The Role of Academic Hope and Perceived Emotional Support in Predicting academic Welfare

There is growing evidence of the need for services to address the emotional support needs of people with visual impairments. This article presents findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an emotional support and counselling (ESaC) service delivered within an integrated low vision service, focusing primarily on the qualitative findings. Data collected using a standardised measure of psychological well-being (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation–Outcome Measure; CORE-OM) show an improvement in the psychological well-being of clients of the service between baseline and follow-up assessment. Qualitative findings from interviews with service users and service providers help to illustrate and explain the experiences underlying the quantitative findings. The ESaC services are shown to be helpful to service users in two particular ways: helping them to normalise their experiences by talking to an impartial listener and helping them to accept and adapt to the physical, emotional and social changes in their lives resulting from their visual impairment.

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The role of giving and receiving emotional support in depressive symptomatology among older couples: An application of the actor-partner interdependence model

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407510387888 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 83-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Linda K. Ko ◽

Megan A. Lewis

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Population Based ◽

Path Model ◽

The Other ◽

Older Couples ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

The Relationship

The present study investigated whether perception of receiving emotional support mediates the relationship between one partner’s giving of emotional support and the other partner’s depressive symptomatology using a population-based sample of 423 couples from the Changing Lives of Older Couples study. A path model was used guided by the Actor—Partner Interdependence Model. Results indicated that spouses’ giving emotional support was related to the degree to which their spouse reported receiving emotional support. Perception of receiving emotional support, in turn, was related to lower depressive symptomatology of the support recipient. Both husbands and wives can benefit from emotional support through their perception of receiving emotional support, and spouses’ perceptions, as well as their actions, should be considered in support transactions.

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MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND HEALTH: THE ROLE OF SPOUSE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

The Gerontologist ◽

10.1093/geront/gnv337.06 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 55 (Suppl_2) ◽

pp. 629-630

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Multiple Chronic Conditions

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Hubungan Dukungan Orang Tua Terhadap Tingkat Kecemasan Anak Usia Remaja (12-18 Th) Pada Saat Pemasangan Infus Di Ruang IRD BRSUD Kabupaten Tabanan

JURNAL MEDIKA USADA ◽

10.54107/medikausada.v3i2.74 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 32-40

Author(s):

Desak Gede Yenny Apriani

Keyword(s):

Family Relationships ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

School Age Children ◽

Rank Test ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Financial Participation

Background: Children develop very traumatic and anxious experiences during the infusion process. The role of finance for children in hospitals is related to collaboration between family and nurses or doctors with financial participation in meeting children's needs and care by providing emotional support for children.Objective: This study discusses family relationships with children during infusion of teenage children (12-18 years).Method: The design of this study used a cross sectional study using observational. The samples used were school-age children 12-18 years old who were to take intravenous measures at the BRSU IRD Room in Tabanan Regency.Results: Most respondents who did not get anxious were 55 (38.8%) respondents and family recipients who received 107 (79.9%) respondents. Based on the results of the Spearman rank test the results of the r value are 0.604 and the value of p 0.000 means that there is a family relationship with the children during infusion in adolescents (12-18 years) in the BRSUD Room in Tabanan Regency.Conclusion: Family support provides a strong level of ability for children when installing IVs.

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Home Visiting: A Necessary but not in Itself Sufficient Program Component for Promoting the Health and Development of Families and Children

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.84.1.178 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 84 (1) ◽

pp. 178-180

Author(s):

ROBERT W. CHAMBERLIN

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Home Visiting ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Children And Families ◽

Home Visitors ◽

Training And Supervision ◽

Child Centered ◽

Health And Development ◽

Family Centered

The importance of home visiting in the overall strategy for promoting the health and development of children and families is still being debated. In a 1980 conference in which the role of home visiting in delivering preventive services to families with young children was explored, a number of rather heterogeneous programs were examined. There was little agreement concerning why one program appeared to be effective and another did not. Some of the variables thought to be related to positive outcomes were the timing of the intervention (prenatal vs postnatal); intensity (weekly or more vs monthly or less); duration (a year or more vs less than a year); how careful was the selection, training and supervision, and continuing education of the home visitors; content of the intervention (specific educational content and/or emotional support); the overall framework of the intervention (child centered, family centered, ecologic); and the research design and sample size.

