scholarly journals General psychopathology and its social correlates in the daily lives of youth

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Achterhof ◽  
Olivia J Kirtley ◽  
Maude Schneider ◽  
Noëmi Hagemann ◽  
Karlijn Hermans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
General Psychopathology ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
Social Encounters

Background: Alterations in the quantity and quality of social interactions play a role in early psychopathology, but not much is known about their involvement at the level of daily life. Aims: To better understand the social correlates of early psychopathology, the authors assessed associations between general psychopathology and the quantity and quality of social encounters in the daily lives of two independent youth samples.Method: During a six-day experience sampling period, adolescent and young adult participants of the registered Study 1 (n=663) and the internal conceptual replication in Study 2 (n=1027) were queried about their social encounters. General psychopathology was assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 and Brief Symptom Inventory-53. The relationship between psychopathology and each outcome variable was tested in separate multilevel linear and logistic regression models. Results: General psychopathology was associated with each investigated social encounter quality. Associations between psychopathology and the number of social encounters were less apparent: In Study 1, participants with more psychopathology were not more likely to be alone (B(SE) = .10(.11), 95%CI: [-.12; .31], p=.38), whereas Study 2 participants with higher levels of psychopathology were alone more (B(SE)=.39(.06), 95%CI: [.27; .52], p<.001). Conclusions: The consistent associations between subclinical psychopathology and the experience of social interactions imply that a conceptualization of social functioning that is relevant at the level of daily life requires a greater emphasis on social experience. The negative experience of social interactions may be a more valuable marker of early psychopathology than a reduced amount of social behaviours.

scholarly journals Changes in daily-life social processes and psychopathology symptoms in Flemish youth from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Achterhof ◽  
Inez Myin-Germeys ◽  
Eva Bamps ◽  
Noëmi Hagemann ◽  
Karlijn Susanna Francisca Maria Hermans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Psychopathology Symptoms ◽  
The Impact

Early findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents, suggest that – despite being at the lowest physical health risk – both their mental health and day-to-day social lives are strongly affected. In this longitudinal study, we assessed changes in adolescent psychopathology symptoms, the quality and quantity of daily-life social interactions, and the relationship between social interactions and psychopathology symptoms before and during the pandemic.A sample of n=173 Flemish adolescents (mean age=16.0 at latest measurement; 89% girls) from the SIGMA cohort was tested between January 2018 - June 2019; and between April 27th - May 10th 2020. Subclinical psychopathology was assessed using the Brief Symptom Inventory-53; daily social interactions were assessed in six-day experience sampling periods with ten daily questionnaires.Multilevel linear and logistic regression analyses indicated lower general psychopathology and anxiety symptoms, beyond age effects; fewer face-to-face social interactions, more online social interactions; and higher-quality face-to-face interactions during the pandemic than before. Negative associations between psychopathology and the quality of face-to-face peer and family interactions were stronger during the pandemic than pre-pandemic.The observed decrease and stability in psychopathology symptoms is surprising and potentially reflects resilience. Although digital communication may buffer much of the quarantine-induced distress, the current results imply that high-quality face-to-face interactions with family and peers may have been more powerful in keeping adolescents resilient. As restrictions are lifted and adolescents’ daily lives and social worlds change, it is crucial to learn more about the longer-term effects of the experienced social deprivation.

scholarly journals User Perspectives on Issues that Influence the Quality of Daily life of Ventilator-Assisted Individuals with Neuromuscular Disorders

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 547-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Brooks ◽  
Audrey King ◽  
Mark Tonack ◽  
Helen Simson ◽  
Maria Gould ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Neuromuscular Disorders ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
User Perspectives

