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Journal articles on the topic "Interview and meaningfulness"
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MILBERG, ANNA, and PETER STRANG. "Meaningfulness in palliative home care: An interview study of dying cancer patients' next of kin." Palliative and Supportive Care 1, no. 2 (June 2003): 171–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951503030311.
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Objective: An increasing number of patients are cared for at home and the presence of next of kin is often a prerequisite for successful home care. The aim of this study was to describe and interpret the construct of meaningfulness in next of kin of cancer patients who are in advanced palliative home care.Methods: The perspective of Antonovsky's salutogenic framework of sense of coherence was applied in the analysis. Using a hermeneutic approach, 19 next of kin were interviewed (n = 30 interviews) during ongoing palliative home care.Results: Elements that facilitated meaningfulness included comfort, retaining everyday life, action, commitment, and hope, which were of great importance for creating a perception of self-transcendence and that the best possible was done.Significance of results: The findings are discussed in relation to the concepts of meaning-based coping, tragic optimism, and existentialism. Clinical implications are suggested.
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Ninomiya, Sumi, Keiji Tabuchi, Md Moshiur Rahman, and Toshio Kobayashi. "Factors Associated With Mental Health Status Among Older Primary Caregivers in Japan." INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 56 (January 2019): 004695801985981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0046958019859810.
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This study aimed to elucidate factors affecting the mental health status of older primary caregivers. Participants comprised 81 pairs of home care recipients aged ≥65 years and primary caregivers aged ≥65 years who were caring for the recipients. We used an individual interview method, which covered basic attributes, activities of daily living by Barthel Index, mental health status by Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), sense of coherence (SOC), and sense of care burden by Japanese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (J-ZBI). The score for the comprehensibility subscale of the SOC was significantly higher for the old-old caregivers compared with the young-old caregivers ( P < .01). A significant positive correlation between the number of years of caregiving and the score for the SOC meaningfulness subscale was seen for the young-old caregivers ( P < .05). For the old-old caregivers alone, negative correlations were seen between the CES-D score and the scores for all the SOC items. Multiple linear regression analysis using CES-D as the dependent variable showed a significant positive relationship to J-ZBI in all caregivers ( P < .01). In contrast, a significant negative relationship was seen with meaningfulness, an SOC subscale only for the old-old caregivers. Meaningfulness as well as J-ZBI was extracted as a factor affecting the mental health status of the old-old caregivers, suggesting that higher SOC relates to lower stress levels with a remarkable decline in physical condition. Meaningfulness, an SOC subscale, is an important factor for improving the mental health of old-old caregivers.
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Angold, A., M. Prendergast, A. Cox, R. Harrington, E. Simonoff, and M. Rutter. "The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA)." Psychological Medicine 25, no. 4 (July 1995): 739–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003329170003498x.
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SYNOPSISGreat advances have been made during the last 20 years in the development of structured and semi-structured interviews for use with psychiatric patients. However, in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry there have been weaknesses in the specification and definition of both symptoms and the psychosocial impairments resulting from psychiatric disorder. Furthermore, most of the available interviews for use with children have been tied to a single diagnostic system (DSM-III, DSM-III-R, or ICD-9). This has meant that symptom coverage has been limited and nosological comparisons have been inhibited. The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA) represents an attempt to remedy some of these shortcomings. This paper outlines the principles adopted in the CAPA to improve the standardization, reliability and meaningfulness of symptom and diagnostic ratings. The CAPA is an interviewer-based diagnostic interview with versions for use with children and their parents, focused on symptoms occurring during the preceding 3 month period, adapted for assessments in both clinical and epidemiological research.
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Wrona-Polańska, Helena. "Regulatory function of stress in the process of leukemia patients’ recovery after bone marrow transplantation." Polish Psychological Bulletin 48, no. 3 (September 26, 2017): 328–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ppb-2017-0038.
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Abstract The theoretical rationale was the author’s Functional Model of Health (FMH), where health is construed as a function of creative coping with stress. Participants in the study were 141 patients with blood cancer (80 men and 61 women) treated with bone marrow transplantation at the Hematology Clinic, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum. Besides a standardized interview the following instruments were used: STAI by Spielberger, CISS and CHIP by Endler and Parker, and SOC-29 by Antonovsky. Health status was operationalized using 10-point self-rating scales to assess the patients’ perceived health and sense of calmness, while their objective health was rated by a medical expert - hematologist. In the statistical analyses significant correlations were found between stress level and the patients’ subjective health (-0.34, p<0.001). The following variables predicted stress intensity: anxious personality (.585), distraction coping strategy (-.202), female sex (.201), and sense of meaningfulness (-.190). Subjective health predictors of leukemia patients are: objective health (β = .413), level of stress (β = -.285), by the patient’s sense of meaningfulness (β = .244) and focusing on negative emotions (β = -.193). To promote patients’ health moreover, their sense of meaningfulness in life and in being active should be supported and enhanced.
