Agency in avoidant personality disorder: a narrative review by Andrea Varga Weme, Andrea Varga Weme, Kristine Dahl Sørensen, Per-Einar Binder

“…We review previous research regarding psychological mechanisms and interpersonal relationships that facilitate or hinder agency in AvPD in daily life and psychotherapy.MethodsSummarizing original literature in a narrative review with reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsPeople diagnosed with AvPD seem to have significant impairments in their sense of agency due to a lack of emotional awareness, an overweight of inhibiting vs. activating emotions, and difficulties regulating emotions. …”
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Improving mental ill-health with psycho-social group interventions in South Asia-A scoping review using a realist lens. by Kaaren Mathias, Sumeet Jain, Robert Fraser, Meghan Davis, Rita Kimijima-Dennemeyer, Pooja Pillai, Smita N Deshpande, Maria Wolters

“…In a context of social exclusion and limited autonomy for people with psychosocial disability, psychosocial support groups triggered five key mechanisms. Trusted relationships undergirded all mechanisms, and provided a sense of inclusion, social support and of being able to manage mental distress due to improved skills and knowledge. …”
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Early Childhood Education (PAUD) Class Management at Islamic Kindergarten (RA) Al-Islamiyah by Oki Dermawan, N Kardinah, Ahmad Iqbal, Nila Wahyu Handayani

“…Actions that need to be taken by the teacher in creating classroom conditions are communication and interpersonal relationships between students and teachers reciprocally and effectively, arranging classroom equipment and children's seats, and planning or preparing for teaching. …”
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Evaluation of a Career Resiliency Intervention for Special Education Teachers in China: Effects of Healthy Teachers Program by Tian J, Zhou Y, Yu S

“…The intervention group was taught eight program lessons by a school psychology teacher, which covered topics related to understanding career resilience, supporting self-awareness, changing career goals, and establishing interpersonal relationships. The researchers statistically analyzed the data collected at three-time points with repeated-measures analysis of variance and also conducted the focus group method to collect qualitative data for the social validity of HTP.Results: The HTP positively influences the career resilience of special education teachers and has a high degree of social validity in the social significance of the goals and the social importance of the effects but an insufficient degree in the social appropriateness of the procedures. …”
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Sleep and personality in college students: A preliminary study by A.P. Amaral, C. Fernandes, M. Pocinho

“…Personality is related with academic and occupational achievement, quality of interpersonal relationships, but also with sleep. Concerning personality, individuals with lower emotional stability have greater sensitivity to stress and maladaptive sleep-related behaviour. …”
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Subjective Perceptions of Occupational Fatigue in Community Pharmacists by Taylor L. Watterson, Michelle A. Chui

“…Conclusions: The findings highlighted the pharmacists’ feelings of despair and mental fatigue, fatigue’s connectedness to interpersonal relationships, and the complex nature of pharmacy work systems. …”
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Discursive Practices of Doctor-Patient Online-Communication (the Case of “Health.mail.ru”) by L. V. Iskanderova

“…Usually doctor-patient online communication on the internet medical advice forums does not involve thorough analysis of individual patient’s situation and maintaining sustainable interpersonal relationships.…”
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Exploring how social networking sites impact youth with anxiety: A qualitative study of Facebook stressors among adolescents with an anxiety disorder diagnosis by Olivia Calancie, Lexi Ewing, Laura D. Narducci, Salinda Horgan, Sarosh Khalid-Khan

“…Future quantitative studies are recommended to further understand the relationships between Facebook stressors and expressed anxiety in clinical populations.…”
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Measuring effects of screen time on the development of children in the Philippines: a cross-sectional study by Angel Belle C. Dy, Alane Blythe C. Dy, Samantha Katrina Santos

“…The effects on personal skills, interpersonal relationships and play and leisure skills were only statistically significant at 4 to 5 or more hours of screen time use. …”
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The Brazilian army and the low prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in women of the military garrison of Campinas between 2017 to 2020: a prospective, cross-sectional epid... by Fabia Lopes, Fernanda Kesselring Tso, Neila Maria de Góis Speck

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Given the characteristics of military missions, intense interpersonal contact, and wide variation in casual relationships, the military has long been recognized as a high-risk population for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). …”
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Body image alteration in women with breast cancer: A concept analysis using an evolutionary method by Jeonghee Ahn, Eunyoung Eunice Suh

