Pub Date : 2017-03-15DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1307775
Bindu John, Sumanth Shetty Bellipady, S. Bhat
Abstract Study objectives: The present study evaluated the efficacy of sleep promotion program (SPP) on sleep hygiene practices, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and present functioning among adolescents. Methods: A two-arm, parallel, cluster randomized controlled trial was adopted. Participants were 660 adolescents aged 11–17(330 each in the intervention and control group). A socio-demographic questionnaire with sleep and activity items along with standardized questionnaires was used. Results: Significant improvements were observed in the experimental group after the intervention in the sleep hygiene practices, overall sleep quality and its sub-components like subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, and sleep efficiency at 2 weeks, and daytime sleepiness at 6 weeks. Other sleep quality components such as sleep duration, sleep disturbance, daytime dysfunction, and the present functioning compared did not statistically differ from the control group. Statistically significant positive correlations were observed between the target sleep variables. Sleep hygiene tends to deteriorate with higher grade level of adolescents, whereas sleep quality, sleep duration, and daytime sleepiness became worse with higher age and grade level. Conclusions: SPP holds a promise for improving healthy adolescents sleep behaviors. Interventions to improve emotional health could be explored in the future.
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Pub Date : 2017-03-15DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1308264
J. R. Kruger, P. Kim, V. Iyer, M. Marko-Holguin, J. Fogel, D. Defrino, Tracy R G Gladstone, B. V. Van Voorhees
Abstract CATCH-IT is a primary care Internet-based modality developed to prevent major depression in adolescents. Adolescents aged 14–21 years were screened for core symptoms of depression without reaching criteria for a mood disorder diagnosis. At baseline, 6 weeks, and at 2.5 years, participants were assessed for automatic negative thoughts (ATQ-R), educational impairment, and perceived social support. Also, motivational interviewing (MI) by the intervening primary care physician was tested against brief advice (BA) to determine how the level of physician involvement affects these psychosocial outcomes. Overall, we found significant decreases in ATQ-R and educational impairment from baseline to 2.5 years. There were no differences for perceived social support, and no differences between the MI and BA groups. Our findings suggest that offering CATCH-IT to adolescents may help attenuate maladaptive cognitive patterns and long-term struggles in school.
{"title":"Evaluation of protective and vulnerability factors for depression following an internet-based intervention to prevent depression in at-risk adolescents","authors":"J. R. Kruger, P. Kim, V. Iyer, M. Marko-Holguin, J. Fogel, D. Defrino, Tracy R G Gladstone, B. V. Van Voorhees","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2017.1308264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2017.1308264","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract CATCH-IT is a primary care Internet-based modality developed to prevent major depression in adolescents. Adolescents aged 14–21 years were screened for core symptoms of depression without reaching criteria for a mood disorder diagnosis. At baseline, 6 weeks, and at 2.5 years, participants were assessed for automatic negative thoughts (ATQ-R), educational impairment, and perceived social support. Also, motivational interviewing (MI) by the intervening primary care physician was tested against brief advice (BA) to determine how the level of physician involvement affects these psychosocial outcomes. Overall, we found significant decreases in ATQ-R and educational impairment from baseline to 2.5 years. There were no differences for perceived social support, and no differences between the MI and BA groups. Our findings suggest that offering CATCH-IT to adolescents may help attenuate maladaptive cognitive patterns and long-term struggles in school.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"69 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2017.1308264","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48747870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-15DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1307774
Anna Machlin, K. King, M. Spittal, J. Pirkis
Abstract This study explored the preliminary evidence for a relationship between constructive and affirming newsprint stories about depression or anxiety in males and use of helpline services by males. With the help of a Consumer Reference Group, we identified ten positive newsprint stories about males and depression or anxiety. We then obtained phone contact data from four national helplines in Australia: Lifeline, MensLine Australia, SANE Australia, and beyondblue. For each contact, we extracted the date, location and gender of the caller. Poisson regression analysis was used to determine the change in contact volume in the two weeks following each story, as compared to the two weeks prior to the story. Contact volume from males increased significantly in the two weeks after four of the ten stories, decreased after one story with no change after five of the stories. The stories that were associated with increased contacts were about men (including publicly revered role models) that male readers could identify with and tended to be stories of hope and recovery. The findings suggest newsprint media can positively influence male help-seeking and point to a need for articles to provide accurate representations of depression and anxiety, whilst maintaining an optimistic focus on recovery.
