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Journal articles on the topic "Families – Zimbabwe – Psychological aspects"
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Brajša-Žganec, Andreja. "Editorial: The Psychological Aspects of Contemporary Families, Marriages and Partnerships." Drustvena istrazivanja 23, no. 1 (2014): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.5559/di.23.1.00.
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Bratt, Ola, Monica Emanuelsson, and Henrik Grönberg. "Psychological Aspects of Screening in Families with Hereditary Prostate Cancer." Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 37, no. 1 (2003): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00365590310008604.
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Gardner, Freda V., and G. D. Angelini. "Psychological aspects of congenital heart disease." Cardiology in the Young 5, no. 4 (1995): 302–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1047951100002754.
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AbstractOutcome following the treatment of congenital heart disease continues to improve and interest has focused on reducing morbidity as well as mortality. One important aspect of this is the psychological effect of congenital heart disease and its treatment on both children and their parents. This review addresses the extent and nature of the psychological morbidity associated with this disease, in particular the impact of the diagnosis on the management of patient and family. The etiology of the high level of psychosocial morbidity remains poorly understood. Data from the 1960s concerned with pre-school and school-age children is now of little value given the dramatic changes in the treatment of congenital heart disease, which is now predominantly in the neonatal period. While theory from developmental and pediatric psychology may be usefully applied to this area, further research is required to define effective psychological care for patients and their families.
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Ogorenko, Viktoriia, Olha Hnenna, and Viktor Kokashynskyi. "Social, psychological and clinical aspects of domestic violence (literature review)." Ukrains'kyi Visnyk Psykhonevrolohii, Volume 29, issue 1 (106) (March 1, 2021): 48–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.36927/2079-0325-v29-is1-2021-9.
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The article considered the social, psychological and clinical aspects of domestic violence. Analyzed the main types of violent behavior (economic, psychological, physical, sexual) and the components of the causes of cruel behavior in the family: aggressive behavior, violence, violent behavior. The results of sociological research are presented, the prevalence, causes, aims and types of this phenomenon in Ukraine and in the world are determined. The sociological and cultural concepts of the features of the spread of the phenomenon of violence in families are considered. The stages of the formation of violent behavior in families are analyzed. The features of neurotic disorders and their prevalence among people who have experienced domestic violence are considered.
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Fadda, Stefania. "Psychological aspects when counseling families who have children with cochlear implants." Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 24, sup1 (2011): 104–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14767058.2011.607581.
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STARR, N. "Helping children and families deal with the psychological aspects of disaster." Journal of Pediatric Health Care 16, no. 1 (2002): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0891-5245(02)45233-9.
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Starr, Nancy Barber. "Helping children and families deal with the psychological aspects of disaster." Journal of Pediatric Health Care 16, no. 1 (2002): 36–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mph.2002.120867.
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Rosenthal, Susan L., Shari Knauer-Black, Mary Pat Stahl, Thomas J. Catalanotto, and Dennis L. Sprecher. "The Psychological Functioning of Children with Hypercholesterolemia and Their Families." Clinical Pediatrics 32, no. 3 (1993): 135–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000992289303200302.
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The medical aspects of hypercholesterolemia have been studied extensively, but little research has addressed the psychological aspects of screening and treatment of the disease. This study compared the functioning of 32 children, ages 8 to 11 years, and their respective families. Eighteen children had hypercholesterolemia, and 14 had normal cholesterol levels. Responses on several psychological measures showed no differences between the two groups. Thus, hypercholesterolemia appears not to cause major psychological difficulties for children and their families. Analysis showed that those families reporting good dietary choices were more cohesive, more organized, and less conflictual than families who reported fair-to-poor dietary choices. Thus, family functioning may be related to dietary practices. These findings suggest that concern about negative psychological consequences of cholesterol screening is unfounded. Also, families for whom dietary modifications are critical may benefit from family-centered treatment as well as dietary counseling.
