Attention Seeker Research Articles

EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF INTEGRATING ILLUSTRATION IN PACKAGE DESIGN

In the current competitive market landscape, companies are actively striving hard to create a distinctive identity from their rival company. Packaging especially in FMCG brands becoming a sales promotional tool. It helps in establishing effective communication and creating a lasting impression on their target audience. Within the constraints of time and with low involvement of the customer the purpose of packaging has been shifted from functional to attention seeker on an emotive level. These days we can see the rise of incorporating the illustration on the package design. Illustration can captivate the attention of the customer and visually persuade the customer to make a purchase decision. The present study after a comprehensive literature review prepares a questionnaire for conducting an online survey to analyze the effectiveness of using illustrations on the package design of a product. A convenience sampling model is adopted to get the response from the participants. A total of 144 respondents aged above 17 years in the survey helped in understanding that utilizing an illustration on package design can have a positive impact on consumer purchase decisions and can create effective communication by delivering brand messages. Also, it helps in creating a brand relationship with the customers.

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction on sulfur-deficient MoS2 nanostructures

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a 2D layered structured material with a Mo:S of 1:2 and is a great attention seeker for hydrogen production through water-splitting. In the present work, we prepared nanostructured MoSx with different sulfur molar concentrations (x = 2, 1, 0.5) through a one-step hydrothermal method. The decrease in sulfur concentration resulted in a new phase that is MoO3 with a Mo:S of 1:0.5. The structural, morphological, and optical properties of all the samples were studied through X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Ultraviolet–Visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, respectively. Moreover, the electrochemical behavior was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and Tafel slope. Optimum properties were observed for Mo:S (1:1) with an onset potential of 96 mV, an overpotential of 130 mV for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) coupled with a specific capacitance of 889 F/g and low charge transfer resistance of 43 Ω. Further, it was noted that the electrocatalytic activity of MoS1 was better than that of the composite and bare MoO3. It is proposed that the excellent electrochemical activity arises from sulfur vacancies which provide active sites for HER and a free path for ions to flow through the material.

Covid-19 Induced Diabetes: Disclosing Truth behind the Potential Attention Seeker

<p style="text-align: justify;">Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the zoonotic virus answerable for the current global health crisis is ringing its dangerous bells on its post disease status. COVID-19 is causing multiple organ damage probably with its entry site. Insulin-Dependent Diabetes (IDDM) also known as Type I Diabetes is a multifactorial disease that typically occurs as a result of the interaction of genetic, environmental and immunologic factors. The mechanisms behind the development of Diabetes and associated consequences are complicated. The morphological mass of Insulin producing &beta;-cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans and the functional status determine plasma Insulin levels. Insufficient Insulin levels may develop as a result of a lack of &beta;-cell function resulting in hyperglycemia and Diabetes. <em>Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2</em> (ACE2) receptor, the binding agent which allows Corona virus to enter and migrate to various organs such as lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, and kidneys is assumed to be responsible for this damage. The over expression of ACE2 receptor on pancreatic endocrine cells paves a way for extensive damage to Islets of Langerhans causing Insulin resistance and deficiency. Another common assumption among the researchers and health care professionals are the dreadful relationship shared by viruses and Diabetes which can exacerbate or provoke autoimmunity leading to &beta;-cell auto-oxidation. The metabolic complications like Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyper osmolar hyperglycemia are predominantly seen in various regions of the world in people with Pre-Diabetes and non-diabetics. However, this review explored the probable truth behind COVID-19 induced new-onset Diabetes mellitus and its complications. <strong>Key words:</strong> COVID -19, Type-1 Diabetes, ACE2 receptor, Diabetic, Ketoacidosis.

