Australia is preparing for a population increase in persons aged over 65 years, which will likely result in increased mental health needs for this group. Sub-clinical levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness are common in older adults. Older adults are also more likely than any other age group to live alone. Research has suggested that older adults living on their own often report companion animals as providing important social support. Thirty-two community-dwelling older adults, between 60 and 75+ years of age, took part in this study examining attachment to pets in an older cohort. Previous or current pet ownership was a requirement for inclusion in the study in order to account for possible bias of nonpet owners on reporting pets as a positive influence on wellbeing. Results found support for the psychometric properties of a relatively new attachment scale designed for older adults. Results also indicated limited support for a relationship between pet attachment and quality of life in the study group. Implications for clinical work with older adults and areas for future research are discussed.
{"title":"The Role of Pet Ownership and Attachment in Older Adults","authors":"D. Watt, N. Pachana","doi":"10.1375/JRC.13.1.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1375/JRC.13.1.32","url":null,"abstract":"Australia is preparing for a population increase in persons aged over 65 years, which will likely result in increased mental health needs for this group. Sub-clinical levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness are common in older adults. Older adults are also more likely than any other age group to live alone. Research has suggested that older adults living on their own often report companion animals as providing important social support. Thirty-two community-dwelling older adults, between 60 and 75+ years of age, took part in this study examining attachment to pets in an older cohort. Previous or current pet ownership was a requirement for inclusion in the study in order to account for possible bias of nonpet owners on reporting pets as a positive influence on wellbeing. Results found support for the psychometric properties of a relatively new attachment scale designed for older adults. Results also indicated limited support for a relationship between pet attachment and quality of life in the study group. Implications for clinical work with older adults and areas for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1375/JRC.13.1.32","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66595762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Where reflexivity is the process of 'being aware in the moment of what is influencing our internal and external responses' (Etherington, 2004), this literature review was aimed at exploring the extent to which rehabilitation counsellors could use the core competencies outlined by the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC) for their own career development. Reference was given to two specific competencies: (1) Vocational counselling, and (2) Counselling and interpersonal skills to not only determine whether the espoused skills in these areas could be used to advance career development but to also address the issue of compassion fatigue. In addition to these competencies, the role of the organisation was also brought into question regarding its influences on the career development for rehabilitation counsellors and the extent it to which it can minimise burnout.
{"title":"The Importance of Reflexive Practice Within the Context of Life-Long Career Development for Rehabilitation Counsellors","authors":"Richard C. Parks","doi":"10.1375/JRC.13.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1375/JRC.13.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Where reflexivity is the process of 'being aware in the moment of what is influencing our internal and external responses' (Etherington, 2004), this literature review was aimed at exploring the extent to which rehabilitation counsellors could use the core competencies outlined by the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC) for their own career development. Reference was given to two specific competencies: (1) Vocational counselling, and (2) Counselling and interpersonal skills to not only determine whether the espoused skills in these areas could be used to advance career development but to also address the issue of compassion fatigue. In addition to these competencies, the role of the organisation was also brought into question regarding its influences on the career development for rehabilitation counsellors and the extent it to which it can minimise burnout.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1375/JRC.13.1.20","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66595696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000120
H. Biggs, Vaughn L. Sheahan, D. Dingsdag
The high injury rate with in the Australian construction industry necessitates proactive action on the behalf of rehabilitation professionals. Safety Culture is a concept that is gaining traction within this sector as a useful concept to further reduce fatalities, injuries and incidents. 10 focus groups were completed with Australia’s largest constructors to investigate this concept of safety culture and to further evaluate the skills, knowledge and abilities required by people who hold influential and key roles. Data interpretation revealed three important personal characteristics that underlie a positive safety culture: safety knowledge, user / interpersonal skills and appropriate attitudes and beliefs. These findings are applied to the rehabilitation process and it is concluded that rehabilitation professionals need to contribute to the development of a positive safety culture by enhancing the workforce’s understanding of injury management.
