scholarly journals INCEST PHENOMENON IN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY: REALITIES AND VISIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Irena Gailienė
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Group Thinking ◽  
Psychosocial Climate

The article examines the genesis of incestuous connection and its expression in the academic community, focusing on the moral, psychosocial, and educational dimensions and meaning. These aspects recently are obviously deviated from the social standards. Anomaly is becoming more and more the norm. With reference to psychological patterns and personal experiences, it is analyzed and illustrated the real and projected impact of incest phenomenon on functioning of academic community: on quality of studies, on research activities, on psychosocial climate and on profes-sional motivation of community members. The consequences of incest are revealed when formally in-groups are established or informally establishes themselves. In such groups typically group thinking is developed, which implies the occurrence of three essential conditions: the group friendship, unity: the relative group isolation from different-minded and the presence of directive leadership, which allows to understand what decisions are appreciated. In in-groups professional and personal intimacy is dominated, withdrawal in their own thoughts circle, rejection of any criticism, censorship and self-censorship, conformism and unconditional obedience to leaders, disregard to moral norms and other features are noticed. Negative impact of the incest phenomenon and its disposal options is set out in two scenarios: pessimistic and optimistic one. In pessimistic scenario a group thinking features and division of community into two hostile camps: us and them, are examined. In-groups are usually characterized by the phenomenon of internal favoritism, where inappropriate, ineffective actions and decisions of this group members are justified. The members of out-group are assessed uniformly and trite, i.e. not taking into consideration the individual personalities. They are usually assigned with negative „labels“. Dissidents instead are considered to be particularly enimies, who submit their own evaluations, opinions and criticisms, thus, different ways of their rejection or even exclusion from the community are searched. In optimistic scenario visions are concretized, thanks to which disappearance of incestuous relations and together the positive changes in everyday life of the academic community are likely expected. Key words: academic community, incestuous connection, quality of studies.

Effectiveness and Efficacy of Therapeutic Interventions Performed by Nurses for Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review

2022 ◽  
pp. 107839032110681
Author(s):  
Roslaine Ifran Amaral ◽  
Fernanda Cirne Lima Weston ◽  
Vânia Naomi Hirakata ◽  
Adriana Aparecida Paz ◽  
Ana Cristina Wesner
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Quality Of Evidence ◽  
Assessment Development ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
The Individual

BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive anxiety, fear, and behavioral disorders that can lead the individual to have losses in daily, social, and work activities, generating a negative impact on their quality of life. AIM: To evaluate the quality of evidence of the therapeutic interventions performed by nurses for anxiety disorders. METHOD: An analysis of the quality of evidence was performed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. The systematic review protocol was registered in the Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (Prospero), CRD420202939. RESULTS: The interventions performed by nurses were effective ( d = 0.44), with significant improvement in reducing anxiety levels, reducing drug use, and improving self-control. CONCLUSIONS: The study indicates that therapeutic interventions performed by nurses are beneficial for individuals who suffer from anxiety disorders, with significant improvement in reducing anxiety levels, reducing medication use, improving self-control, and remission of anxiety symptoms.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on the Dietary Habits of Middle-Class Population in Mulund, Mumbai, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidhi Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

In India, the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic has grown to 112,359 cases and 3,435 deaths as per 21st May, 2020. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) affected the world with 4,893,186 cases and 323,256 deaths as of 21st May, 2020. The WHO declared the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern on 30th January, 2020 and it was declared as a pandemic in March 2020. Clinical studies conducted on hospitalized cases show that the onset of COVID-19 is associated with symptoms commonly associated with viral pneumonia, most commonly fever, cough/sore throat and myalgia/fatigue. COVID-19 world pandemic imposed a new set of challenges for the individual to maintain a healthy diet. When compared to the USA, India is currently facing lesser cases of the pandemic because of early implementation of the preventive measures such as a lockdown. Because of the lockdown imposed, India has and is facing a downfall in every aspect, such as the economy, the agriculture, the health sector, the IT and management sectors and also tourism. This in turn, will have a negative impact on the quality of life and economy in India. The present paper aims to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health sector and is based on the results obtained from a survey about the eating patterns of participants from Mulund, Mumbai, India. It was seen that the mental stress caused due to the pandemic had an effect on the dietary behaviors of the participants.

