{"title":"Resilience in children and youth in street situations in León, Nicaragua","authors":"Kayla Hamel, Yvonne Bohr","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23079","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23079","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There are tens of millions of children and youth in street situations (CYSS) worldwide, the majority of whom are males living in low- and middle-income countries. Many of these children demonstrate impressive adaptability and resilience. The focus of the current research was on the resilience of male CYSS in León, Nicaragua. Qualitative data were collected through individual interviews and focus groups with CYSS, their family members, community members, and staff of a local nonprofit, with the objective of exploring and consolidating local understandings of resilience. Grounded theory analysis of qualitative data yielded a context-specific conceptual model of resilience as it pertains to CYSS in León. Six qualities were identified to represent the experience of resilience in this group: agency, belonging, flexibility, protection, self-regulation, and self-worth. The knowledge generated from this research can serve as a foundation to develop and implement resilience-promoting interventions for CYSS.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"52 1","pages":"7-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9849483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Garriott, Godwill Gulubane, Ohemaa B. Poku, Nicole Archibald, Patlo Entaile, Ontibile Tshume, Onkemetse Phoi, Mogomotsi Matshaba, Charisse V. Ahmed, Elizabeth D. Lowenthal, Merrian Brooks
{"title":"Youth perspectives of working with near peer youth lay counsellors: The Safe Haven Pilot","authors":"Anna Garriott, Godwill Gulubane, Ohemaa B. Poku, Nicole Archibald, Patlo Entaile, Ontibile Tshume, Onkemetse Phoi, Mogomotsi Matshaba, Charisse V. Ahmed, Elizabeth D. Lowenthal, Merrian Brooks","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23080","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23080","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Youth living with HIV (YLWH) have higher rates of common mental disorders (CMDs) when compared with HIV-negative youth. We adapted the Friendship Bench to create a problem solving-based counselling intervention in Botswana delivered by near peer youth lay counsellors for YLWH called Safe Haven. In August 2020, and from June to August 2021, we conducted 22 semistructured interviews with youth aged 13–25 years with mild-to-moderate symptoms of CMDs. Two independent coders carried out an inductive thematic analysis of the transcribed interviews with discrepancies discussed to consensus. Safe Haven was seen as largely acceptable among the youth. Youth felt Safe Haven was a place where they had freedom of expression and could receive practical advice from well-trained and approachable counsellors. Trained youth lay peer counsellors show promise to meet the mental health needs of mild and moderately symptomatic youth, where mental health professionals are in short supply.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"3029-3043"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9971206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Babak Moazen, Nisreen Agbaria, Nasrul Ismail, Sara Mazzilli, Ulla-Britt Klankwarth, Arianna Amaya, Alicia Rosello, Jemima D'Arcy, Emma Plugge, Heino Stöver, Lara Tavoschi
{"title":"Interventions to increase vaccine uptake among people who live and work in prisons: A global multistage scoping review","authors":"Babak Moazen, Nisreen Agbaria, Nasrul Ismail, Sara Mazzilli, Ulla-Britt Klankwarth, Arianna Amaya, Alicia Rosello, Jemima D'Arcy, Emma Plugge, Heino Stöver, Lara Tavoschi","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23077","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23077","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The objective of this study is to examine interventions implemented to increase vaccine uptake among people who live and work in prisons around the world. Peer-reviewed and gray literature databases were searched systematically to identify relevant information published from 2012 to 2022. Publications were evaluated by two researchers independently and underwent quality assessment through established tools. Of the 11,281 publications identified through peer-reviewed (2607) and gray literature (8674) search, 17 met the inclusion criteria. In light of limited data, the identified interventions were categorized into two categories of educational and organizational interventions, and are discussed in the text. The lack of availability of vaccination services and interventions to increase vaccine uptake among people who live and work in prisons, worldwide, is a serious public health concern. These interventions reported in this review can be adapted and adopted to mitigate the burden of infectious diseases among people who live and work in prisons.