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Help-Seeking Behaviors And Employment Hope Among Depressed Black Male Foster Care Alumni, Vanessa Jennings

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Traumatic depression is a system of experiences where the mind, heart, and gut track happenings lingering among systemic models of prevention and intervention and personal stories. This nonexperimental correlational study aimed to provide insights into mental help-seeking and employment hope among depressed Black/African American foster care male alums. The central research question was to what degree, if any, a positive relationship exists between employment hope and seeking access to mental health-related services among male foster care alums who identify with depression. It was hypothesized that a statistically significant relationship exists. The social cognitive career theory and theory of planned behavior …

Model Legal Processes For Court Ordered Mental Health Treatment - A Modern Approach, Brian D. Shannon

FIU Law Review

The United States Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators established the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness in 2019. As part of its overall efforts, the National Judicial Task Force then partnered with the Equitas Project of Mental Health Colorado to appoint a select workgroup to develop model statutory language for court-ordered mental health treatment, emergency psychiatric intervention, medication over objection, and criminal matters involving persons with mental illness. This Model Legal Processes Workgroup included judges, psychiatrists, medical school professors, law professors, and others whose goal was to draft model …

Nursing Staff Education Program On Using The Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Tool Kit, Camarita Titang

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The absence of adequate knowledge, skills, and competencies in screening for suicide risk in adolescent and young adult patients is a significant problem facing nurses in outpatient settings. An evaluation of the project site facility’s main performance metrics revealed shortcomings in locating patients who pose a serious risk of self-harm and suicide. Staff dealing with the patients may, as a result, overlook preemptive measures that could stop a suicide event. The project aimed to create a training program to introduce the ask suicide-screening questions (ASQ) tool kit, an evidence-based suicide screening tool, to ambulatory nurses. The goal of the project …