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ten Bruggencate, Tina, Katrien G. Luijkx, and Janienke Sturm. "To Meet, to Matter, and to Have Fun: The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Intervention to Fulfil the Social Needs of Older People." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 13 (June 28, 2019): 2307. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132307.
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Interventions for older people are often not evaluated and, if evaluated, are not proven successful. Based on a systematic literature review and two qualitative studies about the social needs of older people, an intervention has been developed, implemented, and evaluated. Important social needs that emerged from these studies are connectedness, meaningfulness, and independence. Samsam, the developed intervention, aims to fulfil these needs. Samsam is a place where older (native Dutch speaking) people teach the Dutch language to expats, refugees, and immigrants. Two group interviews and one interview with a total of seven older participants were held to find out what the experiences are with this intervention to fulfil the social needs of older people. After analysis, three themes emerged: (1) The general experience of Samsam, (2) connectedness, and (3) meaningfulness and status. Results indicate that the volunteers are content with the conditions of the intervention, although it is sometimes hard work. The older participants indicated that helping other people and contributing to society is important for them. The intervention also has a strong social and fun element which contributes to their feeling of connectedness. The intervention fulfils various social needs, such as connectedness, meaningfulness, and status. When participating in Samsam, participants feel connected to each other, to the students, and to society. The older participants want to have meaningful lives and use their skills and talents. Samsam offers possibilities for them to do so. We further found that participants have some common characteristics such as an openness to others and to other cultures. An openness towards others and to society helps older people to connect. Most interventions focus on stimulating contact between older people, primarily on their need for affection. We conclude that meaningfulness and status are important social needs. Successful interventions for older people should focus more on fulfilling these needs—for example, by engaging in purposeful activities. It becomes easier to connect when a person feels useful.
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Setiyowati, Ninik, and Irtaji Irtaji. "Happiness in Higher Education Leader." GATR Journal of Management and Marketing Review 2, no. 3 (June 22, 2017): 136–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2017.2.3(20).
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Objective - This study examines Happiness Leaders in the higher education context. Methodology/Technique - Using Positive Psychology perspective, data were collected through an in-depth interview with 30 Indonesian heads of Department in some faculties of Higher Education Malang from December 2016 to February 2017. Respondents were selected using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Findings – The results of this study indicate that the respondents focused their happiness factor more on relationship (R) and meaningfulness (M), but less on positive emotion (P), engagement (E) and accomplishment (A). Almost all respondents agreed that good relationship ensured a sense of safety and comfort and helped gain social support, especially when they were in Bad Condition. Otherwise, most respondents tended to lack focus in setting targets and did not enjoy through the process of achieving the target. Responsibilities were exercised only to meet the demand of the institution. Novelty - This research developed five aspects: positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaningfulness and accomplishment (PERMA) as a key question and tested it in the context of Indonesia. Type of Paper - Empirical Keywords: Happiness; PERMA; Qualitative; Positive Psychology. JEL Classification: I21, J28, M54.
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Mohd Amar, Ismah Sumayyah, and Mohd Hisham Ariffin. "Retention factors of experienced Malay male Architects in Malaysian architectural design consultant firms in the Klang Valley, Malaysia." MATEC Web of Conferences 266 (2019): 03004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926603004.
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The Malaysian construction industry suffers from a high rate of talent attrition within architecture design consultant firms which hinders these firms from competing locally and globally. This talent attrition hinders strategic nurturing of employees needed to sustain the firms’ involvement in the global market. This paper reports the findings of an investigation into the factors that contribute to employee retention of a purposive sample of ten male professional Malay Architects in Malaysian architecture consulting firms in the Klang Valley. It explored the reasons for respondents remaining with their employers through data collected from qualitative interviews. The data in the form of interview transcripts, interview memos and analysis memos were analyzed using category coding to generate meaning units and categories of employment retention. The analysis was based upon Alderfer’s ERG motivation theory and intrinsic motivations. It was found that existence needs (convenience, physiological needs, material security), relatedness needs (group belongingness, social needs, family obligation, friendship obligation, employment group obligation, social obligation, and social esteem), growth needs (self esteem and self-actualization) and intrinsic motives (choices, progress, competence and meaningfulness) underlie the employment retention of the respondents. The research findings provide insights about Malay male Architects employment retention factors in Malaysian architecture consulting firms.
