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Yaghmaian, Rana; Iwanaga, Kanako; Grenawalt, Teresa Ann; Reling, James; Brickham, Dana; Chan, Fong – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2020
Background: Participation is one of the most important interdisciplinary outcome variables in biopsychosocial conceptions of health and disability. While the literature surrounding social and community participation in persons with disabilities indicates that participation is a highly subjective construct, there are few known psychometrically…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Females, Participation
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Carr, Deborah – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: I examine whether 5 aspects of a significant other's death quality (pain, decision-making capacity, location, problems with end-of life care, and preparation) affect whether one does advance care planning (ACP). I also identify specific aspects of others' deaths that respondents say triggered their own planning. Design and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Death, Patients, Role Models
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Ku, Yan-Chiou; Tsai, Yun-Fang; Lin, Yan-Chiou; Lin, Yea-Pyng – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: Institutionalized veterans in Taiwan are a high-risk group for completing suicide due to their institutionalization and social minority status. The purpose of this study was to understand the suicide experiences, especially the triggers of suicide in this group. Design and Methods Data: about suicide experiences were collected from 19…
Descriptors: Prevention, Money Management, Suicide, Foreign Countries
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Rowe, Jennifer L.; Bruce, Martha L.; Conwell, Yeates – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
Home health care patients often have several late-life risk factors for suicide and constitute a high risk group for suicidal behaviors. In this study, we examined the characteristics of 14 older adult home health care utilizers who died by suicide and four community controls who used similar services. Both groups of home health care utilizers had…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Patients, Pain, Family Relationship
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Young, Bridget; Rice, Helen; Dixon-Woods, Mary; Colver, Allan F.; Parkinson, Kathryn N. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
This qualitative study investigated what disabled children thought most important in their lives and examined how well their priorities are represented in KIDSCREEN, a generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument. Participants were a subgroup of families who had previously taken part in a study of quality of life and participation in…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Recreational Activities, Family Life, Quality of Life
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology