Psychosocial Adaptation Research Articles

A qualitative study of coping strategies in persons with spinal cord injury during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The objective of this study was to identify strategies that persons with spinal cord injury (PwSCI) used to cope with COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges. This qualitative phenomenological study utilized focus group discussions (FGDs) to collect participants' responses. Two virtual FGDs using Zoom were conducted in June and July, 2021. Each FGD consisted of seven participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in communities in Nepal. A thematic analysis approach was used to analyze and interpret the data. Four major themes related to coping strategies PwSCI used during the pandemic were identified: (a) use of social support, (b) serving others, (c) engagement in self-care activities, and (d) positive thinking and creativity. Findings suggest that many participants used healthy coping strategies to cope with COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and challenges. Identification and reinforcement of healthy coping strategies in PwSCI are essential for health professionals to help these individuals navigate the psychosocial adaptation process during the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

German-Jewish Scholars in Turkish Exile: From the Winter of Despair under Nazism to the Spring of Hope in Turkish Academia

This paper documents the migration experiences of German-Jewish scholars who fled from the Nazi regime and sought refuge in Turkey in 1930s. Reflecting on the historical narratives originating from the memoirs of renowned scientists, their relatives, or their Turkish colleagues –e.g., a 1986 interview with renowned economist Fritz Neumark, memoirs of Klaus Eckstein --son of famous pediatrician and public health expert Albert Eckstein-- and narratives of colleagues of influential chemist Fritz Arndt, we analyze the dynamics of forced migration processes of German-Jewish scholars, which is a highly qualified and influential immigrant group, to scrutinize the factors affecting their psychosocial adaptation processes in Turkey. The method of qualitative document analysis is used and deductive approach is adopted. Results reveal that premigration expectations, perceived cultural distance, language, intergroup relations and children-related issues were the main themes affecting the adaptation of German-Jewish scholars. Results are discussed drawing on the acculturation theory.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychosocial Well-being and Adaptation in Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome.

Mental health could worsen in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, their parents could be more at risk for an increase in anxiety and depression symptomatology. This study aims to understand the adaptation and the psychosocial well-being in a sample of 16 males aged 10-21 years old with Asperger's syndrome after the quarantine for COVID-19 when they return to school and partially to their activities in September 2020. The adopted approach is multi-informant with a battery of questionnaires on psychological health and adaptation given by a secure online web data Qualtrics both to adolescents and also to their parents. Paralleling matched peers with typical developments were assessed by adopting the same methodology. The results evidenced several difficulties in psychological health in population with Asperger's syndrome, especially in anxiety and socialization. Adaptation is put in crisis, even if they reported a good comprehension and adoption of the right behaviors anti-COVID-19. Parents of children with Asperger's syndrome reported similar psychological difficulties and general health to those of the group of children typically developing. Some clinical indications could be discussed for psychologists who follow children and adolescents with Asperger's syndrome.

Couple-Based Communication Interventions for Cancer Patient-Spousal Caregiver Dyads' Psychosocial Adaptation to Cancer: A Systematic Review.

(1) Background: Effective communication among couples in which one has been diagnosed with cancer is critical to improve their psychosocial adaptation to cancer. The objective of this review was to explore the characteristics and measurement outcomes of existing couple-based communication interventions in the cancer context. (2) Methods: Eight electronic databases were searched from database initiation to August 2022 to identify eligible articles. Hand searching was also performed on the included articles' reference lists and authors. (3) Results: A total of 14 intervention studies were eligible to be included in this review. Cancer couples with distress or communication problems before intervention were more likely to benefit from the couple-based communication interventions. Positive outcomes were reported, including an improvement in relationship functioning (including mutual communication, intimacy, and relationship satisfaction) and individual functioning (including a decline of anxiety, depression and cancer-related concerns, and an increase in psychological adjustment and quality of life). (4) Conclusions: These findings supported the importance of improving mutual communication behaviors to promote cancer patient-spousal caregiver dyads' psychosocial adaptation to cancer. While most included studies were conducted in western countries and the sample size was relatively small, more research is warranted to develop more efficacious couple-based communication interventions.

