Social networking as a tool for educational effectivenes in the residential welcoming coming communities

The educational experience of Welcoming Communities in Italy is not well known in the academic research world, even if it has more than fifty years of history. It is present in all regions of the country and it has produced significant results with the most fragile people hosted, thanks to its pedagogical and cultural guidelines. This contribution—based on data collected from a field research in a Community—highlights the relevance of Social Networking with local resources. This is a practical application in social health education, which is effective in combating isolation, mental distress and social inequalities and in promoting health, psychological autonomy and social and work inclusion of vulnerable people. This practice is particularly important during this period, when significant relationships are adversely affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

AN INDIVIDUAL’S PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTONOMY AND WARM RELATIONS WITH OTHERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE FEELING OF HAPPINESS

Autonomy and positive relationships with others are two factors that influence people’s belief that they have a choice and are able to choose their life path based on own goals, beliefs and values, and, in addition, they are able and want to interact flexibly with the social environment, and this is what supports their psychological well-being. The thesis demonstrates that there are some personal traits that support both personal autonomy and the ability to create and maintain positive relationships with other people. That is, these needs are not mutually exclusive, but rather complement each other, making a person's life pain colourful and multifaceted. It is clear that not only autonomy in actions and deeds and not only positive relationships are the key to happiness. Happiness is a complex phenomenon that depends on many factors, both external and internal, but experienced autonomy and positive relationships are its components. KEY WORDS: autonomy, positive relationships with others, psychological wellbeing, happiness.

Description of Palliative Care Needs Among the Elderly in Indonesia

Indonesia is the third largest country in the world, with the number of elderly reaching 80 million. The increase in this demographic will impact the level of care from health services available for the elderly, further increasing their problems with the disruption of daily activities, decreased physical ability, psychological, autonomy, spiritual, social, and financial functions. These needs are adopted from the Problems and Needs of Palliative Care (PNPC) assessment tools. This study aimed to describe the elderly’s need for palliative care. This study used descriptive quantitative analysis with a cross-sectional approach. The number of samples was 13 elderly based on G * Power 3.1.9.7, with an estimated dropout of 10%. The instrument used PNPC, which has been adapted into Bahasa with 35 questions in total. Statistical analysis showed the elderly’s needs maximum value was at physical as well as psychological aspects. Physical complaints in the elderly are obtained that vary depending on the condition of the elderly and are associated with other health issues, related to the level of fitness followed by the elderly’s independence. This study recommends health professionals, especially nurses, to conduct an initial assessment to evaluate the physical needs of the patient by reducing and resolving any health-related symptoms and fulfilling their psychological needs. Keywords: Elderly, Physic, Problems and Needs of Palliative Care, Psychologic

Exploring Student-Athlete Grit as a Mediator in the Relationships Between Parenting, Academic Success, and Mental Health Outcomes

Due to demand for high performance inside and outside of the classroom, student-athletes are a unique subsection of college students. Researchers have focused on investigating protective factors, which may enhance student-athlete well-being and academic success in higher education and reduce athlete burnout. The current study examined grit as a mediator between parenting behaviors and academic success, mental health outcomes, and burnout in higher education among National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and Division II student-athletes (N = 202). Overparenting behaviors were negatively associated with psychological autonomy granting, mental health outcomes, and athlete burnout. Psychological autonomy granting behaviors were positively associated with grit and negatively associated with mental health outcomes and athlete burnout. Student-athlete grit mediated the relationship between overparenting behaviors and mental health outcomes. Clinical implications include improving student-athlete parent onboarding protocol; student-athlete psychoeducation; and preventative outreach and health promotion among athletes, athletic staff, and university practitioners. In summary, these findings suggest that parenting behaviors and grit are factors that require more attention in fostering student-athlete success.

Decolonial Perspectives on Psychology and Development

Standard constructions of history pose a celebratory narrative of progress via modern individualist development. In contrast, decolonial perspectives emphasize the coloniality inherent both in Eurocentric modernity and in the individualist selfways associated with Eurocentric modernity. The coloniality of modern individualist selfways is evident not only in the racialized violence that enabled their characteristic experience of freedom from constraint, but also in the epistemic violence that results from the imposition of these ways of being as a developmental standard. Research in West African settings illuminates these forms of epistemic violence. Standard accounts tend to pathologize West African ways of being as immature or suboptimal in relation to a presumed universal developmental pathway toward psychological autonomy. A decolonial response, rooted in decolonial perspectives of Southern theory or epistemology, follows two analytic strategies that disrupt standard accounts. One strategy draws upon local understanding to illuminate the adaptive value of West African patterns. Rather than manifestations of backwardness on a trajectory of modern individualist development, these ways of being reflect developmental trajectories that emerged as an adaptation to cultural ecologies of embeddedness. The other strategy draws upon West African settings as a standpoint from which to denaturalize the modern individualist selfways that hegemonic perspectives regard as just-natural standards. Rather than naturally superior forms, the widespread promotion of modern individualist selfways has harmful consequences related to the narrow pursuit of personal fulfillment and corresponding disinvestment in broader solidarities. With the growth orientation of modern individualist development pushing the planet toward a future of ecological catastrophe, decolonial perspectives direct attention to West African and other communities in the Global South for ways of being, rooted in Other understandings of the past, as a pathway to a sustainable and just future.