Objectives:Suicidal ideation(SI)among university students is a growing concern,influenced by anxiety,depression,and bullying.However,family closeness and peer support may act as protective factors,reducing the risk of...Objectives:Suicidal ideation(SI)among university students is a growing concern,influenced by anxiety,depression,and bullying.However,family closeness and peer support may act as protective factors,reducing the risk of SI.Therefore,this study aims to investigate the key factors influencing SI among university students,focusing on the effects of anxiety,depression,and bullying,along with the roles of family closeness and peer support.The research also explores the interactions and mechanisms between these variables.Methods:A sample of 318 university students was surveyed,evaluating six main factors:anxiety,depression,bullying,family closeness,peer support,and SI.Using the Structural Equation Modeling(SEM)and Artificial Neural Networks(ANN)approach,both compensatory and non-compensatory relationships were examined.Results:Anxiety,depression,and bullying significantly contribute to SI,with depression mediating the link between anxiety,bullying,and SI.Additionally,family closeness moderates the effects of anxiety and bullying on SI,while peer supportmoderates the effects of depression and bullying.Themultilayer perceptron analysis identifies peer support as the most influential predictor,followed by bullying,family closeness,depression,and anxiety.Conclusion:The study identifies anxiety,depression,and bullying as key factors influencing suicidal ideation(SI)among university students.Family closeness and peer support act as protective factors,moderating the effects of these variables on SI.展开更多
To the editor:Peer workers-people with personal experiences of using mental health services,trained to provide support to others currently using similar services--are increasingly integrated into the workforce of ment...To the editor:Peer workers-people with personal experiences of using mental health services,trained to provide support to others currently using similar services--are increasingly integrated into the workforce of mental health systems internationally.展开更多
This retrospective cohort study from Rwanda demonstrated the likelihood of maternal disclosure and peer support in preventing mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)transmission.High sustained maternal viral...This retrospective cohort study from Rwanda demonstrated the likelihood of maternal disclosure and peer support in preventing mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)transmission.High sustained maternal viral load suppression(91.0%)and exceptional infant testing uptake(100%at 6 weeks)correlated with a low 0.7%infant HIV incidence.To eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV,effective strategies must engage male partners in disclosure,reduce stigma,improve health literacy,and provide structural peer-support for enhancing adherence and mental health.展开更多
This study explored how mental health professionals collaborate with peer supporters with mental disabilities in a community mental health institution.From January 19 to February 23,2021,three 60 min interviews were c...This study explored how mental health professionals collaborate with peer supporters with mental disabilities in a community mental health institution.From January 19 to February 23,2021,three 60 min interviews were conducted with six mental health professionals working at a Korean community center.The results were qualitatively analyzed and divided into four themes and eight categories.The four themes were the perceptions of and challenges in working with peer supporters with mental disabilities,conflict and confusion about working with peer supporters,forming partnerships with peer supporters,and policy support for peer supporters’job security.Participants reported vague anxiety about working with a peer supporter and difficulties with the trial-and-error process of adjusting to the role as challenging.Over time,however,they realized that they needed to make an effort to develop meaningful relationships with peer supporters and mental health professionals.Thus,through this study,we realized that there was a need to improve the system,such as building infrastructure for job stability for peer support workers and capacity building tailored to the mental disorders.Although peer supporters play various roles while working with mental health professionals,this study showed the possibility of mutual growth through communication and cooperation.These findings will help prepare systems necessary for collaboration between the two teams amidst the increasing institutionalization of peer support for mental disorders.展开更多
Objective: This study aims to explore the effect of peer support in improving self-efficacy of rural patients with type 2 diabetes and the application of drugs to reduce the pain from diabetes. Methods: Patients with ...Objective: This study aims to explore the effect of peer support in improving self-efficacy of rural patients with type 2 diabetes and the application of drugs to reduce the pain from diabetes. Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes in the rural area were selected and they were divided into the peer group and control group with voluntary. The patients in peer support group applied six kinds of activity patterns, while the control group was carried out with routine activities. Results: Comparison indexes for the two groups are mastering degree of related knowledge to diabetes, control compliance rate of indicators related to diabetes, and management of diabetes self-efficacy. Comparing with the control group, indexes in peer support group were significantly increased (P < 0.01). Meanwhile, in the table of diabetes distress, 17 items have been improved and the occurrence rate of painful diabetic decreased significantly (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Peer support can improve the rural patients’ self-efficacy of type 2 diabetes and decrease patients’ pain from type 2 diabetes mellitus.展开更多
