The Role of Psychosocial Factors on Perceived Impact of Oil ‘Scrambling’ in the Niger-Delta: A Community’s Experience

Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage remains a problem despite political and educational initiatives. This study explored the role of personality and psychosocial factors in occupational status in a survey of 383 participants (174 males and 209 females) over 39 years from age 16 to 55. Mother’s education, extraversion, and mastery motivation were the best predictors of current socioeconomic status. A focus on education and academic development as the single solution to social immobility has been ineffective. Instead a broader approach which includes realistic lifelong educational opportunities and an education system which enables socioemotional development as well as academic growth is recommended.

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Corporate social responsibility of multinational oil companies and conflict resolution in communities of niger delta region, nigeria: the role of the federal government

ACADEMICIA An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal ◽

10.5958/2249-7137.2021.00632.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 274-287

Author(s):

Peterside Henry Vincent

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Conflict Resolution ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Federal Government ◽

Niger Delta ◽

Delta Region ◽

Oil Companies ◽

Niger Delta Region ◽

Corporate Social

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EIMECA: A Proposal for a Model of Collective Environmental Actions

10.20944/preprints202102.0561.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Beatriz Carmona-Moya ◽

Antonia Calvo-Salguero ◽

M.Carmen Aguilar-Luzón

Keyword(s):

Collective Action ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Research Agenda ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Environmental Action ◽

Environmental Identity ◽

Group Efficacy ◽

Negative Affects ◽

Environmental Actions

The deterioration and destruction of the environment is becoming more and more considerable and greater efforts are needed to stop it. To accomplish this feat, all members of society must identify with environmental problems, with collective environmental action being one of the most relevant means of doing so. From this perspective, the analysis of the psychosocial factors that lead to participation in environmental collective action emerges as a priority objective in the research agenda. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the role of "environmental identity" as conceptualized by Clayton, as a central axis for explaining environmental collective action. The inclusion of the latter in the theoretical framework of the SIMCA model gives rise to the model that we have called EIMECA. Two studies were conducted, and the results reveal that environmental identity, a variety of negative affects, as well as group efficacy accompanied by hope for a simultaneous additive effect, are critical when it comes to predicting environmental collective action.

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Recalibrating the epigenetic clock after exposure to trauma: The role of risk and protective psychosocial factors

Journal of Psychiatric Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.026 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Divya Mehta ◽

Dagmar Bruenig ◽

John Pierce ◽

Anita Sathyanarayanan ◽

Rachel Stringfellow ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Epigenetic Clock ◽

Exposure To Trauma

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Self-perceived health among early adolescents: Role of psychosocial factors

Pediatrics International ◽

10.1111/j.1442-200x.2007.02430.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 49 (5) ◽

pp. 577-583 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

BETTINA F PIKO ◽

NOEMI KERESZTES

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Early Adolescents ◽

Perceived Health

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Internal Factors Affecting Perceived Impact of ICT on Rural Business Potential: The Mediating Role of Productive Internet Usage

International Journal of Asian Social Science ◽

10.18488/journal.1.2020.109.471.482 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 471-482

Author(s):

Nur Adila Binti Latif ◽

Shahren Ahmad Zaidi Adruce

Keyword(s):

Internet Usage ◽

Internal Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Rural Business ◽

Perceived Impact

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The relationship between psychosocial factors and reported disability: The role of pain self-efficacy

10.21203/rs.3.rs-736799/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Antonio Varela

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Chronic Pain ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Pain Catastrophizing ◽

Low Back ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background Chronic pain in all its forms and the accompanying level of disability is a healthcare crisis that reaches epidemic proportions and is considered a world level crisis. Chronic non-specific low back pain contributes a significant proportion of chronic pain. Specific psychosocial factors and their influence on reported disability in a chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) population was researched. Methods Psychosocial factors examined include fear, catastrophizing, depression, and pain self-efficacy. This cross-sectional correlational study examined the mediating role between pain self-efficacy and the specific psychosocial factors with reported disability. The study included 90 participants with CNLBP between 20 and 60 years of age. Participants completed the Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire, The Pain Catastrophizing Scale, The Patient Health Questionnaire-9, The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, and The Lumbar Oswestry Disability Index to measure fear of physical activity, pain catastrophizing, depression, pain self-efficacy, and reported disability, respectively. The study used multivariate regression and mediation analyses. Results The principal finding of the study was a strong inverse relationship between pain self-efficacy and reported disability. Further, pain self-efficacy was considered a statistic mediator for all psychosocial factors investigated within this data set. Pain self-efficacy was strongly considered to have a mediating role between reported fear of physical activity and disability, reported pain catastrophizing and disability, and reported depression and disability. Additionally, adjusting for age and reported pain levels proved to be statistically significant, and it did not alter the role of pain self-efficacy. Conclusion The results identified that pain self-efficacy had a mediating role in the relationship between the specific psychosocial factors of fear, catastrophizing, and depression and reported disability. Pain self-efficacy plays a more significant role in the relationships between specific psychosocial factors and reported disability with CNLBP than previously considered.

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