Exploring jaystaycationer behaviors: cause, typology, and hotel workers’ responses

ABSTRACT This study examined jaystaycationer behaviors to complement the overly optimistic discussions of staycations in the literature. Guided by constructivist grounded theory, 10 frontline hotel workers in Hong Kong were interviewed to identify jaystaycationer behaviors during the pandemic that deviate from generally accepted social norms. A theoretical framework comprising six causes, four jaystaycationer types (i.e. attention seeker, benefit seeker, rule breaker, and property abuser), and seven hotel worker emotional and practical responses, is proposed. These findings critically investigate whether staycation is a better form of vacation from the perspective of hotel workers, laying a theoretical foundation for more comprehensive discussions of staycations. It also discusses the managerial implications for developing staycations in a better way.

Issues and Concerns of Teachers in Mindanao State University-Sulu Towards Modular Distance Learning Approach: An Analysis

The purpose of this study is to determine the demographic profiles of the respondents which are the teachers in Mindanao State University–Sulu according to gender and college, to identify the issues encountered by the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach, to distinguish the concerns of the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach, to investigate the teaching preparations on the adaptation of modular distance learning approach, and to identify the significant difference of issues and concern of the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach when they are grouped according gender and college. Frequency and percentage distribution, weighted arithmetic mean and independent t-test and chi-square are the statistical tools used to answer the entire research question. The data gathered was computed using SPSS analyzed and interpreted with the aide of the statistician.&#x0D; Descriptive survey method was used as the research method. This study utilizes 40 teachers from different colleges/department. Convenience sampling was used to It is the recommended number of which it is the 30% from the total population of all the faculty of Mindanao State University-Sulu.; questionnaire is used by the researcher as a research instrument of the study.&#x0D; The findings of the study were: 1) There is no significant difference of issues and concern of the MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach when grouped according gender but in contrary; and 2) There is significant difference on the issues and concern among MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach when grouped according colleges.&#x0D; The issues encountered towards modular distance learning approach were communication failure like that of instructions or confusion of students on the modules, limited teacher guidance, student’s in discourteous approach to teachers, complaints on not understanding the module, and all of which results to misbehavior on students and failure to pass worksheet on time.&#x0D; In addition, the concerns of the MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach were; first, hidden expenses on modules; second, teacher’s lack of media literacy; third, poor internet connection which intercepts communication between teacher and students; fourth, time constraint among teachers due to overload paperwork; fifth, equipment problem and complexity of the discussion as well as measurement of student’s performance; sixth, managing student’s responses from time to time; seventh, teacher’s unavailability and lastly, difficulties of studying among slow learners.&#x0D; Moreover, on teaching preparations on the adaptation of modular distance learning approach, the issues were cater and set time for student’s inquiries and be flexible to allow extension in terms of passing worksheets as well as allow parents, relative or even friends to pass worksheets in their behalf to lessen transportation expenses. Teachers must appreciate/ recognize his/her students to boost their confidence and avoid favouritism while being considerate to students who are attention seeker or may have ADHD. Correspondingly, the concerns were. Teachers must encourage handwritten answers to lessen plagiarism, on the absence of teacher, the parents and elders must guide the students in their learning at home. Teacher and parent’s guidance must go hand and hand in today’s learning. Teachers must likewise be flexible in finding solutions on printing shortage. And lastly, alternative teaching strategies like modular learning should be hone to aid lack of media literacy of both teacher and students&#x0D; In view of the findings and analysis, the following are recommended: Teachers must be flexible with the present kind of teaching strategy at all cost and at all aspects, Set guidelines as to establish proper communication among students and teachers, learning materials must be affordable as well as easy to understand content, teachers must develop their media literacy skills and encourage teachers to be available to their students on allotted time and cater all their inquiries with patience at all times.&#x0D; Furthermore, the following are the recommended research agenda: Teacher’s training on media literacy and module development programs to allow teamwork in the making process.

