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Cannon, James W., and Alinka E. Greasley. "Exploring Relationships Between Electronic Dance Music Event Participation and Well-being." Music & Science 4 (January 1, 2021): 205920432199710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2059204321997102.
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While an increasing amount of literature highlights the psychological well-being benefits of musical participation, research focusing on electronic dance music (EDM) event contexts remains scarce. This exploratory mixed methods research draws influence from interdisciplinary research on EDM culture and psychological well-being research on music festivals that suggest EDM event attendance may have a positive influence on well-being. Two studies were implemented. Semistructured interviews with regular attendees of EDM events were undertaken and analyzed thematically (Study 1, n = 7). Four main themes were identified, namely the importance of social, musical, and emotional experiences, and shared values at EDM event. These themes were then used as a basis for developing a questionnaire which explored relationships between scores on facets of EDM event attendance and measures of subjective, social, and psychological well-being (Study 2, n = 103). Results showed that all four EDM event facets were positively associated with psychological and social well-being measures. Principal component analysis was utilized to elucidate nuanced aspects of the four themes and their links to well-being scores. A four-factor model (SMEV) that encapsulates the key psychological beneficial aspects of EDM event attendance has been suggested, and the implications of this model and findings are discussed within the context of future research avenues.
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I., Konovalova, Savytska A., and Serediuk G. "Elaboration and application of pedagogical scenarios in studying nature by junior schoolchildren." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum Vol. 33, no. 33 (August 10, 2017): 117–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2017.33.117-124.
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Modern ways of approach to arrangement of study in junior schoolchildren by means of museum pedagogy has been generalized. The psychological and pedagogical aspects of interaction and forms of study arrangement in junior schoolchildren within the museum environment have been analyzed, taking into account the peculiarities of their cognition and intercourse skills.
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CRISTEA, DANA IOANA, ANCA-CRISTINA POP, PAULA NICA, AURELIAN ANDREI CRISTEA, GHEORGHE LUCACIU, and MARIUS ALIN MARINĂU. "Aspects regarding the improvement of middle schooler attendance at physical education classes." Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity 13, Special Issue 1 (November 30, 2021): 79–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.29359/bjhpa.13.spec.iss1.07.
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Background: Physical education may be thought of as a special form of education through one’s body which aims not only to fulfil biological purposes, but which also entails significant psychological and social issues. Starting from this point, the aim of the present study is to decrease the number of students exempted from physical education classes by asking them to fill in a survey before each class. Material and methods: The study was conducted in 4 schools from Oradea, over the course of 12 weeks of middle school classes. Results: A visible result was a decrease in the number of students exempted from physical education by 4 to 6 students. Surprisingly, the number of eighth graders exempted from physical education increased. Conclusions: Implementing surveys over a longer period of time would lead to significant results with regards to student attendance at physical education classes.
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Amorim Zanatta, Amanda, Robiran José Santos-Junior, Carla Corradi Perini, and Marta Luciane Fischer. "Bioaffinity: Generating positive vitality in palliative care." Trends in Horticulture 4, no. 1 (May 26, 2021): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24294/th.v4i1.1800.
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Considering the biopsychosocial benefits arising from human/nature interaction, we questioned how the biophilia hypothesis has been inserted into palliative care. The objective was to map, through integrative review, the historical and scientific conception of the theme, attesting to the contemplation of palliative care principles. Of 1,928 scientific texts, 71 covered the theme, being possible to identify at least one of the nine principles, with emphasis on the integration with psychological and spiritual aspects. Biophilia was applied, above all, to the emotional aspect, and zootherapy, to the relational. However, in view of the limitations imposed on the attendance of biosafety aspects and dependence on volunteers, the insertion of therapeutic horticulture in hospices and pet visits is proposed.
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Siusiuka, V. G., and I. M. Voloshyna. "Psychological and physical training of family for birth: historical aspect and modern trends." HEALTH OF WOMAN, no. 4(150) (May 30, 2020): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.15574/hw.2020.150.7.
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The article describes both historical aspects and modern approaches towards psychological and physical training of family for birth and also principles of management of normal birth and conditions of its providing in obstetric hospital. There is emphasized importance of attendance “School of family training for birth” by woman and her partner that permits to work out theoretical and practical skills of behavior during pregnancy, labour and postpartum period. Besides it is very important to teach the partner drug-free anaesthesis, who should not only be present in birthing room but be directly involved in labour. Also attention is paid to problems associated with training of family for birth when doctors are not sufficiently informed about psychological features of reproductive sphere, its psychosomatic nature and also forms and possibilities of psychological and psychotherapeutic assistance. Keywords: pregnancy, normal birth, training of family for birth, delivery with partner, drug-free anaesthesis.
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Wardle, J., A. Miles, and W. Atkin. "Gender differences in utilization of colorectal cancer screening." Journal of Medical Screening 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 20–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/0969141053279158.
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Objectives: To assess the demographic and psychological mediators of gender differences in uptake of flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) screening for colorectal cancer. Setting: A subsample ( n=5462) from a large community trial of FS in the UK. Methods: Menand women randomized to screening as part of the UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Trial were sent a postal questionnaire assessing demographic characteristics and attitudes to screening six months before their screening appointment. Attendance at screening was recorded by the screening centres. Results:More men than women attended screening (73% versus 67%). The higher male attendance was partially explained by their lower levels of socioeconomic deprivation, higher levels of marital status and lower perceived barriers to screening. Conclusions: Contrary to expectations, men weremore likely than women to attend FS screening. This was partially explained by socioeconomic and attitudinal differences to screening, but additional research is needed to understand the key aspects of FS screening that will maximize screening uptake in men and women.
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Khoronko, Lubov, and Anna Mokina. "Museum practice in the developing of applied artists’ professional competencies in the context of digitalization of education." E3S Web of Conferences 273 (2021): 12066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127312066.
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The article examines the modern approach in the pedagogical science of training future decorative and applied art artists, the search for new forms of practice, especially museum practice. The issue of forming future specialists’ professional competencies is always acute, but today, in connection with the issues of the pandemic and the partial transition to distance learning, it has become particularly relevant and topical, including the field of art education. The authors are tasked to analyze the effectiveness of the discipline «Museum Practice» in a remote form, the development of professional competencies by bachelors. In the standard situation, this practice is partially conducted in the city museums where the university is located and also off-premise, by personal attendance, but in the 2019-2020 academic year, changes were made to the curriculum of the field of education «Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Crafts» at the Southern Federal University, and the practice was held in an online form. The article considers the issue of remote dialogue between teacher-student-museum, identifies the positive and negative aspects of this form of communication for the development of professional competencies by future applied artists. The use of interactive, multimedia and visual technologies in the synthesis with independent work of the student gives a positive effect for the development of the necessary professional skills, even in a non-standard situation of practical training.
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Wolf, Pedro S. A., and W. Jake Jacobs. "GPS Technology and Human Psychological Research: A Methodological Proposal." Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (October 11, 2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_1-7.
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Animal behaviorists have made extensive use of GPS technology since 1991. In contrast, psychological research has made little use of the technology, even though the technology is relatively inexpensive, familiar, and widespread. Hence, its potential for pure and applied psychological research remains untapped. We describe three methods psychologists could apply to individual differences research, clinical research, or spatial use research. In the context of individual differences research, GPS technology permits us to test hypotheses predicting specific relations among patterns of spatial use and individual differences variables. In a clinical context, GPS technology provides outcome measures that may relate to the outcome of interventions designed to treat psychological disorders that, for example, may leave a person homebound (e.g. Agoraphobia, PTSD, TBI). Finally, GPS technology provides natural measures of spatial use. We, for example, used GPS technology to quantify traffic flow and exhibit use at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Interested parties could easily extend this methodology some aspects of urban planning or business usage. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_wolf
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Wolf, Pedro S. A., and W. Jake Jacobs. "GPS Technology and Human Psychological Research: A Methodological Proposal." Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (October 11, 2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_p1-7.
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Animal behaviorists have made extensive use of GPS technology since 1991. In contrast, psychological research has made little use of the technology, even though the technology is relatively inexpensive, familiar, and widespread. Hence, its potential for pure and applied psychological research remains untapped. We describe three methods psychologists could apply to individual differences research, clinical research, or spatial use research. In the context of individual differences research, GPS technology permits us to test hypotheses predicting specific relations among patterns of spatial use and individual differences variables. In a clinical context, GPS technology provides outcome measures that may relate to the outcome of interventions designed to treat psychological disorders that, for example, may leave a person homebound (e.g. Agoraphobia, PTSD, TBI). Finally, GPS technology provides natural measures of spatial use. We, for example, used GPS technology to quantify traffic flow and exhibit use at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Interested parties could easily extend this methodology some aspects of urban planning or business usage. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_wolf
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Wolf, Pedro S. A., and W. Jake Jacobs. "GPS Technology and Human Psychological Research: A Methodological Proposal." Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (October 13, 2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/jmm.v1i1.74.
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Animal behaviorists have made extensive use of GPS technology since 1991. In contrast, psychological research has made little use of the technology, even though the technology is relatively inexpensive, familiar, and widespread. Hence, its potential for pure and applied psychological research remains untapped. We describe three methods psychologists could apply to individual differences research, clinical research, or spatial use research. In the context of individual differences research, GPS technology permits us to test hypotheses predicting specific relations among patterns of spatial use and individual differences variables. In a clinical context, GPS technology provides outcome measures that may relate to the outcome of interventions designed to treat psychological disorders that, for example, may leave a person homebound (e.g. Agoraphobia, PTSD, TBI). Finally, GPS technology provides natural measures of spatial use. We, for example, used GPS technology to quantify traffic flow and exhibit use at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Interested parties could easily extend this methodology some aspects of urban planning or business usage. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_wolf
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Wolf, Pedro S. A., and W. Jake Jacobs. "GPS Technology and Human Psychological Research: A Methodological Proposal." Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (October 11, 2010): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/v1i1.74.
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Animal behaviorists have made extensive use of GPS technology since 1991. In contrast, psychological research has made little use of the technology, even though the technology is relatively inexpensive, familiar, and widespread. Hence, its potential for pure and applied psychological research remains untapped. We describe three methods psychologists could apply to individual differences research, clinical research, or spatial use research. In the context of individual differences research, GPS technology permits us to test hypotheses predicting specific relations among patterns of spatial use and individual differences variables. In a clinical context, GPS technology provides outcome measures that may relate to the outcome of interventions designed to treat psychological disorders that, for example, may leave a person homebound (e.g. Agoraphobia, PTSD, TBI). Finally, GPS technology provides natural measures of spatial use. We, for example, used GPS technology to quantify traffic flow and exhibit use at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Interested parties could easily extend this methodology some aspects of urban planning or business usage. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v1i1_wolf
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Kimmel, P. L., R. A. Peterson, K. L. Weihs, S. J. Simmens, D. H. Boyle, I. Cruz, W. O. Umana, S. Alleyne, and J. H. Veis. "Aspects of quality of life in hemodialysis patients." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 6, no. 5 (November 1995): 1418–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.v651418.
