scholarly journals SECURITY CULTURE IN THE FUNCTION OF CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
ŽELJKO BJELAJAC
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Security Culture ◽  
Cultures Of Peace ◽  
Culture Of Peace ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

The current crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has destroyed many lives and economies of many countries around the world, has shown, more than ever, how much the need for security has become more pronounced. Due to uncertainty, fear of the unknown and permanent concern about how the crisis will affect them, their loved ones and their existence in general, people are trying to regain predictability, order and control in their lives. Of course, this includes all aspects of “security”: emotional security, physical security, financial security, the effectiveness of law and justice, freedom from fear, social stability, security of property, health and well-being. stress, and even today they face a life in which there is little order and predictability. Although rational beings, they have not yet adopted a security culture as a kind of skill of living, which is a precondition for creating cultures of peace and non-violence, which is key to human existence and prosperity.

A positive psychology study and intervention on the well-being of French PhD students in biology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Marais ◽  
Rebecca Shankland ◽  
Pascale Haag ◽  
Robin Fiault ◽  
Bridget Juniper
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Reference Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Human Costs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

In France, little data are available on mental health and well-being in academia, and nothing has been published about PhD students. From studies abroad, we know that doing a PhD is a difficult experience resulting in high attrition rates with significant financial and human costs. Here we focused on PhD students in biology at university Lyon 1. A first study aimed at measuring the mental health and well-being of PhD students using several generalist and PhD-specific tools. Our results on 136 participants showed that a large fraction of the PhD students experience abnormal levels of stress, depression and anxiety, and their mean well-being score is significantly lower than that of a British reference sample. French PhD student well-being is specifically affected by career uncertainty, perceived lack of progress in the PhD and perceived lack of competence, which points towards possible cultural differences of experiencing a PhD in France and the UK. In a second study, we carried out a positive psychology intervention. Comparing the scores of the test and control groups showed a clear effect of the intervention on reducing anxiety. We discuss our results and the possible future steps to improve French PhD students’ well-being.

Conceptualising integrated thinking in practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Oliver ◽  
Gillian Vesty ◽  
Albie Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer theoretical and practical insights on the ways in which integrated thinking is observed in practice. Integrated thinking is linked to integrated reporting, and described as an attribute or capacity for senior management to constructively manage tensions between the multiple capitals (manufactured, intellectual, human, natural, social and relationship as well as financial capital) in strategy, resource allocation, performance measurement and control. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework is developed from the accounting and systems thinking literature, linking integrated thinking to sustainability. Soft versus hard integrated thinking approaches are applied to contrast the siloed management of sustainability with a model that focuses on relationships and broader indicators of societal health and well-being. Practical illustrations of the conceptualised framework are presented for discussion and for further empirical research. Findings – The illustrative examples offer a diversity of corporate, government and not-for-profit viewpoints, providing evidence of both hard and soft integrated thinking in practice. Valuable insights are provided into innovative approaches that foster and make explicit the soft integrated thinking skills and map them to broader societal outcomes. Research limitations/implications – Potential problems can arise if hard integrated thinking dominates over the soft, and data required for internal management accounting purposes become narrow, linear and segregated. Routines and practices will then be based on quasi-standards, further concealing the soft integrated thinking that might be occurring within the organisation. Originality/value – With theoretical roots in systems thinking, this paper contributes to the relatively underexplored area of integrated thinking in accounting for sustainability.

scholarly journals 新冠疫情背景下的人類命運共同體探析

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Junxiang LIU ◽  
Qiang YUE ◽  
Xiaomu MA
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
Continuous Progress ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.The COVID-19 pandemic requires people and political bodies to reflect on the abundant and complicated relationships between human beings, governments, and organizations. We hold that Prof. Sass emphasizes the urgency and necessity of the view that “life is interconnected.” With the continuous progress of globalization, mankind has become an interdependent community with a shared future. However, global cooperation and communication face numerous challenges due to the diversity of cultures, national conditions, and competing interests. The COVID-19 pandemic has driven individuals and political bodies to discuss effective measures and control the disaster together, which demands that a basic consensus be reached on how to manage the tension between individual freedom and interests and public health and well-being. Even more importantly, the pursuit of happiness is the common goal of mankind. Solidarity and mutual aid are required to create a stable, harmonious, healthy, and orderly community. Chinese traditional philosophy can contribute some wisdom and strategies to build similar but not identical bodies and societies. DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 8 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Mental Health Consequences of Adversity in Australia: National Bushfires Associated With Increased Depressive Symptoms, While COVID-19 Pandemic Associated With Increased Symptoms of Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain-Abdulah Arjmand ◽  
Elizabeth Seabrook ◽  
David Bakker ◽  
Nikki Rickard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

