scholarly journals Enhancing Adolescent Girls’ Well-Being in the Arctic—Finding What Motivates Spending Time in Nature

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2052
Author(s):  
Varpu Wiens ◽  
Kari Soronen ◽  
Helvi Kyngäs ◽  
Tarja Pölkki
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Finnish Lapland ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Published Research

Background: According to previous studies, the natural environment positively influences well-being, including that of adolescent girls. However, knowledge is lacking on what motivates adolescent girls to spend time in nature. A secondary analysis of qualitative data was conducted employing three preexisting sets of interview data that had formed the basis of previously published research reports. A novel perspective on what motivates adolescent girls in the Arctic to spend time in nature was uncovered—a finding that previous articles have not reported. Aim: The aim was to describe what motivates adolescent girls in the Arctic to spend time in nature. Methods: The participants were adolescent girls aged 13 to 16 living in the province of Finnish Lapland. The girls wrote about well-being (n = 117) and were interviewed (n = 19) about the meaning of seasonal changes, nature and animals’ influence on well-being. Also, five focus group interviews (n = 17) were held. The materials were analyzed by inductive content analysis. Results: After the secondary analysis, three generic categories were found: (1) wanting to have pleasant emotions, (2) the possibility of participating in activities and (3) a desire to feel better. The main category of “need to experience positive sensations” was formed. Conclusion: Based on these results, through personalized guidance and advice, it is possible to strengthen adolescent girls’ willingness to spend time in nature.

Nursing Students’ Experiences With Death and Terminal Patients During Clinical Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282095051
Author(s):  
Şenay Gül ◽  
Seyhan Demir Karabulut ◽  
Handan Eren ◽  
Mahinur Durmuş İskender ◽  
Zehra Göçmen Baykara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
First Time

The aim of this study is to explore nursing students’ experiences with death and terminal patients during clinical education. A secondary analysis of qualitative data that were collected through 11 focus group interviews with nursing students was performed. Data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. There were a total of 9 themes across 3 contexts. Data were grouped under the following themes: feelings experienced when encountering death for the first time, reactions to the first encounter with death, factors affecting the reactions to death, involvement in terminal patient care, being informed about the physical process that terminal patients are going through, students’ approach toward terminal patients and their relatives, health professionals’ approach toward terminal/dying patients/their relatives, changes in the ideas about death, and changes in the ideas about terminal/dying patients. The study shows a lack of guidance on the part of teachers who also avoid patients and families who are considered terminally ill.

The Experiences of People With Advanced Cancer and Professionals Participating in a Program With Focus on Rehabilitation and Palliative Care

2022 ◽  
pp. 003022282110583
Author(s):  
Mette Raunkiær
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Physical Functions ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
And Training

The study’s aim is to explore the experiences of people with advanced cancer and professionals participating in a program with focus on rehabilitation and palliative care. The study is based on two adjusted rehabilitation programs for 33 people with advanced cancer and 12 professionals. An observational study was conducted among the participants and two focus group interviews with 10 professionals. The analytic themes were “Lightness and happiness to gain control in everyday life,” “Community and closeness,” and “Training as a happiness and changing agent.” The activities had to support physical functions and everyday activities promoting body identity and well-being as well as emotions like closeness, lightness, and happiness in groups with like-minded people and at home with a partner and other family members. These activities and theory of emotions and body can expand the understanding of palliative care and rehabilitation as separated or integrated perspectives theoretical and in practice.

Suicide: Qualitative data from focus group interviews with youth

1997 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1563-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Coggan ◽  
Pam Patterson ◽  
Jacqui Fill
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews

Gender, Work and Economic Restructuring in a Transcarpathia (Ukraine) Village

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Generational Differences ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Field Site ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Gender And Work ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Group Interviews

This paper combines two sources of qualitative data, focus group interviews and ethnographic research, to discuss gender as a factor in changes to work and identity in a rural Ukrainian village. Analyzing data from focus groups I conducted in the winter and fall of 1997 at my dissertation field site in Transcarpathia, I argue that in this community gender differences are as important as generational differences in shaping participants' evaluation of work opportunities before, during and in particular after the Soviet period. The important relationship between gender and work opportunities in this village stems both from traditional divisions of labor and the loss of professional jobs, such as teaching and administrative positions, available to women during the Soviet period.

scholarly journals “I Wish I Had Help Earlier. We Could Have Been Happier Sooner.” Overcoming the Bystander Effect in the Care for Alcohol-Dependent Parents

