Presenting a Social Integration Model Based on Reducing High-Risk Behaviors of Women Recovering From Addiction in Tehran.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the dimensions and components of the social integration model based on reducing risk behaviors in women recovering from addiction in Tehran. Methods and Materials: Given the study's objective, the research is applied, and its methodology is qualitative. The statistical population of this research includes 10 experts and specialists in the field of social sciences who have conducted research at universities, as well as experts in social sciences, psychiatry, cyber-police managers, the Drug Control Headquarters, and others. A purposive non-random sampling method was employed. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was carried out using NVivo12 software. Findings: Based on the conducted analysis, 15 categories were identified and confirmed. The identified categories include family support, social acceptance, economic empowerment, access to psychological services, physical health support, life skills training, participation in cultural and social activities, support and participation of non-governmental organizations, sustainable housing facilities, vocational and technical training, creating a sense of identity and personal value, government support programs, rehabilitation and reintegration facilities, support groups, and self-help, as well as regular monitoring and follow-up. Conclusion: This study highlights key social integration factors for reducing high-risk behaviors, emphasizing the importance of family support, access to psychological services, and economic empowerment in fostering social reintegration and resilience.

Social acceptance is a confession, compilation, and appreciation for an individual which come from other individual or social groups in their entirety which makes individual feels safe, comfortable, and their existence is appreciated. A cross-sectional study consisted of 42 pulmonary TB patients registered at Puskesmas Amplas was done to analyze their social acceptance in the society. Data was collected by direct interview using structured questionnaire. The result showed that majority had either high and very high social acceptance with 45.20% and 31.0% respectively with high family support and high self-confidence (73.8%). Bivariate analysis showed a significant association between family support and self confidence with social acceptance (p value<0.05). The correlation coefficient (r) of self confidenceis 0.629 while family support were is 0.455 (p-value<0.05). This study concludes that both family support and self-confidence have a significant correlation with social acceptance.

Background: Considering the importance of quality of life which is related to various physical, psychological, social, and political dimensions of the individual and the importance of the class which plays a decisive role in forming a successful and healthy society. Also, considering the importance of high-risk behaviors in today’s society and the harm that these behaviors create, five variables of quality of life, type of parent-child relationship and sensation seeking, self-efficacy, and high-risk sexual behaviors have been studied together.Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational with structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population included all male and female undergraduate students of Bandar Abbas Branch of Azad University who were studying in the first semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. 260 people were selected through purposive sampling. The inclusion criteria were being an undergraduate student, conscious satisfaction with the implementation method and research process. Data were gathered by the Child-Parent Relationship Quality Questionnaire (PCRS), Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale, Quality of Life Questionnaire, High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Questionnaire and Emotional Self-efficacy Scale. Data were analyzed using structural equations with Amos software, version 8.80.Results: The path coefficient between high-risk sexual behaviors and quality of life was -0.84, which indicates the negative and inverse effect of high-risk sexual behaviors and quality of life. The path coefficient between the quality of the parent-child relationship and high-risk sexual behaviors was -0.86, which indicates the negative and inverse effect of the quality of the parent-child relationship and high-risk sexual behaviors.Conclusion: High-risk sexual behaviors mediate the quality of the parent-child relationship and the quality of life of students.

Growing evidence shows that choirs improve the well-being of people experiencing chronic mental health conditions; however, the impact of performances by “recovery choirs” (i.e., singers with mental health conditions) on their community audience members has not been examined. In three studies, we explored whether performances foster positive emotions toward recovery choristers. In Study 1, we surveyed 50 audience members before and after a public concert and found that watching the recovery choir sing increased positive emotions and attitudes toward mental health recovery. In a randomized experiment, Study 2a ( n = 322) and 2b ( n = 403) found that watching a short film of both a recovery choir and an amateur community choir singing increased positive emotions toward the choristers in comparison with a control activity condition. There was mixed evidence for effects on social connectedness, acceptance, and belief in mental health recovery. The effects of watching the choirs singing on social connectedness and acceptance of the choristers were mediated by positive emotions. Our results provide new evidence of the audience’s responses to amateur choir performances, by demonstrating that witnessing both community and recovery choir performances can foster admiration, respect, and positive regard toward choristers regardless of their mental health status.

1. Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD* 2. John R. Knight, MD* 1. *Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. Discuss current trends in adolescent substance use and the specific substances used most commonly among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. 2. Identify risk and protective factors, including genetic and environmental correlates, for the initiation of substance use in adolescents. 3. Discuss the most common concomitant mental health disorders and how they can affect the course of diagnosis and treatment for substance abuse. 4. Delineate the variety of treatment options available. 5. Describe the role of the pediatrician in educating patients and families on substance abuse prevention; performing screening and initial assessments; and providing support, brief counseling, or referrals for in-depth treatment. Adolescence is a time of physical, emotional, and psychological maturation as well as a period of searching for independence and experimentation. One area of experimentation associated with adolescence is substance use. (1) Although many adolescents experiment with drugs and alcohol from time to time without enduring problems, those who develop the disorders of substance abuse and dependence make substance use a major public health concern. The Monitoring the Future Study (MTFS) is a nationwide survey measuring smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use among nearly 50,000 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in more than 400 secondary schools in the United States each year. (2)(3) According to the 2006 overview of findings from the MTFS, approximately one fifth (21%) of today's 8th graders, more than one third (36%) of 10th graders, and nearly half (48%) of all 12th graders reported using an illicit drug at least once during their lifetimes. Despite a minimum legal age requirement to purchase alcohol, 6% of 8th graders, 19% of the 10th graders, and 30% of the 12th graders self-reported drunkenness during the month prior to being interviewed. (2)(3) Among the problems experienced by adolescents who use alcohol and drugs are …

The abuse of narcotics in Indonesia has become a serious social issue, which not only impacts individual health but also creates widespread social and economic disturbances. One of the solutions implemented to address this problem is social rehabilitation for drug addicts, aimed at reintegrating individuals into positive and productive social roles. This article discusses the modeling of social rehabilitation for drug addicts from a legal perspective, referring to Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, which regulates the provision of rehabilitation as an alternative to punishment for drug users. The social rehabilitation model involves several stages, including assessment, medical and psychosocial rehabilitation, and social reintegration into the community. Additionally, the legal approach applied must prioritize the principles of restorative justice, aimed at restoring relationships between addicts, the community, and victims, as well as reducing the negative stigma against addicts. However, the implementation of social rehabilitation also faces challenges, such as social stigma, limited resources, and ineffective coordination among law enforcement agencies, rehabilitation institutions, and the community. This article concludes that a social rehabilitation model based on human rights principles, restorative justice, and comprehensive support from various parties can accelerate the recovery of drug addicts and facilitate their reintegration back into society.

This grounded formal theory study was designed to develop a midrange theory of women's addiction recovery from multiple substantive reports. Ten research reports from diverse contexts were analyzed using theoretical sampling and constant comparison. The basic problem of addiction was found to be self-destructive self-nurturing. The basic process of recovery was truthful self-nurturing, which required a painful awareness shift in which addiction gained meaning as a problem. Subsequent recovery involved three areas of social-psychological change: abstinence work, self-work, and connection work. Consequences were enjoying simple pleasures, growing self-understanding, self-acceptance, and sense of belonging, and empowered connectedness. The theory was supported by findings of other qualitative studies of the same phenomenon.

Adolescents often engage in high-risk behaviors which often have lifelong consequences. It is unclear whether an association exists between adolescents' perception of family support and family functioning and sexual risk behavior. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 702 adolescent students (aged 15-19 years) of a university in Nigeria and assessed high-risk sexual behavior (HRSB) and their judgment of family functioning and support. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to evaluate the relationship between HRSB and the perception of family support and functioning. We found that 114 (16.2%, 95% CI: 13.69-19.16) of the adolescents engaged in HRSB. A higher proportion of boys (22.7%, 95% CI: 17.79-28.47) than girls (12.93, 95% CI: 10.17-16.31) engaged in HRSB (P = 0.001). The prevalence of intimate partner violence in our study was 8% (95% CI: 6.19-10.29). Participants with lower perception scores were more likely to be engaged in HRSB (aOR: 0.920, 95% CI: 0.878-0.965). Likewise, the perception of family functioning was inversely related to HRSB among the participants (aOR: 0.884, 95% CI: 0.813-0.962). There is an association between adolescents' perception of family support and functioning and HRSB. This association may provide a link in the complex interaction between the role of the family and adolescent sexuality. Programs and interventions for preventing HRSB and promoting risk-reducing autonomous decision-making among adolescents should include context- and setting-specific interventions that improve family support and functioning, and those that target in dysfunctional family settings.

