Language impact towards anxiety and aggression of at-risk children

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina latkova-Doncheva ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
High Tone ◽  
Independent Observer ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Personal Trait

Current study research the use of language towards aggressive behavior and anxiety of at-risk children deprived of parental care. At-risk youth raise outside their family and in residential care home centers are most vulnerable children with a high level of anxiety, aggression, and emotional disorders. Children without parents living in Bulgarian residential centers homes (N=40) divided into 3 age groups (aged 7–10; aged 11–14; and aged 15–17) comprised intervention performed by volunteers using 4 interaction strategies: normal voice and positive language (N+); high tone and positive language (H+); normal tone and negative language (N-) and high tone and negative language (H-). Intervention participants have been subjected to surveillance by independent observer in a pre-standardized checklist using the Buss-Durky classification of aggression and Prihojan classification of anxiety within structured scientific observation measuring 15 indicators of aggression, anxiety as a personal trait and interpersonal anxiety. Results of current study demonstrate contradictory tendencies and partially confirm the underlying hypothesis that lexical signs with negative semantic meaning and high tone with negative language would have strongest impact on increasing the aggression and anxiety of children only for children that are more aggressive in general. Analysis experienced that aggressive behavior, interpersonal anxiety and anxiety as a personal trait would increase with the use of negative language without raising the tone. The results in current research can help specialists to find suitable strategy and proper use of language for better results on socialization and adaptation of the child with behavior and emotional problems.

scholarly journals Language Strategies to Reduce Anxiety of At-risk Children Deprived of Parental Care

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Katerina Ivanova Zlatkova-Doncheva
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Parental Care ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
High Tone ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Normal Tone ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Language Strategies

The present study examines language impact on anxiety in at-risk children deprived of parental care. Bulgarianchildren without parents (n=40) divided into 3 age groups (aged 7-10; aged 11-14; and aged 15-17) embedintervention accomplished by four volunteers using four interaction strategies: normal voice and positive language;high tone and positive language; normal tone and negative language, and high tone and negative language.Surveillance has been conducted subjecting anxiety reactions of children measured in 10 indicators: diffidence,dependence, dissatisfaction, reliance, insecurity (for self-assessment anxiety); inadequacy, inactivity,non-communication, inability to seek help, and lack of empathy (for interpersonal anxiety). The present study resultsdemonstrate that linguistic signs have higher influence than paralinguistic cues on children’s behaviour and the useof negative language would increase anxiety in children to a greater extent when the tone is normal while raising thetone would enhance self-assessment and interpersonal anxiety of children with emotional disorders. Balanced use ofnegative and positive language combination with a different tone in different situations would increase socialfunctioning of the child. The use of different strategies for interaction by specialists – with normal and high tone,encouragement or reprimand should be tailored to the specifics of the child as well as to the relevant skills to bedeveloped.

Age and marital status predictors of binge alcohol use among adults with major depressive episode

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areen Omary
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Depressive Episode ◽  
Major Depressive Episode ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Never Married ◽  
At Risk Populations

Aims: This study aims to examine if age and marital status can predict the risk for binge alcohol use (BAU) among adults with a major depressive episode (MDE). Methods: Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) 2018 National Survey for Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) were analyzed. The unweighted sample included 6,999 adults representing a weighted population size of 33,900,452.122 in the US. Results and Conclusions: The findings of this retrospective research confirmed that age and marital status significantly predicted BAU in the past month among adults with MDE. Adults with MDE at higher risk for BAU were adults under the age of 50, adults who were never married, and adults who were divorced/separated. Special attention must be paid to those in age groups under 50, never married, and have been separated/divorced who are particularly at-risk for future alcohol abuse. Future research should consider examining additional potential confounders for BAU among other at-risk populations.