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The proper means of measuring quality of life in chronically ill patients is unclear. Because different measures may assess varied aspects of patients' experience and because they may be interrelated in different ways, the relationship between several of these quality-of-life measures, including indices of psychological well-being, social support, and severity of illness in ESRD patients treated with hemodialysis (HD), was prospectively assessed. In addition, it was determined whether patients' assessment of quality of life, along any dimension, was related to patient compliance in three urban HD units, in a population largely composed of African-American patients. Severity of illness scores correlated with both attendance and compliance with the dialysis prescription. Karnofsky scores correlated inversely with age, depression, social environment, and level of severity of illness, as expected, but not with behavioral compliance measures. Social support scores correlated with perception of illness, depression, satisfaction with life, and adjustment to illness scores, but not with behavioral or standard compliance measures. Perception of illness scores correlated with depression, social support, adjustment to illness, and satisfaction with life scores, but not with Karnofsky ratings, severity scores, or standard and/or behavioral compliance measures. Social environment scores correlated with almost all assessed variables, with the exception of anthropometric measurements, predialysis phosphorus levels, and behavioral compliance measures. Satisfaction with life scores (a global, subjective measure of quality of life) correlated with advancing age, level of social support, severity of illness, and the presence of a relationship, but were not correlated with Karnofsky scores. These data suggest that quality of life in patients treated with HD must be measured in several ways. The Psychological Adjustment to Illness Scale Social Environment score may be a useful, generalizable adjunct measure of quality of life in HD patients, in addition to the Satisfaction With Life Scale. Quality of life and perception of the effects of illness are not necessarily associated with functional ability in HD patients. These findings must be considered where making decisions about the discontinuation of HD treatment.
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Koh, Seon Yeong, and Na Ri Lee. "Analysis of Perceptual and Psychological Aspects of Colors Used in the Exhibition Space of the Children’s Museum - Focused on the War Memorial Children’s Museum of Korea -." JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY DESIGN CULTURE 27, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 29–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.18208/ksdc.2020.27.1.29.
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Hughes, Adrienne R., Ruth McLaughlin, Jane Mckay, Kevin Lafferty, Tony McKay, and Nanette Mutrie. "The B'Active programme for overweight primary school children in Glasgow: determining the prevalence of overweight and obesity and piloting an activity intervention." British Journal of Nutrition 97, no. 1 (January 2007): 204–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007114507257769.
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school children in Glasgow and to evaluate a pilot activity programme for overweight and obese children. BMI was measured in 1548 children. Overweight, obesity and severe obesity were defined as BMI ≥ 85th, 95th and 98th centile, respectively. Overweight and obese children were then invited to participate in a 10-week school-based activity programme. The programme was evaluated by recording weekly attendance, intensity (using the Children's Effort Rating Scale) and enjoyment (scale 1–10). Focus groups were used to explore the experiences and views of the children, teachers, coaches and parents. Of the 1548 children, 31·4 % were overweight, 19·1 % were obese and 12·4 % were severely obese; 38 % of those invited attended the activity programme. Weekly programme attendance was 83 % (range 56–99 %). Mean enjoyment rating (scale 1–10) was 8 for boys and 9 for girls. The intensity of activity sessions were rated ‘very easy’ by boys and ‘just feeling a strain’ by girls. Common themes emerging from the focus groups related to perceived positive and negative aspects of the programme (fun, concerns about stigmatising children); physical and psychological outcomes (fitter, more confident); and future recommendations (involve parents). In summary, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was high. The activity programme was successful in terms of attendance and enjoyment, and overall views of the initiative were positive and there was compelling support for its continuation.
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Radzevičienė, Liuda, Lina Miliūnienė, Aistė Batūraitė, Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Adam Charvatis, Michael Bader, Thomas Oliv, and Petya Grudeva. "ANALYSIS OF COGNITION STRUCTURE OF STUDENT’S HAVING EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES: ASPECT OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE." SOCIAL WELFARE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1, no. 9 (December 9, 2019): 158. http://dx.doi.org/10.21277/sw.v1i9.469.
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Article present international research on cognition, situation analysis of pupil who has emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties, that leads to early school drops. The main features of pupils who are not motivated in school attendance are problems in family environment and behavioral manifestations that lead to social conflicts. Method of deep-interview was applied during multifold individual meetings with pupil. Twenty-one student from four EU countries at the age from 13 to 20 years took part in the research. It was set that student’s difficulties and strengths at school, de-motivational and motivational aspects, weak points, problems of positive self-evaluation, coping strategies, helping thoughts, advice and wishes about future are the main inner psychological problems that reflects in student’s environmental acting.
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Panayidou, Fryni, and Benjamin Priest. "Enhancing postgraduate researcher wellbeing through support groups." Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education 12, no. 1 (February 9, 2021): 42–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sgpe-06-2020-0038.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of PhD support groups as an intervention that improves mental well-being and increases confidence in timely PhD completion. Design/methodology/approach Participants of six PhD support groups, which we co-facilitated, completed a survey at the start of the intervention and at the end of the eight weeks of attendance. The survey measured subjective well-being and confidence in completion using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and statements from the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (2017 and 2019). The final survey also included open-ended questions to identify the helpful factors of the intervention. Findings Participants’ subjective well-being scores increased considerably over the eight weeks of group attendance and improved from initial score ranges associated with risk of depression or psychological distress. As a result of feeling understood and supported by other group members, participants felt less isolated and anxious, were more satisfied with their life and work-life balance, and felt more confident about completing their PhD within the institutional time frame. The results confirm previous findings on the positive effects of social support and the relationship between poor well-being and attrition. Practical implications Support groups could form an integral part of university support as they increase well-being and could improve retention. Originality/value Existing literature mainly highlights factors that affect postgraduate researchers’ well-being, with limited research on innovative interventions. This paper investigates the impact of social support in a facilitated peer group that focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of the PhD experience, rather than peer group learning or support with specific research tasks.
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Radzeviciene, Liuda, Lina Miliūnienė, and Rytis Aluzas. "ORGANIZATION OF NON-FORMAL ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE OUTSIDE SCHOOL: ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2 (May 28, 2021): 503–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol2.6392.
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Study present the research aimed to reveal the situation of non-formal students’ activity. The process of non-formal education tends characterized by creating more flexible learning spaces, developing more caring and less hierarchical relationships, and aiming to meet participants’ needs. According to the research, the results discussed in two aspects: a) non – formal education implemented out of comprehensive school and b) non – formal education implemented in the comprehensive school. Having compared the attendance of non – formal education activity at school and out of comprehensive school according to gender, the results have shown that girls’ and boys’ choice of activity types is similar; girls are more involved into non – formal activities organized out of comprehensive school. Reasons participating in the activities of non – formal education are primary associated with general psychological status, life goals, motives and interests of students.
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Fülöp, Márta, and János Gordon Győri. "Japanese students' perceptions of the role that shadow education plays in competition in education." Hungarian Educational Research Journal 11, no. 2 (July 14, 2021): 143–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/063.2021.00059.
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AbstractThe relationship between shadow education and competition has been discussed and studied widely by educational experts and policy makers in Japan. One major topic has been the role that shadow education plays in social inequality by creating winners and losers. Another is related to competition and students' psychological health; and a third concerns the cause-and-effect relationships between cram/preparatory schools and competition. The present paper focuses on students' perspectives and describes an empirical study carried out with 211 Japanese senior high school students and 145 university students. The students answered open-ended questions about their cram/preparatory school attendance, and were asked to describe how they perceived the relationship between cram/preparatory schools and competition. The free descriptive answers were content-analysed and categorized. The majority of the respondents not only saw a relationship between the two but also listed a number of functions that increased students' competitive advantage. Educational experts' and sociologists' common criticism that shadow education has detrimental effect on fairness or equal chances in education was hardly at all expressed. Relatively few students expressed doubts or emphasized the negative or harmful side of cram/preparatory school attendance and competition. The results call the attention to the importance of studying different aspects of shadow education more in-depth from the direct “users'” i.e, the students' perspective as well.
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Chernobay, Yuriy. "Museum representation of coevolutionary metamorphosis of the environment and behavior." Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum, no. 36 (December 10, 2020): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36885/nzdpm.2020.36.3-14.
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The museum serves as an effective tool for learning and evaluating the latest signs of valorization of natural objects and environmental and social phenomena. Unlike departments and institutes specialized in biological disciplines, the museum has a wide range of cognitive competencies for the public. Social isolation, active transition to remote methods of communication, as well as psychological tensions make clear the socio-natural problems that existed before the pandemic. Along with a clear differentiation of methods of behaviorism and ethology, their nomenclature additions, it is necessary to use important manifestations of the integration of these areas of psychology. To solve this methodological problem by force only by methods of museological interpretations. The paradigm of coevolution provides an opportunity to operate with the concept of evolutionary process in relation to heterogeneous socio-biotic systems. In the Carpathian region, the sociological strategy should integrate the positive aspects of fragmentation. Models of such coevolutionary integration are various complexes – from indigenous soil-detrital complexes of substrates and reducers to coenopopulations of species. It is the soil profiles of succession series that reflect the history of coevolution of secondary ecosystems and act as reliable benchmarks in the diagnosis of probable changes. Behavioral principles of behavioral ecology should become a normative element in the knowledge of coevolutionary changes, and the museum serves as a universal center of analysis and forecast of further coevolutionary development of human-nature relations.
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Nikienko, I. V. "Functional Structure of Tomsk Library Science Museum’s Book Collection (1919–1921)." Bibliosphere, no. 2 (March 18, 2022): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2022-2-75-82.
