Living with Difference: Exploring the Social Self of Adolescents with Chronic Pain

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain negatively affects an adolescent’s life; however, little is known about the social impact of chronic pain for adolescents. More is known about the general peer relationships of adolescents with chronic pain than their close friendships. Close friendships begin to take on more importance during adolescence as these relationships facilitate the development of an adolescent’s sense of personal identity and increasing independence from family influences. Thus, chronic pain may create friendship challenges for adolescents beyond those typically experienced during this developmental trajectory, which may negatively impact their abilities to secure social support.OBJECTIVES: To better understand the challenges adolescents with chronic pain face with regard to their friendships.METHODS: An interpretative phenomenological study using individual interviews was conducted.RESULTS: Two themes emerged. ‘Rethinking the self with pain’ describes the intrusive nature of chronic pain, challenging the participants to rethink the way they view themselves and their place within their social network. ‘Rethinking friendships’ describes the interpretation of their friends’ reactions to their chronic pain condition, which led to these adolescents spending more time by themselves, and feeling misunderstood and unsupported.CONCLUSIONS: The impact of chronic pain on the adolescent as an individual as well as the responses of close friends and others within their social network resulted in the development of new friendship needs. However, the adolescents were not always able to secure these new friendship needs. Their experiences suggest factors within friendships that may be ameliorated by interventions, thus maintaining and strengthening their close friendships.

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Measuring the value of the social network: analysis, quantitative approach, and application

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1154v1 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Sujata Jindal ◽

Ritu Sindhu

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Social Impact ◽

Quantitative Approach ◽

Social Data ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Day By Day

Social networks are growing day by day. Users of the social networks are generating values for these networks. All the users can’t be considered equal as they have different social network impact value. In this paper we analyze the social impact of a user and propose a method to estimate an individual’s worth to a social network in terms of impact. The mathematical evaluations show the effectiveness of our method. Based on the proposed method many applications can be built taking into consideration the impact any individual’s social profile has. We have tried to make various social data attributes more valuable and meaningful.

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Pain, social relationships, and school

Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain ◽

10.1093/med/9780199642656.003.0013 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 119-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paula Forgeron ◽

Sara King

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Social Consequences ◽

School Functioning ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Pain Experience ◽

The Social ◽

Close Friendships

Although recurrent and chronic pain impacts the whole life of a child and or adolescent, little research has been conducted on social consequences of chronic pain for children and adolescents. Emerging research suggests that (1) peer relationships, including close friendships, of children and adolescents with chronic pain may be negatively impacted by pain and (2) social reactions from others can negatively impact the child or adolescent’s pain experience. School functioning may also be impaired as a result of chronic pain. Clinicians should understand the challenges experienced by children with chronic pain and should attend to the social and school consequences of pain when working with this population. Although little research has examined interventions to manage the effects of chronic pain on school and social functioning, researchers have identified helpful strategies that may mitigate the negative consequences to social and school functioning associated with chronic pain.

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Pain, social relationships, and school

Oxford Textbook of Pediatric Pain ◽

10.1093/med/9780198818762.003.0013 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 118-126

Author(s):

Paula Forgeron ◽

Sara King ◽

Jessica Fales

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Social Engagement ◽

Social Consequences ◽

School Functioning ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Pain Experience ◽

The Social ◽

Close Friendships ◽

The Many

Social consequences of chronic pain for youth have only been a focus of research in the past decade. Research suggests that peer relationships, including close friendships, of children and adolescents with chronic pain may be negatively affected by pain. It has also been suggested that social reactions from others can negatively affect the child or adolescent’s pain experience. School functioning (i.e., academic performance and social engagement at school) may also be impaired as a result of chronic pain. Clinicians should understand the many challenges experienced by youth with chronic pain and should attend to the social consequences of pain when working with youth and their families. Research investigating interventions to manage the effects of chronic pain on school and social functioning is needed. However, there are some strategies that may be helpful in mitigating the negative consequences to social and school functioning associated with chronic pain.

