Acceptance Of Help Research Articles

Aid attitudes in short- and long-term perspectives among Ukrainian migrants and Poles during the Russian war in 2022.

The aim of this article is to diagnose aid attitudes among those who potentially need help-help receivers, i. e., Ukrainian refugees-and help givers, i.e., Poles and Ukrainian labor migrants, during the initial stage of the escalation of the Russian war in 2022. By aid attitudes, we mean approaches to both the offering and the acceptance of help during the war in the short and long term. We conducted a small-scale exploratory web survey (Computer-Assisted Web Interview-computer-assisted interview using a website) from March to June 2022, in which the main aims were to explore the needs and offers for both, short- and long-term aid and the gaps between them. Respondents were asked about different types of aid without indicating from whom they wanted to receive this help: the state, NGOs or individuals offering their help. The survey results show discrepancies in what migrants need and what is offered to them in Poland, both from the short and long-term perspectives.

Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help

AbstractDecisions to give and receive help are often influenced by group memberships, social identities, and intergroup relations. Two studies were conducted to test how perceived political relations between countries are related to willingness to accept offers of intergroup help. Respondents in two low‐income countries, the Philippines (N = 289) and Pakistan (N = 275), indicated their willingness to accept (or not) Covid‐19 vaccine donations from two higher‐status countries (China and the United States) during the Covid pandemic. Results showed that the perceived motivation of the outgroup nation for providing help was associated with rejection or acceptance of help, mediated by emotional reactions to the help. A perception that outgroup nations donate vaccines to demonstrate and assert their superiority and power, that they donate vaccines to keep the outgroup dependent on the ingroup, and a perception that they donate vaccines out of self‐interest, were all associated with rejection of vaccine donations. A perception that donations by the outgroup are motivated by genuine concern for the ingroup was associated with acceptance of help. Findings confirm that political intergroup relations are related to attitudes about whether the ingroup nation should accept intergroup help or not. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.

DOES TRUST IN SOCIAL SECURITY INHIBIT ACCEPTANCE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR ADL HELP?

Abstract In 2000, Japan introduced a mandatory long-term care insurance program to facilitate aging-in-place of older care recipients; there has been a great demand for assistive technologies such as AI (artificial intelligence) and robots in care settings to reduce the burden of caregivers and long-term care costs in society. This study examined the relationship between the trust in social security and acceptance of assistive technology for ADL help and discussed the challenges in introducing technology in a well-developed social security system. An online survey was conducted in August 2020 among community-dwelling individuals aged between 40 and 89 across Japan to find out their acceptance of help provided via AI or robotics technology in five dimensions of ADL. In addition, a 5-point Likert scale was used to assess the trust in social security.A total of 4,047 respondents were analyzed in this study. The respondents’ mean age was 60.6 (SD=11.3), and 53.2% of them were female. Of those, 13.2% preferred help from humans in ADL, while for 86.8%, the use of some assistive technology was acceptable. Logistic regression revealed that the female and younger respondents and those who had better health and had completed higher education were more likely to accept AI or robotics technology in all/some ADL if they needed assistance; those with higher trust in social security, however, were less likely to accept technology (OR=.894; p=.011).The challenges in introducing assistive technology under a well-developed social security system will be discussed.

The Effect of Mutual Help Behavior on Employee Creativity—Based on the Recipient’s Perspective

This paper explores the effect of the recipient’s acceptance of help on his or her personal creativity in mutual aid behavior from the perspective of the recipient and explores the mediating role of learning between the two and the moderating role of the target atmosphere. Through the two research methods of a scenario experiment and questionnaire survey, sample data were collected for screening and analysis, the research hypothesis was verified, and three main research conclusions were drawn. The study suggests that employees’ acceptance of help in work situations is positively correlated with their individual creativity, and that individual learning plays an intermediary role between receiving help and employee creativity. The team-learning, goal-oriented atmosphere and the atmosphere of goal recognition can adjust the relationship between the acceptance of help behavior and individual learning, and the perception of a team-learning, goal-oriented atmosphere plays a positive adjustment role, that is, the higher the team-learning goal orientation level, the greater the impact of employees’ acceptance of help behavior on their own personal learning, and the team proves that the perception of a goal-oriented atmosphere plays a negative adjustment role, that is, the lower the team’s orientation to the goal-oriented level, the greater the impact of employees’ acceptance of help behavior on their own personal learning. This study deepens the study of the relationship between mutual aid behavior and creativity and has a certain guiding significance for managerial practice.

