scholarly journals Copingul la adolescenții delincvenți

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Eliza Penelopa Nicolaescu
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Psychological Intervention

This article presents data from the research on coping development of delinquent adolescents, conducted on a sample of 210 adolescents. Juvenile delinquency is due to the inability of the adolescent to adapt satisfactorily to the environment by adopting dysfunctional coping strategies. The amelioration of delinquent vulnerabilities is done by learning new coping strategies following the application of a psychological intervention program.

scholarly journals Does social support matter? The mediating links with coping strategy and anxiety among Chinese college students in a cross-sectional study of COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Jun Peng
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cognitive Coping ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Emotional Coping

Abstract Background The provision of public adaptive coping strategies to reduce psychological tension during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is critical. We sought to provide evidence-based guidance for psychological intervention, exploring the potential mediating roles of three sources of social support (i.e., subjective support, family support and counselor support) between coping strategies (i.e., cognitive coping, emotional coping and behavioral coping), and anxiety among college students at the height of the pandemic in China. Methods Using the Coping Strategy Questionnaire, Social Support Questionnaire, and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, this large-scale online study analyzed the levels of social support, coping, and anxiety among 2640 college students in China from February 21st to 24th, 2020, when the students had been isolated at home for 1 month since the lockdown of Wuhan city. Results Students reported high levels of cognitive coping, behavioral coping, and social support. They also experienced low levels of anxiety and emotional coping. Anxiety was significantly and negatively related to coping and social support. The mediating roles of three sources of social support were found between cognitive coping, behavioral coping, and anxiety, respectively. However, the effect of emotional coping on anxiety was not found to be mediated by social support. Conclusions Adopting positive coping strategies may enhance social support that in turn relieves anxiety. The effect of social support, especially family and counselor support, should arouse greater awareness in coping with the pandemic cognitively and behaviorally.

Protocol for the Development and Rapid-Response Deployment of Pandemic Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Response (PACER) Training (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Fung ◽  
Jenny JW Liu ◽  
Mandana Vahabi ◽  
Alan Tai-Wai Li ◽  
Mateusz Zurowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Ace Model ◽  
Chinese Canadian ◽  
Collective Empowerment

BACKGROUND During a global pandemic, it is critical to rapidly deploy a psychological intervention to support the mental health and resilience of highly affected individuals and communities. OBJECTIVE This is the impetus behind the development and implementation of the Pandemic Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Response (PACER) Training, an online blended-skills building intervention to increase the resilience and wellbeing of participants while promoting their individual and collective empowerment and capacity-building. METHODS Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and social justice-based Group Empowerment Psychoeducation (GEP), we developed the Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment (ACE) model to enhance psychological resilience and collective empowerment. PACER program consists of six online interactive self-guided modules complemented by six weekly 90 minutes facilitator-led video-conference group sessions. RESULTS As of August 2021, a total of 325 participants have enrolled in the PACER program. Participants include frontline healthcare providers and Chinese Canadian community members. CONCLUSIONS The PACER program is an innovative intervention program with the potential for increasing psychological resilience and collective empowerment while reducing mental distress during the pandemic.

Effect of an Emotional Intelligence Intervention Program on Coping Strategies Among Government School Teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-156
Author(s):  
Jayalakshmi V. ◽  
Aravindakshan M.
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Government School ◽  
And Control ◽  
Emotionally Intelligent ◽  
Experimental Group

Teaching is regarded to be among the careers in which employees are subjected to high levels of stress. Teacher stress is a complex and enduring problem. Hence, it is highly crucial that teachers learn ways of coping or managing with stressors inherent in teaching. Studies have shown that emotionally intelligent individuals can cope better with the challenges of life and control their emotions more efficiently than those who cannot. Thus, the present study aimed at developing an emotional intelligence intervention program and assessing its effect on the coping strategies among schoolteachers. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 47 teachers (25 women and 22 men) working in government schools in Erode district as sample for the study. An emotional intelligence intervention program that was tailor-made by the researcher was implemented on the experimental group. Results revealed that the emotional intelligence intervention program was very effective in helping teachers use effective coping strategies to combat stress.

From the therapeutic to the post-therapeutic: The resilient subject, its social imaginary, and its practices in the shadow of 9/11

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Brunner ◽  
Galia Plotkin Amrami
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Resilience Thinking ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Bounce Back ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Ideal

In the aftermath of 9/11, the concept of psychological resilience, which refers to the ability to “bounce back” after adversity, became prominent across the American mental health community. Resilience thinking made its way quickly into the U.S. military, where it sparked the most expensive psychological intervention program in history. This article interweaves four strands of explanation—political, scientific, technological, and cultural—to account for the success of resilience thinking in the U.S. military and beyond. It shows that theories and practices of psychological resilience are not as novel as their proponents make them out to be. However, it also details how the ideal of a post-therapeutic, resilient subject became the cornerstone of a new, post-9/11 social imaginary. This article concludes that the contemporary ascendancy of psychological resilience indicates that rather than allying itself with the therapeutic as it had done previously, post-9/11 neoliberalism has moved toward the post-therapeutic.

