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Medicine, General & Internal
Eldre Wiida Beukes, Alyssa Jade Ulep, Gerhard Andersson, Vinaya Manchaiah
Summary: This study aimed to identify the effects of tinnitus on significant others (SOs). The results showed that tinnitus had negative impacts on most SOs, including sound adjustments, activity limitations, additional demands, emotional toll, and helplessness. However, some SOs also reported positive effects, such as positive lifestyle adaptions, personal development, health awareness, and a changed outlook. There was no direct association between the severity of tinnitus and the impact on SOs or their positive experiences.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
N. E. R. I. L. E. E. HING, A. L. E. X. M. T. RUSSELL, M. A. T. T. H. E. W. BROWNE, M. A. T. T. H. E. W. ROCKLOFF, C. A. T. H. E. R. I. N. E. TULLOCH, V. I. J. A. Y. RAWAT, N. A. N. C. Y. GREER, N. I. C. K. I. A. DOWLING, S. T. E. P. H. A. N. I. E. S. MERKOURIS, D. A. N. I. E. L. L. KING, M. A. T. T. H. E. W. STEVENS, A. N. N. E. H. SALONEN, H. E. L. E. N. BREEN, L. I. N. D. A. WOO
Summary: This study provides the first national prevalence estimates of concerned significant others (CSOs) harmed by gambling in Australia. The findings indicate that emotional harm is the most commonly reported type of harm experienced by CSOs, and former partners report the most harm. Female CSOs are more likely to report more harm and being harmed by a partner or other family member, while male CSOs are harmed by non-family members.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Elise Marriott, James Stacey, Olivia Mary Hewitt, Nienke E. Verkuijl
Summary: This study is the first to investigate the experiences of parents of autistic children who have significant autistic traits themselves. The findings suggest that these parents face difficulties with parental mental health and navigating professional services, while the interaction between parental and child autistic traits plays a significant role in parenting. The study highlights the need for adequately funded, tailored, and accessible services for these families.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Elizabeth Flannery, Elizabeth Halcomb, Kath Peters, Gillian Murphy, Lucie M. Ramjan
Summary: This integrative literature review explored the experiences of significant others supporting a patient with severe burn injury in the hospital. The review found that significant others experience adverse psychological consequences such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression. The burn injury also leads to a redefinition of relationships and significant others adapt to stressors by taking control and seeking greater involvement in the patient's care.
AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura Bottel, Bert Theodor te Wildt, Matthias Brand, Magdalena Pape, Stephan Herpertz, Jan Dieris-Hirche
Summary: Internet use disorder presents a growing problem worldwide, with many affected individuals and concerned significant others not reaching the healthcare system. A telemedicine counseling service was created to provide support and connect these individuals to local healthcare, resulting in over 40% of participants entering the healthcare system. Consistency between telemedicine consultations and local treatment location greatly increased the likelihood of participants seeking local healthcare.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Christiane Volter, Kirsten Oberlander, Sophie Mertens, Fabian T. Ramseyer
Summary: This study analyzed the nonverbal synchrony and communication between individuals with hearing impairment and their significant others, and found that partners with longer duration of impairment took on a more leading role in communication, while hearing-impaired individuals who felt more closeness took on a more leading role. The study also revealed a correlation between relationship closeness and burden experienced by significant others.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lena Bjerkmo, Ann Karin Helgesen, Bodil H. Blix
Summary: This study aims to explore how significant others experience their role in being "significant" to older adults living alone with frailty in rural Arctic areas. Through thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with ten significant others identified by older adults, the study identified two main themes and five subthemes. These themes revolve around the continuous balancing act that significant others engage in, considering the older adult's life situation, their own life, and the rural Arctic context. The study highlights the importance of understanding frailty as both a bodily and relational phenomenon influenced by materialities and situated context.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND HEALTHCARE POLICY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Pia von Terzi, Stefan Tretter, Alarith Uhde, Marc Hassenzahl, Sarah Diefenbach
Summary: This research highlights the significant impact of social context, particularly in public settings, on technology experiences and the fulfillment of social needs. Findings also indicate that participants experience less positive affect when imagining interactions without others present, emphasizing the importance of social dynamics in technology use.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Social
T. Ryan Byerly, Peter C. Hill, Keith J. Edwards
Summary: This study demonstrates that prioritizing others' interests over one's own may be a uniquely positive, virtuous tendency that contributes more to well-being compared to unmitigated communion and high other-focus.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan Haaker, Lorenzo Diaz-Mataix, Gemma Guillazo-Blanch, Sara A. Stark, Lea Kern, Joseph E. LeDoux, Andreas Olsson
Summary: Research shows that observing others' threat responses can reinstate previously learned and extinguished threat responses in the observer, suggesting that observational threat information can interact with one's associative memories shaped by direct experiences.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Ateka A. Contractor, Nicole H. Weiss, Shannon R. Forkus, Fallon Keegan
Summary: This study reviewed empirically validated PTSD interventions and found that positive memories, emotions, and cognitions were addressed in some of the interventions, but not emphasized as a primary focus. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing had the most comprehensive focus on positive internal experiences.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Elin-Sofie Forsgarde, Mattias Roost, Anders Svensson, Bengt Fridlund, Carina Elmqvist
Summary: This study reveals that support in decision-making for older patients in acute situations is influenced by knowledge of temporality, and relies on pre-existing mutual interpersonal support as well as confidence developed through relational, caring, and medical competence.
Article
Sociology
Bastian Becker
Summary: While individual income is known to influence redistributive preferences, this paper argues that group income, particularly based on characteristics determined at birth, can also have a significant impact. Analyses of US survey data from 1978 to 2014 suggest that high group incomes can lead individuals to oppose redistribution, even if they are currently poor, with effects exceeding those of individual income by more than three times in magnitude.
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Vivian Woodfin, Aslak Hjeltnes, Per-Einar Binder
Summary: This study explored how individuals with perfectionism understand the relationship between painful experiences and their interactions with others. The findings revealed four themes which were grouped into two overarching themes, highlighting the importance of taking responsibility and social distancing for perfectionistic individuals in response to relational events. These findings provide greater complexity to understanding perfectionism as a barrier to treatment.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mary-Grace Nakate, Sean Mackay, Eunice Ndirangu-Mugo, Valerie Fleming
Summary: This study found that the COVID-19 pandemic increased barriers to accessing healthcare services in the region. Participants' narratives emphasised the lack of access to expert care and the shortage of skilled health workers, especially midwives.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2022)