Issues And Concerns Of Teachers In Mindanao State University-Sulu Towards Modular Distance Learning Approach: An Analysis

The purpose of this study is to determine the demographic profiles of the respondents which are the teachers in Mindanao State University–Sulu according to gender and college, to identify the issues encountered by the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach, to distinguish the concerns of the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach, to investigate the teaching preparations on the adaptation of modular distance learning approach, and to identify the significant difference of issues and concern of the MSU-Sulu Teacher towards modular distance learning approach when they are grouped according gender and college. Frequency and percentage distribution, weighted arithmetic mean and independent t-test and chi-square are the statistical tools used to answer the entire research question. The data gathered was computed using SPSS analyzed and interpreted with the aide of the statistician.&#x0D; Descriptive survey method was used as the research method. This study utilizes 40 teachers from different colleges/department. Convenience sampling was used to It is the recommended number of which it is the 30% from the total population of all the faculty of Mindanao State University-Sulu.; questionnaire is used by the researcher as a research instrument of the study.&#x0D; The findings of the study were: 1) There is no significant difference of issues and concern of the MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach when grouped according gender but in contrary; and 2) There is significant difference on the issues and concern among MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach when grouped according colleges.&#x0D; The issues encountered towards modular distance learning approach were communication failure like that of instructions or confusion of students on the modules, limited teacher guidance, student’s in discourteous approach to teachers, complaints on not understanding the module, and all of which results to misbehavior on students and failure to pass worksheet on time.&#x0D; In addition, the concerns of the MSU-Sulu teacher towards modular distance learning approach were; first, hidden expenses on modules; second, teacher’s lack of media literacy; third, poor internet connection which intercepts communication between teacher and students; fourth, time constraint among teachers due to overload paperwork; fifth, equipment problem and complexity of the discussion as well as measurement of student’s performance; sixth, managing student’s responses from time to time; seventh, teacher’s unavailability and lastly, difficulties of studying among slow learners.&#x0D; Moreover, on teaching preparations on the adaptation of modular distance learning approach, the issues were cater and set time for student’s inquiries and be flexible to allow extension in terms of passing worksheets as well as allow parents, relative or even friends to pass worksheets in their behalf to lessen transportation expenses. Teachers must appreciate/ recognize his/her students to boost their confidence and avoid favouritism while being considerate to students who are attention seeker or may have ADHD. Correspondingly, the concerns were. Teachers must encourage handwritten answers to lessen plagiarism, on the absence of teacher, the parents and elders must guide the students in their learning at home. Teacher and parent’s guidance must go hand and hand in today’s learning. Teachers must likewise be flexible in finding solutions on printing shortage. And lastly, alternative teaching strategies like modular learning should be hone to aid lack of media literacy of both teacher and students&#x0D; In view of the findings and analysis, the following are recommended: Teachers must be flexible with the present kind of teaching strategy at all cost and at all aspects, Set guidelines as to establish proper communication among students and teachers, learning materials must be affordable as well as easy to understand content, teachers must develop their media literacy skills and encourage teachers to be available to their students on allotted time and cater all their inquiries with patience at all times.&#x0D; Furthermore, the following are the recommended research agenda: Teacher’s training on media literacy and module development programs to allow teamwork in the making process.

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Composites

In tissue engineering especially, aqueous injectable, untouched gel- forming systems, possessing variety of advantages has been an attention seeker for the industry when compared to scaffolds. In-situ gel forming matrix can be introduced easily to the defect sites through needle, because of which surgical implantation can be removed first. Secondly, the ease of conformity upon introducing on the surroundings, and introducing easily on cells, and can be introduced as therapeutic agents and growth factors by simple mixing, without any afflict about residual solvents commonly used in scaffolds, when combined. For which, Multi-walled Carbon Nano-tubes has been acid functionalized which then covalently grafted on Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) by the Oxidized Carbon Nano-tubes, to form acylchlorinated carbon nano-tubes which has been firstly reacted with thionyl chloride and later dispersed in HPMC to form composite material, MWCNTs – HPMC, several time has been washed multitudinous to eliminate not reacted materials. FT-IR, TGA, SEM and TEM are used for the characterization of the composites, and which shows that it exhibits enhanced thermal stability.