Working in the “Villas” of Buenos Aires: Cultural Considerations

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie J. Hanrahan
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Self Worth

People who live in the villas (i.e., slums) of Buenos Aires are confronted with poverty, poor and dangerous living conditions, and discrimination. Ten weeks were spent in the villas delivering a program designed to enhance life satisfaction and self-worth through games and the development of mental skills. The purpose of this paper is not to report on the content or the effectiveness of the program, but rather to explore the variables within Argentina and the villas as well as my own cultural biases that may have influenced the delivery of a psychological intervention program. Argentine factors include a high prevalence of psychologists and a psychoanalytic focus. Characteristics of the villas include environmental factors (e.g., transportation issues, sanitation), logistical issues (e.g., venues, access to writing implements), and psychological matters (e.g., hopelessness, different perceptions of confidence). Practitioner concerns included limited familiarity with life in the villas and having values that might be different from those of the participants. The discussion includes recommendations for others who are considering working in similar cultural and contextual situations.

scholarly journals A psychological intervention proposal on coping with pain for children with Sickle Cell Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christyne Gomes Toledo de OLIVEIRA ◽  
Sônia Regina Fiorim ENUMO ◽  
Kely Maria Pereira de PAULA
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Sickle Cell Disease ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
Computerized Assessment ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Pain is common in Sickle Cell Disease. This study proposes a Psychological Intervention Program for Children with Sickle Cell Disease (Intervenção Psicológica para Crianças com Anemia Falciforme). It was applied to seven children in a hospital. The intervention was based in the Motivational Theory of Coping and includes the Coping with Pain Game (Jogo “Enfrentando a Dor”). The Computerized Assessment Instrument of Coping with Hospitalization-Pain (Instrumento Computadorizado para Avaliação do Enfrentamento da Hospitalização-Dor) was applied before and after seven weekly sessions. The results showed significant increase in the facilitating behaviors to cope with pain, and in problem-solving, an adaptive coping; and a reduction in the non-facilitating behaviors and in rumination, a maladaptive coping. The stressor perception as a challenge to the need of competence increased, whereas the stressor perception as a threat to the need of competence and autonomy decreased. This intervention may have contributed to promote adaptive coping with pain.

scholarly journals Efficacy of an Internet-Based Intervention for Subclinical Depression (MoodBox) in China: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Chen ◽  
Xiaolong Zhang ◽  
Xuequan Zhu ◽  
Gang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Clinical Trial Registry ◽  
Clinical Trial Registration ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Alternative Treatment Option ◽  
Subclinical Depression

Background: Subclinical depression is a prevalent mental health problem and increases the incidence of the onset of major mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder (MDD). Psychological interventions have been proved to be effective for reducing depressive symptoms for people with subclinical depression and can prevent the onset of MDD. However, people have limited access to face-to-face psychotherapy. Internet-based psychological intervention is an alternative treatment option. The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of MoodBox, an online psychological intervention program, for subclinical depression.Methods: This study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, non-blinded superiority study with three parallel groups. A total of 435 first-year university students with subclinical depression will be recruited. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to the MoodBox group, the online psychoeducation group, and the naturalistic observation group at a ratio of 1:1:1. The intervention period is 8 weeks, and participants will be continuously followed up for 1 year. The primary outcome of the study is the efficacy of the intervention, defined as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).Discussion: This is the first study to innovatively develop and test an intervention to improve psychological well-being and decrease the incidence of MDD in a subclinical depression population in China. Once proven effective and acceptable, MoodBox could be potentially integrated into the routine clinical service to facilitate the management for people with subclinical depression.Clinical Trial Registration: The trial is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry on 21 July 2020 (No. ChiCTR2000034826).

Psychosocial Characteristics of Individuals With Non–Stage IV Melanoma

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2844-2850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Trask ◽  
Amber G. Paterson ◽  
Satoru Hayasaka ◽  
Rodney L. Dunn ◽  
Michelle Riba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychological Intervention ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Stage Iv Disease ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
And Coping

PURPOSE: Melanoma is the fastest growing solid tumor among men and women and accounts for 79% of skin cancer–related deaths. Research has identified that distress is frequently associated with a diagnosis of cancer and may slow treatment-seeking and recovery, increasing morbidity and even mortality through faster disease course. Given that the 5-year survival rates for individuals with melanoma are determined primarily by the depth and extent of spread, distress that interferes with seeking treatment has the potential to be life-threatening. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The current study was designed to identify levels of distress present in individuals seeking treatment at a large, Midwestern, multidisciplinary melanoma clinic. It also focused on determining the quality of life, level of anxiety, and coping strategies used by individuals with melanoma before treatment. Given that the course of treatment and outcome for patients with stage IV disease is vastly different from that of patients with stages I to III disease, they were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Results indicated that most individuals who are presenting to a melanoma clinic do not report a clinically significant level of distress. However, there is some variability in this, with 29% of patients reporting moderate to high levels of distress. Moreover, analyses suggest that distressed individuals are more likely to use maladaptive coping strategies, such as escape-avoidance coping, and to have poorer quality of life. CONCLUSION: Although most individuals do not present with significant levels of distress, a significant minority are distressed and rely more heavily on coping strategies that do not benefit them. Such individuals would likely benefit most from psychological intervention.

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