Pub Date : 2023-10-16DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2262413
Iván Sarmiento, Michaela Field, Leagajang Kgakole, Puna Molatlhwa, Indu Girish, Neil Andersson, Anne Cockcroft
ABSTRACTViolence against young women is a problem worldwide. Understanding its causes in a particular setting can inform context-specific interventions. We used Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM), a visual method for collating local knowledge about causes of health outcomes, to explore community views of factors that cause or prevent violence against young women in rural communities in southeast Botswana. In three communities, groups of young men, young women, older men, and older women built maps (68 participants and 12 maps in total) of factors they believed increased or decreased the risk of violence against young women. Trained local facilitators guided group sessions, drawing the reported factors as nodes linked by weighted arrows indicating the direction and strength of causal relationships among factors. Fuzzy transitive closure calculated the influence of each factor on others, considering direct and indirect connections. We combined maps by groups of stakeholders and condensed individual factors into categories which emerged from an inductive thematic analysis. The categories labelled conflict in relationships and parenting and family issues had the strongest influences on increasing violence across all maps. These categories were also common intermediaries between other causal categories and violence. The categories labelled women being disrespectful or uncooperative and transactional and intergenerational sex were the third and fourth strongest risk categories overall. Prominent protective concepts included a stronger legal framework and strengthening the role of local traditional leadership, with greater prominence on the maps of older participants. The most influential risk and protective categories were consistent across young men, young women, older men, and older women. FCM was feasible and acceptable with different stakeholders in Botswana. Fuzzy cognitive maps can inform community discussions, for example, of conflictive gender norms, family dynamics or healthier relationships, and are useful to build theories on how to act on the causes of violence against young women.KEYWORDS: Intimate partner violenceviolencegenderparticipatory researchinterpersonal violence AcknowledgmentsWe thank the men and women who contributed their time and knowledge in the FCM sessions. Khalid Omer collaborated in the initial discussion of categories. Sandra Cano checked the digitised maps.Disclosure statementThe authors do not have competing interests to declare.Data availability statementThe data supporting this study’s findings are available with the publication.Ethics reviewThis study is part of a Grand Challenges Canada project (Grant number R-ST-POC-1909–28463), which received ethical approval from the Botswana Ministry of Health under the Health Research and Development Division IRB (Reference HPDME 13/18/1).Additional informationFundingGrand Challenges Canada funded this work under Grant number R-ST-POC-1909-28463.Notes on contributorsIván Sarmiento
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Pub Date : 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2262941
Iván Sarmiento, Leagajang Kgakole, Puna Molatlhwa, Indu Girish, Neil Andersson, Anne Cockcroft
ABSTRACTSuicide is common in Botswana, particularly among young men. Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) can support participatory research by depicting local stakeholder knowledge about causes of health outcomes. This study used FCM to explore local perceptions about causes of suicide among young men in rural communities close to the capital, Gaborone. In nine sessions, groups of young men, young women, older men, and older women separately mapped their knowledge of factors related to suicide among young men (46 people in total). Two trained facilitators, fluent in the local language, led the group sessions. The maps depicted risk and protective factors as nodes connected by arrows to show causal relationships. Participants also ranked the strength of each link on a scale of one (weakest) to five (strongest). Fuzzy transitive closure calculated the maximum influence of each factor, taking into account all other influences on the map. We combined maps by different stakeholders and grouped the 130 unique factors across the maps into 17 broader categories which emerged from an inductive thematic analysis of all the node labels. Financial difficulties, relationship problems, and family issues were the strongest categories of perceived causes of suicide by young men. Mental health problems played an intermediary role between more distal causes and suicide. There were differences in maps of different gender and age groups, but the strongest influences were consistent across groups. Young women, but not young men, identified men’s lack of self-esteem as a strong cause of suicide. The FCM findings offer a starting point for community discussions to seek local solutions to youth suicide.KEYWORDS: Southern Africamental healthself-harmcommunity interventionsparticipatory researchviolence AcknowledgmentsWe thank the men and women who contributed their time and knowledge in the FCM sessions. Sandra Cano checked the digitised maps.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data supporting this study’s findings are available on request from the corresponding author. According to agreements with participating communities and to ensure the protection of participants and data governance, the requester will need to present a plan for data analysis, and participating communities must authorise their use for the specified purposes.Ethics reviewThis study is part of a Grand Challenges Canada project (Grant number R-ST-POC-1909–28463), which received ethical approval from the Botswana Ministry of Health under the Health Research and Development Division IRB (Reference HPDME 13/18/1).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Grand Challenges Canada under Grant number R-ST-POC-1909-28463Notes on contributorsIván SarmientoIván Sarmiento is an independent researcher at CIET, a member of the Groups of Studies in Traditional Health Systems, and the program administrator of Participatory Research
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Pub Date : 2023-09-20DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2260601
Diah Kusuma Arumsari, Andi Cahyadi, Mia Ratwita Andarsini, Ferry Efendi, Adwina Nurlita Kusuma Wardhani, Maria Christina Shanty Larasati, I Dewa Gede Ugrasena
ABSTRACTChildren with transfusion-dependent thalassemia experience stressful conditions related to chronic anemia, repeated blood transfusions, and iron chelation adherence. They are vulnerable to emotional and behavioral problems and psychosocial disturbances. An observational evaluation of psychosocial issues in children with TDTs aged 4–18 using Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ). Psychosocial part in children with TDTs often experiences difficulties in childhood under 10 years old, compared to adolescents (11–18 years) for emotional symptoms and conduct problems. Boys and girls had similar psychosocial problems regarding emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity-inatttention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. In a quarter of cases, they had emotional symptoms, conduct, and hyperactivity-inattention issues, especially in younger children. Interestingly, younger children have more problems than adolescence in peer relations even though they are still under strict parental supervision. Difficulties in emotion, conduct, and hyperactivity would affect their relationship life. Children may try to be accepted by their social environment (prosocial) even though they realize that there are problems in their emotional life and peer relationships. Regular screening of the psychosocial aspects should be followed by counseling because regular transfusion and iron chelation are necessary for long-term management.KEYWORDS: Childtransfusion-dependent thalassemiapsychosocial aspectsemotional and conductpeer relationshipprosocial behavior AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank all the staff of the Division of Hematology-Oncology and Residents of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga/Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, IndonesiaDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Ethical