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"52 8","pages":"1091-1107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23077","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9915126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"University students' psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: A structural equation model of the role of resource loss and gain","authors":"Lauren Kelada, Miriam Schiff, Ohad Gilbar, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Rami Benbenishty","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23076","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23076","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, we aimed to determine whether university students' loss and gain in resources during the pandemic mediated the relationships between COVID-19 exposure/concern and depression and anxiety. In 2021, 7013 Israeli university students completed online questionnaires. We assessed the data using structural equation modeling. We found that resource loss was directly related to concern (<i>β</i> = 0.32, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Depression and anxiety were both directly related to loss of resources (depression: <i>β</i> = 0.75, <i>p</i> < 0.001; anxiety: <i>β</i> = 0.69, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and concern (depression: <i>β</i> = 0.06, <i>p</i> < 0.001; anxiety: <i>β</i> = 0.12, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Resource loss had an indirect effect on the relationships between concern and depression (<i>β</i> = 0.24, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and concern and anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.22, <i>p</i> < 0.001). COR theory may help explain the mechanisms behind university students' mental health during the pandemic and provides a framework to better understand preparedness for future pandemics, epidemics, and major disasters. Governments and universities should help prevent the loss of resources during future emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"3012-3028"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10025283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy J. Anderson, Kristian V. Jones, Theresa N. Melton, Thomas E. Keller, David L. DuBois
{"title":"Identifying predictors of psychological well-being among volunteer mentors in Big Brothers Big Sisters","authors":"Amy J. Anderson, Kristian V. Jones, Theresa N. Melton, Thomas E. Keller, David L. DuBois","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23073","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23073","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) facilitates mentoring relationships between youth and volunteer mentors. Although research has examined outcomes for youth in BBBS, relatively less investigation has been undertaken for volunteer outcomes. This study explored factors associated with changes in psychological well-being among BBBS volunteer mentors. Participants included 593 mentors (<i>Mage</i> = 31) surveyed at study baseline and 15-month follow-up. A classification and regression decision tree approach was used to predict residualized change in psychological well-being from study baseline with match length included as the first split variable, and demographic, individual, and relationship variables included as candidate predictors. Analyses indicated that mentors with longer relationships (>4.5 months) reported more positive change in psychological well-being compared with mentors with shorter relationships. Perceived quality of program supervision was a further predictor within both groups of volunteers. Findings suggest that longer relationships and greater program support may contribute to mentor well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"2802-2827"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9971469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johann M. D'Souza, Laura J. Long, Angela L. Richardson, Matthew W. Gallagher
{"title":"Hope, optimism, and self-efficacy predicting mental health and illness in a community sample exposed to Hurricane Harvey","authors":"Johann M. D'Souza, Laura J. Long, Angela L. Richardson, Matthew W. Gallagher","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23075","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23075","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2017, Hurricane Harvey flooded more than 300,000 buildings causing an estimated $125 billion in damages and resulting in 68 deaths (National Hurricane Center). This actual or threatened loss of life and physical harm led many to report negative effects on mental well-being and greater mental illness. However, many individuals have been able to experience similar adverse events without a significant negative impact on their mental health and well-being. Positive thinking factors such as hope, optimism, and self-efficacy have been proposed as protective factors in the face of difficult life events. Hope, optimism, and self-efficacy are related but distinct constructs that have often been studied separately, but whose unique impact on well-being and mental illness is less clear, especially in the context of a natural hazard. The current study uses structural equation modeling to measure the unique contribution of hope, optimism, and hurricane-coping self-efficacy on mental well-being and mental illness in a community sample of 300 subjects who experienced Hurricane Harvey, recruited from Mechanical Turk.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"2774-2789"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10025278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective sanction avoidance in drug trafficking: The construction and validation of the restrictive deterrence utility scale using a sample of female drug offenders","authors":"Xin Guan, T. Wing Lo","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23074","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23074","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 <p>Drug traffickers perform many crime strategies to avoid legal sanctions. The use of any crime strategy is mainly for reducing the risk of arrest, which has been the focus of research on restrictive deterrence. This study aims to develop a Restrictive Deterrence Utility Scale (RDUS) to measure the effectiveness of crime strategies used in drug trafficking. Survey data were collected from August to October 2021, including 294 female drug offenders aged between 21 and 61 years serving sentences with a median length of around 10 years in a Southern city in Mainland China. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for scale investigation. Three valid and reliable factors for the RDUS were found: anomaly avoidance, reduction of exposure time, and the use of weapons and tools. Composite reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity of three factors were confirmed with Cronbach <i>α</i> being higher than 0.9, that being higher than correspondent Average Variance Extracted which all being higher than 0.5 and higher than correspondent factor correlation. The RDUS offers a helpful method for assessing the motivation for drug traffickers to persist in drug crime and for formulating appropriate interventions for drug prohibition.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"52 8","pages":"1031-1055"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41292305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rhonda K. Lewis, Pamela P. Martin, Bianca L. Guzman
{"title":"Introduction to volume 2 – COVID-19 and vulnerable populations","authors":"Rhonda K. Lewis, Pamela P. Martin, Bianca L. Guzman","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23072","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23072","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 6","pages":"2327-2330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9856305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine E. Marçal, Mi Sun Choi, Kathryn Showalter
{"title":"Housing insecurity and employment stability: An investigation of working mothers","authors":"Katherine E. Marçal, Mi Sun Choi, Kathryn Showalter","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23071","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23071","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Little evidence informs the relationship between housing insecurity and employment for working mothers. The present study aimed to identify variation in work schedules and supports, as well as the link from housing insecurity to employment experiences in a sample of at-risk mothers. Latent class analysis identified subtypes of employment stability; multinomial logistic regression estimated links from housing insecurity to class membership. Three subtypes of employment stability emerged, “Full-Time and Stable,” “Full-Time and Unstable,” and “Part-Time Weekend.” Housing insecurity increased risk for being in the “Unstable” class relative to the other classes such that these mothers experienced stressful work schedules that offered little support or flexibility for family and child needs. Identifying and intervening on housing insecurity can promote stable employment. Increased workplace supports such as paid leave, flexible schedules, and antidiscrimination training can better enable mothers to juggle the competing demands of motherhood and work.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"2790-2801"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9961497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gurkaran Singh, Alfiya Battalova, William C. Miller, Ethan Simpson, Isabelle Rash, Somayyeh Mohammadi, Gordon Tao, Janice Chan, W. Ben Mortenson
{"title":"Resilience practices among a broad spectrum of individuals with physical disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative photo elicitation study","authors":"Gurkaran Singh, Alfiya Battalova, William C. Miller, Ethan Simpson, Isabelle Rash, Somayyeh Mohammadi, Gordon Tao, Janice Chan, W. Ben Mortenson","doi":"10.1002/jcop.23070","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jcop.23070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This community-based study explored resilience practices among people living with physical disabilities (i.e., stroke, spinal cord injury, and other physical disabilities) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this photo elicitation study, during 1:1 interviews, participants shared and described photos that reflected their pandemic-related experiences. Data were analyzed thematically to identify resilience-related practices. Our analysis revealed three themes: (1) reflecting on the importance of family, friends, and community (e.g., recalling past memories and strengthening existing connections); (2) engaging in social and recreational activities (e.g., experiencing the outdoors and gardening); and (3) reframing personal contexts and social environment (e.g., adjusting to new social norms and overcoming physical barriers to navigating safely during the pandemic). The resilience that participants identified encompassed not only individual strategies but also family and community supports. Resilience can be fostered through community initiatives that support more equitable responses to health emergencies for people with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":15496,"journal":{"name":"Journal of community psychology","volume":"51 7","pages":"2887-2905"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9961058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}