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The paper deals with the principles of the book fund organization in Library Science Museum (1919–1921), created by the future famous library scientist and bibliologist D. A. Balika during his professional formation in Tomsk. The Museum was created for didactic and methodological support of library professional education. The author shows the functional structure of the book collection and gives comments on possible dynamics of its composition, describes the methods to identify the source books and the sample books basing on the features of their publishing and printing form and various aspects of content (affiliation to a particular branch of knowledge, psychological type). She characterizes the ways to use two mentioned types of editions in educational process. (That is for the formation of knowledge and skills in library science, book studies, author studies and reader studies in a passive or active way – by the assimilation of the source books’ content or by the analytical description of the sample books). The author traces the biblio-psychological (Rubakin’s) traditions and biblio-pedagogic innovations in D. A. Balika’s vision of librarian’s “inner work” (“reading guidance” within the framework of the extracurricular education program). The transformation technology of a non-specialized fund into an educational one implemented by D. A. Balika seems to be relevant nowadays due to the strengthening (restoration) of the reader focus in the programs of higher library education in Russia and Ukraine at the beginning of the XXI century.
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Moynihan, Clare, Andy R. Norman, Yolanda Barbachano, Louise Burchell, Robert Huddart, David P. Dearnaley, and Alan Horwich. "Prospective Study of Factors Predicting Adherence to Medical Advice in Men With Testicular Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology 27, no. 13 (May 1, 2009): 2144–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2008.16.1901.
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Purpose To identify predictive factors of adherence to medical advice, specifically the likelihood of attendance to a recommended follow-up regimen in patients with newly diagnosed testicular cancer. Patients and Methods This was a prospective study measuring initially not only aspects of the doctor–patient interview, but also a range of demographic, psychological, social, and medical factors, and then recording attendance behavior on follow-up. All 209 new patients with testicular cancer referred between June 1992 and May 1995 were approached, and 184 men consented and completed questionnaires. The nonadherence end point (nonattender) was two failures to attend an outpatient appointment at least 1 month apart, despite a written reminder. Results Thirty-two participants (17%) were classified as nonattenders. No significant differences were found between attenders and nonattenders in the majority of psychosocial and medical variables that might have predicted nonadherence to medical advice. There was a highly significant association between nonattendance and a patient's perception of an unsatisfactory affective relationship with his clinician (P = .005; hazard ratio, 3.1; 95% CI, 1.4 to 6.6). Conclusion Patients who perceived an unsatisfactory affective relationship with their clinician that included an inability to trust the clinician and a perception that they were not being treated as “a person” were subsequently more likely to disregard medical advice regarding follow-up. Attention to the ways young men may wish to communicate with their clinicians is important, bearing in mind that they may not necessarily adhere to stereotypical images of masculine self-dependence.
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Sampaio, Alexandra de Oliveira. "Serviço de Psicologia Jurídica no Centro Judiciário de Resolução de Conflitos de Bauru." Revista de Ciências Jurídicas e Empresariais 18, no. 1 (November 3, 2017): 16–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17921/2448-2129.2017v18n1p16-21.
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O artigo consiste em uma pesquisa acerca do Serviço de Psicologia Jurídica no Centro Judiciário de Resolução de Conflitos de Bauru. A coleta de dados foi realizada em documentais e estatísticos, enfatizando sobre os tipos de processos jurídicos, o número de atendimentos em Psicologia prestados pelos estagiários na unidade entre 2014 a 2016, os tipos de processos jurídicos do CEJUSC, que passam pelo Setor de Psicologia, comparando o número de atendimentos prestados pela Psicologia através do Plantão Psicológico entre os anos de 2014, 2015 e 2016 e identificação dos tipos de serviços/intervenções prestados pela Psicologia por meio do Plantão Psicológico no ano de 2016. A pesquisa revela o quão importante os serviços oferecidos pelo Setor de Psicologia, através do Plantão Psicológico, são para o fluxo do trabalho realizado no CEJUSC pelos conciliadores e funcionários, uma vez que há um reconhecimento de que aspectos emocionais, relacionais e psicológicos influenciam e mantêm os conflitos. Os dados estatísticos apontam para a necessidade de uma intervenção emergencial, em decorrência da demanda de urgência psicológica, de um trabalho preventivo e curativo, considerando que fatores emocionais podem ser tanto fonte quanto sequela (consequência) do conflito.Palavras-chave: Psicologia Jurídica. Conflito, Conciliação. Plantão Psicológico. Atendimento.AbstractThe proposed project consists of a research about the Legal Psychology Service in the Judicial Center for Conflict Resolution of Bauru. collection of documentary and statistical data, emphasizing the types of legal processes, the number of Psychology visits provided by the trainees in the unit in the period from 2014 to 2016, the types of legal processes of CEJUSC that pass through the Psychology Sector, Comparing the number of visits provided by Psychology through the Psychological Plan between 2014, 2015 and 2016 and identifying the types of services / interventions provided by Psychology through the Psychological Plan in the year 2016. The research reveals how important the services Offered by the Psychology Sector, through the Psychological Plan, are for the work flow carried out in the CEJUSC by the conciliators and employees, since there is a recognition that emotional, relational and psychological aspects influence and maintain the conflicts. The statistical data point to the need for an emergency intervention, due to the demand for psychological urgency, for preventive and curative work, considering that emotional factors can be both source and sequela (consequence) of the conflict.Keywords: Juridical Psychology. Conflict. Conciliation. Psychological Work. Attendance.
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Fogarty, Ciara, David Hevey, and Odhrán McCarthy. "Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural group therapy for social anxiety disorder: long-term benefits and aftercare." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 47, no. 5 (March 28, 2019): 501–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465819000079.
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AbstractBackground:Empirical research demonstrates the short- to medium-term efficacy and effectiveness of cognitive behavioural group therapy (CBGT) for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Little is known about the durability of gains beyond 1 year following treatment in real-life clinical settings. Literature regarding the impact of aftercare programs as an adjunct to CBGT treatment on SAD is scarce.Aims:To evaluate the long-term effectiveness of CBGT for SAD in a community sample and to explore the relationship between long-term treatment outcomes and aftercare support group attendance.Method:A longitudinal cohort design evaluated changes in standardized psychological measures assessing aspects of SAD, anxiety and depression. Questionnaires were completed before the program (time 1, N = 457), after the program (time 2, n = 369) and at an average of 4.6 years follow-up (time 3, n = 138).Results:Large treatment effect sizes at post-intervention were maintained at long-term follow-up on measures of SAD, anxiety and depression. There was no statistically significant relationship between frequency of attendance at an aftercare support group and degree of improvement from post-treatment severity on any measure.Conclusions:CBGT is an effective intervention in the long-term in a routine clinical setting and should be considered a viable treatment option for SAD. Recommendations for future research, treatment implications and study limitations are considered.
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DeSouza, Rebecca, Shona Milon Nag, Rama Sivaram, and Anupama Dutt Mane. "From helplessness to self help: Breast cancer surviorship in India." Journal of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 5_suppl (February 10, 2017): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.5_suppl.208.
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208 Background: In The Indian Scenario, a diagnosis of cancer is accompanied with social stigma and emotional upheavals, especially in breast cancer patients. They are typically thinking: “I would be less of a woman,” “I don’t know if people understand me,” “I feel isolated from myself, my family and my friends,” “Would I be normal again?” “Do I know how to help myself?” or “What will happen in the future, to my kids, to my husband?” Methods: All of these concerns are not always addressed by the medical professions. To address these issues, the Indian Breast Cancer Survivors Conference was organized as an annual conference with an attendance of 200-250 breast cancer survivors from the state of Maharashtra, India. The conference would address the psychological, emotional and social distress experienced by the patients with an aim from living a longer life to living a better and fulfilled life. Results: The emphasis of the sessions were educational (with recent updates on the surgical, medical and radiation therapy aspects of breast cancer treatment), practical (emphasized important issues like side-effects of treatment, patient advocacy, complementary therapies, spirituality, lifestyle changes, etc.), and entertaining. The summary and outcomes of the last 5 annual survivorship conferences will be described and enumerated. Results of questionnaires administered during the last 2 conferences and addressing health behavior patterns of survivors will be presented. Conclusions: We can evaluate through post conference support group discussions and conference feedback, qualify patient psychological and social health as 1) Physical:There are side effects but I choose to go on; 2) Mental: There are times that I am low, depressed, anxious, scared, guilty, but this is my new normal; 3) Emotional:Little things upset me, angry quickly but I am dealing with it; 4)Spiritual:Moved away from bargaining with God to accepting, from rituals to spiritual; 5) Social:don’t hesitate to reach out for support and to support; and 5) Intellectual:Knowledge is power, so I have learned to ask, to question, and then to decide. Achieving psychological and social health is the effort of the patient, the treating team and the support group.
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Podosokorsky, Nikolay N. "“Napoleonic” Petersburg and its Reflection in Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment." Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 4 (2022): 71–135. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2022-4-71-135.
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The article is devoted to a specific socio-cultural phenomenon, called by the author “Napoleonic” Petersburg, and its reflection in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment (1866). In the late 1830s — 1860s the Napoleonic myth manifested itself in several aspects of the cultural life of the capital of the Russian Empire: the names of public institutions, restaurant menus, apartment decorations, museum rarities, monuments, street shows, theatrical productions, literary works, psychological imitation of Napoleon, etc. The article presents an attempt to reconstruct how the “Napoleonic” Petersburg was formed and looked like during the time when Fyodor Dostoevsky, who dedicated several works to the life of people in Petersburg, fascinated by Napoleon (“Mr. Prokharchin,” White Nights, Notes from the Underground, etc.), lived and worked in it, before the creation of Crime and Punishment. The author’s research focuses on the novel Crime and Punishment and Rodion Raskolnikov, trying to become a new Napoleon and talking about the transformation of St. Petersburg and the greatness of historical figures as “living monuments” on which there is “not a body, but bronze.” It is shown how the realities of St. Petersburg (the Egyptian Bridge, the Alexander Column, the Kazan Cathedral, etc.) relate to the Napoleonic myth and are indirectly reflected in the text of Dostoevsky’s novel.
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Murphy, Christopher M., Christopher I. Eckhardt, Judith M. Clifford, Adam D. LaMotte, and Laura A. Meis. "Individual Versus Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Partner-Violent Men: A Preliminary Randomized Trial." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35, no. 15-16 (April 24, 2017): 2846–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260517705666.