Psychosocial barriers for people with an enterostomy remain a huge challenge for the health system.Recent research findings have shown that peer support has a significant effect on the psychological support of patient...Psychosocial barriers for people with an enterostomy remain a huge challenge for the health system.Recent research findings have shown that peer support has a significant effect on the psychological support of patients undergoing permanent enterostomies.This paper explores the current state of research on peer support for patients with an intestinal stoma through a literature review approach to provide scientific evidence for researchers,clinicians,and policy makers in this field.The findings suggest that the innovative use of peer support in psychological interventions for colorectal cancer stoma patients can provide them with knowledge skills,resource information,emotional support,and assessment support,which can help to facilitate the adaptation of stoma patients to their role,improve their ability to manage their stoma and ensure their physical and psychological well-being.展开更多
BACKGROUND: The inclusion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) in formal education has been a useful approach to providing basic life support(BLS) services. However, because not all students have been able to learn d...BACKGROUND: The inclusion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) in formal education has been a useful approach to providing basic life support(BLS) services. However, because not all students have been able to learn directly from certified instructors, we studied the educational efficacy of the use of peer-assisted learning(PAL) to train high-school students to perform BLS services.METHODS: This study consisted of 187 high-school students: 68 participants served as a control group and received a 1-hour BLS training from a school nurse, and 119 were included in a PAL group and received a 1-hour CPR training from a PAL leader. Participants' BLS training was preceded by the completion of questionnaires regarding their background. Three months after the training, the participants were asked to respond to questionnaires about their willingness to perform CPR on bystander CPR and their retention of knowledge of BLS.RESULTS: We found no statistically significant difference between the control and PAL groups in their willingness to perform CPR on bystanders(control: 55.2%, PAL: 64.7%, P=0.202). The PAL group was not significantly different from the control group(control: 60.78±39.77, PAL: 61.76±17.80, P=0.848) in retention of knowledge about BLS services.CONCLUSION: In educating high school students about BLS, there was no significant difference between PAL and traditional education in increasing the willingness to provide CPR to bystanders or the ability to retain knowledge about BLS.展开更多
Background:Adolescents are highly vulnerable to depressive symptoms worldwide partially because of limited social supports.However,it still remains largely unknown regarding the associations between social support(s)a...Background:Adolescents are highly vulnerable to depressive symptoms worldwide partially because of limited social supports.However,it still remains largely unknown regarding the associations between social support(s)and depressive symptoms among adolescents living in low-and middle-income countries(LMICs).The aim of this study aimed to explore the associations between different types of social support and depressive symptoms in adolescents from LMICs.Methods:Data were retrieved from the Global School-based Health Survey(GSHS)in which 92,551 adolescents(50.6%females)were included with mean of 15.6 years.Depressive symptoms in the past one month as the dependent variable were measured in combination with social support(was measured by“During the past 30 days,how often were most of the students in your school kind and helpful?”).Multivariable logistic regression and meta-analysis of country-wise estimates were performed to investigate the associations between social support and depressive symptoms,and the heterogeneity of the associations across the countries,respectively.Results:The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.9%of adolescents from LMICs.Peer support and parental connectedness were two major factors that were significantly associated with depression symptoms in adolescents.However,the associations of peer support and parental connectedness with depressive symptoms were significant in males and females,respectively.The country-wise analysis indicated that varied inconsistency(small to large)across the associations of peer support and parental connectedness with depressive symptoms in adolescents.Conclusion:Results in this study provides multi-national evidence of the protective roles of social support against depressive symptoms among adolescents.However,the association between social support and depression symptoms may be moderated by sex and types of social support.Although we found that social sup-port may be an important protective factor against depressive symptoms in adolescents from LMICs,specifically designed interventions should be implemented based on sex difference and country difference.展开更多
Nevertheless parents often fall into depression,anxiety,and stress because of their children’s school refusal which hinders their children’s school reentry on the contrary,they still play primary and critical roles ...Nevertheless parents often fall into depression,anxiety,and stress because of their children’s school refusal which hinders their children’s school reentry on the contrary,they still play primary and critical roles in the school reentry process of school-refusing adolescents.This study aimed to provide targeted psychological support to 274 parents of school-refusing adolescents through an action research through four action cycles.Based on parental needs and cutting-edge research,we underwent four cycles from top-down expert support to peer support for parents of school-refusing adolescents,from intervening in the families of school-refusing adolescents to intervening in the social-ecological system in which these families live,from a single discipline to interdisciplinary exploration,and emphasizing the postmodern psychological philosophy that emphasizes local knowledge.The results are:(1)a warm and peer-support internet we-chat group was established,(2)multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective psychological support and systems with different programs for these parents are figuring out,(3)a more comprehensive social atmosphere without stigmatization are for the phenomenon of school attendance problem are come into being,step by step.展开更多
