scholarly journals The Multiple Dimensions of Family Meals and Their Associations with Family Strengths from the Perspective of Korean Mothers with School-Aged Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-183
Author(s):  
Eun-Joo Kim ◽  
Jaerim Lee
Keyword(s):  
Family Meals ◽  
Family Rituals ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Family Strengths ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Korean Mothers ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Korean Families ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Related Stress

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between family meals and family strengths (cohesion and flexibility) in Korean families with school-aged children. We focused on five dimensions of family meals: frequency, family rituals, communication, rules and roles, and perceptions. Our data came from 619 mothers who were married with at least one child in elementary school. Our multiple regression analyses showed that mothers reported higher levels of both cohesion and flexibility when they gave a higher priority to family meals, made family meals a ritual, had conversations on diverse topics during family meals, or experienced lower levels of meal-related stress. In addition, higher levels of family flexibility were found when a family had more structured rules related to family meals and the father more regularly participated in meal-related housework. This study contributes to the literature by understanding the roles of family meals from a multidimensional perspective.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health among Armenian Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 4055
Author(s):  
Armen A. Torchyan ◽  
Hans Bosma
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Nationally Representative

We aimed to study the hypothesis of socioeconomic equalization in health among Armenian adolescents participating in the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children 2013/14 survey. Classes corresponding to the ages 11, 13, and 15 were selected using a clustered sampling design. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used. In a nationally representative sample of 3679 students, adolescents with a low family socioeconomic position (SEP) had greater odds of reporting less than good health (odds ratio (OR) = 2.81, 95% CI = 2.25–3.51), low psychosocial well-being (OR = 1.94, 95% CI = 1.44–2.61), or psychosomatic symptoms (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.07–1.56). Low levels of material well-being were associated with a higher likelihood of reporting less than good health (OR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.06–1.65) or low psychosocial well-being (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.04–1.54). The presence of both risk factors had a synergistic effect on having low psychosocial well-being (P-interaction = 0.031). Refuting the equalization hypothesis, our results indicate that low SEP might be strongly related to adolescent health in middle-income countries such as Armenia. Low material well-being also proved important, and, for further research, we hypothesized an association via decreased peer social status and compromised popularity.

Dimensions of Product Similarity in Design by Analogy: An Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaninder Singh Gill ◽  
Arnold N. Tsoka ◽  
Chiradeep Sen
Keyword(s):  
Material Flow ◽  
Energy Flow ◽  
User Study ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Computational Support ◽  
Mechanical Products ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
Design By Analogy

Abstract This paper explores dimensions of similarity in analogy-based design through a user study. Analogy is used in design to help designers use knowledge that exists between and across domains in order to solve design problems at hand. The five dimensions of similarity that were explored in this paper are: function, form, energy flow, material flow, and motion. Fifty student volunteers, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, were given electro-mechanical products that are to be designed, and were asked to select, from a set of options, other products that they considered could be useful references for their task, if those options were offered by a hypothetical design-by-analogy web-service. In their response, they were also asked to identify the dimensions along which they found their preferred reference products to be similar to the design product. It was observed that participants selected products based on similarity along multiple dimensions of analogy. Function-based similarity was the most dominant trait, followed by energy, motion, material, and form. The results from this study will help to design more elaborate studies that will inform the design of computational support algorithms that will aid designers by recommending analogous solutions to help with solution search and ideation.

scholarly journals How Does Positive Work-Related Stress Affect the Degree of Innovation Development?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gema Albort-Morant ◽  
Antonio Ariza-Montes ◽  
Antonio Leal-Rodríguez ◽  
Gabriele Giorgi
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Positive Work ◽  
Degree Of Innovation

Many studies sustain that work-related stress exerts pervasive consequences on the employees’ levels of performance, productivity, and wellbeing. However, it remains unclear whether certain levels of stress might lead to positive outcomes regarding employees’ innovativeness. Hence, this paper examines how the five dimensions of work-related stress impact on the employees’ levels of innovation performance. To this aim, this study focused on a sample of 1487 employees from six Italian companies. To test the research hypotheses under assessment, we relied on the use of the partial least squares (PLS) technique. Our results reveal that, in summary, the stressors job autonomy, job demands, and role ambiguity exert a positive and significant impact on the employees’ levels of innovativeness. However, this study failed to find evidence that the supervisors’ support–innovation and colleagues’ support–innovation links are not statistically significant.

Jumping around and leaving things out: A profile of the narrative abilities of children with specific language impairment

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Elisabeth Miranda ◽  
Allyssa McCabe ◽  
Lynn S. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Discourse Coherence ◽  
Heavy Burden ◽  
Event Sequencing ◽  
Experimental Group

ABSTRACTThis article investigates the discourse coherence of school-aged children with specific language impairment (SLI). The following dimensions of discourse are analyzed: topic maintenance, event sequencing, explicitness (including referencing), conjunctive cohesion, and fluency. The personal narratives of the children in the experimental group were compared with those produced by two groups of children with normal language development, one group matched by chronological age and the other matched by language level. The narratives of the children with SLI were significantly impaired compared with both control groups with respect to all five dimensions of narration, although impairment was far more pronounced for topic maintenance, event sequencing, and implicitness than it was for conjunctive cohesion or fluency. The former serious impairments place a heavy burden on listeners. Theoretical and clinical implications of the results are discussed.