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A randomized clinical trial tested the hypothesis that a flexible, case formulation–based, individual treatment approach integrating motivational interviewing strategies with cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) is more efficacious than a standardized group cognitive-behavioral approach (GCBT) for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). Forty-two men presenting for services at a community domestic violence agency were randomized to receive 20 sessions of ICBT or a 20-week group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) program. Participants and their relationship partners completed assessments of relationship abuse and relationship functioning at baseline and quarterly follow-ups for 1 year. Treatment uptake and session attendance were significantly higher in ICBT than GCBT. However, contrary to the study hypothesis, GCBT produced consistently equivalent or greater benefits than ICBT. Participant self-reports revealed significant reductions in abusive behavior and injuries across conditions with no differential benefits between conditions. Victim partner reports revealed more favorable outcomes for group treatment, including a statistically significant difference in psychological aggression, and differences exceeding a medium effect size for physical assault, emotional abuse, and partner relationship adjustment. In response to hypothetical relationship scenarios, GCBT was associated with greater reductions than ICBT (exceeding a medium effect) in articulated cognitive distortions and aggressive intentions. Treatment competence ratings suggest that flexible, individualized administration of CBT creates challenges in session agenda setting, homework implementation, and formal aspects of relationship skills training. Although caution is needed in generalizing findings from this small-scale trial, the results suggest that the mutual support and positive social influence available in group intervention may be particularly helpful for IPV perpetrators.
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Gee, Joanna, Del Loewenthal, and Julia Cayne. "Psychotherapy and despair in the prison setting." International Journal of Prisoner Health 11, no. 3 (September 21, 2015): 141–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijph-11-2014-0042.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline research which aimed to explore psychotherapists’ experience of working with despair, in the UK prison setting, through a qualitative phenomenological approach. Within the forensic psychological literature, despair is considered a pathology, associated with suicide and self-harm, resulting from the prisoners histories and the coercive prison setting. In turn, therapeutic writings outline the importance of therapy in the prison setting with despair in providing coping skills, containment and learning opportunities for the prisoners involved. Design/methodology/approach – Within the study, ten psychotherapists were interviewed as to their experience of working with clients in despair in the prison setting. The data were analysed via the phenomenological research method Empirical Phenomenological Analysis (EPA), and a secondary analysis through reverie. Findings – Through the analysis by EPA, despair emerged in the prison setting as a destabilising phenomenon to which there was no protocol for working with it. Participants also described the prisoners’ despair and the despairing prison setting, touching on their own sense of vulnerability and despair. However, drawing on the secondary analysis by reverie, the researcher also became aware of how the phenomenon of despair emerged not simply through the said, but also through the intersubjective. Originality/value – It was therefore through the secondary analysis by reverie that the importance of the attendance to aspects of intersubjectivity in prison research emerged. This paper contributes to the therapeutic writings on despair in the prison setting, alongside holding implications for qualitative research in the prison setting.
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Chieffi, Verdiana, Marco Pichierri, Alessandro M. Peluso, Cristiana Collu, and Gianluigi Guido. "Effects of Big Five personality traits and market mavenship on consumers' intention to spread word-of-mouth in the art context." Arts and the Market 12, no. 1 (February 2, 2022): 17–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aam-09-2021-0052.
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PurposeThis study investigates the transmission of art-related aspects (i.e. art products or services and people's experiences at museums) via word-of-mouth (WOM) from a personality perspective. Specifically, the study explores the effects of the Big Five personality traits (based on the five-factor model) and market mavenship (i.e. the propensity to provide general marketplace and shopping information) on intention to spread WOM in the art context.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered through two field surveys, conducted via a structured questionnaire and analyzed using multiple regression analysis.FindingsResults indicate that extraversion is the only Big Five personality trait that increases WOM intention (e.g. by talking to others about a visit to a museum). Market mavenship also increases such an intention (e.g. by talking to others about art services).Practical implicationsThe study's findings could motivate arts managers to formulate and/or refine segmentation strategies around their consumers' personality traits, since these variables may differently motivate them to spread art-related WOM. The findings may also help companies and institutions operating in the art industry to design communication strategies oriented around their consumers' personality type to appropriately connect with different groups of customers based on their innate human drives.Originality/valueThis is the first study to assess the effects of Big Five personality traits and market mavenship on WOM intention in the art context, thus expanding scholarly understanding of psychological drivers behind arts-related WOM.
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Azzahra. "Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Anak Pada Keluarga Yang Mengalami Perceraian (Broken Home)." ABDISOSHUM: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Bidang Sosial dan Humaniora 1, no. 1 (March 29, 2022): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.55123/abdisoshum.v1i1.491.
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Learning motivation is a psychological condition that encourages a person to carry out learning activities. Motivation is one of the important factors that affect learning and learning outcomes, but the strength and weakness of a person's motivation is different, it is influenced by several factors such as ideals, student conditions, environmental conditions. From this motivation will encourage a child to continue to learn in order to achieve the expected goals, namely achievement in learning. The purpose of this study was to describe the learning motivation of children with a broken home background and the factors that influence it. This research was held at the Child Care Community (KOPA) Medan City. In the context of activities PKL I mini-project. The data collection method in this study used observation and in-depth interviews with the subject in question. The results showed that the subject of AI had poor learning motivation, as evidenced by the low motivational aspects of AI learning. This is evident from the low level of Navy attendance at schools. The truant behavior carried out by the Navy is caused by internal factors and external factors from the Navy itself. External factors that make the reason for AL skipping classes are subjects that they are not interested in or do not like. While the internal factor is from the Navy itself. Low motivation Also encouragement from family is one of the strongest internal factors that makes AL often skip school. The purpose of this program is stated to be achieved, this can be seen from the growth of learning motivation in order to increase the enthusiasm for learning and also increase the confidence of the client.
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Balina, T. A., V. A. Stolbov, L. Yu Chekmeneva, and E. R. Melnikov. "IMAGE OF THE TERRITORY: QUESTIONS OF CONCEPTUAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEMATIZATION AND FORMATION." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Biology. Earth Sciences 30, no. 4 (December 28, 2020): 473–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9518-2020-30-4-473-483.
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The article reveals the theoretical aspects of studying the image of a territorial entity as the basis for building up regional capital, establishing a positive status and reputation of a region as a new resource for its development. Consideration of the territory as an object-subject participant in the formation of the image is closely connected with the processes of globalization, the reduction and devaluation of the role of traditional development resources, the expansion of the boundaries of a single information space. The authors consider three main approaches to defining the image in general and the image of the territory: socio-psychological, semiotic-geosophical and marketing. With regard to the territory, the use of the terms "image", "brand", "symbol", "reputation", etc. requires a clear distinction. The purpose of the study is to reveal the fundamental differences between these concepts, the features of their similarity, subordination on the basis of spatio-temporal, epistemological, mental approaches. Thus, the image of a territory (country, region, locality and place) is interpreted as a mental structure (a set of ideas), including reputation, brands and symbols associated with the territory, purposefully formed under the influence of information communications. The similarity of the territory image management algorithm with the corporate and corporate brand management scheme is emphasized. Special attention is paid to the problem of forming the image of the Perm region. the article reveals the role of the Museum of Antiquities in the formation and promotion of the image of the Kama region.
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Rauch, Bernhard, Annett Salzwedel, Birna Bjarnason-Wehrens, Christian Albus, Karin Meng, Jean-Paul Schmid, Werner Benzer, et al. "Cardiac Rehabilitation in German Speaking Countries of Europe—Evidence-Based Guidelines from Germany, Austria and Switzerland LLKardReha-DACH—Part 1." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 10 (May 19, 2021): 2192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10102192.
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Background: Although cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is well accepted in general, CR-attendance and delivery still considerably vary between the European countries. Moreover, clinical and prognostic effects of CR are not well established for a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Methods: The guidelines address all aspects of CR including indications, contents and delivery. By processing the guidelines, every step was externally supervised and moderated by independent members of the “Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany” (AWMF). Four meta-analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic effect of CR after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), after coronary bypass grafting (CABG), in patients with severe chronic systolic heart failure (HFrEF), and to define the effect of psychological interventions during CR. All other indications for CR-delivery were based on a predefined semi-structured literature search and recommendations were established by a formal consenting process including all medical societies involved in guideline generation. Results: Multidisciplinary CR is associated with a significant reduction in all-cause mortality in patients after ACS and after CABG, whereas HFrEF-patients (left ventricular ejection fraction <40%) especially benefit in terms of exercise capacity and health-related quality of life. Patients with other cardiovascular diseases also benefit from CR-participation, but the scientific evidence is less clear. There is increasing evidence that the beneficial effect of CR strongly depends on “treatment intensity” including medical supervision, treatment of cardiovascular risk factors, information and education, and a minimum of individually adapted exercise volume. Additional psychologic interventions should be performed on the basis of individual needs. Conclusions: These guidelines reinforce the substantial benefit of CR in specific clinical indications, but also describe remaining deficits in CR-delivery in clinical practice as well as in CR-science with respect to methodology and presentation.
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Tineva-Gyurkovska, Katya, and Ani Zlateva. "BUILDING BASIC VISUAL PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGY UNPREPARED FOR COMMUNICATING WITH VISUAL ARTS." Годишник на Педагогически факултет, Тракийски университет 15 (2018): 75–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/ybfe.2018.06.
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This research contains certain pedagogical problems concerning the basic visual perceptions of the students from the pre-school and primary school education specialty at the Faculty of Education in Trakya University, reviewed on theoretical and analytical level. People studying to become primary school teachers are expected to teach the subject Art in their future pedagogical carrier, but they are often unprepared for communicating with the visual arts. They don't have former knowledge in this area. That is why the aims of this article are connected to presenting the real "picture" of their level of perception when in touch with pieces of art in a museum environment. The stages of understanding, perceiving and free usage of the Art terminology are being tracked. Two aspects are concerned in theoretical plan: Ideas of some of the greatest Art theoreticians concerning the stages of development of the visual perceptions, viewed from artistic, psychological and pedagogical point of view. How students can assimilate and apply them in direct communication with visual arts. The article marks the meaning, role and place of Art galleries and museums in the pedagogical process of future and current teachers and art pedagogues. On empirical level this article systematizes the problems connected with the methodology of Fine Arts education, and more specifically with this part, related to the application of their knowledge of theory, art history and interpretation of pieces of art. Based on this pedagogical analysis the article makes some important conclusions for the level of competence and abilities to assimilate objects connected to the visual arts.
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Xie, Jing, Shixian Luo, Katsunori Furuya, Takahide Kagawa, and Mian Yang. "A Preferred Road to Mental Restoration in the Chinese Classical Garden." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 8, 2022): 4422. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084422.
