scholarly journals Impact of Sexual Transition of Transgendered Adolescents and Young Adults on Social Support Systems in Southern Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumarashwaran Vadevelu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
Social Support Systems ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT This mixed-method study analysed the impact of the transition of transgender adolescents and young adults on their social support systems as well as its consequences in the Provinces of Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, Southern Thailand. With the aid of open-ended, semi-structured questionnaires, interviews were conducted focussed on how they had experienced their sexual identity, the levels of their feminine, inner selves, the different ways in which they expressed their femininity, the ages at which they had started transitioning, and the unique consequences of their transitioning in society. Content analysis identified the themes and sub-themes that emerged from the data analysis. The research concluded that transitioning had negative effects on the lives of respondents and on the social support systems which they had relied on for acceptance, recognition, inclusion in society, and for ongoing help in addressing adjustment challenges. The study recommended ways whereby acceptance of and social support for transitioning adolescents and young adults might be advanced.

scholarly journals Adolescents and Young Adults Knowledge, Adherence and Experiences While on Antiretroviral Therapy in a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: A Mixed-Method Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 232595822110627
Author(s):  
Roseline Iberi Aderemi-Williams ◽  
Ayomikun Rofiat Razaq ◽  
Isaac Okoh Abah ◽  
Olabisi Oluranti Opanuga ◽  
Alani Sulaimon Akanmu
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Social Support Systems ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Optimal Adherence

In Nigeria, there is a paucity of data on knowledge and experiences of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with HIV and ART, as well as their challenges maintaining optimal adherence. A mixed-method study was carried out between August and September 2018 among AYAs attending Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Data collection was via AYAs' hospital records, standardized questionnaires, and in-depth interviews (IDIs). The 4-day ACTG tool was used to measure adherence. Collected data were analyzed descriptively. Assessment of 34 AYAs comprising 18 (52.9%) males with 28 (82.4%) students revealed an overall knowledge score about ART and its effect of 73.6%. Twenty-five (73.5%) had poor knowledge of the development of resistant strains of HIV due to non-adherence recorded. Optimal adherence (≥95%) was recorded in 20 (58.8%) AYAs. IDI produced 4 themes: (i) reasons for non-adherence, (ii) ensuring optimal adherence, (iii) Social support systems and disclosure, and (iv) stigmatization. Our study provided formative data and revealed areas for intervention to improve knowledge and adherence to ART.

scholarly journals Predictors of positive and negative risk-taking in adolescents and young adults: Similarities and differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Joanna Fryt ◽  
Monika Szczygiel
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Sensitivity To Reward ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Low Sensitivity

Although the risk-taking can potentially result in positive and negative outcomes, most of the researchers focused on its negative, not positive manifestations. Recently, Duell and Steinberg proposed a framework that clarifies the features of positive risk-taking. Research comparing positive and negative risk-taking increased and new measures have been developed. The presented study was designed to examine how the construct of positive risk-taking differs or overlaps with its opposite, negative risk-taking, and whether both are predicted by the same or different factors. Two hundred fifty eight (258) adolescents and young adults (aged 16-29) participated in the study. We tested self-reported sensitivity to reward and punishment, self-control, tolerance to ambiguity, trait anxiety, and gender as possible predictors of positive and negative risk-taking. We also referred both types of risk-taking to domain-specific risk-taking. We found that positive risk-taking is driven by sensitivity to reward and tolerance to ambiguity, and occurs especially in the social domain. Negative risk-taking is driven by gender, sensitivity to reward and (low) sensitivity to punishment, and occurs in all domains except social. Results indicate that positive risk-taking is chosen for exploration and personal growth by people who look for rewards in the social world and is done in a socially accepted way. Negative risk-taking is chosen by people who are not discouraged by severe negative effects and look for rewards outside existing norms.