Support for living well with long-term conditions: How people manage.

To explore how people self-manage their long-term conditions and the support enabling them to do so. People with long-term conditions are required to engage in daily self-management with the support of health practitioners, family and friends. A qualitative interview study. Thirty-two New Zealand European and Pacific people with long-term conditions were interviewed about how they manage their condition/s at home with support from family, neighbours, agencies and general practice doctors and nurses. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, checked and analysed for thematic content. The COREQ checklist was used. Three themes emerging from the data were as follows: 'acceptance' of conditions, limitations, support and advice; 'making it work' regarding life with long-term conditions; and the need for health practitioners to 'work alongside me'. People with long-term conditions struggle with acceptance of a diagnosis and symptoms, and acceptance of help which conflicts with their need to maintain independence and personal control. They self-manage every day, learning to plan, choose what and what not to do and negotiate with others to get tasks done and maintain quality of life. They manage better with support from understanding health practitioners, especially advanced nurses, with whom they have established a positive, sustained relationship. Active support for people to self-manage has been shown to assist people to achieve their goals and improve overall health and well-being. Nurses are well positioned to provide self-management support for people with long-term conditions but require allocated time and system changes to enable this. Practitioners need to acknowledge that it is difficult for people to accept diagnoses and symptoms and provide individualised support for this process. The desire to remain independent may limit acceptance of help, making it harder for people to maintain life quality. A change in length and content of consultations is required in order for practitioners to really get to know people and provide the self-management support they need to meet their goals.

Planning of Plastic Surgery Practice to Say Sayonara.

Having seen the retired life of our professors both in general and plastic surgery and how lonely and isolated they were toward the end of their lives prompted me to discuss the retirement plans. The retirement from active surgical practice is indeed difficult and more so in plastic surgery. I feel that it needs meticulous planning for setting up a successful practice and when to say sayonara , just like treatment planning of any surgical procedure for perfect execution! At the end of M.Ch training, one should analyze oneself about the goal of the professional life and commit oneself to either a solo/group practice as an independent institutional practice or in a corporate set-up or choose a state/central government set-up with some academic position. A successful plastic surgical practice is every plastic surgeon’s dream and it comprises professional and financial successes with a sense of personal achievement. The factors involved in the selection of practice are family obligations—if parents or spouse are in medical profession with an existing establishment—individual talent, willingness to learn newer techniques, and acceptance of help from the other professional colleagues. At the same time, life needs to be balanced between the professional and family commitments without ignoring either of them with a deep social and community responsibility. But what is the correct time to say sayonara ? The timing of retirement is difficult to get right, but the basic additional principle that guides one is “ Primum non-nocere ”—do no harm—to the receiver.

Dependency as Status: Older Adults’ Presentations of Self as Recipients of Care

We draw on Bourdieu’s and Goffman’s theories to elaborate the novel idea of dependency as status in old age, a concept that emerged from our Grounded Theory study conducted with 46 older adults (26 women and 20 men) living in and around Dublin, Ireland. The research participants’ portrayals of (in)dependence and assistance reflected their access to and use of social and symbolic (age) capital. Older adults derived social capital from supportive family relations or trusting relationships with formal care providers, and deployed such capital to signal their status as “cared for” individuals. Age capital—constructions of deservingness drawing on advanced age, age-related disabilities, and lifelong contributions—was used by older adults to frame and justify acceptance of help. We argue that where older adults are able to draw on age capital or social capital, they can signal their position as “cared for” individuals who display and acknowledge their dependency, and transform it into a marker of status. Conversely, some participants were keen to present themselves as independent. These participants made downward comparisons with others whom they saw as “worse off” or, in their view, as insufficiently responsible for their own health and well-being. In the contemporary Western frame, dependency is to be avoided at all costs, but we argue that some older people are able to embrace dependency in a way that reflects and demonstrates their status and agency. Care professionals and members of informal networks can make a significant difference to older persons’ acceptance of help, care, and support by offering services in a manner that affirms the care recipients’ worth and agency.

