Year: 2016
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Developments II as part of the Advances in Psychology and Psychological Trends series.These series of books comprise authors and editors work to address generalized research, albeit focused in specific sections, in the Psychology area.In this second volume, a committed set of authors explore the Psychology field, contributing to the frontiers of knowledge.Success depends on the participation of those who wish to find creative solutions and believe their potential to change the world, altogether, to increase public engagement and cooperation from communities.Part of our mission is to serve society with these initiatives and promote knowledge, therefore it requires the reinforcement of research efforts, education and science and cooperation between the most diverse studies and backgrounds.Contents show us how to navigate in the most broadening issues in contemporary education and research, in the broad Psychology field.In particular, this book explores four major divisions within general Psychology, divided into four sections: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, Educational Psychology and Social Psychology.Each section comprises chapters that have emerged from extended and peer reviewed selected papers originally published in the proceedings of the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) conference series (http://www.inpact-psychologyconference.org/).This conference occurs annually with successful outcomes.Original papers have been selected and invited to be extended significantly, then reviewed, and authors of the accepted chapters requested to make corrections and improve final submitted chapters.This process has resulted in the final publication of 14 high quality chapters organized into 4 sections.The following sections' and chapters' objectives provide information on the book contents.Section 1, entitled "Clinical Psychology", provides reviews and studies within various fields concerning relationship processes in clinical practice.Each chapter is diversified, mainly addressing thematics in mental health patients, their well-being and quality of life.It also explores motivations and cognitions. Chapter 1: Posttraumatic Growth and Psychological Well-Being of Georgian Citizens: A Comparative Study of Internally Displaced Persons and other Citizens;by Lili Khechuashvili.This chapter summarizes a study of psychological well-being, based on the multidimensional model proposed by Ryff, and posttraumatic growth as described in the transformational model by Tedeschi and Calhoun.The study explores psychological well-being and posttraumatic growth Foreword vi Foreword vii services.Our aim was to identify new factors.Family caregivers of stroke victims living at home were recruited in the Lorraine region (France; n=8) and Luxembourg (n=6).Semi-structured interviews about their health statuses, how they currently take care of their health, and the internal resources they need to achieve optimal health were conducted face-to-face.Verbatim transcriptions were open-coded and grouped into new factors of health capability.Items reflecting the main idea of the categories were formulated.Seven women and seven men (age 63.6±10.1)participated.Statements were regrouped together into new ways, giving rise to seven new emergent factors: health knowledge, health self-efficacy, health value, life skills, health decision-making, motivation, and attitude towards the future.Of them, 76 items were generated, 51 reflecting generic abilities while 26 being specific to family caregiving.Content analysis of these factors first allows guiding the preparation of innovative supports to promote health capability.Second, this list can serve as a basis to elaborate a guide to which clinicians can refer to, in orienting family caregivers according to their needs.Further research is needed to complete the validation of the HCFC instrument.Chapter 4: Mental Health in Japanese Parents Living Abroad: A Case Involving a Japanese School in Nairobi; by Eriko Suwa, Minoru Takahashi, & Hirofumi Tamai.As the number of Japanese citizens living abroad has increased, mental health care for such individuals has become an important concern.Due to the language and culture peculiar to Japan, a number of Japanese schools that offer a Japanese curriculum for Japanese expatriate children have been founded to not only maintain their academic ability but also facilitate cultural transition.Moreover, these schools often have a role in the community for parents and other Japanese residents in the country.Therefore, supporting Japanese schools assists Japanese expatriates.This project involved the development of a psychological support system for a Japanese School in Nairobi.The first step involved exploring the needs of Japanese adults in Nairobi (N = 33) via the administration of a brief questionnaire survey.The results showed different types of stress reaction, which may have developed as a result of living in Nairobi, in this group relative to those of their counterparts in Japan.Although they tended to be preoccupied with the anticipation of stress, this did not always interfere with their mental health.In addition, the frustrations of daily life were assumed to generate their stress symptoms.Chapter 5: Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation among Czech Adolescents; by Helena Klimusová, & Iva Burešová.The incidence of suicide and suicide attempts in Czech adolescent population are among the highest in Europe.Based on the data of crisis hotline counselors for children, the frequency of suicidal callers doubled in the last five years.There seems to be many reasons for this increase; the depression in children and adolescents being the major one besides socio-demographic factors, family-related factors, substance abuse etc.The aim of our study was to investigate the incidence of depression symptoms during the
Authors: Barbara Bucki, Michèle Baumann
Institution: University of Luxembourg
Language: English
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2191043404