Angela J Preston, Kuo Zhang, Lynn Rew, Cara C Young
{"title":"English Trans-Adaptation and Content Validity Testing of the Positive Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PPQ-E) Among Rural Youth.","authors":"Angela J Preston, Kuo Zhang, Lynn Rew, Cara C Young","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2464689","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2464689","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychological capital (PsyCap), the combination of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism, is gaining relevance for understanding youth life satisfaction and wellbeing. Typically a variety of unidimensional scales are used to measure PsyCap in mental health studies with English-speaking youth, limiting the ability to compare results across studies. The Positive Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PPQ) is a multi-dimensional tool developed with Asian youth to measure general PsyCap. The purpose of this study is to describe the trans-adaptation process and content validity testing of the PPQ in English (PPQ-E) and to describe how rural US youth feel about discussing items on the scale.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An iterative process of trans-adaptation was utilized to establish content validity, including forward-backward translation by the original scale developer, advisory forums with a diverse rural teen council, and expert panel review. Written notes and dictated field notes were taken during and following the teen advisory council (TAC) meeting. Content validity index scores for item and total scale clarity and relevance were computed using frequencies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of items on the 26-item PPQ-E received minor modifications based on TAC feedback. Qualitative feedback demonstrated validity of items and that this activity was a positive experience.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study describes a rigorous process of trans-adaptation of a scale to measure general PsyCap for use with rural US youth. The next step for the PPQ-E is to further test the scale with a large sample of rural US youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"280-288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143491962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camilla Långstedt, Daniel Bressington, Maritta Välimäki
{"title":"Understanding Implementation Fidelity of Physical Health Screening in Mental Health Nursing: A Mixed Methods Study.","authors":"Camilla Långstedt, Daniel Bressington, Maritta Välimäki","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2464692","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2464692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical health screening for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders is suboptimal despite patients' poor physical health and nurses' willingness to conduct assessments. However, this inadequate service provision is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' adherence to conducting screening with the Finnish Health Improvement Profile and related factors. An explanatory, sequential two-phase mixed-methods design was used. A quantitative method was used to describe nurses' adherence and a qualitative approach to describe moderating factors. The data were collected and analyzed separately and later integrated into one dataset. Generally, screening was implemented as intended regarding content adherence despite very few nurses conducting the screening. Analysis identified four main themes related to adherence. <i>Comprehensiveness of policy description</i> included complexity and duration; <i>strategies to facilitate implementation</i> included fragmented information, instructions, nurses' fragmented work tasks, management and equipment; <i>quality of delivery</i> included preparedness and nurses' confidence and skills; and <i>participant responsiveness</i> included nurses' enthusiasm in screening, nurses' engagement in screening, patient willingness to participate, patient's refusal to participate, patient's cognitive capacity and collaborative screening. For successful screening, the utility and feasibility of the screening tool would need to be reevaluated after addressing some of the barriers identified as moderating factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"267-279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"I'm a Flower in Concrete\": A Qualitative Analysis of the Language, Culture, and Identity of African American Women Dementia Caregivers During a Pandemic: Part 1.","authors":"Shanae Rhodes, Pamela Recto, Janna Lesser","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2461216","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2461216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"294-297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jenny Lindberg-Manna, Johanna Hiltunen Bohm, Ulrica Hörberg, Hanna Tuvesson