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Pavari, Never. "Psychosocial Impacts of Covid 19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 10, no. 3 (2020): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v10i3.17687.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to cause socio-economic damages which will take a long time to recover from while there is no vaccine in sight. The impacts are affecting the social well-being of global citizens which triggers the need to investigate the psychosocial effects. In order to achieve and to provide the missing African context, the study was done in Zimbabwe. Due to lockdown restrictions, samples were obtained using online survey and social media platforms. Analysis was done to determine the effects, so far, of the virus on the general economy, psychological and social aspects as well as religious values of the citizens qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings indicated that economic loses were recorded at household, corporate and national levels. Indicators included increases in prices and exchange rate which eroded the buying power of local currency and increased the cost of basic commodities. Economic pressures, Covid-19 trends and restrictions imposed caused psychological damages which included fear, feeling of uncertainty and loss of hope. The study recommended increased awareness and psychological support to help the citizens to overcome mental displeasures. The study has potential to assist policy makers, health practitioners and development partners in developing strategies to eliminate Covid-19 related psychosocial pressures in Zimbabwe and globally.
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Fukunishi, Isao, and Kiyoshi Hosokawa. "A Study of Psychological Aspects of Families Living Together with Senile Dementia." Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 44, no. 1 (1990): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.1990.tb00437.x.
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Webb-Ferebee, Kelly. "Expressive Arts Therapy with Bereaved Families." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2861/.
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Most current grief programs support the children and/or parents of bereaved families rather than the family as a whole. This exploratory study was a quantitative and qualitative investigation of the use of expressive arts therapy with bereaved families during a weekend camp experience and a series of followup sessions. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of using expressive arts activities in improving the functioning of the bereaved family as a whole as well as individual family members. Participants included eight families who lost a child to a chronic illness between 2 to 36 months months prior to the onset of the study. Children ranged in age from 3 to15, and parents ranged in age from 26 to 66, for a total of 27 participants. The Child Life Department at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, a division of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas recruited the families. Participants received flyers and invitational letters and registered through the mail. Families attended a weekend camp where they experienced a wide variety of expressive arts activities in a combination of group formats: multi-family groups, parents' group, developmental age groups for children, total childrens' group, individual family group, mothers' group, and fathers' group. The research design was a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental control group design, but a control group could not be established. Therefore, one-tailed t-tests were used to compare participant functioning between the beginning and end of the study. Instruments used in this study included the Family Environment Scale, the Behavior Assessment System for Children the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory. In addition, the researcher used qualitative analysis to assess contents of family members' and counseling staff's journals, expressive arts products, and family members' evaluations. Results of this exploratory study indicated some improvements in children's, parents' and total family functioning. Expressive arts therapy shows promise in effecting constructive change in bereaved families and is deserving of further research.
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Jacobson, Judy Rick. "Psychological and social effects of infant heart transplant on families." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/501.
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Robinson, Julie. "Resilience in remarried families." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/659.
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Remarried families are no longer the exception in society. Statistics reveal that this type of family structure is increasing. The need for family resilience research in varying family forms has been highlighted. Given the distinctive structure of the remarried family, there are specific dilemmas and challenges that need to be resolved on the journey towards family integration. Despite these challenges, many families benefit from their new family structure and show marked resiliency and ability to adapt. South African family resilience research is scarce. This study aimed to identify, explore and describe the resiliency factors that enable families to adjust and adapt as a result of being a stepfamily. The Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation (McCubbin, Thompson, & McCubbin, 2001) was used to conceptualize level of adaptation. Participants consisted of both adults and adolescents, in order to gain perspectives of adapting to a remarried family from differing individual family members’ stages of development. Participants consisted of 19 parents and 16 adolescents, equaling a total of 35 participants. Triangulation was employed, with an exploratory, descriptive approach. A biographical questionnaire with an open-ended question, in conjunction with a number of structured questionnaires were used to gather the data. These questionnaires were: The Family Hardiness Index (FHI), the Family Time and Routine Index (FTRI), the Social Support Index (SSI), the Family Problem-Solving Communication (FPSC) Index, the Family Crisis-Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales (F-COPES), the Relative and Friend Support Index (RFS), and the Family Attachment and Changeability Index 8 (FACI8). In this study the FACI8 was used as a measure to determine the level of family adaptation. Non-probability purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the biographical information. Correlation and regression analysis was used to analyze the quantitative data, and content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. The results of the quantitative component of the study indicated that there were three significant positive correlations with the FACI8 for both adults and adolescents. These variables were family hardiness (measured by the FHI), family problem solving communication (measured by the FPSC), and family time together and routines (measured by the FTRI). The Social Support subscale of the F-COPES showed a positive correlation with the FACI8 for the adults. The results of the qualitative component of the study revealed that various common themes emerged between the adult and adolescent participants’ responses. These common themes were spirituality; boundaries; respect, love, understanding, compassion and acceptance; communication; flexibility and tolerance; time together, bonding, and routines; and social support. There were four remaining themes that the adults identified as important factors helping them manage being part of a stepfamily. These four remaining themes were equality; forgiveness and acceptance of the past; commitment and being positive; and financial support. The value of the research was discussed. Finally, limitations of the study were discussed, and suggestions were made for future research involving remarried families.
