Qualitative Research In Order Research Articles

Approaches to psychic performance and responsibility of Reincidivist victim. Content analysis

In order to understand the psychic functioning of the recidivist victim, there had been done a content analysis focused on experiences made to whole amount of adult recidivist victims served during August and September of 2017 in the National Service of Forensic Medicine and Sciences Mérida was carried out. Recidivist victim is understood as a person who has been victims of the same crime more than once, denounced or not, by the same aggressor or another. It was found that in 66.7% of cases aggression came from a partner or ex-partner. On the other hand, 100% of the cases refer to verbal violence. When violence came from exercised by the partner or ex-partner, as well as a tendency towards physical aggression related to the aggressor mentioned above. Difficulties in the handling of attachments and limits in recidivist victims are hypothesized. Also it is recommended to make a deeper qualitative research in order to reach an explanatory understanding of the object of study.

Commentary on Barré et al. (2020): Identifying remaining barriers to hepatitis C treatment in the DAA era.

Commentary on Barré et al. (2020): Identifying remaining barriers to hepatitis C treatment in the DAA era.

Semantics Analysis of Slang (SAOS) in Social Media of Millennial Generation

Generation were born in every era eventually create their own language not least the latest generation commonly called the millennial generation. Specifically, the aim of our work broadens current knowledge of the phenomenon of Semantics Analysis of Slang (SAOS) in Social Media of Millennial Generation. This study investigated: 1) the types of SAOS used by millennial generation in social media; 2) how the meaning of SAOS used by millennial generation in social media; 3) why millennial generation used SAOS in social media. This study applied descriptive qualitative research in order to reveal the data from the discourse of English Department students at Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara in social media such as Facebook and Instagram and it was obtained from observation, interview and documentation. The data showed that millennial generation used slang language in their communication in social media namely 33 slang languages in Facebook and 31 slang languages in Instagram. These languages consisted of five types of slang; fresh and creative; flippant; imitative; acronym; and clipping. The millennial generation used SAOS in their social media because some reasons such as to address, to initiate relax conversation, to express impression and to show intimacy. Keywords: Slang, Types of slang, Reasons of slang, millennial generation

Internet of Things Driven Perceived Value Co-Creation in Smart Cities of the Future: A PLS-SEM Based Predictive Model

With the swift developments and improvement in the information and communications technology, everyone is viewing the emergence of another age of the Internet of Things. A smart city is an urban development vision to assimilate numerous technologies with Internet of Things solutions. Therefore, this study explores the antecedents and consequence of Internet of Things in value cocreation of smart cities in an emerging economy like India. Quantitative research approach was used in the current study. Prior research work was analysed to develop a comprehensive research model in context of smart cities in India. Responses were collected from the residents of proposed and selected smart cities by Indian Union Government. Total 1136 questionnaires were circulated using Google Docs and for final analysis 436 were used. The results of the current study render additional considerate in terms of technology adoption regarding Smart Cities in India. Therefore, in this ecosystem of technology the participants like developers, users, lawmakers, and solution providers promotes the solutions in form of Internet of Things among the prospects. The suggestions for policymakers are to deliver a superior experience for the general public and engaging them continuously with the advancement in technology. The study has adopted qualitative research in order the study the antecedents and consequence of Internet of Things while future researcher can use qualitative research approach in order to expand the proposed model.

Abordando a Relação Clínica e a Comunicação de Notícias Difíceis com o Auxílio das Artes e dos Relatos Vivos: Addressing the Clinical Relationship and Communicating Difficult News with the Aid of the Arts and Living Stories.

