The Possible Effects on Bereavement of Assisted After-Death Communication during Readings with Psychic Mediums: A Continuing Bonds Perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Beischel ◽  
Chad Mosher ◽  
Mark Boccuzzi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Treatment Option ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Grief Counseling ◽  
Continuing Bonds ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Traumatic Grief ◽  
Ongoing Relationship ◽  
Exploratory Data ◽  
Grief Resolution

Unresolved, complicated, prolonged, or traumatic grief can have detrimental effects on mental and/or physical health. The effects of traditional grief counseling, with its focus on the client's acceptance of separation and integration of loss, are unclear. Within the model of continuing bonds, however, grief resolution includes an ongoing relationship between the living and the deceased. Spontaneous and induced experiences of after-death communication (ADC) have been shown to be beneficial in the resolution of grief by demonstrating these continued bonds. Presently, many bereaved individuals are experiencing assisted ADCs by receiving readings from psychic mediums and though little is known about the effects of this selfprescribed treatment option, anecdotal reports and exploratory data posit a positive outcome. This article aims to inform those who work with the bereaved about the relationships between grief, spontaneous, induced, and assisted ADC experiences, and the continuing bonds paradigm. Suggestions for future research are also included.

Role of Deceased Mentors in the Ongoing Lives of Protégés

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Marwit ◽  
Clayton Lessor
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Grief Counseling ◽  
Continuing Bonds ◽  
Values Clarification ◽  
Model Situation ◽  
Conceptual Changes ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Grief Resolution

Participants addressed questions relating to the role(s) that deceased mentors continue to play in their lives, if any. Three active roles, designated as role model, situation specific guidance, and values clarification emerged, along with one inactive role designated remembrance formation. Roles were evenly distributed among participants. Membership in role category appeared unrelated to participants' age, gender, relationship to mentor, length and timing of mentoring, degree of grief resolution, emotional stability, and a number of other potentially relevant variables. Findings are discussed in relation to Western theories of grief, the emerging literature on continuing bonds with the deceased, and implications for conceptual changes in the language and goals of grief therapy and grief counseling.

Toward a Grounded Theory of Student-Athlete Suffering and Dealing with Academic Corruption

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Kihl ◽  
Tim Richardson ◽  
Charles Campisi
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Academic Corruption ◽  
Dual Consciousness

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explain how student-athletes are affected by an instance of academic corruption. Using a grounded theory approach (Glaser & Strauss, 1967; Strauss & Corbin, 1998), multiple sources of data were collected and analyzed using the constant comparison method leading to theory generation. Findings revealed that student-athletes suffer three main consequences (negative treatment, sanctions, and a sense of loss) that lead to various harmful outcomes (e.g., distrust, embarrassment, dysfunctional relationships, stakeholder separation, anger, stress, and conflict). However, the consequences also created a positive outcome displayed through a dual consciousness of corruption (resiliency and empowerment). The results are compared with existing theoretical concepts and previous research associated with the outcomes of corruption. This theory adds to our knowledge of the nature of suffering experienced by student-athletes as a result of corruption and provides direction for future research and practice.

scholarly journals Microvascular decompression for tinnitus: systematic review

2017 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 1148-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenton Nash ◽  
Matthew L. Carlson ◽  
Jamie J. Van Gompel
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Microvascular Decompression ◽  
English Language ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Symptom Duration ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Preoperative Symptom ◽  
Operative Outcomes ◽  
Review Reports

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine operative outcomes in cases of microvascular decompression (MVD) of cranial nerve (CN) VIII for tinnitus through a critical review of the literature. METHODS Forty-three English-language articles were gathered from PubMed and analyzed. In this review, two different case types were distinguished: 1) tinnitus-only symptomatology, which was defined as a patient with tinnitus with or without sensorineural hearing loss; and 2) mixed symptomatology, which was defined as tinnitus with symptoms of other CN dysfunction. This review reports outcomes of those with tinnitus-only symptoms. RESULTS Forty-three tinnitus-only cases were found in the literature with a 60% positive outcome rate following MVD. Analysis revealed a 5-year cutoff of preoperative symptom duration before which a good outcome can be predicted with 78.6% sensitivity, and after which a poor outcome can be predicted with 80% specificity. CONCLUSIONS As the 60% success rate is more promising than several other therapeutic options open to the chronic tinnitus sufferer, future research into this field is warranted.

Compassion Fatigue: A Nurse’s Primer

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Lombardo ◽  
Caryl Eyre
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Workplace Environment

Most nurses enter the field of nursing with the intent to help others and provide empathetic care for patients with critical physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. Empathic and caring nurses, however, can become victims of the continuing stress of meeting the often overwhelming needs of patients and their families, resulting in compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue affects not only the nurse in terms of job satisfaction and emotional and physical health, but also the workplace environment by decreasing productivity and increasing turnover. We begin this article with a case study of a reactive nurse who did not seek help for her continuing stress. This is followed by a review of Watson’s theoretical perspective related to compassion fatigue. Next we delineate symptoms of, and describe interventions for addressing compassion fatigue. We conclude by presenting a case study of a proactive nurse who avoided developing compassion fatigue and a discussion of future research needed to better prevent and ameliorate compassion fatigue.

scholarly journals Physical monitoring and advice: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
Katharine Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cost Benefits ◽  
Cochrane Reviews ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
General Physical

SummaryIndividuals with severe mental illness have increased rates of physical health problems and reduced life expectancy. As a vulnerable population, they have been identified as needing increased physical health monitoring and treatment. The first of two Cochrane reviews considered here assessed the evidence for the benefit of monitoring but found no studies that could be included. The second reviewed the evidence for provision of general physical healthcare advice. Although the results were suggestive of benefit, the evidence, where available, was of poor quality. These reviews highlight an important area for future research to evaluate the relative health and cost benefits of different types of intervention.