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The impact that classical gardens have on the well-being and quality of life of visitors, especially city dwellers, is an important topic. Scholars have previously focused on landscape aspects, such as water bodies, plants, rocks, chairs, pavilions, and public squares, in various green spaces but have overlooked the road settings that visitors walk on. This study used the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum as the subject region and employed a convenience sampling method (n = 730) to analyze the preference and mental restoration of different road settings of Chinese classical gardens. According to the findings, the majority of visitors felt that the road settings in these classical gardens provided psychological recovery, and half of the roads received a preference score of five or above. The regression results indicated that nature, culture, space, refuge, and serene were found to be important predictive dimensions for both mental restoration and preference. Furthermore, this study divides landscape elements in road settings into two major categories (natural and artificial elements) and eight subcategories (trees, shrubs, lawns, roads, fences, walls, decorations, and buildings) to investigate the relationship between various types of specific road setting elements and visitors’ perceived preferences as well as restorability. The correlation results showed that in terms of preference, tree > lawn > path > fence > shrub > wall; in terms of restoration, tree > lawn > shrub > fence > path > decoration > building > wall. Overall, the findings of this research can improve visitor preferences and restoration in a given environmental setting, resulting in a more enjoyable experience.
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Tineva-Gyurkovska, Katya, and Ani Zlateva. "Building basic visual perceptions of students of pedagogy unprepared for communicating with visual arts." Годишник на Педагогически факултет, Тракийски университет 15 (2018): 75–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/10.15547/ybfe.2018.06.
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This research contains certain pedagogical problems concerning the basic visual perceptions of the students from the pre-school and primary school education specialty at the Faculty of Education in Trakya University, reviewed on theoretical and analytical level. People studying to become primary school teachers are expected to teach the subject Art in their future pedagogical carrier, but they are often unprepared for communicating with the visual arts. They don't have former knowledge in this area. That is why the aims of this article are connected to presenting the real "picture" of their level of perception when in touch with pieces of art in a museum environment. The stages of understanding, perceiving and free usage of the Art terminology are being tracked. Two aspects are concerned in theoretical plan: Ideas of some of the greatest Art theoreticians concerning the stages of development of the visual perceptions, viewed from artistic, psychological and pedagogical point of view. How students can assimilate and apply them in direct communication with visual arts. The article marks the meaning, role and place of Art galleries and museums in the pedagogical process of future and current teachers and art pedagogues. On empirical level this article systematizes the problems connected with the methodology of Fine Arts education, and more specifically with this part, related to the application of their knowledge of theory, art history and interpretation of pieces of art. Based on this pedagogical analysis the article makes some important conclusions for the level of competence and abilities to assimilate objects connected to the visual arts.
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Filippova, Tatyana P., and Svetlana A. Simakova. "“The Summary of Life, or the Long Paradox”: From Memoirs of the Repressed Scientist V. V. Grechukhin." Herald of an archivist, no. 4 (2020): 1143–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2073-0101-2020-4-1143-1155.
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Memoirs of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, professor Vladimir Vasilyevich Grechukhin (1913–98) preserved in the fonds of the Vorkuta Museum and Exhibition Center are being published. The memoirs highlight tragic events in the author’s life: serving the sentence in the forced labour camps of the GULAG in 1936–41. During this period, the young man experienced all the hardships of repression: hunger, humiliation, struggling under harsh natural conditions of the Arctic, heavy work at the industrial facilities of Vorkuta. The memoirs of V. V. Grechukhin are a unique written monument of past; events are described through the lens of personal assessment and interpretation, they spring from memory, feelings, and impressions, shifting the emphasis from fact to personal perception. Despite all hardships, it was the time of V. V. Grechukhin’s formation as a scientist. It was in the labour camps that he began the first geophysical research in Vorkuta and made a significant contribution to the development of the Pechora coal basin in the 1930s–40s. After his time was served, Grechukhin remained in Vorkuta until 1960s to continue his research. In his memoirs, the scientist details conditions in which he had to conduct his research, describes the atmosphere of creativity, the daily life, the social and psychological climate. His memoirs are a valuable source on scientific development of the Northern territories of Russia in the 1930s–40s implemented by the Soviet government by efforts of the GULAG prisoners. Study of the history of Soviet prison institutions has revealed many aspects of repression and functioning of camps. However, from the point of view of social history, studying the GULAG in its human dimension seems equally important. The introduction of the memoirs into scientific use is to expand the study of the GULAG phenomenon.
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Richards, Gareth, Alice Malthouse, and Andrew Smith. "The Diet and Behaviour Scale (DABS): Testing a New Measure of Food and Drink Consumption in a Cohort of Secondary School Children From the South West of England." Journal of Food Research 4, no. 3 (April 8, 2015): 148. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v4n3p148.
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<p class="Mdeck3abstract">A multitude of instruments exist to assess dietary intake. Many, however, are time-consuming to administer, focus primarily on macronutrient composition or the effects of specific micronutrients, and do not consider the effects of foods and drinks that fail to add significant nutritional contributions (e.g. energy drinks, chewing gum). In order to address these issues the current paper introduces the Diet and Behaviour Scale (DABS). This 29-item questionnaire is used to measure both the frequency and amount of consumption of common foods and drinks, with a particular onus on functional foods and dietary variables of current concern. The DABS was administered to a large cohort of secondary school children from the South West of England at two time-points. At Time 1 (December, 2012) the cohort consisted of 3071 pupils, 2030 of whom responded to the questionnaire; at Time 2 (June, 2013) 3323 pupils made up the cohort, and 2307 completed the questionnaire. Factor analysis yielded a four-factor solution labelled Junk Food, Caffeinated Soft Drinks/Gum, Healthy Foods, and Hot Caffeinated Beverages. When investigating how these factors were related to demographic and lifestyle variables, Chi-square analyses uncovered the following relationships: being male was associated with high Junk Food intake; sleeping for fewer hours than average, achieving low school attendance, and having poor general health were associated with high intake of Caffeinated Soft Drinks/Gum; lower school year, more sleep, more frequent exercise, and good general health were associated with high intake of Healthy Foods; and being male, having a special educational needs status, reporting fewer hours of sleep, and being in an older school year were associated with a high intake of Hot Caffeinated Beverages. Whilst controlling for demographic and lifestyle variables, logistic regression analyses determined that poor general health was predicted by high consumption of Caffeinated Soft Drinks/Gum and low consumption of Healthy Foods. Though additional studies are required to further test the questionnaire and its associated factor structure, the DABS is considered to be a useful self-report measure of certain aspects of dietary intake, and is proposed as a useful tool for future research investigating dietary influences on psychological variables such as mental wellbeing.</p>
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Humphrey, Neil, Alexandra Hennessey, Ann Lendrum, Michael Wigelsworth, Alexander Turner, Margarita Panayiotou, Craig Joyce, et al. "The PATHS curriculum for promoting social and emotional well-being among children aged 7–9 years: a cluster RCT." Public Health Research 6, no. 10 (August 2018): 1–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/phr06100.
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BackgroundUniversal social and emotional learning interventions can produce significant practical improvements in children’s social skills and other outcomes. However, the UK evidence base remains limited.ObjectivesTo investigate the implementation, impact and cost-effectiveness of the Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum.DesignCluster randomised controlled trial. Primary schools (n = 45) were randomly assigned to implement PATHS or to continue with their usual provision for 2 years.SettingPrimary schools in seven local authorities in Greater Manchester.ParticipantsChildren (n = 5218) in Years 3–5 (aged 7–9 years) attending participating schools.InterventionPATHS aims to promote children’s social skills via a taught curriculum, which is delivered by the class teacher, generalisation activities and techniques, and supplementary materials for parents. Schools in the usual provision group delivered the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning programme and related interventions.Main outcome measuresChildren’s social skills (primary outcome, assessed by the Social Skills Improvement System); pro-social behaviour and mental health difficulties (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire); psychological well-being, perceptions of peer and social support, and school environment (Kidscreen-27); exclusions, attendance and attainment (National Pupil Database records); and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) (Child Health Utility 9 Dimensions). A comprehensive implementation and process evaluation was undertaken, involving usual provision surveys, structured observations of PATHS lessons, interviews with school staff and parents, and focus groups with children.ResultsThere was tentative evidence (at ap-value of < 0.10) that PATHS led to very small improvements in children’s social skills, perceptions of peer and social support, and reductions in exclusions immediately following implementation. A very small but statistically significant improvement in children’s psychological well-being [d = 0.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) –0.02 to 0.25;p < 0.05) was also found. No lasting improvements in any outcomes were observed at 12- or 24-month post-intervention follow-up. PATHS was implemented well, but not at the recommended frequency; our qualitative analysis revealed that this was primarily due to competing priorities and pressure to focus on the core academic curriculum. Higher levels of implementation quality and participant responsiveness were associated with significant improvements in psychological well-being. Finally, the mean incremental cost of PATHS compared with usual provision was determined to be £29.93 per child. Mean incremental QALYs were positive and statistically significant (adjusted mean 0.0019, 95% CI 0.0009 to 0.0029;p < 0.05), and the incremental net benefit of introducing PATHS was determined to be £7.64. The probability of cost-effectiveness in our base-case scenario was 88%.LimitationsModerate attrition through the course of the main trial, and significant attrition thereafter (although this was mitigated by the use of multiple imputation of missing data); suboptimal frequency of delivery of PATHS lessons.ConclusionsThe impact of PATHS was modest and limited, although that which was observed may still represent value for money. Future work should examine the possibility of further modifications to the intervention to improve goodness of fit with the English school context without compromising its efficacy, and identify whether or not particular subgroups benefit differentially from PATHS.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN85087674 (the study protocol can be found at:www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/phr/10300601/#/).FundingThis project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research programme and will be published in full inPublic Health Research; Vol 6, No. 10. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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Amore, Alberto, Martin Falk, and Bailey Ashton Adie. "One visitor too many: assessing the degree of overtourism in established European urban destinations." International Journal of Tourism Cities 6, no. 1 (January 13, 2020): 117–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-09-2019-0152.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a series of indicators to determine the limits to urban tourism growth, tourism gentrification and overtourism. The study addresses overtourism within the frame of urban liveability through a proxy analysis of tourism-relevant indicators for major European tourist cities. Design/methodology/approach Based on the various indicators, a composite overtourism indicator is derived. The following dimensions are considered for the composite indicator: total number of overnight stays per relevant tourist area in km2; number of museum visitors per population; average annual change in total nights between 2009 and 2017; and foreign nights per population. Findings Based on the results, Venice is the city with the highest degree of overtourism, followed by Florence, Seville and Lisbon. The remaining cities have a lower than average overtourism potential as indicated by the negative z-score. Research limitations/implications This study and the composite overtourism indicators are only a starting point that can lead to further research in the field. Recommendations for further studies include the assessment of visitor flow and overtourism at different times of the year and to expand the study to other European urban destinations. Practical implications The paper suggests that policymakers should use these indicators when managing urban tourism development and monitoring visitor growth. Furthermore, they can be a starting point from which to assess the impact of tourism on the quality of life of local residents. Social implications This study provides a starting point from which to assess the causes for social unrest tied to overtourism. If the city under study is found to have a lower than average overtourism potential, this indicates that there may be other social or psychological issues at play apart from sheer overcrowding. Originality/value To date, there has been no composite indicator that considered the different numerical aspects of overtourism altogether. This study provides a set of key indicators and a composite overtourism indicator to provide a preliminary appraisal of overtourism as a demand-side phenomenon with evidence from a range of established European urban destinations.