Two Cases of Schizophrenia Treated with Individualized Homoeopathy

Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating psychiatric disorder which is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and has a large impact on individuals, families and society. There is paucity of literature on usefulness of Homoeopathy in Schizophrenia.
 Cases summary: Two cases of Schizophrenia are assessed symptomatically using Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and treated in Psychiatry Department of (blinded for review)
 Case no.1 (Paranoid Schizophrenia) presented with sleeplessness, irritable mood, referential and persecutory delusions, auditory and olfactory hallucinations and thought broadcasting. The case was analyzed according to Kent’s method and Lycopodium 30c was prescribed. PANSS score of 135 at baseline turned to 30(Normal) within 4 months and maintained for the next 24 months of observation period.
 Case no.2 (Catatonic Schizophrenia) presented with sleeplessness, laughing and crying alternately, not responding to questions, silly smiling, slow activities, need for compulsion to do her daily activities, standing like a statue for hours assuming strange postures, poor sociability and delusion that her body is split vertically into two. The case was managed acutely with Ignatia 200C followed by a dose of Phosphorus 200C as a constitutional remedy. PANSS score of 157 at baseline turned to 30 (Normal) within 3 months and maintained for 24 months.
 There is reduction of positive, negative and general symptoms along with good psycho-social adaptation. Causal attribution of changes in condition to the homoeopathic treatment was depicted by the Modified Naranjo Criteria score.
 Conclusion: Homoeopathic medicines selected on the basis of individualization are useful in the management of Schizophrenia.

Psychosocial factors of successful adaptation to remote work in the Western Balkans

In this study, psychosocial adaptation to remote work was examined on a representative sample of subjects from Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). The research was conducted using a questionnaire adapted from the Psychosocial Adaptation Scale. The research goals were to describe the positive and negative aspects of psychosocial adaptation to working from home, and then to examine the country specific behavioral patterns, as well as to validate the psychometric properties of the used scale. The results showed that the psychosocial adaptation of the respondents was generally good. However, the respondents in all four countries were most affected by the lack of time for socializing with close people and the feeling of social isolation due to working from/at home. The authors see one of the reasons for the difficulty of enduring social isolation and loneliness in the more pronounced collectivist patterns of sociability in the countries of the Western Balkans than in Western countries. The respondents from Montenegro show significantly weaker psychosocial adaptation in a number of aspects compared to respondents from the other three countries. In this respect, the respondents from North Macedonia are similar to them only to a lesser extent, while the respondents from BiH and Serbia are the most similar to each other. The authors have offered possible explanations for these similarities and differences.

Adaptación Psicosocial en Padres de Hijos Diagnosticados con Trastorno del Espectro Autista

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to describe the experiences of psychosocial adaptation in parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. A qualitative study of the phenomenological design was conducted using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 12 participants. The results illustrate that psychosocial adaptation can be explained through categories such as stressors, support received, perception of the situation, expectations developed, and strategies used to handle the situation. In conclusion, adaptation involves experiencing feelings of guilt, sadness, frustration, and anger, among others; however, this is followed by acceptance, seeking to provide the child with skills, thereby improving their social adjustment. Perceived support from family and spouses is identified as substantial.

Psychosocial Adaptation in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

RESUMEN El objetivo de este estudio fue describir la experiencia de adaptación psicosocial en padres de hijos diagnosticados con trastorno del espectro autista. Se realizó una investigación cualitativa de diseño fenomenológico, haciendo uso de la entrevista semiestructurada en profundidad a 12 participantes. Los resultados ilustran que la adaptación psicosocial se explica a través de categorías tales como, factor estresante, apoyo recibido, la percepción de la situación, las expectativas desarrolladas y las estrategias utilizadas para manejar la situación. Se concluye que la adaptación implica experimentar sentimientos de culpa, tristeza, frustración, enojo, entre otros, sin embargo, posteriormente se logra la aceptación, buscando dotar de habilidades al hijo, mejorando su ajuste social. Se identifica al apoyo percibido de la familia y cónyuge como sustancial.

