Bakgrund: En förlossning medför fysiska och psykiska förändringar som påverkar nivån av fysisk aktivitet. Det finns många fördelar med fysisk aktivitet och kan med fördel påbörjas kort efter förlossning. Många kvinnor vet inte vart de ska vända sig för vård och söker därför inte vård för sina förlossningsrelaterade besvär. Fysioterapeuten arbetar med individuella biopsykosociala faktorer och tar hänsyn till faktorer som påverkar fysisk aktivitet. Trots detta har fysioterapeuten ingen roll inom eftervården.  Syfte: Var att beskriva nyförlösta förstföderskors upplevelser av råd och stöd för fysisk aktivitet från hälso- och sjukvården efter vaginal förlossning. Metod: Sex nyförlösta förstföderskor rekryterades genom ett bekvämlighetsurval och intervjuades. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys användes för att analysera materialet.  Resultat: Analysen resulterade i fyra kategorier: För generella och otillräckliga råd för fysisk aktivitet från hälso- och sjukvården, Otillräckligt stöd för fysisk aktivitet från hälso- och sjukvården, Avsaknad av råd och stöd skapar osäkerhet och rädsla samt Individanpassad vård är av betydelse.  Slutsats: Resultatet påvisade att deltagarna upplevde brist av råd och stöd för fysisk aktivitet efter förlossning och de få råd som gavs upplevdes som otillräckliga och saknade individanpassning. Det saknas fysioterapeutiska åtgärder i eftervården som skulle kunna möta dessa behov. / Background: Childbirth entail physical and psychological changes that affect the level of physical activity. There are many benefits to physical activity and can advantageously be started shortly after delivery. Many women don’t know where to go for care and therefore don’t seek medical care for their childbirth-related problems. Physiotherapists work with individual biopsychosocial factors and takes heed of factors that affect physical activity. Despite this, physiotherapists don’t have a role in the postpartum care. Aim: To describe the experiences of newly delivered first-time mothers of advice and support for physical activity from healthcare after vaginal delivery. Method: Six newly delivered first-time mothers were recruited through a convenience sample and interviewed. A qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the material. Results: The analysis resulted in four categories: Too general and insufficient advice for physical activity from healthcare, Insufficient support for physical activity from healthcare, Lack of advice and support creates uncertainty and fear, and Individualized care is important. Conclusion: The results showed that the participants experienced a lack of advice and support for physical activity after childbirth and the few advice that was given was perceived as insufficient and missing individual adaptation. There´s a lack of physiotherapeutic measures in the postpartum care where these needs could be met.

The current study evaluated the initial feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a motivationally-tailored family-based intervention designed to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors associated with physical activity and nutrition. Parents (N=132) of children 6 to 11 years old were randomly assigned to the intervention or control condition, and they completed a series of online questionnaires. Intervention participants (n=61) received a single motivationally-tailored feedback report via e-mail. Control participants (n=71) completed measures and immediately received information about a free online resource that provides information about healthy lifestyle behaviors (www.mypyramid.gov). Feasibility data indicate that an online feedback program has high dissemination potential (parents from 31 states participated). However, the current methodology is not sufficient in reaching families who are at greatest risk for developing chronic health conditions associated with obesity or low activity level. In general, the intervention was acceptable to parents. Outcome data revealed that the intervention and control groups did not differ significantly on most variables at one month follow-up. Exploratory analyses provided additional evidence for the importance of including parents and targeting parent-child interactions in the context of pediatric nutrition and physical activity interventions. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

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The present study integrates Social Cognitive Career Theory and Psychology of Working Theory by considering the role of work volition within a social cognitive model of academic satisfaction. Vocational psychology research has highlighted the significance of sociocultural variables on career outcomes for Latinx young adults. This study explored a collectivistic familial perspective on career development for a sample of 224 Latinx college students. Ethnic identity, acculturation, enculturation and four family influence variables were exogenous variables while career decision self-efficacy, work volition, and academic satisfaction were endogenous variables. Results from a path analysis indicated that both acculturation and enculturation were associated with academic satisfaction. Higher endorsement of informational support was positively related to career decision self-efficacy and work volition while greater endorsement of family expectations was negatively related to career decision self-efficacy and work volition. Acculturation was positively related to career decision self-efficacy while financial support was positively related to work volition. Both career decision self-efficacy and work volition were positively associated with academic satisfaction, and career decision self-efficacy was positively related to work volition. Indirect relationships and an alternative model were examined. Implications for future research and clinical practice with Latinx college populations are discussed.

Objective: The study examined alcohol consumption among college women ages 18 to 24. It helped to answer who, when, what, why and how much college women drink. It also examined how "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals influence college women in excessive drinking and "outrageous" behaviors. Theory: A combination of drench hypothesis (Greenberg, 1988) and social cognitive theory (Bandura, 2001) was used as the guiding framework to understand the dynamic relationship of environmental and personal factors in learning and imitating behaviors seen in the media. Method: Two online studies were conducted. The first study was a structured interview conducted with 38 women and 29 men. Study 2 was a survey. A total of 449 college women took part in the survey. Some men (N=174) also took part in the study to provide men's opinions and some perspective on women who drink and behave outrageously. Results: The survey results show that 42% (N=169) of college women in the sample engage in heavy episodic drinking every weekend at house parties. As a result, some have gotten into fights, missed classes, experienced hangovers and vomiting, and have driven drunk. Nearly 14% (N=55) of the women in the study reported being sexually assaulted while they were drunk. In addition, the findings of the study shows that "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals are perceived in different ways by different college women. Most college women view the behaviors as negative. However, some college women do evaluate the portrayals as positive. These women are likely to engage in similar outrageous behaviors. The "girls gone wild" kinds of portrayals are less likely to influence alcohol consumption among college women. A multiple regression analysis showed that outrageous behavior correlated with self-control, sexual outcome expected, positive evaluation of the "girls gone wild" portrayals and sensation seeking tendencies. Drinking on the other hand correlated only with sensation seeking tendencies and how much value was placed by the respondents on being social. The findings of the study also show that men assess drunken women as vulnerable and "easy." Conclusion: Interventions that include strategies for better self-regulation and explaining of potential negative outcomes are likely to be effective in drinking and drinking-related behaviors. Media literacy programs might help in critical evaluation of media content and thus reduce its negative influence. / Mass Media and Communication