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Jordaan, Cabriere. "An exploration of affirming family communication in families with adolescent children." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020054.
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Affirming or positive family communication is important to equip families and individuals to meet life challenges. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between affirming family communication and family functioning, as well as the relationship between family functioning and the quality of communication between the adolescent and the father and mother respectively. Following this, affirming family communication was explored qualitatively from the perspective of the adolescent. A cross-sectional, quantitative survey research design was combined with an exploratory, qualitative design. The quantitative data was collected by asking participants to complete self-report questionnaires. The qualitative component consisted of focus groups discussing the topic of affirming family communication. One hundred first-year Psychology students of Stellenbosch University in South Africa completed the questionnaires. Fourteen of these students also participated in the focus groups. The quantitative results revealed a significant positive correlation between affirming family communication and family functioning. Furthermore, a significant positive correlation was found between family functioning and openness in communication between the adolescent and the mother and father respectively. Three core categories (with sub- categories) emerged from the content analysis of the focus group discussions. These core categories were verbal affirming communication, non-verbal affirming communication and functional affirming communication. The findings of this study highlight the importance of affirming family communication, especially in families with adolescent children, while also providing a description of affirming family communication from the adolescent’s perspective.
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Jarkman, Björn Gunilla. "Refugee Children and Families : Psychological Health, Brief Family Intervention and Ethical Aspects." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för klinisk och experimentell medicin, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-97333.
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Background: There are more than 45 million refugees and displaced people in the world. Children constitute almost half of the refugee population. It is an enormous challenge and a complex situation for refugee children and families escaping from their home country, to a new system of society to which they have to adapt and where they have to recapture a sense of coherence. This thesis focuses on the psychological health of younger refugee children before and after an intervention with family therapy sessions. The experiences and perceptions of refugee families who fled to Sweden as a result of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995 and who have permanent residence permits were explored. The ethical aspects of treatment of traumatized refugee children and families were also analysed. Aims: To investigate parent-child agreement on the psychological symptoms of the refugee children; to explore refugee children’s well-being before and after three sessions of family therapy; to explore, in more detail, the complexity of various family members’ experiences and perceptions of their life before the war, during the war and their escape, and in their new life in Sweden; and also to highlight ethical issues and conduct ethical analyses using basic ethical principles that take into account the varying perspectives of the actors involved with regard to the psychological treatment of refugee children and families. Methods: Data was collected using parental interviews and psychological assessments of children aged five to twelve years. In the first study, 13 children were assessed using the Erica Method and compared with a Swedish reference group consisting of 80 children. In the second study, the Erica Method assessments from before and after an intervention with brief family therapy were compared for ten out of those 13 children, complemented by parental interviews. Family therapy sessions were videotaped, and in the third study, the verbatim transcripts of nine family therapy sessions were analysed using a qualitative method with directed content analysis. Finally, the basic ethical principles in two case studies of teenage refugee children concerning psychological treatment were analysed taking into account the varying perspectives of the actors involved in the treatment. Results: Parents’ assessments of their children’s psychological health according to a symptom and behaviour interview did not correlate with the findings of the psychological assessments of children using the Erica Method. The majority of the parents were unaware of their children’s psychological problems, as identified in the psychological