Fangers opplevelser av skam og stolthet etter soning

English title: Prisoners’ self-perceived shame and pride after imprisonmentThe aim of this study is to examine former prisoners’ experiences of shame in life after imprisonment, and how processes of change from shame to pride take place. Qualitative in-depth interviews are conducted with seven former prisoners affiliated with the self-help organization WayBack. The empirical material is processed using content analyses. A hermeneutic phenomenological framework inspired the study. The study shows that the movement from shame to pride is closely related to empowerment and to a change from marginalization to integration. The analysis reveals that shame is activated by society’s limited acknowledgement of ex-prisoners. Social arenas of equals can be experienced as essential to create new identities and a sense of empowerment. Acknowledging that change requires acceptance of help from others – as well as provision of help to others, appears to be an important facilitator of change from shame to pride. The individual's opportunity to put words into feelings is central. Likewise, the achievement of coherence in the world (SOC) is of crucial importance. The importance of being recognized and achieving social value are also key findings of the research.

Exploring perspectives of young onset dementia caregivers with high versus low unmet needs.

This study is part of the Research to Assess Policies and Strategies for Dementia in the Young project. Information about specific needs in young onset dementia (YOD) will provide the basis for the development of an e-health intervention to assist caregivers in coping with YOD in several European countries. The aim was to investigate the issues caregivers of people with YOD face. A qualitative content analysis method was used to analyse interviews with YOD caregivers. Quantitative data of the Needs in Young Onset Dementia study were used to select caregivers based on a ranking of unmet needs, to capture differences and similarities between caregivers that experienced high levels of unmet needs versus those with low levels of unmet needs. Needs were assessed with the Camberwell Assessment of Needs in the Elderly. Findings revealed the following themes: (i) acceptance; (ii) perception of the relationship; (iii) role adaptation; (iv) Availability of appropriate services; (v) social support; and (vi) awareness in the person with dementia and acceptance of help. Several factors seemed more apparent in the caregivers who experienced few unmet needs opposed to the caregivers who experienced more unmet needs. The current study provides an in-depth perspective on the caregiver's experiences and emphasizes specific themes that could be addressed in future interventions. This might contribute to a caring situation in which the caregiver experiences less unmet needs. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Der Dortmunder Vorschlag zum praktischen Vorgehen bei unbewohnbar gewordenen Wohnungen – Untersuchung von 186 Fällen von Vermüllung, Wohnungsverwahrlosung und pathologischem Horten (Messie-Syndrom)

To develop an intervention concept for the management of uninhabitable homes. Retrospective analysis of 186 cases of the community mental health service in Dortmund (Germany) presenting with a destitute situation of the domestic environment as core problem. All patients suffered from psychiatric illnesses, mainly from addiction (F1: 41 %), psychosis (F2: 17 %), depression (F3: 17 %), and hoarding disorder (F63.8: 12 %). Main socio-demographic characteristics of our sample are: middle age (45-65 years, 48 %), male gender (73 %), isolated situation (only 7 % married, 84 % living alone), normal schooling (only 4 % without completion of schooling, 7 % attended a school for special needs), after initial integration into employment nearly all patients suffered vocational disintegration (5 % employed, 44 % unemployment benefit, 7 % welfare, 39 % pension or invalidity benefit).Psychosocial interventions differed between the 4main diagnostic groups: F1: treatment of dependence (rehab) and treatment of concomitant somatic diseases; F2: admission to a psychiatric hospital and implementation of guardianship; F3: mediation of conflicts with neighbours/landlords and implementation of guardianship; F63.8: direct practical help by members of the community mental health team and organisation of home help/waste disposal. In all diagnostic groups, acceptance of help was impaired due to social withdrawal, resistance and psychiatric symptoms. At 13 %, compliance with help and interventions was lowest in the hoarder group (F1: 27 %, F2: 26 %, F3: 38 %). Consequently, in this group the poor outcome categories "nothing accomplished" and "lost flat/eviction" were more frequent (44 %, F1: 27 %, F2: 26 %, F3: 38 %). Concurrent to the deterioration of the domestic situation, patients suffer vocational disintegration as well as family and social isolation. Uninhabitable homes occur in the course of various severe and chronic psychiatric diseases. They don't constitute a syndrome and they are not characteristic for one specific diagnosis. It is important to recognise the underlying psychiatric disease as diagnosis influences acceptance of help, choice of appropriate interventions, outcome and prognosis. Tab. 1 shows our suggestion for a diagnosis differentiated approach, relating appearance of the home and behaviour of the patient to diagnosis, appropriate interventions and prognosis. Hard to reach is the group ofhoarders. Patients with a psychotic illness and with hoarding disorder require implementation of long-term outreach help in their homes.