declarationResearch ethics were obtained from the Health Research Ethics Committee of Clinical Research Unit (CRU) on Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia under the ethics number 0462/KEPK/VIII/2022.Additional informationFundingThis research did not receive financial assistance from sponsors.Notes on contributorsDiah Kusuma ArumsariDiah Kusuma Arumsari, She is a research assistant in Hematology-Oncology Division, Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. She was doing the conceptualization, methodology, writing the manuscript, data sampling and analysis. Email: dka.diah@gmail.comAndi CahyadiAndi Cahyadi, He is a pediatric hematology-oncologist at Hematology Oncology Division, Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga/Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. He was do
输血依赖型地中海贫血儿童经历与慢性贫血、反复输血和铁螯合依从性相关的应激条件。他们容易受到情绪和行为问题以及社会心理障碍的影响。运用优势与困难问卷(SDQ)对4-18岁TDTs儿童的社会心理问题进行观察性评估。与青少年(11-18岁)相比，ttd儿童的心理社会部分往往在10岁以下的儿童时期遇到情绪症状和行为问题方面的困难。男孩和女孩在情绪症状、行为问题、多动-注意力不集中、同伴关系问题和亲社会行为方面有相似的社会心理问题。在四分之一的病例中，他们有情绪症状、行为和多动症——注意力不集中问题，尤其是在年幼的儿童中。有趣的是，年幼的孩子在同伴关系中比青少年有更多的问题，即使他们仍然在父母的严格监督下。情感、行为和多动方面的困难会影响他们的关系生活。孩子们可能会试图被他们的社会环境所接受(亲社会)，即使他们意识到他们的情感生活和同伴关系存在问题。定期进行心理社会方面的筛查后应进行咨询，因为定期输血和铁螯合对于长期治疗是必要的。关键词:儿童输血依赖型地中海贫血心理社会方面情感与同伴关系亲社会行为致谢作者感谢埃尔朗加大学医学院血液学肿瘤科和儿科住院医师的所有工作人员。印度尼西亚东爪哇泗水Soetomo综合学术医院披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。数据可得性声明支持本研究结果的数据可根据通讯作者的合理要求获得。伦理声明:研究伦理从印度尼西亚东爪哇泗水Soetomo博士综合学术医院临床研究单位(CRU)健康研究伦理委员会获得，伦理号为0462/KEPK/VIII/2022。本研究没有得到赞助商的经济资助。作者简介diah Kusuma Arumsari diah Kusuma Arumsari，她是印度尼西亚东爪哇泗水Soetomo博士综合学术医院儿童健康部血液肿瘤科的研究助理。她负责概念化、方法论、撰写手稿、数据取样和分析。Email: dka.diah@gmail.comAndi CahyadiAndi Cahyadi，他是一名儿科血液肿瘤学家，在血液肿瘤学部门，儿童健康，医学院，埃尔朗加大学/博士。Soetomo综合学术医院，泗水，东爪哇，印度尼西亚。他负责构思、方法论、撰写手稿和数据分析。Ratwita andarsinia Ratwita Andarsini，她是一名儿科血液肿瘤学家，也是Airlangga大学医学院儿童健康系血液肿瘤学部门的负责人。Soetomo综合学术医院，泗水，东爪哇，印度尼西亚。她负责手稿的监督、验证和临床方面的审查。Email: mia-r-a@fk.unair.ac.idFerry Efendi ferry Efendi，博士，印度尼西亚东爪哇泗水市埃尔朗加大学护理学院社区卫生护理硕士和博士。他在做数据分析，回顾心理社会方面，并讨论结果。Email: ferry-e@fkp.unair.ac.idAdwina Nurlita Kusuma Wardhani, Nurlita Kusuma Wardhani，她是Airlangga大学医学院儿童健康系血液肿瘤科的儿科医生。Soetomo综合学术医院，泗水，东爪哇，印度尼西亚。她在做数据记录和采样。maria Christina Shanty Larasati，她是Airlangga大学医学院儿童健康系血液肿瘤学部门的儿科血液肿瘤学家/博士。Soetomo综合学术医院，泗水，东爪哇，印度尼西亚。她是埃尔朗加大学的博士生。Dewa Gede UgrasenaI Dewa Gede Ugrasena，他是Airlangga大学医学院儿童健康系血液肿瘤学教授/博士。Soetomo综合学术医院，泗水，东爪哇，印度尼西亚。他负责监督和审稿。电子邮件:ugrasena56@gmail.com
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ABSTRACTThe home learning environment of children became critical during the COVID-19 school closures, and already-existing deprivations of children increased inequalities in access to education during the COVID crisis. This study documents the home learning environment for the Turkish host community and Syrian refugee children in the pre-pandemic year. In order to achieve this end, a composite home learning environment (HLEQI) is calculated using the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) in Türkiye, which includes a sample of Syrian children. This study reveals that Syrian children were already burdened with disadvantages regarding their home learning environment quality, with the average HLEQI calculated for Turkish children as 61.7% and Syrian children at 36.5%. Moreover, when examining the individual components of this composite index, our study reveals substantial gaps in the supportive home learning environment for both Turkish and Syrian children, with the latter facing even greater challenges. These gaps span across various dimensions of the composite index, encompassing aspects such as access to remote learning infrastructure, adequate study space at home, and quality interaction with adults. The study underscores the need for targeted interventions to address these disparities and ensure an equitable learning environment for all children, regardless of their background or circumstances.KEYWORDS: Home learning environmentmicro datasetsCOVID-19refugee studies AcknowledgmentsThe original research included in this article was presented in an earlier form in the report “Documentation of Education Response in Türkiye during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effect on Children’s Access to and Retention in Education” which was prepared for UNICEF Türkiye Country Office by Development Analytics. This study does not reflect the official views of UNICEF, and any errors in the text remain that of the authors.