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Yang, Deling, Xiao Zhang, and Jun Zhang. "EXPLORATION OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY DISORDER IN ART EDUCATION." International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 25, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2022): A84—A85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyac032.114.
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Abstract Background Under the epidemic situation, people in trouble are constrained by various conditions, and their spiritual needs are gradually increasing. Art plays an increasingly important role in nurturing the resilience and creativity of life through spiritual transcendence. This paper discusses the viewer's appreciation of landscape painting from the perspective of art education, and uses different schools or representative personal landscape paintings to explore the different psychological reactions produced by the visual communication between the viewer and the works. Subjects and Methods Art therapy is a comprehensive discipline, spanning two disciplines: Art and psychology. It involves spiritual science, anthropology and sociology, so as to nourish human emotion, wisdom and imagination, and bring other psychotherapy effects. As the spiritual messenger of mankind, art cultivates our cultural ideal, exercises our toughness and stores energy for us to deal with difficult situations. Art appreciation can improve people's psychological quality and make people have the ability to stabilize their emotions and have a strong will. In this way, art appreciation can play a good role in psychological healing. At the same time, in the process of painting, we studied the regulating effect of this painting style on the mood of college students. We selected 60 students, including 30 males and 30 females. We used the anxiety scale designed by Kim as the measurement scale, and used Likert scoring method to evaluate the scale. Pearson correlation, standard deviation and statistical significance are combined to illustrate the correlation. T-test of independent samples was used to verify the difference between high anxiety group and low anxiety group. According to the statistical value of anxiety, participants were divided into three groups: low, medium and high anxiety groups. The questionnaire includes two kinds of anxiety, namely debilitating anxiety and promoting anxiety. Through t-test, univariate and multivariate analysis of variance and regression analysis, we investigated the relationship between anxiety and self-efficacy of students of different majors and genders. Results The author believes that promoting the study of landscape painting in art education is conducive to regulating people's body and mind. On the one hand, human beings have a natural intimate relationship with nature. On the other hand, the viewer can feel the difference between landscape painting, landscape painting and landscape documentary, because the painter integrates subjective and objective treatment in the picture and conveys different emotions to the viewer. This paper discusses from the following aspects: convey a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, recall the fleeting time, yearn for the mysterious and ethereal scene, stimulate a sense of excitement and pleasure, reflect on life, and trigger a noble and magnificent psychological response. Conclusion On the basis of exploration, through the analysis of landscape painting, the author finds that landscape painting plays an important role in the psychological rehabilitation of the viewer. Landscape painting combines the function of painting psychology and art, which has a certain impact on mankind, regulates the psychological state of the viewer and eliminates obstacles. The application of painting psychology in art education can help viewers appreciate landscape painting from more angles, explore the expression methods and methods used, as well as the emotion and connotation contained therein. It is relatively easy to enter the viewer's inner world with landscape painting as the theme, which can give people great spiritual comfort. In short, teachers should be fully aware of the important position of students' emotional elements in painting, actively improve the role of teachers in teaching activities, pay special attention to their classroom language and behavior, and change from a single knowledge imparter to a classroom manager, coordinator and collaborator. In the teaching process, we should actively organize teaching activities flexibly according to the psychological characteristics of students, strive to build a relaxed and harmonious classroom atmosphere, create a friendly and mutual aid emotional teacher-student relationship, encourage and guide students, and truly be student-centered. In this way, we can reduce students' anxiety, adjust students' psychology to the best state, and promote the all-round development of students' cognition and psychology. Acknowledgement This dissertation is a phase result of the 2020 Project Library “Academic Enhancement Program” by Yang Deling, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Project Title: Landscape Painting under the Vision of Imaginative Transformation, Project No. 20XSB24. This achievement is the phased result of the planning fund for the research of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education of China “Research on the normal form of personalized interpretation of wisdom Museum Exhibition”, Project No.21ZX038. Supported by the 2021 Guangdong province graduate education innovation plan project “Guangdong joint postgraduate training demonstration base” (Talent training project of joint postgraduate training demonstration base of teaching practice base of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts & Guangzhou Ruifeng Audio Technology Corporation), Project No. 6040121010.
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Bilobrovets, Olga. "THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE HISTORICAL MEMORY OF UKRAINE AND POLAND: CHANGING APPROACHES AND DISCOURSE." Intermarum history policy culture, no. 9 (December 25, 2021): 25–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.35433/history.112014.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the research on the First World War, specifically focusing on changing topics and new discourses, clarifying the place and role of the Great War in the historical memory of Ukrainian and Polish peoples over the centuries and analyzing the means of its actualization and memorialization. The research methodology is based on comparative studies aiming to shed light on convergence and divergence in the historical memory of the First World War in Ukraine and Poland over the past hundred years. The historical-analytical method is employed to characterize the Ukrainian and Polish historiography on the Great War and analyze the information space to identify current trends in representing war events, new discourses, and commemorative practices. The scientific novelty. The study highlights new approaches to the study of the First World War by historians and demonstrates the growth of its role and importance in the historical memory of Ukraine and Poland in the first decades of the XXI century. Conclusions. The First World War, though being an epoch-making event in the history of mankind for decades, was considered a "forgotten" war and received little attention in the historical research of Ukrainian and Polish scholars. In Soviet historiography, it was positioned as the war of the imperialists and did not arouse much interest. Polish historians mainly focused on studying the solution to the Polish issue during the war, the activities of Polish socialist political parties, and the revival of Polish statehood. Only in the late 90's of the twentieth century, a number of studies on the Great War appeared in Poland and Ukraine, with topics of research and discourses revealing such global phenomena as refugees, showing economic, social, and cultural aspects of the war, clarifying the personal, emotional, and psychological level of its perception by the population of warring countries. On the 100th anniversary of the beginning and end of the Great War, the popularization of knowledge about the war was intensified through the creation of special programs, documentaries and feature films, a series of interviews, TV and radio programs with famous historians discussing the main events and consequences of the war, reflecting on its lessons and prevention of future military conflicts. In Poland, the jubilee anniversaries of the war facilitated the resumption of activities to perpetuate the memory of the war participants through the installation of monuments, memorials, and the creation of museum exhibits.
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Leal, P., V. Heaslip, and C. Ellis-Hill. "Professionals undergoing fitness-to-practise proceedings in the UK and the effects on their mental health: a narrative review." International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 30, Supplement_2 (November 30, 2022): ii28—ii29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riac089.033.
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Abstract Introduction Approximately 2% of health and social care professionals undergo fitness-to-practise proceedings through the UK professional regulatory system. Very little research has been carried out in this area even though it is increasingly being recognised that the mental health of registrants (including pharmacists, nurses, doctors and social workers) can be adversely affected by the process. Aim This review aims to address this gap through scoping the current literature on fitness-to-practise proceedings and regulation processes on four health and social care professional groups in the UK. Methods We performed a narrative review of the literature published between 2000 and 2021. A total of 1839 abstracts were initially identified (following PRISMA). After screening these abstracts, 412 full papers were obtained. Further screening resulted in a total of 32 studies included in this review. The following information was extracted from each included study: overall design and methods employed, population characteristics and key findings, and following the application of critical appraisal checklists potential limitations were noted. Ethical approval was obtained through Bournemouth University’s Research Ethics Panel (reference 16302). Results Of the 32 research studies we identified, 30 were single profession (for example 1, 2, 3), five explored the prevalence and nature of misconduct, six investigated the registrant characteristics and factors that are associated with an increased risk of appearing before a fitness-to-practise committee, nine examined the effectiveness of regulation, 10 tentatively assessed the impact of complaints and regulatory investigations on the welfare of registrants. Only two studies were multi-professional. Studies employed both quantitative and qualitative research methods to investigate the subject of regulation including: postal questionnaires (N=6), structured and semi-structured interviews- face-to-face and telephone (N=11), focus groups (N=3), case and document analysis (N=16), multivariable regression analysis (N=1) and, topic analysis (N=1). Mixed methods approach was followed by four studies. Most of the studies reported outcomes related to one or more of nine fitness-to-practise aspects of research interest including: complaints, gender, ethnicity, length of service, practice setting, nature of misdemeanours, attendance at hearing, legal representation and regulator fitness-to-practise decisions. These aspects are relevant to the registrant experience of the fitness-to-practise proceedings and ultimately the effectiveness of health and social care professional regulation. Opportunities for workforce development are limited by a narrow, legalistic accusatorial regulatory system that pharmacy and other care professionals are subject to. Discussion/Conclusion There is little understanding of the impact of UK Statutory Regulatory Bodies’ fitness-to-practise procedures upon pharmacy and other care professionals who go through the system. Empirical research related to the emotional and psychological effects on care professionals is sparse. To date, no research has been undertaken in relation to the impact of de-registration on health and social care professionals. References 1. Hanna A, Hanna L-A. Topic Analysis of UK Fitness to Practise Cases: What Lessons Can Be Learnt? Pharmacy [online] 2019;7:e130. 2. Phipps D, Noyce P, Parker D, et al. Pharmacists subjected to disciplinary action: Characteristics and risk factors. Int J Pharm Pract 2011;19(5):367-373. 3. Tullett J, Rutter P, Brown D. A longitudinal study of United Kingdom pharmacists' misdemeanors- trials, tribulations and trends. Pharm World Sci 2003;25(2):43-51.
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Gutke, Annelie, Karin Sundfeldt, and Liesbet De Baets. "Lifestyle and Chronic Pain in the Pelvis: State of the Art and Future Directions." Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 22 (November 19, 2021): 5397. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10225397.
