Problems of patients with aphasia in a psychosocial context

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-137
Author(s):  
Justyna Żulewska-Wrzosek
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Brain Damage ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Verbal Interactions ◽  
Language Communication ◽  
Psychosocial Situation

Aphasia is an acquired speech disorder resulting from a brain damage. It affects language both in its expression and reception. Disturbances in the language communication process lead to serious disorders in the psychosocial functioning of a person. Language is the most important tool for establishing verbal interactions and attaining your intentions in communication. Consequently, aphasia can lead to social isolation and loss of social roles. The article deals with the problems of psychosocial functioning of patients with aphasia. The first part outlines issues related to aphasia. We define types of aphasia, its symptoms and causes. The rest of the article is devoted to the presentation of psychosocial situation of people with aphasia. Then, attention is paid to the role of social support in better adaptation of patients to life in the new social and family situation, and includes guidelines to facilitate communication with a person suffering from aphasia.

scholarly journals Komunikasi Bahasa Sindiran dalam Seloka Pak Pandir dan Pak Kaduk

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 363-378
Author(s):  
Nordiana Ab Jabar ◽  
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Mohd Faradi Mohamed Ghazali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Original Function ◽  
Language Communication

Sarcasm Language Communication in Seloka Pandir and Pak Kaduk ABSTRACT The creative work of traditional Malay poetry is recording the story of a life filled with examples. Traditional Malay poetry serves as the main communication tool used by the ancestors until now. Among the poems involved are seloka; its original function was created to provide entertainment to society by raising certain icons as references. This study focuses on the role of seloka as a tool of personal communication and criticism with the concept of teaching to the imaginary. Among the seloka used as a reference are Seloka Pak Kaduk and Pak Pandir. Library methods and research materials such as articles, books, magazines and theses are used as the basis for this study. The objective of the study is to analyze the communication process in seloka. In addition, this study examines the wisdom of the community to communicate. The theory underlying this study is the SPEAKING framework by Dell Hymes. This theory aims to look at the types of satire found in the two ditches. The findings showed that the method of communication for smooth gentle satire is one of the identities of the Malay community in disseminating criticism among them. Seloka brings a good impact on the communication innovation process in the Malay community in producing a nation that has good social behaviour. Keywords: Seloka, sarcasm, Pak Pandir, Pak Kaduk, SPEAKING framework.

scholarly journals Presence of Meaning in Life in Older Men and Women: The Role of Dimensions of Frailty and Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Golovchanova ◽  
Christiana Owiredua ◽  
Katja Boersma ◽  
Henrik Andershed ◽  
Karin Hellfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Presence Of Meaning ◽  
Older Men And Women

Presence of meaning in life is an important component of eudemonic wellbeing while aging. While subjective health and interpersonal relationships are among important sources of meaning for older adults, less research has explored the gender differences in the potential contribution of these sources to the presence of meaning in late life. The current study aims to examine the associations of frailty dimensions (daily activities, health problems, and psychosocial functioning) and social support with the presence of meaning in late life, and whether these associations differ for older men and women. The study employs the data from the 65+ and Safe Study – a cross-sectional survey of residents of senior apartments. The data were collected in 2019 in a mid-sized Swedish municipality (N=618; age range from 64 to 106years, 60.5% female). Results showed significant associations of health problems, psychosocial functioning, and social support with the presence of meaning in life. Further, the results demonstrated no statistically significant gender differences in the associations between frailty dimensions, social support, and presence of meaning. However, since the interaction between health problems and gender approached statistical significance, this association was further explored indicating a more detrimental role of health problems in relation to the presence of meaning in life among older men than among older women. Overall, the study highlights the importance of physical and psychosocial health and social support for the presence of meaning in life among older adults and warrants further research on possible gender differences in the relation between health problems and meaning in late life.

Schizophrenia and Motherhood

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
A. Riecher-Rössler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Psychosocial Impacts ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Psychosocial Situation ◽  
Considerable Strain

Increasingly women with schizophrenia are becoming mothers. This can cause different problems for them, their partners, their relatives and other caregivers.Traditionally women with schizophrenia suffered from infertility - partly due to the illness itself and its psychosocial impacts such as social isolation and lack of partnership, partly due to treatment with hyperprolactinaemia-/infertility-inducing neuroleptics. Recently this has changed dramatically, due to better community-based psychosocial treatments and also due to prolactin-sparing neuroleptics. Many women with schizophrenia now become pregnant - planned or unplanned. This, as well as motherhood, can be a considerable strain to the women concerned and her caregivers.Counselling a women with schizophrenia therefore always has to include her fertility situation, her desire to become a mother or not, contraception or planning pregnancy and motherhood (considering the course of her illness, her medication, her psychosocial situation, partnership, social support etc.). Counselling in case of unwanted pregnancy is of utmost importance as well as addressing issues such as medication, prenatal care, etc. during pregnancy. Cooperation with the obstetrician, midwife, paediatrician and childcare agencies is necessary. After delivery, parenting assessment in mother-baby-units can be very helpful to evaluate the need for additional care. Long-time programmes for training parenting skills and “parenting rehabilitation” are urgently needed and should also support the relatives and others who care for the woman and her child.

scholarly journals Ambivalent and Consistent Relationships: The Role of Personal Networks in Cases of Domestic Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Bellotti ◽  
Susanne Boethius ◽  
Malin Åkerström ◽  
Margareta Hydén
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Do So

Social networks are usually considered as positive sources of social support, a role which has been extensively studied in the context of domestic violence. To victims of abuse, social networks often provide initial emotional and practical help as well useful information ahead of formal institutions. Recently, however, attention has been paid to the negative responses of social networks. In this article, we advance the theoretical debate on social networks as a source of social support by moving beyond the distinction between positive and negative ties. We do so by proposing the concepts of relational ambivalence and consistency, which describe the interactive processes by which people, intentionally or inadvertently, disregard—or align with—each other’s role‐relational expectations, therefore undermining—or reinforcing—individual’s choices of action. We analyse the qualitative accounts of 19 female victims of domestic violence in Sweden, who described the responses of their personal networks during and after the abuse. We observe how the relationships embedded in these networks were described in ambivalent and consistent terms, and how they played a role in supporting or undermining women in reframing their loving relationships as abusive; in accounting or dismissing perpetrators’ responsibilities for the abuse; in relieving women from role‐expectations and obligations or in burdening them with further responsibilities; and in supporting or challenging their pathways out of domestic abuse. Our analysis suggests that social isolation cannot be considered a simple result of a lack of support but of the complex dynamics in which support is offered and accepted or withdrawn and refused.

Motives for Social Isolation Following a Negative Emotional Episode

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Gérald Delelis ◽  
Véronique Christophe
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Affiliation ◽  
Semantic Categorization ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Cognitive Regulation ◽  
Emotional Event ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Emotional Events

Abstract. After experiencing an emotional event, people either seek out others’ presence (social affiliation) or avoid others’ presence (social isolation). The determinants and effects of social affiliation are now well-known, but social psychologists have not yet thoroughly studied social isolation. This study aims to ascertain which motives and corresponding regulation strategies participants report for social isolation following negative emotional events. A group of 96 participants retrieved from memory an actual negative event that led them to temporarily socially isolate themselves and freely listed up to 10 motives for social isolation. Through semantic categorization of the 423 motives reported by the participants, we found that “cognitive clarification” and “keeping one’s distance” – that is, the need for cognitive regulation and the refusal of socioaffective regulation, respectively – were the most commonly and quickly reported motives for social isolation. We discuss the findings in terms of ideas for future studies aimed at clarifying the role of social isolation in health situations.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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