Introduction:Clinical Relationship (CR) is a more comprehensive term than doctor-patient relationship and is currently used to describe the health team’s contact with the patient and their families, as well as the team’s interaction with each other. To establish satisfactory interpersonal relationships, it is important to bring together communication and empathy skills that play a key role in building the CR. However, such topics are given little attention during medical training, with a more focused study on diseases and treatments. Rigid protocols and guidelines have accounted for a large proportion of undergraduate medical curricula, leaving less time for discussion of more abstract subjects related to the humanities and the subjectivity of patients, a view that is part of people’s reality.Objectives:To provide spaces and theoretical references for the discussion of topics less addressed in the medical curriculum and to encourage the importance of communication and empathy in health/disease processes.Methods:In view of the importance of providing medical students with humanizing experiences, we have proposed theoretical-practical workshops and conducted a qualitative research in order to evaluate the students’ views on learning about CR themes. In total, 33 second-year medical students participated in the project, by voluntary adhesion in response to an invitation distributed via electronic mail. Six theoretical-practical workshops were offered and executed in small groups and addressing topics such as: empathy, mourning, palliative care, end of life and communication of difficult news. The data collection methods were two focus groups conducted at the end of the six meetings encounters and participant observation, the notes from which were taken in a field diary.Results:Content analysis (Bardin, 2011) was the method chosen to study the results, following transcription and analysis of the speech of the groups. At the end of the analysis, four main categories (and five subcategories) emerged, of which two are highlighted in this article: “Art, cinema and literature evoke feelings: seeking humanism” and “Difficult news in the view of patients – the living experiences”. To this end, we used active methodologies such as small group work, use of videos and excerpts from films, music, reports, reading texts and conversation wheels.Conclusion:The participants’ statements showed satisfaction with the proposed theme and methodologies. We therefore evaluated the use of such techniques to sensitize students, leading them to reflect on the importance of empathy and communication in the work of physicians and health staff, developing interpersonal skills.

Níveis cognitivos em exames de matemática da 10.ª classe do período de 2011 à 2014 em Moçambique

O artigo aborda a distribuição das tarefas de exames de matemática da 10.ª classe em níveis cognitivos da Taxonomia de Bloom. Para tal, seleccionamos, com base na disponibilidade, oito enunciados de exames do período de 2011 à 2014. Na posse destes enunciados, centramos nossa atenção nas tarefas. Identificamos o objectivo principal de cada tarefa. Em seguida, cruzamos os resultados de todas as tarefas ajustando-os segundo a ordenação da Taxonomia de Bloom. Assim, realizamos uma pesquisa documental com enfoque na pesquisa qualitativa com vista a averiguar a predominância dos níveis cognitivos nos exames seleccionados. A análise dos enunciados cingiu-se na técnica de Análise de Conteúdo (Bardin, 2011). Concluímos que a predominância de níveis cognitivos, no período em estudo, não é equilibrada porque há níveis mais privilegiados do que outros. Igualmente, constatamos que há maior ênfase em tarefas que remetem à compreensão. Dado que os exames não apresentam muitas tarefas complexas, sugerimos uma profunda reflexão a respeito das causas do baixo aproveitamento nos exames.

Comparing and Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches in Education: the Peculiar Situation of Medical Education

Research is about trying to discover the world and its phenomena in a systematic and structured manner. Humans have approached research in different ways based on their assumptions about social reality, knowledge, and human nature, namely ontology, epistemology, and methodology. These assumptions gave rise to two poles; quantitative and qualitative research and they have long been viewed as a dichotomy that can never be subject to compromise. This view has slightly changed with the realisation that quantitative and qualitative research can be complementary to each other. This is usually the case when the need for theory emerges and gets realised by qualitative research in order to guide quantitative research. Medical education is a social science that has almost the same categorisation of assumptions about the world. Medical educators and educationists apply both quantitative and qualitative research in order to elucidate some insights about teaching and learning in medicine, and about the best evidence and the best practices that can be applied by healthcare providers and medical educators. The aim of this review is to highlight the main similarities and differences between quantitative and qualitative research approaches/paradigms, present their origins from a historical and philosophical background, and focus on the case of medical education in terms of how it tackles quantitative and qualitative research, and what special attributes of medical education should be taken into consideration while conducting research.

