Exploring the relationship between character strengths and well-being in nursing students: an analysis
This study aims to highlight the top strengths among nursing students and identify the strengths associated with well-being.Convenience sampling was used to select a sample of 150 nursing students studying in first, second and third year from colleges of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Students were administered the Values In Action character strengths inventory, the satisfaction with life scale and scale of positive and negative experience. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation.Results show that among nursing students, kindness emerged as the foremost strength with the highest mean, followed by honesty, cr...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Anjali Malik Neeta Sinha Source Type: research
Patient-led co-production in community mental health nursing practice: part 2
Jo Mullen Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to provide an example of patient-led co-production.The New Economics Foundation’s six principles of co-production (nef, 2013) have been used to frame the activities undertaken during the author’s relationship with a community mental health nurse.This paper describes a co-produced project between a patient and a community mental health nurse to create a range of resources and to deliver training, resulting in mutual benefit for both parties.This paper invites policy makers to consider the unique role...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jo Mullen Source Type: research
Systematic review of servant leadership and burnout
This study, a systematic review, aims to evaluate the role of servant leadership and its mediators in preventing and mitigating against burnout experiences in organisations.A preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses (PRISMA) was conducted using three databases, Academic search Complete, Embase and Scopus, in addition to bibliography searches. Articles were included if they reported on primary data, in English from inception to 2023. The mixed methods critical appraisal tool was used to assess the quality of articles, and a narrative synthesis was used to report results.The search strategy yielded 4...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daryl Mahon Source Type: research
Homelessness: challenges and opportunities in the “new normal”
This study illustrates that the needs of the homeless population are broad and varied. Although the population themselves have developed different responses to their situations, their needs can only be fully met by a co-ordinated, multi-agency, partnership response. An integrated service model can help identify, understand, and meet the needs of the whole population and individuals within it to improve healthcare for a vulnerable population.This study highlighted new and important findings around the resilience of the homeless population and the significance of building protective factors to help combat the multiplicity of...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Angela Woods Rebecca Lace Joanne Dickinson Ben Hughes Source Type: research
Evaluating co-production in an interactive webinar series concerning borderline personality disorder: a discourse and content analysis
This study examined naturalistic practice to build new theory in an under-researched area for a substantial mental health population. (Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion)
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ioanna Xenophontes Neil Springham Source Type: research
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and wellbeing: an inductive thematic analysis exploring how BJJ can increase subjective wellbeing
This study aims to assess the sociopsychological impact that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s (BJJ) can have on the subjective wellbeing of practitioners.Data was collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews (N = 8) and were analysed using thematic analysis by taking an inductive approach.Improvements in the wellbeing of practitioners can be made via focusing on specific known constructs which have previously shown to increase subjective wellbeing. They included the development of mental toughness, progression towards meaningful goals and/or healthy habits and behaviours and the forming and maintaining of positive soci...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ben Morris Andrew Bone Source Type: research
Connecting with “everyday life-things” – exploring characteristics of recovery-nurturing places
This study demonstrates how materiality and recovery are interconnected and expands the understanding of recovery as “in-the-mind processes.” It explores how places and material objects have a recovery-nurturing potential through enabling actions and participation and thereby supporting people in living, storying and restorying their lives. (Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion)
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Trude Klevan Reidun Jonassen Marit Borg Source Type: research
Islamic mental health financing schemes for parents with mental disorder children
This study aims to examine the receptiveness of Islamic mental health financing schemes among parents with mental disorder children in Malaysia.The innovation diffusion theory (IDT) was used to examine the factors influencing the receptiveness using empirical data from 323 respondents.The IDT’s factors, namely, compatibility, relative advantage and simplicity were instrumental in determining the receptiveness.The usefulness of the results obtained was confined to the theory used as well as the geographical areas chosen.The results obtained serve as a useful reference guide for Islamic banks in offering these schemes to p...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - March 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hanudin Amin Source Type: research
Beyond multicultural competency: a scoping review of multicultural orientation in psychotherapy and clinical supervision