assessments. There was a higher rate of not-normal sandboxes (Erica Method) in this group of refugee children, compared to the Swedish reference group. A statistically significant number of cases had improved after a brief family therapy intervention when evaluated with Erica Method. Three main categories emerged from the analysis of the family therapy sessions: “Everyday life at home”, “Influence of war on everyday life”, and “The new life”. The three main categories were comprised of a total of ten subcategories: the family, work and school/preschool, the war, the escape, reflections, employment, health, relatives and friends, a limited future, and transition to the new life. A structured ethical analysis concerning the principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice is feasible and valuable when dealing with refugee children and families in clinical practice as well as in research. Conclusion: The findings from these studies show the importance of highlighting individual perspectives from the point of view of children, parents, and siblings in order to better understand the complexity of family systems. Family interventions could be beneficial for refugee children and families, even if the children do not present with overt psychological problems. Salutogenic perspectives facilitate the provision of support to refugee families. Such support helps refugee families to adapt to a new system of society and recapture a sense of coherence. In research as well as in treatment sessions, basic ethical principles, from the point of view of all actors involved, is recommended to be taken into consideration.
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Maier, Ann Elizabeth 1952. "EMOTIONAL CLOSENESS IN DYADIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ANORECTIC FAMILY: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT USING THE FIGURE-PLACEMENT PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUE." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275558.
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Mabika, Memory. "Assessing the impact of loal content policy on youth culture in Mbare Harae: the case of Youth.com." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001275.
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The study sought to establish the impact of using the local content policy in reducing television cultural influences on Mbare youth in Zimbabwe. It is assumed that television has ideological and hegemonic functions which have come to dominate the life styles of the youths on issues of dress styles, musical tastes and language, thus threatening and weakening the long established local cultures. Hence the Zimbabwean government’s local content policy was established to reduce influences of alien cultures. This study, therefore, sought to establish if Mbare youth cultures confirm or reject the imitation of television cultures with regard to dress styles, music tastes and language. In addition, the investigation aimed at establishing the feasibility of using the local content policy to reduce foreign cultural intrusions vis-à-vis globalisation challenges. The three theories utilised in the discussion of the influence of television on Mbare youth culture in this study include the cultivation theory, the theory of hegemony and the uses and gratification theory. A qualitative study was adopted to gather data using focus group discussions, questionnaires and semiotic analysis. The sample of the study consisted of 87 participants and 4 Youth.com programmes. The study revealed that television has ideological and hegemonic functions. As such, it tends to be a dominant influence on the life styles and culture of Mbare youths. The study also established that Youth.com influences youth culture through music. In Zimbabwe music has become the most influential aspect of Youth.com despite not being specified in the local content policy on television broadcasting. Furthermore, the study shows that the implications of globalisation on local television content are undermining government efforts to preserve local cultures through the local content policy. The primary reason for this has to do with the fact that Youth.com programme does not contain a higher quota of local content as stipulated in the policy. However, although the local content policy was viewed as a political gimmick, the the study revealed that it was necessary in view of youths’ vulnerability to television’s ideological and hegemonic influences. Nevertheless, in view of the loopholes revealed by this study, the policy requires to be revised to cater for all the essential cultural elements, such as, music, which are allowing alien cultures to penetrate local ways of life. For instance, the urban groove music has major impacts on the culture of Mbare youths.
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Mungadze, Jerry Jesphat. "A Descriptive Study of a Native African Mental Health Problem Known in Zimbabwe as zvirwere zvechivanhu." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332278/.
