scholarly journals Features of the Time Perspective in Adolescents with Health Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Trofimova ◽  
Galina Geranyushkina ◽  
Svetlana Malakhayeva
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Future Activity ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Normal Health

The time prospective can be described as relation of a human being to his personal past, present and future. The time prospective determines the level of personal psychological health exercising influence upon self-efficiency of the human being, his readiness to overcome difficulties. A constructive solution of the identity crisis in adolescent age is not possible without understanding the dynamic changes and their connection with life events during various time periods. Solution of self-determination tasks, including those in terms of professional becoming presupposes the skills of setting prospective goals and of planning real steps in their implementation. The article examines the differences of perceiving time with the adolescents with health disabilities and the adolescents having normal health indicators. It analyses the inter-time ties, the order of priorities in time setups, the calendar periods of time prospective, the positive and negative motivational objects. The characteristics of adolescents with health disabilities depends on various indicators, and the determining indicator is the health defect which specifies the dependence of the individuals present and future activity.

Negative Life Events and Time Perspective Among Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Julie V. Chandler ◽  
Zena R. Mello
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
School Suspension ◽  
The Past ◽  
Running Away ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Negative Feelings

We examined negative life events and time perspective in adolescents. Negative life events were nonnormative experiences including school suspension, running away from home, or the death of a family member. Time perspective referred to thoughts and feelings about the past, present, and future. We assessed multiple dimensions including orientations and positive and negative feelings about time. Participants were 790 adolescents and data were self-reported. Findings indicated that (a) adolescents who experienced the highest number of negative life events were oriented toward the past, whereas adolescents who experienced the fewest negative life events were oriented toward the three time periods equally, and (b) negative life events were positively associated with negative feelings and inversely associated with positive feelings about time.

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Revised Sense of Coherence Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahel Bachem ◽  
Andreas Maercker
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Reliability Factor ◽  
Two Samples

Abstract. The present study introduces a revised Sense of Coherence (SOC) scale, a new conceptualization and operationalization of the resilience indicator SOC. It outlines the scale development and aims for testing its reliability, factor structure, and validity. Literature on Antonovsky’s SOC (SOC-A) was critically reviewed to identify needs for improving the scale. The scale was investigated in two samples. Sample 1 consisted of 334 bereaved participants, Sample 2 of 157 healthy controls. The revised SOC Scale, SOC-A, and theoretically relevant questionnaires were applied. Explorative and confirmatory factor analyses established a three-factor structure in both samples. The revised SOC Scale showed significant but discriminative associations with related constructs, including self-efficacy, posttraumatic growth, and neuroticism. The revised measure was significantly associated with psychological health indicators, including persistent grief, depression, and anxiety, but not to the extent as the previous SOC-A. Stability over time was sufficient. The study provides psychometric support for the revised SOC conceptualization and scale. It has several advantages over the previous SOC-A scale (unique variance, distinct factor structure, stability). The scale could be used for clinical and health psychological testing or research into the growing field of studies on resilience over the life span.

Sleep Reactivity and Psychological Health in Normal Sleepers: the moderating role of stress

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason G. Ellis ◽  
Sarah Allen ◽  
Michael Perlis ◽  
Michael Grandner ◽  
Maria Gardani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Public Health Campaign ◽  
Health Campaign ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dysfunctional Cognitions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

The aim of the present study was to determine whether normal sleepers with vulnerability to insomnia, via high sleep reactivity, demonstrate more sleep-related dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours and poorer psychological health compared to those who are not vulnerable. Further, the influence of stress on the relationship between sleep reactivity and psychological health was also examined. A cross-sectional survey of 737 young adult ‘normal’ sleepers from the general population was undertaken. Results indicated normal sleepers vulnerable to insomnia demonstrated more sleep-related dysfunctional cognitions and behaviours as well as poorer psychological health compared to those not vulnerable. Furthermore, the relationship between sleep reactivity and psychological health was moderated by perceived stress over the previous month and life events over the previous year. Therefore, identifying and supporting those who are vulnerable to insomnia may be a fruitful avenue for preventative public health campaign to mitigate both insomnia and poor psychological health.