Antenatal Anxiety towards Gender Preference and Social Acceptance among Primi and Multi Gravida Antenatal Mother attending Sadar Hospital, Sasaram

범죄두려움에 관한 연구는 1960년대 미국의 ‘시민 무질서에 대한 국가자문위원회(National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders)에서 심각한 사회문제의 하나로 인식되면서 시작되었다. 국내에서는 1990년대 범죄두려움에 관한 질적 연구를 토대로 현재까지 수많은 범죄두려움의 질적 연구 및 양적 연구가 수행되어지고 있다. 초기의 범죄두려움 연구에서는 일상생활에 느끼는 범죄두려움 즉, 일반적 범죄두려움에 초점을 맞추어 연구가 진행되었으나, 최근에는 각각의 범죄유형에 따른 구체적 범죄두려움의 원인이 무엇인지를 파악하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 구체적 범죄두려움의 원인을 파악하기 위하여 범죄피해 모델, 범죄취약성 모델, 지역무질서 모델, 사회통합 모델 그리고 지역사회경찰활동 모델을 선정하여 비교·분석하였다. 이러한 다섯 가지의 모델을 선정함에는 범죄두려움은 다양한 요소의 영향에 따른 복합적인 감정적 반응이기 때문에 기존의 선행연구에서 구체적 범죄두려움을 원인으로 제시한 설명모델을 중심으로 살펴보는 것이 타당할 것이다. 이 연구는 한국형사정책연구원의 전국범죄피해조사(KCVS: Korean Crime Victim Survey) 자료를 활용하였으며, 이 자료의 조사 기준 시점은 2015년 5월 29일 0시 현재 대한민국영토 중 행정권이 미치는 지역에 거주하는 일반가구 및 만 14세 이상 가구원이다. 연구결과, 구체적 범죄두려움을 설명함에 있어서는 범죄피해 모델, 범죄취약성모델, 지역무질서 모델, 사회통합 모델 그리고 지역사회경찰활동 모델은 통계적으로 유의미한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 이들의 모델에서 가장 큰 영향력을 제시한 모델은 범죄취약성 모델 그리고 지역무질서 모델 순으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과에 기초하여 구체적 범죄두려움의 원인을 해소할 수 있는 정책적 제언을 하고자 한다.The study of fear of crime was started from 1960s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders in USA when it was recognized as one of serious social problems. In Korea, there are going along a lot of studies qualitative research and quantitative research when it is based on 1990s qualitative research about fear of crime until now. In the early study of fear of crime, it was felt fear of crime in daily life which it menas that was focused on general fear of crime. However, nowadays most studies in fear of crime is understanding what caused the concrete fear of crime according to type of crime. In this study, it compare and analyze selected models as crime victim model, a vulnerability model, disorder model, social integration model and community policing model for understanding concrete fear of crime. When it selected five models, it has to analyze explanatory model to cause of concrete fear of crime in preceding research. The reason why to analyze preceding research is because fear of crime is an effect of complex emotional reaction. The data is used to KCVS(Korean Crime Victim Survey) of Korean Institute of Criminology. The time of survey standard is member of household more than 14 years old who live in Korea on May 29th 2015 at 00:00 am. Result of study, by explaining concrete research, crime victim model, a vulnerability model, disorder model, social integration model, and community policing model is significant consequences. Also, a huge influence model is a vulnerability model and disorder model among these models. Therefore, based on the result of the study, there is a policy suggestion for solve cause of concrete fear of crime.

Data from the 1985-86 Japanese census are analysed to explore the determinants of the divorce rates in Japan's forty-seven prefectures, using two theoretical models: (a) the social integration model, which is shown to have a greater utility in predicting Japanese divorce levels than (b), the human capital model. Female emigration patterns play a significant role in affecting the divorce rate. Population increase and net household income are also important predictors of the Japanese divorce rate and urbanization has a great influence in modern Japan. Demographic and aggregate variables such as migration, urbanization, and socioeconomic factors are useful when organized under a social integration model.

This study examines the relationship between aggressive problem-solving strategies and aggressive behaviour, and the intervening role of social acceptance in that relationship. The subjects were 780 14-year-old adolescents (382 girls and 398 boys). They completed a questionnaire measuring social problem-solving strategies, while assessments of aggressive behaviour and social acceptance were obtained by peer ratings. The results showed that aggressive problem-solving strategies were only moderately related to aggressive behaviour, social acceptance playing an important role. Those who received incongruent social feedback, i.e. scored high on social acceptance even though they behaved aggressively, or low although they behaved non-aggressively, expressed aggressive problem-solving strategies which conflicted with their actual behaviour. Those who received congruent social feedback, on the other hand, i.e. scored high on social acceptance if they behaved non-aggressively, or low if they behaved aggressively, had strategies which were in line with their actual aggressive behaviour. Analyses of gender differences showed that aggressive problem-solving strategies were related to aggressive behaviour and social acceptance more among boys. The findings are discussed in terms of social information-processing models and social knowledge about the self.