Adolescents Influence on Family Purchase Process in India

Considering the significance of Adolescents behaviour in family purchase decisions, the study initiated with the objective to unearth the adolescents influence on the buying decisions of the family. The purpose of the study is listed down into three parts: Firstly, to explore the relationship between the age of adolescents and its effect on buying decisions of family. The next objective is to catalogue and position the products on the basis of influence of Adolescents. Subsequently, the other task is to examine and establish the comparative analysis of Adolescents influence for three different goods categories (so designed) and also analysing it at various stages of Family purchase process. The research methodology is based on the study of relevant review work done in the past and an interview conducted amongst the adolescents for the data collection. Furthermore, a structured questionnaire is circulated amongst adolescents aged between 14-19 years. Data was collected from 350 adolescents. Study also exhibited that there are three product categories identified by factor analysis explicitly “Prominent” Products, “Popular” Products and “Common” Products– It was observed that Popular products gained maximum attention of adolescents, followed by Prominent Products and the least attention seeker for adolescents are Common Products. These categories are designed in context to Indian families &amp; environment. Multivariate Analysis of Variance, i.e., MANOVA was also applied for third objective which presented the outcome that in case of Prominent and Popular Products, adolescent’s impact is greatest at the beginning stage of the purchase process and least at exploration stage. But in case of Common Products, Adolescents influence is highest at the stage of decision making and selection. This study can have enormous future relevance for the marketers by the way of providing them with broad scope of adolescents’ behavioural understanding in family in context to different product categories and at multiple buying stages of family purchase process. This could be considered as the base for formulating and executing various marketing plans. The paper bears uniqueness in terms of analysing adolescents’ behaviour in relation to multiple product catalogues and relating the segmentation across various family buying stages.

A Bottom Up Perspective to Understanding the Dynamics of Team Roles in Mission Critical Teams.

There is a long history, dating back to the 50 s, which examines the manner in which team roles contribute to effective team performance. However, much of this work has been built on ad hoc teams working together for short periods of time under conditions of minimal stress. Additionally, research has been conducted with little attention paid to the importance of temporal factors, despite repeated calls for the importance of considering time in team research (e.g., Mohammed et al., 2009). To begin to understand team roles and how temporal aspects may impact the types of team roles employed when teams are working in extreme mission critical environments, the current manuscript uses a data-driven, bottom-up approach. Specifically, we employ the use of retrospective historical data as our input and a historiometric approach (Simonton, 2003). Source documents consist primarily of autobiographies, memoires, biographies, and first-hand accounts of crew interaction during spaceflight. Critical incidents regarding team interaction were extracted from these source documents and independently coded for team roles by two trained raters. Results of the study speak to the importance of task and social roles within teams that are predominantly intact and operating in extreme environments where mistakes can be life threatening. Evidence for the following task (i.e., coordinator, boundary spanner, team leader, evaluator, critic, information provider, team player, and innovator) and social roles (i.e., team builder, nurturer, harmonizer, entertainer, jokester, and the negative roles of attention seeker and negativist) were found. While it is often task roles that receive the greatest attention, results point to the importance of not neglecting the socioemotional health of the team (and the corresponding roles). Results also indicated that while some roles were consistently enacted independent of temporal considerations (e.g., mission length), the degree to which others were enacted varied across missions of differing lengths. Additionally, based on the current sample we see the following trends: (1) increased enactment of the team builder role as mission duration increases, (2) prominence of the entertainer role, and (3) increased emphasis on the visionary/problem solver role on missions over 2 years.

Power to Choose Your Future.

