Absence Of Emotional Support Research Articles

Investigating Factors Responsible for More Boredom in Online Live EFL Classes

Although recent years have seen a growing interest in students’ experiences of boredom in foreign language learning, scant attention has been paid to this negative emotion in online live classes. With a mixed-methods approach, this study investigated what factors were responsible for student boredom in online live classes and what made Chinese students majoring in English more bored in online live classes than in traditional in-person classes. Data were collected through a questionnaire and focus group interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses revealed that the main factors responsible for this negative emotion in online live settings were teacher-centered classes, less engagement and interaction, high task challenges, monotonous and long learning activities, textbook-based activities, students’ lack of self-discipline, peer influences, the absence of emotional support, unreliable internet connection, physical fatigue, a locked-down campus, and a dormitory learning environment. Students’ greater boredom in online live settings than in-person settings arose from student-related factors, technological factors, and environment-related factors. This study sheds light on how to alleviate student boredom in foreign language learning in online live settings.

The emotional and functional consequences of loneliness in the workplace among vice-principals

ABSTRACT The study explored vice-principals’ interpretations of their loneliness experiences in the workplace. The following questions guided the research: (1) How do vice-principals perceive the consequences of their loneliness in regard to their personal and professional lives? (2) In what ways do vice-principals perceive that their loneliness experiences are manifested? Based on 19 semi-structured interviews with Israeli school vice-principals, six categories illustrating the consequences of loneliness in the workplace were found. More than half of the vice-principals highlighted emotional consequences, and primarily noted that their loneliness was largely expressed as feeling a lack of belonging. The other vice-principals highlighted functional consequences and primarily indicated that their loneliness was marked by an absence of emotional support. Empirical and practical suggestions are discussed.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Questionnaire and Adult Attachment Interview (AAI): Implications for parent child relationships

Although Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are linked to increased health problems and risk behaviors in adulthood, there are no studies on the association between ACEs and adults’ states of mind regarding their early childhood attachments, loss, and trauma experiences. To validate the ACEs questions, we analyzed the association between ACEs and emotional support indicators and Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) classifications in terms of unresolved mourning regarding past loss or trauma and discordant states of mind in cannot classify (U/CC) interviews. Seventy-five urban women (41 clinical and 34 community) completed a questionnaire on ACEs, which included 10 categories of abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction, in addition to emotional support. Internal psychological processes or states of mind concerning attachment were assessed using the AAI. ACE responses were internally consistent (Cronbach's α=.88). In the clinical sample, 84% reported≥4 ACEs compared to 27% among the community sample. AAIs judged U/CC occurred in 76% of the clinical sample compared to 9% in the community sample. When ACEs were≥4, 65% of AAIs were classified U/CC. Absence of emotional support in the ACEs questionnaire was associated with 72% of AAIs being classified U/CC. As the number of ACEs and the lack of emotional support increases so too does the probability of AAIs being classified as U/CC. Findings provide rationale for including ACEs questions in pediatric screening protocols to identify and offer treatment reducing the intergenerational transmission of risk associated with problematic parenting.

Social Isolation and Hearing Loss in the Elderly

Objectives:By the end of the presentation the participant should better understand 1) the association between social isolation and hearing loss in the elderly; and 2) the consequences of social isolation and age‐related hearing loss on the health and functioning of older adults.Methods:Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999‐2006 were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) for the cross‐sectional association between social isolation and hearing level using multivariate logistic regression models. Social isolation was defined as a binary variable based on the presence or absence of emotional support, financial support, close friends, spouse, or partner. Hearing level was defined by pure tone average in the better hearing ear. Results were stratified by age categories (60‐69 and 70+).Results:1613 NHANES participants completed hearing testing and the social support questionnaire. Nine hundred and forty‐eight were aged 60‐69, and 664 were older than 70. The association between social isolation and 25 dB increments of hearing loss was significant in the 60‐69 year old age group (OR = 2.4, 95% CI = (1.36, 4.23) P = 0.003) but not in the 70+ age group (OR = 1.06, 95% CI = (0.62, 1.82), P = 0.82). The association in the 60‐69 year old age group was significantly stronger in women (OR = 4.0, 95% CI = (2.21, 7.36), P < 0.001) than men (OR = 0.98, 95% CI = (0.53,1.84), P = 0.96).Conclusions:There was a strong association between social isolation and hearing loss in 60‐69 year old women. The finding may contribute to our understanding of the consequences of hearing loss on the aging process.

Social determinants of health—Street children at crossroads

1The term “street children” has been used inter changeably with “children in especially difficult circumstances” in the remaining document. This paper discusses the findings of a research project which is an exploratory cum descriptive study [1] that aims to describe and examine the state and nature of the quality of life of street children accommodated at an unorganised colony in the city of Delhi. It provides a social profile of children and their families, and exploring the needs and aspirations of these children living in especially difficult circumstances. A non-probability sample of 100 street children in the age group of 5-16 years was randomly selected guided by their availability. An interview schedule was constructed and administered to gather data. The statistical analyses comprised frequencies and percentages on all the sections of the interview schedule. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse data from open-ended questions and observations. Case studies were supportive in giving an insight into the lives of children living in especially difficult circumstances. Findings suggest that the quality of life of the participants in this study was depressed due to a lack of access or substandard educational and medical facilities, or absence of emotional support from their poverty stricken families. The existing limited programmes by the government or the civil society for the welfare of street children are lacking in their focus and do not include the voices and needs of the beneficiaries. Although service providers expressed sympathy for street children, many regarded them as deviants, delinquents, future criminals, and a public nuisance. Based on the findings, it has been suggested that the street child phenomenon necessitates a partnership between governmental and non-governmental organizations to provide for policy and legislation, funding and resources to translate programs into concrete plans of action. It has further been argued that such an approach should extend to children using their resourcefulness and creativity, and show that they can be significant in development interventions. Children illustrate both the need for participatory approaches and the problems that arise when perceptions of participants conflict with those of experts.

Reasons for hospitalization due to abortion and pregnancy termination.

The aim of this study was to identify the reasons for hospitalization associated with abortion and pregnancy termination among women attending the Maternity Unit of IMIP, Recife, Brazil. In a case-control study, 230 women who were hospitalized consecutively between August 1994 and June 1995 due to causes related to pregnancy termination or abortion were chosen as cases. Four controls per case were selected randomly out of a total of 920 women who delivered at the same hospital. For each potential cause considered, the odds ratio (OR) and respective 95 per cent confidence interval (CI) were calculated. Multiple logistic regression analysis was then used to control for confounders. Among all potential causes studied, those that showed significant association with pregnancy termination or abortion were: being single, absence of emotional support from partner, being a working woman, literacy up to the fourth year of school, failure of contraceptive method employed, and experience of previous pregnancies, children, and abortions.

The “Beginning Psychiatry Training Syndrome” among Psychiatric Residents in Canada

One hundred and nine psychiatric residents distributed in fifteen of sixteen Canadian psychiatric residency programs completed a questionnaire constructed to determine whether the Beginning Psychiatry Training Syndrome exists in Canadian programs. Results of this survey indicate that the syndrome does exist. Large percentages of residents experienced the prodomal, reaction, and resolution phases of this syndrome. Three factors were seen by over 90 percent of the residents to be causally important: competing theories and ambiguity within them, conflict between the medical model and the biopsychosocial model, and absence of emotional support. Implications for training programs are discussed.