{"title":"A study of construction site safety culture and implications for safe and responsive workplaces","authors":"H. Biggs, Vaughn L. Sheahan, D. Dingsdag","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000120","url":null,"abstract":"The high injury rate with in the Australian construction industry necessitates proactive action on the behalf of rehabilitation professionals. Safety Culture is a concept that is gaining traction within this sector as a useful concept to further reduce fatalities, injuries and incidents. 10 focus groups were completed with Australia’s largest constructors to investigate this concept of safety culture and to further evaluate the skills, knowledge and abilities required by people who hold influential and key roles. Data interpretation revealed three important personal characteristics that underlie a positive safety culture: safety knowledge, user / interpersonal skills and appropriate attitudes and beliefs. These findings are applied to the rehabilitation process and it is concluded that rehabilitation professionals need to contribute to the development of a positive safety culture by enhancing the workforce’s understanding of injury management.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000132
A. Wills, H. Biggs, B. Watson
Safety climate, defined as workers' shared perceptions about the importance of safety to their organisation, has received increasing attention as a construct that is useful for benchmarking organisational safety and as a way of measuring the socio-organisational antecedents of safety performance. Few studies have utilised pre-existing safety climate measures and as a result of this, there is limited information about the generalisability of the construct and its underlying dimensions across organisations and industries. This is an important step towards establishing safety climate as a generic organisational construct which can be reliably measured. In those few cases where studies have used existing measures, results indicate inconsistencies in the underlying factor structures. Accordingly, using a sample of 321 employees from three separate organisations and industries, this study examined the factor structure of a modified version of an existing measure (the Safety Climate Questionnaire [SCQ]). Principal components factor analysis revealed that the original factor structure was upheld by the current sample (with the exception of two factors collapsing into one). This provides support for the generic nature of safety climate as it is operationalised by the SCQ. Additional items were included and emerged as two dimensions, providing support for the generalisability of these new factors across the organisations and industries employed. The results are of theoretical and practical significance as they provide evidence for the generic structure of the construct across organisations and industries, and exemplify how a measure of safety climate could be usefully employed in disability management planning and early intervention strategies.
{"title":"Analysis of a safety climate measure for occupational vehicle drivers and implications for safer workplaces","authors":"A. Wills, H. Biggs, B. Watson","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000132","url":null,"abstract":"Safety climate, defined as workers' shared perceptions about the importance of safety to their organisation, has received increasing attention as a construct that is useful for benchmarking organisational safety and as a way of measuring the socio-organisational antecedents of safety performance. Few studies have utilised pre-existing safety climate measures and as a result of this, there is limited information about the generalisability of the construct and its underlying dimensions across organisations and industries. This is an important step towards establishing safety climate as a generic organisational construct which can be reliably measured. In those few cases where studies have used existing measures, results indicate inconsistencies in the underlying factor structures. Accordingly, using a sample of 321 employees from three separate organisations and industries, this study examined the factor structure of a modified version of an existing measure (the Safety Climate Questionnaire [SCQ]). Principal components factor analysis revealed that the original factor structure was upheld by the current sample (with the exception of two factors collapsing into one). This provides support for the generic nature of safety climate as it is operationalised by the SCQ. Additional items were included and emerged as two dimensions, providing support for the generalisability of these new factors across the organisations and industries employed. The results are of theoretical and practical significance as they provide evidence for the generic structure of the construct across organisations and industries, and exemplify how a measure of safety climate could be usefully employed in disability management planning and early intervention strategies.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000168
G. Murphy
{"title":"Criterion Problems in Rehabilitation Outcome Research: A Comment on Allison and Stephens (2004)","authors":"G. Murphy","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000168","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000065
R. Gillingham, P. Dulin
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a treatment that combined techniques from cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to alleviate the psychological distress and symptom severity resultant from psychotic-type disorders. This treatment (EVoLVE Therapy; an acronym for Exposing Virtues of Living Valued Existences) was designed to primarily target the psychological distress associated with psychosis and secondarily to facilitate improvement in psychotic-type symptoms. Participants in this study were selected based on previous diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and other psychiatric disorders with psychotic features. Seven participants, who each had been long-term consumers of mental health services, completed 10 weeks of therapy. Postgraduate clinical psychology students, in training to become professional psychologists, delivered supervised therapy using a structured treatment manual written by the researchers. Pretreatment, posttreatment and 5-week follow-up data were collected, using a variety of measures to assess the effectiveness of treatment. Results were very encouraging, with some clients making considerable improvements at the end of therapy and at the 5-week follow-up assessment. All 7 participants showed a decrease in symptom severity after treatment. In addition, 6 out of the 7 participants reported an improved quality of life and marked improvements in both positive and negative affect were also evident.