How Do the Romanian Students Consider the Research Competencies Appropriate for Their Future Career?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 162-179
Author(s):  
Roxana Constanţa Enache ◽  
Gabriel Gorghiu ◽  
Laura Monica Gorghiu ◽  
Ana-Maria Aurelia Petrescu ◽  
Camelia Stăiculescu
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Competencies ◽  
The Individual

Students’ research competencies are seen today, for any specialist, as necessary, both in terms of their use in academic training but also for the future careers. The analysis of educational practices in various education systems shows that the development of those skills starts sooner or later along the educational paths. We consider that research competencies are necessary in more and more diverse contexts, together with the development of educational practices that should develop the research competences in the initial and continuous training processes. This study aims to capture the correlation between the perceptions of Romanian students concerning the need to develop research competencies, and the extent to which they are effectively formed in actual higher education programs. The steps made for the development of each career, but also the successful completion of the university studies imply the development and practice of research competencies. The research aims to identify how students from several Romanian universities perceive the need to gather research competencies, what is the meaning of those skills, in what situations are used, but also what barriers are encountered in the research activity. Seeking to minimize any negative impact of research on the well-being status, we believe that a key factor in facilitating well-being is related to responsible research and innovation. Another important aspect of this research is offered by the identification of the respondents’ perceptions considering the importance of research in the students’ future professional activity, which could implicitly determine the interest in ensuring the individual and organizational well-being. For the present research, we aim to find a correlation of research competencies with the well-being status, to identify the necessary research competencies among the objectives of training, to determine the structural elements of research competencies, to identify situations / contexts in which such skills may be useful, to identify aspects that alters the well-being status in research activities, as well as solutions for promoting the well-being status in research activities.

Research competence of cadets as an important training component

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Valentain N. Sukhorukov
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Willingness To Use

We presented the scientific and theoretical conditionality of the research competence of future officers, considered in the context of the analysis of the essence of key concepts: “research competence” and “research competence”. We defined the research competence of future officers as the integrative quality of the individual, combining knowledge, skills, abilities to master modern design technologies and organize scientific research based on a competent approach to solving professional problems; the formation of personally significant qualities of a specialist; ability to define goals, objectives, strategies for professional activity; willingness to use the results of scientific research to ensure the effectiveness of their professional activities; ability to solve professional problems by understanding the fundamental foundations of military-professional activity. On the basis of certain content of research activities of cadets (design, information, analytical, practical) we highlighted components of research competence of future officers: motivational-value, intellectual, constructive-projective, organizational-communicative, informational and reflexive-corrective, we revealed their peculiarities. At the same time, the independent activity of cadets in the development of research abilities and skills, intensified by the research approach in training, contributes to the formation of research competence of cadets. Determining in the formation of research skills of cadets are the methodology and organization of their educational, educational and research activities, the implementation of which is carried out in several stages: orientation and research; organizational research and research.

The Use of Theory-Relevant Goals as a Means of Enhancing Utilization

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Karen Korabik
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

This article describes an evaluation of the Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP), a broad-aim rural development project designed to improve the quality of rural life by providing personnel and resources from the university to aid in the solution of problems in the community. Rather than assessing the outcomes of the project, this evaluation used a goal attainment scaling approach to examine the extent to which the individual programs comprising the project followed principles of rural development theory in establishing their services. Results indicated that an integrated approach to problems and active participation and involvement of community members was most likely to lead to above expected goal attainment.

scholarly journals Potential of stingless bee farm for agriculturally based urban community development in Bandung, West Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 306 ◽  
pp. 02048
Author(s):  
Dika Supyandi ◽  
Parikesit ◽  
Iwan Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Stingless Bee ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The City

The existence of pollinators is highly significant in ensuring sustainability of agriculture produces. Among several pollinators, bees are the most recognized and common in the plant world. In general, two species of bees are identified, namely sting bees and stingless bees. In a middle of the city of Bandung, several stingless beehives have been kept by a community. This paper aims to describe the process of the bee farm, motives behind the farming, participation of community members, and how far this bee farm activities potential to community development. This paper is written based on qualitative research process implementing deep interview, observations, and interview with stakeholders. The results show that stingless bee farm has the potential to improve the processes and outcomes of urban community development, even though hitherto it has not been carried out commercially and profitable; motives of the farm was for environmental protection reasons such as improving the physical environment in the area not for financial/economic reasons; the participation of group members in various group activities can be categorized to be good; two major impacts received by the community are increased social cohesion among community members and improved quality of the physical environment in the area.

scholarly journals Everyday Life Experiences of Independence in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gintarė Levulytė ◽  
Evelina Lamsodienė
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Incurable Disease ◽  
The Individual