ИГРОВАЯ ПРАКТИКА НСИ КАК СПОСОБ КОРРЕКЦИИ ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ ИНКЛЮЗИВНОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ ЗАБАЙКАЛЬСКОГО КРАЯ

Higher inclusive education requires the use of a variety of strategies, forms and methods to ensure an accessible and comfortable educational environment, taking into account the equal cooperation of all students, including persons with special educational needs (OOP). For students with OOP, the structure of adaptive physical education classes is important, both from the point of view of physical and psychosocial adaptation. Accordingly, depending on the type of disability and the degree of its severity, various adapted forms of classes are needed. The inclusiveness of classes depends entirely on the professionalism of the teacher, who offers his entire set of skills and opportunities for communication and structured learning. It is necessary to provide for the inclusion in the educational process of innovative methods of conducting practical AFC classes that meet modern requirements and conditions, the availability of professional competencies of teachers in the field of inclusive education, as well as improving the organization of extracurricular sports and mass work. The technologies of inclusive physical education, active leisure, using adaptive table and floor sports games (NSI) used at ZabSU, in accordance with the competencies being formed, have already been well tested and are oriented to the individual needs and capabilities of students with OOP. NSI classes allow these students to improve their physical qualities, mobility, communication capabilities, the implementation of their plans in the development and improvement of personal potential and the achievement of certain results. Thus, students with disabilities of ZabSU are champions and prize-winners of the Trans-Baikal Territory in the games jaccolo, matryoshka and kulbutto. Thus, the improvement of approaches to optimizing AFC classes and inclusion in sports events, based on the assessment and analysis of motivational aspects of their involvement in the gaming practice of the NSI, is achievable with the integration of new opportunities, the development of proposed forms of activities in the structure of adaptive classes, accessible sports infrastructure, individual approach to students, as well as the availability of professional competencies. teachers in the field of inclusive education.

Stress, Coping, Self-efficacy and Birth Satisfaction among Low-risk Pregnant Women: A Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: Pregnant women worry about their physical changes, child delivery and impending parenthood. Wide range of psychological, biological and social factors influence emotional wellbeing during pregnancy which can be described by the extent of birth anxiety, self-efficacy and psychosocial adaptations. The factors like coping and self-efficacy help to overcome the stress and provide better birth satisfaction resulting in good mother and infant bonding. Aim: To know stress levels among low-risk pregnant women and to assess the influence of coping and self-efficacy of these women on birth satisfaction after delivery. Materials and Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India, from January 2019 to June 2019. Total 188 pregnant women who reached term and without any known risk factors in the current pregnancy were enrolled. Data was collected using proforma and questionnaires by conducting semi-structured interview to measure pregnancy specific stress, coping, self-efficacy and birth satisfaction. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16.0. Multiple regression analysis was used for analysing the influence of stress, coping and self-efficacy on birth satisfaction. Results: Study showed that 14.36% of women had high levels of stress. Antenatal women residing at rural areas had high levels of stress than their urban counterparts (p-value=0.004). Employed women had high levels of self-efficacy (p-value=0.038). significant negative correlation was seen between the stress and self-efficacy (r-value=-0.479, p-value<0.00001). Conclusion: Stress do exist even among low-risk pregnant women. Abilities like coping and self-efficacy improves birth satisfaction in women. Birth satisfaction is an important factor in ensuring positive birth experience and respectful maternity care.

Life Satisfaction Trend and Mortality After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Cohort Study.