Der Dortmunder Vorschlag zum praktischen Vorgehen bei unbewohnbar gewordenen Wohnungen – Untersuchung von 186 Fällen von Vermüllung, Wohnungsverwahrlosung und pathologischem Horten (Messie-Syndrom)

To develop an intervention concept for the management of uninhabitable homes. Retrospective analysis of 186 cases of the community mental health service in Dortmund (Germany) presenting with a destitute situation of the domestic environment as core problem. All patients suffered from psychiatric illnesses, mainly from addiction (F1: 41%), psychosis (F2: 17%), depression (F3: 17%), and hoarding disorder (F63.8: 12%). Main socio-demographic characteristics of our sample are: middle age (45-65 years, 48%), male gender (73%), isolated situation (only 7% married, 84% living alone), normal schooling (only 4% without completion of schooling, 7% attended a school for special needs), after initial integration into employment nearly all patients suffered vocational disintegration (5% employed, 44% unemployment benefit, 7% welfare, 39% pension or invalidity benefit). Psychosocial interventions differed between the 4 main diagnostic groups: F1: treatment of dependence (rehab) and treatment of concomitant somatic diseases; F2: admission to a psychiatric hospital and implementation of guardianship; F3: mediation of conflicts with neighbours/landlords and implementation of guardianship; F63.8: direct practical help by members of the community mental health team and organisation of home help/waste disposal. In all diagnostic groups, acceptance of help was impaired due to social withdrawal, resistance and psychiatric symptoms. At 13%, compliance with help and interventions was lowest in the hoarder group (F1: 27%, F2: 26%, F3: 38%). Consequently, in this group the poor outcome categories "nothing accomplished" and "lost flat/eviction" were more frequent (44%, F1: 27%, F2: 26%, F3: 38%). Concurrent to the deterioration of the domestic situation, patients suffer vocational disintegration as well as family and social isolation. Uninhabitable homes occur in the course of various severe and chronic psychiatric diseases. They don't constitute a syndrome and they are not characteristic for one specific diagnosis. It is important to recognise the underlying psychiatric disease as diagnosis influences acceptance of help, choice of appropriate interventions, outcome and prognosis. Tab. 1 shows our suggestion for a diagnosis differentiated approach, relating appearance of the home and behaviour of the patient to diagnosis, appropriate interventions and prognosis. Hard to reach is the group of hoarders. Patients with a psychotic illness and with hoarding disorder require implementation of long-term outreach help in their homes.

Dental Management of Patients with Dementia in Primary Dental Care

Dementia is an umbrella term for a set of symptoms that include memory loss, changes in mood and problems with reasoning, attention and communication. It is a progressive condition and there is ample evidence that oral health declines as the severity of dementia increases. Most of this decline is attributable to the effects of cognitive impairment on oral hygiene capability and/or acceptance of help from others in supporting oral hygiene. Factors such as altered salivary flow, taste change, use of high-energy food supplements and syrup-based medications also contribute to the risk of oral and dental diseases. In its role as part of the wider health and social care network, the primary dental care team can make an important contribution to securing the oral health of people living with dementia.

