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This article analyzes the presence of gender-based violence on free-to-air Spanish television (TV) channels La1, Antena 3, Tele 5, La Sexta, and Cuatro throughout their 24-h daily broadcasting, between March 20, 2020 and June 20, 2020, along with the same period for the year 2019. This article studies whether, despite the COVID-19-dominated agenda of media coverage of gender-based violence increased or decreased, driven by government policies to protect potential victims. Also, we analyze whether any TV channels provided tools (such as the 016 helpline) to help women or were rather limited to reporting murder cases. In addition, the most predominant terms used in such coverage are identified, along with any potential difference in the behavior of public versus private TV channels. The data confirm, among other issues, that coverage of gender-based violence on these TV channels decreased during the studied time frame. However, the mention of tools aimed at supporting women at risk increased. The results of this study also reveal that TV coverage of violence against women did not coincide with the dates in which gender-based murders took place and that, of all Spanish media networks, public TV paid the most attention to this issue. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Background: During a coronavirus pandemic, respiratory patients may be more vulnerable to mental health problems in addition to their physical vulnerability. Due to the specific nature of their illness, they are more likely to have pre-existing experience of crisis situations, serious existential issues and coping with them. Despite a growing body of literature based on quantitative research, there is still a lack of insight into the subjective experiences of those affected. Aim: Our aims were to explore and deepen our understanding of the experiences of chronic respiratory patients at risk of pandemic COVID-19. Our research questions were: 1. How do the interviewees relate to their underlying respiratory condition? 2. What does it mean to experience vulnerability? 3. How do the initial experiences of the underlying disease affect the experience of vulnerability to pandemic disease? Methods: We used interpretative phenomenological analysis. The study involved 8 participants: 7 women and one man, aged 29-60, with one of the following diagnoses: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis. Results: Three main themes emerged from the analysis of the semi-structured interviews: 1. respiratory illness as a defining experience in everyday life, 2. the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the self and identity organisation, and 3. adaptation to experiencing vulnerability. Breathlessness is the most frightening feature of progressive lung disease, and can be linked to fear and anxiety in different ways. The potentially contagious nature of COVID-19 draws a sharp line between the endangered Self and the dangerous Other, and represents a critical life situation for the satisfaction of social needs and desires. In coping with them, we observe essentially self-defense mechanisms and emotion-focused strategies. Conclusions: The current pandemic is having a widespread and powerful impact on the lives of affected patients. Because of the nature of the coronavirus, which primarily affects the airways, those affected consider themselves to be at risk. Experiencing vulnerability fundamentally determines their lives: their decisions, their connection to the world, organization of identity, coping and their belief in the security of the world. Identifying their experiences and difficulties is of particular importance for the development of strategies to mitigate the psychosocial impact of the epidemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Hungarian) Elmeleti hatter: A koronavirus vilagjarvany idejen a kronikus legzoszervi betegek fizikai serulekenyseguk mellett a mentalis problemakra is fokozottan erzekenyek lehetnek. Betegseguk sajatossagaibol kifolyolag nagyobb valoszinuseggel rendelkeznek mar meglevo tapasztalattal krizishelyzetek, sulyos egzisztencialis kerdesek es az ezekkel valo megkuzdes teruleten. Ezeknek a korabbi tapasztalatoknak szerepe lehet a COVID-19-jarvannyal kapcsolatos veszelyeztetettseg megelese szempontjabol. Az egyre nagyobb szamu kvantitativ kutatason alapulo szakirodalom ellenere az erintettek szubjektiv tapasztalatainak megismerese tovabbra is hianyzik. Cel: Kutatasunk celja a kronikus legzoszervi betegek COVID-19-vilagjarvany altali veszelyeztetettsegelmenyenek, tapasztalatainak feltarasa es melyebb megertese volt kvalitativ, idiografias modszerrel. Az alabbi kutatasi kerdesekre kivantunk valaszt kapni: 1. Hogyan viszonyulnak az interjualanyok a legzoszervi alapbetegsegukhoz? 2. Mit jelent a szamukra a veszelyeztetettseg megelese? 3. Hogyan hatnak az alapbetegseggel kapcsolatos eredeti tapasztalatok a vilagjarvannyal jaro serulekenyseg megelesere? Modszerek: Vizsgalatunkhoz az interpretativ fenomenologiai analizis modszeret hasznaltuk. A kutatasban 8 fo vett reszt: 7 no es 1 ferfi, 29-60 evesek, a kovetkezo diagnozisok valamelyikevel: asztma, kronikus obstruktiv tudobetegseg, cisztas fibrozis. Eredmenyek: A felig strukturalt interjuk elemzese soran harom fotema bontakozott ki: 1. legzoszervi betegseg mint a mindennapokat meghatarozo tapasztalat, 2. a koronavirus vilagjarvany hatasa az enre es az identitasszervezodesre, illetve 3. a veszelyeztetettseg megelesehez valo alkalmazkodas. A levegotlenseg a progressziv tudobetegsegek legnehezebben toleralhato, leginkabb felelmetes velejaroja, amely elmeny kulonbozo modokon kapcsolodhat a felelemmel es a szorongassal. A COVID-19 potencialis fertozo volta eles hatarvonalat huz a veszelyeztetett En es a veszelyes Masik;vagyis az en es a vilag koze, tovabba kritikus elethelyzetet jelent a tarsas szuksegletek es vagyak kielegithetosege szempontjabol. Adaptaciojukban alapvetoen envedo mechanizmusok, illetve erzelem-fokuszu strategiak bontakoztak ki. Kovetkeztetesek: A jelenlegi vilagjarvany jelentos hatast gyakorol az erintett betegek eletere. A koronavirus elsosorban legutakat erinto termeszete miatt az erintettek veszelyeztetettkent tekintenek onmagukra, a veszelyeztetettseg megelese pedig alapvetoen meghatarozza eletuket;donteseiket, a vilaghoz valo kapcsolodasukat, identitasszervezodesuket, megkuzdesuket, s megkerdojelezi a vilag biztonsagossagaba vetett hituket. A kronikus legzoszervi betegek tapasztalatainak feltarasa kiemelt jelentoseggel bir a jarvany pszichoszocialis hatasait merseklo strategiak kidolgozasaban. