scholarly journals A Tale of Two Surfers: Joy and Wellbeing in Mature Participants

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. p60
Author(s):  
Nick Maitland ◽  
Richard L Light
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Highly Effective

Within larger concern over wellbeing at a global level, there is growing interest in the role that sport can play in developing positive wellbeing with a focus on young people. Lifestyle sports that people participate in for pleasure rather than competition are likely to offer opportunity to develop wellbeing but research on them neglects middle aged participants. This article redresses this oversight by focusing on two surfers, with one male and one female, in their forties to explore the role that surfing plays in their lives and its contribution to their wellbeing. Using a narrative inquiry approach it explores the place of surfing in their lives over three decades to identify how its meaning changed as they matured and how it offered a highly effective coping mechanism for dealing with life’s stresses and pressures.

Evaluation of Standing-Sitting Support System in Sitting Motion of Older-Middle-Aged and Young People

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-272
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Sogo ◽  
Tomohiro Henmi ◽  
Shinichiro Shobako ◽  
Taichi Tamai
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Support System ◽  
Middle Aged

scholarly journals Potential challenges of using narrative inquiry with at-risk young people

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Douglas ◽  
Kim Usher ◽  
Cindy Woods ◽  
Debra Jackson
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Narrative Inquiry

scholarly journals ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE WALL OF THE GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN AT THE VARICOSE DISEASE OF VEINS OF LOWER LIMBS DEPENDING ON AGE AND ILLNESS DURATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
I. A. Chekmareva ◽  
Kh. A. Abduvosidov ◽  
O. V. Paklina ◽  
E. A. Makeeva ◽  
L. L. Kolesnikov
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Dysfunction ◽  
Young People ◽  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Saphenous Vein ◽  
Great Saphenous Vein ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Varicose Disease

The aim of the study was features of ultrastructural changes in cellular elements and connective tissue carcass of the great saphenous vein (GSV) at varicose disease in depending on the duration of the disease in persons of different ages. An examination by light microscopy of 133 fragments of BPV, excised during phlebectomy in 19 patients, and an electron microscopic examination of 532 preparations were performed. Depending on the age of the patients, four age groups was distinguished: 18-44 years old (young people); 45-59 years (middle-aged people); 60-74 years old (the elderly), 75-90 years old (persons of senile age). In the wall of the GSV of young people with a small duration of the disease, there were poorly expressed pathomorphological changes characterized by moderately expressed endothelial dysfunction and minor hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the middle shell. In the group of middle-aged people, in addition to age-related changes in the structure of the wall of varicose dilated GSV, pathological changes are noted that are characteristic of the long course of the disease with the development of endothelial dysfunction. The phenotypic heterogeneity of the SMC in the middle shell intensifies, and the communication links between them is altered. Disorganization of connective tissue leads to a decrease in the strength of the connective tissue vein skeleton. Hypertrophy of SMC, as a universal compensatory-adaptive response of cells, develops in response to an increase in functional load with hemodynamic disturbances in the veins of the lower limbs and to compensate for the quantitative deficiency of SMC as a result of their death. In elderly and senile age the duration of varicose disease is more than 10 years, on average - up to 25-30 years. The number of destructively altered SMC is increasing, degenerative processes and sclerotic changes are progressing. The ultrastructural analysis of biopsies showed that at the initial stage of development of varicose disease in young people with a small duration of varicose disease, morphological changes in the structure of the GSV wall are poorly expressed. With the increase in the age of the patient and the duration of the disease, changes in GSV are progressed. Involute degenerative-dystrophic changes are most pronounced in patients over 60 years of age and are an aggravating factor during varicose transformation of the GSV wall. In elderly and senile age, the compensatory possibilities of the cells decrease, the sclerotic degenerative changes in the wall of the GSV are progressed.

scholarly journals Multimorbidity Analysis of 13 Systemic Diseases in Northeast China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1817
Author(s):  
Jianxing Yu ◽  
Fangying Song ◽  
Yingying Li ◽  
Zhou Zheng ◽  
Huanhuan Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Systemic Diseases ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Old People ◽  
Circulatory System Diseases ◽  
Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases

Background: Multimorbidity not only affects the quality of patients’ lives, but can also bring a heavy economic burden to individuals, families and society. The purpose of this study was to reveal the connections between diseases, especially the important role each disease played in the entire multimorbidity network. Methods: A total of 1,155,734 inpatients were enrolled through multistage stratified random sampling in Jilin Province in 2017. Categorical variables were compared using the Rao–Scott-χ2 test. Weighted networks were adopted to present the complex relationships of multimorbidity. Results: The distributions of the number of diseases differed significantly by gender, age and health insurance scheme (P < 0.001). Diseases of the respiratory system had the highest weight in multimorbidity in young people. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and circulatory system diseases were often associated with other systemic diseases in middle aged and old people. Conclusions: Multimorbidity with respiratory system diseases in young people should not be overlooked. Additionally, effective prevention efforts that target endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and circulatory system diseases are needed in middle aged and old people.

Identities and beliefs across time and space

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Chit Cheung Matthew Sung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Native English Speaking ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

Abstract This paper presents a case study of a Hong Kong university student’s experiences of learning English as a second language (L2) over a four-year period, with particular attention to the changes in her identities and beliefs across time and space. Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the study revealed that the student’s L2 identities appeared to be shaped by specific contextual conditions and agentic choices made by the student in response to different contexts, including consultation sessions with native English-speaking tutors, study abroad in the U.S., interactions with non-native English-speaking peers, and classroom interactions. It was also found that her L2 identities and beliefs not only varied over time in a complex and dynamic manner, but also appeared to be closely interconnected and interacted with each other in a reciprocal and bi-directional manner. The case study points to the need to pay more attention to the complex and dynamic interrelationship between identity and belief in L2 learning trajectories.

Navigating an Identity Playground: Using sociomateriality to build a theory of identity play

2020 ◽  
pp. 017084062094454
Author(s):  
Taryn Lyn Stanko ◽  
Patricia Caulfield Dahm ◽  
Brooke Lahneman ◽  
Jonathon Richter
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
The Self ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Future Selves ◽  
Material Agency ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Organizational Literature

The construct of identity play, which involves the exploration and experimentation with possible future selves, is underexplored in organizational literature. To extend theory on identity play, we take a narrative inquiry approach and examine qualitative interview data in the context of virtual environments. Using a sociomateriality perspective, we contribute to theory on identity play in three ways. First, we reveal how identity play unfolds via the sociomaterial intertwining of not just human agency, but also material agency, situated work practices, and self-representations. Second, we offer a new definition of identity play that goes beyond the exploration of possible selves and uncover identity play narratives on the possible self, the improbable self, and the impossible self. We demonstrate how identity play, particularly with impossible selves, shapes others’ experiences and thus has implications beyond the self. Finally, three identity play affordances emerged: plasticity of appearance, plasticity of behavior, and plasticity of perspective.

A Walk Through the Land of Old Age

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Ahrne ◽  
Simone de Beauvoir ◽  
Pépo Angel ◽  
Bertrand Hurault ◽  
Marianne Ahrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Middle Aged

[Old man tries to lift himself out of the bath. Young people run past old.]MIDDLE-AGED MAN:Old age: couldn’t you have found something more amusing?OLD WOMAN:No, I don’t like old people.OLD MAN:Why?OLD WOMAN:Well, because they’re always talking about their problems and I don’t like that....

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