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This is a study conducted in Zimbabwe which compared a group of 50 zvirvere zvechivanhu patients and a group of 50 non-patients in age, sex, marital status, level of education and claims of spirit possession. Claims of spirit possessions and types of spirits, as pointed out by Bennel (1982), were used as symptoms of zvirwere zvechivanhu. The two groups were also compared in symptom dimensions of the SCL-90-R used in the study. The SCL-90-R, developed by Derogatis (1975), is a 90-item symptom check list used to screen people for psychological problems reflected in the nine symptom dimensions of somatization, obsessive/ compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychoticism and in the three global scores of Global Severity Index, Positive Symptom Distress Index and Positive Symptom Total. The subjects were chosen from two different sites, using a systematic sampling method. Three statistical methods were used to analyze the data. The Chi-square was used to analyze data on descriptive variables. The T-test and 2 x 2 analysis of variance were used to analyze the data on symptom dimensions and global scores. The study had one main hypothesis and nine subhypotheses. The main hypothesis was that zvirwere zvechivanhu patients were significantly different from the non-patients on the overall global scores. The nine subhypotheses stated that the patient and non-patient groups were significantly different in the nine separate symptom dimensions. The study concluded that the zvirwere zvechivanhu patients were significantly different from the non-patients in the overall global scores. In the nine separate symptom dimensions, it was concluded that the two groups were the same in all except the somatization and obsessive/compulsive system dimensions.
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Lam, Sze-ching Minerva, and 林仕青. "The impact of interparental conflict on adolescent adjustment : the role of triangulation and family structure." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210314.
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Rockwell-Evans, Kim E. (Kim Evonne). "Parental and Children's Experiences and Adjustment in Maternal Versus Joint Custody Families." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332622/.
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Differences between joint custody and mother custody families were assessed. The sample consisted of 42 post divorce families which had a child between the age of 4 and 15 years and resided in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. This cross sectional, multimethod, quasi-experimental study examined two groups of divorced families. The experimental group consisting of 21 joint custody families, was compared to the control group, consisting of 21 mother custody families. Families were matched between the two groups based on the child's gender, age and time lapse since parental separation. Within each family, interviews were conducted with one parent and with the parent's permission, a target child. Besides the interview, parents completed a questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist. Only 19 parents gave permission for their child to be interviewed. Parents completed a questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist.
Books on the topic "Families – Zimbabwe – Psychological aspects"
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Goldenberg, Herbert. Counseling today's families. 3rd ed. Brooks/Cole Pub. Co., 1998.
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Goldenberg, Herbert. Counseling today's families. 4th ed. Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2001.
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Goldenberg, Herbert. Counseling today's families. 2nd ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1994.
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Christie, Deborah. "Psychological approaches to working with families: an example of solution-focused brief therapy." In Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781785230967-14.
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Kaslow, Florence W. "Harken All Professionals Involved in the Tragedy of Divorce! The Urgency of Humanizing the Legal, Judicial, and Psychological Aspects of Divorce." In Divorced Fathers and Their Families. Springer New York, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5535-6_18.
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Bernardi, Laura, and Dimitri Mortelmans. "Introduction: Advances in Research on Shared Physical Custody by Interdisciplinary Approaches." In European Studies of Population. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68479-2_1.
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AbstractThis introductory chapter provides the rationale for adopting an interdisciplinary approach to study the implications of shared physical custody arrangements for families and their members. The Chapter gives a rapid overview of the current state of the literature on shared physical custody in the legal, sociological and psychological literature and highlights the uncertainties and controversial aspects still open to exploration in this field. It addresses the specific research needs in order to move forward from the current situation, where evidence on shared physical custody produce results that are scattered across disciplines and hard to compare across contexts. It concludes by arguing that the complexity of shared physical custody implications in terms of health, educational, relational and living standards requires research from different disciplinary fields in order to agree on a comprehensive theoretical perspective, standardize definitions and collect longitudinal and comparable data on the custody arrangements and their normative environments.
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"Psychological Aspects of Functional Age." In Social Work with the Aged and their Families. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315129877-4.
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Holland, Jimmie C., and Jessica Stiles. "Psychiatric aspects of cancer." In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0143.