Research in Malawi has largely examined the prevalence and forms of violence in correctional facilities, leaving little known about how it shapes and influences rehabilitation and social reintegration. The current study examines how interpersonal violence in correctional facilities affects inmates’ rehabilitation and social reintegration. Using a convergent mixed-methods design, insights are drawn from survey interviews with 214 formerly incarcerated individuals and a subset of 13 case studies. Further, interviews were conducted with five correctional officers. The findings reveal that violence in correctional facilities is shaped and sustained by structural conditions characterized by overcrowding, resource scarcity, institutional neglect, and unequal power relations. These result in physical, sexual, and psychological violence. The study indicates that correctional violence impedes meaningful engagement in rehabilitation and successful reintegration. Further, the effects of correctional violence go beyond the correctional facilities to shape psychological well-being, social acceptance, and reintegration outcomes. Guided by Structural Violence Theory, the findings demonstrate how institutional conditions generate violence that undermines correctional rehabilitative objectives. The findings offer relevant insights into the understanding of violence in correctional facilities that operate under crowded and resource-constrained conditions globally. The implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed in detail.

The purpose of study is to develop service for social reintegration for people with stroke. The people with stroke usually suffer from brain diseases and accidents, and have difficulty in going back to social life due to the lack of their physical and cognitive ability. They are experienced frustration in their disability acceptance process, and a variety of personal and social problems may arise due to the avoidance of social activities through relationship with family and their others. The hospital-based social reintegration program have also running and include psychological support, family support, leisure support, career support, social experience, living environment support, and linking of community resources. However, it is necessary for the community to continue to provide social reintegration training after discharging from the hospital. To develop community-based social reintegration service, we investigated demographic characteristics of people with stroke, and current status of hospital-based social reintegration program for people with stroke. Also, we look for social reintegration contents using science and technology. Numerical solutions are providing hospitals in Korea for enhancing social reintegration for people with stroke including providing rehabilitation information, emotional support, leisure activities, and various social activities. Those hospitalbased programs are constantly motivating people with stroke and their families for returning to the community. However, people with stroke can stay for up to three months, and there are not enough facilities available for receiving programs when returning to the society. Therefore, it is necessary to provide social reintegration program in the community even after the hospital discharge. It is expected that science and technology will help people with stroke to return to society. Now we are suggesting building ecosystem of returning to the community through science and technology. It will develop a comprehensive solution for social reintegration based on science and technology contents, which enables socially reintegrated for people with stroke. This solution makes it possible for people with stroke to interact with friends and family members, and it will also help to lay the foundation for rehabilitation contents industrialization.

Drug and illicit drug abuse in Indonesia in recent years has become a serious problem and has reached a concerning state to become a national problem. In the implementation of recovery, drug addicts need to undergo a recovery process with an effective program and carried out in a rehabilitation center and assistance from professional staff. The professional staff needed by addicts to recover are addiction counselors, psychologists, doctors, religious leaders and a supportive environment. This study aims to determine what programs are run by addiction counselors at the Sibolangit Rehabilitation Center in the process of recovering drug addicts, to determine the role of addiction counselors in the recovery of drug addicts and to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in the recovery of drug addicts at the Sibolangit Rehabilitation Center. This study is a field study with a qualitative descriptive nature using observation, interview and documentation techniques in order to obtain data and information in this study. The results of this study indicate that the program run by drug addicts or residents at the Sibolangit Rehabilitation Center is adjusted to the Therapeutic Community (TC) method which requires active participation, feedback, role modeling, collective change formats, sharing, structural and systematic, open communication, group relationships and using unique terminology. Addiction counselors play a full role as facilitators and companions during the recovery period. Starting from conducting an assessment at the beginning of recovery, meeting needs during the recovery program and continuing to provide aftercare services after completing the recovery program in order to maintain recovery through the family and the openness of the residents themselves. Supporting factors for the recovery of drug addicts are strong self-motivation, family conditions that support recovery, positive friendships and a drug-free living environment. While the inhibiting factors for the recovery of drug addicts are a lack of self-confidence, a busy and less attentive family, friends who still consume drugs, and a living environment that contains a drug environment.