scholarly journals Psychological Aspect of Pre-competition Warm-up: Motivational Process and Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 431
Author(s):  
Eylem Gencer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Psychological Aspect ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Motivational Process ◽  
Psychological Influences ◽  
Group Interviews

Pre-competition warm-up has mostly been examined physically in the literature, focusing on its effect on performance and protection from injuries. However, there is a lack of studies regarding the psychological influences of warm-up. Therefore, in this study it was aimed to explore the psychological reflections of pre-competition warm-up in terms of motivational process and outcomes. The research was designed in qualitative research, and phenomenology was employed. Participants were 10 international wrestlers whose age differentiated between 20 and 25 years. They have a sports career ranging from 8 to 12 years. The data were collected via focus group interviews and analyzed via content analysis. Results showed that wrestlers need pre-competition warm-up as they perceive it improves their performance and protects them from injuries. However, perception of the opponent as stronger or weaker, guides whether the warm-up is needed or not. In addition, pre-competition warm-up motivates wrestlers through stimulating, goal-directing (e.g., adaptation, concentration, awareness), and encouraging them to the competition. In conclusion, pre-competition warm-up not only physically prepares athletes for the competition, but also prepares them psychologically with its motivating influences.

Nurses’ perceptions of their professional rights

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Kangasniemi ◽  
Alessandro Stievano ◽  
Anna-Maija Pietilä
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Educational Content ◽  
The Third ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
Italian Legislation

The purpose of this study, which is part of a wider study of professional ethics, was to describe nurses’ perceptions of their rights in Italy. The data were collected by open-ended focus group interviews and analyzed with inductive content analysis. Based on the analysis, three main themes were identified. The first theme “Unfamiliarity with rights” described nurses’ perception that their rights mirrored historical roots, educational content, and nurses’ and patients’ position in the society. The second theme, “Rights reflected in legislation” highlighted that working and professional Italian legislation played a strong role. The third theme, “Managerial barriers for nurses’ rights” underlined the nurses’ perceptions that nursing management had the responsibility to create the conditions where nurses’ rights could flourish. This study intends to contribute to the debate on this underexplored topic.

scholarly journals How are speech sound disorders perceived among children? A qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews with 10–11-year-old children

2021 ◽  
pp. 026565902199553
Author(s):  
Camilla Nilsson ◽  
Jill Nyberg ◽  
Sofia Strömbergsson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Speech Sound Disorders ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Language Varieties ◽  
Speech Characteristics ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Group Interviews

The aims of this study were to identify children’s reactions towards speech sound disorders (SSD) in other children and whether these reactions can be related to specific speech characteristics. Six audio samples, each containing minute-long resumes of short animated film by five children with SSDs and one child with typical speech (TS), aged 5–9 years, were played back to 17 10–11-year-olds, during four focus group interviews. The transcribed interviews underwent a qualitative content analysis. The analysis resulted in five identified main themes of listener reactions, concerning the experiences as a listener, the perspective of the speaker, as well as observations of speech characteristics. Reactions of empathy were expressed towards a perceived misalignment between speaker age and speech production proficiency. Awareness of peer reactions are clinically useful, for the understanding and acknowledgement of everyday contextual factors of children with SSDs, during planning and motivation of speech intervention. The children’s self-selected terminology may serve future quantitative investigations to further determine the boundaries of acceptability towards SSDs as well as towards non-standard sociolects or language varieties.

scholarly journals Different forms of informal coercion in psychiatry – a qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veikko Pelto-Piri ◽  
Lars Kjellin ◽  
Ulrika Hylén ◽  
Emanuele Valenti ◽  
Stefan Priebe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Informal Coercion ◽  
Group Interviews

Abstract Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate how mental health professionals describe and reflect upon different forms of informal coercion. Results In a deductive qualitative content analysis of focus group interviews, several examples of persuasion, interpersonal leverage, inducements, and threats were found. Persuasion was sometimes described as being more like a negotiation. Some participants worried about that the use of interpersonal leverage and inducements risked to pass into blackmail in some situations. In a following inductive analysis, three more categories of informal coercion was found: cheating, using a disciplinary style and referring to rules and routines. Participants also described situations of coercion from other stakeholders: relatives and other authorities than psychiatry. The results indicate that informal coercion includes forms that are not obviously arranged in a hierarchy, and that its use is complex with a variety of pathways between different forms before treatment is accepted by the patient or compulsion is imposed.

Public communication about home burglary prevention in Belgium

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Gelders ◽  
Hans Peeraer ◽  
Jelle Goossens
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Media Mix

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the content, format and evaluation of printed public communication from police officers and governments regarding home burglary prevention in Belgium.Design/methodology/approachThe content and format in this paper is analyzed through content analysis of 104 printed communication pieces in the Belgian province of Flemish‐Brabant in 2005. The evaluation is analyzed through five focus group interviews among professionals and common citizens.FindingsThe paper finds that police zones significantly differ in terms of communication efforts. The media mix is not diverse with poor collaboration between police officers and government information officers, while intermediaries (i.e. architects) are rarely used, culminating in poor targeted communication.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper shows that only printed communication is analyzed and more large‐scale empirical research is desired.Practical implicationsThe paper shows that a richer media mix, more targeted communication, more national communication support and additional dialogue between and training of police officers and communication with professionals are advisable.Originality/valueThis paper combines two empirical studies and methods (content analysis and focus group interviews), resulting in a series of recommendations for further inquiry and future action.