OBJECTIVES:To identify user perspectives on the issues that impact the quality of the daily lives of ventilator-assisted individuals living in the community.METHODS:Semistructured interviews were held with 26 Canadian ventilator-assisted individuals (mean age 44±14 [SD] years, range 23 to 60 years; mean ventilator experience 18±13 years, range three to 53 years) whose disability from neuromuscular conditions necessitated assistance with activities of daily living. Participants described their daily life experiences and perceptions of the factors that limited or enhanced their quality. Interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed and analyzed for emergent codes and themes.RESULTS:Ventilator users characterized important issues in terms of personal successes and limitations, as well as dependencies on others for daily living. Personal support services, income security, health care and transportation were important positive contributors to their quality of life. Dependency on others was clearly a negative contributor. The ventilator was regarded as a form of assistive technology, similar to a wheelchair. Ventilator users perceived that ventilation was associated with a stigma and negative assumptions about disability, particularly if suctioning was required.CONCLUSIONS:The majority of participants considered home mechanical ventilation to be a positive benefit for independent living, enhancing their overall health. They were clear as to the issues of importance to them, and formulated recommendations for health care providers and policy makers that could improve the quality of their daily lives. Many of the issues identified in the present report are faced by the growing community of ventilator users.

scholarly journals Daily-life Social Experiences as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Parenting and Psychopathology in Adolescence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Achterhof ◽  
Olivia J Kirtley ◽  
Maude Schneider ◽  
Ginette Lafit ◽  
Noëmi Hagemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Maladaptive Parenting

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for psychopathology development, and certain parenting styles are consistent and robust predictors of a broad range of mental health outcomes. The mechanisms through which maladaptive parenting styles affect the development of psychopathology are assumed to be largely social in nature. Yet, the social mechanisms linking parenting to psychopathology are unexplored at arguably the most important level of functioning: daily life. This study aims to identify the associations between three parenting styles, and the experience of daily-life social interactions. Furthermore, we aim to explore the extent to which these parenting styles and altered daily-life social experiences are associated with psychopathology. In this study, we recruited a sample of N = 1913 adolescents (63.3% girls; mean age = 13.7, age range = 11 to 20) as part of the first wave of the longitudinal cohort study ‘SIGMA’. Parenting styles (psychological control, responsiveness, and autonomy support) and psychopathology symptoms were assessed using a retrospective questionnaire battery. The experienced quality of social interactions in different types of company was assessed using the experience sampling method, ten times per day for six days.Direct associations between parenting styles and general quality of daily-life social experiences were tested using a three-level linear model, revealing significant associations between social experiences and different parenting styles. When interaction effects were added to this model, we found that maternal responsiveness and paternal psychological control mainly related to altered qualities of social interactions with parents, while paternal autonomy support was associated with better experiences of non-family social interactions. Finally, an exploratory path analysis highlighted how both paternal autonomy support and altered quality of non-family interactions are uniquely associated with psychopathology levels.These findings demonstrate the general and pervasive effects of maladaptive parenting styles, as parenting seems to broadly affect adolescents’ interactions with different types of social partners in everyday life. Moreover, they illustrate a potential mediated relationship in which altered daily-life social interactions could drive the development of psychopathology. A stronger focus may be required on the role of altered day-to-day social experiences in the prevention and potentially, the treatment, of adolescent psychopathology.

scholarly journals Children Are Back to School, but Is Play Still in Lockdown? Play Experiences, Social Interactions, and Children’s Quality of Life in Primary Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12454
Author(s):  
Ana Lourenço ◽  
Fernando Martins ◽  
Beatriz Pereira ◽  
Rui Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Right

The right to play is crucial for the overall development of children. Several studies highlight the need to have time and space to play, especially at school where children spend much of their time. Unfortunately, in formal education the obsession with academic achievements sidelines and ignores the importance of play. The neglection of play had already reached a critical stage before the pandemic, so data are needed to realize how the right to play in school is presently affected. This paper aims to understand children’s play experience in primary education during the pandemic. It investigates what activities children participated in and what materials were used, and provides insight into the social interactions between peers. Furthermore, children’s quality of life is explored. A group of 370 Portuguese children answered a questionnaire on play and social interactions, alongside with Peds 4.0TM on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The results showed that recess still emerges as a significant element of children’s daily lives, but COVID-19 has brought limitations on play experiences and peer-interaction. It might also have impacted HRQOL, especially in emotional functioning. Since play, health and well-being are closely connected, play opportunities at school are crucial in helping children to thrive in the pandemic, and should be invested in.