“…The consequences were “psychological well-being or distress,” “strengthening or breakdown of intimate relationships,” “enhancement or impairment of social functioning,” and “adherence or resistance to breast cancer treatment.” …”
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Can I Choose a Throwable Object for You? Perceiving Affordances for Other Individuals by Huichao Ji, Jing Samantha Pan

“…In all experimental conditions, observers’ ranking and confederates’ actual throwing performances yielded linear relationships with slopes close to 1 and moderate to high r2 values. …”
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Self occidentale, Self orientale. Per una narratologia interculturale by Stefano Calabrese

“…In the West, parents encourage their children to establish an autonomous and independent Self urging them to develop personal stories and to file an individual memory made up of unique and unrepeatable items; in the East the favored patents’ operation of narrative reminiscing tends instead to instill in their children a strong community sense through a socially-centered approach that focuses on the mother’s figure, careful to emphasize the interpersonal relationships and the “we” acting as a group.…”
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Impacts of suicide bereavement on men: a systematic review by Nina Logan, Karolina Krysinska, Karl Andriessen

“…Compared to non-bereaved men, suicide-bereaved men are more likely to experience adverse psychosocial outcomes included increased suicide mortality, heightened susceptibility to mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, and challenges in interpersonal relationships and social functioning. The review also identified gender differences in grief responses and coping strategies, with men often exhibiting more pronounced grief reactions and facing unique challenges due to societal expectations and norms regarding masculinity.DiscussionThe findings of this review underscore the elevated risk of adverse suicide- and mental-health related outcomes for suicide-bereaved men and the need for tailored postvention supports for this cohort. …”
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The Social Explanatory Styles Questionnaire: assessing moderators of basic social-cognitive phenomena including spontaneous trait inference, the fundamental attribution error, and... by Michael J Gill, Michael R Andreychik

“…Answers to such everyday questions--social explanations--have powerful effects on relationships at the interpersonal and societal levels. …”
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Leisure experience and mobile phone addiction: Evidence from Chinese adolescents by Ximei Xia, Shuhui Qin, Shiyin Zhang

“…Background: During the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning became the mainstream because of many restrictions on interpersonal relationships. Children spent more and more time using mobile phones, which also aroused public concern.In past research on the prevention of problematic mobile phone use, it was easy to neglect meaningful part of leisure. …”
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Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunction among Five Hundred Women at the Childbearing Period in Upper Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Study by Essamelden Mohamed, Mofreh Mansour, Doha Abd El-Rady

“…Background and purpose: Sexual dysfunction adversely affect the quality of life, self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships. Our aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence and associated risk factors of female sexual dysfunction among women in Upper Egypt.Patients and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study that included 500 women aged between 18 and 35 years attended the outpatient dermatology clinic, Al-Azhar University Hospital, Assiut. …”
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Pandemic anxiety and its correlates among young doctors working frontline in Pakistan by Alina Rashid, Kanza Faisal

“…Results Four themes emerged in the analysis: pandemic anxiety, organizational lack of readiness for change, impact on interpersonal relationships, and commitment to service. …”
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MOTIVASI KERJA DALAM PENGEMBANGAN USAHA PERSPEKTIF EKONOMI ISLAM (STUDI PADA WARALABA KEBAB TURKI BABA RAFI DI SURABAYA) by Saifuddin Saifuddin

“…The results of the study found several factors of work motivation that were applied including: (1) achievement, namely giving a bonus if it exceeded the sales target, (2) responsibility, namely decisive in enforcing regulations and punishing those who made mistakes, (3) development, namely providing guidance in every religion once a month. (4) administrative policy, namely providing direction using good and polite speech, (5) interpersonal relationships that are mutually supportive, (6) working conditions namely providing comfort and complete work facilities. …”
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Commitment as a Mediating Variable: Is There an Influence of Work Experience and Teacher Performance Motivation? by Friska Septriyanda Patraini, RR Erlina, Nova Mardiana

“…Then by giving appreciation to other teachers, it is hoped that teachers can improve interpersonal relationships, so that teachers feel comfortable and connected. between teachers is increasingly harmonious, with conditions that can improve teacher performance. …”
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