Individuals with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) have lower subjective well-being and diminished longevity, yet there is a lack of research on how life satisfaction and changes in life satisfaction relate to longevity. To identify the relationships between survival status and life satisfaction and its changing trend over a 10-year period. Data were taken from the SCI Longitudinal Aging Study. A cohort study of 676 adult participants with SCI completed three assessments separated by 5-year intervals. We applied the survival analyses by using person-year logistic regression models. There were 135 participants (20%) who were deceased by the end of 2019. After controlling for demographic and injury factors, life satisfaction was significantly related to survival. In the final model, having an upward trend of life satisfaction was significantly associated with lower odds of mortality, whereas a downward trend in life satisfaction was not significant. Our findings demonstrate the importance of current life satisfaction and having a trend toward improving satisfaction to survival. The findings indicated the importance of psychosocial adaptation to life quality and longevity after SCI.

Retracted: Effect of Narrative Nursing on Family Resilience and Psychosocial Adaptation of Middle-Aged Patients with Breast Cancer.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/5499298.].

The relationship between personality traits and the effectiveness of psychosocial adaptation of migrants

Стаття присвячена актуальній проблемі психосоціальної адаптації мігрантів. Визначено, що природним для людини є потреба в адаптації до змінюючись умов навколишнього середовища. Цей процес базується на розвитку відповідних вітальних та адаптивних функцій. Важливо зазначити, що функції необхідні для забезпечення індивіда не тільки фізичними потребами, а й соціальними, емоційними та психологічними. Це пояснюється тим, що людина залежить від соціуму та спілкування з іншими людьми для забезпечення своєї екзистенції. У зв'язку з цим, відображення вітальних та адаптивних функцій в особистості людини є важливим аспектом її формування та розвитку Показано, психічна адаптація є одним з найважливіших аспектів загального адаптаційного процесу. Вона є процесом встановлення оптимальних взаємодій між особистістю та навколишнім середовищем, що забезпечує адекватність поведінки людини до вимог соціального оточення. Психосоціальна адаптація особистості є необхідною умовою функціонування суспільства як єдиного соціального організму, оскільки передбачає інтегрування індивіда в соціальне середовище через набуття статусу, місця в соціальній структурі суспільства. Серед специфічних особливостей психосоціальної адаптації дослідники відзначають активну участь свідомості, вплив трудової діяльності людини на середовище, активне змінення результатів своєї соціальної адаптації відповідно до соціальних умов буття. При цьому «успішний» характер адаптація має при збереженні стійкості об'єкта, придбанні нової якості в результаті змін і розвитку адаптивних механізмів. Встановлено, що психосоціальна адаптація тісно пов'язана із психофізіологічними характеристиками мігрантів. Проведене емпіричне дослідження показало, психофізіологічні характеристики впливають на ефективність психосоціальної адаптації. Проблема потребує подальшого дослідження та розробки рекомендацій щодо формування ефективної психосоціальної адаптації.. Ключові слова: адаптація, адаптивність, мігрант, особливості особистості, психосоціальна адаптація, соціально-психологічна адаптація, психофізіологічні характеристики.

Improving Adolescent knowledge to Prevent Cyber Bullying through Psychoeducation

In Indonesia, the number of teenagers who experience cyber bullying is reported 80 percent, and almost every day cyber bullying happens to the teenagers. Cyber bullying is violence that occurs through social media, when a child or teenager is ridiculed, humiliated, or intimidated by another child or youth through internet media, digital technology or cell phones. The negative effects of bullying and cyber bullying in childhood will have an impact on emotional disorders, poor psychosocial adaptation disorders and pathological behavioral disorders. The aim of psycho education at SMP 1 Kasembon is to increase youth’s knowledge to prevent cyber bullying behavior, due to the phenomenon that occurred at SMP Negeri 1 Kasembon, there was a scattering of photos and videos of several students by other people, with the intention of deliberately spreading photos and videos so that students were embarrassed and threated. Providing psycho education about cyber bullying to 54 students containing meaning, types, causal factors, impacts and ways to deal with them. The research method was a quasi-experimental. From the results, there were differences in adolescent knowledge of cyber bullying before and after being given psycho education. It was concluded that psycho education was proven to be effective in increasing adolescents’ knowledge of cyber bullying.