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During their lifespan, many women are exposed to pain in the pelvis in relation to menstruation and pregnancy. Such pelvic pain is often considered normal and inherently linked to being a woman, which in turn leads to insufficiently offered treatment for treatable aspects related to their pain experience. Nonetheless, severe dysmenorrhea (pain during menstruation) as seen in endometriosis and pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, have a high impact on daily activities, school attendance and work ability. In the context of any type of chronic pain, accumulating evidence shows that an unhealthy lifestyle is associated with pain development and pain severity. Furthermore, unhealthy lifestyle habits are a suggested perpetuating factor of chronic pain. This is of specific relevance during lifespan, since a low physical activity level, poor sleep, or periods of (di)stress are all common in challenging periods of women’s lives (e.g., during menstruation, during pregnancy, in the postpartum period). This state-of-the-art paper aims to review the role of lifestyle factors on pain in the pelvis, and the added value of a lifestyle intervention on pain in women with pelvic pain. Based on the current evidence, the benefits of physical activity and exercise for women with pain in the pelvis are supported to some extent. The available evidence on lifestyle factors such as sleep, (di)stress, diet, and tobacco/alcohol use is, however, inconclusive. Very few studies are available, and the studies which are available are of general low quality. Since the role of lifestyle on the development and maintenance of pain in the pelvis, and the value of lifestyle interventions for women with pain in the pelvis are currently poorly studied, a research agenda is presented. There are a number of rationales to study the effect of promoting a healthy lifestyle (early) in a woman’s life with regard to the prevention and management of pain in the pelvis. Indeed, lifestyle interventions might have, amongst others, anti-inflammatory, stress-reducing and/or sleep-improving effects, which might positively affect the experience of pain. Research to disentangle the relationship between lifestyle factors, such as physical activity level, sleep, diet, smoking, and psychological distress, and the experience of pain in the pelvis is, therefore, needed. Studies which address the development of management strategies for adapting lifestyles that are specifically tailored to women with pain in the pelvis, and as such take hormonal status, life events and context, into account, are required. Towards clinicians, we suggest making use of the window of opportunity to prevent a potential transition from localized or periodic pain in the pelvis (e.g., dysmenorrhea or pain during pregnancy and after delivery) towards persistent chronic pain, by promoting a healthy lifestyle and applying appropriate pain management.
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Waqar, Saira. "CENTER BASED VERSES TELE-REHABILITATION FOR DIABETES MELLITUS." Rehabilitation Journal 5, no. 1 (June 29, 2021): 190–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.52567/trj.v5i01.54.
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Globally, new trends of practices are incorporating in health care sector, academics as well as in our daily lives to cope with the current population need. It is much needed to develop and implement new sophisticated practice models in rehabilitation to treat the different clinical conditions. Diabetes mellitus is one among the top 10 causes of death, with significant increase of 80% since year 20001. As estimated by International Diabetes Federation worldwide, 425 million people are suffering with diabetes mellitus.2 Diabetic neuropathy is one of highly prevalent condition which substantially affects patients by increasing frequency of falls, neuropathic pain and low quality of life (QOL).Diabetic patients suffer with following complaints i.e. Foot ulcers that develops due to peripheral vascular ischemia and poor pressure distribution on plantar surface of foot which increases the risk of fall due to loss of balance and disturbance in gait patterns.3 Total 20% of foot ulcers need an amputation wherein patients further suffer with secondary complications which in turn builds massive economic burden on health care system.4 The rehabilitation combined with diet and medications has proven as an effective method to treat diabetes and its neuropathy symptoms. Supervised conventional center based physical activity training programs are generally in practice to treat this metabolic condition. Though clinical effectiveness of these programs is established on clinical outcomes, with reduction in mortality rate, despite all the benefits of rehabilitation programs, very low patient attendance is observed in hospital based supervised rehabilitation programs. The regularity in exercise along with dietary intervention and fixed medication monitoring is the key component to manage diabetes. But high drop-out levels negatively affects the proven effectiveness of rehabilitation. There are different aspects for this low level of participation i.e. lack of time, approachability of a program, home bound work or obligations and psychological barriers etc. Therefore, new practice models are essential to improve the rate of participation on regular basis in these exercise program.5 Computer based technological incorporation in the field of health is evolving dramatically as a promising tool in improving quality of life cost effectively. It can also help us to achieve WHO goal “to improve access to health care services and professionals”. Tele-rehabilitation may prove effective as part of the rehabilitation program, especially for diabetic patients who fail to participate in conventional rehabilitation center-based programs due to domestic issues. The factors associated with suboptimal participation in rehabilitation at home are less prevalent. In tele-rehabilitation, patients are not bound to visit rehabilitation center or hospital; hence they have the freedom to perform exercise at home. But the limitations in utilization of this approach are: patient assessment and evaluation in a structured manner, monitoring the effect of program on regular basis, suitability of approach for all type of morbidities & severity levels of diabetes and suitable equipment having required features for patients as well as practitioners.6 Tele-rehabilitation is a prospective opportunity to treat the diabetic patients through regular monitoring with less drop outs rather than center based approach. However, there is a need to identify the types and severity of diabetic patients for whom this approach is safe and effective. Secondly, it is required to define clinical assessment outcomes which can be monitored and assessed. Incorporation of advanced equipment and relevant operational training is indispensable. Development of Standardized documentation for patient evaluation, intervention and outcomes monitoring is imperative to long term sustainability and improvement of practice. It is equally important to ensure the security and confidentiality of Patient’s personal data and privacy.7
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Salmasi, S., A. Kelly, S. J. Bartlett, M. De Wit, L. March, A. Tong, P. Tugwell, K. Tymms, S. Verstappen, and M. De Vera. "THU0565 RESEARCHERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON ADHERENCE INTERVENTION RESEARCH AND OUTCOMES IN RHEUMATOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL QUALITATIVE STUDY." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 79, Suppl 1 (June 2020): 524.2–524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4787.
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Background:Medication non-adherence is a significant problem among patients with rheumatic diseases. Research on adherence interventions in rheumatology is limited and disappointing, with studies using heterogeneous outcomes. Understanding these limitations is needed to inform the design of better interventions and research studies.Objectives:To describe researchers’ perspectives and experiences on adherence intervention research and outcomes in rheumatology.Methods:Semi-structured interviews using video conference were conducted with researchers who had been an investigator on an adherence study of any design in the past 10 years. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Participants were asked about their experiences with conducting adherence research and perspectives on introduction of a core domain set of outcomes for adherence intervention trials in rheumatology. Data collection and thematic analysis were conducted iteratively, until saturation.Results:We interviewed 13 researchers from seven countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Netherland, Thailand, UK, and USA). A majority worked in academia (75%), specialized in epidemiology and/or health services research (62%) and had led between 2-5 adherence studies in the past five years (62%).Three themes were identified:1) challenges in designing, conducting and evaluating adherence studies;2) current outcomes in adherence intervention studies and their relevance; and3) implementing a core domain set of outcomes for adherence intervention studies.Major challenges in conducting adherence research included inconsistent adherence terminology and measurement. Participants noted a lack of guidance on outcome selection and measurement when evaluating the effectiveness of an adherence intervention and indicated their preference for research to report adherence, intervention-specific, and health-related outcomes. Finally, implementing a core domain set of outcomes was thought to be challenging but valuable in strengthening the evidence (by facilitating meta-analysis), and improving clinical outcomes (by informing clinicians about the effectiveness of interventions).Conclusion:Adherence research in rheumatology has been hindered by lack of standardization and guidance on terminology, measurement and outcome selection. Our findings form the basis for recommendations for improving the design, conduct and evaluation of adherence intervention studies in rheumatology, particularly for developing a core domain set of outcomes to improve consistency and facilitate comparisons.Table 1.Themes and representative quotations.Theme 1: Challenges in designing, conducting and evaluating studies of adherence interventions“…the people you often most want in your sample are the people who are non-adherent and often the people who are non-adherent are the people who are hardest to recruit.”“Long term the issue has been about measurements because people confuse and conflate various aspects of medication adherence.Theme 2: Current outcomes in adherence intervention studies and their relevance“you have a whole range of outcomes…psychological outcomes…there’s measures of health care utilization and things like attendance at hospital, nurse appointments and duration, things like times off work,, and also all the relevant clinical outcomes.”Theme 3: Implementing a core domain set of outcomes for adherence intervention studies“…will make trials more comparable and increase the likelihood that you’d be able to combine efforts internationally”Disclosure of Interests:Shahrzad Salmasi: None declared, Ayano Kelly: None declared, Susan J. Bartlett Consultant of: Pfizer, UCB, Lilly, Novartis, Merck, Janssen, Abbvie, Speakers bureau: Pfizer, UCB, Lilly, Novartis, Merck, Janssen, Abbvie, Maarten de Wit Grant/research support from: Dr. de Wit reports personal fees from Ely Lilly, 2019, personal fees from Celgene, 2019, personal fees from Pfizer, 2019, personal fees from Janssen-Cilag, 2017, outside the submitted work., Consultant of: Dr. de Wit reports personal fees from Ely Lilly, 2019, personal fees from Celgene, 2019, personal fees from Pfizer, 2019, personal fees from Janssen-Cilag, 2017, outside the submitted work., Speakers bureau: Dr. de Wit reports personal fees from Ely Lilly, 2019, personal fees from Celgene, 2019, personal fees from Pfizer, 2019, personal fees from Janssen-Cilag, 2017, outside the submitted work., Lyn March: None declared, Allison Tong: None declared, Peter Tugwell: None declared, Kathleen Tymms: None declared, Suzanne Verstappen Grant/research support from: BMS, Consultant of: Celltrion, Speakers bureau: Pfizer, Mary De Vera: None declared
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Daukste-Silasproģe, Ingūna. "Jelgavas meitene pasaulē: ieskats rakstnieces Indras Gubiņas dzīves ģeogrāfijā." Aktuālās problēmas literatūras un kultūras pētniecībā rakstu krājums 27 (March 10, 2022): 253–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.37384/aplkp.2022.27.253.