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Role of perceived social support in depressive and somatic symptoms experienced by Bedouin Arab and Jewish Israeli undergraduates

Transcultural Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1363461518808948 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 359-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Sarah Abu-Kaf ◽

Golan Shahar ◽

Gal Noyman-Veksler ◽

Beatriz Priel

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Somatic Symptoms ◽

Somatic Complaints ◽

Arab Students

Elevated levels of depressive and somatic symptoms have been documented among college students. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in southern Israel. To date, research on coping and mental health problems among students who are members of this ethnic minority has been limited. This study examined the role of three aspects of perceived social support – availability, satisfaction, and the ability to get emotional support – in predicting depressive and somatic symptoms among Jewish Israeli and Bedouin Arab college students. A total of 89 Bedouin and 101 Jewish first-year students participated in this study, which involved two assessment waves 12 to 14 months apart. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, somatic complaints, three aspects of perceived social support, and demographics. At Time 1, Bedouin students exhibited higher levels of depressive and somatic symptoms and lower levels of all three aspects of social support. Regression analyses showed that level of emotional support was a prospective predictor of somatization at Time 2. Moreover, when levels of emotional support were low, ethnic group predicted depression at Time 2; emotional support predicted depression only among Bedouin Arabs. The present study highlights the importance of the use of emotional support in predicting somatic complaints and depressive symptoms specifically among Bedouin Arab students. Clinical implications on intervention programs for ethnic minority students will be discussed.

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Ringing the changes: the role of telephone communication in a helpline and befriending service targeting loneliness in older people

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x18000120 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (7) ◽

pp. 1528-1551 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

CLAIRE PRESTON ◽

STEPHEN MOORE

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Older People ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Voice Communication ◽

Telephone Communication ◽

The United Kingdom

ABSTRACTThe drive to deliver services addressing loneliness in older people by telephone and online makes it increasingly relevant to consider how the mode of communication affects the way people interact with services and the capacity of services to meet their needs. This paper is based on the qualitative strand of a larger mixed-methods study of a national phoneline tackling loneliness in older people in the United Kingdom. The research comprised thematic analysis of four focus groups with staff and 42 semi-structured interviews with callers. It explored the associations between telephone-delivery, how individuals used the services and how the services were able to respond. To understand these associations, it was useful to identify some constituent characteristics of telephone communication in this context: namely its availability, reach and non-visual nature. This enabled various insights and comparison with other communication media. For example, the availability of the services attracted people seeking frequent emotional support but this presented challenges to staff. More positively, the ability of the services to connect disparate individuals enabled them to form different kinds of satisfying relationships. The evolution of mixed communication forms, such as internet-based voice communication and smartphone-based visual communication, makes analysis at the level of a technology's characteristics useful. Such a cross-cutting perspective can inform both the design of interventions and assessment of their suitability for different manifestations of loneliness.

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The role of social media in clubfoot: information sharing and social support

Journal of Children s Orthopaedics ◽

10.1302/1863-2548.15.200176 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 81-88

Author(s):

Gabriel Hanna ◽

Brian D. Batko ◽

James Potter ◽

Joseph Ippolito ◽

Folorunsho Edobor-Osula

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Information Sharing ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Medical Information ◽

Second Opinion ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

Success Stories ◽

Congenital Foot Deformity ◽

Facebook Pages

Purpose Clubfoot is the most common congenital foot deformity in children. Caregivers often seek medical information on the internet. The aim of the study was to characterize how social media is used by caregivers to access medical information. Methods A search was performed on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube platforms. Information was quantitatively assessed. Comments were qualitatively assessed, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to study thematic comment distribution. Results In total, 58 Facebook groups and pages, 109 YouTube accounts and ten Twitter accounts related to clubfoot were discovered from 2007 to 2019. Facebook groups and pages had a collective 56 123 members and 80 544 total likes, respectively. YouTube had a collective 3 280 454 views, with 54 969 total comments throughout the accounts. Comment themes most commonly included sharing information and advice (38.7%), appreciation and success stories (12.8%), emotional support (12.7%) and social media as a second opinion (11.9%). Facebook groups contained a significantly higher number of comments related to ‘social media as a second opinion’ compared with Facebook pages (p = 0.001), Twitter (p = 0.016) and YouTube (p < 0.0001) while YouTube contained a significantly lower number of comments related to ‘sharing information’ compared with Facebook groups, pages and Twitter (p < 0.0001). Conclusion Social media continues to be a growing tool for information sharing and the findings of this study highlight the importance placed by caregivers on the advice of their peers. The online presence of caregivers may represent an opportunity for orthopaedic surgeons to communicate with patients and help them make informed decisions. Level of evidence IV

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Mexican-Origin Parents’ Stress and Satisfaction: The Role of Emotional Support

Family Process ◽

10.1111/famp.12342 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 146-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tierney K. Popp ◽

Melissa Y. Delgado ◽

Lorey A. Wheeler

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Mexican Origin

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