scholarly journals Social encounters in daily life and 2-year changes in metabolic risk factors in young women

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kharah Ross ◽  
Tara Martin ◽  
Edith Chen ◽  
Gregory E. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Metabolic Risk ◽  
Central Adiposity ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Symptom Trajectories ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Social Encounters

AbstractResearch shows that poor social ties increase risks of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, little is known about the nature of everyday social encounters that give rise to this association, or when in the course of development they begin to shape disease-relevant biological processes. In this study, 122 adolescent females recorded the qualities of their everyday social interactions using electronic diaries. At the same time we measured components of the metabolic syndrome, a precursor to CVD that includes central adiposity, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and lipid dysregulation. Metabolic symptoms were reassessed 12 and 24 months later. Hierarchical linear modeling revealed an association between negative social interactions and metabolic symptom trajectories. To the extent that participants had more intense negative social encounters in daily life, they showed increasing scores on a composite indicator of metabolic risk over 2 years. This association was independent of a variety of potential confounders, and persisted when symptoms of depression and broader personality traits were controlled. There was no association between positive social encounters and metabolic risk trajectories. These findings suggest that even in otherwise healthy adolescents, abrasive social encounters may accelerate the progression of early stages of CVD.

Our Everyday Aesthetic Evaluations of Architecture

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-412
Author(s):  
Abel B Franco
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Personal Nature ◽  
Aesthetic Aspect ◽  
The One ◽  
Functional Criterion

Abstract I argue that our everyday evaluations of architecture are primarily evaluations of spaces and, in particular, of their inhabitability— that is, whether they serve or can serve to the realization of our individual ideal of life. Inhabitability is not only a functional criterion but an aesthetic one as well. It is aesthetic insofar as the evaluations about inhabitability include evaluations about the quality of the experience of actually doing something in —or simply occupying—a particular space. This aesthetic aspect of our everyday evaluations explains, on one hand, the distinctive features of our everyday preferences for some architectonic spaces over others—namely, (a) their very personal nature; (b) their noticeable value in our daily lives; (c) their inseparability from the activities we plan to realize in those spaces; and (d) the importance of the spaces which are contiguous to the one we are evaluating. And on the other, it both reveals architecture’s significance for the quality of our daily life and serves as a guide for us to choose spaces that improve that quality.

scholarly journals Quality of Life in Patients Rehabilitated with Implant-Supported Prostheses – A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Cosmin Ionuţ Lixandru ◽  
Carmen Daniela Domnariu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Pain Perception ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Systematic Search ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Oral health-related quality of life can be defined as the perception of the impact that oral health has on the quality of life. The quality of life is characterized by a person’s perception of his/her social status and the activities he/she carries out in daily life, in relation to his/her standards, objectives, concerns and expectations, as well as the system of values and cultural conditions within he/she lives in. Objective: The objective of this study was to systematically review the dental literature to identify and classify relevant articles on the quality of life associated with the oral health of patients rehabilitated with implant-supported prostheses. Materials and methods: A systematic search of the literature on PubMed was performed for articles published between 2000 and 2021. The main method used was the electronic search using keywords such as: “quality of life”, “dental implant”. The articles found were subject to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Following a systematic search, a total of 249 publications were identified, of which only 9 met the inclusion criteria. Discussions: A small number of studies were found to meet the inclusion criteria and to present high levels of evidence. Therefore, more research in the field is recommended, as current research on quality of life in patients rehabilitated with implant-supported prostheses is still in the development phase. Conclusions: The quality of oral health could have an impact on patients’ daily lives and dental satisfaction (satisfaction with dental appearance, pain perception levels, oral comfort, functional performance and chewing capacity). Patients’ satisfaction with their dentition has a definite impact on the quality of daily life and perceptions of oral health.

