1,720,958 research outputs found
The Role of Social Media Usage in the Impact of Body Image on Disordered Eating Attitudes During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
No full textDigrak, Ebru/0000-0001-7406-4769ObjectiveSocial media use can negatively impact both physical and mental well-being by influencing aspects like body image and potentially leading to eating disorders. This issue is particularly significant during pregnancy, a time when maternal and foetal health are heavily influenced by nutrition. This study aims to examine how social media use affects the relationship between body image and disordered eating attitudes in the third trimester of pregnant women.MethodA cross-sectional survey was conducted with a convenience sample of 368 pregnant women during their routine prenatal visits. Data collection occurred between May 2023 to May 2024, utilising the Social Media Use Integration Scale, the Disordered Eating Attitudes in Pregnancy Scale and the Body Image in Pregnancy Scale. The study's hypotheses were analysed using structural equation modelling.ResultsThe study demonstrated significant positive correlations among body image perception, disordered eating attitudes, and social media use during the third trimester of pregnancy. Particularly, higher levels of social media use exacerbated the negative effects of body image perception on disordered eating attitudes. The overall model explained 29.21% of the variance in disordered eating attitudes, with social media use playing a significant moderating role.ConclusionThese findings suggest that negative body image perceptions and social media use affect disordered eating attitudes in the third trimester of pregnant women. Furthermore, social media use serves as a significant moderator, increasing the negative effects of body image concerns. Healthcare providers should take into account the influence of social media on pregnant women's body image and eating behaviours when developing intervention strategies. Implementing educational programs that promote a positive body image perception and enhance media literacy could be beneficial
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The Mediating Role of Covid-19 Anxiety on the Relationship Between Quality of Life and Spiritual Well-Being, and Hopelessness: a Study on Cancer Patients
No full textObjectives. The coronavirus pandemic has caused concern in the community, especially in patients. Spirituality, hopelessness, and quality of life have an impact on the management of the process in cancer patients during these crisis periods. To investigate COVID-19 anxiety's mediating role in hopelessness' relationships with the quality of life and spiritual well-being among cancer patients. Methods. This study used a cross-sectional design to collect data from cancer patients using self-administered questionnaires. The study recruited 176 cancer patients receiving treatment at a university hospital. The participants completed measures of spiritual well-being, COVID19 anxiety, hopelessness, and quality of life. Following preliminary analyses, a mediation model was analyzed using the PROCESS macro for SPSS, with the bootstrap method applied (model 4). Results. The results showed that spiritual well-being was negatively associated with COVID19 anxiety and hopelessness, and positively associated with the quality of life. COVID-19 anxiety was associated positively with hopelessness, and negatively with the quality of life. Moreover, COVID-19 anxiety mediated the relationship between hopelessness, spiritual well-being, and quality of life. Significance of results. This study provides evidence for COVID-19 anxiety's mediating role in the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life and hopelessness among cancer patients. The findings suggest that interventions aimed at reducing COVID-19 anxiety may be effective in reducing hopelessness among cancer patients, by promoting higher levels of spiritual well-being and improving quality of life
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Opinions of Hepatitis B Virus Carrier Male Patients About the Disease
No full textObjectives: The study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and opinions of male patients infected with the hepatitis B virus about their disease. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in a military hospital in Ankara between July 2016 - July 2017. The study population consisted of 244 male patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the hospital within one year. No sample selection was made, and 208 patients accepted to participate were included in the study. The research data were collected by a questionnaire form consisting of 28 questions prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. For statistical analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows. Version 22.0 program was used. Results: Of the patients, 86.5% were single, 50% were primary school graduates, 65.4% were self-employed, and their mean age was 22.67 +/- 2.9. According to the data, 53.4% of the patients were HBeAg-negative, and 46.6% were HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients. Healthcare personnel was the information source for 51.9% of the patients, and 80.8% felt the need to get more information about their disease. 88.4% of the patients stated that hepatitis B disease could be transmitted through the bloodstream, and 80.7% of them stated that being vaccinated prevented them from being sick. 86.5% of the patients stated that the purpose of the treatment of hepatitis B disease was to prevent the progression of the disease. Conclusions: According to the study's results, we determined that the patients' knowledge and attitudes about their diseases were insufficient
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The Comparison of Psychological States of Women Participating and Non-Participanting in Vocational and Hobby Course
No full textObjectives: The research was conducted with the purpose of determining psychological states of women who participating and non-participanting in vocational and hobby courses and related factors. Methods: Totally, 360 women living in Konya's Karatay region took part in the research, 180 women were picked up among the women participating in vocational and hobby courses, resident in Konya's Karatay region, the rest 180 vice versa, resident at the same location. A survey form constituting from 36 questions determining individuals' sociodemographic attributes, health status and living habits and Short Symptom Inventory for determining their psychological states were used. During evaluation of the data, t-test, chi-square test, one-way analysis of variance, Turkey's HSD (Honestly Significant Difference) test and multiple regression analysis were used. Results: When research findings were evaluated, it concluded that, the women, who didn't participate in vocational and hobby courses had more psychological problems than the women, who participated in those courses. Psychological symptoms and complaints about psychological symptoms of the women, who didn't participate in course, were found significantly high. According to multiple regression analysis, participating in vocational and hobby courses is an important determinant contributing to women's psychological health positively. Conclusion: Among women having low socioeconomic status, It was thought that it would be useful to disseminate participating Vocational and Hobby Course and similar services
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
- …
