International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being最新文献

{"title":"Child participation and care experience in child health clinic nursing encounters: children's views by multi-methodology.","authors":"Laura Ortju, Ari Haaranen, Päivi Kankkunen, Liisa Karlsson","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2697603","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2697603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore young children's perspectives on participation and care experiences in child health clinic nursing encounters. Knowledge of children's experiences and views can help professionals support children's right to participation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were generated using a multi-method approach that included researcher-initiated role-play, stimulated recall interviews, Storycrafting, painting and drawing. Eleven children aged 5-7 years and 12 parents participated. Children were involved in selecting methods and settings. Thematic and semiotic analyzes were conducted, supported by researcher triangulation. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist guided reporting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Clinic visits emerged as shared and meaningful experiences for children. Children's narratives highlighted their wish to act as active agents, the importance of play, toys and rewards, the need for psychosocial support and proximity to a support person, and the significance of the clinic's physical appearance. Vaccinations, physical measurements and adults' restrictive actions were described as memorable aspects that shaped children's care experiences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clinic visits emerged as shared and meaningful experiences for children. Children's narratives highlighted their wish to act as active agents, the importance of play, the need for psychosocial support, and the significance of the clinic's environment. Vaccinations, physical measurements and adults' restrictive actions were described as memorable aspects that shaped children's care experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2697603"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13431009/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148649754","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":"\"How do we want to be led?\" Team aspirations and adaptive leadership in virtual and hybrid work.","authors":"Cass Coulston, Sukhi Shergill, Ricardo Twumasi, Myanna Duncan","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2673289","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2673289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>As virtual and hybrid work become embedded in organisational life,understanding how leadership can best support well-being and effective team functioning is vital. This study explores how leadership is experienced and enacted in virtual and hybrid teams, using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model as an interpretive framework and Conservation of Resources (COR) theory to deepen interpretation of strain and sustainability over time.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative data were gathered from thirty interviews with leaders and twenty-nine focus groups with team members (<i>n</i>  =  110) across multiple industries and geographies. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three overarching themes were identified: \"Connected Leadership Aspirations,\" \"Leadership as a Positive Social Influence,\" and \"The Leadership Tension.\" Findings highlighted a strong convergence between leaders' and team members' aspirations for relational, emotionally present leadership, while also revealing the strain leaders experienced in sustaining this form of leadership amid low visibility, emotional labour, and limited systemic support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study extends understanding of leadership in virtual and hybrid teams by showing how leadership can be both supportive and demanding. Interpreted through JD-R and COR, the findings highlight the need for organisational systems and development approaches that adequately resource leadership demands to support well-being, connection, effective team functioning, and leadership sustainability.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2673289"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13173572/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147935189","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":"\"<i>With all your friends in your pocket</i>\" - a qualitative study about adolescents' experiences with social media from a health-promoting perspective.","authors":"Trude Vie Ytrearne, Randi Træland Hella, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Eva Langeland","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2639536","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2639536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore adolescents' experiences with social media (SoMe) use from a salutogenic health-promoting perspective.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This qualitative study was based on five focus group interviews (27 adolescents) from two public senior high schools in Norway, (15-18 years). Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SoMe-use was described as an important part of the adolescents` everyday life and a novel way to relate to the world. The identified main themes were: social support, self-esteem, and their interplay. They experienced social support via SoMe through communication, feeling unity, inclusion, and the establishment of a larger social network, thus preventing loneliness and promoting social belonging. Further, SoMe-use is important for their self-esteem by receiving and providing attention, acceptance, and confirmation. Social support promoted their self-esteem, which in turn enhanced their online self-expression, further reinforcing the social support.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings indicate that SoMe might be an important social arena for the development of adolescents' self-esteem and receiving social support. Further, it seems that there is an interplay between social support and self-esteem that might positively influence their identity, sense of coherence, and mental health. However, we need more in-depth knowledge about adolescents' experiences with SoMe-use from a salutogenic health-promoting perspective.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2639536"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12973824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147370722","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":"Walking together: exploring australian parent experiences of walking in nature with their preschool children with autism using a bioecological lens.","authors":"Carolyn Galbraith, Tonia Gray, Marion Sturges","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2719072","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2719072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Walking regularly in natural settings is a common healthy activity for Australian parents and their preschool children. Extant research conveys that walking in nature provides cognitive, emotional and physical benefits for both parents and children. Children with autism are less likely to participate in physical activity or access nature regularly, and autistic adults are less likely to hold pro-environmental views. While research exploring the experiences of typical parents and preschoolers exists, the perceptions of parents of preschool children with autism on walking is yet to be studied.