Pozityvios įtakos veiksniai šeimos nariams, ugdantiems proto negalią turinčius vaikus

The aim of this study is to reveal the factors that positively influence family members who nurture persons with intellectual disabilities. There have been many studies about the problems that arise when nurturing persons with intellectual disabilities. But only few of them also discuss positive influence made by persons with disabilities to those who nurture them. Lack of studies of positive factors related to persons with disabilities can negatively influence an overall attitude towards them. This study analyses concrete experience of 6 women of nurturing persons with intellectual disabilities – their children or other relatives. The respondents of the empirical qualitative study were Kaunas residents, members of the communities of “Faith and Light” uniting families raising children with disabilities. The persons they nurtured had Down syndrome or autism. These women have answered 11 questions on the factors positively influencing their life with disabled persons. The qualitative content analysis of the answers gave 85 interrelated factors that positively influence families who nurture persons with intellectual disabilities. These factors were classified into 4 categories (acceptance of help; efforts of parents or caregiver; the gift and efforts of a child with disabilities; fruits of nurturing a person with disabilities) and 18 subcategories. These factors can show families having persons with disabilities and undergoing difficulties which things can positively influence their situation, help to change their attitude towards the disabled person and his/her disability, and find strength to cope with stressful situations.

BOOK/MEDIA REVIEWS

Visions of a Better World: Howard Thurman 's Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence, by Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2011, 230 pp., $16.79, paperback.Visions of a Better World provides a biographical account of Howard Thurman with an emphasis on his intellectual roots, spiritual formation, and his experiences from childhood in Florida to his later years as a key influential figure to Civil Rights Movement. The book's narrative highlights turning points in Thurman's life that contributed to his philosophy of relations and nonviolence. Such transformative events acknowledged by the authors include: Thurman's acceptance of help from a stranger of a different race in order to board a train, his visit to India and Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon), living in a racially hostile environment in Atlanta, and his contrary experiences in New York. From an early age Thurman's life was devoted to peace and justice in the tradition of his understanding of the mission of Christianity as he saw, which contrasted Western Christian culture and its praxis.As co-authors, Dixie and Eisenstadt approach the plight of Howard Thurman as historians, which supplements previous contributions from theologians and scholars. Therefore, the book's greatest strength lies in how the authors capture Howard Thurman's heart and mind as a mystical, yet confrontational figure. At the time, Thurman's religious thought functioned as a centerpiece in his mission to establishing an experimental interracial church. The authors intention focus on placing Thurman within the broader of American and African American history and make the case that he was a critical figure in the development of a distinctive understanding of the ideas of radical nonviolence and Gandhian resistance. (p. 196).The opening chapter foreshadows and exemplifies the challenges posed to Thurman so that he could later have a voice and platform to have his vision recognized. The authors present Thurman as one who perfectly maximized all opportunities despite social and economic hurdles, such that he annihilated his competition academically by out-achieving his classmates throughout his educational career. Nevertheless, from Thurman's perspective, such high levels of excellence provided access to becoming a viable person and lead the way to publically confronting the human condition for its lack for practical egalitarianism.Throughout the remaining chapters, the authors address Thurman's multiple role shifts as an international delegate, academic, dean of chapel, and pastor which provided him with the experiential knowledge beyond the simplicity of isolated cognitive intellectualism. To achieve his mission to save American civilization by way of a spiritual revolution required prior firsthand encounters with the caste system of India and the perils of Jim Crow in the southern U. …

Help-Seeking Helps

Seeking help from an outgroup can be difficult, especially when the outgroup is known to stereotype the ingroup negatively and the potential recipient cares strongly about its social image. However, we ask whether even highly identified ingroup members may seek help from a judgmental outgroup if doing so allows them to disconfirm the outgroup’s negative stereotype of the ingroup. We presented participants with one of two negative outgroup stereotypes of their ingroup. One could be disconfirmed through seeking help, the other could not. Study 1 ( n = 43) showed group members were aware of the strategic implications of seeking help for disconfirming these stereotypes. Study 2 ( n = 43) showed high identifiers acted on such strategic knowledge by seeking more help from the outgroup when help-seeking could disconfirm a negative stereotype of their group (than when it could not). Implications for the seeking and acceptance of help are discussed.