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. ESSN is the largest humanitarian programme in the history of the EU, ‘aiming to support the most vulnerable refugees in Türkiye through unrestricted cash transfers to meet basic needs’ (WFP, Citation2017). Through time, the number of recipients of the programme increased continuously. ESSN covered 1 million individuals in September 2017, 1.2 million in February 2018 and currently (before C-ESSN), it reached 1.8 million individuals in June 2021 (TRC, Citation2021).2. In DHS the question is ‘Does the household have internet connection?’ The question does not emphasize or distinguish between mobile connection or fixed connection.3. According to the EUROSTAT’s definition (Citation2021), a person is considered as living in an overcrowded household if the household does not have at its disposal a minimum number of rooms equal to: one room for the household; one room per couple in the household; one room for each single person aged 18 or more; one room per pair of single
哈扎尔目前正在蒂尔堡大学攻读数据科学博士学位，并拥有两个硕士学位:一个是牛津大学的比较社会政策学位，另一个是蒂尔堡大学的数据科学与社会学位。Meltem AranNazli Aktakke是发展分析公司的研究主管。她是一名社会政策研究员，拥有超过10年的工作经验，研究范围广泛，从贫困和现金转移计划到评估不同国家儿童的健康和教育成果。她持有西班牙马德里卡洛斯三世大学(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)的经济分析硕士学位，以及西班牙<s:1> rkiye Bogazici大学(Bogazici University)的经济学硕士学位。Nazli AktakkeMeltem Aran博士，人类发展经济学家，发展分析主任。她的研究重点是贫困、不平等以及社会政策对低机会环境中妇女和儿童的分配影响。她在土耳其、印度尼西亚、南非、马达加斯加、阿尔巴尼亚、阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚、圣卢西亚、埃及和缅甸等国研究了改善获得基本服务和社会保护的政策的分配影响和成本计算方案。梅尔特姆拥有牛津大学经济学博士学位。Emre ÜçkardeşlerEmre Üçkardeşler是联合国儿童基金会<s:1> rkiye社会政策主任。他领导的团队致力于扶贫、现金转移、公共财政、儿童权利和商业原则以及地方治理。埃姆雷就社会保护、不稳定就业、福利制度、社会支出、学生缺勤和性别平等等问题进行研究并撰写文章和报告。他在发展和紧急情况下担任各种分析、咨询和管理职务，在社会政策和教育政策的关系方面拥有近20年的经验。Yali Hajhassan是一名定性研究员，在土耳其及周边地区与难民有关的现金转移计划和评估项目领域有着良好的记录。从她作为定性研究人员的四年职业生涯中，她的专业领域包括定性数据收集，编码和定性数据分析。Yali在Cumhuriyet大学获得心理学学士学位，目前在埃塞克斯大学攻读心理学硕士学位。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2254549
Dilek Küçük Alemdar, Emine Ela Küçük
ABSTRACTExam anxiety can affect the sleep quality of adolescents, and insomnia can further increase anxiety in adolescents. In the study, a descriptive and relational research was performed with the aim of investigating the correlation between exam anxiety levels with sleep and quality of life among adolescents. The study included 303 students attending high schools located in a province in Turkey. The data were collected using ‘Personal Information Form’ and the ‘Exam Anxiety Inventory’ (EAI), ‘Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index’ (PSQI), and ‘Quality of Life for Children Scale’ (KINDL). During the analysis of data; descriptive statistical methods, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analysis were used. There was a positive weak correlation between the PSQI total points with EAI-total test points (r = 0.349; p = 0.000), and a negative and very weak correlation between KINDL total points with EAI-total test points (r=-0.195; p = 0.001) for adolescents. According to regression analysis, the exam anxiety of adolescents was identified to be a significant determinant of sleep quality and quality of life (p < 0.05). As a result of our research, it appears that exam anxiety among adolescents negatively affects sleep quality and quality of life. For this reason, it is recommended to perform screening, assessment and intervention studies to determine and reduce the exam anxiety of adolescents in the early period.KEYWORDS: Adolescentexam anxietysleep qualityquality of life Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Additional informationFundingNo financial support was received by any of the authors for the research of this paper.Notes on contributorsDilek Küçük AlemdarDilek Küçük Alemdar, PhD is an associate professor in the, Department of Pediatrics Nursing at Ordu University Health Science Faculty.Emine Ela KüçükEmine Ela Küçük, PhD is an associate professor in the, Department of Public Health Nursing at Giresun University Health Science Faculty.