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This paper examines the experiences of parents of children with autism using Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model as a theoretical framework. We recruited 20 parents of preschoolers with autism and a comparison group of 12 parents of preschoolers without autism and invited them to complete an online qualitative survey about walking together in nature.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes were generated from their responses, including <i>calm</i>, <i>connection</i>, <i>coordination</i> and <i>communication</i>, with an additional theme of <i>priority</i>. Parents identified that walking in nature provided opportunities for developmental growth for their children such as increased communication, connection and calm, but also highlighted challenges such as differences in moving together in coordination.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We advocate that supporting family priorities includes supporting their ability to access everyday activities such as walking in nature, a common activity that provides rich opportunities for parents and their preschoolers with autism.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2719072"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13479524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148764499","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":"A systematic review of qualitative research exploring resilience in Academia.","authors":"Fiona Yu, Ginger Chu, Albara Alomari, Melody Smith, Ritin Fernandez","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2685386","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2685386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The high demands of academia place staff under considerable stress, and enhancing resilience has been proposed as a means of coping with stress; however, resilience in academic contexts remains underexplored. This systematic review aimed to investigate resilience in academia from the perspective of academic staff.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This review was registered within PROSPERO (CRD420251018894) and conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Qualitative studies were identified through searches of CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library, from inception to April 2025. Eligible studies involved academics and focused on resilience.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirteen qualitative studies were included. Three main themes were identified: factors influencing resilience, barriers to building and sustaining resilience, and strategies to strengthen resilience.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings highlight the need for targeted resilience interventions and education programmes to enhance well-being in academia.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2685386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13255192/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148213367","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":"Parents' experiences with the Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) intervention - a scoping review of qualitative studies.","authors":"Kirsten Gudbjørg Øen, Veronica Velde Wold, Hanne Cecilie Braarud, Ingvild Sundfør Rasmussen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2644584","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2644584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research on the Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) program is limited.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The current study was performed to map and synthesize the existing qualitative literature on parents' experiences of participating in the COSP to address gaps in the current knowledge base.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A scoping review was carried out. Sixteen qualitative studies with samples from well-baby clinics, community health care, child welfare services, specialist mental health care services for children, and specialist mental health care for adults were included in this review. The sample included 172 informants, mostly women.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thematic content analysis found three main themes and eight sub-themes. Theme 1: Parents' journey of self-reflection, self-development, learning and understanding of the parenting role. Sub-theme: (1a) COSP as a source of increased self-understanding and security in the parenting role, (1b) emotionally demanding processes for parents. Theme 2: COSP, a source of changes in the child and parent‒child relationship and interaction with others. Sub-theme: (2a) COSP assessed as having a positive impact on the child. (2b) COSP assessed as improving parent‒child interaction. (2c) COSP as a source of conflict resolution. Theme 3: COSP is assessed as positive, yet sometimes adaptations are needed. Sub-theme: (3a) Parents experience the COSP as useful for their everyday lives and recommend the program to other parents. (3b) Parents have comments and suggestions regarding the implementation of the COSP. (3c) The COSP is recommended by parents outside the target group, but adaptations are required.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The review shows that parents find the COSP intervention to have valuable potential as a health-promoting intervention, but the program should be used with careful consideration to non-target groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2644584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13007396/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488489","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":"Interventions to support young carers/supporters of people living with dementia: a mixed methods systematic review.","authors":"Kirstie Goodchild, Ellice Parkinson, Jane L Cross","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2650367","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2650367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Despite children being young carers for people living with dementia globally, and evidence suggesting they need more support, there is limited research evaluating best practice for dementia-care related interventions for children. The purpose of this work was therefore to comprehensively summarise the existing literature by synthesising studies appraising existing child-focused and dementia-care relevant interventions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A mixed methods systematic review with a convergent integrated synthesis approach. Four databases were systematically searched from 1st January 2013 to 9th February 2024. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies evaluating any intervention programme that aimed to improve children's understanding and/or support for people living with dementia were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen studies, evaluating 15 different interventions (1,345 participants), were eligible for inclusion. Extracted data were inductively synthesised into 18 categories, forming six integrated findings relating to what makes interventions useful for helping children to understand and/or support people living with dementia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings can inform the development of interventions for children with dementia care responsibilities, and further robust research.