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The Role Of Resilience In Accounting For Residential Treatment Outcomes With Seriously Emotionally And Behaviourally Disordered Children And Youth, Wendy Den Dunnen
The Role Of Resilience In Accounting For Residential Treatment Outcomes With Seriously Emotionally And Behaviourally Disordered Children And Youth, Wendy Den Dunnen
Digitized Theses
Residential treatment is among the most costly forms of intervention for children with
serious emotional and behavioural disorders. While some children and youth report significant improvement from residential care, a significant subgroup does not. One explanation for treatment responsiveness may be related to resilience. This study examined factors predictive of resilience in 170 children and youth who were admitted to residential treatment with complex mental health problems. Results indicated that lower internalizing and externalizing behaviour predicted behavioural resilience. Higher school participation/achievement and an absence o f witnessing abuse predicted educational resilience. Family resilience was predicted by higher family functioning, younger …
Youth Homelessness, Mental Health, And Social Determinants Of Health, Melody Chow
Youth Homelessness, Mental Health, And Social Determinants Of Health, Melody Chow
Digitized Theses
Youth homelessness is becoming an increasingly prevalent concern. Homeless youth
commonly leave home due to a dysfunctional, often abusive, family life. While homeless, these youth are increasingly vulnerable to a higher level of severity of mental health issues. Homeless youth generally lack a support network. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social determinants of health, specifically history of violence, quality of social relationships and quality of family relationships, on the mental health of homeless youth. The relationship between these variables and the overall mental illness severity of a homeless younger (16 to 30 years) group …
The Influence Of Empowerment And Incivility On The Mental Health Of New Graduate Nurses, Travis Wing
The Influence Of Empowerment And Incivility On The Mental Health Of New Graduate Nurses, Travis Wing
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In this secondary analysis, Kanter’s (1977) theory of structural empowerment was tested using a predictive, non-experimental design in a sample of new graduate nurses working in hospital settings in Ontario (n=394). The two hypothesized models predicted that high levels of structural empowerment would be associated with lower mental health symptoms, which would be mediated by high levels of coworker and supervisor incivility,respectively. TheConditionsforWorkEffectivenessQuestionnaire-II (Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian, & Wilk, 2001), the Workplace Incivility Scale (Cortina,
Magley, Williams, & Langhout, 2001), and the State of Mind subscale of the Pressure Management Indicator (Williams & Cooper, 2001) were used to measure study variables. …