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A cluster analysis of European Life in Recovery data:what are the typical patterns of recovery experience?
Get PDFIntroduction: There is little research around recovery pathways and how they cluster together by individual and situational factors according to time in recovery. Method: This paper uses a cluster analysis with data from the European Life in Recovery (LiR) survey to produce typologies of recovery pathways around stages of recovery: early (<1 year), sustained (1-5 years), and stable (>5 years). A secondary aim was to explore evidence of national variations among clusters. Results: Cluster analysis identified five typologies of persons in recovery, broadly reflecting the three stages. ‘Early Recovery’ participants had the highest barriers and lowest strengths in recovery and were most likely to reside in Spain, Portugal and Poland. ‘Sustained with residual barriers’ participants were characterized by high strengths in active addiction but most barriers in recovery and mainly resided in the Netherlands and Belgium. ‘Stable With Lower Recovery Support’ reported higher barriers and lowest strengths in active addiction and were mainly from the Balkan countries. ‘Stable With Higher Recovery Support participants experienced the most barriers in active addiction but also the most strengths in recovery and were largely from the UK. ‘Mixed With Fewer Barriers’ showed the least barriers in recovery and the highest strengths in active addiction and were also mainly from the UK. Implications: Structural and cultural factors (possibly including location) are essential in recovery journeys and that, while all recovery journeys are unique, are several clusters of characteristics can be identified as broadly consistent with the Betty Ford Institute stages approach of early, sustained and stable recovery. <br/
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No full textAdolescents’ videogame play, need satisfaction, and self-esteem:a self-determination perspective
Get PDFInitial evidence suggests that need-supportive videogame play can have positive short-term effects on adolescents’ need satisfaction, and may therefore help to promote positive well-being. However, less is currently known about the long-term interrelations between need-supportive videogame play, global need satisfaction, and adolescent well-being. Thus, guided by self-determination theory and broaden-and-build theory, this study explored the longitudinal reciprocal relationship between adolescents’ need-supportive gameplay and self-esteem, via global need satisfaction. The moderating effect of gender was also examined. Three-wave panel data were collected from 405 Belgian adolescents between September 2021 and September 2022 (M age = 15.13, SD = 1.52; Female = 64.20%), and data were analyzed using random intercept cross-lagged panel models. The valence, strength, and consistency of within-person cross-lagged associations differed across the basic psychological needs, and gender had no moderating effect on the hypothesized models. Results therefore suggest that the uniform positive effects of need-supportive gameplay on adolescent well-being tend to be short-lived, and that over time, videogame play tends to satisfy some basic psychological needs more than others. Findings add to the emerging literature regarding videogame play and positive adolescent well-being, and results emphasize the importance of investigating the long-term implications of adolescent videogame play
The quest for democratic citizenship:contestations and geopolitical contradictions
No full textThis chapter examines notions of democracy and citizenship, the democratic models, and how some of these have manifested in practice, particularly within the African context. While there has been a wave of democratisation globally in the last half a century, this has occurred amidst fierce contestations, some militarily. Furthermore, the practice of democracy from a global standpoint, both within liberal and illiberal states, has been saddled with numerous contradictions in so far as democratic values are concerned. Drawing from varied historical literature sources and analysing contemporary practices of democracy, it is noted that despite existing contestations, contradictions, and imperfections of democracy, this political system remains the best alternative in the 21st century, especially for developing nations that still have weaker systems of governance and have a greater need for economic growth and protection of human rights. The role of citizenship education is also posited as a critical structure, necessary for an informed polity to make those who govern more accountable
Subject knowledge development for trainee teachers of computer science
No full textSeveral years of below-target recruitment have led to a shortage of Computing Teachers in the English school system additionally, candidates who apply to study PGCE courses often have a low level of subject knowledge, creating tensions for training providers. This research aims to understand how best to support the subject knowledge development of trainees to ensure that schools have a supply of newly qualified Computing Teachers able to deliver the curriculum