Power to Choose Your Future Elaine Ballard I loved sports! Any kind: netball, hockey, table tennis, swimming, anything that was competitive. One momentous day I signed up to play both hockey and basketball. I was so excited! The hockey match was unusually rough that day, and as goal keeper, I caught the end of a few heavy blows as they were swung in my direction. As the match progressed my spine felt on fire, and at one point I thought I was going to collapse, the pain was so severe. I knew I should have withdrawn from the basketball match that was scheduled to be played only 30 minutes later. Instead I hobbled back to the grounds and rested awhile. The whistle blew and very soon a tall opponent shot for the net. As I jumped to defend the ball, I collided with the shooter. Our heads touched, knocking me to the ground. For a few moments, dazed and unable to think clearly, I had this heavy feeling about how wrong I had been to play both games so soon after each other. When I arrived at the hospital, I was given an X-ray and told nothing was wrong. Bed rest was ordered and willingly I obliged. This was in 1966 and MRI's and CAT Scans were not available to patients at that time. The next 6 years were filled with agonizing pain and frequent visits to the ER. The doctors didn't believe anything was seriously wrong and I was treated as an attention seeker. I was not even given anything for the severe, chronic pain, now in my lumber and thoracic back. Finally, I was admitted to the hospital for minor tests, which were also inconclusive. I will never forget the day a doctor insisted I get out of bed and follow him into a private room. As I entered, I saw a large group of junior doctors sitting at the back and two empty chairs ahead of them. One was a straight wooden chair, while the other was a comfortable easy chair. I was invited to sit in either. The choice was mine. It was at that moment that I finally understood they believed I had mental problems and my back was as healthy as the next person. I sat down in the straight chair knowing I would have difficulty getting out of the easy chair. Questions about my Christian faith were hurled my way and I answered honestly and the best I could. After awhile I was thanked for coming and led outside. It puzzled me why my Christian faith should be a problem. The only conversation I had was with a neurologist who asked what kept me going if I was in so much pain? I answered that God loved me and gave me the strength to cope every day. I suppose the doctors later agreed I didn't have a mental disorder as they ordered a myelogram and air myelogram. I had no idea that these procedures would wreck my life forever. I was not asked to sign any forms nor were the procedures explained to me. They injected my lumber spine with Myelo dye, then tilted me up and down on a special moving table. The dye travelled up and down my spine as they took X-rays. They did this again by injecting air into my spine. The after effects were horrendous as I was forced to lie flat with a dreadful headache [End Page E5] and nausea that lasted a week. A few weeks later a laminectomy was performed on L4 disc which helped a lot. I was told the disc was crushed. Then a year later, they performed another laminectomy on T3, which was crushed as well. After this second surgery, I developed a very high fever and nearly died. They were so worried the surgeon performed an investigatory operation at T3 level and it was thought the dye had gathered in a ledge of the disc causing the high fever. Eventually, I recovered enough to work part time but always had some pain in both lumber and thoracic spine. The T3 disc periodically protruded out causing more...

‘All-action hero’ or ‘Slap in the face for womankind’? Discursive representations of Angelina Jolie following her prophylactic bilateral mastectomy

When Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie underwent a prophylactic mastectomy, public demands for human tumour suppressor gene BRCA1 testing almost doubled (Evans &amp; Howell, 2015). This paper explores the discursive positioning of Jolie following her procedure in 20 UK newspaper articles using Foucauldian discourse analysis. Jolie was positioned within the discourse in two different ways: the ‘she-ro’ (an agentic decision maker who saved countless lives), and a ‘selfish attention seeker’ (a needy and melodramatic woman who unnecessarily invokes public paranoia and panic). A third (implied) subject position that was identified in the data is the ‘silent and dignified’ post-mastectomy woman who doesn’t need to ‘shout it from the rooftops’. I argue that these subject positions may serve to silence the lived experience of many prophylactic mastectomy patients and render invisible the suffering that some women can experience post-surgery. This implies that counselling and educational services for women who are considering (or who have undergone) prophylactic mastectomy are essential. To conclude, avenues for future research are suggested.

