scholarly journals Perceived Consequences of Extended Social Isolation on Mental Well-Being: Narratives from Indonesian University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10489
Author(s):  
Maila D. H. Rahiem ◽  
Steven Eric Krauss ◽  
Robin Ersing
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Data Collection Strategy ◽  
Large Populations

Despite several recent studies reporting on young people’s well-being during COVID-19, few large-scale qualitative studies have been carried out that capture the experiences of young people from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) undergoing extended social restrictions. The challenges faced by young people from LMICs during COVID-19 are likely to be amplified by their countries’ large populations, resource constraints, lack of access to health care, living conditions, socio-spatial contexts, and the pandemic’s ramifications for communities. This study explored how youths perceived their well-being after being isolated for one-and-a-half years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative narrative research was employed as a method of inquiry. One-hundred and sixty-six university students in Jakarta, Indonesia, between the ages of 17 and 22 wrote reflective online essays on the consequences of extended pandemic isolation on their mental health. This data collection strategy offered an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon through the narratives of those who experienced it. Seven themes expressing the youths’ perceived well-being were identified through inductive reflective thematic analysis: (1) the anguish of loneliness and estrangement; (2) a state of “brokenness” resulting from emotional agony and distress; (3) frustration, confusion, and anger; (4) the experience of conflicting emotions; (5) uncertainty about both the present and future; (6) a sense of purpose and fulfillment; and (7) turning to faith. The findings provide important insights into Indonesian youths’ well-being following extended social restrictions following the outbreak. Their collective experiences can be used to inform policy and practice regarding the nature of support mechanisms required both during and following the pandemic, and in the future if such a situation were to occur again.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Congruence ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract Objective: There has been increased attention in recent years to mental health, quality of life, stress and academic performance among university students, and the possible influence of learning styles. Brief reliable questionnaires are useful in large-scale multivariate research designs, such as the largely survey-based research on well-being and academic performance of university students. The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a briefer version of the 39-item Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory. Results: In two survey samples - medical and physiotherapy students - a 21-item version Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB) was shown to have the same factor structure as the parent instrument, and the factor structure of the brief instrument was found to generalise across students of medicine and physiotherapy. Sub-scale reliability estimations were in the order of magnitude of the parent instrument. Sub-scale inter-correlations, inter-factor congruence coefficients, and correlations between ADLIB sub-scale scores and several external measures provide support support for the construct and criterion validity of the instrument.

scholarly journals “Everybody’s responsibility”: Conceptualization of youth mental health in Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Tamburrino ◽  
Elijah Getanda ◽  
Michelle O’Reilly ◽  
Panos Vostanis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attribution Of Responsibility ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Disadvantaged Area ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Identity Resolution

There is increasing interest in providing resilience-building interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), but limited evidence on how young people and their carers process mental health and related supports. The aim of this study was to establish stakeholders’ conceptualization of youth mental health in a disadvantaged area of Kenya through focus groups with 7 young people aged 14–17 years and their parents, 9 teachers and 11 practitioners or community leads. The four identified themes related to definitions of both mental well-being and mental health problems; a range of contributing factors related to identity resolution, parenting, poverty and social media; attribution of responsibility at different socio-ecological levels; and required awareness, supports and interventions at these levels. Stakeholders, notably young people, are thus essential in the development and planning of user-led and culturally appropriate interventions in LMIC.

Are fishermen happier? Evidence from a large-scale subjective well-being survey in a lower-middle-income country

Marine Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 103559
Author(s):  
Zuzy Anna ◽  
Arief A. Yusuf ◽  
Armida S. Alisjahbana ◽  
Aisyah A. Ghina ◽  
Rahma
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Middle Income Country ◽  
Income Country ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Lower Middle Income Country

ANALYSIS OF WELFARE FACTORS, SUBJECTIVE HAPPINESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Д. Щетинина ◽  
D. Shchetinina ◽  
Е. Яковлева ◽  
E. Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Theoretical Approaches

