Positive Emotional Support Research Articles

Constructing the digital ark: How China utilizes shared media to foster online information collaboration and crisis management in public emergency response

With the prevalence of collaborative editing tools, such as shared documents, a digital rescue platform functionality has emerged to address major unforeseen events, displaying notable self-organizing characteristics. This study examines the transformative role of sharing technologies in crisis communication, using documents from the 2021 Zhengzhou flood and adopting an actor-network theory perspective. Investigating how sharing technology influences situational information, the findings highlight its creation of a real-time, collaborative, and detailed crisis information environment, fostering self-rescue initiatives and positive emotional support. The shift from a closed situational information pool to a dynamic digital network underscores the evolving landscape of crisis communication in the digital age. Self-negotiation and self-restraint mechanisms mitigate rumor transmission, providing robust information support for subsequent rescue efforts. This research contributes valuable insights into the intricate dynamics of sharing technologies in crisis communication.

Empathy and Criminal Motivation: Relationship and Prevention

The study explores the relationship between empathy and criminal motivation, analyzing how empathy can be used to prevent crime. Empathy, as the ability to understand and share the emotional experiences of others, plays an essential role in revealing the motivations behind crime and developing prevention strategies. The core of this study is that empathic intervention can increase abusers’ cognitive and emotional awareness of the harm of their aggression, and this awareness will offset the previous self-perceived rewards of sexual violence. Through literature review and case analysis, the study found a close link between empathy and criminal motivation. Offenders may experience setbacks in social relationships, emotional distress, or interpersonal conflict and lack positive emotional support. This lack of empathy may prompt them to seek the wrong ways to satisfy their needs, thus forming a criminal motive. An in-depth study of how empathy is applied in prevention strategies can provide new perspectives on crime understanding and intervention. Criminal behavior can be prevented by developing empathy, promoting positive social interactions, or providing emotional support. This comprehensive approach is vital for social construction and crime prevention.

The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Adolescents' Academic Achievement

Adolescents are in the critical period of rapid physical and mental growth, fulfillment of academic tasks, realization of self-worth, and the important moment of self-awareness awakening. The family environment for adolescents' learning and life has a non-negligible impact. This paper adopts the research method of literature review and collects more than 40 related Chinese and foreign literatures, aiming to further explore the direct and indirect relationship between parenting styles and adolescents' academic performance, and give corresponding suggestions. This paper is divided into four parts, the first part of parenting styles includes the definition and characterization of parenting styles, and the comparison of parenting styles under different cultural and racial differences. The second part of the direct relationship extracts the mainstream views on the direct relationship between parenting styles and adolescents' academic performance from the literature from different aspects, including different academic disciplines, different races, and parents, and so on. The third part of the indirect relationship is mainly discussed through two mediating roles of self-efficacy and self-concept, self-efficacy including the definition and expression as well as the characteristic dimensions, and self-concept including the definition and its influence as a mediator. The fourth part of the conclusion gives the following suggestions: increasing the proportion of authoritative parenting, giving positive emotional support to children to enhance their self-efficacy in learning, providing guidance to help children recognize themselves and establishing a correct self-concept at an early stage.

Relationship Between Family Emotional Support and Learning Motivation of Package B Learners in The SPNF SKB Lima Puluh

The idea behind this study stems from the observed low levels of learning motivation among Package B learners at SPNF SKB Lima Puluh Kota. The primary aims of this research are as follows: (1) to evaluate the level of family emotional support provided to Package B learners at SPNF SKB Lima Puluh Kota, (2) to investigate the extent of learning motivation among Package B learners at SPNF SKB Lima Puluh Kota, and (3) to establish whether a correlation exists between family emotional support and learning motivation among Package B learners at SPNF SKB Lima Puluh Kota. The present study employs a quantitative methodology and utilises a correlational research design. The sample for this study included 44 learners enrolled in Package B at SPNF SKB Lima Puluh Kota. A stratified random selection technique was employed to pick a sample of 30 persons, which accounted for 75% of the population. The data gathering process involved the administration of questionnaires, while data analysis was carried out with the percentage formula and the product moment formula.The findings of this study suggest that there is a low level of family emotional support. The level of learning motivation among learners in Package B is likewise seen to be poor. There exists a notable correlation between familial emotional support and the level of desire for learning, which can be classified as highly substantial. It is advisable for families to augment positive emotional support in order to cultivate excitement and motivation in learners. Additionally, it is recommended that future researchers investigate other variables that were not examined in this study for the sake of further inquiry.Keywords: Family emotional support, learning motivation.

