Perspectives in Psychiatric Care最新文献

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the relationship of fear of happiness levels of Syrian refugees with the meaning of life and health perception.

Design and methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 310 Syrian refugees.

Findings: It was found that Syrian refugees' mean scores were 27.59 ± 6.44 in the Fear of Happiness Scale, 17.08 ± 6.93 in Meaning-Life, 19.84 ± 9.26 in Search for Meaning-Life, 46.03 ± 10.18 in Perception of Health Scale. A negative correlation was found between Syrian refugees' fear of happiness levels and meaning in life and health perception.

Practice implications: As the fear of happiness levels of Syrian refugees decreased, the presence of meaning in life, the search for meaning in life, and health perception levels increased.

Purpose: To determine the stress-coping methods and personality traits of the women who were exposed to violence.

Design and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by using a web-based online survey with 1242 women in Turkey.

Findings: Women who were exposed to violence used mostly emotional strategies in coping with stress. The women's personality traits did not affect whether they were victims of the violence.

Practice implications: It is necessary to take initiatives to encourage the use of effective methods in coping with stress. Other studies should be conducted to determine the personality traits of women exposed to violence.

Purpose: This study analyses the evolution of attitudes of nursing students towards mental health, paying particular attention to the influence of social desirability.

Design and methods: Prospective longitudinal repeated-measures study in a sample of nursing students who completed the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness scale and The Social Desirability Scale.

Findings: After their training, and after adjusting for social desirability, students of female gender recognized attitudes that foster humanistic values than their male counterparts. However, attitudes of restrictiveness and authoritarianism continued to be manifested significantly when the students themselves had mental health problems (MHPs), had had previous training, or were older.

Practice implications: University courses should continue to foster attitudes of acceptance and destigmatization of people with MHPs, through responses that value authenticity.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a Pender's health promotion model-based Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition Program for University Students (UNI-PAHNP) as a means for improving university students' nutrition and physical activity behaviors.

Method: A total of 110 overweight and obese students were randomized into study and control groups.

Findings: Students in the intervention group showed significant decreases in body mass index and waist circumference and significant increases in step count, physical activity, nutrition and exercise scores, vegetable and water intake frequency, and self-efficacy to regulate nutrition and exercise from pre-intervention to six months post-intervention (p < 0.05).

Practice implications: This study shows the value of utilizing nurses to implement a health promotion program for overweight/obese university students.

Purpose: Identify the predictors of common mental disorders (CMD) and psychiatric medication use by faculty members in different teaching units of a public university.

Design and methods: A cross-sectional study on 253 faculty.

Findings: Being single, not having children, and not practicing physical activity were identified as predictors of CMD. Relative to psychiatric medication use, the predictors were the following: being homosexual, teaching classes in the biological sciences field, using medication for the urinary tract and sexual hormones, presenting mental disorder/sleep disorder diagnoses, and being positive for CMD.

Practice implications: The findings of this study may subsidize more effective interventions aimed toward protecting the health and preventing aggravation in these professionals, as well as measures for promoting changes in the university work context.

Design and methods: A cross-sectional study on 253 faculty.

Findings: Being single, not having children, and not practicing physical activity were identified as predictors of CMD. Relative to psychiatric medication use, the predictors were the following: being homosexual, teaching classes in the biological sciences field, using medication for the urinary tract and sexual hormones, presenting mental disorder/sleep disorder diagnoses, and being positive for CMD.

Practice implications: The findings of this study may subsidize more effective interventions aimed toward protecting the health and preventing aggravation in these professionals, as well as measures for promoting changes in the university work context.

Purpose: This study investigates the relationships between social media addiction and social and emotional loneliness in university students.

Methods: This is a descriptive, correlational study. Data were collected from 555 university students. The study data were then collected through an online survey. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal Wallis analysis, and Spearman correlation.

Results: Higher and statistically significant levels of loneliness were found in males, single students, students displaying poor academic performance, and learners who perceived their economic situation as worse than the other groups (p ≤ 0.005). A positive and significant relationship association was noted between the aggregate social media scores of students and their total loneliness scores (r = 0.196 p = 0.000) (p < 0.05).

Practice implications: Social skills training should be provided to young social media users. Young people should be offered social support resources and ways to reduce loneliness, such as listening to music, exercising, and doing yoga.

Purpose: To describe positive mental health (PMH) psychological vulnerability (PV) and identify predictors of PMH in higher education students (HES).

Design and methods: A cross-sectional, predictive study was performed with a convenience sample of 3322 students, using an online questionnaire with sociodemographic information, the PMH Questionnaire, and the PV Scale.

Findings: The majority scored a flourishing level, and 67.7% of the participants scored high levels of PV. The Regression Model found a significant predictive variable for PMH.

Practice implications: Gender, age, regular exercise, healthy diet, number of meals per day, and leisure activities are significant positive predictors of PMH. PV is the sole significant negative predictor. Therefore, improving mental health literacy can be a strategy to support HES.

Purpose: Moral intelligence is an important parameter that forms the basis and cornerstone of ethics in nursing. It is necessary to determine whether moral intelligence is reflected in the care that forms the basis of nursing. This study was carried out with the aim of determining the reflections of nurses' moral intelligence levels on their care behaviors.

Findings: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional in nature. The study's sample size is 200 nurses. A personal Information Form, Moral Intelligence Scale, and Caring Behaviors Scale were used to collect data. It was determined that nurses' moral intelligence levels and caring behavior average scores were high. There was a highly significant positive connection (p = 0.001) between the mean scores of the moral intelligence total and subdimensions. And the mean scores of the caring behavior total and subdimensions.

Practical implications: It is very important to determine the moral intelligence levels, which are acquired and developed ability and directly affect nursing care, and to take initiatives to improve the quality of the care provided.