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2650367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13034709/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147534535","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":"Collective capacity building for emotionally charged work: a grounded theory of strategies for maintaining meaning and well-being in emotionally charged work.","authors":"Sofie Østergaard Jaspers, Sara Wienke Christiansen, Emma Dybdal Andersen, Anne-Marie Martin, Ida E H Madsen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2722429","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2722429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Emotionally charged work-encompassing emotional demands and emotional labour - has been associated with ill health and alienation. While the consequences of such work has been widely theorized, the prevention of negative consequences remains undertheorized.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, we adopt a classical grounded theory approach to (a) Explore the main concern of employed people regarding emotionally charged work and (b) Generate a grounded theory that could inform sustainable organization of emotionally charged work and the prevention of compassion fatigue. Initial purposeful sampling included eight employees and managers from psychiatric hospitals. As subsequent theoretical sampling required broader diversity, we conducted interviews with 15 additional participants across varied occupations, including ministers of religion, military personnel, social care workers, educators, IT managers, and others.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using open coding and constant comparison, we developed a grounded theory of collective capacity building for emotionally charged work. We found that the main concern of participants was to maintain meaningful working lives and in the context of emotionally charged work, they achieved this by building collective capacity for this work.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings offer theoretical and practical guidance for sustainably organizing work in occupations marked by high levels of emotionally charged work.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2722429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13587531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148984134","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":"Health promotion as relational, practical, and structurally constrained work in forensic psychiatric care: a qualitative study on registered nurses' experiences.","authors":"Annette Björk, Jelwa Basim, Maria Sundberg, Lars Hammarström, Lisbeth Kristiansen","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2657694","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2657694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Forensic psychiatric care involves balancing treatment and rehabilitation with strict legal and security requirements. Registered nurses play a central role in promoting health and supporting patients' everyday life in this context; however, their perspectives on health-promoting work within coercive institutional settings remain underexplored.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore registered nurses' experiences of promoting health and supporting everyday life in forensic psychiatric care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative design with individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews was used. Fifteen registered nurses working in forensic psychiatric care in Sweden participated. The interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke, informed by relational perspectives on care and institutional power.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three interrelated themes were created: (1) <i>Dialogue as a foundation for participation</i>, (2) <i>Everyday practice as a vehicle for recovery</i>, and (3) <i>Navigating paradoxes within restrictive care</i>. Registered nurses described dialogue as foundational for building trust, fostering motivation, and enabling patient participation while simultaneously being shaped by coercive conditions and institutional constraints. Everyday practices, including physical activity, shared meals, and structured routines, functioned as concrete vehicles for recovery, yeat remanined embedded within secitity oriented frameworks. Nurses also described ongoing tensions between health promotion, medication related side effects, and institutional risk management.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests that registered nurses in forensic psychiatric care experience health promotion as relational, practical, and structurally constrained work within coercive institutional settings. Rather than functioning as a discrete intervention, health promotion appears as an embedded and negotiated aspect of everyday nursing practice. While registered nurses seek to foster participation and well-being, their efforts unfold within institutional arrangements primarily organised around security, risk management, and pharmacological stability. Strengthening organisational support and interprofessional collaboration may enhance the conditions for sustainable health-promoting practice in forensic psychiatric care.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2657694"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13072670/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147647536","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":"Friendship: a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of youth and of peer support workers in Youth FACT (flexible assertive community treatment) services.","authors":"Hege Arvesen, Nina Helen Mjøsund, Vibeke Krane, Mona Sommer","doi":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2660040","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17482631.2026.2660040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Friendship is recognized as vital for mental health and quality of life. It encompasses both protective and challenging aspects, constituting a relational and existential dimension in human life. Despite extensive research on the significance of friendship, less is known about how friendship is experienced in everyday life among individuals facing mental health challenges.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the lived experiences of friendship as described by young people receiving follow-up from Youth FACT and peer support workers employed in these services.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A hermeneutic phenomenological approach inspired by van Manen was employed. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 7 young people (aged 15-18) and 7 peer support workers (aged 28-45) were analyzed. Analysis involved the selection of rich, experience-near descriptions, their transformation into experiential anecdotes, and reflective, interpretive exploration.</p><p><strong>Findings and concluding remarks: </strong>Friendship reveals as a complex, living, existential phenomenon, integral, continuously in motion as dynamic processes beyond our control. Friendship offers possibilities without guarantees, unfolding through presence, vulnerability, movement, and freedom. Among young people and peer support workers in Youth FACT, our exploration show how layered meanings of friendship uncover uniquely in each encounter, protective for some, burdensome for others, and at times both within the same relationship and experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":51468,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being","volume":"21 1","pages":"2660040"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13094251/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147700823","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}