scholarly journals Les joueurs sans problème de jeu de 55 ans et plus : événements, conséquences et caractéristiques structurelles et environnementales influençant les habitudes de jeu

2016 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Isabelle Giroux ◽  
Francine Ferland ◽  
Cathy Savard ◽  
Christian Jacques ◽  
Priscilla Brochu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Gambling Problems ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Individual

Gambling habits of people aged 55 years and over without gambling problems are rarely being investigated. In order to document life events and to identify the impacts of gambling on quality of life, 19 participants aged 55 to 74 years without gambling problems, male and female, were assembled in three focus groups. Qualitative content analysis of the groups reveals changes in gambling habits associated with transition to retirement and occurrence of health problems. The content analysis further reveals a variety of positive and negative consequences of gambling habits on finances, hobbies, social relationships, and psychological health. Although the focus groups did not target the structural or environmental characteristics of gambling that influence participants' gambling habits, those themes were brought up spontaneously. Results highlight the necessity to study life events from a larger perspective including, for example, protective and risk factors, in order to better understand the life contexts and the individual characteristics that may lead to an alteration or not of gambling habits.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Trauma and Life Events Self-Report Inventory

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 750-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Hovens ◽  
I. Bramsen ◽  
H. M. van der Ploeg ◽  
I. E. W. Reuling
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Self Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
Total N ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Three groups of first-year male and female medical students (total N = 90) completed the Trauma and Life Events Self-report Inventory twice. Test-retest reliability for the three different time periods was .82, .89, and .75, respectively.

Motivation, Personality, and Development Within Embedded Social Contexts: An Overview of Self-Determination Theory

2012 ◽  
pp. 84-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward L. Deci ◽  
Richard M. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Human Beings

Self-determination theory maintains and has provided empirical support for the proposition that all human beings have fundamental psychological needs to be competent, autonomous, and related to others. Satisfaction of these basic needs facilitates people's autonomous motivation (i.e., acting with a sense of full endorsement and volition), whereas thwarting the needs promotes controlled motivation (i.e., feeling pressured to behave in particular ways) or being amotivated (i.e., lacking intentionality). Satisfying these basic needs and acting autonomously have been consistently shown to be associated with psychological health and effective performance. Social contexts within which people operate, however proximal (e.g., a family or workgroup) or distal (e.g., a cultural value or economic system), affect their need satisfaction and type of motivation, thus affecting their wellness and effectiveness. Social contexts also affect whether people's life goals or aspirations tend to be more intrinsic or more extrinsic, and that in turn affects important life outcomes.

Life Events and Psychiatric Disorder: the Role of a Natural Disaster

1987 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander C. McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Fire Fighters ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Examining the impact of natural disasters on psychological health provides an opportunity to study the role played by extreme adversity in the onset of psychiatric disorder. Four hundred and sixty-nine fire-fighters who had been intensely exposed to an Australian bushfire disaster completed a detailed inventory of their experiences four months later. They also completed a brief life events schedule and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Only 9% of the GHQ score variance could be accounted for by the disaster and other life events; the effects of the disaster appeared to be separate and additive. This is similar to the relationship between life events and psychiatric illness found in other settings. It is suggested that vulnerability is a more important factor in breakdown than the degree of stress experienced.

Sources of Caring in Professional Nursing - A Review of Current Nursing Literature

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Rundqvist, ◽  
Kerstin Sivonen, ◽  
Charlotte Delmar,
Keyword(s):  
Moral Behavior ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Professional Nursing ◽  
Shared Humanity ◽  
Nursing Literature ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Self Determination

The ultimate aim of caring is to preserve a person’s dignity, his/her absolute value as a human being, and the right of self-determination. Caregivers experience a sense of impotence when, for various reasons, they are unable to give care that preserves the patient’s dignity. This may lead to burnout and dropout from the profession. This paper discusses shared humanity, moral behavior, and responsive relationships as sources of caring as described in the literature.

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