摘要:焦虑会影响青少年的睡眠质量，而失眠会进一步加重青少年的焦虑。本研究对青少年考试焦虑水平与睡眠和生活质量之间的关系进行了描述性和相关性研究。这项研究包括303名在土耳其某省就读高中的学生。数据是通过“个人信息表”和“考试焦虑量表”(EAI)、“匹兹堡睡眠质量指数”(PSQI)和“儿童生活质量量表”(KINDL)收集的。在数据分析过程中;采用描述性统计方法、Pearson相关和线性回归分析。PSQI总分与eai总分呈弱正相关(r = 0.349;p = 0.000)， KINDL总分与eai总分呈极弱负相关(r=-0.195;P = 0.001)。回归分析发现，青少年考试焦虑是影响睡眠质量和生活质量的重要因素(p < 0.05)。根据我们的研究，青少年的考试焦虑似乎会对睡眠质量和生活质量产生负面影响。因此，建议开展筛查、评估和干预研究，以确定和减少青少年早期的考试焦虑。关键词:青少年;考试焦虑;睡眠质量;生活质量;数据可用性声明当前研究期间生成和/或分析的数据集可根据通讯作者的合理要求提供。本文的研究没有得到任何作者的资金支持。作者简介:dilek k Alemdar博士是奥尔都大学健康科学学院儿科护理系的副教授。Emine Ela k，博士，吉雷松大学健康科学学院公共卫生护理系副教授。
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ABSTRACTOrphans are vulnerable to abuse and violence due to the precarious situation they find themselves in. Some of these abuses could differ based on where the orphans live. This study was therefore designed to compare the violence experienced by orphans in institutionalized and family settings. It also determined the influence of residential placement on violence experienced by orphans in orphanages and family settings in Nigeria. The study employed a concurrent mixed-methods research design. The sample comprised 3893 orphans (2418 living in family settings and 1475 living in orphanages) who were between the age ranges of 10–17 years. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. A self-developed instrument titled “Orphans Needs and Vulnerability Questionnaire” was administered on the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentages and chi-square. The results indicated that orphans experienced varying forms of violence in both family and institutional settings. The result further showed a prevalence of 1.6% for physical violence in the family setting and 0.2% in the orphanages. The results also revealed that flogging (1st), fetching water from a far distance (2nd) and verbal abuses (3rd) were the most ranked violence experienced by orphans in the family settings while, flogging (1st), severe/corporal punishment (2nd) and verbal abuses (3rd) were the most ranked violence experienced by orphans in the orphanages. Furthermore, the results showed that there was a significant influence of residential placement on violence experienced by orphans in Nigeria (χ2 = 57.104, p < 0.05) with the family settings more engaged in violence against the orphans. The study concluded that orphans in family settings experienced more violence than orphans in orphanages. It is recommended that special intervention programmes to protect orphaned children from physical, psychological and sexual abuse in family settings should be put in place.KEYWORDS: Violenceorphansinstitutionalized carefamily setting AcknowledgmentsThis research was funded by TETFund Nigeria as part of National Research Fund activities of the organization.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Supplemental dataSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2023.2253512.Ethical considerationsEthical clearance for the study was obtained from the Health Research Ethic Committee (HREC), Institute of Public Health of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (Reference number – IPHOAU/12/1453, Date – 14 November 2019). Written and verbal consents were obtained from orphanages, homes and individual respondents who participated in the study. Every respondent had the right to withdraw from the study at any stage and no one was penalized for withdrawing or not participating in the study.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the Tetfund nrf
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ABSTRACTIn this study, we wanted to assess the association between the level of vulnerability and two behavioural addictions – smartphone and Internet addictive use. Data were drawn from an online in-school survey on screen use carried out among 10th graders (aged 13–14 years) in the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) from November 2019 to February 2020. The analytic sample included 2893 adolescents (50.1% males), with a mean age of 13.1 years. We defined adolescent’s vulnerability based on the following social determinants of health: family socioeconomic status, relationship with parents and academic performance. We categorized participants into three groups depending on their level of vulnerability: Not Vulnerable, Moderately Vulnerable and Highly Vulnerable. Then, we conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses to compare them in terms of SA and IA while considering other explanatory factors including gender, age, residence area, place of birth, educational track, family structure, emotional well-being, being overweight, physical activity, problems with sleep, screen time and parental rules regarding screens and Internet use. We found that almost 28% of adolescents were identified with some degree of vulnerability. Our results showed that adolescents in the Moderately and Highly Vulnerable groups are more likely to develop