High quality monitoring of mental health and well-being over an extended period is essential to understand how communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and how to best tailor interventions. Multiple community threats may also have cumulative impact on mental health, so examination across several contexts is important. The objective of this study is to report on changes in mental health and well-being in response to the Australian bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic. This study utilized an Experience-Sampling-Method (ESM), using the smartphone-based mood monitoring application, MoodPrism. Participants were prompted once a day to complete a brief survey inquiring about symptoms of depression and anxiety, and several well-being indices, including arousal, emotional valence, self-esteem, motivation, social connectedness, meaning and purpose, and control. Participants were N = 755 Australians (aged 13 years and above) who downloaded and used MoodPrism, between 2018 and 2020. Results showed that anxiety symptoms significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not during the bushfires. This may be explained by concurrent feelings of social connectedness maintained during the bushfires but not during the pandemic. In contrast, depressive symptoms increased significantly during the bushfires, which maintained during the pandemic. Most indices of well-being decreased significantly during the bushfires, and further again during the pandemic. Study findings highlight the unique responses to the bushfire and COVID-19 crises, revealing specific areas of resilience and vulnerability. Such information can help inform the development of public health interventions or individual clinical treatment, to improve treatment approaches and preparedness for potential future community disasters.

Emerging Ethical Issues in Digital Health Information

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHONY E. SOLOMONIDES ◽  
TIM KEN MACKEY
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
Provenance Information ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Health Experts

Abstract:The problems of poor or biased information and of misleading health and well-being advice on the Internet have been extensively documented. The recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to authorize a large number of new generic, top-level domains, including some with a clear connection to health or healthcare, presents an opportunity to bring some order to this chaotic situation. In the case of the most general of these domains, “.health,” experts advance a compelling argument in favor of some degree of content oversight and control. On the opposing side, advocates for an unrestricted and open Internet counter that this taken-for-granted principle is too valuable to be compromised, and that, once lost, it may never be recovered. We advance and provide evidence for a proposal to bridge the credibility gap in online health information by providing provenance information for websites in the .health domain.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Body Condition, Diet and Exercise by Sports Dog Owners and Pet Dog Owners

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1752
Author(s):  
Heidi A. Kluess ◽  
Rebecca L. Jones ◽  
Tekla Lee-Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Body Condition ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pet Dogs ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Diet And Exercise ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
Dog Owners ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables that contribute to obesity in pet dogs. The working hypothesis was that sports dog owners will better estimate their dog’s body condition and report stronger belief and control over their dogs’ feeding and exercise compared to traditional pet owners. We collected data on 171 pet owners (101 participated in canine sports) for this study. Each owner completed the Dog Owner Attitude Questionnaire. Each dog was measured for percent fat and Purina body condition scale. For the pet dogs, the median Purina body condition score was 6 (too heavy), but for the sports dogs it was 5 (ideal) (p < 0.05 different from pet dogs). The average percent fat for the pet dogs was 19.1 ± 8.6%, and for the sports dogs it was 13.8 ± 5.3% (p < 0.05 different from pet dogs). Among pet owners, 52% were able to correctly estimate their dog’s body condition. Sports dog owners were 57% correct. Pet dog owners fed approximately 60% more per day compared to sports dog owners. Pet and sports dog owners exercised their dog via walking, but sports dog owners reported more activity with the dog, while pet dog owners reported more activity than the dog did by themselves. Overall, pet and sports dog owners put a high value on their dog’s health and well-being, but better education with regard to body condition, feeding and exercise is critical to improve the pet obesity problem.