scholarly journals Responses to Offense at Work and the Impact of Hierarchical Status: The Fault of the Leader, Causal Attributions, and Social Support During the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihai Ion Marian ◽  
Karla Melinda Barth ◽  
Mihai Ionut Oprea
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hopelessness Depression ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study explores the mechanism by which unadapted causal attributions and the perception of social support stimulate revenge and reconciliation at the social and professional level in the context of the current pandemic. In particular, the purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the accused, the victim and offender status and the search for revenge or reconciliation following a personal offense. To test the suggested research model, we analyzed the data collected by 167 (m = 28.52; SD = 8.98) employees in different organizations using a multifactorial experimental design. The results support the influence of attributional predictions in forming revenge and reconciliation and show that they are involved in the decision to carry out revenge, but especially in the way the employee interprets the trigger situation. In conclusion, the revenge is based on a negative attributional mechanism that produces the greatest deficit of adaptation to the situation and a weakening of the perception of social support, while reconciliation seems to be based on a much more complex socio-occupational mechanism. Leaders should pay attention to organizational communication during a crisis as they could encourage hopelessness depression. Adjusting crisis communication is crucial to ensuring job satisfaction that could mitigate negative effects.

scholarly journals A Mobile-Based Mindfulness and Social Support Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Sarcoma: Development and Pilot Testing (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Donovan ◽  
Sarah R Martin ◽  
Laura C Seidman ◽  
Lonnie K Zeltzer ◽  
Tara M Cousineau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

BACKGROUND Approximately 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA) are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. Sarcomas carry a particularly high symptom burden and are some of the most common cancers among AYA. Recent work has documented significant levels of unmet needs among AYA with cancer, particularly the need for psychosocial support. Mobile technology may be a cost-effective and efficient way to deliver a psychosocial intervention to AYA with cancer and cancer survivors. OBJECTIVE The two aims of this study were to (1) develop a pilot version of a mobile-based mindfulness and social support program and (2) evaluate program usage and acceptability. An exploratory aim was to examine change in psychosocial outcomes. METHODS Thirty-seven AYA with sarcoma or sarcoma survivors, parents, and health care providers participated in the study. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 AYA, parents of five of the adolescents, and six health care providers. Themes from the interviews helped to inform the development of a mobile-based mindfulness pilot program and a companion Facebook-based social support group. Twenty AYA consented to participate in a single-arm pre-post evaluation of the program; 17 downloaded the app and joined the Facebook group. Seven of these participants had participated in the semistructured interviews. Six additional health care providers consented to participate in the evaluation stage. RESULTS On average, participants completed 16.9 of the 28 unique sessions and used the mindfulness app for a mean 10.2 (SD 8.2) days during the 28-day evaluation period. The majority of participants (16/17) engaged in the social group and posted at least one reply to the moderator’s prompts. The mean number of responses per person to the moderator of the social group was 15.2 of 31 (49%, range 0%-97%). Both AYA and health care providers responded positively to the Mindfulness for Resilience in Illness program and offered useful recommendations for improvements. Exploratory psychosocial analyses indicated there were no significant differences from pretest to posttest on measures of perceived social support, mindfulness, body image, or psychological functioning. CONCLUSIONS This study offers preliminary support for the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile-based mindfulness and Facebook-based social support program for AYA with sarcoma. The feedback from AYA and health care providers will assist in creating a fully developed intervention. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03130751; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03130751

scholarly journals The Influencing Factors of The Social Environment of Public Psychological Crisis In COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaner Tang ◽  
Weiken Kong ◽  
Zhijian Pang ◽  
Shuwen Guan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Informal Social Support ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Social Environmental Factors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The COVID-19 epidemic spreads around the world early in 2020. As a public emergency, the COVID-19 epidemic has caused a public psychological crisis such as panic, anxiety and worry. Government trust and social support are considered social environmental factors affecting the public psychological crisis, but there is a lack of strong empirical evidence. Thus, it has important theoretical and practical significance to study the impact of government trust and social support on the public psychological crisis. Through regression analysis of the questionnaire during the pandemic, we found that government trust helps reduce public psychological crises, but informal social support increases public psychological crises. Therefore, strengthening government trust and preventing the negative effects of informal social support are effective ways to alleviate public psychological crises.

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