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Zamin Abbas, Rana, Hasan Sohaib Murad, Naveed Yazdani, and Ali Asghar. "Extending “Kahn's model of personal engagement and disengagement at work” with reference to existential attributes." International Journal of Social Economics 41, no. 1 (January 7, 2014): 2–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-10-2012-0143.
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Purpose – This study seeks to explore the existential meaningfulness of HR managers' work. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of four existential attributes that are death, responsibility, alienation and meaningfulness, on the work of HR managers. The study also asserts that the work of HR managers has an existential dimension to it. It also argues that HR managers have human qualities. They react to human predicament and need emotional identification with their work and organization. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the responses of HR managers developed on the basis of an interview guide specifically designed for this purpose. The data have been collected through extensive and in-depth field interactions with HR managers working in diverse organizations. The research approach taken here is to focus on the discrete moments of role performance of HR managers that represent microcosms of the larger complexity. Those moments are windows into the multiplicity of factors that are constantly relevant to person-role dynamics. Focusing on specific moments of work role performance of HR managers is like using the zoom lens of a camera: a distant stationary image is brought close and revealed as a series of innumerable leaps of engagement and falls of disengagement. Findings – The study brings out the emotional and human dilemmas of HR managers working in public and private sector organizations. While discussing and linking Kahn's model with Sartrean thoughts can provide unique perspective within the strategic human resource management especially in Pakistani organizations which was missing not only in Kahn's model but also in management literature. Originality/value – The study makes a fresh inquiry into the nature of HRM and the existential realities experienced by the HR managers at work place. The study is unique because of its extensive field interactions based on a well-designed interview guide hitherto unapplied in the organization studies.
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Rautalahti, Heidi. "Non-religious Players Asking Big Questions: Video Game Worlds Affording Affinities of Meaningful Encounters." Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 33, no. 2 (July 1, 2021): 69–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jrpc.2020-0012.
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The article examines player narratives on meaningful encounters with video games by using an argumentative qualitative interview method. Data gathered among Finnish adult video game players represents narratives of important connections in personal lives, affinities that the article analyzes as further producing three distinctive themes on meaningful encounters. Utilizing a study-of-religion framework, the article discusses meaning making and emerging ways of meaningfulness connected to the larger discussion on the “big questions” that are asked, explored, and answered in popular culture today. Non-religious players talk about intricate and profound contemplations in relation to game memories, highlighting how accidental self-reflections in mundane game worlds frame a continuing search for self.
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Bal, Mazhar. "Reading and Writing Experiences of Middle School Students in the Digital Age: Wattpad Sample." International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies 6, no. 2 (April 30, 2018): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.6n.2p.89.
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This study aimed to determine the in-school and out-of-school reading and writing experiences of middle school students. This study used phenomenology from qualitative research methods. All 12 participants (8 female, 4 male) were middle school grade 6 students. Various data collection techniques were employed: a survey and a semi-structured interview about the use of Wattpad, a semi-structured interview about the Turkish language subject, a semi-structured interview about the relationship between in-school and out-of-school reading and writing experiences, a diary of the students’ Wattpad reading list, a diary of the students’ Wattpad writing list, and the texts written by the students on Wattpad. Data collection lasted 16 weeks. The data collected from the survey questionnaire were analyzed descriptively. The data from the semi-structured interviews and diaries were analyzed using content analysis. The results indicated that most of the participants had a negative perception of in-school reading. Similar conclusions were drawn from the results in-school writing because most of the participants felt restricted and under pressure during the in-school writing process. Wattpad was considered a venue where participants can express themselves comfortably. The participants shared positive experiences characterized by willingness, diversity, meaningfulness, and entertainment. By contrast, in-school reading evoked negative experiences, such as feeling obliged, bored, and restricted, and perceiving the activity as meaningless. Out-of-school writing experiences were determined to promote internal motivation, to develop self-expression of one’s anxiety and enjoyment alike, and to develop digital writing skills in out-of-school writing experiences. Overall, no relationship was found between in-school and out-of-school reading and writing experiences.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Interview and meaningfulness"
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Tennman, Sanna, and Linnea Johansson. "Pension i relation till yrkesidentitet. : En kvalitativ kandidatuppsats i arbetsvetenskap." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-45081.