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The aim of the present article, based on the vast archive of the writer Indra Gubiņa’s (1927–2017) kept in several repositories, like the University of Latvia Academic Library named after Jānis Misiņš, Museum of Literature and Music, and the National Archive of Latvia, was to select the appropriate data and create a map of the Gubiņa’s places of residence and her travels. Such a map was created using the mapping method of the digital humanities, it is available at the site www.literatura.lv – within Gubiņa’s profile. The writer Gubiņa belongs to the generation of writers who left Latvia at the end of WWII, having to leave unfinished studies, then trying to complete their education while at the camps of the displaced persons in Germany, but later – in the countries of their exile. Gubiņa started her literary activities while living in England, later continued them in Canada. Her literary works show everyday life and situation of the Latvian exiles in England and Canada, the impressions of the foreign environment, relationships of people, family and the problems of married life, complications of a woman’s inner world, as well as the relationships between generations, search for the meaning of life, as well as problems of art. The author reflects on life and culture of her age, trying to show the surrounding people as seen through her own eyes, that is the people of that particular age with their characteristic problems. The works follow the tradition of the psychological realistic prose; her poetry is characterized by a romantic, restrained mood, and personal experience. Gubiņa’s literary heritage is quite voluminous, consisting of twenty-seven books – novels, short prose, poetry, and travelogues (Europe, Mexico, Australia). Her writings in general are characterised by strong autobiographical or biographical features and aspects. Several of her works have been reissued in Latvia. She also wrote reviews of art and exhibitions. Gubiņa believed that a person is formed by one’s age, society, and geographical surroundings. The article provides an insight into the personality and work of Gubiņa from the location or geography aspect. It reveals that the most significant locations in the life of the author have been the following seemingly unlikely list: Līvbērze, Jelgava, Lübeck, Bradford, and Toronto. Arriving in Canada provided to Gubiņa her liberty, opportunity to travel and see the world, provided her with new creative impulses, or sometimes simply an occasion to relax, while the way home – to Latvia – was closed. In 1975 Gubiņa visited Soviet Latvia for the first time, then returning more frequently after 1990, though she never found a true feeling of belonging there. For the life geography of Gubiņa, Jelgava is of particularly great importance, though the town was virtually destroyed at the end of WWII. For Gubiņa, this town meant home, now completely lost; all that was left was a dream of home. She lived in Toronto, Canada, for 65 years, always viewing it as a mere place of residence. “This is anxiety, and longing for peace, that makes one time and time again to pack up the belongings and leave for the world in search of happiness somewhere else,” Gubiņa wrote. The memories of home and the town of Jelgava hold her in their power, while she admits in her poetry: “The road is grown over with nettles, / the ditches full of willows, / and the eyes – of recollections.” Work with the aforementioned digital tools and creat of the map of Gubiņa’s life space allows to visualise the vastness of this space while providing a compact view of it. Such mapping of movements or travels also provides the basis for a better understanding of the writer’s literary works. The experiences, travels and transcultural memories of Gubiņa reveal themselves in the travelogues and the moods and the depicted landscapes of her poetry, thus also enriching the ‘geography’ of the literary texts.
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Valishvili, Tea, Nana Lukhutashvili, and Lia Genelidze. "CHALLENGES OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN PANDEMIC REALITY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF AKAKI TSERETELI STATE UNIVERSITY)." Economic Profile 17, no. 1(23) (August 4, 2022): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.52244/ep.2022.23.12.
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The pandemic has significantly adjusted global processes. The world will never be the same as it was before the pandemic. The COVID-19 challenge was met differently by countries as well as individual industries. The pandemic has emerged as a catalyst for some of the accumulated problems and shortcomings. Naturally, the changes also affected the educational field, which is one of the most sensitive sectors to economic and social change. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, many international organizations have conducted large-scale surveys to address issues related to educational management and learning. They interviewed heads of educational institutions, lecturers, students, parents, and other stakeholders. The purpose of the research was to assess the scale of change and to assist higher education institution in developing future strategies in the areas of management, internationalization, management of the learning process, and other key areas. Due to the situation around the world, the educational institutions of our country have been forced to move to the new levels of education. To create a legal basis for a new form of education in Georgia, the Law on Higher Education was amended, and the terms "remote" and "e-learning" were added. According to the explanations, teaching in both formats is necessary: the distance between the student and the academic staff; As well as implementation of the learning process based on ICT. The new challenge posed many problems for educational institutions, especially for universities, including: to make significant changes to create a safe environment for health; To replace the traditional learning process with the online teaching method; To maintaining the appropriate quality standards and develop different approaches to achieve the outcomes set out in the educational programs; There was a need for training and technical support for students, academic and visiting staff for professional development in digital technology; To solve problems with appropriate technical equipment and limited internet; Universities had purchased appropriate software (Microsoft teams, zoom, etc.) for successful teaching process; It became necessary to digitize the relevant literature and materials of the learning courses, to create or improve text-books, audio or video recording. Solving these problems required promptness from the universities in the management process. Higher education institutions in Georgia, including Akaki Tsereteli State University, responded quickly, implemented measures aimed at reducing the spread of infection and creating the safe environment for learning, which meant a transition to a remote learning. To study students’ satisfaction with e-learning process we made a survey for the students of Akaki Tsereteli State University. 1505 students were participated in the survey, from different faculties. Online questionnaire was used as a research tool. As the research showed, most of the students were involved in the online learning process from the very first days. 95% of the participants were involved in remote learning no later than one month. It is noteworthy that most of the students before the pandemic had no experience of online learning and were not familiar with the relevant educational portals. A particular problem for most students was the unstable access to the Internet and the lack of appropriate equipment, also psychological unpreparedness, unusual forms of communication, and lack of computer skills were named. Despite all this, most of the students also saw positive features in remote learning: to attend lectures without missing a job, active and effective attendance at lectures, avoid interrupting the learning process, to re-watch the recording of the lecture etc. Most of the students believe that the university has effectively dealt with the existing challenges. In total, transition to e-learning process, university got 4.15 points (out of 5 points). One of the interesting trends can be that most of the students find it useful to use e-learning elements in the post-pandemic period too and believe that it was very useful experience, which facilitated the acquisition of additional new skills. The research revealed both positive and negative aspects during the remote learning period. The advantages of remote learning can be considered: savings on apartment rent and transportation; more free time for new interests; focus more on independent learning; acquisition/mastering of new experiences and skills; ability to attend a lecture from any location. The disadvantages of remote learning can be considered: the difficulty of observing students’ involvement in the lecture process; the duration of the lecture planning process and the digitization of the required resources; the lecture is as interesting as the lecturer is prepared and motivated; probability of occurrence of technical problems; riding on gadgets and computer devices, disturbing the balance of learning and personal life; possession of foreign language and computer skills. The fact is that the "accelerated" transition to the remote learning has brought educational institutions to a fundamentally new reality, and the gained experience requires significant analysis. As it seems, soon we will have to "digitize" most of the processes - from administration and management to teaching. Maintaining elements of remote and hybrid learning in the learning process will enable students to be actively involved in the learning process without missing a job, teachers can manage time more efficiently, and universities to save material and human resources. At the same time, the process of internationalization has been simplified. Without physical mobility, it is possible to take distance learning courses or programs at leading foreign universities, sharing experiences with less financial costs. Another important achievement is the increasing access to education, which is a stated priority in the modern world.
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Donnelly, Jamie A. "The Relationship Between Physical Fitness and School Performance." Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.5590/jsbhs.2017.11.1.16.
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Past research has indicated a significant relationship between physical fitness and standardized test scores; however, the relationship between physical fitness and other aspects of school performance has yet to be empirically examined in a population specifically composed of middle school girls. Because girls have a harder time transitioning through the middle school years, they are an important group to study in this context. This study examined several factors that contribute to school success, such as classroom behavior, attendance, and grades, in relation to physical fitness among a group of adolescent girls. It was specifically designed to examine the statistical relationship between physical fitness, as measured by the FitnessGram, and quantitative data on school performance including grades, standardized test scores, school behavior, and attendance among 280 middle school girls. The biopsychosocial theory was used as the basis of this study, with the biological factors of fitness levels and body mass index, psychological factors of grades and test scores, and social factors of attendance and behavior. A one-way between-subjects multivariate analysis of variance demonstrated that the psychological and social factors of school performance were significantly related to the biological factor of physical fitness. A statistically significant correlation was also found between body mass index, grades, and attendance. Interventions to increase physical fitness may be a way to foster greater school performance in middle school girls.
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Ackermann, Tobias Peter, and Alexander Seifert. "Older Adults’ Engagement in Senior University Lectures and the Effect of Individual Motivations." Frontiers in Education 6 (March 9, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.591481.
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Among older adults, engagement in education can potentially have positive effects on cognition and psychological well-being and can prevent social isolation. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of individual motivations specific to older learners that underlie the frequency of participation at a senior university and how health or socioeconomic dimensions may affect the possibilities for participation. With data on participants from the senior university program at the University of Zurich (N = 811), we show that greater individual motivations regarding different aspects of learning have an effect on the frequency of lecture attendance, while other life circumstances do not. However, the findings show that when different forms of motivation are compared, instrumental motivation—meaning that the intention to use the gained knowledge now or in the future is responsible for the participant’s learning aspirations—is the only motivation that significantly increases lecture attendance. Hence, we conclude that to increase people’s engagement in this specific form of education in later life and to intensify lecture attendance, these programs should meet participants expectations.
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Zeilig, Hannah, Laura Dickens, and Paul M. Camic. "The psychological and social impacts of museum-based programmes for people with a mild-to-moderate dementia: a systematic review." International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, August 12, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3532.
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The importance of museum-based interventions for people with dementia has been increasingly appreciated. Yet, there is relatively little known about the psychological and social impacts of these interventions. To address this, the authors undertook a systematic review to elucidate these aspects of museum-based programmes for people with mild-to-moderate dementia. Four electronic databases were searched systematically, and eleven studies were included. Key findings were synthesised thematically, and six themes were identified: mood and enjoyment, subjective wellbeing, personhood, cognition, engagement, and social outcomes. These positive findings suggest that museum-based interventions for people with a mild-to-moderate dementia can offer a range of valuable benefits. This review also clarified that further mixed-methods studies and wait-list controlled studies, to clarify the factors that benefits may be attributed to, will contribute towards a more robust evidence base. In turn, this would positively impact funding and guide policy in this area.
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Orr, Joanna, Rose Anne Kenny, and Christine A. McGarrigle. "Religiosity and Quality of Life in Older Christian Women in Ireland: A Mixed Methods Analysis." Journal of Religion and Health, March 16, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01519-3.
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AbstractThis study used a mixed methods approach to understand the ways in which religion and quality of life (QoL) are associated in later life in Ireland. Longitudinal quantitative data from 2112 Christian women aged 57 and over at baseline (2009–10) participating in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), as well as qualitative data from semi-structured interviews from 11 Christian women aged 65 and over in 2018, were used. The quantitative data showed an association between lower religiosity and lower QoL. Qualitative data supported an effect of religious involvement on QoL although certain aspects of being religious in Ireland were accompanied by distress. The data suggested that the relationship between religious attendance and higher QoL could be driven by multifactorial pathways, including psychological, social, and practical benefits.