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are an at-risk population given their increased mental health concerns resulting from their military service. However, there has been limited research conducted with this population during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine aspects of positive psychological functioning with 132 U.S. veterans during COVID-19 using Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional model of stress and coping. Specifically, we examined the personal resources of hope and proactive personality, two coping styles, and satisfaction with life. We performed correlation analyses to determine how these constructs related to each other. We also conducted a regression analysis to examine if the two dimensions of hope, proactive personality, adaptive coping, and maladaptive coping predicted veterans' satisfaction with life. Lastly, we utilized a mediation analysis to investigate whether two coping styles mediated the relationships among personal resources and satisfaction with life. Findings from the regression analysis suggested hope pathways and proactive personality were significant predictors of satisfaction with life. Results from the mediation analysis suggested that adaptive and maladaptive coping did not mediate the relationships among personal resources and satisfaction with life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Socioeconomic crisis and mental health stress among the middle-income group during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Sk. Faijan Bin Halim, Sojal Mridha, Nishad Nasrin, Md. Karimul Islam and Md. Tanvir Hossain (Sociological Spectrum, 2022, Vol 42[2], 119-134). The article listed above was intended to publish as part of the forthcoming "COVID-19: Health Inequities and Pandemic Disasters Yet to Come" special issue, but was mistakenly published in a previous issue. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-75958-003). Following the spread of COVID-19, the prolonged lockdown has adversely affected not only the mental health but also the socioeconomic well-being of people, particularly the underprivileged population, across the world. This study was designed to assess the mental health of middle-income people and its association with the socioeconomic crises that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A semi-structured interview schedule in Bangla was administered to conveniently collect the data from 150 participants based on certain specifications. Findings suggest that COVID-19 status, household debt, and depression were significantly associated with mental stress among middle-income people. Depression, on the other hand, was substantially affected by socio-demographic and socioeconomic status as well as their hygiene and government support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, an individual's anxiety was determined by income during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine status, personal hygiene, and socio-demographic factors. To reduce the pandemic-induced stress, depression, and anxiety, the government should provide financial assistance through social safety net and create alternative livelihood opportunities using existing resources. Besides, policymakers should implement community awareness programs about the risk of COVID-19 to minimize both risk of infection and mental health stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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The lockdown of schools in Austria and many other countries due to COVID-19 posed challenges to the school system and especially for teachers of at-risk students. Within the INCL-LEA (INCLusive Home LEArning) study, 3,467 teachers (2,839 females) from all nine Federal States in Austria participated in an online survey after the first school lockdown in early 2020. The main aim of the study was to investigate teachers' attitudes and their self-efficacy beliefs about at-risk students during the first home learning period. Results indicate that teachers' attitudes towards students with a low socio-economic background are more negative compared to attitudes towards students with low skills in the language of instruction (LLS) and students with special educational needs. According to teachers' self-efficacy beliefs, the lowest scores were found for teaching students with LLS. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), which involves deliberate damage to body tissue without suicidal intent, has long been a concern for schools and school staff. Secondary schools are an ideal setting in which to identify, and appropriately refer, students who self-injure as well as implement evidence-based prevention and early intervention programs. However, in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been closed and students sent home to learn online. This may result in the exacerbation of existing anxieties and pose several new stressors that cumulatively may increase risk of NSSI. In this article, we draw on recent research and our collective experience working with schools, as well as digital mental health, to outline some of these potential stressors and offer resources for school staff to help students who are engaging in or at risk of NSSI. