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Relationship of Years of Experience to Aggression, Empathy, and Alcohol Intake Among AttorneysFrantz, Ashley 01 January 2019 (has links)
Attorneys are at an increased risk of negative psychological and physical effects due to stressors in their careers. The purpose of this study was to identify if sex crime attorneys and homicide attorneys identify with significant psychological changes throughout their careers. The framework for this study was theoretical in nature and utilized the social cognitive processing theory. This quantitative study (N = 28) included the use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and the Multi-Dimensional Emotional Empathy Scale. A minimal significance was found correlating a decrease in aggression to years of experience as an attorney. There was no significance between alcohol intake, emotional empathy, and years of experience as an attorney. An insufficient number of participants may have affected any potential correlations. A correlation between career stressors and negative effects on a personal or professional degree would be cause for implementing techniques to improve professional and personal morale, limit life stressors, and improve overall health. Providing assistance to those who are at risk of negative behaviors due to their career would prevent future immediate and long-term treatments, increasing their quality of life.
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Les facteurs influençant l’utilisation des mesures d’isolement et de contentions en milieu psychiatrique intrahospitalierDe Benedictis, Luigi 12 1900 (has links)
L’utilisation des mesures d’isolement et de contentions en milieu psychiatrique intrahospitalier se produit fréquemment en réponse à des comportements agressifs et
continue de soulever la controverse. À cet égard, de plus en plus d’études tendent à
démontrer que le personnel soignant travaillant sur ces unités est influencé par plusieurs facteurs de nature différente, notamment la perception de l’agressivité, quand vient le temps de prendre une décision quant à l’utilisation (ou non) de ces mesures coercitives.
Méthodologie : Plus de trois cents membres du personnel soignant travaillant en milieu
psychiatrique intrahospitalier ont été recrutés dans huit établissements psychiatriques du Québec. Dans un premier temps, un questionnaire leur a été distribué afin de mettre en relief les différents facteurs (individuels et organisationnels) ayant un impact sur l’utilisation des mesures coercitives. Simultanément, l’analyse factorielle de la version
française de deux échelles permettant de mesurer la perception de l’agressivité en milieu hospitalier (le MOAS et le POAS) a été faite.
Résultats : Un modèle final multivarié a démontré que le type d’unité psychiatrique,
l’expression de la colère et de l’agressivité parmi les membres de l’équipe de soins, la perception de la fréquence de gestes autoagressifs et la perception de mesures de sécurité insuffisantes dans le milieu de travail étaient des prédicteurs indépendants de l’utilisation de procédures d’isolement et de contentions. L’analyse factorielle a pour sa part mis en évidence une structure à 4 facteurs pour le MOAS et à 3 facteurs pour le POAS, conformément à ce que l’on retrouvait dans la littérature scientifique.
Conclusion : Ces résultats soulignent l’importance des facteurs organisationnels par rapport aux facteurs individuels dans l’utilisation des mesures coercitives en psychiatrie et la nécessité d’évaluer les perceptions quant à l’agressivité et à la sécurité chez le personnel soignant. En comprenant mieux les phénomènes qui amènent leur utilisation, il sera possible de trouver des alternatives aux mesures d’isolement et de contentions et ainsi
réduire le recours à ces dernières. / Psychiatric staff can have both positive and negative attitudes towards inpatient aggression. Different attitudes towards aggression can have a substantial influence on how such behaviour is dealt with on psychiatric wards. In this manner, seclusion and restraint are frequently used measures for managing violent behaviour. However, their use raises several concerns.
Method: Over three hundred staff members were recruited from eight psychiatric hospitals in the province of Quebec. First of all, an examination was conducted from the staff perspective of the organizational and staff factors that may be associated with increased recourse to seclusion and restraint in psychiatric wards. Simultaneously, factorial analysis
of the French version of two scales used to measure staff attitude towards institutional
violence and aggression (MOAS and POAS) was completed.
Results: The final multivariate model showed that the following factors independently
predict to greater use of seclusion and restraint: the type of hospital ward; greater
expression of anger and aggression among staff members; perceptions of the frequency of incidents of physical aggression against the self; and the perception of insufficient
protection measures in the workplace. Factor analyses revealed a four factor structure for
the MOAS and a three factor structure for the 12-item POAS, which is similar to what is
found in recent scientific literature in North American and European countries.
Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of evaluating a variety of factors, including perceptions of safety and violence, when exploring the management of
aggression and violence on psychiatric wards and the reasons seclusion and restraint
measures are used. These findings represent the first stage of a research program of the multidisciplinary group to whom the author is associated, aimed at reducing recourse to
seclusion and restraint in Quebec psychiatric services.
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Les facteurs influençant l’utilisation des mesures d’isolement et de contentions en milieu psychiatrique intrahospitalierDe Benedictis, Luigi 12 1900 (has links)
L’utilisation des mesures d’isolement et de contentions en milieu psychiatrique intrahospitalier se produit fréquemment en réponse à des comportements agressifs et
continue de soulever la controverse. À cet égard, de plus en plus d’études tendent à
démontrer que le personnel soignant travaillant sur ces unités est influencé par plusieurs facteurs de nature différente, notamment la perception de l’agressivité, quand vient le temps de prendre une décision quant à l’utilisation (ou non) de ces mesures coercitives.