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Psycho-oncology addresses the two major psychiatric and psychological dimensions of cancer: first, the responses of patients and their families at all stages of disease and the psychological stresses on health professionals delivering their care. The patient and physician relationship, dependent on effective communication, impacts the care of all patients, at every visit, at all sites and stages of cancer, and during all treatments. The second dimension addresses the psychological, behavioural, and social factors that influence cancer risk, detection, and survival. Many cancer centres and hospitals now have multi-disciplinary psychosocial teams consisting of clinicians and clinical investigators from psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, and clergy. These teams provide consultation for patients and their caregivers, psychosocial education for oncology staff, and collaboration in studies in which quality of life is important. In addition, active research in brain, immune, and endocrine links is occurring, particularly in the mechanism of cytokines in producing ‘sickness behaviour’ that may provide a biological basis for common symptoms of fatigue, depression, anxiety, weakness, and cognitive chances in cancer patients. Despite the fact that many cancer centres and oncology divisions now have a psycho-oncology or psychosocial unit, only a few centres have programmes that include both research and training. This chapter describes the common psychiatric disorders and psychosocial challenges experienced by cancer patients and the range of interventions available.
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Firoz Wagla Wala, Samina. "The Psychological Aspects of Home-Makers and Women during Pandemic." In Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Resilience During the Pandemic Period - Anthropological and Psychological Perspectives [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97687.
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Depression and anxiety are two faces of a coin and we unfortunately fail to understand the plight of a person suffering from any one of these mental conditions. However, nowadays people have started considering mental health as a serious and complex issue, but still, those suffering from it tend to shy away and hide in arrears their own dark curtains. Sometimes, a very normal looking person may also be a victim of mental breakdown and anxiety. He may be working out fine, laughing, smiling, talking and all, but somewhere deep inside and within, he may be crying his heart out. It just does not visibly appear so on the outside. Moreover, in the phase of COVID, this situation has aggravated a lot because of various reasons like loss of jobs, work from home, salary reductions and cost cuttings etc. The effect of these problems fell on the families overall, but the most suffered category was – THE HOMEMAKERS, or in other words, THE HOUSEWIVES. Housewives have usually higher resilience when it comes to handling problems and family issues as they have an inbuilt capacity and trait to handle and adjust themselves in any atmosphere and ambience after marriage, but this COVID period was equally tough to handle for them as well. Specifically, if we talk about housewives, the entire COVID period was difficult for them to handle because of multiple reasons which will be mentioned point by point.
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"Psychological, social, and spiritual support." In Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing, edited by Mike Tadman, Dave Roberts, Mark Foulkes, Mike Tadman, Dave Roberts, and Mark Foulkes. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198701101.003.0009.
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Psychological, social, and spiritual support for the person with cancer involves a range of activities by the nurse and other colleagues. Nurses can develop close interpersonal relationships with patients by showing warmth and compassion through the act of caring and by developing empathy. Although rewarding, the emotional aspects of nursing (emotional labour) can also be demanding, and nurses need to learn how to manage them in a way that is therapeutic for the patient and does not lead to burnout or compassion fatigue for the nurse. This involves developing support systems, controlling workload, managing role and personal boundaries, and supervision and education. Nurses, depending on their qualifications and training, may function at different levels of psychological support, including using counselling skills. Specific psychological therapies used in cancer care include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), problem-solving, mindfulness, and psycho-educational interventions. Social support can take the form of emotional, informational, or instrumental (practical) support. This can be provided by many different professionals, in addition to family members. There is a specific role for social workers within cancer care, focusing on families, particularly those at risk, and individuals who lack support or need advice with finances. Spirituality concerns personal faith and also a sense of inner strength, of hope, or of purpose in life. It is an important part of all cancer care and a specialist area of practice by chaplains and other faith representatives. Spiritual assessment and support are part of an ongoing relationship, in response to the patient’s perception of their needs.
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Klitzman, Robert L. "Choosing Education." In Designing Babies, edited by Robert L. Klitzman. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190054472.003.0017.
