Puerperium Online: interactions of a virtual support group / Online no puerpério: interações de um grupo de apoio virtual

Abstract Objectives: due to the accessibility, online support groups have been used as an alternative in the constitution of a support network for women in the puerperium period. Thus, this resource is given relatively a short time of use, the present work sought to present an overview of the virtual group of puerperal women's interactions. Methods: qualitative and exploratory study that analyzed a virtual group composed of 9 pregnant women's interactions, predominantly during the puerperium period, users of basic health services in the city of Currais Novos/RN, during the period of January to June 2020. The corpus, duly previously prepared, was submitted to Análise da Classificação Hierárquica Descendente (ACHD) (Analysis of Descending Hierarchical Classification) via IRAMUTEQ software, followed by content analysis, according to Bardin. Results: the ACHD resulted in convergence around three themes, with class 1 - "Puerperium Itinerary", which represented 56.1% of the elementary context units (ECUs) of the total corpus, being the object of interest in the present study. The main dimensions extracted from this class dealt with difficulties inherent to daily life and demands for support and care during the puerperium period, as well as the limitations inherent to this moment. Conclusions: it was noticed that virtual groups can strengthen the support network necessities to face the difficulties of the puerperium by exchanging experiences.

Resumo Objetivos: por sua acessibilidade, os grupos de suporte online vem sendo utilizados como alternativa na constituição da rede de apoio às mulheres no puerpério. Assim, dado o relativo pouco tempo de utilização deste recurso, o presente trabalho buscou apresentar uma visão geral das interações de um grupo virtual de puérperas. Métodos: estudo de caráter qualitativo e exploratório que analisou as interações de um grupo virtual composto por 9 mulheres gestantes, predominantemente durante o puerpério, usuárias dos serviços básicos de saúde do Município de Currais Novos/RN, durante o período de janeiro a junho de 2020. O corpus, devidamente previamente preparado, foi submetido a Análise da Classificação Hierárquica Descendente (ACHD) via software IRAMUTEQ, seguida de análise de conteúdo, de acordo com Bardin. Resultados: a ACHD resultou em convergência em torno de três temas, sendo a classe 1 - "Itinerários do Puerpério", que representou 56,1% das unidades de contexto elementar (UCE) do corpus total, o objeto de interesse do presente estudo. As principais dimensões extraídas desta classe trataram de dificuldades inerentes ao cotidiano e demandas de apoio e cuidados durante o puerpério, bem como as limitações inerentes a este momento. Conclusão: percebeu-se que grupos virtuais podem atuar fortalecendo a rede de apoio necessária ao enfrentamento das dificuldades do puerpério a partir da troca de experiências.

Relation of cyber bullying to psychological status, online social support and psychological resilience in college students / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objectives:To explore the relationship between cyber bullying incident and psychological status of college students,and the effects of online social support and psychological resilience.Methods:Totally 608 college students (aged 17-25 years) were selected.They were investigated with the Cyberbullying Inventory (CI,including cyber bullying and cyber bullied),Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90),College Students' Online Social Support Scale (CSOSSS) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RSIC).Results:Online social support partly mediated the relationship between cyber bullying dimension or cyber bullied dimension and psychological status,and the ratios of the mediating effects to total effects were 24.1％ and 22.0％ separately.Psychological resilience didn't moderate the relationship between cyber bullying dimension and psychological status (β =0.01,P ＞ 0.05),but moderated the relationship between cyber bullied and psychological status (β =-0.08,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:The cyber bullying and cyber bullied may be not only related to psychological status directly,but also related to social support indirectly through online.Psychological resilience could buffer the effect of cyber bullied on psychological status.

The mediating effects of college students' online social support on the relationship between the online self-disclosure and the internet altruistic behavior / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the mediating effects of college students＇ online social support on the relationship between online self-disclosure and internet altruistic behavior.Methods Using cluster random sampling,the self-disclosure questionnaire for Chinese undergraduates with their internet friend,the online social support scale of adolescence and the internet altruistic behavior scale of undergraduates were applied to 351 college students.Results The score of college students＇ online self-disclosure,online social support and internet altruistic behavior were respectively(2.22±0.45),(2.93±0.59) and (2.04±0.46).The college students＇ online self-disclosure,online social support and internet altruistic behavior were positively correlated with each other (P＜0.01).College students＇ online self-disclosure not only predicted internet altruistic behavior directly,but also predicted internet altruistic behavior indirectly through online social support.The direct effects and indirect effects were 0.200 and 0.265.The ratio of the mediating effect on the total effect was 57％.The fit index of mediation model was x2/df=2.87,RMSEA =0.07,CFI =0.94,TLI =0.93,GFI=0.92,IFI=0.94,NFI=0.91.Conclusion The college students＇ online self-disclosure not only affects the interuet altruistic behavior directly,but also can take the same effect on online social support indirectly.