scholarly journals The association between entrapment and depression among migrant workers in China: a social rank theory based study

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusi Long ◽  
Hui Chen ◽  
Tian Hu ◽  
Yaqi Chen ◽  
Bolin Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Social Rank ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Early Prevention ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Migrant workers are a group susceptible for depression evolution due to occupational maladaptive triggers. The social rank theory illustrates the pathology process from defensive adaptation to depression, pointing out the early prevention of depression by discovering entrapment. This study aims to reveal the relationship between migrant workers’ entrapment and depressive symptoms. Methods A total of 1805 migrant workers in Shenzhen were recruited by stratified multi-stage sampling. Sample’s demographic, behavioral and psychosocial characteristics were described and analyzed to reveal the relationship between entrapment and depressive symptoms. The Receiver Operator Characteristic was performed to find the optimal cut-off point of Entrapment Scale for predicting depressive symptoms. Results In the binary logistic regression of sociodemographic variables, migrant workers who were married (univariate odds ratio (ORu) = 0.69, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.56–0.84), owned 1 or 2 children (ORu = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.58–0.86), had been working over 10 years (ORu = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.54–0.95), earned > 4999 yuan per month (ORu = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.47–0.99; multivariate odds ratio (ORm) = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.38–0.87) or with low risks of alcohol use disorders (ORu = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.34–0.75) had lower risks of depressive symptoms. After adjusted the aforementioned significant sociodemographic variables, migrant workers with severer entrapment were more likely to have depressive symptoms (adjusted odds ratio (ORa) = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.12–1.15). Besides, the study proved the reliability and validity of the Chinese version Entrapment Scale, preferring a two-dimensional structure, and 11 was the optimal cut-off value of this scale for predicting depressive symptoms among migrant workers. Conclusions This result indicates the potential value of entrapment according to the social rank theory on facilitating early prevention of migrant works’ depression and the application value of Entrapment Scale for effectively measuring mental status among migrant workers.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Sociodemographic Variables and Depressive Symptoms in Uncomplicated Pregnant Women at Term

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Ersoy ◽  
Halil Özcan ◽  
Ali Özgür Ersoy ◽  
Aytekin Tokmak ◽  
Esra Yaşar Çelik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Trade Unions, Migrant Workers, and Racial Discrimination in Italy in Times of Economic Crisis

Two Homelands ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Della Puppa
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Trade unions have a crucial role in the social integration processes of migrants. Nevertheless, some aspects of this relationship are still relatively unexplored, particularly that of the relationship between trade unions and racism and that of the trade unions’ fight against racial discrimination. This paper aims to investigate the still partially unexplored link between Italian trade unions and racial discrimination within the framework of the 2008 economic crisis. Through the narratives of stakeholders, trade unions, and migrant workers, the author provides an in-depth look at the efforts of Italian trade unions to fight discrimination and examines the main barriers that prevent migrants from being involved in unions.

Networks of Resilience: Legal Precarity and Transborder Citizenship among the Karen from Myanmar in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-89
Author(s):  
Indrė Balčaitė
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
The Political ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Karen Refugees ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Precarious Legal Status

AbstractThis study probes the relationship between legal precarity and transborder citizenship through the case of the Karen from Myanmar in Thailand. Collected through ethnographic multi-sited fieldwork between 2012 and 2016, interconnected individual life stories evolving across the Myanmar-Thailand border allow the critical interrogation of the political and legal categories of ‘migrancy’, ‘refugeeness’, and ‘citizenship’, teasing out their blurry boundaries in migrants’ experience. Following the recent critical research in legal ethnography, this study demonstrates that legal precarity is not simply an antithesis to citizenship. The social and legal dimensions of citizenship may diverge, creating in-between areas of not-yet-full-citizenship with varying levels of heft (Macklin 2007). The article consists of three parts. First, it offers a theoretical framework to reconcile the Karen legal precarity (even de facto statelessness) and citizenship, even on both sides of the border (legally impossible). Second, it presents the three groups of Karen in Thailand, produced by the interaction of three major waves of Karen eastward migration and tightening Thai citizenship and migration regulations: Thai Karen, refugees, and migrant workers. All three face varying levels of legal precarity of temporary status without full citizenship. However, the last part demonstrates the intertwined nature of those groups. A grassroots transborder perspective reveals the resilience of the Karen networks when pooling together resources of the hubs established on Thai soil by the three waves. Even the most recent arrivals in Thailand use those resources to move from one precarious legal status to another and even to clandestinely obtain citizenship.