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable disease which affects the human body and day to day activities. Diffcultly completing daily tasks is the main problem associated with rheumatoid arthritis. This chronic disease causes a large number of restrictions when dealing with daily life. Restrictions can be simple as having diffculty with basic activities such as looking after themselves and their homes, and too diffcult in more advanced tasks which require greater effort. These restrictions not only affect the ability of the individual to complete daily tasks but can also have a negative impact on the individual’s emotional and social relationships and their overall quality of life. The aim – describe everyday life experiences of women with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods. A qualitative study was carried out where 3 women who suffered with rheumatoid arthritis were interviewed. The average duration of the disease was 15 years and the average age of women interviewed was 56 years. The interview consisted of 7 questions, including how independent women were in conducting daily activities when they had the disease. The study was carried out in February– April, 2017. Each woman was interviewed individually and the conversation was recorded with a Dictaphone and the conversation was then transcribed. Data were analysed applying the method of content analysis. All the data was then analysed and later sorted in subcategories, which were then grouped into larger categories. The interview period lasted from 30 minutes up to 1 hour. Results. The results revealed that women had problems with the symptoms of illness in their daily lives such as dealing with self-care, clothing, food and work. Conclusions. 1) Women with rheumatoid arthritis had changes in daily activities in the following areas: personal hygiene, dressing and undressing, preparing food, having problems showering, the pain they had in the shoulder did not allow them to complete daily activities as desired. 2) As the conditions of the joints worsen, everyday activities become more painful, performed slower and require greater effort, it becomes diffcult to grab and hold small objects. 3) Activities performed by individuals with rheumatoid arthritis are decreased due to the presence of symptoms, but women took measures to complete these activities easier.Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis, independence, life experiences, daily activities, occupational therapy.

scholarly journals Personal economic security in COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (22) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Olena Vynoslavska ◽  
◽  
Maria Kononets ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Target Function ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Political Sources ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Consciousness ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. The personal economic security is a complex phenomenon that consists of many components. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to identify and analyze which of these components contain the main threats that require priority protection of the individual. Aim. Based on the analysis of scientific psychological, economic, sociological, political sources devoted to the study of the personal economic security, clarify its content and parameters, highlight the main threats in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results. The article is devoted to the analysis of the concept "personal economic security", considered as a state of the economic consciousness, in which the subject must perceive the existing quality of life as adequate and reliable. The relevance of the study is confirmed by the list of modern publications dedicated the problem of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personal economic security. The article analyzes the content, target function and structure of the personal economic security. The essence of the categories "challenge", "danger", "threat", "risk", the ratio between them are disclosed. Threats to the personality economic security in a pandemic and the main directions of protection against these threats are shown. Conclusions. The information presented in the article can be useful in studying the psychological consequences of the impact to the personal economic security caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ communication on the Internet: the boundaries of normativity

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
D.V. Kiriukhina
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Communication Culture

The emergence and spread of the Internet has led to the fact that the virtual space has become a new source of communication, especially for adolescents, active users. However, such communication differs significantly from real interaction in the absence of various restrictions that affect the quality of communication and can lead to complete disregard of generally accepted moral norms. The purpose of the article is to analyze the features of adolescents ' communication on the Internet and the boundaries of normativity that they tend to cross, as well as the reasons for their violation. The article considers the positive and negative impact of Internet communication on the personality of schoolchildren, communication models, revealing the distinctive features of network interaction of young people and their negative consequences. The problems of compliance with the norms of communication and etiquette are analyzed, which, among other things, can develop into a more aggressive form – cyberbullying. Statistical data on violations of the boundaries of normativity when communicating with young people on the Internet in a number of countries are presented. The main directions of prevention of non-normative interaction of adolescents in the virtual space are highlighted. The study of the peculiarities of communication of adolescents in the digital environment will reveal in more detail the understanding of the causes of the spread of virtual aggression and will be able to contribute to the development of the level of communication culture of young people on the Internet.

U3A (the University of the Third Age) in Australia: a Model For Successful Ageing

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Swindell
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTEducation may have an important role to play in helping to enhance older people's quality of life. The University of the Third Age (U3A) has operated successfully in many countries for nearly two decades, yet few studies have described the characteristics of those who are attracted to the movement, or the benefits to the individual and, possibly, to wider society of the U3A approach to education. This study discusses major findings from 770 responses to a postal survey involving members from twelve independent U3A campuses in three Australian States, and compares these findings with data reported for older learners in other countries. Some implications for Australian U3As undertaking research activities which have the potential to benefit the wider ageing community are raised.

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