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The Impact and Lived Experience of COVID-19 Restrictions for Vulnerable Children and Families in a Low-Income Irish Community
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Curtin, Margaret; O'Shea, Maria; Hayes, Claire – Child Care in Practice, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on all aspects of life. The physical health burden predominately impacts adults. However, the psychological burden has impacted significantly on the development and wellbeing of babies and young children. The aim of this research was to explore the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on vulnerable…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons
Doing Nothing Is Sometimes Worse: Comparing Avoidant versus Approach Coping Strategies with Peer Victimization and Their Association to Depression and Suicide Ideation
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Benatov, Joy; Klomek, Anat Brunstein; Shira, Barzilay; Apter, Alan; Carli, Vladimir; Wasserman, Camilla; Hoven, Christina W.; Sarchiapone, Marco; Balazs, Juit; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Corcoran, Paul; Cosman, Doina; Haring, Christian; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Keeley, Helen; Kereszteny, Agnes; Podlogar, Tina; Postuvan, Vita; Saiz, Pilar A.; Sisask, Merike; Varnik, Airi; Wasserman, Danuta – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Peer victimization is a major stressor adolescents often face in the school environment, and has been linked to depression and suicidal risk. This study analyzed the associations between three behavioral coping strategies (avoidance, seeking social support from adults/peers, and retaliation) and depression and suicidal ideation. Participants…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Bullying, Victims, Coping
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Speech and Language Therapists Working with Adult Dysphagia: A National Survey
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Rouse, Rachel; Regan, Julie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Speech and language therapists (SLTs) working with dysphagia have had to radically alter diagnostic and rehabilitation services during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, hereafter referred to as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Given the aerosol-generating procedures inherent in swallow assessment…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Eating Disorders, Rehabilitation
Association of Educational Attainment and Adolescent Substance Use Disorder in a Clinical Sample
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Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde; James, Philip D.; Smyth, Bobby P. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
This study explores substance use, psychosocial problems, and the relationships to educational status in 193 adolescents (school dropouts, 63; alternative education, 46; mainstream students, 84) who attended a substance abuse treatment facility in Dublin, Ireland, within a 42-month period. For each adolescent, data on demographics, family…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Correlation, Adolescents, Substance Abuse
How Homeless Sector Workers Deal with the Death of Service Users: A Grounded Theory Study
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Lakeman, Richard – Death Studies, 2011
Homeless sector workers often encounter the deaths of service users. A modified grounded theory methodology project was used to explore how workers make sense of, respond to, and cope with sudden death. In-depth interviews were undertaken with 16 paid homeless sector workers who had experienced the death of someone with whom they worked.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Homeless People, Altruism, Coping