scholarly journals Professional Counselors' Conceptualizations of the Relationship between Suicide and Self-Injury

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Whisenhunt ◽  
Catherine Chang ◽  
Gregory Brack ◽  
Jonathan Orr ◽  
Lisa Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Elevated Risk ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Professional Counselors ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
The Relationship

This study sought to increase understanding of the relationship between suicide and self-injury (SI). Advanced professional counselors were asked to discuss their conceptualizations of the relationship and how SI impacts clinical assessment and intervention. Data were collected via online survey. Analysis was conducted by a research team using qualitative content analysis. Categories identified were (a) the relationship between suicide and SI, (b) the functions of SI, (c) debate about the potential for elevated risk, (d) whether or not suicide risk should be assessed differently with clients who self-injure, (e) how SI may impact treatment planning and goals, (f) how professional counselors intervene with clients who self-injure, and (g) how SI is identified.

scholarly journals Living with cancer in the COVID-19 pandemic: An Italian survey on self-isolation at home

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Biagioli ◽  
Beatrice Albanesi ◽  
Silvia Belloni ◽  
Alessio Piredda ◽  
Rosario Caruso
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Perception Of Self ◽  
Living With Cancer ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
At Home

Abstract Objective: To investigate the perception of self-isolation at home in patients with cancer during the lockdown period because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted through an online survey from March 29th to May 3rd, 2020. Perception of self-isolation was assessed in patients with cancer during quarantine at home using the ISOLA scale, after evaluation of its psychometric properties. Content analysis was used to analyse two open-ended questions.Results: Participants were 195 adult patients with cancer (female = 76%; mean age = 50.3 ± 11.2; haematological malignancy = 51.3%). They reported moderate isolation-related suffering (M = 2.64 ± 0.81), problems in the relationship with others (M = 3.31 ± 1.13), and difficulties in the relationship with oneself (M = 3.14 ± 1.06). Patients who experienced significantly more social problems were the older ones, with lower education, and living without minor children. Overall, four main categories emerged from the qualitative content analysis: 1) Lack of freedom and social life, 2) Uncertainty and worries, 3) Feeling supported, and 4) Dealing with isolation.Conclusion: Living with cancer in the COVID-19 pandemic was often perceived as an isolating experience, primarily in terms of detachment from loved ones.

Unspoken, yet understood: Exploring how couples communicate their exclusivity agreements

2021 ◽  
pp. e20210011
Author(s):  
Megan D. Muise ◽  
Charlene F. Belu ◽  
Lucia F. O’Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
North American ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Direct Communication ◽  
Survey Questions ◽  
Implied Meaning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Although monogamy (i.e., romantic and/or sexual exclusivity) remains the most common arrangement for romantic partnerships, there is little research exploring how couples communicate about exclusivity to one another. The current study assessed the ways in which couples discuss and negotiate exclusivity agreements, and whether those agreements change over time. Participants were 573 North American adults (mean age = 28.86 years; 52% identified as female) in romantic relationships who completed an online survey asking them to describe their current exclusivity agreements using both structured and open-ended survey questions. Open-ended data were subjected to inductive content analysis, and eight primary themes were identified. Although most (91%) indicated that they have an agreement to remain romantically and sexually exclusive in their relationships, only 43% reported coming to the agreement during an explicit conversation with their partner. More often (52%) the agreements were described as implied, meaning they had never actually been discussed. Of those with exclusivity agreements, 87% reported no change to their agreement throughout the relationship. Implications are discussed in terms of the value of direct communication between partners about exclusivity and infidelity.

scholarly journals Defining Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education: A National Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 238212051982791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Shochet ◽  
Amy Fleming ◽  
James Wagner ◽  
Jorie Colbert-Getz ◽  
Monica Bhutiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
National Study ◽  
Program Description ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Longitudinal Relationships