文摘Objectives:Suicidal ideation(SI)among university students is a growing concern,influenced by anxiety,depression,and bullying.However,family closeness and peer support may act as protective factors,reducing the risk of SI.Therefore,this study aims to investigate the key factors influencing SI among university students,focusing on the effects of anxiety,depression,and bullying,along with the roles of family closeness and peer support.The research also explores the interactions and mechanisms between these variables.Methods:A sample of 318 university students was surveyed,evaluating six main factors:anxiety,depression,bullying,family closeness,peer support,and SI.Using the Structural Equation Modeling(SEM)and Artificial Neural Networks(ANN)approach,both compensatory and non-compensatory relationships were examined.Results:Anxiety,depression,and bullying significantly contribute to SI,with depression mediating the link between anxiety,bullying,and SI.Additionally,family closeness moderates the effects of anxiety and bullying on SI,while peer supportmoderates the effects of depression and bullying.Themultilayer perceptron analysis identifies peer support as the most influential predictor,followed by bullying,family closeness,depression,and anxiety.Conclusion:The study identifies anxiety,depression,and bullying as key factors influencing suicidal ideation(SI)among university students.Family closeness and peer support act as protective factors,moderating the effects of these variables on SI.
基金funded by National Institute for Health Research(NIHR)(RP-PG-1212-20019)。
文摘To the editor:Peer workers-people with personal experiences of using mental health services,trained to provide support to others currently using similar services--are increasingly integrated into the workforce of mental health systems internationally.
文摘This retrospective cohort study from Rwanda demonstrated the likelihood of maternal disclosure and peer support in preventing mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)transmission.High sustained maternal viral load suppression(91.0%)and exceptional infant testing uptake(100%at 6 weeks)correlated with a low 0.7%infant HIV incidence.To eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV,effective strategies must engage male partners in disclosure,reduce stigma,improve health literacy,and provide structural peer-support for enhancing adherence and mental health.
基金supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(2019R1F1A1A0057735).
文摘This study explored how mental health professionals collaborate with peer supporters with mental disabilities in a community mental health institution.From January 19 to February 23,2021,three 60 min interviews were conducted with six mental health professionals working at a Korean community center.The results were qualitatively analyzed and divided into four themes and eight categories.The four themes were the perceptions of and challenges in working with peer supporters with mental disabilities,conflict and confusion about working with peer supporters,forming partnerships with peer supporters,and policy support for peer supporters’job security.Participants reported vague anxiety about working with a peer supporter and difficulties with the trial-and-error process of adjusting to the role as challenging.Over time,however,they realized that they needed to make an effort to develop meaningful relationships with peer supporters and mental health professionals.Thus,through this study,we realized that there was a need to improve the system,such as building infrastructure for job stability for peer support workers and capacity building tailored to the mental disorders.Although peer supporters play various roles while working with mental health professionals,this study showed the possibility of mutual growth through communication and cooperation.These findings will help prepare systems necessary for collaboration between the two teams amidst the increasing institutionalization of peer support for mental disorders.
文摘Objective: This study aims to explore the effect of peer support in improving self-efficacy of rural patients with type 2 diabetes and the application of drugs to reduce the pain from diabetes. Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes in the rural area were selected and they were divided into the peer group and control group with voluntary. The patients in peer support group applied six kinds of activity patterns, while the control group was carried out with routine activities. Results: Comparison indexes for the two groups are mastering degree of related knowledge to diabetes, control compliance rate of indicators related to diabetes, and management of diabetes self-efficacy. Comparing with the control group, indexes in peer support group were significantly increased (P < 0.01). Meanwhile, in the table of diabetes distress, 17 items have been improved and the occurrence rate of painful diabetic decreased significantly (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Peer support can improve the rural patients’ self-efficacy of type 2 diabetes and decrease patients’ pain from type 2 diabetes mellitus.
基金This research was funded by the Youth Science Foundation Project of the National Natural Science Foundation(CN)(81603565)the Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Tianjin(CN)(2020YJSS179)the Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(CN)(YJSKC-20201030).
文摘Psychosocial barriers for people with an enterostomy remain a huge challenge for the health system.Recent research findings have shown that peer support has a significant effect on the psychological support of patients undergoing permanent enterostomies.This paper explores the current state of research on peer support for patients with an intestinal stoma through a literature review approach to provide scientific evidence for researchers,clinicians,and policy makers in this field.The findings suggest that the innovative use of peer support in psychological interventions for colorectal cancer stoma patients can provide them with knowledge skills,resource information,emotional support,and assessment support,which can help to facilitate the adaptation of stoma patients to their role,improve their ability to manage their stoma and ensure their physical and psychological well-being.
