Premenstrual Distress Among Japanese High School Students: Self-Care Strategies and Associated Physical and Psychosocial Factors

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 859-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroko Otsuka-Ono ◽  
Iori Sato ◽  
Mari Ikeda ◽  
Kiyoko Kamibeppu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Self Care ◽  
School Students ◽  
Premenstrual Distress

Reflections of Curriculum Narratives

2022 ◽  
pp. 125-144
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
School Students

This narrative represents the foundation for the PAGES program and shares examples from physical therapy patients, high school students, and people coping with life changes during the recent pandemic. PAGES serves as an acronym for practice patience, accept the present, gather information, encourage, and self-care. The strategies can apply to a variety of settings, and anyone wishing to implement change may use all parts of the acronym collectively or choose useful individual components of the advice.

Suicide Risk in High School Students in Slovenia

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Tomori
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Behavior

The objective of this study was to determine the psychosocial factors which differentiate suicidal adolescents from their nonsuicidal peers. By means of a specially designed questionnaire, distributed to a representative sample of 4686 Slovene high school students of both sexes aged 14-19 years, we assessed their general characteristics, suicidal ideation and behavior, family circumstances, self-appraisal of the problems and ways of solving them, engagement in sport, and exposure to suicide in their close circle. Numerous important differences were established between suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. The data gathered will help further research into suicidal behavior in adolescents.

The association between postural alignment and psychosocial factors to upper quadrant pain in high school students: A prospective study

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolandi Brink ◽  
Lynette Christine Crous ◽  
Quinette Abigail Louw ◽  
Karen Grimmer-Somers ◽  
Kristiaan Schreve
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quadrant Pain ◽  
Postural Alignment ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Psychosocial Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation Attempts in Korean High School Students Who Engage in Intermittent and Light Smoking

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jin Suk Ra ◽  
Yeon-Hee Jeong
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Past ◽  
Light Smoking

Purpose: This study aimed to identify psychosocial factors associated with smoking cessation attempts among Korean high school students who engage in intermittent and light smoking.Methods: Cross-sectional secondary data derived from the 2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey were analyzed within the framework of the biopsychosocial model. The sample comprised 829 high school students who reported current intermittent and light smoking, which was defined as cigarette smoking on 1~29 days in a 30-day period and no more than 10 cigarettes per day. Purposeful selection logistic regression analysis was performed.Results: In total, 71.7% (n=586) of the respondents had tried to stop smoking during the past 12 months. The main result was that respondents who had viewed an anti-smoking advertisement in the past year significantly more smoking cessation attempts than those who had not (adjusted odds ratio=2.59; 95% confidence interval=1.45~4.62, <i>p</i>=.001).Conclusion: To encourage smoking cessation attempts among high school students who engage in intermittent and light smoking, healthcare providers, including school and community nurses, should develop effective interventions using anti-smoking advertisements tailored to adolescents’ interests and developmental stage.

scholarly journals Substance Use among Adolescent High School Students in Nigeria and Its Relationship with Psychosocial Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. e00480-e00480
Author(s):  
Adetunji Obadeji ◽  
Banji F. Kumolalo ◽  
Lateef O. Oluwole ◽  
Adedotun S. Ajiboye ◽  
Mobolaji U. Dada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Distress Scale

Background: Despite the tremendous negative consequences of substances on the health and well-being of adolescents, studies continue to report the high rates of substance use among adolescents. We aimed to identify the pattern of substance use among high school students and its relationship with psychosocial factors. Study design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The study was conducted in Oct 2019 among students in the senior secondary school in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State; southwestern Nigeria. Participants were selected using random sampling, and data were collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Kessler Psychological distress scale and an adapted version of the NIDA-Modified ASSIST. Bivariate analysis and multiple logistic regression were carried out to identify factors associated with psychological distress. Results: Overall, 682 students participated in the study. The lifetime and current prevalence of any substance were 17.3% (95% CI: 14.7%, 20.5%) and 11.7% (95% CI: 9.0, 14.0), respectively. Although most substance use variables increases the risk of psychological distress, history of lifetime substance use AOR= 3.03 (95% CI: 1.19, 7.72, P=0.020) and absence of direct parental care AOR=2.04 (1.19, 3.48, P=0.009) significantly increases the risk of experiencing psychological distress. Parental substance use AOR=3.48 (95% CI: 1.57, 7.69, P=0.002), male gender AOR=2.97 (95% CI: 1.82, 4.83, P=0.001) significantly increased substance use risk while having married parents AOR=0.50 (95% CI: 0.27, 0.92, P=0.027) and living with parents AOR 0.39 (95% CI: 0.20, 0.75, P=0.005) were significant protective factors. Conclusion: The prevalence of substance use among these adolescents was substantial. Drug education initiated in primary school and services aimed at promoting the mental wellbeing of adolescents may go a long way in decreasing substance use among this population.

scholarly journals Psychological Distress, Somatic Complaints and Their Relation to Negative Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Swedish High School Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nóra Kerekes ◽  
Btissame Zouini ◽  
Sofia Tingberg ◽  
Soly Erlandsson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
School Students ◽  
Substance Use Problems ◽  
Distress Level

Abstract Background Adolescence is a period in a life characterized by major neurobiological, physiological, and psychological changes. Those changes may give rise to worsened mental health and an increased prevalence of somatic complaints combined with a negative psychosocial environment. Rapid changes in society, which may also affect young people in several ways, call for a renewed screening of today's adolescents' mental and somatic well-being.Aim The present study's primary aim was to measure the level of self-rated psychological distress and the prevalence of somatic complaints in a sample of Swedish high school students. As a secondary aim, it identifies gender-specific patterns and examines mental and somatic health in relation to negative psychosocial factors (such as parental alcohol use problems or the experience of physical or psychological abuse).Method 287 Swedish high school students completed a survey including the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and a questionnaire about the presence of defined somatic complaints. In order to examine the relationship between negative psychosocial factors and mental and somatic health, three groups were formed: those reporting (1) parental substance use problems, (2) previous experience of abuse, (3) none of these problems.Results The majority of the Swedish high-school students (> 80%) reported no or only a few problems with psychological distress and no or only one somatic complaint. Female students disclosed a significantly higher psychological distress level captured by each BSI domain. The number of somatic complaints was similarly distributed between the genders. The students rarely reported parental substance use problems, but almost 40% of the male and 50% of the female students indicated the experience of physical and/or psychological abuse. Such negative psychosocial circumstances were related to an increased level of anxiety in the male and an increased general level of psychological distress in female students.Conclusions The study confirmed female students’ higher psychological distress level, while no gender differences in the number, but the type, of physical complaints were detected. The experience of physical and/or psychological abuse was found to worsen psychological distress in students of both genders significantly.

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