The Study on the Encounter Group Experience of Graduate Students Majoring in Social Welfare: Focusing on Difficulties and Coping

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Su-hyun Bae ◽  
Hee-ja Sung ◽  
Yu-jin Lee ◽  
Ha-eun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Encounter Group ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Group Experience

scholarly journals The impact of confinement in the psychosocial behaviour due COVID-19 among members of a Brazilian university

2020 ◽  
pp. 002076402097131
Author(s):  
Heloísa Monteiro Amaral-Prado ◽  
Filipy Borghi ◽  
Tânia Maron Vichi Freire Mello ◽  
Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Final Exams ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Background: The current situation due COVID-19 may cause an eminent impact on mental health because the confinement restrictions. Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare perceived stress, resilience, depression symptoms and coping strategies on the members of University of Campinas, in Brazil, before and during the outbreak of the COVID-19. Methods: Volunteers over 18 years of both sexes, members of the University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil answered instruments related to perceived stress, depression, resilience and coping strategies during final exams at the end of semester during 2018 to 2020. Results: We obtained 1,135 responses (893 before COVID-19 and 242 during COVID-19). The volunteers did not show significant differences for perceived stress, depressive signs and resilience before and during the pandemic. In both periods, men exhibited lower scores for perceived stress and depression and higher scores for resilience when compared to women. Undergraduate and graduate students exhibited higher perceived stress scores, more pronounced depressive signs and lower resilience, and employees and professors presented lower scores for perceived stress, depressive signs and greater resilience. Conclusions: These first months of confinement did not directly affect the scores of perceived stress, depression and resilience, however, each subgroup adapted to the new routine by changing the coping strategy used. This study suggests the importance of monitoring the mental health of member in the university, especially in times of epidemic, in the search for policies that aim to improve the resilience of the population and seek positive and effective coping strategies within the university environment.

Caught in Limbo: Mapping Social Spaces for First-Generation Students in Graduate School

2021 ◽  
pp. 016059762110015
Author(s):  
Michael A. Miner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Research University ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Group Experience ◽  
Large Research

The share of college students who are first-generation has grown rapidly in recent decades. Less attention has been paid to the educational experiences of graduate students. This article asks: How do first-generation students in graduate school differ from one another in their experiences with the socialization process? Based on data from in-depth interviews with 41 graduate students at a large research university, this article examines student narratives of experiences and circumstances to characterize multiple social spaces in graduate school. Contrary to notions suggesting that first-generation students share a similar group experience, these data reveal that first-generation students have divergent experiences and circumstances that characterize four distinct regions. Drawing on social capital and socialization theories, I find that students occupy social spaces that (1) modify, (2) adapt or (3) defy the socialization processes of graduate school. Findings also show barriers for those that are (4) excluded.

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS PRECIPITATED BY ENCOUNTER GROUP EXPERIENCE

1980 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Sale ◽  
Inge Budtz‐Olsen ◽  
Graham Craig ◽  
Ross Kalucy
Keyword(s):  
Acute Psychosis ◽  
Encounter Group ◽  
Group Experience

Expression of Hostility as a Function of an Encounter Group Experience

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Uhes
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Encounter Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Group Experience ◽  
Experimental Group

On the basis of previous research it was hypothesized that Ss undergoing an encounter group experience would show a decrease in covert expression of hostility and a corresponding increase in overt expression of hostility as measured by Bendig's scales of hostility. An experimental group ( N = 24) participated in 10 encounter group exercises while a control group ( N = 24) similar in terms of age, sex, and educational background, did not undergo the exercises. No significant difference was found between experimental and control groups' scores on the Bendig scales prior to, or upon completion of the series of encounter exercises for personal growth.

Caring and Grieving in the Context of Social and Structural Inequity: Experiences of Australian Carers With Social Welfare Needs

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110468
Author(s):  
Kristin Bindley ◽  
Joanne Lewis ◽  
Joanne Travaglia ◽  
Michelle DiGiacomo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Structural Vulnerability ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
The Welfare State

Caring for and bereavement following the death of someone with a life-limiting illness may precipitate social welfare needs related to income support and housing. Nevertheless, carer experiences of welfare policy and institutions have not received significant attention. This qualitative study explored experiences of carers who navigated social welfare policy while caring for someone with a life-limiting illness, and in bereavement. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 bereaved carers in an area associated with socioeconomic disadvantage. Carers differentially encountered precariousness, with some experiencing structural vulnerability. These positionalities appeared to be shaped by policy and process-related burdens, perceptions of the welfare state, and degrees of legitimisation or disenfranchisement of forms of capital and coping orientations. Recommendations that may improve carer experience were identified. Implications relate to the need for an expanded conceptualisation of vulnerability in health and welfare practice, policy that authentically validates caring and grieving, and upstream strategies that address inequity.

Contributing Factors, Attribution, and Coping in Academic Boredom: An Exploratory Case Study of Graduate Students in Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 104515952098730
Author(s):  
Jianling Xie ◽  
Jianzhong Xu ◽  
Tianlan Wei ◽  
Katarzyna Gallo ◽  
Mary Everett Giles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

This exploratory qualitative case study investigates how graduate students in education experience, attribute, and combat academic boredom. Three areas of concern are addressed: (a) the contributing factors to boredom, (b) how attributional style (internal vs. external) relates to coping with boredom, and (c) the differences between combating class-related boredom and learning-related boredom. Results showed that the onset of boredom was mostly influenced by a lack of interest, lack of utility value, and autonomy frustration. This study extended the existing literature by discovering an interaction between students’ attributional style and their coping strategies for boredom during classroom instruction. Specifically, students who argued that the instructor should hold more responsibility for boredom in class tended to take avoidance coping as their primary strategy (e.g., doodling). By comparison, students who opted to approach the problem positively (e.g., taking notes) are prone to attribute internally. Attribution does not appear to have a mediating effect on the relationship between experience of boredom and coping strategies for learning-related boredom. Implications for graduate and adult education and findings in the context of recent theoretical frameworks are discussed.

scholarly journals Mental Health and Coping Strategies in Undergraduate and Graduate Students During COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naiana Dapieve Patias ◽  
Jean Von Hohendorff ◽  
Alisson Junior Cozzer ◽  
Pedro Augusto Flores ◽  
Fabio Scorsolini-Comin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
And Coping
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