The article is devoted to the study of the level of happiness, welfare and quality of life of young people. The theoretical approaches to the “quality of life”, “welfare” and “happiness” concepts are examined. The infl uencing factors like the feeling of happiness, the quality of life of young people and the dependence of the young people well-being level from economic indicators are singled out. Methods for young people life quality studying include a number of author’s questionnaires — two questionnaires were developed: for working youth and for university students. Analysis of the factors shaping the quality of life, well-being and happiness of the modern young generation made it possible to specify the notion of “happiness”, “quality of life” and “well-being” and defi ne how the feeling of happiness and wellbeing aff ects the performance indicators and the potential of young people.

Spatially integrated and socially segregated: The effects of mixed-income neighbourhoods on social well-being

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1859-1874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amie Thurber ◽  
Claire Riehle Bohmann ◽  
Craig Anne Heflinger
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mixed Income

Mixed-income development is the latest in a long line of policy interventions to improve outcomes in distressed urban neighbourhoods, particularly as an alternative to large scale public housing projects. Such developments are inherently integrationist, and have profound effects on the social lives and well-being of residents. After situating mixed-income developments within current residential demographic trends with regard to race and income, this article provides a comprehensive review of the 22 empirical studies addressing social integration in mixed-income developments in the United States, focusing on understanding the effects of spatial integration on social well-being. We discuss policy and practice implications to optimise the social well-being of residents, as well as strategies to improve scholarship in these settings.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Minas
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Factor Congruence ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Abstract Objective: There has been increased attention in recent years to mental health, quality of life, stress and academic performance among university students, and the possible influence of learning styles. Brief reliable questionnaires are useful in large-scale multivariate research designs, such as the largely survey-based research on well-being and academic performance of university students. The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a briefer version of the 39-item Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory. Results: In two survey samples - medical and physiotherapy students - a 21-item version Adelaide Diagnostic Learning Inventory - Brief (ADLIB) was shown to have the same factor structure as the parent instrument, and the factor structure of the brief instrument was found to generalise across students of medicine and physiotherapy. Sub-scale reliability estimations were in the order of magnitude of the parent instrument. Sub-scale inter-correlations, inter-factor congruence coefficients, and correlations between ADLIB sub-scale scores and several external measures provide support support for the construct and criterion validity of the instrument.

Sustainable-use protected areas catalyze enhanced livelihoods in rural Amazonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (40) ◽  
pp. e2105480118
Author(s):  
João V. Campos-Silva ◽  
Carlos A. Peres ◽  
Joseph E. Hawes ◽  
Torbjørn Haugaasen ◽  
Carolina T. Freitas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Local Livelihoods

Finding new pathways for reconciling socioeconomic well-being and nature sustainability is critically important for contemporary societies, especially in tropical developing countries where sustaining local livelihoods often clashes with biodiversity conservation. Many projects aimed at reconciling the goals of biodiversity conservation and social aspirations within protected areas (PAs) have failed on one or both counts. Here, we investigate the social consequences of living either inside or outside sustainable-use PAs in the Brazilian Amazon, using data from more than 100 local communities along a 2,000-km section of a major Amazonian river. The PAs in this region are now widely viewed as conservation triumphs, having implemented community comanagement of fisheries and recovery of overexploited wildlife populations. We document clear differences in social welfare in communities inside and outside PAs. Specifically, communities inside PAs enjoy better access to health care, education, electricity, basic sanitation, and communication infrastructure. Moreover, living within a PA was the strongest predictor of household wealth, followed by cash-transfer programs and the number of people per household. These collective cobenefits clearly influence life satisfaction, with only 5% of all adult residents inside PAs aspiring to move to urban centers, compared with 58% of adults in unprotected areas. Our results clearly demonstrate that large-scale “win–win” conservation solutions are possible in tropical countries with limited financial and human resources and reinforce the need to genuinely empower local people in integrated conservation-development programs.