{"title":"The Use of Gender-Neutral Language in Psychiatric Care: A Qualitative Interview Study of Nurses' Perceptions and Experiences.","authors":"Jenny Lindberg-Manna, Johanna Hiltunen Bohm, Ulrica Hörberg, Hanna Tuvesson","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2462678","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2462678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses in psychiatric and mental healthcare meet patients with varying backgrounds, including sexual and gender minorities. An essential part of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, and previous research shows that LGBTQ patients desire a greater understanding of their needs, which can be illustrated in terms of a more inclusive linguistics usage, such as a gender-neutral language. There is, however, limited knowledge about nurses' views on this subject. The aim of this study was thus to describe nurses' perceptions and experiences on the use of gender-neutral language in psychiatric and mental healthcare. A qualitative, descriptive, and inductive approach was used, and 13 nurses working in psychiatric and mental healthcare were interviewed. The data were analysed with a qualitative content analysis, resulting in three themes; <i>The nurses' understanding is characterised by individual prerequisites, The caring encounter is complex and requires normative awareness and responsibility,</i> and <i>The reflecting nurses become self-aware.</i> The results are discussed and compared with the findings from previous research. The study also concludes that self-awareness and reflection play an important part in creating a safe environment for patients within the LGBTQ spectrum, where gender-neutral language can be used as an important tool for nursing in psychiatric and mental healthcare.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"219-226"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Lawrence, Daniel Stubbings, Andrew Watt, Jenny Mercer
{"title":"To Seclude or Not to Seclude? Using Grounded Theory to Develop a Model of the Seclusion Decision-Making Process Used by Mental Health Nurses in Forensic Services.","authors":"Daniel Lawrence, Daniel Stubbings, Andrew Watt, Jenny Mercer","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2451161","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2451161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seclusion is a restrictive intervention used in forensic mental health care to manage service user risk of harm. It has been associated with harmful effects for service users and consensus is that its use needs to be reduced. Research has identified that factors related to nursing staff influence the use of seclusion. However, to date no research has considered staff decision-making as it relates to the seclusion process, from initiation to termination. The current aim was to address this gap in the literature. Thirteen senior nurses were recruited from a UK-based service which provided care to men and women in low and medium secure wards. Constructivist Grounded Theory was used to analyse semi-structured interviews that were conducted with participants. Analysis revealed a complex model consisting of numerous overlapping categories that contributed to seclusion decision-making. There were four main categories: cognitive, emotional, relational, and organisational, each with numerous sub-categories. Practice could be improved through using structured assessments to inform seclusion decision-making, providing consistent emotional support for staff who implement seclusion, and focusing on relational approaches to care to build effective therapeutic relationships. There were implications for the importance of organisational policy and leadership and incorporating staff-related factors into seclusion recording processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"227-238"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143005506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coaching: A Leadership Strategy for Nurse Retention.","authors":"Temitope K Gold","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2458102","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2458102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attrition among psychiatric-mental health nurses (PMHN) threatens the safety and quality of psychiatric-mental health patient outcomes and may be related to nurse leaders lacking empowerment behaviors. Nurse leaders who demonstrate empowerment behaviors influence registered nurses' (RN) empowerment, and RNs who feel empowered are less likely to leave. Nurses who do not feel empowered experience job strain, are less satisfied with their jobs, and are likely to leave the organization. This study examined the relationship between leadership empowerment behaviors of delegation of authority, accountability, self-directed decision-making, information sharing, skills development, and coaching for innovative performance and the retention of PMHNs in their first 2 years of practice. The study used a nonexperimental correlational research design. The leader empowering behavior questionnaire (LEBQ) and turnover intention scale (TIS-6) were used to measure the variables. The study participants included 111 PMH RNs in their first 2 years of practice. Results showed that coaching for innovative performance was correlated with retention among the six leadership behaviors, with an inverse statistically significant relationship. The study findings could be used to develop PMHN leaders to coach new nurses to mitigate registered nurse turnover and impact the quality of nursing care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"239-242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eirian Kerry, Kyriakos Velemis, Jasper Palmier-Claus, David Shiers, Vishal R Aggarwal, Abigail Morris, Alison Dawber, Christopher Lodge, Robert Griffiths