Educational Inclusion at a New Stage of Development, Viewed through the Psychosocial Adaptation of Disabled Students

Educational Inclusion at a New Stage of Development, Viewed through the Psychosocial Adaptation of Disabled Students

Psychosocial adaptation of families with children newly diagnosed with cancer in the Greek population amidst the socioeconomic crisis

Objective To present the initial assessment of psychosocial adaptation among Greek parents whose children were newly diagnosed with cancer amidst the turmoil of an ongoing financial crisis. Study design This prospective observational study used a quantitative approach. Participants Sixty-one parents of children with cancer treated at a large urban tertiary-care children’s hospital were prospectively recruited to participate in our study during the first week of their child’s diagnosis (2013–2016). Methods The parents were asked to complete the psychosocial assessment tool (PAT 2.0), Zung Depression Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and World Health Organization Quality of Life–Bref Instrument; Moreover, three female healthcare providers (the physician oncologist, the head nurse and a senior nurse) completed the relevant PAT 2.0 -Staff Perceptions questionnaire the results of which were then compared to those of the child’s parent. Findings The majority of parents had PAT 2.0 scores indicative of increased psychosocial risk :54% were stratified into the “Targeted” (moderate risk) and 15% into the “Clinical” (highest risk) categories, whereas healthcare providers underestimated psychosocial risk in 57%−59% of the cases. The subscales that most contributed to the increased scores were Parental Stress Reaction, Family Structure and Resources, and Family Social Support. The PAT 2.0 had statistically significant correlations with most of the anxiety and depression scales, with Zung having the strongest correlation (r-value: +0.5, p-value <0.01). Our cohort presented more anxiety and depression compared to the general Greek population (14% for depression versus 2,9% for the general population and 46% for anxiety compared to 4,1%) in the years of financial recession in Greece. Conclusions The parents of children newly diagnosed with cancer in Greece are at increased risk for developing anxiety and depression in the years of financial recession in Greece compared to general population. Implications for psychosocial providers Parental stress reaction to diagnosis as well as lack of family resources and social support may contribute to this difference. Screening for psychosocial risk factors is essential for the early identification of these families and for the optimal utilization of the limited available resources in times of economic hardship.

Dyadic communication quality and family resilience in gynecologic cancer survivors: a study on the mediating role of perceived spousal support.

To analyze the level of family resilience in Chinese gynecological cancer survivors and determine whether perceived spousal support plays a mediating role in the relationship between dyadic communication quality and family resilience, enhance the confidence of families in coping with the disease together, and thus promote psychosocial adaptation to cancer. A total of 348 gynecologic cancer survivors were selected from a gynecologic ward in a public hospital in Shandong Province, China. All participants completed the Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Questionnaire, Couples' Communication Quality Scale (CCQS), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), and Family Hardiness Index (FHI). The mediating effect of perceived spousal support was estimated using the bootstrap method via IBM SPSS AMOS 21.0. The mean FHI score was 53.03 ± 9.34 points, showing moderate levels of family resilience. Family resilience was shown to be significantly positively associated with both perceived spousal support and dyadic communication quality (both p < 0.01). Furthermore, perceived spousal support was shown to partially mediate the relationship between communication quality and family resilience (β = 0.141; 95% confidence interval: 0.063-0.243). The level of family resilience in survivors of gynecologic cancer needs to be further improved, and perceived spousal support partially mediates the relationship between dyadic communication quality and family resilience within this population. Therefore, dyadic communication quality and subjective perceived spousal support should be enhanced for gynecologic cancer survivors to increase their family resilience.