A Comparative Study of Subjective Well-Being and Psychological Problems Related to Problematic Internet Use among University Students With and Without Disabilities (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Raya ◽  
Carlos Herruzo ◽  
Rosario Ruiz ◽  
Valentina Lucena ◽  
Javier Herruzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Disabled People

BACKGROUND Problematic internet use (PIU) and the psychological variables related to subjective well-being among people with disabilities has received very little attention in scientific literature. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to observe whether people with disabilities experience PIU like that of young people without disabilities; to relate PIU to psychological distress and problems in young disabled people, and to determine whether these problems are similar to or different from those experienced by young people without disabilities. METHODS PIU was evaluated using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and psychological distress was evaluated using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure (CORE-OM). The sample comprised 1,794 young people (408 university students with disabilities and 1,386 university students without disabilities). RESULTS The group of university students with disabilities showed less PIU than the non-disabled students, but the worst scores in variables referencing psychological discomfort were found among those students with disabilities who also had PIU. CONCLUSIONS PIU is related to bigger problems in disabled people for whom, with regard to problems in social relationships or the probability of self-harm, it represents a higher risk than for people without disabilities.

scholarly journals Intersecting Vulnerabilities: The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Psycho-emotional Lives of Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1613-1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prerna Banati ◽  
Nicola Jones ◽  
Sally Youssef
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Chronic Poverty ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Low And Middle Income

AbstractAcross diverse contexts, emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing levels of anxiety and stress. In calling for greater attention to people’s psychosocial and emotional well-being, global actors have paid insufficient attention to the realities of the pandemic in low- and middle-income countries, where millions of people are already exposed to intersecting vulnerabilities. Chronic poverty, protracted violence, conflict and displacement, coupled with weak health, education and protection systems, provide the backdrop of many adolescents’ lives. Drawing on qualitative in-country telephone interviews with over 500 adolescents in Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire and Lebanon, this article unpacks the age and gendered dimensions of COVID-19 and its response. We conclude by discussing the implications for COVID-19 recovery efforts, arguing that embedding adolescent-centred, inclusive approaches in education, community-based health and social protection responses, has the potential to mitigate the psycho-emotional toll of the pandemic on young people and promote resilience.

scholarly journals Tracing theories in realist evaluations of large-scale health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: experience from Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolib Mirzoev ◽  
Enyi Etiaba ◽  
Bassey Ebenso ◽  
Benjamin Uzochukwu ◽  
Tim Ensor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Health Programmes ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Abstract Realist evaluations (RE) are increasingly popular in assessing health programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This article reflects on processes of gleaning, developing, testing, consolidating and refining two programme theories (PTs) from a longitudinal mixed-methods RE of a national maternal and child health programme in Nigeria. The two PTs, facility security and patient–provider trust, represent complex and diverse issues: trust is all encompassing although less tangible, while security is more visible. Neither PT was explicit in the original programme design but emerged from the data and was supported by substantive theories. For security, we used theories of fear of crime, which perceive security as progressing from structural, political and socio-economic factors. Some facilities with the support of communities erected fences, improved lighting and employed guards, which altogether contributed to reduced fear of crime from staff and patients and improved provision and uptake of health care. The social theories for the trust PT were progressively selected to disentangle trust-related micro, meso and macro factors from the deployment and training of staff and conditional cash transfers to women for service uptake. We used taxonomies of trust factors such as safety, benevolent concerns and capability. We used social capital theory to interpret the sustainability of ‘residual’ trust after the funding for the programme ceased. Our overarching lesson is that REs are important though time-consuming ways of generating context-specific implications for policy and practice within ever-changing contexts of health systems in LMICs. It is important to ensure that PTs are ‘pitched at the right level’ of abstraction. The resource-constrained context of LMICs with insufficient documentation poses challenges for the timely convergence of nuggets of evidence to inform PTs. A retroductive approach to REs requires iterative data collection and analysis against the literature, which require continuity, coherence and shared understanding of the analytical processes within collaborative REs.

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