A Qualitative Research On The Expectations Of Generation Y Hospiial Managers

: Every period of time has its own emphasized values, cultural differences, thought and behavioral patterns. Communities which consist the people who were born in a certain time period, who share the conditions of the same era, similar distresses and sorrows, similar objectives are defined as generations and they are divided into five groups: the silent generation, baby boomers, generation X, generation Y and generation Z. In this study, people who were born after the year 1980 were admitted as generation Y. AIM: This research was conducted in order to perceive the expectations of generation Y managers who actively take part in the management of a hospital. METHODS: This study was carried out as a qualitative research in order to perceive the expectations of 6 hospital managers belonging to generation Y, working in a public hospital in Istanbul. In the first stage, in-depth interviews were conducted and the findings were subjected to content analysis. RESULTS: 4 males and 2 females participated in the survey, 3 of them are single and 3 of them are married. Of the administrators participating in the research, 3 of them are undergraduate, 2 are graduate and 1 is doctoral student. It has been observed that generation Y executives are expecting colleague approval and motivated in this way and want to have a say in every decision made. CONCLUSION: The expectation of generation Y hospital managers in general is to have the opportunities which are open to innovation and developing themselves, to be respected, to be asked about their ideas and opinions, to be approved and their managers to be with them and guide them. They stated that they want managers who encourages the employee, provides fairness in the working environment, trusts his/her employee, shares their experience and experience from the previous generations with them.

Innovative approaches in forest management - the application of a business model to designing a small-scale forestry strategy

The strong market competition forces forest owners to find innovative approaches to forest management, and business models are becoming integral parts of successful innovations and business strategies. This paper deals with the applicability of a business model (as an innovation tool) for small forest owners. The main objectives were to design a business model applicable in the forestry sector and to find the innovative business alternatives for the small-scale forest owner reflecting the local situation (in a case study in the Czech Republic). The extended business model CANVAS was used. The embedded data was evaluated on the software developed at the Savonia University in Finland where business opportunity and competitive advantage were the main evaluation criteria. As a result, a proposed strategy was advised to be followed. The biggest added value of the extended CANVAS model is giving an objective and unbiased evaluation of the situation of small forest owners. The business model design proved a usable and applicable tool to be used in forest management, for the research has shown that the quantitative data should be complemented by qualitative research in order to get the complex view.

Exploring the Meaning of Penetration in Women With Life Long Vaginismus

Life Long Vaginismus (LLV) is a female sexual problem that can be defined as a woman’s life long inability or difficulty to have penetrative sex or any kind of vaginal penetration and it is not based in physiology. Considering that in the past ten years there is only one qualitative study that focuses specifically on LLV and quantitative studies, although well presented in the literature, so far did not provide much needed clarity about this condition I have decided to conduct qualitative research in order to expand our knowledge in this field as a new approach to the problem is needed. My premise is that an in depth exploration of women’s thoughts, emotions and the bodily sensations as well as taking into account women’s socio-cultural context in relation to vaginal penetration, will provide us with a better understanding of this sexual problem. I also argue that more qualitative studies on this particular topic are needed as they can form a platform, theoretical as well as practical, from which future knowledge can grow in the field of counselling, psychotherapy and sexology.

Détection précoce des troubles psychiques en milieu scolaire : le dispositif Fil Harmonie

ObjectiveMost psychiatric disorders arise during adolescence, a period of life during which school takes an important place. School in France has an official mission of health education and prevention, and early detection of mental disorders is part of these goals. The aim of this study is to describe an innovative service operating in Paris that helps educational staff to deal with students having psychological or psychiatric symptoms. The Fil Harmonie program was launched in 2011. It consists of a telephone line available to all educational staff working for high schools in Paris. MethodsWhen in need of assistance, a member of the educational staff can call the dedicated hotline and expose the situation of their student to a trained psychologist. Over the course of the study, data concerning these phone calls were collected such as: socio-demographic characteristics of the student, the reason behind the call, the caller's professional role within the school, and care pathway information. All data collected during the phone calls were anonymized and computerized. We performed an observational descriptive study based on this data by using mixed methods: we integrated quantitative analysis and qualitative research in order to provide a better understanding of the Fil Harmonie program. ResultsBetween 18 September 2013 and 12 May 2014, the Fil Harmonie program handled 68 calls from educational staff. Students concerned by the calls were aged between 11 and 22 and the average age was 17.3 years. Over half (52.5%) of the pupils concerned had never seen a mental health professional before the call. In more than 70% of cases, the caller was a school nurse while other professionals such as teachers or headmasters represented only a minority of the callers. Approximately two thirds (67.2%) of students were described by the caller as socially isolated and 48.2% were described as sad or anhedonic. One out of four (26.7%) had repeated a school year at least once, and 55.9% of young people for whom a member of staff contacted Fil Harmonie had been missing class. In 56.7% of cases, there had been no contact with the student's family about the psychological situation. The qualitative analysis particularly highlighted the complexity of the collaboration between the family and the educational staff. ConclusionSchooling is an important opportunity to seize in mental health regarding early detection and access to care. By fostering collaboration between educational professionals and mental health services, Fil Harmonie meets a public health objective of prevention and should contribute to the reduction of care delays thus leading to better treatment outcome. Our study shows that such programs are feasible and answer a real need in our current health care system.