Pengaruh Antenatal Care, Tingkat Kecemasan, Kehamilan Beresiko Dan Jenis Persalinan Terhadap Kesiapan Fisiologis Persalinan

The physiological approach of labor and delivery is preferred for most pregnant women. Most of the research on physiological births has focused on prenatal care. A good prenatal effect on good physiological readiness too. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the frequency and perception of antenatal care services, anxiety levels, pregnancy risks and types of delivery on the physiological readiness of labor. The research method is quantitative descriptive with cross sectional design. The research sample was postpartum mothers after 6 months of delivery in the working area of Puskesmas Pariaman Selatan. Analysis of research data used the chi-square test. The results of the study reported that there is a relationship between the frequency of visits and perceptions of Antenatal care services, anxiety, pregnancy risk and type of delivery with the physiological readiness of maternal delivery. Pregnant women are advised to make adequate antenatal care visits during pregnancy at least four times and encourage mothers to read a lot in order to know the physiological changes during pregnancy. This method is believed to be able to detect early when there are danger signs of pregnancy. Together with midwives and doctors, mothers can plan the process of delivering the fetus well and get positive emotional support to avoid a risky pregnancy

Sexualized Music Videos Desensitize Fijian Women to Intimate Partner Violence Suffering: The Mediating Role of Culpability Attributions

Although there is growing evidence that receiving positive emotional support (e.g., empathy) facilitates improved mental health outcomes among intimate partner violence (IPV) victims, there has been minimal exploration of factors that might undermine the likelihood of such supportive responses. The current study addressed this issue by examining whether exposure to sexualized music videos would affect IPV victim-directed empathic responding of third-party respondents. In a three-condition design, 243 female Fijian university students viewed sexualized, nonsexualized, or neutral music videos. They then read about a male-to-female IPV incident involving a university student victim who focused heavily on academic success and rated aspiration-related culpability and empathic responding for the victim. Relative to those who viewed neutral and nonsexualized videos, those who viewed the sexualized video reported less victim-directed empathy. Moreover, the impact of video type on empathy was mediated by aspiration-related culpability (i.e., the perception that the victim studied too much). The present research examined, in an understudied, patriarchal population (Fijian women) with an extremely high rate of IPV, how exposure to sexualized music videos can contribute to both greater blame and greater desensitization to the suffering of an IPV victim. The importance of studying third-party responders (bystanders) is that they may represent a fundamental resource for the victim, or by contrast, if they fail to respond empathically, they would be unsupportive to a victim. This provides some directions for facilitating social controls and decreasing social tolerance for harmful patriarchal beliefs and gender-based violence in the Pacific Region of the world.

Influence of educator’s emotional support behaviors on environmental education student outcomes

Environmental education (EE) aims to create environmentally literate individuals that have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to solve important environmental issues. However, little research examines whether and which educator’s emotional support behaviors, such as responsiveness and positive communications, enhance outcomes in an EE program. Utilizing student surveys, programmatic observations, and qualitative notes collected from 334 EE field trip programs for fifth through eighth grade students (ages 9–12) provided by 90 different organizations across the U.S., this study examined linkages between educator’s emotional support behaviors and positive learning outcomes. Past research in formal educational settings suggests that emotional support behaviors yield positive outcomes for students. This research also found that positive emotional support behaviors positively influenced student outcomes and explained 10% of the variance. Based on the resulting model, we suggest that positive emotional support behaviors should be considered in future environmental educator training programs.