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Measuring the value of the social network: analysis, quantitative approach, and application

10.7287/peerj.preprints.1154 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Sujata Jindal ◽

Ritu Sindhu

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Social Impact ◽

Quantitative Approach ◽

Social Data ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Day By Day

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ПРАГМАТИЧНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ НАТИВНОЇ РЕКЛАМИ: ФОРМИ, ТРЕНДИ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ НАТИВНОГО КОНТЕНТУ В СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ МЕРЕЖІ FACEBOOK ЩОДО БРЕНДА ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКИ ЗНУ)

State and Regions. Series: Social Communications ◽

10.32840/cpu2219-8741/2020.1(41).18 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 113

Author(s):

V. Kovpak ◽

N. Trotsenko

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Professional Training ◽

Educational Process ◽

Communication Strategy ◽

Student Centered ◽

Teacher Student ◽

The Social ◽

National University ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact

<div>The article analyzes the peculiarities of the format of native advertising in the media space, its pragmatic potential (in particular, on the example of native content in the social network Facebook by the brand of the journalism department of ZNU), highlights the types and trends of native advertising. The following research methods were used to achieve the purpose of intelligence: descriptive (content content, including various examples), comparative (content presentation options) and typological (types, trends of native advertising, in particular, cross-media as an opportunity to submit content in different formats (video, audio, photos, text, infographics, etc.)), content analysis method using Internet services (using Popsters service). And the native code for analytics was the page of the journalism department of Zaporizhzhya National University on the social network Facebook. After all, the brand of the journalism department of Zaporozhye National University in 2019 celebrates its 15th anniversary. The brand vector is its value component and professional training with balanced distribution of theoretical and practical blocks (seven practices), student-centered (democratic interaction and high-level teacher-student dialogue) and integration into Ukrainian and world educational process (participation in grant programs).</div>And advertising on social networks is also a kind of native content, which does not appear in special blocks, and is organically inscribed on one page or another and unobtrusively offers, just remembering the product as if «to the word». Popsters service functionality, which evaluates an account (or linked accounts of one person) for 35 parameters, but the main three areas: reach or influence, or how many users evaluate, comment on the recording; true reach – the number of people affected; network score – an assessment of the audience’s response to the impact, or how far the network information diverges (how many share information on this page).Key words: nativeness, native advertising, branded content, special project, communication strategy.

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Conversations About Opioids: Impact of the Opioid Overdose Epidemic on Social Interactions for People Who Live With Chronic Pain

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/10497323211003063 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104973232110030

Author(s):

Lise Dassieu ◽

Angela Heino ◽

Élise Develay ◽

Jean-Luc Kaboré ◽

M. Gabrielle Pagé ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Opioid Overdose ◽

Opioid Use ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Self Advocacy ◽

Social Lives ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact ◽

Depth Interviews

The objective of this study was to understand the impact of the opioid overdose epidemic on the social lives of people suffering from chronic pain, focusing on interactions within their personal and professional circles. The study was based on 22 in-depth interviews with people living with chronic pain in Canada. Using thematic analysis, we documented three main impacts of the opioid overdose epidemic: (a) increased worries of people in pain and their families regarding the dangers of opioids; (b) prejudices, stigma, and discrimination faced during conversations about opioids; and (c) stigma management attempts, which include self-advocacy and concealment of opioid use. This study represents important knowledge advancement on how people manage stigma and communicate about chronic disease during everyday life interactions. By showing negative effects of the epidemic’s media coverage on the social experiences of people with chronic pain, we underscore needs for destigmatizing approaches in public communication regarding opioids.

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Spanish communication academia: Scientific productivity vs. Social activity

Comunicar ◽

10.3916/c41-2013-06 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (41) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cristóbal Casanueva-Rocha ◽

Francisco-Javier Caro-González

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Factors ◽

Social Activity ◽

Scientific Productivity ◽

Scientific Activity ◽

Redes Sociales ◽

International Scope ◽

The Social ◽

La Red ◽

The Impact

At a time when academic activity in the area of communication is principally assessed by the impact of scientific journals, the scientific media and the scientific productivity of researchers, the question arises as to whether social factors condition scientific activity as much as these objective elements. This investigation analyzes the influence of scientific productivity and social activity in the area of communication. We identify a social network of researchers from a compilation of doctoral theses in communication and calculate the scientific production of 180 of the most active researchers who sit on doctoral committees. Social network analysis is then used to study the relations that are formed on these doctoral thesis committees. The results suggest that social factors, rather than individual scientific productivity, positively influence such a key academic and scientific activity as the award of doctoral degrees. Our conclusions point to a disconnection between scientific productivity and the international scope of researchers and their role in the social network. Nevertheless, the consequences of this situation are tempered by the nonhierarchical structure of relations between communication scientists. En un momento en que la actividad académica en el ámbito de la comunicación se valora principalmente por el impacto de las revistas y los medios de comunicación científica y por la productividad de los investigadores, surge la cuestión de si los factores sociales pueden condicionar la actividad científica con la misma fuerza que estos elementos objetivos. Esta investigación analiza la influencia de la productividad científica y de la actividad social en el ámbito de la comunicación. Se ha identificado la red social de los investigadores de comunicación a partir de las tesis doctorales. Para los 180 investigadores más activos en los tribunales de tesis se ha calculado su producción científica. Se utiliza el análisis de redes sociales para estudiar las relaciones que se producen en los tribunales de tesis doctorales. Los resultados muestran que los factores sociales influyen positivamente en una actividad académica y científica tan relevante como la obtención del grado de doctor, mientras que la productividad científica individual no lo hace. Como conclusiones cabe señalar que existe una desconexión entre la productividad científica y la proyección internacional de los investigadores y su papel en la red social. Las implicaciones de este hecho están matizadas por una estructura no jerarquizada de las relaciones entre los científicos de comunicación.