scholarly journals THE IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL SOCIAL INTERACTIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS’ EXPERIENCES OF WELL-BEING IN DAILY LIFE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S15-S15
Author(s):  
Shannon T Mejia ◽  
Shelbie Turner ◽  
Karen Hooker
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Random Coefficient Models ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
Personal Understanding

Abstract Digital communication technologies expand opportunities for social interactions and as a result have the potential to either amplify or dampen the coupling of social interactions with well-being in daily life. We use data from the 100-day Personal Understanding of Life and Social Experiences project (n = 99, age = 50 – 88) to examine variation in the sensitivity of older adults’ daily reports of well-being to the quality of social interactions with their five closest social partners across digital (email/social media) and analogue (in person/by phone) interactions. Digital interactions were more common among less-close social partners. Multilevel random coefficient models showed days with more digital interactions than normal to be characterized by a) lower well-being and b) less sensitivity in well-being to the quality of social interactions with close social partners on that day. The implications of our findings are discussed within a life-span perspective of social relationships and well-being.

scholarly journals Daily-Life Social Experiences as a Potential Mediator of the Relationship Between Parenting and Psychopathology in Adolescence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Achterhof ◽  
Olivia J. Kirtley ◽  
Maude Schneider ◽  
Ginette Lafit ◽  
Noëmi Hagemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Maladaptive Parenting

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for psychopathology development, and certain parenting styles are consistent and robust predictors of a broad range of mental health outcomes. The mechanisms through which maladaptive parenting styles affect the development of psychopathology are assumed to be largely social in nature. Yet, the social mechanisms linking parenting to psychopathology are unexplored at arguably the most important level of functioning: daily life. This study aims to identify the associations between three parenting styles, and the experience of daily-life social interactions. Furthermore, we aim to explore the extent to which these parenting styles and altered daily-life social experiences are associated with psychopathology. In this study, we recruited a sample of N = 1,913 adolescents (63.3% girls; mean age = 13.7, age range = 11 to 20) as part of the first wave of the longitudinal cohort study “SIGMA”. Parenting styles (psychological control, responsiveness, and autonomy support) and psychopathology symptoms were assessed using a retrospective questionnaire battery. The experienced quality of social interactions in different types of company was assessed using the experience sampling method, ten times per day for 6 days. Direct associations between parenting styles and general quality of daily-life social experiences were tested using a three-level linear model, revealing significant associations between social experiences and different parenting styles. When interaction effects were added to this model, we found that maternal responsiveness and paternal psychological control mainly related to altered qualities of social interactions with parents, while paternal autonomy support was associated with better experiences of non-family social interactions. Finally, an exploratory path analysis highlighted how both paternal autonomy support and altered quality of non-family interactions are uniquely associated with psychopathology levels. These findings demonstrate the general and pervasive effects of maladaptive parenting styles, as parenting seems to broadly affect adolescents' interactions with different types of social partners in everyday life. Moreover, they illustrate a potential mediated relationship in which altered daily-life social interactions could drive the development of psychopathology. A stronger focus may be required on the role of altered day-to-day social experiences in the prevention and potentially, the treatment, of adolescent psychopathology.

scholarly journals The Significance of Emotional Intelligence in Business

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Dr. Anna M. Rostomyan ◽  
Dr. Armen M. Rostomyan ◽  
Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès Von Hattburg
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Business World ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
Present Case Study

Emotions constitute a large part in our daily lives, particularly in these challenging times. They not only help us feel certain sensations, perceive the reality and express our diverse emotions and feelings, but also support in analyzing the outward situation, hence becoming a part of higher cognitive processes. Here, emotional intelligence comes to the forefront and directs you in taking diverse decisions. We have also considered the concept of WeQ.It is our firm belief that emotions contribute to the success and quality of your daily life, your interpersonal relations, as well as the development of your business.The present case study has sought for ways to enlighten the awareness of EQ, both in our private lives and in the business world.

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