{"title":"Preliminary evidence for the role of newsprint media in encouraging males to make contact with helplines","authors":"Anna Machlin, K. King, M. Spittal, J. Pirkis","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2017.1307774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2017.1307774","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study explored the preliminary evidence for a relationship between constructive and affirming newsprint stories about depression or anxiety in males and use of helpline services by males. With the help of a Consumer Reference Group, we identified ten positive newsprint stories about males and depression or anxiety. We then obtained phone contact data from four national helplines in Australia: Lifeline, MensLine Australia, SANE Australia, and beyondblue. For each contact, we extracted the date, location and gender of the caller. Poisson regression analysis was used to determine the change in contact volume in the two weeks following each story, as compared to the two weeks prior to the story. Contact volume from males increased significantly in the two weeks after four of the ten stories, decreased after one story with no change after five of the stories. The stories that were associated with increased contacts were about men (including publicly revered role models) that male readers could identify with and tended to be stories of hope and recovery. The findings suggest newsprint media can positively influence male help-seeking and point to a need for articles to provide accurate representations of depression and anxiety, whilst maintaining an optimistic focus on recovery.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"103 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2017.1307774","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44746601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-01DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1297248
J. Alonso-Tapia, Helena Garrido-Hernansaiz, R. Rodríguez-Rey, M. Ruíz, C. Nieto
Abstract Resilience outcomes following significant adverse events are related to certain personal attributes, termed resiliency factors. This study aimed to adapt the Prince-Embury resiliency model, developed with children and adolescents, to adult populations. To that end, the Resiliency Questionnaire for Adults (RQA) was developed, consisting of nine characteristics organised around three factors: Sense of Mastery, Sense of Relatedness and Emotional Reactivity. The questionnaire adequacy was tested in adults from both general and health-distressed populations (N = 430) through reliability, confirmatory factor, cross-validation and multiple-group analyses. Criterion validity was assessed via path analysis with latent variables to predict resilience outcomes. The RQA scores were reliable and the three-factor model fitted the data well. The three resiliency factors predicted two-thirds of the variance in resilience. This questionnaire constitutes a reliable and valid assessment of personal factors underlying resilience.
{"title":"Personal factors underlying resilience: development and validation of the Resiliency Questionnaire for Adults","authors":"J. Alonso-Tapia, Helena Garrido-Hernansaiz, R. Rodríguez-Rey, M. Ruíz, C. Nieto","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2017.1297248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2017.1297248","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Resilience outcomes following significant adverse events are related to certain personal attributes, termed resiliency factors. This study aimed to adapt the Prince-Embury resiliency model, developed with children and adolescents, to adult populations. To that end, the Resiliency Questionnaire for Adults (RQA) was developed, consisting of nine characteristics organised around three factors: Sense of Mastery, Sense of Relatedness and Emotional Reactivity. The questionnaire adequacy was tested in adults from both general and health-distressed populations (N = 430) through reliability, confirmatory factor, cross-validation and multiple-group analyses. Criterion validity was assessed via path analysis with latent variables to predict resilience outcomes. The RQA scores were reliable and the three-factor model fitted the data well. The three resiliency factors predicted two-thirds of the variance in resilience. This questionnaire constitutes a reliable and valid assessment of personal factors underlying resilience.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"104 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2017.1297248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47863719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1270847
Phillip Tchernegovski, D. Maybery, A. Reupert
Abstract In 2014, a Mental Health Act was introduced in Victoria, Australia which mandated clinicians to recognize and support consumers’ children. Interviews were conducted with 11 clinical adult mental health professionals about their views and experiences of the introduction of the Act and its impact on their practices. Interviews revealed that sections of the Act relating to consumers’ children were not promoted within organizations and did not result in revolutionary practice change. Instead, practice development staff within organizations were viewed as the main drivers of practices to support consumers’ children. Suggestions are made for enhancing the impact of legislation to promote practice change.
