

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Tying Tight or Splitting Up

LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190635176.003.0014 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 245-262

Author(s):

Aaron Dickinson Sachs

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Young People ◽

Peer Support ◽

Personal Narrative ◽

Safe Space ◽

Relationship Dissolution ◽

Same Sex ◽

Performative Writing ◽

Family Dissolution ◽

Parental Relationship

In this reflexive autoethnography, the author uses performative writing and evocative personal narrative to recount the dissolution of his parents’ relationship and explore the implications of such dissolutions for children of same-sex relationships. The lack of legal and social support structures available to LGBTQ families in the 1980s, and the prevalence of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric focused on the effects of LGBTQ parents on children, both increased the already traumatic impact of family dissolution on the author. As a child, like members of many groups under “political threat,” the author feared that discussing the difficulty of his parents’ separation would validate anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. For the author, labeling the dissolution of his parents’ relationship as “divorce,” and finding friendship with other young people from divorced families, was insufficient; only peer support from other people with LGBTQ parents helped the author to find a safe space to share the trauma of parental relationship dissolution.

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Psychoeducation: perspectives from individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder

Nordic Journal of Social Research ◽

10.7577/njsr.2089 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Line Hille Højfeldt ◽

Pernille Pedersen ◽

Kirsten Schultz Petersen ◽

Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

At Risk ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Sick Leave ◽

Mental Disorder ◽

Peer Support ◽

Phenomenological Analysis ◽

Disability Benefits ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Rehabilitative Services

The large number of people on sickness and disability benefits due to mental disorders in Denmark has increased the need for improved rehabilitative services to facilitate their return to work. The aim of the present study was to explore the use of psychoeducation in relation to the standard services of a Danish job centre for individuals on sick leave with regard to relevance, elements contributing to recovery, and improvements of psychoeducation as an intervention. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 individuals on sick leave who were at risk of having a mental disorder. The interviews were analysed using systematic text condensation inspired by Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis. The resulting core themes describing psychoeducation with respect to the standard services of the job centre included access and relevance of psychoeducation in relation to the job centre’s standard services, social support, self-care, and psychoeducation intervention. This study concludes that the informants consider psychoeducation a relevant offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder. The relevance of the standard services of the job-centre services was considered to be low. Furthermore, psychoeducation reinforces peer support and inclusion of relatives as elements to aid recovery to a much larger extent than do the standard services of the job centre. In general, the results support the use of psychoeducation in a municipal job-centre setting as a targeted and beneficial offer to individuals on sick leave who are at risk of having a mental disorder.

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Relationship between Social Support, Time Perspective and Suicide Ideations in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v12n8p192 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 192 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Saeed Ariapooran ◽

Masuod Rajabi ◽

Amirhosein Goodarzi

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Social Support ◽

At Risk ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Suicide Ideation ◽

Significant Other ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship ◽

Support Time

Introduction: Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are at risk for Suicide Ideation (SI). The relationship between Social Support (SS) and Time Perspective (TP) with SI is important among patients with MS. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of SI and the correlation between SS and TP with SI in Iranian patients with MS in Nahavand and Malayer.Methods: Using a cross-sectional analytic research design, we selected 79 participants among patients with MS in Nahavand and Malayer, Iran. Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Inventory were used for collecting the data.Results: The obtained results indicated that 30.3% of the patients with MS suffered from SI. There was a negative correlation between SS (from family, friends and significant other), Past Positive (PP) and Future (F) orientations and a positive correlation between Past Negative (PN) orientation and SI; SS from significant other and PP negatively predicted the SI in patients with MS.Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, the relationship between SS, PN, PP, F and SI and the role of SS from significant other and PP in predicting the SI in Nahavand and Malayer patients with MS were confirmed. Thus, it is necessary to develop support systems and apply the TP-based treatments for patients with MS who are at risk for SI.

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