scholarly journals Group Communication Support in Supporting the Resilience of Families and Survivors of Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Rose Emmaria Tarigan
Keyword(s):  
Group Communication ◽  
Message Framing ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Communication Support ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Face Threats ◽  
Supportive Messages ◽  
Difficult Times ◽  
Communication Supports

The Covid-19 pandemic originating from Wuhan has caused a lot of problems in people’s life aside from the economic costs. The Covid-19 has also taken its toll in almost every country in the world. Millions have died. Families need communication supports to face Covid-19. Group communication support has a very important role in sustaining the Covid-19 survivors and their families. To understand how it can sustain the Covid-19 survivors and their families, the researcher used the case-study approach and collected data through in-depth interviews with three respondents and analyzed them. This study aims to find out how the role of group communication support for survivors in supporting their resilience against Covid-19. The result shows that group communication supports link with five skills in designing supportive messages, i.e.: clarifying supportive intentions, buffering face threats, using other-centered messages, framing messages, and giving advice. These five skills provide a positive influence to the survivors and their families. The support messages have helped them go through difficult times caused by Covid-19. The research also found other sustaining aspects: the ability of the three respondents to see the calamities positively according to their religions and their strong personalities. Their personalities have enabled them to show positive attitudes to their children. In turn, their children also have the same resolute, strong, and resilient attitude in facing their calamities. Pandemi Covid-19 yang berasal dari Wuhan, telah menimbulkan banyak masalah bagi kehidupan manusia, tidak hanya kerugian secara ekonomi saja. Covid-19 juga telah merenggut banyak nyawa manusia hampir di semua belahan dunia. Jutaan nyawa melayang dan jutaan keluarga membutuhkan adanya dukungan komunikasi sebagai akibat serangan Covid-19 ini. Dukungan komunikasi kelompok memiliki peranan yang sangat penting guna menunjang ketahanan dari keluarga dan juga penyintas Covid-19 ini. Untuk mengetahui bagaimana dukungan komunikasi kelompok bisa menunjang ketahanan keluarga dan penyintas Covid-19, maka dilakukan penelitian dengan pendekatan studi kasus, yakni mengumpulkan data melalui wawancara mendalam kepada tiga informan dan selanjutnya menganalisisnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan bagaimana peranan dukungan komunikasi kelompok terhadap penyintas dalam menunjang ketahanan mereka menghadapi Covid-19. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, dukungan komunikasi dari kelompok terkait dengan lima kemampuan mengemas pesan yang mendukung (support message), antara lain; clarify supportive intentions, buffering face threats, other centered message, framing, giving advice. Kelima keterampilan ini memberi pengaruh yang positif, kepada keluarga dan korban Covid-19. Adanya support message ini, membuat keluarga dan penyintas Covid-19 mampu melewati masa sulit sebagai akibat dari Covid-19 ini. Penelitian ini juga menemukan, bahwa terdapat aspek lainnya yakni, kemampuan yang dimiliki ketiga informan untuk melihat musibah yang mereka alami secara positif sesuai dengan ajaran agama yang mereka yakini, dan juga kekuatan kepribadian mereka yang tangguh. Kepribadian yang kuat, yang mereka miliki membuat mereka berhasil menunjukkan sikap positif kepada anak-anak mereka. Sebagai akibatnya, anak-anak merekapun memiliki sikap yang sama yakni tegar, kuat, tabah menjalani musibah yang mereka alami.

Team based communication and the healthcare communication space

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 825-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Alexandra Cornett ◽  
Craig Kuziemsky
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Group Communication ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
Support Team ◽  
Healthcare Communication

Purpose While previous studies have described structural, process and social aspects of the healthcare communication space there is no overall model of it. Such a model is an essential first step to improving the operationalization and management of healthcare communication. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper used a case study approach to study team-based communication on a palliative care unit. Non-participant observation, interviews and documents were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings The analysis developed an overall model of the healthcare communication space that consists of five stages: purpose, practices and workflows, structures, implementation, and the development of common ground to support team-based communication. The authors’ findings emphasized that implicit communication remains a predominant means of communication and workflow issues at the individual level are a frequent cause of unnecessary group communication tasks. Originality/value To improve team-based communication we first need to develop protocols that support team communication needs such as loop closing of group communication tasks in order to minimize unnecessary individual communication tasks. We also need to develop common ground at the protocol, document and terminology levels as part of supporting team-based communication.