Exploring Whether Talking With Parents, Siblings, and Friends Moderates the Association Between Peer Victimization and Adverse Psychosocial Outcomes

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626051989843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Sung Hong ◽  
Saijun Zhang ◽  
A. Antonio Gonzalez-Prendes ◽  
Maha Albdour
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Bivariate Logistic Regression

The purpose of this study is to explore whether talking with parents, siblings, and friends will moderate the association between peer victimization and adverse outcomes (internalizing problems, alcohol/tobacco use, and delinquent friend affiliation). Data were derived from the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children, 2009 to 2010 cohort study in the United States ( n = 12,642). Bivariate, logistic regression and ordinal least squares regression analyses were conducted. Peer victimization was found to be associated with all the adverse outcomes. Although ease of talking with parents had a lower likelihood of alcohol/tobacco use, it increased alcohol/tobacco risk when peer victimization increased. Ease of talking with friends showed a higher likelihood of alcohol/tobacco use, but the likelihood was lower when peer victimization increased. Ease of talking with parents and ease of talking with friends both lowered the likelihood of delinquent friend affiliation; however, ease of talking with parents increased the risk of delinquent friend affiliation when peer victimization increased. Moreover, ease of talking with friends decreased the risk of internalizing problems, although it increased the risk of such behaviors when peer victimization increased. Talking with siblings did not buffer the association between peer victimization and adverse outcomes. Implications for practice are also discussed.

School-day Classroom-based Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-471
Author(s):  
Hannah G. Calvert ◽  
Lindsey Turner
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Mixed Effects ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Percent Time ◽  
School Day ◽  
Sedentary Bouts

Objective: Many school-aged children do not meet the daily minimum recommendations for accruing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and spend much of their day sedentary. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of teacher-delivered classroom-based physical activity (CBPA) on students' MVPA and sedentary behaviors. Methods: Participants included 157 students across 7 classrooms and 500 student-days of observation. Students wore accelerometers for one week during fall of 2017, and teachers recorded their CBPA offerings daily. Minutes of scheduled recess and physical education (PE) also were recorded. Results: Overall, students spent the majority of the school day engaged in sedentary behavior, and accrued an average of 20 and 28 minutes of MVPA on non-PE and PE days, respectively. Students did not engage in lengthy bouts of sedentary behavior, and spent approximately 30 minutes each day in sedentary bouts. Mixed-effects regression analyses revealed that offering any CBPA was associated with greater percent time in MVPA and less in sedentary behavior. Conclusion: CBPA is an important contributor to the 30 minutes of school-day MVPA that students should accrue, especially since PE and recess are often not sufficient..

The Multiple Dimensions of the Acceptance of Mental Illness

2016 ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Lauren Mizock ◽  
Zlatka Russinova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Clinical Strategies ◽  
Positive Sense ◽  
The Face

This chapter explains the multidimensional construct of acceptance, including the five dimensions of this process. Interview excerpts are provided as evidence of each of these five dimensions. The five dimensions include (1) identity dimension (developing a positive sense of self in the face of mental illness); (2) cognitive dimension (developing thoughts, beliefs, and awareness around accepting one’s mental illness); (3) behavioral dimension (engaging in actions and behaviors that signify acceptance of one’s mental illness); (4) emotional dimension (experiencing emotions that signify acceptance of one’s mental illness); and (5) relational dimension (engaging in relationships and interacting with others in a manner that promotes acceptance of the illness). A clinical strategies list, discussion questions, activities, the “Dimensions of Acceptance Worksheet,” and diagrams are also included.

Estimated longevity and changes in spirituality in the context of advanced congestive heart failure

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal L. Park
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Congestive Heart Failure ◽  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Spiritual Struggle ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Daily Spiritual Experiences ◽  
Over Time

ABSTRACTObjective:To examine (1) advanced congestive heart failure (CHF) patients' estimates of their longevity and changes in these estimates over time; (2) clinical, functional, and psychological adjustment correlates of these longevity estimates; and (3) correspondence of changes in longevity and changes in multiple dimensions of spirituality over time.Methods:Longitudinal questionnaire-based study of 111 patients diagnosed with severe CHF assessed at two time points separated by 6 months.Results:Nearly half of the participants estimated their longevity as at least 5–10 years, and there was very little change in estimates across the assessment periods. Longevity estimates were minimally related to clinical or functional indicators, but longer estimates were related to fewer depressive symptoms and higher levels of life satisfaction. Multivariate regression analyses indicated that shifting longevity estimates toward less time or toward uncertainty was related to increases in religious life meaning and forgiveness and to decreased spiritual struggle over the 6-month interval. No effects were observed for daily spiritual experiences.Significance of results:Because very little is known about how individuals estimate their remaining life span, these results establish information regarding their basis (i.e., not clinical or functional) and stability, at least in the context of advanced heart failure. In addition, the notion that individuals become more spiritual as they perceive the approach of death was borne out in terms of multiple aspects of spirituality.

scholarly journals Focus Groups with Working Parents of School-aged Children: What's Needed to Improve Family Meals?

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayne A. Fulkerson ◽  
Martha Y. Kubik ◽  
Sarah Rydell ◽  
Kerri N. Boutelle ◽  
Ann Garwick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Working Parents ◽  
School Aged Children
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