Background: Learning communities (LCs) are intentionally designed groups that are actively engaged in learning with and from each other. While gaining prominence in US medical schools, LCs show significant variability in their characteristics across institutions, creating uncertainty about how best to measure their effects. Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of medical school LCs by primary purpose, structures, and processes and lay the groundwork for future outcome studies and benchmarking for best practices. Methods: Medical school LC directors from programs affiliated with the Learning Communities Institute (LCI) were sent an online survey of program demographics and activities, and asked to upload a program description or summary of the LC’s purpose, goals, and how it functions. Descriptive statistics were computed for survey responses and a qualitative content analysis was performed on program descriptions by 3 authors to identify and categorize emergent themes. Results: Of 28 medical school LCs surveyed, 96% (27) responded, and 25 (89%) provided program descriptions for qualitative content analysis. All programs reported longitudinal relationships between students and faculty. Most frequently cited objectives were advising or mentoring (100%), professional development (96%), courses (96%), social activities (85%), and wellness (82%). Primary purpose themes were supporting students’ professional development, fostering a sense of community, and creating a sense of wholeness. Structures included a community framework, subdivisions into smaller units, and governance by faculty and students. Process themes included longitudinal relationships, integrating faculty roles, and connecting students across class years. Conclusions: Medical school LCs represent a collection of high-impact educational practices characterized by community and small-group structures, relational continuity, and collaborative learning as a means to guide and holistically support students in their learning and development as physicians. In describing 27 medical school LCs, this study proposes a unifying framework to facilitate future educational outcomes studies across institutions.

scholarly journals A Survey of Occupational Therapists on a New Tool for Sensory Processing

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Caroline J. Mills ◽  
Elisabeth Michail ◽  
Rosalind A. Bye
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Processing Differences ◽  
Further Development

Occupational therapy is the leading profession with regard to supporting children who experience difficulties with occupations as a result of sensory processing differences. However, there are mixed reports with regard to the efficacy of various sensory interventions and approaches, leaving little clear guidance for occupational therapists supporting children with these difficulties. The Sensory Form is a planning tool developed in 2017 to guide occupational therapists in their professional reasoning for assessment and intervention of sensory processing differences. To date, no research has been conducted on its use. Researchers introduced the tool to 20 occupational therapists with relevant experience and conducted an online survey of their perceptions about The Sensory Form. Findings were analysed using descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. Therapists reported that they found the tool acceptable for use, described key strengths and weaknesses of The Sensory Form, and outlined changes to improve the tool. The Sensory Form may have an application in guiding the practice of therapists supporting children with sensory processing differences. Further development of associated resources may be warranted.

Natur als Widerspruch

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Dürnberger
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Nature Play ◽  
Controversial Technologies ◽  
Green Genetic Engineering ◽  
The Relationship

Green genetic engineering is one of the most controversial technologies in recent history. On the basis of a qualitative content analysis of German position papers criticising this technology, this book clarifies three questions: Why is the controversy so vehement and emotional? Why is there no prospect of a compromise on this matter? And what ideas of the relationship between humans and nature play a role in the dispute? ‘Nature’ is omnipresent and dazzling, but how is this term used in current social debates? What concrete interpretations is ‘nature’ associated with? This study understands the controversy over green genetic engineering as an exemplary controversy that exposes fundamental aspects of the modern age and its relationship to nature.

Lassie Come Home: A Study of ‘Lost Pet’ Notices

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Kellehear ◽  
Jan Fook
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Literary Techniques

This is a report of a qualitative, content analysis of 100 “Lost Pet” notices. The aim of the study was to identify what literary techniques people employed to express their loss given a highly diverse public that may, or many not, be sympathetic to expressions of grief over pets. Four notice types were identified: The simple public notice [impersonal] (20%); the simple public notice [personalized] (55%); the personal appeal notice (21%) and; the owner's story notice (4%). The relationship between these styles of writing and public sanctions against open grief are discussed. Directions for future research are identified.

scholarly journals Wpływ języka na poczucie wykluczenia osób z niepełnosprawnościami

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Żuchowska-Skiba
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