SA and IA with increased rates observed in the Highly Vulnerable adolescents in the bivariate model. However, in the multivariate model, this relationship only remained significant for the Moderately Vulnerable group. Our findings further suggest that there are other factors significantly associated with vulnerability including age and gender. Given our overall results, it is important to acknowledge that even developed countries contend with the problem of vulnerability among adolescents. A better understanding of this subject, as well as possible consequences and appreciation of the factors defining vulnerability, is needed if inequities are to be addressed.KEYWORDS: Smartphone addictionInternet addictionadolescentsvulnerability Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).EthicsThis study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the canton of Vaud (Protocol #2019-01232).Additional informationFundingThe media and Internet study was funded by The General Directorate of Public Health of the Canton of Vaud.Notes on contributorsAgnieszka SiwiakAgnieszka Siwiak holds a MSc in health science and was a research collaborator in the Research Group on Adolescent Health for 6 months.Joan-Carles SurisJoan-Carles Suris is now retired but he was the head of the Research Group on Adolescent Health (Unisanté). He was also Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lausanne and pediatrician.Lorraine ChokLorraine Chok holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and in Global Health, and she is a research collaborator and project manager in the Research Group on Adolescent Health (Unisanté).Sophie St
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Pub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2254550
Sheeja Perumbil Pathrose, Reynold G Washington, Maryann Washington, Michael Raj, Sreenath K, Sudhesh N T, Steven He, Lucie M. Ramjan
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Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2253388
Alexander Woodman, Magda R. Yousif, A. Jebakumar, Amal A. Ali Mohamed, Rehab Y. AL-Ansari
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited red blood cell (RBC) disorder transmitted to the child through the parental genes. SCD is a serious public health problem in Sudan, ranging from 18.2% to 30.4%, with the sickle cell anemia gene known to be prevalent in the Khartoum area. This study aimed to explore the psychosocial impact of SCD on affected children and parents and to identify the relationship between psychosocial problems experienced by children and parents with the use of two scales. To address the research aim, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was administered among n = 170 SCD children aged 6–12 years. In addition, the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was used to measure levels of depression, anxiety, and stress in parents of children with SCD. Most of the children experienced substantially high emotional symptoms (n = 113), with conduct problems (n = 113), hyperactivity (n = 100), and peer problems (n = 86) being close to average. Most of the parents had the normal level of depression (n = 78), anxiety (n = 92), and stress (n = 85), with severe and extremely severe cases being the least recorded. Further analysis of the association between the SDQ scale and DASS-21 showed a significant association between parental stress and children’s conduct problems (p = 0.009), hyperactivity (p = 0.03), and the pro-social behavior of the child (p = 0.03). No association was found between parental anxiety, depression, and emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer problems. Future research is recommended to explore the incidence of SCD in children at birth and parental actions after diagnosis.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2023.2251411
Lei Chai, Ziqiang Han
ABSTRACT This study examines the associations between sleep quality and internalizing and externalizing problems among Chinese adolescents and investigates whether academic performance and self-esteem function as mediators. Data were obtained from the 2018 wave of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), comprising a sample of 1,016 Chinese adolescents aged between 10 and 15 years. We employed multiple mediation models, using Hayes’ PROCESS macro, for data analysis. The results showed that poor sleep quality was associated with an increase in both internalizing and externalizing problems. Furthermore, academic performance and self-esteem were identified as mediators in these relationships, operating in parallel and sequential manners. Besides maintaining adequate sleep hours, interventions aimed at improving academic performance and self-esteem could potentially alleviate the adverse effects of poor sleep quality on internalizing and externalizing problems among adolescents.
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