Positive Emotional Support in Premutation Carrier Mothers of Adolescents and Adults With Fragile X Syndrome: Gene by Environment Interactions

We examined the benefit of emotional support on daily health in premutation carrier mothers of adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (n = 114), and whether this benefit was moderated by the mother's genetic status (FMR1 CGG repeat length). In an 8-day daily diary, maternal daily health was assessed subjectively through self-reported number of physical health symptoms and physiologically via cortisol awakening response. Multilevel lagged-day models indicated that premutation carrier mothers with midrange CGG repeats derived less health benefit from a day with high positive emotional support than those with lower or higher numbers of repeats within the premutation range. The data support the influence of both genetic and environmental influences on the health of this population.

Follower Jealousy at Work: A Test of Vecchio's Model of Antecedents and Consequences of Jealousy

ABSTRACTThe present study tests the validity of Robert P. Vecchio's seminal work on antecedents and consequences of jealousy. Specifically, we examine whether antecedents such as in-group status, supervisory considerateness, and supervisory differentiation of subordinates are associated with jealousy. In addition, we examine whether jealousy is associated with the outcome variable of social loafing. Leaders (n = 73) and their followers (n = 303) working in business organizations in Norway contributed data. Multilevel analyses showed that a high-quality working relationship with one's supervisor was inversely related to reports of jealousy. In addition, supervisors who displayed high levels of considerateness, for example, by providing followers with positive emotional support, were better able to reduce subordinate jealousy. This is a novel observation since previous research failed to demonstrate such a relationship. Finally, jealousy was positively associated with social loafing, suggesting that jealous followers engaged in an active counterproductive resistance response. The present study contributes to the extant literature by identifying unexamined antecedents of jealousy and a dysfunctional behavioral response to jealousy in the form of social loafing in the workplace.

Using the trauma film paradigm to explore interpersonal processes after trauma exposure.

The present study sought to examine ways in which social support might influence trauma symptoms using a variation of the trauma film paradigm. Sixty-seven undergraduate female students in romantic relationships were randomized to watch a stressful film clip depicting a sexual assault, either in the presence (PP) or absence (PA) of their romantic partner. Analyses showed that the PP condition experienced more intrusive memories of the film than the PA condition. In addition, participants in the PP condition whose romantic partner reported low relationship trust had higher film-related distress than participants in the PP condition whose romantic partner reported high relationship trust. Observational coding of partner behaviors after viewing the film clip found that greater expression of negative emotion from partners predicted participants' negative affect and intrusive memories over time. Positive emotional support did not have any effect upon participants' distress. Findings identify possible ways in which interpersonal processes influence trauma adjustment and suggest that the trauma film paradigm can be adapted to examine the role of interpersonal processes in post-trauma adjustment. (PsycINFO Database Record

Personality and social support as predictors of first and recurrent episodes of depression

BackgroundDepression is a prevalent psychiatric disorder with high personal and public health consequences, partly due to a high risk of recurrence. This longitudinal study examines personality traits, structural and subjective social support dimensions as predictors of first and recurrent episodes of depression in initially non-depressed subjects. MethodsData were obtained from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). 1085 respondents without a current depression or anxiety diagnosis were included. 437 respondents had a prior history of depression, 648 did not. Personality dimensions were measured with the NEO-FFI, network size, partner-status, negative and positive emotional support were measured with the Close Person Questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses (unadjusted and adjusted for clinical variables and sociodemographic variables) examined whether these psychosocial variables predict a new episode of depression at two year follow up and whether this differed among persons with or without a history of depression. ResultsIn the unadjusted analyses high extraversion (OR:.93, 95% CI (.91–.96), P<.001), agreeableness (OR:.94, 95% CI (.90–.97), P<.001), conscientiousness (OR:.93, 95% CI (.90–.96), P<.001) and a larger network size (OR:.76, 95% CI (.64–.90), P=.001) significantly reduced the risk of a new episode of depression. Only neuroticism predicted a new episode of depression in both the unadjusted (OR:1.13, 95% CI (1.10–1.15), P<.001) and adjusted analyses (OR:1.06, 95% CI (1.03–1.10), P<.001). None of the predictors predicted first or recurrent episodes of depression differently. Limitationswe used a relatively short follow up period and broad personality dimensions. ConclusionsNeuroticism seems to predict both first and recurrent episodes of depression and may be suitable for screening for preventive interventions.