My personal journey: Being a black woman student activist on Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus

abstractHere I reflect on my personal journey at what I call “the most disadvantaged university campus in South Africa” – Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus. I want to explore what makes it appear to be more violent than all the other higher learning institutions, why there is so much student protest, the gender roles in student protest, and protesters’ view on feminist theory. I also want to reflect on my introduction to feminism and how I learnt to embrace the word. To me feminism means that as a Black woman no one should dictate on how I am to live my life or how I must behave, because that is what my gender requires or entails of me. It means that the society can never expect me to carry myself to fit their expectations. At this age I still find the term ‘gender roles’ so foreign.Feminism has been influential to my activism. I discovered that all the student protest that takes place there is led by male students and student organisations are dominated by males; in all the meetings we hold males are always more opinionated than female students, and male students continue to be in more powerful positions than women. Me being so outspoken and taking the forefront when protesting is seen as a taboo; I am labelled as an ‘attention seeker’ and as very disrespectful towards men just because I can stand up for myself and the other women. Some females also view me like that. In this perspective piece I seek to write about my journey in student activism and learning more about the feminist theory.

Attention Seeker: Production, Modification, and Release of Inflammatory Peptidoglycan Fragments in Neisseria Species.

Maintenance of the structural macromolecule peptidoglycan (PG), which involves regulated cycles of PG synthesis and PG degradation, is pivotal for cellular integrity and survival. PG fragments generated from the degradation process are usually efficiently recycled by Gram-negative bacteria. However, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and a limited number of Gram-negative bacteria release PG fragments in amounts sufficient to induce host tissue inflammation and damage during an infection. Due to limited redundancy in PG-modifying machineries and genetic tractability, N. gonorrhoeae serves as a great model organism for the study of biological processes related to PG. This review summarizes the generation, modification, and release of inflammatory PG molecules by N. gonorrhoeae and related species and discusses these findings in the context of understanding bacterial physiology and pathogenesis.

Andrew Bush: a broad portfolio in paediatric respirology

Although it's trivial, the first thing I notice on meeting Andrew Bush is his colourful bow tie. All sorts of motives are ascribed to men who favour this form of neckwear, and few are entirely flattering. So the succeeding 40 minutes come as a relief. Far from an attention seeker, Bush is a quietly spoken and thoughtful man: a self-declared work junkie with a commitment to paediatric respirology that's equally divided between research and clinical work. “For me, they go hand in hand. It's like someone asking me if I prefer running with my right leg or my left leg. You need both”, he says, adding that “I've been very lucky in having had a lot of very good collaborators. It's all been teamwork.” The work itself has ranged across any number of diseases affecting children's lungs. “Many of us are curious (about illness),” says Thomas Ferkol, Alexis Hartmann Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis in Missouri. “Often times when you are too curious and moving off in many directions you kind of loose focus, and don't move your research forward. Andy is one of the people who can pull this off. Whether it's energy or drive or remarkable collaborations, he's been able to maintain momentum in many different directions.” After asthma: redefining airways diseasesAsthma is responsible for considerable global morbidity and health-care costs. Substantial progress was made against key outcomes such as hospital admissions with asthma and mortality in the 1990s and early 2000s, but little improvement has been observed in the past 10 years, despite escalating treatment costs. New assessment techniques are not being adopted and new drug discovery has progressed more slowly than in other specialties. Full-Text PDF

