Me and My Parents: A Qualitative Study of the Role of Birth Order Child in Family

Birth order is one of the most extensive human experiences and is considered to determine how smart, good, responsible, sociable, emotionally stable, and open to new experiences. Therefore, parents assume the birth orderly child is always reliable and can open the way to help his younger siblings later which makes his role very necessary in the family. This study aims to analyze how the role of the birth orderly child in the family is to find the initial process of the birth orderly child to reach his role in the family. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) data analysis technique, this study involved 5 study participants with criteria for children in the first birth order. The results show that with the duties and responsibilities that were carried out early on, the recognition of roles and goals in achieving the well-being of the family made the birth orderly child able to proceed and make himself a role in the scope of the family.

Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Abstinence on the Cognitive Functioning of Adults Diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder

Research supports the relation between chronic alcohol use and progressive cognitive impairment but alcohol rehabilitation facilities mainly focus on psycho-social factors with limited emphasis on cognitive impairment and recovery. This study evaluated the impact of alcohol abstinence on cognitive functioning; specifically, visuospatial attention, working memory and abstract reasoning on two different occasions using the WAIS-IVSA battery. A pre-test–post-test design was used to assess patients diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Differences in cognitive functioning from phase 1 (3-4 days after admission) and phase 2 (14 days after phase 1) were measured. A paired samples t-test was conducted using SPSS version 27. A statistically significant increase in AUD patients’ visuospatial scores was found when comparing phase 1 and 2 (M=7.11, SD=2.07), t(8)=3.42, p=.009. No statistically significant differences were observed for working memory and abstract reasoning. We conclude that the findings can be used to guide, and improve the development of future intervention programs to emphasize the value of cognitive recovery.

Emotional Intelligence as a Healthy Trained Coping Mechanism for Recovery and Empowerment in SARS COVID-19 Stress

The objective of the current article is to explore the emotional intelligence (EI) as a coping mechanism and training competence in the management of SARS COVID-19 pandemic stress in Albanian students. Methods we administered online is the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and The Scale of Impact of Stressful (Albanian version) for SARS COVID-19, that was standardized by the authors. Data were analyzed by SPSS v.26 and interpreted by Pearson correlation coefficient and t-test. The sample of respondents were 300 students (N=300) from 5 state universities in Albania, of whom 198 female (66%) and 102 male (34%) in range of 19-25 years. The results showed an inverse correlation between pandemic stress symptoms and self-awareness (r=-.765, p<0.01), pandemic stress symptoms and empathy (r=-.875, p<0.01) and between pandemic stress symptoms and social skills (r=-.456, p<0.01). These correlations suggest that the less emotional intelligence the more pandemic stress symptoms. That is, emotional intelligence is a healthy coping mechanism to be used to reduce the pandemic crisis emotions. This study supports the finding that training or treatment that increases emotional intelligence and its related subcategories in individuals should provide a mitigating effect on the crisis emotions of the COVID -19 pandemic stress. We suggest that better preventive mental health public training strategies can be a significant factor not only in reducing subjective distress but also in keeping the immune system strong and healthy.

Concerns About own Security Among Police Officers in Relation to Some Demographic Factors

The research demonstrates that working in the field of civil security is a stressful and dangerous occupation which determinates negative impact on police officers’ experienced level of own security, which grows into concerns about own security. The examination of concerns about own security included 264 police officers (Mean=36.11). Women have higher values of concerns about their own security (Mean=38.86), than men (Mean=34.67). Police officers who lived in the capital have higher concerns about own security (MR=149.10). The correlation analysis shows a weak proportional relationship between age and concerns about own security among police officers (r=0.146; p=0.018).

Meaningful Work, Quality of Work-life, and Job Satisfaction: A Study of Nightlife Workers

Work is a means for man to fulfill their needs. However, from the positive psychology point of view, work is more than to fulfill the needs but beyond that reason. Work experiences provide added value to man’s lives and societal growth. Nightlife industries are hardly researched even though these industries have been growing vastly. Workers in these areas are similar to other workers from different types of industries in that they make meaning of their work and experience job satisfaction and quality of their work-life. This research aimed at testing the contribution of the quality of work-life and meaningful work toward job satisfaction of female nightlife business workers. Path analysis using PLS-SEM shows that the job satisfaction of nightlife workers is predicted by their meaningful work and quality of work life. In this study, meaningful work acts as a mediator in the relationship between quality of work-life and job satisfaction.