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 42(3) of Sociological Spectrum (see record 2022-84985-006). The article listed above was intended to publish as part of the forthcoming "COVID-19: Health Inequities and Pandemic Disasters Yet to Come" special issue, but was mistakenly published in a previous issue.] Following the spread of COVID-19, the prolonged lockdown has adversely affected not only the mental health but also the socioeconomic well-being of people, particularly the underprivileged population, across the world. This study was designed to assess the mental health of middle-income people and its association with the socioeconomic crises that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A semi-structured interview schedule in Bangla was administered to conveniently collect the data from 150 participants based on certain specifications. Findings suggest that COVID-19 status, household debt, and depression were significantly associated with mental stress among middle-income people. Depression, on the other hand, was substantially affected by socio-demographic and socioeconomic status as well as their hygiene and government support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, an individual's anxiety was determined by income during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine status, personal hygiene, and socio-demographic factors. To reduce the pandemic-induced stress, depression, and anxiety, the government should provide financial assistance through social safety net and create alternative livelihood opportunities using existing resources. Besides, policymakers should implement community awareness programs about the risk of COVID-19 to minimize both risk of infection and mental health stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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COVID-19 landed in a United States that is deeply divided in opportunity, health, and hope;a reality that is manifest in the million lives lost to deaths of despair in the past decade. We explore the places and populations most vulnerable to COVID and where they coincide with vulnerability to despair deaths. We use well-being metrics to explore spillover effects from the confluence of COVID and despair. Our earlier research finds that metrics like lack of hope and worry track with mortality patterns, with minorities more optimistic and less likely to die of despair deaths than whites. Using EMS first responder data, we compare trends in 2020 with those in 2018 to 2019, assessing excess deaths of despair and new survey data to explore changes in well-being. Remarkably, the cohorts with the highest COVID death rates-low-income Blacks-still report more optimism than other cohorts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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While stress levels, emotional concerns, and mental health issues among U.S. farmers are well documented, limited research exists on the specific impacts of COVID-19 on farmer mental health. To begin to explore this question, our study sought to identify characteristics of farmers at elevated risk for COVID-19-related emotional concerns. We engaged in secondary analysis of 2020 survey data from farmers in a southern state (N = 613), hypothesizing that farmers with high COVID-19-related concern about farm operations/finances, health, and uncertainty in how to navigate pandemic-related challenges would report high levels of concern and thus distress about the emotional impact of COVID-19. We conducted logistic regression analyses;the best-fitting model (p < .001) accounted for 30.4% of the variance. Being married, reporting pandemic impact to field crops, anticipating COVID-related losses in the coming year, and high concern about COVID-19's effects on finances were significant predictors of concern about COVID-19's emotional impact. Concerns about getting COVID-19 and being uncertain about mental health resources were also significant predictors. Our results indicate that within the farmer population, there are individuals at higher risk of COVID-19-related emotional distress and suggest it may be important to prioritize mental health outreach to farmers at high financial risk, who are married, farm row crops, anticipate COVID-19-related financial losses, and are uncertain about accessing mental health resources. These findings can inform proactive work among rural mental health professionals, helping them engage in strategic and nuanced outreach and resource provision to farmers experiencing emotional distress and concern about the emotional impact of COVID-19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement Public Health Significance Statement-This study suggests that specific subgroups of farmers are at higher risk for distress and concern about the emotional impact of COVID-19. Those who were married, had pandemic impact to field crops, anticipated and were concerned about COVID-19 related financial risks and losses, were concerned about contracting COVID-19, and were uncertain how to access mental health resources were at higher risk. Given the scarcity of mental health resources in rural areas, this risk profile can help target resources to those at highest risk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Stress negatively affects students from high-achieving schools. Stress has classified these students as an "at-risk" population, and the COVID-19 