Physical Health Promotion through Modern Technologies

2016 ◽  
pp. 889-907
Author(s):  
Sandul Yasobant
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Interactive Video ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Future Research Directions

Health promotion and the maintenance of the quality of life are realized recently. Advancement in technologies offer new possibilities for both the promotion of positive health behaviors that were unimaginable even a decade ago. Though promoting physical activity has been proven an important component of health promotion by many researchers, still a lot of efforts on how to improve physical activity being provided by group of researchers. Technology such as pedometers, accelerometers, and heart rate monitors have been used to promote physical activity for years. Newer technologies such as global positioning system (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), interactive video games, and persuasive technology, Internet-based physical activity interventions have been used recently to promote and change exercise behavior. This chapter seeks to provide a complete insight of technologies used to changing health behaviors especially physical health promotion and will take a forward to analyses all the issues while using these technologies and future research directions.

Does Love Matter to Infants' Health: Influence of Maternal Attachment Representations on Reports of Infant Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Scharfe ◽  
Nicole Black
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Maternal Attachment ◽  
Infant Temperament ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Attachment Representations ◽  
Third Trimester ◽  
Respiratory Systems ◽  
Considerable Support

Although there is considerable support for the influence of maternal attachment on children's development (see Gerhardt, 2015), this is one of the first studies to examine the effects of maternal prenatal reports of attachment representations with close others on reports of infants’ health. Mothers (N = 483) completed surveys to assess attachment and depression in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, infants’ health over the first 6 months, and depression and infant temperament when infants were 6 months old. We found that insecure mothers, as compared to secure mothers, were more likely to report that their infants experienced colic and illnesses associated with immune, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. It may be that secure mothers experience less anxiety associated with parenting and, as expected, were consistently found to report lower levels of infant illness symptoms. Alternatively, secure mothers would be expected to provide more consistent and responsive care compared to insecure mothers, which may also influence their infants’ physical health (see also Gerhardt, 2015). Future research needs to further explore this finding — do secure mothers simply perceive their infants to be healthier due to their own low anxiety or are infants of secure mothers healthier due to consistent and responsive care received?

scholarly journals Associations between self-rated physical Health and relationship satisfaction in couples with children

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205510292095952
Author(s):  
Katherine JW Baucom ◽  
Jill Giresi ◽  
Richard E Heyman ◽  
Amy M Smith Slep
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
General Health ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Processes ◽  
Individual Self

The degree to which individual self-rated physical health and concordance of self-rated physical health between partners are associated with relationship satisfaction was examined in a community sample of 399 couples with children. Couples completed self-report assessments of physical health (general health and physical functioning) and relationship satisfaction. Results suggest unique associations between partners’ general health and their own relationship satisfaction. Further, higher between-partner concordance in physical functioning was uniquely associated with higher relationship satisfaction in women. Understanding associations between health and relationship processes is crucial and has implications for future research on couple-based interventions to promote physical health.

scholarly journals Influence of Provider Communication on Emerging Adults’ Medication Cognitions and Provider Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-582
Author(s):  
Samantha A Carreon ◽  
Lindsay Durkin ◽  
W Hobart Davies ◽  
Rachel Neff Greenley
Keyword(s):  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Oral Antibiotic ◽  
Provider Communication ◽  
Medical Provider ◽  
Provider Satisfaction

Abstract Objective This study examined how the content of medical provider communication related to medication prescriptions influenced emerging adults’ (EA) medication-related cognitions and satisfaction with care. Methods In total, 257 EA (ages 18–25) were randomized to one of three audio vignettes depicting a medical appointment in which the EA imagined him/herself as the recipient of an oral antibiotic prescription. Provider communication content varied by vignette as follows: the positive outcome expectancy (POE) vignette focused on enhancing patient POE related to antibiotic use; the negative outcome expectancy (NOE) vignette focused on reducing patient NOE; and the standard care vignette focused on providing factual medication information. Following the vignette, participants self-reported on demographics, select medication-related cognitions, and provider satisfaction from vignette. Results Those in the NOE vignette condition reported higher provider satisfaction, perceived the provider to have given more information, and evidenced lower NOE and higher POE about the antibiotic compared with those in the other conditions. Intent to adhere did not vary by vignette condition. Conclusions Brief, provider-initiated communication focused on reducing patient NOE may have unique value in altering EA’s medication-related cognitions. Given that medication-related beliefs are known correlates of adherence, future research should replicate and expand these findings in the context of real-world medical encounters and through the utilization of objective indices of medication adherence to more fully understand the potential significance of provider language emphasizing reduction of NOE on medication adherence.

Vicarious Family Health Strain and Juvenile Delinquency

2019 ◽  
pp. 0044118X1985976
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Grosholz ◽  
Deena A. Isom Scott ◽  
Daniel C. Semenza ◽  
Alexandra M. Fleck
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Juvenile Offending ◽  
Youth Behavior ◽  
Crime And Delinquency

Research finds that vicarious strain significantly predicts juvenile delinquency. However, no studies have examined the influence of vicarious health strain on youth behavior despite the fact that when individuals directly experience poor health, there is a greater likelihood of crime and delinquency. Using a sample of youth from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN) data, we assess the associations between vicarious family health strain (both mental and physical) and juvenile delinquency. We find that vicarious physical health strain is not associated with juvenile delinquency. However, vicarious mental health strain is significantly associated with violent juvenile offending. Based on the results, we highlight various avenues for future research that continues to investigate the link between health and crime.

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