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Snoek ◽  
Boukje A. G. Dijkstra ◽  
Wiebren Markus ◽  
Margreet Van der Meer ◽  
Guido De Wert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bystander Effect ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Drinking Problems ◽  
Drinking Problem ◽  
Child Welfare Social Workers ◽  
Parental Drinking ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Parental Alcohol ◽  
Alcohol Dependent

Parental alcohol dependency is associated with risks for the well-being of their children. However, guiding these families to support is often complicated. We interviewed 10 alcohol dependent parents, and held 3 focus group interviews with child welfare social workers, and alcohol and other drug workers. We identified a reluctance to act among professional and non-professional bystanders. Family members, neighbours, teachers, and general practitioners are often aware of parental drinking problems, but are reluctant to discuss them with the parents or to alert services designed to support families. The aim of this paper is to share the experiences of parents and show that parents appreciate interventions if done in a certain manner. Although parents were reluctant to discuss their drinking problem, they considered these problems as symptoms of underlying severe distress. They were highly motivated to get help for these underlying problems and wondered why they were not questioned about their distress by those around them. The silence of others reinforced pre-existing feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness. In this paper we analyse other's hesitation to intervene as a form of the bystander effect, and make suggestions on how this bystander effect can be overcome.

scholarly journals Pengalaman Daya Tahan Diri Pelajar Universiti: Keperluan Kepada Penyesuaian Kehidupan di Kampus

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-129
Author(s):  
Nor Ezdianie Omar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Education Of Students

The low level of resilience had disrupted the psychological well-being and sustainable education of students who studied in the field of helping profession, at two distinct public universities in Terengganu. Therefore, the present study explored the students’ resilience via the qualitative method. The data was collected vis-à-vis focus group interviews based on a semi-structured interview protocol. In general, 16 students participated in the study. They pursued a Diploma in Nursing, Radiography, a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and a Bachelor of Counselling at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin. These informants were selected via stratified purposive sampling, and the obtained data were analysed thematically. Results revealed that the informants learned ways to build resilience and how the power of resilience helped their adaptability skills in university. In conclusion, the present study contributed to the knowledge of resilience, which reinforced these students’ resilience. Finally, the present study recommended web-based intervention to promote and enhance students’ resilience in tertiary education.

Children's Knowledge and Beliefs about AIDS: Qualitative Data from Focus Group Interviews

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn J. Hoppe ◽  
Elizabeth A. Wells ◽  
Anthony Wilsdon ◽  
Mary R. Gillmore ◽  
Diane M. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Group Interviews

“I'm Here Because of Christ and Worshipping God …”

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Kpobi ◽  
Elizabeth Anokyewaa Sarfo ◽  
Joana Salifu Yendork
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Blind Faith

Many people like to identify as belonging to one church or another. Previous studies have explored the process of switching from one religious group to another, and this process has identified various factors that determine the likelihood and reasons for switching. Although this has been explored, little is known about the factors that influence switching among charismatic Christians in Ghana, and the potential implications of such switching on mental well-being. Our study therefore explored the reasons given by members of selected neo-Pentecostal/charismatic churches in Ghana for their decision to switch to these churches. The study was conducted in six neo-Pentecostal churches in Accra and Kumasi through the use of individual and focus group interviews as well as observations of church activities. A total of 86 respondents cited reasons such as geographic mobility, marriage, answers to prayer, as well as miracles and prophecies as their determining factors. These are discussed with emphasis on the potential implications for mental health such as psychological distress, blind faith, and individual agency.

scholarly journals The Realization of English Vowels by Kuwaiti Speakers

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hanan A. Taqi ◽  
Nada A. Algharabally ◽  
Rahima S. Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
English Vowels ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Received Pronunciation ◽  
Insight Into

Learning to speak a language does not necessarily mean learning to realize all the phonemes of that language. When a sound does not exist in a speakers’ mother tongue, s/he tends to use a phonotactic; hence, either replacing the sound with another that might sound similar, eliminating the sound, or adding a sound to make it possible to realize. In some cases, the orthography of the target language causes confusion and is considered misleading to non-native speakers. There are only 6 vowels in Arabic phonetics, long and short. Yet, there are 20 phonetic vowel symbols in Received Pronunciation, and 16 in General American. The following study investigates the realization of the English vowels by Kuwaiti speakers, and the effect of orthography on such realizations. 64 male and female Kuwaiti speakers are recorded reading 55 words and 10 sentences. The data obtained was analyzed by Praat (qualitative data), and SPSS (quantitative data). Focus group interviews were also conducted to gain further insight into the topic. It was found that not only do the speakers replace the vowels that do not exist in Arabic, but they also mispronounce vowels that exist in Arabic as they are negatively affected by the English orthography.

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