The meaningfulness of participating in support groups for informal caregivers of older adults with dementia: a systematic review.

Informal caregivers who perform at-home care of older people with dementia might have feelings of a meaningless existence, burden, anxiety, stress and fatigue. Support groups are considered an especially effective and economical way to relieve informal caregivers' stress and burden, although it is unclear if participating in group meetings produces a meaningful outcome for the informal caregiver. To identify the meaningfulness of participating in support groups for informal caregivers of older adults with dementia living in their own home. Informal caregivers of older adults aged 65 years and over with dementia. The informal caregiver was a family member, and care was performed at home. How the informal caregivers perceived the meaningfulness of participating in support groups. The setting was all locations where support groups for informal caregivers were held and studied. TYPES OF STUDIES: Studies that focused on qualitative data including, but not limited to, designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research. TYPES OF OUTCOMES: Subjective accounts of the informal caregivers' perceptions of the meaningfulness associated with participating in support groups. Beliefs, benefits, rewards and attitudes related to a caregiver's experiences as a participant in support groups and in the role as caregiver. The perception by informal caregivers of participating in support groups as a way to release stress. The search aimed at finding published and unpublished studies in English, German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, and was unrestricted by time. Eleven electronic databases and eleven websites were searched. Methodological quality of the qualitative papers was assessed independently by two reviewers using standardized critical appraisal instruments from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument. Qualitative data were extracted from papers included in the review using the standardized data extraction tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument. Qualitative research findings were synthesized using the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument. A total of 59 findings from five studies were aggregated into five categories. Three synthesized findings were generated based on the meta-aggregation of the categories: 1) emotional benefits of peer-based support; 2) facing the challenges of caregiving; and 3) embracing the future through virtual configuration of group meetings. The five studies provided useful and credible findings from caregivers' voices that are not often heard in regard to the meaning of participating in support groups. Peer support is beneficial for caregivers, and it provides a source of positive emotional support and a means of venting negative feeling and gaining help to address issues in the everyday life of caring for older adults with dementia.

Religious Responses to Bereavement, Grief, and Loss Among Refugees

The multifaceted characteristics of complicated grief and multiple losses that refugees experience when they resettle in North America can intensify bereavement and generate negative impacts not only on individual well-being but also on generational continuity and community cohesion. The ineffectiveness of Western psychological treatments to assist non-Western, non-Christian refugees in mental health distress can be balanced by various religious strategies employed by refugees to facilitate healing, re-create traditional definitions of identity (individual and communal), enhance positive emotional support, and redefine narratives of the past. Buddhist refugees provide an example of the use of such strategies, with clear applicability to the increasing number of other newly resettled refugees in North America.

Effect of Interpersonal Relationships on the Quality of Joint Activities in a Collective

По данным многочисленных исследований российских психологов, нормальные межличностные отношения в команде способствует высокой производительности труда, предотвращению конфликтных ситуаций, оказывают непосредственное влияние на качество совместной деятельности. Это связано с тем, что сбалансированные отношения между людьми положительно эмоционально поддерживают команду. Считается, что рост производительности труда напрямую зависит от хорошего настроения и работает до 5-10% в среднем. И наоборот, плохое настроение снижает производительность на столько же процентов от среднего уровня. Таким образом, в зависимости от настроение работы, он может колебаться от 10 до 20%. Следовательно, рабочее настроение можно считать важным фактором деятельности. Взаимное уважение и взаимное внимание к индивидуальной морали и отношениям сотрудника являются нормой.