Un Kilo de Ayuda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Gugerty ◽  
Dean Karlan
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Monitoring Data ◽  
Program Monitoring ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

This case explores two common challenges facing organizations around the world: how to collect the right amount of data, and how to credibly use outcome data collected during program monitoring. Health promoters at Un Kilo de Ayuda (UKA) in Mexico use regularly collected health data on more than 50,000 children to structure their work, track their progress, and identify at-risk children in time to treat health problems. In this case, readers will assess the tradeoffs between actionability and responsibility that UKA faces in determining how much data to collect. They will also examine the challenges of monitoring data on a program’s outcomes instead of outputs, particularly when it comes to asserting a program’s impact on those outcomes. Finally, readers will propose ways to generate credible data on one of the organization’s programs when plans for an impact evaluation fall through.

Protecting Against Delinquency in Early Adolescence With Nonverbal Intelligence and Neighborhood Social Capital

2021 ◽  
pp. 027243162110203
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Walters
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Nonverbal Intelligence ◽  
Neighborhood Social Capital ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Childhood Conduct Problems ◽  
Matrix Reasoning

The goal of this study was to test nonverbal intelligence and neighborhood social capital as protective factors against future delinquency in early adolescent youth placed at risk by virtue of their involvement in childhood conduct problems. Analyzing longitudinal data from 3,028 youth (1,565 boys, 1,463 girls) in one cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and 3,682 youth (1,896 boys, 1,786 girls) in a second cohort of the LSAC, nonverbal intelligence, as measured by the Matrix Reasoning subscale of the WISC-IV, displayed a consistent moderating effect on the conduct problems–future delinquency relationship. According to these results, conduct problems were slightly but significantly less likely to lead to delinquency when nonverbal intelligence was high than when it was low or moderate. By shielding at-risk children from future delinquency, protective factors like high nonverbal intelligence may provide a means by which delinquency can be prevented or reduced.

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis in Adult At-Risk Patients

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Lise Boey ◽  
Eline Bosmans ◽  
Liane Braz Ferreira ◽  
Nathalie Heyvaert ◽  
Melissa Nelen ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Solid Organ ◽  
Recent Infection ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Risk Patients

Patients with chronic diseases are at increased risk of complications following infection. It remains, however, unknown to what extend they are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. We assessed seroprevalence of antibodies against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis to evaluate whether current vaccination programs in Belgium are adequate. Antibody titers were assessed with a bead-based multiplex assay in serum of 1052 adults with chronic diseases. We included patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) (n = 172), DM2 (n = 77), chronic kidney disease (n = 130), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n = 170), heart failure (n = 77), HIV (n = 196) and solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients (n = 230). Factors associated with seroprevalence were analysed with multiple logistic regression. We found seroprotective titers in 29% for diphtheria (≥0.1 IU/mL), in 83% for tetanus (≥0.1 IU/mL) and 22% had antibodies against pertussis (≥5 IU/mL). Seroprotection rates were higher (p < 0.001) when vaccinated within the last ten years. Furthermore, diphtheria seroprotection decreased with age (p < 0.001). Tetanus seroprotection was less reached in women (p < 0.001) and older age groups (p < 0.001). For pertussis, women had more often a titer suggestive of a recent infection or vaccination (≥100 IU/mL, p < 0.01). We conclude that except for tetanus, the vast majority of at-risk patients remains susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases such as diphtheria and pertussis.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Foods and Beverages of Low Nutritional Value to the Diets of Swedish Adolescents, by Food Group, Time and Place. A Nationally Representative Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2450
Author(s):  
Anna Karin Lindroos ◽  
Lotta Moraeus ◽  
Jessica Petrelius Sipinen ◽  
Eva Warensjö Lemming ◽  
Emma Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Food Group ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Dietary Survey ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Nationally Representative

