scholarly journals “It's Been Negative for us Just all the Way Across the Board”: Focus Group Study Exploring Parent Perceptions of Child Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

10.2196/29411 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber J Hammons ◽  
Elizabeth Villegas ◽  
Ryan Robart
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Parent Perceptions ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
The Way

Sexual Feelings Toward Clients in the Psychotherapeutic Relationship: The Taboo Revealed

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232199065
Author(s):  
Lara Vesentini ◽  
Hubert Van Puyenbroeck ◽  
Dirk De Wachter ◽  
Frieda Matthys ◽  
Johan Bilsen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Safe Environment ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Relationship ◽  
Sexual Feelings ◽  
The Way

Talking about sexual feelings toward clients is still difficult for many mental health professionals. This is unfortunate, because exploring and talking about these feelings with peers (especially senior ones) or supervisors can help professionals to recognize, acknowledge, accept, and handle these feelings well. This focus group study explores the various factors that contribute to psychotherapists’ hesitancy to talk about these feelings. The analysis revealed two important impeding factors: the psychotherapists felt discomfortable and a safe environment was lacking. Young, less experienced psychotherapists and psychiatrists seemed to be most vulnerable. Furthermore, more profound sexual feelings were “disguised” in some cases by using a more acceptable narrative, such as “ intimate feelings,” which possibly also impeded acknowledgment and discussion of these feelings. These insights might help to open up the way for psychotherapists to explore and come forward with their sexual feelings and experiences.

scholarly journals “It's Been Negative for Us Just All the Way Across the Board”: Focus Group Study Exploring Parent Perceptions of Child Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber J Hammons ◽  
Elizabeth Villegas ◽  
Ryan Robart
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Family Routines ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Regular Family

BACKGROUND Child screen time (ST) has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and restrictions have forced changes to regular family routines. It is important to investigate how families are navigating ST. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore families’ experiences of ST during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Virtual focus group sessions were conducted between December 2020 and February 2021 in English and Spanish. Transcripts were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. RESULTS In total, 48 parents (predominantly Hispanic) residing in California participated in 1 of 14 focus group sessions. Children were attending school remotely at the time of the study. A total of 6 themes and 1 subtheme were identified: (1) total ST has increased; (2) children are too attached to screens; (3) ST has advantages and disadvantages but parents perceive ST as mostly negative; (4) parents and children have limited options; (5) ST restrictions (subtheme: children react negatively when ST is restricted); and (6) parents are concerned that children are not getting enough exercise. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a cross-sectional insight into how family life has changed with regard to ST during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents expressed concerns about total ST, the addictive nature of it, and lack of physical activity. It is important that future studies examine the long-term effects of heavy ST and preemptively introduce ways to redirect children’s ST habits as the country attempts to establish a new normal.

scholarly journals Preferences regarding the way of use and design of a work ability prognosis support tool: a focus group study among professionals

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilse Louwerse ◽  
Maaike A. Huysmans ◽  
Jolanda H. J. van Rijssen ◽  
Joyce Overvliet ◽  
Allard J. van der Beek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Work Ability ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
The Way

scholarly journals Elementary School Teachers in Neoliberal Times: The Silent Voices That Make Educational Policies Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Carmen Helena Guerrero-Nieto ◽  
Alvaro Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
National Government ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Partial Report ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
The Way

This paper aims at showing how a bottom-up approach of the study of educational policies can shed some light on how elementary school teachers deal with educational policies to make them work. This is a partial report on a larger focus group study conducted in Bogotá, Colombia, where a group of elementary school teachers shared their opinions about educational policies. The data collected allowed us to see that teachers take actions, have their own perspectives about policies, and feel negatively treated by the national government, which give way to three categories: Teachers’ Micro-Practices, Clashing Visions About Education, and Mistreatment. We conclude that despite the pervasiveness of neoliberalism in education, which teachers are very aware of, they find ways to make policies work while being critical of the way these are designed and implemented.

Latina Adolescents' Plans, Barriers, and Supports: A Focus Group Study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen H. McWhirter ◽  
Marina Valdez ◽  
Alisia R. Caban ◽  
Christina L. Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Latina Adolescents

Parental perspective about paediatric vaccination : a focus group study in Brussels

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
I Castroviejo Fernández ◽  
S Jourdain ◽  
N Kacenelenbogen ◽  
PR Smeesters
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Study
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