สุขภาวะทางจิต การรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเอง และความชื่นชอบศิลปินไอดอลเกาหลีของแฟนคลับไทยวัยผู้ใหญ่ตอนต้น, วริญญา เพริศพริ้ง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงพรรณนา ณ ช่วงเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่ง มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อทราบถึงสุขภาวะทางจิต การรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเอง ระดับความชื่นชอบศิลปินไอดอลเกาหลี และปัจจัยอื่นๆ ที่เกี่ยวข้องในแฟนคลับไทยวัยผู้ใหญ่ตอนต้น รวมถึงศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยดังกล่าว โดยใช้แบบสอบถามออนไลน์เป็นเครื่องมือในการศึกษา และเก็บข้อมูลเดือนกรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2566 จากแฟนคลับไทยวัยผู้ใหญ่ตอนต้นอายุระหว่าง 20 – 40 ปี เป็นผู้ติดตามโซเชียลมีเดียประเภทเฟซบุ๊กแฟนเพจของศิลปินไอดอลเกาหลี เครื่องมือวิจัย ได้แก่ แบบสอบถามข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล แบบวัดพฤติกรรมความชื่นชอบศิลปินเกาหลี แบบวัดการเห็นคุณค่าในตนเอง และแบบวัดสุขภาวะทางจิต วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยใช้สถิติ Pearson correlation, One-way ANOVA, Independent T-test และ Stepwise multiple linear regression กลุ่มตัวอย่างมีทั้งสิ้น 241 คน อายุเฉลี่ย 28.6 ปี ส่วนใหญ่เป็นเพศหญิง (ร้อยละ 80.5) เป็นแฟนคลับมาแล้วตั้งแต่ 0.08 - 22 ปี เฉลี่ยที่ 7.04 ปี ติดตามข่าวและผลงานของไอดอลเกาหลีผ่านทางโซเชียลมีเดีย (Official page) ของวง (ร้อยละ 93.8) โดยติดตามผลงานทุกวัน (ร้อยละ 75.1) วันละ 1 – 2 ชั่วโมง (ร้อยละ 46.1) มีส่วนร่วมในกิจกรรมที่เกี่ยวข้องกับไอดอลเกาหลีด้วยการซื้อสินค้าและผลงาน (ร้อยละ 85.5) รวมถึงชมคอนเสิร์ตหรือแฟนมีทติ้ง (ร้อยละ 80.9) กลุ่มตัวอย่างส่วนใหญ่มีสุขภาวะทางจิตและการรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเองระดับสูง (ร้อยละ 42.3 และ ร้อยละ 39.0 ตามลำดับ) และชื่นชอบศิลปินไอดอลเกาหลีระดับปานกลาง (ร้อยละ 57.3) สุขภาวะทางจิตมีความสัมพันธ์ทางบวกในระดับสูงกับการรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเองอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (r = 0.768, p < 0.001) ขณะที่ไม่พบความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสุขภาวะทางจิตกับความชื่นชอบไอดอลเกาหลี หรือกล่าวได้ว่าระดับความชื่นชอบไอดอลเกาหลีไม่ส่งผลต่อสุขภาวะทางจิต ทั้งนี้สุขภาวะทางจิตของแฟนคลับไทยวัยผู้ใหญ่ตอนต้นอยู่ในระดับสูงกว่าเกณฑ์มาตรฐาน นอกจากนี้ พบความแตกต่างของสุขภาวะทางจิตอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติในตัวแปรอายุ รายได้ อาชีพ การมีอาการเจ็บป่วยทางร่างกาย เหตุผลชื่นชอบไอดอลเกาหลี และการมีส่วนร่วมในกิจกรรมที่เกี่ยวข้องกับไอดอลเกาหลี ซึ่งการรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเองและเหตุผลชื่นชอบไอดอลเกาหลีเพื่อหนีปัญหา เป็นปัจจัยทำนายสุขภาวะทางจิตได้ร้อยละ 57.4 โดยการรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเองมีความสัมพันธ์ทางบวก (ß = 0.718, p < 0.001) ขณะที่เหตุผลชื่นชอบศิลปินไอดอลเกาหลีเพื่อหลีกหนีปัญหาต่างๆ มีความสัมพันธ์ทางลบกับสุขภาวะทางจิต (ß = -0.110, p = 0.020) ซึ่งการศึกษานี้ได้ชี้ให้เห็นว่า ควรมีการส่งเสริมการรับรู้คุณค่าในตนเอง ทักษะทางสังคม และการรับมือกับปัญหาที่เหมาะสมในประชากรกลุ่มนี้

The Human-Canine Bond: Levels Of Stress Among Military Spouses During Deployments, Angela L. De Leon-Muniz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Previous research has found that deployment may impact military spouses’ emotional wellbeing and attachment with family members. There remains a critical gap in the literature regarding difference in stress levels between military spouses who own canines and those who do not. The theoretical foundations for this study were Bowlby’s attachment theory and Bowen’s family systems theory. Research questions included exploring the relationships between (a) pet canine ownership, deployment length of time, and military spouses’ stress levels, and (b) pet canine owners’ pet attachment and stress experienced, when their significant others are deployed. The sample comprised 82 spouses with deployed military …

Help-Seeking Behaviors And Employment Hope Among Depressed Black Male Foster Care Alumni, Vanessa Jennings

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Traumatic depression is a system of experiences where the mind, heart, and gut track happenings lingering among systemic models of prevention and intervention and personal stories. This nonexperimental correlational study aimed to provide insights into mental help-seeking and employment hope among depressed Black/African American foster care male alums. The central research question was to what degree, if any, a positive relationship exists between employment hope and seeking access to mental health-related services among male foster care alums who identify with depression. It was hypothesized that a statistically significant relationship exists. The social cognitive career theory and theory of planned behavior …

Stress And Coping Among Sud Certified Peer Recovery Specialists, Cynthia June Thomas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Certified Peer Recovery Specialists (CPRSs) are individuals with lived experience in the successful recovery of substance use or mental health disorders. CPRSs provide services for individuals seeking or enrolled in substance use disorder (SUD) recovery, provide mentoring and coaching, service and resource connections and lead recovery groups but, the job of a CPRS can have beneficial and detrimental impacts on the CPRS’s personal recovery. The purpose of this quantitative study, guided by Lazarus’s theory of coping and stress, was to determine whether there is (a) a relationship in stress and coping effectiveness among CPRSs, (b) a difference in the level …