Adolescence is a time in life when lifestyle behaviours are acquired. One indicator of poor diet quality is the intake of foods and beverages with a relatively low nutritional value. Using the Australian classification of such foods, termed “discretionary”, we classified the intakes of Swedish adolescents who participated in the Riksmaten Adolescent 2016–17 national dietary survey. From selected schools, 3099 adolescents in age groups 11–12, 14–15 and 17–18 years provided two 24-h recalls. Intakes and healthy dietary scores were calculated. Plasma ferritin, folate and 25(OH)D were available for a third. Almost 40% of total energy came from discretionary foods/beverages. Adolescents with higher intakes were more likely to be female, older, from a low socioeconomic position-household and born in Sweden. Most discretionary foods/beverages were consumed on weekend days and during in-between meals, outside of the home and at school. Percent energy from discretionary intake was associated with healthy dietary scores but not nutritional status. A substantial amount of energy was obtained from discretionary foods/beverages, and we found that consumption is pervasive across sociodemographic factors, time and place. Addressing this pattern will require a comprehensive approach to food environments and behaviours to reach all adolescents in an equitable manner.

Reducing asthma hospitalisations in at‐risk children: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Y H Chen ◽  
Leanne Saxon ◽  
Colin Robertson ◽  
Harriet Hiscock
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
At Risk ◽  
At Risk Children

scholarly journals PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE: TRANSFORMING TRAUMA THROUGH THE POWER OF NETWORKS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S804-S804
Author(s):  
Connie Corley ◽  
Maureen Feldman ◽  
Scott Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Holocaust Survivors ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Gang Members ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Residential Settings

Abstract Resilience has been examined in various age groups, initially focused on vulnerable children and more recently in enhancement of resilience in various age groups and in response to trauma. Based on studies of resilience in Holocaust survivors and intergenerational engagement to promote resilience in former gang members and isolated older adults, Corley’s 3E model of Experience, Expression and Engagement is discussed in terms of multiple studies and the implications for forming and strengthening networks in communities at risk. This includes initiating creative coalition-building endeavors to address loneliness in residential settings for older adults evolving from a project funded to the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Los Angeles from the AARP Foundation.

scholarly journals Trends and Rural-Urban Differences in Asthma Hospitalizations in Saskatchewan 1970-1989

1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Senthilselvan
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Hospitalization Rates ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Asthma Hospitalization ◽  
Group Sex ◽  
Rate Ratios ◽  
Rural Dwellers

OBJECTIVE: To examine the trends in hospitalization rates for atsthma in Saskatchewan from 1970 to 1989 and to investigate the differences in asthma hospitalization rates between rural and urban dwellers.DESIGN: Asthma hospitalization rates were calculated for the age groups O to 4, 5 to 9. 10 to 14, 15 to 24. 25 to 34. 35 to 49 and 50 to 64 years for the period between 1970 and 1989. Only the first admission in each year for each person was included in the analysis. As the classification of asthma changed in 1978. trends in asthma hospitalization rates were investigated separately for the periods 1970 to 1978 and 1979 to 1989. respectively. Rate ratios were obtained for male/female and rural/urban comparisons by fitting Poisson regression models.SETTING: The hospitalization data for respiratory diseases for the province of Saskatchewan were examined by age group, sex and place or residence.RESULT: No significant increases were observed in asthma hospitalization rates lrorn 1970 to 1978. In the period 1979 to 1989. asthma hospitalization rates increased significantly among children under four years from 4.31/1000 in 1979 to 7.04/1000 in 1989. Among children under 14 years. asthma hospitalization rates were greater in boys than in girls . The converse was true for adults aged 15 and above, with women having a higher hospitalization rate for asthma than men . In adults aged 35 and above. rural dwellers had higher hospitalization rates for asthma than urban dwellers throughout the study period. In other age groups, although rural dwellers had higher asthma hospitalization rates than did urban dwellers during 1970 to 1984. the differences disappered duri ng 1985 to 1989.CONCLUSION: Further studies are required to find reasons for the increase in asthma hospitalizations among young children under four years old and for the differences between rural and urban dwellers in the age group 35 years and above.

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