The views of nurses working at palliative care centers about palliative care and the influence of education on their knowledge level

This study is conducted as a qualitative research in order to determine the effect of education on knowledge level and attitudes of nurses about palliative care (PC). 42 nurses participated in this work voluntarily. Open-ended questions are used in order to measure the knowledge level and attitudes of the nurses about the palliative care. 10 open-ended questions are asked to participants before training (both theoretical and practical training), and 12 open-ended questions are asked after training. The obtained data are subjected to thematic analysis. 6 main themes are found out as a result of the study: “The Meaning of Palliative, Improving the Quality of Life, A Great Part of Care: Patient’s Family/Relatives, Incompletenesses, Communication and Colloboration and Difficulties. Before and after the training, differences are seen in the knowledge level and attitudes of the participants in palliative care, in the sub-categories of the meaning of the palliative care and in improving the quality of life and in the category of ethical dilemmas. As a result, it is observed that the knowledege level of the nurses working in the palliative care centers (PCCs) has improved and developed after the training program. Palliative care has an important place in maintaining the integration of palliative care to health care services.

Autenticidad y calidad en la investigación educativa cualitativa: multivocalidad

Research with a quantitative approach is the dominant paradigm in the field of medical education; its validity criteria are widely accepted by the scientific community, while qualitative research faces the challenge of defending the credibility and rigour of its methods. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the criteria of authenticity used in the process of developing a qualitative study. Paradigmatic differences between quantitative and qualitative approaches are reviewed. Three stages are described in the path followed by qualitative research in order to establish its scientific rigour criteria: i) conventional, ii) parallel, and iii) paradigmatic. There have been many theoretical and epistemological perspectives from the beginning of qualitative research to the present. More than 20 kinds of qualitative research have been described. Many voices, differences and proposals are reviewed to help understand the rigour of qualitative research. A reflective guide on authenticity criteria is presented around the epistemological foundations, methods, voices that are heard, involvement in the action, ethical aspects, and the researcher. Nowadays the qualitative approach is marked by debate, dialogue, and controversy marked by multivocality. There is a tendency to pursue ecological values and justice, respect for the environment and for communities, as well as to consider all texts, including marginalised voices to represent their accounts with fairness and equity.

O Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica e a Gestão Compartilhada de Recurso Naturais: a Efetivação dos seus Projetos

O presente artigo tem como principal objetivo analisar o desenvolvimento de mecanismos de cooperação através do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica e da Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica – OTCA. Para tanto, realizou-se um histórico sobre a formação e elaboração do tratado, bem como a implementação de projetos e efetivação dos princípios existentes ao longo do tempo. Nossa metodologia foi a pesquisa qualitativa com o intuito de identificar e interpretar as informações do assunto posto, além da utilização de material bibliográfico.

Las historias de vida en la formación de maestros de Educación Infantil

El presente trabajo hace referencia a una experiencia acerca de la utilización de las historias de vida en el área de Teoría e Historia de la Educación del Grado de Maestro/a de Educación Infantil. Concretamente, se utilizan los grupos de discusión como herramienta de investigación cualitativa para conocer los efectos que las historias de vida de maestros de educación infantil jubilados tienen en la formación de los futuros docentes de educación infantil. Tras el análisis de los resultados, las conclusiones obtenidas indican que las historias de vida favorecen el aprendizaje del alumnado tanto a nivel profesional como personal, convirtiéndose en una herramienta que responde a las demandas metodológicas de la educación del siglo xxi.