scholarly journals Faith as a Resource in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated with a Positive Interpretation of Illness and Experience of Gratitude/Awe

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arndt Büssing ◽  
Anne-Gritli Wirth ◽  
Knut Humbroich ◽  
Kathrin Gerbershagen ◽  
Sebastian Schimrigk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Spiritual Practices ◽  
Specific Interest ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Negative Mood States ◽  
Difficult Times

The aim of this cross-sectional anonymous survey with standardized questionnaires was to investigate which resources to cope were used by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We focussed on patients' conviction that their faith might be a strong hold in difficult times and on their engagement in different forms of spirituality. Consecutively 213 German patients (75% women; mean age 43 ± 11 years) were enrolled. Fifty-five percent regarded themselves as neither religious nor spiritual (R−S−), while 31% describe themselves as religious. For 29%, faith was a strong hold in difficult times. This resource was neither related to patients' EDSS scores, and life affections, fatigue, negative mood states, life satisfaction nor to Positive attitudes. Instead it was moderately associated with a Reappraisal strategy (i.e., and positive interpretation of illness) and experience of gratitude/awe. Compared to spiritual/religious patients, R−S− individuals had significantly (P<.0001) lower Reappraisal scores and lower engagement in specific forms of spiritual practices. The ability to reflect on what is essential in life, to appreciate and value life, and also the conviction that illness may have meaning and could be regarded as a chance for development was low in R−S− individuals which either may have no specific interest or are less willing to reflect these issues.

OCI-based group communication support in CORBA

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1126-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongman Lee ◽  
Dukyun Nam ◽  
Hee Yong Youn ◽  
Chansu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Group Communication ◽  
Communication Support

scholarly journals Microeconomic Firm Characteristics and Long Run Returns: The Case of Firms That Issued Equity at Nairobi Securities Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Khoya Odipo ◽  
◽  
Tobias Olweny ◽  
Oluoch Oluoch ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Bench Mark ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Average Return ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Better Than

This study looks at micro-economic determinants of long run performance of shares issued in Nairobi Securities Exchange from 1st Jan. 2007 to 31st Dec.2013. Do these selected microeconomic determinants have statistically significant effects on long run return on equity issued in the Nairobi security exchange in Kenya? The study has a total 12 firms that issued shares in the security exchange during this period. In order to achieve the objectives of the study “a calendar study” approach on the issued shares was adopted. Monthly average returns were calculated for a period of 5 years. Nine hypotheses were deduced and executed. Three were based on benchmarks namely: Nairobi Securities Exchange Index (NSEI), Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Matching Firms (MF). Along with the 3 mentioned measurement models, other 6 micro-economic variables were incorporated in the study; firm size, offer size, stock turnover, book/ market ratio, age and quality of underwriter. A panel data multi-regression and single regression analysis were run to examine the relationship between average return and micro-economic determinants on firm performance in the long run. The results of the study showed that the study corresponds with some of results of the previous studies with regard to the long run returns of either under or over performance. The level of under of over performance based on the benchmarks used were that NSEI and Matching firms performed better than firms that issued equity. However firms that issued equity performed better than CAPM as bench mark. The study also revealed that two explanatory variables; Age and Quality of underwriter were statistically significant as determinants of long run performance. Finally two independent variables were found to have positive influence on firms that issued equity in the NSE. In conclusion this study confirmed the results of previous studies done either supporting certain variables as determinants of long run return or do not support certain variables as determinants of long run return.

scholarly journals Value of cultural worldviews and message framing for the acceptability of sustainable land use zoning policies in post-conflict Somalia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdishakur W. Diriye ◽  
Osman M. Jama ◽  
Ren Chong ◽  
Abdulhakim M Abdi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Message Framing ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Conflict Setting ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Public Acceptability ◽  
Cultural Worldviews

Public acceptability is important for sustainable land use zoning policy to be successfully implemented. This study examined the effectiveness of tailoring messages with cultural worldviews to induce positive attitudes and improve public acceptability of sustainable land use zoning policy in a post-conflict setting. A total of 538 participants were randomly divided into three groups. Two were treatment groups and received promotional information about a hypothetical land-use zoning policy, and one group was the control group and received no promotional information. The results indicate that information provision results in positive attitudes and higher public acceptability of land use zoning policy. Arguments that correspond to participants' cultural worldviews generated more positive attitudes and higher acceptability than arguments that conflict with their cultural worldviews. This study recommends targeting messages with peoples’ cultural worldviews as an effective strategy in inducing positive attitudes and higher acceptability for sustainable land use zoning policy in Somalia.

