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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Impact on wellbeing"”.
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Behind the Door: A Study of Cell-Sharing, Wellbeing and Coping in Prison
Many individuals in prison experience sharing a cell with another prisoner (Prison Reform Trust, 2018a). Yet little is known about how cell-sharing can affect wellbeing during imprisonment or influence the use of coping styles. Using a mixed-methods approach consisting of a survey of 569 adult men …
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Acceptance and commitment therapy for suicidality in young adults - a mixed methodology pilot study
… health issue and a leading cause of death among young people. Despite extensive knowledge of risk factors, rates of suicidal behaviour in young adults have not declined. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) shows promise as an intervention for suicidality, yet its application in young …
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Screen time: an exploratory study of the experience of pupils in the final year of primary school using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
… developments have transformed human behaviour on an individual, group and societal level. The result of which is that screen time is now an integral part of people’s lives, including that of children. Given this, this research study aims to further extend the current research on the phenomenon …
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Exploration of Well-Being Through Art Media Preference and Emotion Regulation Strategies
<p>The study examined the relationship between are media preference (resistive, fluid, technological based and other expressive arts mediums), four emotion regulations strategies (reappraisal, distraction, venting and suppression), mental health variables (emotional wellbeing, psychological …
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Wellbeing impacts of sustainably designed community gardens: A capability approach
… sites officially registered with the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. In addition to promoting healthy food and healthy eating, many of these sites contain a number of sustainable design features and associated activities. They also claim to deal with value-laden ethical and …
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‘Beyond the Binary’: Funerary Archaeology, Gendered Identity, and its Impact on Contemporary Society
Sex and gender are considered fundamental aspects of identity. Funerary archaeology is used as the access point to identity in the past, with these materials providing the basis for conclusions. Within interpretations, the sex and gender binaries are often relied upon, causing issues with …
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Perceptions of cause and control in people with Parkinson's disease
Theories of self-regulation suggest that illness beliefs can impact on wellbeing and adaptation and also influence a wide range of health related behaviours. This work is concerned with two particular illness beliefs in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), namely perceptions of cause and …
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Exploring the Impact That Service Users Have on the Psychological Wellbeing of Mental Health Support Workers
Despite contributing 33% of the adult mental health workforce, support workers have a dearth of academic research supporting them. Working in the field of mental health you are more likely to experience burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma. The effects of …
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Experiences of physical activity and exercise in cancer patients and survivors using Te Whare Tapa Whā
… post graduate students to increase exercise amongst a cancer community. METHODS: Data were collected through a literature review, one-on-one interviews and observations. Interviews consisted of semi-structured questions related to experiences of cancer, physical activity (PA), a cancer exercise …
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Speaking into the Abyss: An Exploratory Study of Academics’ Use of Educational Technology and its Impact on Practice.
This is a study of educational technology use in academic practice undertaken in an Irish Higher Education setting. Based on interviews with fifteen academics, the enquiry attempts to respond to Selwyn’s (2010) call for an increase in social scientific accounts of technology use which pay heed to …
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The wellbeing and social connectedness of older people in the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Maldives
… island developing states (SIDS) live within the context of a distinctive set of circumstances in terms of the unique geo-spatial characteristics of island nations, the typically small size and dispersed nature of populations, new and emerging environmental vulnerabilities, and associated threats …
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Evaluating How Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Interventions Affect the Wellbeing of Indigenous Communities in the North Rupununi, Guyana
Having its roots in computer science and information systems, the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in development has arguably been dominated by technocentric approaches, mainly concerned with describing and managing the mechanisms of technology diffusion and adoption. …
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Online peer support groups to combat digital addiction: acceptance factors, design features and guidelines.
… changes to human lives, made them more easily connected, and worked faster and more comfortably. However, technology also comes with hidden costs as its impact on wellbeing has become an area of concern. Certain relationships with technology exhibit symptoms of behavioural addiction. Online …