Published in Sociology of health & illness
Deaths related to drug 'misuse' remain at an all-time high in the United Kingdom (UK). Older heroin consumers are particularly at risk, with the highest rates of deaths among people aged 40-49 and the steepest rises in the over-fifty age bracket. Accordingly, a popular theory for the UK's increase in drug-related deaths, made by the government, and...
Published in Journal of community psychology
Relationships with professional helpers, partly resembling family relationships, have the potential to help young people facing severe and multiple disadvantages. The aim of this study was to document how relationships alter the trajectories of young people in these circumstances. Young people (n = 30) and support workers (n = 35) were identified b...
This practical artistic research project (Documented Artistic Research Project (Doctoral Thesis)) explores how the performance of acoustic sound in dialogue with site can create a sonic scenography, experienced by an audience from within the sonic structures. Six art projects were carried out in the context of this research. Their form varies due ...
ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATIONVeterans’ Perceptions of Mattering and Marginalization on Community College CampusesbyRobert SambranoDoctor of Education University of California, Los Angeles, 2021 Professor William A. Sandoval, ChairWith troop withdrawals in Iraq and the recent U.S. peace treaty with the Taliban in Afghanistan, community colleges can e...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
There have been recent concerns about an “epidemic of loneliness” during the pandemic, given the pervasiveness of loneliness in the population and its harmful effects on health and well-being. Therefore, it is important to establish the correlates of loneliness. The purpose of the current study was to explore how loneliness relates to a construct t...
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Aim : To present a protocol study directed at tackling gender discrimination against Roma girls by empowering their mattering so they can envision their own futures and choose motherhood only if—and when—they are ready. Background : Motherhood among Roma girls (RGM) in Europe impoverishes their lives, puts them at risk of poor physical and mental h...
Published in Behavioral Sciences
Loneliness and feeling that one does not matter are closely linked, but further investigation is needed to determine differentiating features. The relationship between not mattering to others (anti-mattering) and loneliness was explored by assessing how the two constructs correlated with an interpersonal dimension, specifically four humor styles (a...
Published in AACN advanced critical care
Burnout incurs significant costs to health care organizations and professionals. Mattering, moral distress, and secondary traumatic stress are personal experiences linked to burnout and are byproducts of the organizations in which we work. This article conceptualizes health care organizations as moral communities-groups of people united by a common...
Published in Journal of aging and health
Objectives: Engagement in close personal ties has been shown to reduce risk for morbidity and mortality. In this study, we assess the extent to which one dimension of social relationships, mattering to others, conditions the positive relationship between age and allostatic load (AL). We do so to test the assumption that age-related declines in heal...
Published in Quality of Life Research
PurposeMattering to others, or perceiving one is a significant part of the social world, may be important to breast cancer survivors’ quality of life. This study examines the reliability and validity of the 5-item general mattering scale (GMS) to assess mattering in breast cancer survivors.MethodsA secondary analysis and confirmatory factor analysi...