{"title":"Legislative policy to support children of parents with a mental illness: revolution or evolution?","authors":"Phillip Tchernegovski, D. Maybery, A. Reupert","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2016.1270847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2016.1270847","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In 2014, a Mental Health Act was introduced in Victoria, Australia which mandated clinicians to recognize and support consumers’ children. Interviews were conducted with 11 clinical adult mental health professionals about their views and experiences of the introduction of the Act and its impact on their practices. Interviews revealed that sections of the Act relating to consumers’ children were not promoted within organizations and did not result in revolutionary practice change. Instead, practice development staff within organizations were viewed as the main drivers of practices to support consumers’ children. Suggestions are made for enhancing the impact of legislation to promote practice change.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"1 - 13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2016.1270847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42570970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1276024
Elizabeth Oh, Jordana K. Bayer
Abstract One in five school-age children has mental health problems, yet less than a quarter access professional help. Early childhood presents a window for prevention. This study implemented the ‘Theory of Planned Behaviour’ to explore parents’ intentions to seek professional help for young children’s behaviour and emotional problems. Participants were 442 parents of 6-year-old children, recruited as a population sample in infancy. The ‘Theory of Planned Behaviour’ measured parents’ personal intentions, attitudes and beliefs about seeking professional help for young children’s mental health. Although many parents (84%) had positive intentions to seek help if their young child were in need, a proportion (16%) was ambivalent/unlikely to do so. Specific beliefs distinguishing parents with positive intentions were that professionals would provide expert strategies with empathy and understanding, with appointments providing value for time and money. Community mental health initiatives could target these beliefs in facilitating better access for young children in need.
{"title":"Predicting parents’ intentions to seek help for young children’s mental health","authors":"Elizabeth Oh, Jordana K. Bayer","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2016.1276024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2016.1276024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One in five school-age children has mental health problems, yet less than a quarter access professional help. Early childhood presents a window for prevention. This study implemented the ‘Theory of Planned Behaviour’ to explore parents’ intentions to seek professional help for young children’s behaviour and emotional problems. Participants were 442 parents of 6-year-old children, recruited as a population sample in infancy. The ‘Theory of Planned Behaviour’ measured parents’ personal intentions, attitudes and beliefs about seeking professional help for young children’s mental health. Although many parents (84%) had positive intentions to seek help if their young child were in need, a proportion (16%) was ambivalent/unlikely to do so. Specific beliefs distinguishing parents with positive intentions were that professionals would provide expert strategies with empathy and understanding, with appointments providing value for time and money. Community mental health initiatives could target these beliefs in facilitating better access for young children in need.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"38 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2016.1276024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44001504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1288155
D. Murphy, E. Hennessy
Abstract The aim of this study was to test whether an online social normative intervention would promote college students’ help seeking attitudes and intentions. To investigate this, a between-group, post-test, experimental design consisting of 207 students (69 males, 138 females), aged 18–25 years (M = 20.46, SD = 1.96) was used. Students who received the social normative feedback reported more positive help-seeking attitudes, with students who had mental health problems also reporting more positive help-seeking intentions. The findings of this study are discussed with respect to methodological considerations, and recommendations for practice and future research are provided for student counselling clinics.