Resilience in Parents of Young Adults with Visual Impairments

This article reports on a study of the adaptation of parents with children with visual impairment in South Africa. The results showed that familial values (such as attitude toward the disability, religious faith, and familial closeness) permit a process of inclusion (through the use of resources and acceptance of help) and the development of a sense of accomplishment.

Identifying sources of strength: resilience from the perspective of older people receiving long-term community care

This study seeks to explore the sources of strength giving rise to resilience among older people. Twenty-nine in-depth interviews were conducted with older people who receive long-term community care. The interviews were subjected to a thematic content analysis. The findings suggest that the main sources of strength identified among older people were constituted on three domains of analysis; the individual-, interactional and contextual domain. The individual domain refers to the qualities within older people and comprises of three sub-domains, namely beliefs about one’s competence, efforts to exert control and the capacity to analyse and understand ones situation. Within these subdomains a variety of sources of strength were found like pride about ones personality, acceptance and openness about ones vulnerability, the anticipation on future losses, mastery by practising skills, the acceptance of help and support, having a balanced vision on life, not adapting the role of a victim and carpe-diem. The interactional domain is defined as the way older people cooperate and interact with others to achieve their personal goals. Sources of strength on this domain were empowering (in)formal relationships and the power of giving. Lastly, the contextual domain refers to a broader political-societal level and includes sources of strength like the accessibility of care, the availability of material resources and social policy. The three domains were found to be inherently linked to each other. The results can be used for the development of positive, proactive interventions aimed at helping older people build on the positive aspects of their lives.

Building Community One Relationship at a Time: Consequences for the Seeking and Acceptance of Help

Three studies test the hypothesis that a perceived relationship is relevant to seeking and accepting help. The results first indicate a direct effect for a perceived relationship on the extent to which people are willing to seek and accept help. The findings further indicate that perceiving a relationship increases the importance of procedural justice judgments in shaping the decision to seek and accept help. This was true both in vertical relations (e.g., student–professor, resident–police officer) and in horizontal ones (e.g., student–student). The research extends prior findings showing that common group membership increases the influence of procedural justice judgments on whether people cooperate with fellow group members. The results show a parallel with the effects of a perceived relationship, suggesting a comparability between “relational” and “collective” levels of identity.

How Runaway and Homeless Youth Navigate Troubled Waters: The Role of Formal and Informal Helpers

Most adolescents navigate the transition from adolescence to young adulthood with relative success. However, runaway and homeless youth experience formidable obstacles in their paths and engage in dangerous behaviors that threaten their well being and long-term prospects. This study is part of a larger exploratory research effort aimed at understanding how runaway and homeless adolescents navigate the troubled waters of their adolescence to make successful developmental transitions into young adulthood. The focus of this paper is to report findings related to the formal and informal helping resources that enable runaway and homeless youth to resolve difficulties, deal with hazards, and achieve some level of self-defined success in young adulthood. This study utilized a qualitative research design, and the primary data collection method was in-depth interviews with 12 formerly run-away and homeless young people. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the data. Evidence emerged regarding who provided help, the types of help provided, conditions that facilitated acceptance of help, and advice to helping professionals. The findings illustrate the experiences youth had with helpers that they found valuable and experiences they perceived as detrimental.

Community determinants of health for rural elderly.

Although community health nursing practice supports community-level interventions, the influence of communities on the health of older members is not well known. Ethnographic design and methods were employed to study the health of older residents in a western plains farming community. Relationship was a key component for understanding life in this town. Reciprocal relationships in which older people and the community were mutual benefactors were crucial to the acceptability of help and support. Stressors were lack of privacy and isolation for those who did not conform to prevailing norms. Nurses in rural areas have to foster a sense of relationship and reciprocity within a community, since assistance is accepted most easily when older people can repay in kind. Advocating the use of government supports and programs may not be successful if the programs do not require such contributions. Close relationships can be stressful as well as supportive, and increasing social support and monitoring for an older person may inadvertently decrease privacy and promote stress.