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Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Growth among Women with Cancer: The Contribution of Perceived Cancer-related Stress and Life Meaning
No full textRak je jedan od vodećih javnozdravstvenih problema u Hrvatskoj i svijetu, no napredak u dijagnostici i liječenju doveo je do veće stope izlječivosti i produljenja životnog vijeka oboljelih. Unatoč tome, život s dijagnozom raka i proces liječenja mogu imati snažan utjecaj na psihološko funkcioniranje osobe. Kod oboljelih to iskustvo može dovesti do razvoja simptoma posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja (PTSP), ali i potaknuti pozitivne promjene poznate kao posttraumatski rast. Pregled dosadašnje literature ističe niz čimbenika koji pridonose razvoju navedenih psiholoških ishoda, no spoznaje o ulozi subjektivne percepcije bolesti i egzistencijalnih čimbenika, poput smisla života, pokazuju nedosljednosti, što upućuje na potrebu za daljnjim istraživanjima. Stoga, cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati zastupljenost simptoma posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja i posttraumatskog rasta kod žena oboljelih od raka te prediktivni doprinos percipirane stresnosti raka i smisla života u objašnjenju navedenih varijabli. U istraživanju su sudjelovale 153 žene, članice Udruge „Sve za nju“, koje su pristupile anonimnom ispunjavanju online upitnika. Korišteni su standardizirani mjerni instrumenti, a podaci su analizirani deskriptivnim, korelacijskim i regresijskim metodama. Rezultati su pokazali da 35,9% sudionica iskazuje klinički značajne simptome PTSP-a, dok 98% navodi barem jednu pozitivnu psihološku promjenu povezanu s iskustvom bolesti. Nije utvrđena značajna povezanost između simptoma PTSP-a i posttraumatskog rasta, što ukazuje na to da se mogu javljati neovisno. Utvrđeno je i da percipirana stresnost raka značajno pozitivno predviđa simptome PTSP-a i posttraumatski rast, dok smisao života pokazuje negativan prediktivni doprinos simptomima PTSP-a te pozitivan doprinos posttraumatskom rastu. Ovi nalazi ističu važnost subjektivne procjene bolesti i egzistencijalnog doživljaja smisla u procesu psihološke prilagodbe te naglašavaju potrebu za razvojem intervencija koje istodobno smanjuju distres i potiču osobni rast kod osoba suočenih s malignom dijagnozom.Cancer remains one of the leading public health challenges in both Croatia and the world. Although advances in diagnostics and treatment have led to higher cure rates and increased life expectancy among patients, living with a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment can still have a profound impact on an individual’s psychological functioning. In affected individuals, the experience may lead to the development of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but it may also trigger positive changes known as posttraumatic growth. A review of existing literature highlights various factors contributing to these psychological outcomes, however, findings regarding the role of subjective illness perception and existential factors, such as life meaning, remain inconsistent, indicating a need for further research. The aim of this research was to examine the prevalence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth among women diagnosed with cancer, as well as the predictive contribution of perceived cancer-related stress and sense of life meaning in explaining these outcomes. The study included 153 women, members of the “Sve za nju” Association, who participated by anonymously completing an online questionnaire. Standardized measurement instruments were used, and the data were analyzed using descriptive, correlational, and multiple regression methods. The results showed that 35.9% of participants reported clinically significant levels of PTSD symptoms, while 98% indicated at least one positive psychological change related to their illness experience. No significant correlation was found between PTSD symptoms and posttraumatic growth, suggesting that they may occur independently. Furthermore, perceived cancer-related stress was found to positively predict both PTSD symptoms and posttraumatic growth, whereas sense of life meaning negatively predicted PTSD symptoms and positively predicted posttraumatic growth. These findings emphasize the importance of subjective illness perception and existential meaning in psychological adjustment to cancer and point to the need for interventions aimed at reducing distress while simultaneously promoting personal growth in individuals facing a malignant diagnosis
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
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
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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