{"title":"Promoting college students to seek help for mental health difficulties: a social normative approach","authors":"D. Murphy, E. Hennessy","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2017.1288155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2017.1288155","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this study was to test whether an online social normative intervention would promote college students’ help seeking attitudes and intentions. To investigate this, a between-group, post-test, experimental design consisting of 207 students (69 males, 138 females), aged 18–25 years (M = 20.46, SD = 1.96) was used. Students who received the social normative feedback reported more positive help-seeking attitudes, with students who had mental health problems also reporting more positive help-seeking intentions. The findings of this study are discussed with respect to methodological considerations, and recommendations for practice and future research are provided for student counselling clinics.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"14 - 25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2017.1288155","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43759992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2017.1290540
Line Nielsen, B. Sørensen, R. Donovan, T. Tjørnhøj‐Thomsen, Vibeke Koushede
Abstract How people understand mental health has important implications for designing and implementing mental health promotion, and particularly where campaigns developed in one culture are implemented in another. Hence, as part of an adaptation of the Australian Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign into the Danish context, this qualitative study explored Danish lay people’s understandings of mental health and mental health promoting factors. In total, N = 39 individuals (27 adults and 12 young people) from various regions across Denmark participated in seven focus groups interviews. Two overall and intertwined understandings of mental health emerged: mental health as a ‘state of mind’ and mental health as a relation. Overall, Danish people’s understanding of what constitutes good mental health and what people can do to keep mentally healthy were consistent with the underlying messages in the Act-Belong-Commit campaign, and hence translatable to a Danish context. Given the lack of research in the area, this study contributes to the literature on lay people’s understanding of concepts around mental health and keeping mentally healthy.
{"title":"‘Mental health is what makes life worth living’: an exploration of lay people’s understandings of mental health in Denmark","authors":"Line Nielsen, B. Sørensen, R. Donovan, T. Tjørnhøj‐Thomsen, Vibeke Koushede","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2017.1290540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2017.1290540","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract How people understand mental health has important implications for designing and implementing mental health promotion, and particularly where campaigns developed in one culture are implemented in another. Hence, as part of an adaptation of the Australian Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign into the Danish context, this qualitative study explored Danish lay people’s understandings of mental health and mental health promoting factors. In total, N = 39 individuals (27 adults and 12 young people) from various regions across Denmark participated in seven focus groups interviews. Two overall and intertwined understandings of mental health emerged: mental health as a ‘state of mind’ and mental health as a relation. Overall, Danish people’s understanding of what constitutes good mental health and what people can do to keep mentally healthy were consistent with the underlying messages in the Act-Belong-Commit campaign, and hence translatable to a Danish context. Given the lack of research in the area, this study contributes to the literature on lay people’s understanding of concepts around mental health and keeping mentally healthy.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"19 1","pages":"26 - 37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2017.1290540","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45448041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1251953
A. D. Della Vedova, S. Matthey
Abstract Several psychosocial risk factors have been consistently identified for postnatal distress in women, including lack of support, a personal or family history of depression, and recent stressful life events. Studies usually emphasize the statistical nature of these risks, without focusing on their clinical significance, which is important to aid in the communication with expectant couples. Four hundred and sixteen Italian-speaking women attending public health services completed measures, assessing current distress and psychosocial risk variables, at 2–3 months postpartum. Logistic regression, together with the strength of the obtained statistics, is reported. A personal history of depressed mood, stressful events, and conflict with her partner in the past year were risks of at least moderate size, though only for the last variable were half or more of the women with the risk likely to experience distress. A family history of mood disorders was no longer a risk once the woman’s personal history was taken into account. Furthermore between a quarter to a third of women lacking current social support experienced distress. Understanding the strength of these risks, and the frequency with which they are associated with postpartum distress, will help clinicians communicate the implications of such risks to couples.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1243485
Angelina Wilson, N. Somhlaba
Abstract Although perceived social support has been studied in various contexts, there is still scant research on qualitative accounts of how perceptions of support for adolescents living in impoverished contexts are formed and relate to psychological well-being. We explored the dynamics and perceptions of social support among 18 purposefully selected school-going adolescents in the northern region of Ghana. Emerging thematic areas comprised: the dynamics of familial networks that included quality familial relationships; valued support from friends; and the negative aspects of various social relations. With family – and peer social relations perceived as beneficial for practical advice and – support, the mere existence of social ties was not the adolescents’ most important consideration for well-being. Instead, the quality of interactions across different social networks emerged as more instrumental for relational and overall well-being. Understanding the sources of problematic social interactions, such as the consideration of ‘face-saving’ when seeking instrumental support, could provide useful suggestions for interventions aimed at creating social environments that enhance positive mental health.
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