Méthodologie : Plus de trois cents membres du personnel soignant travaillant en milieu
psychiatrique intrahospitalier ont été recrutés dans huit établissements psychiatriques du Québec. Dans un premier temps, un questionnaire leur a été distribué afin de mettre en relief les différents facteurs (individuels et organisationnels) ayant un impact sur l’utilisation des mesures coercitives. Simultanément, l’analyse factorielle de la version
française de deux échelles permettant de mesurer la perception de l’agressivité en milieu hospitalier (le MOAS et le POAS) a été faite.
Résultats : Un modèle final multivarié a démontré que le type d’unité psychiatrique,
l’expression de la colère et de l’agressivité parmi les membres de l’équipe de soins, la perception de la fréquence de gestes autoagressifs et la perception de mesures de sécurité insuffisantes dans le milieu de travail étaient des prédicteurs indépendants de l’utilisation de procédures d’isolement et de contentions. L’analyse factorielle a pour sa part mis en évidence une structure à 4 facteurs pour le MOAS et à 3 facteurs pour le POAS, conformément à ce que l’on retrouvait dans la littérature scientifique.
Conclusion : Ces résultats soulignent l’importance des facteurs organisationnels par rapport aux facteurs individuels dans l’utilisation des mesures coercitives en psychiatrie et la nécessité d’évaluer les perceptions quant à l’agressivité et à la sécurité chez le personnel soignant. En comprenant mieux les phénomènes qui amènent leur utilisation, il sera possible de trouver des alternatives aux mesures d’isolement et de contentions et ainsi
réduire le recours à ces dernières. / Psychiatric staff can have both positive and negative attitudes towards inpatient aggression. Different attitudes towards aggression can have a substantial influence on how such behaviour is dealt with on psychiatric wards. In this manner, seclusion and restraint are frequently used measures for managing violent behaviour. However, their use raises several concerns.
Method: Over three hundred staff members were recruited from eight psychiatric hospitals in the province of Quebec. First of all, an examination was conducted from the staff perspective of the organizational and staff factors that may be associated with increased recourse to seclusion and restraint in psychiatric wards. Simultaneously, factorial analysis
of the French version of two scales used to measure staff attitude towards institutional
violence and aggression (MOAS and POAS) was completed.
Results: The final multivariate model showed that the following factors independently
predict to greater use of seclusion and restraint: the type of hospital ward; greater
expression of anger and aggression among staff members; perceptions of the frequency of incidents of physical aggression against the self; and the perception of insufficient
protection measures in the workplace. Factor analyses revealed a four factor structure for
the MOAS and a three factor structure for the 12-item POAS, which is similar to what is
found in recent scientific literature in North American and European countries.
Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of evaluating a variety of factors, including perceptions of safety and violence, when exploring the management of
aggression and violence on psychiatric wards and the reasons seclusion and restraint
measures are used. These findings represent the first stage of a research program of the multidisciplinary group to whom the author is associated, aimed at reducing recourse to
seclusion and restraint in Quebec psychiatric services.
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A Novel Approach to Youth Crime Prevention: Mindfulness Meditation Classes in South African Townships / A Novel Approach to Youth Crime Prevention : Mindfulness Meditation Classes in South African TownshipsKneip, Katharina January 2020 (has links)
Children growing up in poor areas with high crime rates are shown to easily get involved in violent actions and criminal gangs. In South Africa, despite considerable efforts to reduce youth delinquency, youth crime rates are still disturbingly high – specifically, in the townships of the Cape Flats. This paper points out an important aspect previously unaddressed by most youth crime prevention: the subconscious roots of youth crime. What if we could develop youth crime prevention programs that manage to impact the subconscious behavioral patterns of youth in high crime areas? This paper proposes a promising and cost-effective approach that has great potential to affect multipe causes of crime: mindfulness meditation. Built upon newest findings in Neuroscience, this paper suggests that mindfulness meditation classes are associated with a reduction in aggressive behavior, a risk factor for youth crime, and an increase in self-efficacy, a protective factor. The impact of mindfulness classes at a high school in Khayelitsha, a poor and violent-stricken township of Cape Town, is analyzed. Self-reported aggression and self-efficacy are measured via a psychometric survey questionnaire created from two well-tested and validated scales. Regression analyses of 384 survey answers provided mixed results. Whilst novice meditators were not associated with higher self-efficacy and lower aggression, long-term meditators performed better in several dimensions of self-efficacy and aggression, yet no significant relationship was found. Further research specifically needs to investigate the moderating effect of age (a proxy for psychological development) on meditation. This study aims to bridge the gap between the outdated paradigms of youth crime prevention and ancient wisdom via ground-breaking new evidence from the field of Neuroscience. This study furthermore hopes to point policy makers toward developing new, integrative and sustainable approaches to youth crime prevention – approaches that give back agency to our youth. / <p>Anders Westholm har inget med betygssättningen att göra annat än i rent formellt hänseende (examinator). Det är han som rapporterar in och skriver under men i sak är det seminarieledaren som har beslutet i sin hand. Statsvetenskapliga institutet har som princip att skilja på handledning och examination vilket innebär att handledaren inte får vara seminarieledare. Seminarieledare och personen som satt betygget var i det här fallet Sven Oskarsson: Sven.Oskarsson@statsvet.uu.se</p>
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