{"title":"Alleviating Distress Associated With Psychotic-Type Disorders With a 10-Session, Manualised Combination of CBT and ACT in New Zealand","authors":"R. Gillingham, P. Dulin","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000065","url":null,"abstract":"The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a treatment that combined techniques from cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to alleviate the psychological distress and symptom severity resultant from psychotic-type disorders. This treatment (EVoLVE Therapy; an acronym for Exposing Virtues of Living Valued Existences) was designed to primarily target the psychological distress associated with psychosis and secondarily to facilitate improvement in psychotic-type symptoms. Participants in this study were selected based on previous diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and other psychiatric disorders with psychotic features. Seven participants, who each had been long-term consumers of mental health services, completed 10 weeks of therapy. Postgraduate clinical psychology students, in training to become professional psychologists, delivered supervised therapy using a structured treatment manual written by the researchers. Pretreatment, posttreatment and 5-week follow-up data were collected, using a variety of measures to assess the effectiveness of treatment. Results were very encouraging, with some clients making considerable improvements at the end of therapy and at the 5-week follow-up assessment. All 7 participants showed a decrease in symptom severity after treatment. In addition, 6 out of the 7 participants reported an improved quality of life and marked improvements in both positive and negative affect were also evident.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000156
T. Coombs, Paul Hirini
{"title":"Training in the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales: An Australasian Opportunity to Integrate Cultural Context in Mental Health Outcome Ratings","authors":"T. Coombs, Paul Hirini","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000156","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S132389220000017X
Lucinda Allison
{"title":"Response to Gregory C. Murphy: Criterion Problems in Rehabilitation Outcome Research.","authors":"Lucinda Allison","doi":"10.1017/S132389220000017X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S132389220000017X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S132389220000017X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000041
J. Greyvenstein, N. Kazantzis, N. Pachana
Pharmacotherapy is the most frequently used treatment modality among the older adult population. Consequently, medication adherence represents an important treatment consideration. The present study was conducted to assess the extent of medication adherence in the New Zealand sample, and evaluate the effectiveness of an external cognitive support in a sample of 50 community-dwelling older adults (M = 70.70, Mdn = 72.00, SD = 8.12). A randomised controlled trial to compare the usual medication practice with a medication calendar was conducted. The present sample had high levels of medication adherence, with high adherence measured on an adherence ratio 97% (range 82% to 109%), and low rate of medication errors (19 errors). There were no significant differences in medication adherence between intervention and control groups (ps >.05). However, consistent with prior research, there was some evidence to suggest that female participants were less compliant and made more errors than male participants. Further research on larger more representative older adult samples is warranted.
{"title":"Medication Adherence in New Zealand Older Adults: Effects of an External Cognitive Support","authors":"J. Greyvenstein, N. Kazantzis, N. Pachana","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000041","url":null,"abstract":"Pharmacotherapy is the most frequently used treatment modality among the older adult population. Consequently, medication adherence represents an important treatment consideration. The present study was conducted to assess the extent of medication adherence in the New Zealand sample, and evaluate the effectiveness of an external cognitive support in a sample of 50 community-dwelling older adults (M = 70.70, Mdn = 72.00, SD = 8.12). A randomised controlled trial to compare the usual medication practice with a medication calendar was conducted. The present sample had high levels of medication adherence, with high adherence measured on an adherence ratio 97% (range 82% to 109%), and low rate of medication errors (19 errors). There were no significant differences in medication adherence between intervention and control groups (ps >.05). However, consistent with prior research, there was some evidence to suggest that female participants were less compliant and made more errors than male participants. Further research on larger more representative older adult samples is warranted.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1017/S1323892200000053
R. Hilton
Eighty-four predictor variables were identified from thirty-four studies that researched return to work after workplace injury. The six most studied variables were then critically reviewed. The variables were age, sex, living arrangements, employment maintenance, delay to rehabilitation, and employment type. Based on the number of statistical findings, and on review of the articles, age, employment maintenance, and delay to rehabilitation demonstrated strong relationships with return to work. The variables of sex, living arrangements and employment type did not demonstrate such relationships. While this research brought together the current knowledge base the inability to quantitatively analyse previous results was a major limitation. It was recommended that ongoing research in this area ensures that analysis and publication of results provides information that would allow such secondary analysis in the future. It was also recommended that the current research focus on demographic variables be shifted to more prospective intervention based research.
{"title":"Predicting Return To Work After Workplace Injury: A Review of Current Literature","authors":"R. Hilton","doi":"10.1017/S1323892200000053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1323892200000053","url":null,"abstract":"Eighty-four predictor variables were identified from thirty-four studies that researched return to work after workplace injury. The six most studied variables were then critically reviewed. The variables were age, sex, living arrangements, employment maintenance, delay to rehabilitation, and employment type. Based on the number of statistical findings, and on review of the articles, age, employment maintenance, and delay to rehabilitation demonstrated strong relationships with return to work. The variables of sex, living arrangements and employment type did not demonstrate such relationships. While this research brought together the current knowledge base the inability to quantitatively analyse previous results was a major limitation. It was recommended that ongoing research in this area ensures that analysis and publication of results provides information that would allow such secondary analysis in the future. It was also recommended that the current research focus on demographic variables be shifted to more prospective intervention based research.","PeriodicalId":43415,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S1323892200000053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57508531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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