In recent years, Poland has seen a change in the identification of people with disabilities. It is noticeable to abandon the use of the terms disabled, blind, cripple, invalid. In this place are the terms a person with a disability, a person with special needs. This indicates a tendency to deviate from the definition of disability or its type, in the direction of putting the person first and replacing the concept of disability with other terms that do not have a stigmatizing character. The goal of the article was to show the relationship between the changing language describing and defining disability and changes in the perception of people with disabilities and their impact on the sense of exclusion of people with disabilities. The research used a method of content analysis to recreate disability terms functioning in the opinion of people with disabilities in social discourse and an online survey was used to examine the relationship between the sense of exclusion and disability terms, ways of perceiving oneself and the assessment of the society’s attitude towards people with disabilities. This allowed to show the meaning of the language and its impact on the processes of integration of people with disabilities in contemporary Poland.

scholarly journals Weekend Warriors: Autonomy-Connection, Openness-Closedness, and Coping Strategies of Marital Partners in Nonresidential Stepfamilies

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becky DeGreeff ◽  
Ann Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Dialectical Tensions ◽  
Dialectical Theory ◽  
Relationship Partners ◽  
Marital Partners ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Unique Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the classic and unique relationship tensions marital partners of non-residential stepfamilies experience. Grounded in relational dialectical theory, transcripts from interviews of five non-residential stepfamily couples were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to search for and identify autonomy-connection and openness-closedness dialectical tensions and coping strategies utilized by the participants. These relational dialectical tensions were illustrated in every interview. Tensions were present not only between the relationship partners, but also in regard to the non-residential children. Participants utilized a variety of coping strategies to deal with the relationship tensions experienced in their marriage within a non-residential stepfamily setting.

scholarly journals “Adverbial” Anaphora Resistance in Students’ Descriptive Texts

Humaniora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Azis Azis ◽  
Juanda Juanda
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The present research aimed to analyze adverbial anaphora resistance in students’ descriptive texts at the Department of Indonesian Language Education and Literature, Faculty of Languages and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar. The problem “How is adverbial anaphora (resistance) was presented in the descriptive texts written by the students? A descriptive qualitative content analysis was employed in this research. Data collection was performed through documentation of the five-semester students’ descriptive texts. The results show that adverbial anaphora resistance in the students’ descriptive texts consists of: (1) anaphora within adverbs of place ( ini “this” and di sana “there” that occupy a different position); (2) anaphora within adverbs of time (tahun “year”, pagi hari “in the morning”, and malam hari “at night”); (2) anaphora within adverbs of purpose (bagi “for” and untuk “to”); (4) anaphora within adverbs of comparison (seperti “like”); (5) anaphora within adverbs of cause (sebab “cause” and karena “because”). Adverbial anaphora is highly associated with the placement of words, the relationship between words and phrases, or interrelationship among sentences. The limited number of adverbial anaphora produced by the students originates from the students’ lack of competence in writing a text.

Exploring the relationship difficulties of Iranian adolescents with conduct disorder: a qualitative content analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Salmanian ◽  
Bagher Ghobari-Bonab ◽  
Seyyed-Salman Alavi ◽  
Ali-Akbar Jokarian ◽  
Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
Internal Working ◽  
Attachment Problems ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: Conduct disorder is characterized by aggressive behaviors, deceitfulness or theft, destruction of property and serious violations of rules prior to age 18 years. The object relations theory provides an integrative model to understand the problems of conduct disorder, and proposes that child-caregiver relationships develop the internal working models of self and others. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship difficulties of Iranian adolescents with conduct disorder. Methods: This study was a qualitative directed content analysis research. The in-depth interview was conducted with nine male adolescents aged 12–17 years who had conduct disorder with or without substance use disorder at the reformatory in Tehran. All tape-recorded data were fully transcribed and analyzed. Results: The relations with different objects including parents, siblings, relatives, friends, peers, teachers, other school members, colleagues and employers were analyzed, and four themes were extracted: 1) Object relations based on insecurity and fear; 2) Object relations based on inability and abjection; 3) Object relations based on pessimism and mistrust; 4) Object relations based on non-maintenance of boundaries and limits. Conclusion: The importance of object relations and attachment problems in adolescents with conduct disorder, and their need to participate in special intervention programs should be reconsidered.

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