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Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka informanternas relation till pension i förhållande till upplevd yrkesidentitet. Syftet kommer besvaras genom att vi undersöker två frågeställningar. I första hand utforskas hur informanterna uttrycker sig angående pension i förhållande till upplevd yrkesidentitet. Vår förförståelse är att de informanter som upplever stark yrkesidentitet också vill gå i sen pension. Vi utforskar även hur informanterna uttrycker sig kring pension utifrån ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Det intersektionella perspektivet bidrar med nyanseringar kring aspekter som påverkat deras förhållningssätt till pension, detta sätts sedan i kontrast till tidigare forskning och teori. Empirin samlas in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och analys av materialet sker genom kodning. Resultatet visar på att vår ovan beskrivna förförståelse angående yrkesidentitet inte införlivas. Hög eller låg yrkesidentitet har inte en stor inverkan på informanternas tankar kring pension. Andra faktorer var mer relevanta för informanterna. Den andra frågeställningen besvaras genom att resultatet sätts i kontrast till tidigare forskning och teori. De slutsatser som vi drar utifrån den andra frågeställningen är att vår förförståelse som skapats genom tidigare forskning och teori kan delvis införlivas vid analysen. Slutligen i resultat och analys reflekterar vi över empiri som inte svarar till våra två frågor men som bidragit med intressanta forskningsmöjligheter kring ämnet, pension.The purpose of the thesis is to examine the interviewees relationship to retirement in relation to perceived professional identity. The purpose will be answered by examining two questions. It’s explored how the interviewees express themselves regarding retirement in relation to perceived professional identity. The pre-understanding is that the interviewees who experience a strong professional identity also want to retire late. We also explore how the interviewees express themselves about retirement from an intersectional perspective. The intersectional perspective contributes with nuances around aspects that have influenced their approach to retirement, this is then contrasted with previous research and theory. The empirics are collected through semi structured interviews and analysis of the material takes place through coding and discourse analysis. The results show that our above-described pre-understanding regarding professional identity is not incorporated. High or low professional identity does not have a major impact on the interviewee's thoughts on retirement. Other factors were more relevant to the interviewees. The second question is answered by contrasting the results with previous research and theory. The conclusions we draw based on the second question are that our pre-understanding created through previous research and theory can be partially incorporated into the analysis. Finally, in the results and analysis, we reflect on empirical data that do not answer our two questions but that have contributed interesting hypotheses on the subject, retirement.
Book chapters on the topic "Interview and meaningfulness"
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Borrell-Porta, Mireia, Joan Costa-Font, and Azusa Sato. "Changing Culture to Change Society?" In Social Economics. The MIT Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262035651.003.0012.
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Can culture be a policy variable, and hence of use to change society? What can we infer from the existing datasets and methods in economics? How different it is from what social scientists define as culture? Drawing on evidence from migrants interviewed in the European Values Study 2008- 2010 we show evidence of cultural persistence on a large set of attitudes suggesting that culture is a relevant variable for policy to account for. We then offer its downsides and then move to the meaning of culture in other social sciences which allows for more general equilibrium effects, and we propose to focus instead on cultural identity change reflecting newly internalized cultural norms. We argue that on the basis of the existing evidence there is some scope for changing cultural social norms that shape the locus of value (meaningfulness) in a society, which can in induce forms of ‘social change’. However, unlike with social norms, core beliefs in a society are likely to be culturally persistent.
Conference papers on the topic "Interview and meaningfulness"
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Chung, Pak Kwong, Chun Hu, and Chun-Qing Zhang. "CHARACTERISTICS OF RESILIENCE IN HONG KONG OLDER ADULTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact086.
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"Introduction: Resilience, which is defined as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress, is important for older adults to maintain a healthy life. This qualitative study aimed to identify the characteristics that contribute to resilience among a group of community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong. Methods: Individual and focus group interviews were conducted to collect information on life adverse events, attitudes towards adversity, and beliefs underlying the approaches to overcoming adversity among 25 Chinese older adults (2M and 23F) aged 69 to 100 years old (M=80.00, SD=39.08). The transcripts were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Seven characteristics were emerged under the three factors, including equanimity, positive attitudes towards life, meaningfulness, and self-reliance (internal factor), social support and environmental support (external factor), and spirituality and faith (existential factor). Conclusion: In addition to identifying the seven characteristics that contribute to resilience, this study also identified “taking part in physical activity” as an individual resource contributing to resilience. The study also found “government support” is an important environmental factor contributing to positive adaptation to stressful life of the elderly in Hong Kong. The results and findings may facilitate the development of interventions on enhancing older adults’ resilience."