Management Of Opioid Use Disorder In Primary Care, Carolyn Jeffries

Capstone Showcase

The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States, and worldwide, has drastically increased in the span of 2-3 years. OUD is considered chronic condition and as such requires routine care over a lifetime. This makes OUD patients excellent candidates to be managed by primary care providers (PCPs). This article discusses the various barriers to treatment of OUD in a primary care setting as well methods and models that aim to mitigate these barriers. We will also review how to take a detailed assessment of an OUD patient, mainstays of medication assisted treatment (MAT), and management of side …

Cme: Vitamins, Antidepressants, And The Placebo Effect - How To Help Your Patients, Nicko Inocencio

Capstone Showcase

Depression affects roughly 280 million people globally. The disease puts patients at increased risk for stroke, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes. The psychosocial causes of depression are well-known, but the biochemical causes are multifactorial. Theories range from homocysteine excess, calcium modulation at the neuron, inflammation, cortisol elevation, and disruption of the HPA axis. At the center, however, is serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Pharmacologic treatment directly aims at modulation of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. First-line treatment is a combination of SSRIs/SNRIs with cognitive behavioral therapy. If patients do not see improvement with the above therapy other agents such as bupropion, mirtazapine, …

The Role Of Porn Literacy In Comprehensive Sex Education To Reduce Endorsements Of Gendered Sexual Violence And Support Healthy Adolescent Development, Kiana Harnish

Scripps Senior Theses

Due to stigmatization of sex and insufficient sexual education, modern-day adolescents rely on free online pornography as a source of education about sex and relationships. This thesis provides a review of the connections between adolescent porn use and the socialization of sexual violence (SV) and coercion against women, comprehensive sex education (CSE) and healthy adolescent sexual development, and porn literacy (PL) and sexual attitude or behavior changes. Porn literacy aims to equip adolescents with tools to critically analyze sexualied media and messages, to empower them to make informed decisions to engage or disengage with porn and their sexuality in a …

Business And Psychological Aspects Of Viable Mental Health Digital Tools, Dar Bejerano

Honors Program Theses

This study aims to understand the industry potential of the mental health mobile tool market and articulate how it intersects with consumer attitudes to determine the viability of digital tools in the mental health space. Themes regarding the prevalence of mental health concerns, the role of technology, and the ethics of integrating technology into mental healthcare can be found throughout the study. Market research was conducted to understand the industry in terms of the Porter’s Five Forces framework, recognizing low supplier power, a medium threat of new entry, and a high threat of substitution, competitive rivalry, and buyer power. A …

Integrating Comorbidity Knowledge For Alzheimer's Disease Drug Repurposing Using Multi-Task Graph Neural Network, Ko-Hong Lin, Kang-Lin Hsieh, Xiaoqian Jiang, Yejin Kim

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a multifactorial disease that shares common etiologies with its multiple comorbidities, especially vascular diseases. To predict repurposable drugs for AD utilizing the relatively well-investigated comorbidities' knowledge, we proposed a multi-task graph neural network (GNN)-based pipeline that incorporates the corresponding biomedical interactome of these diseases with their genetic markers and effective therapeutics. Our pipeline can accurately capture the interactions and disease classification in the network. Next, we predicted drugs that might interact with the AD module by the node embedding similarity. Our candidates are mostly BBB permeable, and literature evidence showed their potential for treating AD pathologies, …

Workplace Aggression Against Healthcare Workers In A Spanish Healthcare Institution Between 2019 And 2021: The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Aitor Díaz, Mireia Utzet, Joan Mirabent, Pilar Diaz, Jose Maria Ramada, Consol Serra, Fernando G Benavides

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

OBJECTIVES: Describe the incidence of first aggressions among healthcare workers (HCWs) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish healthcare institution, according to workers' socio-occupational characteristics and analyze the impact of the pandemic on it.