Policing normalcy: sexual violence against women offenders with disability

This article explores police responses to sexual violence reported by women offenders designated as having cognitive and psychosocial disabilities. The article does so by reference to the critical disability studies analytical approach to disability as socially constructed ‘abnormality’. This article utilizes this approach in analysing the recorded police contacts of one woman offender designated as disabled, ‘Jane’. Jane has had multiple contacts with police over a period of 15 years as a victim of sexual violence, alleged offender and ‘mentally ill’ person. The article finds that through multiple contacts with police as victim, alleged offender and ‘mentally ill’ person, the police events records build a narrative of Jane as an ‘abnormal’ body who is reduced to a drain on police and public health resources, a dishonest and nuisance offender and an attention seeker. The article argues that it is the interlocking discourses of gender, disability and criminality that produce Jane as unworthy of victim status and, perversely, in need of punishment by the criminal justice system for her public displays of trauma, mental distress and requests for police assistance. Ultimately, the article concludes that we need to give greater attention to the relationship between disability and affect, and to the broader cultural, institutional, legal and economic discourses that shape individuals’ affective responses, in understanding police responses to violence against women offenders designated as disabled and in contesting these women’s status as ‘ungrievable’ victims of violence.

PERBEDAAN PENANGANAN PERILAKU SISWA YANG MENGGANGGU DALAM PROSES PEMBELAJARAN KLASIKAL SEKOLAH MENENGAHOLEH GURU LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN

Female teacher tends to recognize irritating behavior of the pupils (Prilaku Siswa yang Menggangu/PSM) in learning process compared with male teacher. However, the difference is less significance. The most dominant form of PSM happening to the pupil is attention seeker in which the pupil talk in classroom during the learning process. Even though PSM is rare, it still requires an appropriate measure conducted by the teacher toward the PSM in order to lessen the frequency. The finding of this research shows that male teacher stricter than female teacher in handling PSM.

“Attention seeker”, “drama queen”: the power of talk in constructing identities for young people with mental health difficulties

Purpose – Mental health difficulties are often stigmatised because of situated ways of talking that become taken-for-granted “truths”. Against this backdrop, identities of those affected are constructed. The purpose of this paper is to explore identities of former inpatients at an Irish Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. Design/methodology/approach – Ten young people (aged 18-22) participated in discussions and their discourse was analysed using a critical discursive perspective. Findings – Three key identities emerged: a hidden identity, a misunderstood identity and the struggle for a re-claimed identity. Research limitations/implications – Findings indicate the power of discourse in creating stigma and the need for mental health professionals to draw on empowering discourses to help service-users construct positive identities. The importance of involving service-users in research is also implicated. Originality/value – This research involves service-users who are increasingly, although not traditionally, involved in research. Use of qualitative methodology allows their voices to be heard and gives meaning to their experiences.

Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: a descriptive study in school pupils in England

BackgroundDeliberate self-harm in young people is a cause for concern in many countries. The vast majority of episodes of self-harm do not result in presentation to hospital and relatively little is known about to whom or where adolescents who harm themselves go for help.MethodsThis school-based survey of 5,293 15–16 year olds in the United Kingdom investigated sources of help and barriers to help seeking before and after an episode of self-harm.ResultsFriends (40%) and family (11%) were the main sources of support. Far fewer adolescents had sought help from formal services or health professionals. Barriers to help seeking include perceptions of self-harm as something done on the spur of the moment and therefore not serious or important or to be dwelt upon. Many adolescents felt they should be able to, or could cope on their own and feared that seeking help would create more problems for them and hurt people they cared about or lead to them being labelled as an 'attention seeker'. The decision to seek help was in some cases hampered by not knowing whom to ask for help. Gender and exposure to self-harm in the peer group influenced perceived barriers to help-seeking.ConclusionThere are both push and pull factors' acting on young people in their understanding of what leads them to want to harm themselves and potential mechanisms for seeking help. The implications for community based prevention programmes are discussed.

Hold the front page

My local newsagent winked cheerfully as he handed me the local paper. “You're on the front page again, Doctor”, he chuckled, clearly regarding me as some kind of attention seeker, craving B list celebrity status. True enough, there was an embarrassingly large photograph of me staring out from the newspaper, under a sensational headline about cuts in local district nursing services. This is not the first time I have used the press to highlight problems with local services and some of my colleagues are divided about the strategy. Some think it is brave and outspoken, others cringe and consider it unprofessional.