Preliminary Study of Subjective Well Being in Adolescents: Qualitative Survey Analysis

The subjective well-being on this study concerned on adolescents’ self-reported assessments of their own subjective well-being. It is an issue of concern of students. This study aims to examine the level of subjective well-being among students. We performed this descriptive study in Jakarta, from January to February 2020. This research was conducted on 134 teenagers aged 17 to 18 years living in Jakarta. There were 115 (85.8%) women and 19 (14.2%) men. In this study, adolescents’ view about their subjective well-being were gathered through open-ended questions. This study uses qualitative mixed method design. The form consists of three open-ended questions pertaining to views of adolescents regarding the concept of well-being. The answers are then combined and collected under the general header. Data analysis uses MAXQDA analysis tools to develop thematic coding and take the highest frequency. The results found that adolescents’ opinions about subjective well-being include: productivity, positive emotion, social oriented, need satisfaction, minor challenges, health, religiosity, and independent.

Exploring the Psychological Risk Factors in Children with Epilepsy

There are many factors that aggravate the clinical picture of children diagnosed with epilepsy. Through this study we will explore risk factors related to disease characteristics, cognitive impairments, intelligence and behavioral problems in children with epilepsy. Methods: Based on the medical data of children diagnosed with epilepsy being treated at the Pediatric Neurology Unit, University Hospital of Pristina, and the “Hope” Psychological Outpatient Center in Kosovo, about 100 epileptic children, 55 female and 45 male, aged between 6 and 11 years of school age were administered the Montreal Cognitive Assessment scale (MoCA), Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (IQ), and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) tests. Results: Children participating in the study reveals a predomination of the generalized epilepsy, which continue to be treated with anti-epileptics for more than 3 years. From them 67% did not show the presence of another co-neurological deficit. Neurological tests show evidences of moderate EEG changes in some children and MRI registrations in 65% of children are unchanged and continue to be treated with 1 or 2 antiepileptic drugs for being under control. Intelligence, cognitive and behavioral problems in cases where they were associated with a number of neuropsychological characteristics increase the risk of a disease aggravation and compromise their overall development. Discussion: We can imply that based on the severity of these concomitant factors of the epileptic conditions, they will constitute a high-risk factor for cognitive problems, low intelligence and the emergence of a number of internalizing and externalizing problems of the child with epilepsy. Conclusions: As a risk factor that increases the level of difficulty of epileptic children in some contexts, including general functioning, school, family and social context, the presence of neurobiological and neuropsychological factors such as issues in internalizing and externalizing behaviors, problems in the cognitive field and the IQ are seen, which is also expected to affect the overall development of children’s quality of life.

Dropping Out From Educational System – 2nd part

This study aims to present with dropping out from any educational system is severe individualistic, family, educational as well as the societal problem. The complex process of a student dropping out from a high school at a very young age tends to have adverse impacts on the life of the individual in long run and is influenced by variety of factors. In the recent time, the rate of the drop-out of the students have increased, especially in the developed countries, which have become the source of concern for the high-school. The students spent the most of its time in the school and develop the sense of belonging associated with the school. The concept of sense of belonging refers to the feeling of being accepted and appreciated by the rest of community and group. This makes a person feel as a significant part of the group which provides internal satisfaction to a human. This the nature of every human being, especially youth to get a support and social ties from the society and the community they belong to. The main points in the article are: Family Formation; Civil Engagement; Intergenerational Mobility; The Social Consequences of Dropping Out; Economic consequences; Labor market; Crime; Dropout Prevention programs around the world; Dropout prevention programs in Israel; Role of Quality of Education on Dropout Rate; Impact of sense of belonging on Dropout Rate; School-related Factors and Risk of Dropping; Students’ Perception of Teacher and Dropping out Rate; Students’ Perception of Educational System and Dropping out Rate; Theoretical Framework; Impact of Dropping out on Student’s Life; Steps to reduce the dropout rate; and Conclusion. Chapter Summary.

Examining the Effects of Organizational Learning on Workforce Agility through Psychological Empowerment

This era currently has become a more competitive and volatile environment. Companies must be invariably innovative, adaptive, and open to any changes. Constant learning and being psychologically enabled at work will lead the employees to be agile. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between organizational learning and workforce agility with the moderation of psychological empowerment. This study used a quantitative approach by distributing an online survey to the employees that work in commerce companies with N= 138 people. The research data obtained were then analyzed using descriptive statistics, confirmation factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that organizational learning has a positive and significant relationship with psychological empowerment. Psychological empowerment has a positive and significant relationship with workforce agility, and psychological empowerment fully moderates the relationship between organizational learning and workforce agility. Based on the results of this study, psychological empowerment has an essential role in organizational learning to increase labor agility.