global pandemic has further shaped at-risk students' experiences. The purpose of this case study was to explore student stress and wellness both prior to and during the pandemic at a high-achieving school district in a northern suburb of New York City. The study explored which support educators from the high-achieving high school implemented to promote wellness and support students during the pandemic. The study further explored how students experienced changes beset by the pandemic, and the support that helped reduce their stress. This study was conducted using qualitative methods. A review of Stanford Survey of Adolescent School Experiences data from the high-achieving high school was completed to explore student stress and wellness both prior to and during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews with educators from the school were completed to explore which supports were implemented during the pandemic to promote student wellness and coping. A questionnaire was sent to graduates from the school to explore their experiences. The goal of the study was to help better inform practice on how to support student wellness at high-achieving high schools. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Children living in out‐of‐home care are at greater risk of poor educational outcomes compared to other children. To address their educational needs, several programs have been developed. Within a qualitative paradigm, this study explored the experiences of students about their involvement in TEACHaR (Transforming Educational Achievement for Children at Risk), a specialized education programme. Eight students (aged 13 to 18 years) from the programme participated in individual, semi‐structured interviews. Responses were analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Participants indicated that the programme provided individualized and flexible academic support, reduced their shame and embarrassment and provided them with more than academic support. They highlighted the importance of the student–educator relationship, and the need for encouragement and motivation to pursue their educational goals. Finally, findings report on how COVID‐19 impacts on student experiences of the programme. Recommendations for the development and improvement of education programs for students in out‐of‐home care conclude this paper.
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There are widespread concerns about the mental health implications of the pandemic, particularly among university students, an already at-risk population for poor mental health. This study looked at 1,281 UK university students, recruited through the Prolific website. Participants were asked to complete the Attitudes towards COVID-19 Scale, the CORE-10, the PERMA Profiler, the GAD-7 and the Office for National Statistics wellbeing questions (ONS4). The first survey was conducted between May 14th and 16th, when the UK was in national lockdown. The second survey was carried out between June 26th and July 15th. There was only an 11% attrition rate between the two time points. Well-being improved overall between the two time points. Some findings were contradictory as overall well-being, anxiety and levels of flourishing improved, but reports of psychological distress increased. It is also important to note that levels of positivity about the pandemic increased as time went on. There was evidence that higher levels of positivity were linked to better mental health outcomes. Encouraging a positive mindset and outlook in students, probably through positive psychology-based interventions, might act as a protective factor against severe mental illness. The wider relevance and practical implications for higher education are discussed.
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Reports an error in "Socioeconomic crisis and mental health stress among the middle-income group during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Sk. Faijan Bin Halim, Sojal Mridha, Nishad Nasrin, Md. Karimul Islam and Md. Tanvir Hossain (Sociological Spectrum, 2022, Vol 42[2], 119-134). The article listed above was intended to publish as part of the forthcoming "COVID-19: Health Inequities and Pandemic Disasters Yet to Come" special issue, but was mistakenly published in a previous issue. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-75958-003). Following the spread of COVID-19, the prolonged lockdown has adversely affected not only the mental health but also the socioeconomic well-being of people, particularly the underprivileged population, across the world. This study was designed to assess the mental health of middle-income people and its association with the socioeconomic crises that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A semi-structured interview schedule in Bangla was administered to conveniently collect the data from 150 participants based on certain specifications. Findings suggest that COVID-19 status, household debt, and depression were significantly associated with mental stress among middle-income people. Depression, on the other hand, was substantially affected by socio-demographic and socioeconomic status as well as their hygiene and government support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, an individual's anxiety was determined by income during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine status, personal hygiene, and socio-demographic factors. To reduce the pandemic-induced stress, depression, and anxiety, the government should provide financial assistance through social safety net and create alternative livelihood opportunities using existing resources. Besides, policymakers should implement community awareness programs about the risk of COVID-19 to minimize both risk