METHODS: A cohort involving HCWs who worked in the institution for at least 1 week each year from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. Adjusted relative risks (aRR) were estimated using generalized estimating equations and negative binomial models to calculate the differences in WPA between the different time periods. All analyses were stratified by gender.

RESULTS: Among women, the incidence was 6.8% (6.0; …

Experiences And Perceptions Of Bilingual Spanish-English Latinx Clients And Bilingual Spanish-English Latinx Therapists In Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review, Irvin I. Navarrete

Theses and Dissertations

As the bilingual Spanish-English Latinx population in the United States increases, so will the need for culturally and linguistically competent mental health therapists. While past research has focused on providing culturally competent care, the role of language in the process of psychotherapy has received limited attention. This study aimed to comprehensively analyze the existing literature on bilingual Spanish-English Latinx clients’ and bilingual Spanish-English Latinx therapists’ experiences and perceptions within a bilingual psychotherapy setting and identify recommendations to enhance language proficiency. A systematic review was conducted and identified nine studies for inclusion. Results highlight seven themes focusing on bilingual Spanish-English Latinx …

The Relationship Between Loneliness And Experiential Avoidance After Implementation Of A Self-Compassion Intervention, Alyssa Mielock

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

An individual’s perception of a social relationship is distinct from an individual’s difficulty forming and maintaining social relationships. Loneliness is defined as an individual’s distress resulting from the discrepancy between perceived and desired social relationship quality. In the short term, loneliness may act as a motivator for an individual to seek social support to minimize distress. However, long-term loneliness is associated with physical and psychological impairments. There have been several risk factors identified that contribute to chronic loneliness, such as social isolation, psychopathology, and ineffective coping strategies. Ineffective coping may be one mechanism by which loneliness is associated with psychopathology …

Access To Prenatal Care And Mental Health In Pregnant Women During Covid-19: A Systematic Review, Chloe Feezel, Marin Kahoun, Kaija Kunttu

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

COVID-19 affected the world in many ways. Pregnant women were greatly impacted by a change in their access to prenatal care, from in-person care to telehealth methods, and social support being limited by social isolation. Compared with prevalence of anxiety and depression in pregnant women pre-COVID-19, pregnant women during COVID-19 reported higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms due to the stress of circumstantial changes. The purpose of this systematic review is to review and critically appraise the evidence about access to prenatal care and mental health in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following PICOT formatted question will …

Stuffed Animals For Coping And Communication In The Hospital: A Child Life Perspective, Becca Scobee

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Reshaping The Narrative, Crystal Little Owl

Graduate Student Portfolios, Professional Papers, and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of Quality Of Life Perceptions Of Cochlear Implant Recipients And Their Frequent Communication Partners, Jessica L. Bishop, Ashley G. Flagge

Ashley Flagge Publications

Purpose: Quality of life (QoL) after cochlear implantation has been investigated using a variety of QoL questionnaires. However, few studies have examined the perceived QoL of cochlear implant (CI) recipients compared between the recipient and a frequent communication partner (FCP) using both hearing-related (hearing-specific), and health-general (health-general) measures.

Method: For this multiple case study, five participant pairs were recruited, consisting of five adult recipients who were implanted at least six months prior to the time of evaluation, and five adult frequent communication partners who lived with the recipient at the time of evaluation. All ten participants (five pairs) completed a …

Identification And Removal Of Barriers To Va Mental Health Treatment For Black Female Veterans, Thea Jenune Williams

DSW Capstone Projects

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) operates the largest integrated health care system in the country. The VA dates back to 1865, when President Lincoln signed legislature establishing a network for caring for the nation’s wounded after the Civil War. Many see this system as a safety net for the nation’s military veterans. Research shows veterans have reported several factors that interfere with them receiving needed mental health treatment from the VA. The majority of veterans are males however the number of females is quickly growing. Currently, females make up 11% of the veteran population and are projected to reach …