文摘BACKGROUND: The inclusion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) in formal education has been a useful approach to providing basic life support(BLS) services. However, because not all students have been able to learn directly from certified instructors, we studied the educational efficacy of the use of peer-assisted learning(PAL) to train high-school students to perform BLS services.METHODS: This study consisted of 187 high-school students: 68 participants served as a control group and received a 1-hour BLS training from a school nurse, and 119 were included in a PAL group and received a 1-hour CPR training from a PAL leader. Participants' BLS training was preceded by the completion of questionnaires regarding their background. Three months after the training, the participants were asked to respond to questionnaires about their willingness to perform CPR on bystander CPR and their retention of knowledge of BLS.RESULTS: We found no statistically significant difference between the control and PAL groups in their willingness to perform CPR on bystanders(control: 55.2%, PAL: 64.7%, P=0.202). The PAL group was not significantly different from the control group(control: 60.78±39.77, PAL: 61.76±17.80, P=0.848) in retention of knowledge about BLS services.CONCLUSION: In educating high school students about BLS, there was no significant difference between PAL and traditional education in increasing the willingness to provide CPR to bystanders or the ability to retain knowledge about BLS.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871115).
文摘Background:Adolescents are highly vulnerable to depressive symptoms worldwide partially because of limited social supports.However,it still remains largely unknown regarding the associations between social support(s)and depressive symptoms among adolescents living in low-and middle-income countries(LMICs).The aim of this study aimed to explore the associations between different types of social support and depressive symptoms in adolescents from LMICs.Methods:Data were retrieved from the Global School-based Health Survey(GSHS)in which 92,551 adolescents(50.6%females)were included with mean of 15.6 years.Depressive symptoms in the past one month as the dependent variable were measured in combination with social support(was measured by“During the past 30 days,how often were most of the students in your school kind and helpful?”).Multivariable logistic regression and meta-analysis of country-wise estimates were performed to investigate the associations between social support and depressive symptoms,and the heterogeneity of the associations across the countries,respectively.Results:The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.9%of adolescents from LMICs.Peer support and parental connectedness were two major factors that were significantly associated with depression symptoms in adolescents.However,the associations of peer support and parental connectedness with depressive symptoms were significant in males and females,respectively.The country-wise analysis indicated that varied inconsistency(small to large)across the associations of peer support and parental connectedness with depressive symptoms in adolescents.Conclusion:Results in this study provides multi-national evidence of the protective roles of social support against depressive symptoms among adolescents.However,the association between social support and depression symptoms may be moderated by sex and types of social support.Although we found that social sup-port may be an important protective factor against depressive symptoms in adolescents from LMICs,specifically designed interventions should be implemented based on sex difference and country difference.
基金funded by Outstanding Young Talents Project of the 2022 Beijing Municipal University Teacher Team Construction Support Plan“Interdisciplinary Ecological Intervention on School Attendance of young people”,grant number BPHR202203224Beijing Union University High Level Incubation Project“exploration on the path of’accompanying intervention’for adolescents with school attendance difficulties”,grant number SK20202303+1 种基金Beijing Union University High-quality Development for the Capital Project“School-Family-Community Collaborative Education Mechanism Research in Beijing”,grant number SK30202303China Preschool Education Research Association Project“an Action Research of Children’s Social Emotional Ability Curriculum Development and Implementation”,grant number K20210195.This research was funded by them.
文摘Nevertheless parents often fall into depression,anxiety,and stress because of their children’s school refusal which hinders their children’s school reentry on the contrary,they still play primary and critical roles in the school reentry process of school-refusing adolescents.This study aimed to provide targeted psychological support to 274 parents of school-refusing adolescents through an action research through four action cycles.Based on parental needs and cutting-edge research,we underwent four cycles from top-down expert support to peer support for parents of school-refusing adolescents,from intervening in the families of school-refusing adolescents to intervening in the social-ecological system in which these families live,from a single discipline to interdisciplinary exploration,and emphasizing the postmodern psychological philosophy that emphasizes local knowledge.The results are:(1)a warm and peer-support internet we-chat group was established,(2)multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective psychological support and systems with different programs for these parents are figuring out,(3)a more comprehensive social atmosphere without stigmatization are for the phenomenon of school attendance problem are come into being,step by step.