Race And Representation On Tv: The Influence Of Tv Status On Latino Identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
American Television ◽  
Authority Figures ◽  
Tv Media ◽  
Strong Representation ◽  
Group Interviews

It has been observed that most American TV media has taken on a format that seems to concern itself primarily with White, middle to high-income family situations. Even though the United States of America has a Latino population that reaches 17% (approximately 55 million Latinos—with Mexican Americans making up 63% of that number) and growing (Krogstad 2016), we still see a tremendous lack of Latino characters in American television. This leaves millions of Americans with no substantial representations that they can relate to, or form an identity off of. Instead, Latinos are forced into believing they are not important enough to merit TV roles and perhaps not really be American at all. This research was a content analysis of 79 scripted shows that aired through 2011-2015 to determine how often Latinos came out and how they were portrayed. Results showed that they appeared an average of six minutes on screen and they were generally depicted as criminals. Additionally, four focus group interviews were conducted, and participants also responded that shows tend to stereotype minorities while they showed White characters as authority figures. Both content analysis and focus group interviews found that Latinos lack strong representation in American television.

scholarly journals Developing a Preliminary Definition and Domains of Flare in Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis (OA): Consensus Building of the Flare-in-OA OMERACT Group

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1188-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Guillemin ◽  
Camille Ricatte ◽  
Annica Barcenilla-Wong ◽  
Amandine Schoumacker ◽  
Marita Cross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Hip Osteoarthritis ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Delphi Consensus ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Definition Of

Flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) is more than just an exacerbation of pain. Unstructured, semistructured, and focus group interviews followed by Delphi surveys with patients and health professionals (HP) generated candidate domains of an OA flare. Content analysis of interviews with 29 patients and 16 HP extracted 180 statements, which were grouped into 9 clusters. Delphi consensus with 50 patients (Australia, Canada, and France) and 116 HP (17 countries on 4 continents) identified 5 flare domains: pain, swelling, stiffness, psychological aspects, and effect of symptoms. Elements for a preliminary definition of an OA flare are proposed. Registered at clinicaltrials.govNCT02892058.

Factors affecting professional ethics development in students: A qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Dehghani
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
The South ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Group Interviews

Background:Ethics development is one of the most important aspects of professional practice in health sciences students. Understanding factors affecting ethics development can enhance clinical and professional performance in students.Objective:This study was conducted to explore students’ perceptions about factors affecting professional ethics development.Research design:This study is a conventional content analysis. Data were collected through 20 semi-structured interviews and two focus group interviews (12 students) during 2017–2018. Data were analyzed concurrently with data gathering, using the conventional content analysis approach of Graneheim and Lundman.Participants and research context:In total, 8 students of nursing, 5 medical students, 4 students of anesthesia and 3 operating room students in individual interviews, and 12 students in two focus group interviews from one university in the south of Iran were selected through purposive sampling.Ethical considerations:The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of one university in the south of Iran.Findings:The findings revealed two themes: personal and background factors. Personal factors consisted of the two categories of individual motivation and tendencies and interpersonal interactions. Background factors consisted of the two categories of role and function of teachers and environmental agents.Discussion and conclusions:According to the findings, both background and individual factors affect development of professional ethics in students. Understanding these factors along with reinforcement of educational planning in this field can improve healthcare services.

Listening to People: Views about the Bathroom

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 500-504
Author(s):  
Abir Mullick
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Method ◽  
User Performance ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

The study focused on the impact of bathroom design on user performance. It used a qualitative research method, focus group interviews, to learn from users about their bathroom needs and preferences. It examined the need for universal bathroom design features that have inclusive applications. It offers design suggestions for use by all people living at home.

The effects of drama method on the academic achievement in ninth graders history course

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-226
Author(s):  
Cemile Kurt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Group Interviews

This research aimed to present how using the drama method in high school history courses affected student achievement. The descriptive study utilized data collected with quasi-experimental design in quantitative method and made use of data based on content analysis in qualitative method. The study group of the research consisted of 59 students in 9/K (experimental) and 9/G (control) classes, selected through simple non-random sampling method from a state high school in Çankaya District of Ankara Province in the 2017-2018 academic year. The research was limited to the unit of “Eurasia in the First and Middle Ages” in the 9th grade History Course. The data obtained at the end of the eight-week implementation process were collected with pre and post academic achievement tests, focus group interviews and researcher observations. Quantitative data on academic achievement were analyzed with the SPSS 15.00 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Package Program, focus group interview data were analyzed with content analysis and researcher observations were analyzed with descriptive analysis. The study concluded that history lessons taught with the drama method were more effective and efficient compared to history lessons taught with direct instruction method and that there was a significant difference in favor of the experimental group students in regards to academic achievement. The findings of focus group interviews and researcher observations demonstrated that use of drama in education was effective on student learning, it developed positive affect and it informed students about drama.

Experiences of Stress – A Focus Group Interview Study Among Swedish Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 105984052110710
Author(s):  
Moa Hörbo ◽  
Camilla Johansson ◽  
Tide Garnow ◽  
Pernilla Garmy ◽  
Eva-Lena Einberg
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Identity Changes

Adolescence can be a stressful period in life. The period contains challenges associated with the transition from childhood to adulthood (body changes, changes in interpersonal relationships, and identity changes). The aim was to investigate experiences of stress among adolescents in addition to stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus group interviews (n = 8) were conducted with girls (n = 22) and boys (n = 19) aged 13–15 in southern Sweden. The transcribed interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Analysis of the collected material resulted in two categories with four sub-categories each of which highlights adolescents’ experiences of stress. The results show that adolescents’ have a variety of experiences of stress, i.e., what they mean are the sources of stress and how stress is manifested. The adolescents experienced how stress was manifested both physically and emotionally. This affected both their sleep and performance. The adolescents reflected on both positive and negative manifestations of stress.

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