scholarly journals The Role of Learners’ Attitudes Toward Parental Involvement in L2 English Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Jung-Tae Kim ◽  
Rusty Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
South Korea ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Korean Efl Learners

This paper seeks to examine Korean EFL learners&rsquo; perceptions of parental involvement and how their attitudes toward parental involvement are associated with the success of parental involvement. Two hundred fifty four EFL children in South Korea participated in a survey asking the degree of their parent&rsquo;s involvement in seven involvement types and their attitudes towards parental involvement. The results showed that while all types of parental involvement were positively correlated with English proficiency for the group of children with positive attitudes towards parental involvement, no such correlations were found for the group of children with highly negative attitudes. In addition, for the group of children with moderately negative attitudes toward parental involvement, only less direct, autonomy-supportive parental involvement was found to be related to their achievement. These results suggest that learners&rsquo; attitudes toward parental involvement may be a factor that delimits the positive influence of parental involvement on EFL learners&rsquo; achievement.

Employment after Vision Loss: Results of a Collective Case Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 615-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Crudden
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
Vision Loss ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Job Retention ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Print Access

A collective case study approach was used to examine factors that influence the job retention of persons with vision loss. It was found that computer technology was a major positive influence and print access and technology were a source of stress for most participants.

Intergroup Contact Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Eugene Okyere-Kwakye ◽  
Khalil Md Nor ◽  
Khairiah Soehod ◽  
Zaitul
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Contact Theory ◽  
Intergroup Contact Theory ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The People ◽  
Common Goals

Several studies have been conducted to confirm the robustness of intergroup contact theory to reduce sentiments among people from different races, nationalities, and languages. However, reviews conducted show that none of these studies examined the applicability of the intergroup contact theory to reduce prejudice among people from a multitribal context where the people share similar characteristics, but have sentiments against each other due to tribalism. The study examines the applicability of intergroup contact theory to promote positive attitudes among individuals to share knowledge in a multitribal context. A quantitative approach was adopted using questionnaires collected from two hundred and ninety-three lecturers from ten polytechnics in Ghana. Multivariate analysis revealed that equal status, cooperativeness and common goals have positive influence on an individual's attitude to share knowledge in a multitribal context. However, the influence of institutional support was not supported. The results of the study suggest the applicability of the intergroup contact theory explains how to promote a positive attitude in a multitribal context.

scholarly journals Special Care Dentistry and COVID-19 Outbreak: What Lesson Should We Learn?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Dziedzic
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
World Health ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Dental Services ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
Patients With Special Needs ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Difficult Times

The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the declaration of pandemic by the World Health Organization have made an enormous impact on medical and dental care across the world. The current COVID-19 situation may teach dental teams a better approach and optimal ways concerning the management of patients with special needs, by bringing people together to discuss and optimize standards of care, as often happens in challenging situations. We can always learn new things that turn out to be valuable and useful even in exceptionally difficult times, and in addition, dental services can benefit from enabling positive attitudes and introducing constructive changes. Clinicians just need to keep in mind that adjustment to a new future reality appears inevitable for both patients and professionals who provide care.

Luxembourg : A case study of legislation in a mini-state

Res Publica ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-639
Author(s):  
Martin A. Wing
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Direct Elections ◽  
The Government ◽  
Council Of State

Whilst Luxembourg may be classified as a mini-state, its small size and population have not removed «politics» from public administration. Having outlined the legislative system, this article examines in detail the passage of the legislation for direct elections to the European Parliament focusing on the roles and functions of the relevant actors and institutions. This case study approach reveals a smooth parliamentary stage for legislation concealing a set of devices for resolving contentious or troublesome issues : special ad hoc committees to advise on legislative drafts ; parliamentary committees ; splitting legislation so that legislators are formally committed to a principle before they have seen the details ; the use of delaying tactics to preclude discussion of alternatives. In addition to demonstrating these, the case also examines the effectiveness of the three main institutions, the Council of State, the Chamber of Deputies and the Government, particularly the predominance ofthe latter, on major issues. In contradistinction, however, the Council of State, despite its formally weak status, is shown to exercise a positive influence.

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