scholarly journals An Immersive Serious Game for the Behavioral Assessment of Psychological Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1971
Author(s):  
Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli ◽  
Lucia A. Carrasco-Ribelles ◽  
Elena Parra ◽  
Javier Marín-Morales ◽  
Mariano Alcañiz Raya
Keyword(s):  
Serious Games ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Social Desirability Bias ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

Motivation is an essential component in mental health and well-being. In this area, researchers have identified four psychological needs that drive human behavior: attachment, self-esteem, orientation and control, and maximization of pleasure and minimization of distress. Various self-reported scales and interviews tools have been developed to assess these dimensions. Despite the validity of these, they are showing limitations in terms of abstractation and decontextualization and biases, such as social desirability bias, that can affect responses veracity. Conversely, virtual serious games (VSGs), that are games with specific purposes, can potentially provide more ecologically valid and objective assessments than traditional approaches. Starting from these premises, the aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a VSG to assess the four personality needs. Sixty subjects participated in five VSG sessions. Results showed that the VSG was able to recognize attachment, self-esteem, and orientation and control needs with a high accuracy, and to a lesser extent maximization of pleasure and minimization of distress need. In conclusion, this study showed the feasibility to use a VSG to enhance the assessment of psychological behavioral-based need, overcoming biases presented by traditional assessment.

scholarly journals Imagine That! Mental Training for Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Scott ◽  
Greg Wood ◽  
Paul S. Holmes ◽  
Ben Marshall ◽  
Jacqueline Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Imagery ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Training ◽  
Brain Areas ◽  
And Control ◽  
Coordination Disorder ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Health And Well Being

Movement is important for children’s health and well-being. Most children find it easy to learn to move but children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) find it hard. It can be tricky for them to plan and control their movements. DCD affects 1 in every 20 children. It makes important tasks difficult, like getting dressed or playing games and sports. Scientists have found that children with DCD have different activity in some brain areas compared to other children. Mental training can increase activity in these areas of the brain. One type of mental training is motor imagery, which involves imagining doing movements. Another type of mental training is action observation, which involves carefully watching how people make certain movements. These techniques can help children with DCD get better at moving. This means that doing mental training might help make life easier for children with DCD.

scholarly journals Online Counseling to Improve Mental Health among Midwives

Proyeksi ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Tiara Diah Sosialita
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Online Counseling ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

As one of vital agent in health services, midwives play a central role in promoting well-being of their patients, especially for women and the babies. Unfortunately, the fact that they have poor condition of mental health and well-being can affect their services to patients and also potentially cause their mental health status can be worsen if not handled properly. Based on literature review and prior research in this field, the extension of potential uses of internet has expanded at an astounding rate, that are related to or effected by developing technologies and online counseling has grown as a mental health services in the past 15 or so years.The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of online counseling to improve mental health used pretest-posttest control group design. Subjects answered the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and analyzed by t-test SPSS 20. Data analysis showed that there was significant difference between experimental and control group scores. Resulth proved that online counseling was effective to improve mental health. This finding also provide clearly articulated of online counseling that beginning to coalesce and numerous helpful resources to improving mental health of society. �����

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Teaching Lazarus Multifaceted Approach on Mental Health of the Elderly

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Mahoory, Parisa ◽  
Aghdasi, Ali Naghi ◽  
Seyyedvalilou, Mirmahmood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multifaceted Approach ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mental Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Tabriz City

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching Lazarus multifaceted approach on mental health and well-being of elderly people in Tabriz city. The method of this research is applied. For this purpose, among all elderly women covered by health care institutions or in nursing homes of the elderly, 24 women The elderly of Tabriz city in 2012 and in two experimental and control groups (12 people) were selected by random sampling method. The experimental group was trained for 2 months in 10 sessions of 90 minutes in the Lazarus multifaceted training sessions and the control group did not receive any intervention. Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ) in both groups were performed and the results were reported in SPSS20 software using one-variable covariance test. Findings showed that teaching Lazarus' multifaceted approach on the happiness of elderly women in Tabriz has a significant level of P = 0.012, as well as teaching Lazarus multifaceted approach on mental health of elderly women in Tabriz at a significant level of P Has an impact. Therefore, we conclude that teaching Lazarus' multifaceted approach will increase the health and improve the mental health of the elderly.

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