Daryl Mahon Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Psychotherapy and clinical supervision outcomes are influenced by client and supervisee factors, one of which is cultural identity. Those with diverse racial and ethnic minoritised identities often experience disparities in therapy outcomes. Therapists and supervisors need to be responsive to the identity of those they support. The multicultural orientation (MCO) framework is an emerging concept in psychotherapy and clinical supervision that may offer these practitioners a framework to be responsive.A preferred reporting items fo...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - February 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daryl Mahon Source Type: research
Perceived psychological status among family caregivers of an autistic child: the role of coping strategies and self-esteem as predictors
This study revealed that the parents of an ASD child experienced a high level of anxiety (M = 15.89), a moderate level of depression (M = 15.85) and a mild level of stress (M = 16.86). Parents of ASD children also reported a low self-esteem score (M= 13.27). Mothers of ASD children reported higher levels of psychological distress, lower levels of self-esteem and more frequent utilisation of maladaptive coping strategies than fathers of ASD children.Parents of children with ASD experience a significant level of psychological distress; however, this may be improved by developing programmes and psychological interventions foc...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - February 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Abd Alhadi Hasan Amal ALsulami Source Type: research
Self-concept as related to emotional intelligence: a study of tribal and non-tribal students
Aklima Sultana, Nasrin Islam Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Emotional intelligence (EI) and self-concept (SC) play a very important role in one’s life. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the SC and EI of tribal and nontribal university students.The research used a quantitative approach, 100 nontribal (50 male and 50 female) and 100 tribal (50 male and 50 female) students were selected by nonprobability sampling method. The Bangla version of the self-concept questionnaire (Beck et al., 2001) and the emotional intelligence questionnaire (Hyde et al., 2002) were u...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aklima Sultana Nasrin Islam Source Type: research
Understanding perceived loneliness: a multifaceted approach
Vaishnavi Sharma Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to understand loneliness with a special focus on perceived loneliness using a multifaceted approach.To the best of the author’s knowledge, this appears to be the first paper dedicated to investigating the perception of loneliness as its primary topic. Unfortunately, not much work is available on this specific focus. However, various facets and dimensions can be integrated to gain a better understanding. Therefore, the author has carefully selected four sections, each focusing on different aspects of lonelin...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - January 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vaishnavi Sharma Source Type: research
Writing disclosure: to tell or not to tell?
Kirsty Lilley Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to explore from a lived experience perspective the factors impacting on the decision to disclose experiences of abuse to gain support. The author hopes to inform healthcare and allied professionals of the barriers people face when disclosing traumatic experiences to facilitate learning.The author has shared various experiences of sharing details of traumatic experiences. It is important to reflect on the narratives of those with living experience to facilitate learning and opportunities to remove an...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - January 27, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kirsty Lilley Source Type: research
Passive social network usage and life satisfaction among Vietnamese university students: a moderated mediation model of self-esteem and gender
This study aims to investigate the role of self-esteem in mediating the relationship between passive social networking usage (PSNU) and life satisfaction, as well as whether the relationships between PSNU and self-esteem/life satisfaction as well as self-esteem and life satisfaction vary by gender.This research is conducted in compliance with the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association’s study on a subject of 304 students. Study participants are invited to participate in the survey by completing the anonymous questionnaire regarding passive social network usage, self-esteem and life satisfaction.The f...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - January 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nhan Nguyen An Dang Tai Ngo Hieu Tran Dung Tran Source Type: research
Examining the impact of working conditions, lifestyle choices, and demographic factors on mental health of industrial workers
This study aims to explore how factors such as working conditions, lifestyle choices and demographic characteristics may affect the mental health of industrial workers in Kuwait.Within the scope of the study’s objective, the authors reached 400 industrial workers (228 male, 172 female) working in oil and gas organizations in Kuwait. An ordered logistic regression model was conducted to examine the effect of relevant independent variables on workers’ mental health.Result indicated that employees with a lower education level (p-value = 0.015), employees who were smokers (p-value = 0.004) and employees with night shifts (...
Source: Mental Health and Social Inclusion - January 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sahar Daghagh Yazd Mehmet Akif Karaman Salma Fathi Areej Alsarraf Shaikhah Alajmi Sahab Rutabian Manya Aladwani Source Type: research