{"title":"Why Mental Health Nurses Should Care About Oral Health: A Commentary.","authors":"Eirian Kerry, Kyriakos Velemis, Jasper Palmier-Claus, David Shiers, Vishal R Aggarwal, Abigail Morris, Alison Dawber, Christopher Lodge, Robert Griffiths","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2433496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2433496","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":"46 3","pages":"298-301"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143575736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Grounded Theory: The Process of Managing Self-Identified Depression During the Freshman Year of College.","authors":"Julie Brandy, Theresa Kessler, Grace Gass","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2456181","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2025.2456181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transitioning from high school to college can be a stressful experience for young adults. While some stress is necessary to successfully adapt during the transition from adolescence to adulthood, many college students may have difficulty adapting and be more prone to significant emotional distress that impacts daily life. Grounded theory methodology was used to examine the process of managing self-identified depression during the first year of college. Purposive sampling was used to recruit first-semester sophomore students who self-identified as being depressed during their freshman year. Thirty-five interviews were completed, each began with one open-ended question: \"What was the experience of your freshman year in college?\" Participants described the social context of depression during their freshman year. Analysis was completed by four experienced researchers using NVivo. Four themes emerged to form the grounded theory of <i>Managing Self-identified Depression during the Freshman Year of College.</i> These themes included: navigating the day-to-day context; making and maintaining meaningful connections; living with emotions, behaviors, and history of depression; and coping to manage depressive symptoms. As the mental health issues continue to increase in this population, grounded theory provides a better understanding of the needs of students living with depression during their freshman year in college.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"180-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alyssa Lozano, Maria I Tapia, Dalton Scott, Yannine Estrada, Padideh Lovan, Guillermo Prado
{"title":"Acculturation Impacts on Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Sexual Minority Youth and Hispanic Non-sexual Minority Youth.","authors":"Alyssa Lozano, Maria I Tapia, Dalton Scott, Yannine Estrada, Padideh Lovan, Guillermo Prado","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2446466","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2446466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Little is known about the role of acculturation in preventing depressive symptoms among sexual minority youth. This study examined the impact of bidimensional acculturation (i.e. Americanism-adherence to mainstream cultural values and Hispanicism-adherence to heritage cultural values) on the trajectory of adolescent depressive symptoms and differences among Hispanic sexual minority youth (HSMY) and Hispanic non-SMY. We examined the trajectories of adolescent depressive symptoms and parent and adolescent acculturation across 36-months and regressed the slope of the trajectory of depressive symptoms on the slope of the trajectory of parent and adolescent Hispanicism and Americanism among the overall sample (<i>N</i> = 456), HSMY (<i>n</i> = 85; 20%), and Hispanic non-SMY (<i>n</i> = 339; 80.0%). For the overall sample and Hispanic non-SMY, adolescents' own Hispanicism and Americanism and parent Americanism buffered adolescent depressive symptoms. There were no significant associations between adolescent or parent Hispanicism or Americanism and HSMY depressive symptoms, however, the effect sizes for HSMY were larger than those of the overall sample and Hispanic non-SMY, suggesting that the study was underpowered to detect statistical significance with the limited sample size. Americanism and Hispanicism may mitigate depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth, speaking to the importance of biculturalism in Hispanic families.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"189-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864884/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143005501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nature's Touch: The Experience of Using Nature for Health Improvements in Patients with Mental Illness. A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Catrin Johansson, Jenny Fridén, Britt Hedman Ahlström","doi":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2437424","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01612840.2024.2437424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to describe staff experiences of nature as a tool for working with people with mental illnesses. A qualitative study consisting of nine interviews with staff working with nature as a tool was conducted. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Two themes with six subthemes emerged. The first theme<i>, making the invisible visible</i> with subthemes<i>, getting in touch with nature, getting in touch with feelings</i> and <i>acceptance of time and lack of demands,</i> and the second theme, <i>working with what we have</i> with subthemes, <i>nature becomes a tool for resiliency, the surrounding environment becomes a safe setting</i> and <i>important relationships for good treatment</i>. The healthcare staffs' experiences of incorporating nature as a caring tool for patients with mental illness showed that nature could contribute to a patient's recovery. For psychiatric nursing, this study observed that having the knowledge and awareness of nature's effect on patients, and using it as complementary care and treatment-tool may inspire both staff, and their patients to further include nature-assisted care and therapy in their treatment of mental illnesses on the road to improved mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":14664,"journal":{"name":"Issues in Mental Health Nursing","volume":"46 2","pages":"129-137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143501402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}