The effect of parental education levels on children’s rights knowledge levels and attitude

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Ebru Elci ◽  
Cigdem Kuloglu
Keyword(s):  
Parental Education ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between the attitudes of parents toward children’s rights and educational levels of their parents. The researcher’s universe consists of parents who live in Istanbul and has children between the ages of 6 and 14, and sampling consists of a total of 3100 parents (1550 mothers and 1550 fathers). The data of the study were collected with a Likert type Parent-Child Rights Attitude Scale consisting of 63 items. The scale evaluates the attitudes of the parents toward their children’s rights as two main attitudes, ‘Care and Protection’ and ‘Self-Determination’. In ‘Care and Protection’ attitude, there are two sub-dimensional structures as ‘Government Assurance and Support’ and ‘Care and Protection’. The ‘Self-Determination’ attitude has a single sub-dimensional structure. In the analysis of data, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program was used beside necessary statistical techniques. The data obtained regarding the effect of parents' education levels on their attitudes toward children’s rights are presented in a tabular form with respective frequencies. Keywords: Children’s rights, parent’s attitudes toward child rights, parent’s attitudes

scholarly journals Relationship Of Pragmatic Abilities And Social Interaction With Intensity Of Using Gadgets In Kindergarten Children In Surakarta

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Roy Romey Mangunsong ◽  
Sudarman Sudarman
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Kindergarten Students ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interaction Variables ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The occurrence of serious problems in children's mental development, that children will become aggressive, lack of social interaction and deteriorating of communication skills, is affected by the introduction of gadgets too early and the intensity of uncontrolled use of gadgets by parents. Aim of this study is to determine the relationship between pragmatic ability and social interaction with the intensity of using gadgets in kindergarten children in Surakarta.  Methods: This research was conducted in the kindergarden TK ABA Thoyibah Surakarta, TK Sri Juwita Hanum Surakarta dan TK Negeri Pembina city of Surakarta in april until august 2020. Sample conduct using total sampling technique. Amount of sample is 115 students of kindergarden. The relationship of the variables studied, both pragmatic ability and social interaction with the intensity of using gadgets, is an Odds Ratio (OR), which is exponential from b, the statistical significance of the Odds Ratio is tested with mannova.  Results: The results of the analysis of the pragmatic ability variable showed that Exp B: 2,916, p: 0,420. The results of the social interaction variable analysis showed that Exp B: 2,977, p: 0.011.  Conclusion: Pragmatic ability and social intensity are jointly related to the intensity of using gadgest in kindergarten students in Surakarta, with the results of the analysis of the variable pragmatic ability Exp B: 2,916, p: 0,420 and the results of the analysis of social interaction variables Exp B: 2,977, p: 0.011.

scholarly journals Spatial Panel Data Analysis on the Relationship between Provincial Economic Status and Enrolment in the Social Security Scheme amongst Migrant Workers in Thailand, 2015–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Shaheda Viriyathorn ◽  
Mathudara Phaiyarom ◽  
Putthipanya Rueangsom ◽  
Rapeepong Suphanchaimat
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Security Scheme ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Scheme ◽  
Spatial Panel Data ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Thailand has a large flow of migrants from neighbouring countries; however, the relationship between economic status at the provincial level and the insured status of migrants is still vague. This study aimed to examine the association between provincial economy and the coverage of the Social Security Scheme (SSS) for migrants. Methods: Time-series data were analysed. The units of analysis were 77 provinces during 2015–2018. Data were obtained from the Social Security Office (SSO). Spatiotemporal regression (Spatial Durbin model (SDM)) was applied. Results: Migrant workers were mostly concentrated in Greater Bangkok, the capital city and areas surrounding it, but SSS coverage was less than 50%. However, the ratio of insured migrants to all migrants seemed to have positive relationship with the provincial economy in SDM. The ratio of insured migrants to all migrants was enlarged in all regions outside Greater Bangkok with statistical significance. Conclusions: Low enforcement on employment law in some areas, particularly Greater Bangkok, can result in lesser SSS coverage. The provincial economic prosperity did not guarantee large SSS coverage. Interventions to ensure strict insurance enrolment are required.

The Relationship between Job Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Migrant Workers in Kyung-gi Province in Korea

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Wung Lee ◽  
Kyoo Sang Kim ◽  
Tae Gyun Kim ◽  
Hyang Woo Ryu ◽  
Mi Young Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Job Stress ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
The Relationship

Social Support and Success at Stopping Smoking

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia May ◽  
Robert West ◽  
Peter Hajek ◽  
Andy McEwen ◽  
Hayden McRobbie
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
End Of Treatment ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article characterises the social support received by a large sample of smokers attempting to stop and the relationship between this and the outcome of their attempt. A survey was conducted of 928 smokers attending a group-based program. Smoking among colleagues and a perception of having someone to turn to predicted outcome at the end of treatment, 4 weeks from the quit date (Odds ratio [OR] = 0.81, p = .008 and OR = 1.31, p = .003 respectively) Among those who abstained for the first week, smoking among colleagues and the frequency with which they had been offered cigarettes predicted outcome at the end of treatment (OR = 0.81, p = .04 and OR = 0.73, p = .01 respectively). There were no significant social support correlates of cessation for 26 weeks. Social support has a role to play in the short-term, but in the context of a group-based treatment program appears not to be related to long-term success.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Relationship between Social Phobia and Creative Thinking and Problem Solving of the Teenage Girls

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azar Farhadi Afshar
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship

Social anxiety is one of the common problems of the students. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social phobia and creative thinking and problem solving of the teenage girls in a sample of the students in Sirjan city. This is a relationship research. To this end, 250 male and female students were selected through cluster random sampling. For data collection, Creativity Test (CT), problem solving methods questionnaire, and social phobia inventory were used that had acceptable reliability and validity. For statistical analysis, the mean and standard deviation were used for descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were used for inferential statistics. The results showed that all styles of problem solving and creativity R2=0.17 explain the variance of the social anxiety. Accordingly, it can be concluded that problem solving styles and creativity are can significantly explain social anxiety of the students.

scholarly journals Usefulness of the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) for the Assessment of Social Cognition in Preschoolers

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria de la Osa ◽  
Roser Granero ◽  
Eva Penelo ◽  
Lourdes Ezpeleta
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Disruptive Disorders ◽  
Developmental Problems ◽  
The Social

This study provides data on the usefulness of the Spanish version of the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC; Skuse et al., 1997 ), in terms of the validity and reliability of derived scores. Data were obtained from parents’ interviews and parents’ and teachers’ questionnaires that measured different psychological variables from a community sample of 579 (291 boys and 288 girls), 5-year-old children. These children were tested to assess their intellectual capacity. Confirmatory factor analyses yield a one-dimensional structure invariant across sex within each informant (parents or teachers), with negligible latent mean differences between boys and girls for both informants (parents-teachers). The internal consistency was satisfactory (alpha values ≥ .85 for teacher version and ≥ .75 for parent version). SCDC scores correlated with specific scales related to developmental problems, aggressive behavior, executive functioning, and uncaring behavior toward others. SCDC scores were unrelated to intelligence quotient, whereas SCDC scores were associated with the presence of disruptive disorders, measured with diagnostic interview. Results provide evidence on reliability and validity of SCDC scores, which is potentially a useful measure for the study of social cognition and its relationship with preschool adjustment.

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