Maternal teaching of reading and children's reading skills in Grade 1: Patterns and predictors of positive and negative associations

The main aim of the study was to identify subgroups of children based on the associations between the reported frequency of maternal teaching of reading and children's reading skills, and whether these subgroups differ with respect to mother-related (i.e., education, controlling behavior, and emotions in homework situations) and child-related (i.e., reading habits and gender) background factors. Data were gathered from 1460 mother–child dyads. The reading skills of 6- to 7-year-old Finnish-speaking children were measured at the beginning and at the end of Grade 1. Information from mothers was gathered by questionnaires. Regression Mixture Modeling identified four latent subgroups of children in which the frequency of maternal teaching showed a differential contribution to children's subsequent reading skills: Among 14% of the children with low reading skills, maternal teaching was positively associated with children's reading skills; among 22% of the children who showed relatively low reading skills, maternal teaching had no association with children's reading skills; among 12% of the children who were good readers, maternal teaching had no association with children's reading skills; and among the remaining 52%, maternal teaching had a negative association children's reading skills. The subgroup of children for whom maternal teaching positively contributed to reading skills was characterized by high levels of controlling behavior by their mothers but simultaneous positive emotional support in homework situations.

Parenting With Success and Satisfaction Among Parents With Severe Mental Illness

Parenting With Success and Satisfaction Among Parents With Severe Mental Illness

Filling the Emotional Gap at Transition: Young People with Learning Difficulties and Friendship

Young people with learning disabilities frequently experience mental health support needs, especially at the transition stages as they move into adulthood. The Count Us In inquiry (Carpenter, 2002) suggested that the prevalence rate for mental health needs in young people with learning disabilities may be as high as 40%, four times as high as for young people in general. This paper reports on an action research study in Somerset which was funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The study followed young people and practitioners in adopting a largely social model of mental health distress. It focused on positive emotional support, and worked with young people themselves to find new ways of tackling these issues. Young people in the study said that the support they most valued was that gained through friendships. A small, self‐selecting group of students worked with the project, and they designed and piloted a short course about emotional support for other young people. The findings show that this was effective in helping the young people talk more freely about their feelings, and build their confidence and mutual trust. This article argues that, by developing their own self‐determination, young people with learning disabilities can build their resilience to emotional problems and take more control over their own lives.

Personal accounts: a fragile China doll.

Personal accounts: a fragile China doll.

Supportive and nonsupportive qualities of child health nurses' contacts with strained infant mothers.

To examine how strained mothers perceive the support they receive from Swedish child health nurse. Twenty-four consecutive strained, infant mothers at nine child health centres were invited to participate. The mothers were interviewed when the child was 8 months of age. The mothers also reported their perceptions of their parenting competence by means of a questionnaire. Five components of the nurses' support were discerned: positive emotional support, positive informational support, support of the parental role which was either positive or negative, and pressure to accept social norms on child care. A third of the mothers reported strong positive support, decreasing depressive symptoms and favourable perceptions of their own parenting ability. Another third of the mothers reported negative contacts with the nurses, persisting depressive symptoms, and unfavourable perceptions of their parenting competence. The nurses' pressure for the mothers to adapt to certain social norms of child care seemed to affect the latter group of mothers negatively. In order to support strained mothers effectively it is necessary to clarify and resolve conflicts between different programme objectives.

The Impact of Family and Friends’ Reactions on the Well-Being of Women With Abusive Partners

This study examined the degree to which battered women talked with family and friends about abuse they were experiencing and how family and friends responded. Participants were 137 women who had recently experienced domestic violence and were exiting a shelter. Most women confided in family and friends about the abuse. Family and friends’ reactions depended on contextual factors, including the woman’s relationship with her assailant, number of separations, number of children, and whether family and friends were threatened. Family and friends’ negative reactions and offers of tangible support were significantly related to women’s well-being, although positive emotional support was not.