of infection and mental health stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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While stress levels, emotional concerns, and mental health issues among U.S. farmers are well documented, limited research exists on the specific impacts of COVID-19 on farmer mental health. To begin to explore this question, our study sought to identify characteristics of farmers at elevated risk for COVID-19-related emotional concerns. We engaged in secondary analysis of 2020 survey data from farmers in a southern state (N = 613), hypothesizing that farmers with high COVID-19-related concern about farm operations/finances, health, and uncertainty in how to navigate pandemic-related challenges would report high levels of concern and thus distress about the emotional impact of COVID-19. We conducted logistic regression analyses;the best-fitting model (p < .001) accounted for 30.4% of the variance. Being married, reporting pandemic impact to field crops, anticipating COVID-related losses in the coming year, and high concern about COVID-19's effects on finances were significant predictors of concern about COVID-19's emotional impact. Concerns about getting COVID-19 and being uncertain about mental health resources were also significant predictors. Our results indicate that within the farmer population, there are individuals at higher risk of COVID-19-related emotional distress and suggest it may be important to prioritize mental health outreach to farmers at high financial risk, who are married, farm row crops, anticipate COVID-19-related financial losses, and are uncertain about accessing mental health resources. These findings can inform proactive work among rural mental health professionals, helping them engage in strategic and nuanced outreach and resource provision to farmers experiencing emotional distress and concern about the emotional impact of COVID-19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement Public Health Significance Statement-This study suggests that specific subgroups of farmers are at higher risk for distress and concern about the emotional impact of COVID-19. Those who were married, had pandemic impact to field crops, anticipated and were concerned about COVID-19 related financial risks and losses, were concerned about contracting COVID-19, and were uncertain how to access mental health resources were at higher risk. Given the scarcity of mental health resources in rural areas, this risk profile can help target resources to those at highest risk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Stress negatively affects students from high-achieving schools. Stress has classified these students as an "at-risk" population, and the COVID-19 global pandemic has further shaped at-risk students' experiences. The purpose of this case study was to explore student stress and wellness both prior to and during the pandemic at a high-achieving school district in a northern suburb of New York City. The study explored which support educators from the high-achieving high school implemented to promote wellness and support students during the pandemic. The study further explored how students experienced changes beset by the pandemic, and the support that helped reduce their stress. This study was conducted using qualitative methods. A review of Stanford Survey of Adolescent School Experiences data from the high-achieving high school was completed to explore student stress and wellness both prior to and during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews with educators from the school were completed to explore which supports were implemented during the pandemic to promote student wellness and coping. A questionnaire was sent to graduates from the school to explore their experiences. The goal of the study was to help better inform practice on how to support student wellness at high-achieving high schools. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Life is risk taking! And as ageing is always living, ageing is also about taking risks. However, the notion of risk seems to be less and less accepted for supposedly frail and vulnerable elders, more often from the point of view of professional or familiar third parties than for the elderly themselves. The COVID-19 epidemic has reinforced and justified different health and safety approaches around the elderly. What may be legitimate in terms of public health and societal choices, has at the same time been able to alter the possibilities of choosing, of deciding for themselves and of consequently affect the autonomy of elders. However, a right to risk remains a freedom specific to everyone, even the elderly, inalienable by the sole invocation of security. Between the desire to protect and excess of attention, a permanent adjustment of the offers and especially the taking into account of the voices of the elders remains essential. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (French) La vie est une prise de risques ! Et comme vieillir c'est toujours vivre, vieillir est aussi une prise de risques. Pourtant la notion de risque semble de moins en moins acceptee pour des personnes vieillissantes, supposees fragiles et vulnerables, plus souvent du point de vue de tiers professionnels ou familiers que des personnes agees elles-memes. L'epidemie COVID-19 a renforce et justifie differentes approches sanitaires et securitaires autour des plus ages. Ce qui peut etre legitime en termes de sante publique et de choix societaux a dans le meme temps pu alterer les possibilites de choisir, de decider pour soi-meme et atteindre a l'autonomie des aines. Malgre tout, un droit au risque demeure une liberte propre a chacun, meme age, inalienable par la seule invocation de la securite. Entre volonte de proteger et exces d'attention, un ajustement permanent des offres et surtout de la prise en compte de la parole des aines reste primordial. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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This qualitative phenomenological study utilized high school graduate perceptions to identify pedagogical methods, educational structures, and school supports that improved their participation, inclusion, and growth within their classrooms and coursework. The research was focused on students identified at-risk to graduate high school and how educational supports affected the success or constraint in attaining their diploma. The research design applied a connected learning framework structure with a focus on student interest, relationships, and opportunities as defined by the Connected Learning Alliance. One component of connected learning was student-centered learning;therefore, an examination of John Dewey's educational philosophy of student-centered practices and its effect on facilitation was a supportive argument, as well as Nel Noddings' use of care theory, and accommodations were provided within that learning paradigm. The methods of data collection within this study included interviews and focus groups that were analyzed using in vivo and focused coding methods to make organized and meaningful use of the participants' opinions of educational practices. The epistemology associated with the study was an interpretivist outlook which, through the participants' viewpoints, provided understanding of the perceptions of this marginalized group of students. Sixteen participants were chosen who met all the requirements for the study;they each participated in an individual interview and a focus group of three to six participants. The interviews and focus groups were conducted on the Zoom platform to accommodate state regulations caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Six themes emerged from the data collection that were directly associated to the two research questions: Environmental Supports,Social-Emotional Supports, Course Supports, Exterior Supports, Teaching Supports, and Post-Secondary Supports. This study could support the construction of accommodations available at all educational facilities for students who have dealt with adverse childhood experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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This chapter describes the development of the Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer Corps ("N2N") at a major New York City-based university in March, 2020, during the COVID-19 global pandemic. N2N is a civic engagement program to assist neighbors in university Faculty Housing with basic needs, mental health, and social isolation. The objectives of this chapter are to (a) explicate a conceptual framework within an historical context, along with important guiding values that helped to build the university's capacity to respond to COVID-19;(b) identify at-risk populations among a heterogeneous population, acknowledging the diversity of residents in the neighborhood;(c) discuss programmatic elements of the project, specifically the ways in which the shared trauma of COVID-19 helped build resilience among the neighbors involved in the project;and (d) discuss how this intervention at the community level contributes to the larger knowledge base of macro-, mezzo-, and micro-discussions of productive aging and clinical social work practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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This reprinted chapter originally appeared in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2020, 63[6-7], 559-564. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2021-00510-004.) Gerontological social workers should pay extra attention to disadvantaged older adults, guided by the social determinants of health (SDH) conceptual framework. Vulnerable older adults include those who live in poverty, with a disability, and in social isolation. This letter provides background information on the SDH framework, identifies issues of heightened inequality, and offers recommendations on how our profession can support older adults experiencing additional disadvantages during the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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This reprinted chapter originally appeared in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2020, 63[6-7], 589-591. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2021-00510-009.) Considering East Asian older adults are in dire need of both social and mental health services in the face of COVID-19 and COVID racism, Asian bilingual social workers are needed now more than ever. These social workers can communicate with them, help them, and advocate for them with professional knowledge and ethical obligation to promote their wellbeing. So far, no attention has been made to promote bilingual social workers from any reasonable parties such as community-based organizations or social work program institutions. As an East Asian bilingual social worker who has been providing services to older adults in the one of the metropolitan cities in the U.S., I would like to encourage these responsible parties to collaborate to build future social workers. By supporting bilingual volunteers in the community to attend social work programs, the community will gain more bilingual social workers in the Asian community when social work professionals are more diverse. In this way, East Asian older adults can take active and affirmative action on their existing issues and COVID racism with help from Asian bilingual social workers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)