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Physicians in several fields, patients, families, and the public at large would benefit from more education and understanding regarding infertility and its treatment—from information about basic biology and causes of infertility to specific procedures and the ethical, legal, social, and psychological issues that can arise. Patients must comprehend myriad new facts, which can take considerable effort, struggling to grasp important aspects of statistics and genetics, including recessive genes and variants of unknown significance. Many physicians in and outside of the field of infertility also have knowledge gaps about these medical (e.g., genetic), psychological, and ethical issues and vary in how well they educate patients.
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Finch, Alfred J., John E. Lochman, W. Michael Nelson III, and Michael C. Roberts. "Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology." In Specialty Competencies in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199758708.003.0001.
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Chapter 1 discusses the specialty of clinical child and adolescent psychology, which includes research and practice applications to prevent or intervene with a range of mental and behavioral disorders; psychological aspects of physical conditions; and developmental challenges of children, adolescents, and their families. It also covers the various teams and professionals with whom the specialist may work, including teachers, pediatricians and pediatric nurses, community health teams, clinical researchers, and scientist, and it provides definitions of the specialty, populations served by the specialists, procedures and techniques used, work settings, relationships with other specialties, historial developments, and evidence-based practice.
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Stores, Gregory. "Sleep disorders in children and adolescents." In New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0220.
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It was argued in Chapter 4.14.1 that sleep disorders medicine should be viewed as an integral part of psychiatry, whatever the age group of patients, because of the various close connections between sleep disturbance and psychological disorders seen in clinical practice. This is certainly the case regarding child and adolescent psychiatry in view of the high rates of psychiatric disorder of which sleep disturbance is often a part, and also the frequent occurrence of sleep disorders in young people with potentially serious developmental effects of a psychological and sometimes physical nature. The temptation to view children's sleep disorders as merely transitory problems, mainly in infancy, encountered by many parents and of no lasting or serious significance, should be resisted. This may be true for some families but is frequently not the case in others. The following account summarizes sleep disorders in childhood and adolescence. Familiarity is assumed with the earlier accounts of sleep disorders in adults (4.14.1), including the introduction to that section which covers basic aspects of sleep and other fundamental issues.
Conference papers on the topic "Families – Zimbabwe – Psychological aspects"
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Rahmawati, Dian. "Psychososial Stimulation in Stunting and Non Stunting Firms." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.24.
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ABSTRACT Background: Stunting is a condition of growth failure among children under five due to chronic malnutrition. According to World Health Organization (WHO), stunting under five is a public health problem if the prevalence is 20% or more. In 2018, stunting in Indonesia is more than 20%, so it becomes a public health problem and needs to be addressed immediately. Stunting does not only affect physical growth but also psychosocial development. Stunting can reduce the quality of human resources (HR) because the body’s organs, especially the brain, are not able to develop optimally, and increase the risk of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, and stroke. The low psychosocial stimulation has an impact on the subsequent growth of the child. This study aimed to analyze the association between psychosocial stimulation and stunting. Subjects and Method: A case control study was conducted in the Village Bangkok, Kediri, East Java, in August 2020. A total sample of 25 stunting children aged 24-59 months was obtained as a case group and 25 normal toddlers aged 24-59 months as a control group. The dependent variable was the incidence of stunting, while the independent variable was psychosocial stimulation. The stunting measurement was based on the height per age (converted into a Z-score). Measurement of psychosocial stimulation was using the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Revisited (HOME) questionnaire consists of 55 statements divided into 8 aspects. The data were collected and analyzed using the Chi Square test. Results: Stunting children showed that psychosocial stimulation were low (20%), medium (64%), and high (16%). While psychosocial stimulation among not stunted children were absent (0%), medium (64%), and high (36%). Psychosocial stimulation was associated with the incidence of stunting (p= 0.031), and it was statistically significant. Conclusion: Psychological stimulation is associated with the incidence of stunting. The psychosocial stimulation provided by families for stunting toddlers is still less than that of non-stunting children. Keywords: stunting, psychosocial stimulation, children under five Correspondence: Dian Rahmawati. Academy of Midwifery of Dharma Husada. Jl. Penanggungan 41A Kediri City 64114, East Java. Email: lintangkayana31@gmail.com. Mobile: +6285645076003. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.24