Case Study of Using Facebook of Each Type of Internal and External Sports and SPA Fashion Brands

This study selected a case study method conforming to qualitative research in order to analyzed how each type of fashion enterprises uses SNS in-side of fashion marketing based on content the researcher monitored and selected from the Facebook website for each enterprise. The standard to select fashion brands in this study is a graded list made based on ranking 5 analysis sites on social media (Socialbakers, socialDigm, Pulse K, BigFoot9, L2). The researcher sorted and then analyzed 2 brands that have many fan joiners and followers among fashion brands that were ranked top of the graded list, work in Facebook animatedly, and had representativeness in each type (SPA, Sports Brands). The study was conducted from January 2013 to March 2013, and the index of Facebook consisted of 3 kinds of elements (comment, like, and share). Each numerical value was counted to decide the monthly ranking. Content analysis was divided into public relations about brand, public relations about products, and customer participation and activities; consequently, the researcher investigated which content was post conforming to the ranking. The study analyzed the analysis results of each brand derived through the method of study compared to other brands. The results are as follows. In case of SPA brands, the category accounting for high rank in index analysis are public relation events to attract customer attention and products and offering information. The results of the monthly trend about whole post category were also similarly analyzed so the promotion goal that the brand wants to seek in priority coincides with the customer compliance rate. Next, in the case of sports brand, public relations for products offering information, event for arousing customer concern, and participation activities accounted for a high rank in the index analysis and posted the most in the analysis of the monthly trend for whole post category. The researcher came to understand that the direction of content for brands shown through Facebook coincides with customer sympathy.

The qualitative research about entering university of teenage in low-income group - Applying the Grounded Theary -

The social environment of emphasizing education has been formed by fulfilling Knowledge-Based Society. As a result of that, the competition rate of university in Korea is belong to the lowest group even though the rate of entering university has been occupied by high ranking in OECD countries.BR The happiness-index of teenager in Korea was presented by the lowest group in OECD countries. Because the social environment has been affecting to teenager in the mental health and the quality of life as well. Nevertheless, the reason why we focus on a society based on academic success is caused by politics, economy, social structure, values of citizen in Korea.BR The low-income group can be easily feeling relative deprivation against the establishment.BR In case of the low-income group, the significance about university education and entering university could be kind of different against other group.BR This study consists of understanding theirs life on theirs situation and reviewing the way to cognize theirs universe by themselves. We would like to adopt the grounded theory approach in qualitative research in order to collect related material and draw appropriate theory.BR First of all, we would like to set-up ‘What’s the factors of making decision about entering university?’ as a main subject. We aim to provide basic material which is able to improve the quality of teenager’s life by suggesting the specific way to change from corrupted significance to sincere education’s significance. In order to make it, we have been studying the important factors of entering university and the right way which is for the teenager in the low-income group as well.

Leadership and Managerial Competences in a Contemporary Organization from the Standpoint of Business Executives