The Impact of Students’ Social Identity on Psycho-Social Adaptation during the Period of a Difficult Educational Transition

Background: Students' adaptation to the educational institution's social environment during difficult educational transitions is an important indicator of their success. Students can achieve full adaptation by identifying themselves with the social environment of the higher educational institution that is provided the developed social identity. So, the study aimed to empirically identify the psycho-social adaptation of students with different types of social identity during the transition to study in a higher educational institution.&#x0D; Methods: The research used standardized psychodiagnostic methods-questionnaires: "Methodology for studying social identity Schneider, L.B., &amp;amp; Khrustaleva, V. V.", " Methods of diagnostics socio-psychological adaptation of Karl Rogers and Rozalin Diamond (adaptation of A. Osnizkij)", " Method of Research of Students Adaptability in the Higher Educational Establishment T.D. Dubovitskaya, A.V. Krylova".&#x0D; Results: The obtained results revealed that students with a high level of positive identity have the highest indicators of socio-psychological adaptation and adaptability to higher educational institutions (p≤0.001). Students with identity diffusion have low socio-psychological adaptation and adaptability to learning (p≤0.001). The correlation analysis revealed statistically significant (p≤0.001) correlations between the type of social identity and adaptability to higher educational institutions. Correlations were also found at a high level of significance (p≤0.001) between the type of social identity and socio-psychological adaptation of students. It is empirically proven that the type of social identity affects the psychosocial adaptation of students during a difficult educational transition. Students with a high level of identity have a high psychosocial adaptation and adaptability to higher educational institutions.&#x0D; Further Implementation: The obtained results will contribute to developing a system for improving the psycho-social adaptation of students during the difficult educational transition through the development of social identity.

Mid-Childhood Outcomes after Dextrose Gel Treatment of Neonatal Hypoglycaemia: Follow-Up of the Sugar Babies Randomized Trial

Introduction: Dextrose gel is widely used as first-line treatment for neonatal hypoglycaemia given its cost-effectiveness and ease of use. The Sugar Babies randomized trial first showed that 40% dextrose gel was more effective in reversing hypoglycaemia than feeding alone. Follow-up of the Sugar Babies Trial cohort at 2 and 4.5 years of age reported that dextrose gel appeared safe, with similar rates of neurosensory impairment in babies randomized to dextrose or placebo gel. However, some effects of neonatal hypoglycaemia may not become apparent until school age. Methods: Follow-up of the Sugar Babies Trial cohort at 9–10 years of age was reported. The primary outcome was low educational achievement in reading or mathematics. Secondary outcomes included other aspects of educational achievement, executive function, visual-motor function, and psychosocial adaptation. Results: Of 227 eligible children, 184 (81%) were assessed at a mean (SD) age of 9.3 (0.2) years. Low educational achievement was similar in dextrose and placebo groups (36/86 [42%] vs. 42/94 [45%]; RR 1.04, 95% CI 0.76, 1.44; p = 0.79). Children allocated to dextrose gel had lower visual perception standard scores (95.2 vs. 100.6; MD −5.68, 95% CI −9.79, −1.57; p = 0.006) and a greater proportion had low (<85) visual perception scores (20/88 [23%] vs. 10/95 [11%]; RR 2.23, 95% CI 1.13, 4.37; p = 0.02). Other secondary outcomes, including other aspects of visual-motor function, were similar in both groups. Conclusion: Treatment dextrose gel does not appear to result in any clinically significant differences in educational achievement or other neurodevelopmental outcomes at mid-childhood.

Deviant peer affiliation, parent involvement, and aggressive behaviors of rural children in China.

Aggressive behaviors in early childhood may indicate future violence, so effective intervention measures should be taken on time to promote children's physical and psychological health. Based on sampling survey data from Jintang County in Sichuan Province of China, this paper analyzes the mechanism of rural children's aggressive behaviors from the perspective of peer influences and examines the role of parent involvement in it. The results show that the deeper the degree of deviant peer affiliation, the poorer the psychosocial adaptation of rural children, which is more likely to lead to aggressive behaviors. Parent involvement can effectively inhibit the aggressive behaviors of rural children arising from deviant peer affiliation.