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The impact of the social network, stigma and empowerment on the quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.010 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 28-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 105

Author(s):

I. Sibitz ◽

M. Amering ◽

A. Unger ◽

M.E. Seyringer ◽

A. Bachmann ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Network ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Internalized Stigma ◽

Stigma Reduction ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

The Social ◽

Recovery Approach ◽

The Impact

Abstract:Objective:The quality of life (QOL) of patients with schizophrenia has been found to be positively correlated with the social network and empowerment, and negatively correlated with stigma and depression. However, little is known about the way these variables impact on the QOL. The study aims to test the hypothesis that the social network, stigma and empowerment directly and indirectly by contributing to depression influence the QOL in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders.Method:Data were collected on demographic and clinical variables, internalized stigma, perceived devaluation and discrimination, empowerment, control convictions, depression and QOL. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to examine the impact of the above-mentioned constructs on QOL.Results:The influences of the social network, stigma, empowerment and depression on QOL were supported by the SEM. A poor social network contributed to a lack of empowerment and stigma, which resulted in depression and, in turn, in poor QOL. Interestingly, however, the social network and stigma did not show a direct effect on QOL.Conclusions:Following a recovery approach in mental health services by focusing on the improvement of the social network, stigma reduction and especially on the development of personal strength has the potential to reduce depression in patients with psychosis and improving their QOL.

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The impact of young people's participation in events

International Journal of Event and Festival Management ◽

10.1108/ijefm-09-2013-0026 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 198-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Eliza Hixson

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Identity Development ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Social Impact ◽

Transitional Period ◽

School Students ◽

Content Type ◽

The Social ◽

Sense Of Involvement ◽

The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the social impact that two events, the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Clipsal 500, have on young residents (16-19 years old) of Adelaide. The purpose of this paper is to examine how young people participate in these events and how this affects their sense of involvement in the event and contributes to their identity development. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed methods approach was adopted in which focus groups and questionnaires were conducted with secondary school students. As an exploratory study, focus groups (n=24) were conducted in the first stage of the research. The results of the focus groups were used to develop a questionnaire that resulted in 226 useable responses. The final stage of the research explored one event in further depth in order to determine the influence of different participation levels. Findings – This study found that young people demonstrated more involvement in the Adelaide Fringe Festival and their identities were more influenced by this event. Further investigation of the Adelaide Fringe Festival also indicated that level of participation affects the social outcomes gained, with those participating to a greater degree achieving higher involvement and increased identity awareness. This is demonstrated through a model which aims to illustrate how an event impact an individual based on their role during the event. Originality/value – This paper applies two leisure concepts in order to analyse the impact of events. Activity involvement is a concept which examines the importance of the activity in the participant's life. Also of importance to young people is how activities contribute to their identities, especially because they are in a transitional period of their lives.

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A Simple Starting Point for Designing for and/or Assessing the Social Impact of Products

Volume 2B: 43rd Design Automation Conference ◽

10.1115/detc2017-67586 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Hans Ottosson ◽

Emma Hirschi ◽

Christopher A. Mattson ◽

Eric Dahlin

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Social Impact ◽

Development Process ◽

Social Impacts ◽

Product Development Process ◽

Impact Categories ◽

Functional Characteristics ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact

In this paper we present a starting point for designing for and/or assessing the social impact of engineered products. The starting point is a set of tables comprising products, their general functional characteristics, and the accompanying social impacts. We have constructed these tables by first extracting a set of social impact categories from the literature, then 65 products were qualitatively reviewed to find their social impact. The resulting product impact tables can be used at either the beginning of the product development process to decide what social impact to design for and discover product functions that lead to it, or later to qualitatively assess the social impact of a product being designed and/or to assess the impact of an existing product.

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