ABSTRACT. The aim of the article is to present the insights of advanced organization management and to examine how settled ideas are reflected in the attitude of organizations' top management in Lithuania. The results of meta-analysis revealed that modern should be managed with a new attitude to manager's work. A modern manager must be a leader who is able to enable employees and collaborate in a team. Scholars state that these strivings require the leader to possess managerial competences based on a high emotional and social intellect of a person. Leaders of 48 empirically examined in Lithuania also emphasized the importance of leaders' specific managerial competences. The research participants noted that relations with other people are becoming much more important for the contemporary than before.The research enabled to develop a model of modern leader's characteristics. The model states that only leaderhaving specific values, attitudes, competences, abilities and professional characteristics is able to overcome managerial challenges in nowadays organizations.JEL Classification: L20, M1, M12Keywords: leadership, managerial competences, organization management.IntroductionOrganization success is inseparable from the managerial practice just like any organized social activity is inseparable from the values, attitudes, abilities and behaviour of the groups leader. Practical problems of management and leadership are being solved for as much as mankind exists. However, question of management efficiency and leadership effectiveness are still relevant. The cause of this is the fact that social, along with economic and technological environment is changing. Due to this reason challenges and assignments of organization management are changing as well. Thus each manager should renew his attitudes, managerial skills and behavior by requirements of current date.Leadership is extraordinary because a one-direction arrow cannot be drawn trying to show leader's and the organization's interdependency. It is myth to believe that leaders, who only consider the requirements of market and the society are exactly what pursuing efficiency need. The dependence on its is much more broader. In addition, formal and informal of the influence not only the work specifics and success of they are working in, but also form business environment, partner communication style and even indirectly influence the market needs by forming the clients comprehension on what they could wish for and what is possible and acceptable in general. In other words, not only the environment changes motivate and their to change, but also affect the medium of existence of the organization and inspire changes in its environment.The factor of management is also important when considering the inward of the organization. As Thompson (2010) notices, the leaders influence in the organization is felt in various activities, from creation of work strategy of the whole company and work planning to communication features of separate groups members in a project. Therefore, a particular attention has to be given to the organization managers and the development of their leadership competences in order to reach good results, because leadership is the axis that kick-starts all other processes in the organization and affects numerous variables outside the organization. The insights on managers' competences should be grounded with proofs and arguments. This may be achieved by investigations, by knowledge gathered on research conclusions, and by conversance in real managerial problems.In this context, the aim of the article is to define insights of advanced management by using meta-analysis, and to examine how settled ideas are reflected in the attitude of organizations' top management. Three assignments were set in order to achieve the aim: 1) to carry out an analysis of modern scientific publications and to highlight the organization leaders competences that are mostly required by the current time; 2) to carry out a qualitative research in order to ascertain, what managerial and leadership competences does the organizations top management name as the most important in modern organizations; 3) to compress the results of meta-analysis and interviews by submitting a schematized portrait of a modern organizational leader, i. …

Conceptions and practices of professional family health strategy for health education

Qualitative research in order to identify the conceptions of health education that guide the practice of professionals working in the Family Health Strategy with families of children/adolescents with chronic disease. Data were collected from August to December 2011, through semi-structured interviews conducted with 21 professionals in two Integrated Family Health Units in João Pessoa-PB. Thematic analysis revealed that some professionals do the essence of health education activities and others do not develop targeted educational practice for this group, not recognizing children/adolescents with chronic illness in their coverage area. We emphasize the need for health professionals to adopt new ways of doing health and guided by dialogic relations that include health education.

Learning the Scripts: An exploration of the shared ways in which young Lao volunteers in Vientiane understand happiness.

The idea that development policies need to take account of factors broader than economic growth is increasingly commonplace. A focus upon happiness provides an alternative way of looking at development, but the concept of happiness is far from straightforward. This paper argues that any consideration of happiness in policy must be grounded in nuanced qualitative research that provides a rich understanding of the realities of people's lives and their multiple and often conflicting understandings of what happiness means. This paper draws on ethnographic research with young Lao volunteers with community-based organisations in Vientiane, Laos, that took place between 2010 and 2012. Drawing on Wierzbicka's (2004) concept of cultural scripts, it identifies, describes and explores three collective scripts that this specific group of young people believe about the things that make them happy: • The way to be happy is to be a good Lao person • I will be happy if I have the things that I need to be comfortable and have an easy life • I am happy when I follow my heart Despite illustrating very different understandings of happiness, these stories are woven from a common set of themes about the things that young people think make them happy. Consideration is given to the possible origins of these shared scripts. The discussion section of the paper looks at the implications of these shared scripts for understanding happiness and for the inclusion of a consideration of the concept of happiness in public policy. The paper ends with three conclusions. Firstly it suggests the importance of rich qualitative research in order to make choices about the meaningful use of well-being indicators. Secondly, in making explicit the socially constructed ways that people understand happiness, such research can also remind us of the need to interrogate the ways that happiness is considered in public policy. Thirdly, the paper suggests that such a critical approach to happiness could also be beneficial at the personal level in order for individuals to challenge and make choices about their own beliefs about happiness.