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Revista Da Escola de Enfermagem Da U S P 2020To evaluate the impact of work on nursing professionals' health.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the impact of work on nursing professionals' health.
METHOD
This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted with nurses from a university hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected through interviews using an instrument to obtain sociodemographic data and health conditions and the Pleasure and Suffering Indicators at Work Scale (PSIWS).
RESULTS
There were 152 nurses who participated. The Experience of Pleasure and its domains were rated as satisfactory, while Suffering Factors and their domains were critically evaluated. Statistically significant associations were observed (p≤0.05) between the indicators of pleasure and suffering and some health conditions, health problems and medication use.
CONCLUSION
Satisfactory levels of pleasure were associated with better health conditions and critical levels of suffering were associated with worse health conditions.
Topics: Brazil; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Nurses; Occupational Health; Pleasure
PubMed: 32813822
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-220x2018046103584 -
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity Apr 2023Physical activity for older adults is recommended to encourage the maintenance of functional autonomy and improve mental health. Ballroom dancing involves aerobic,...
Physical activity for older adults is recommended to encourage the maintenance of functional autonomy and improve mental health. Ballroom dancing involves aerobic, strength, and balance work and is an inherently a social activity. This 12-month qualitative study considered the influence of ballroom dancing on health and well-being in community-dwelling older adults. It explores an underreported aspect of physical activity, which may incentivize older people to participate, that is, pleasure. Qualitative data were managed and analyzed using the Framework Analysis approach. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 26 older adult ballroom dancers. Five typologies of pleasure were identified. In addition to "sensual pleasure," "pleasure of habitual action," and "pleasure of immersion," as suggested by Phoenix and Orr, the "pleasure of practice" and "pleasure of community" were also identified. Ballroom dancing produces a strong sense of embodied pleasure for older adults and should be promoted by health and exercise professionals for community-dwelling older adults.
Topics: Humans; Aged; Pleasure; Music; Independent Living; Exercise; Mental Health
PubMed: 36068073
DOI: 10.1123/japa.2021-0332 -
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin Jun 2023Shared positive activities, such as engaging conversations and interactive play, enhance relationships and buffer the consequences of negative interactions. The current...
Shared positive activities, such as engaging conversations and interactive play, enhance relationships and buffer the consequences of negative interactions. The current research tested whether affectionate touch (a prime target for intervention) encourages people to prioritize other shared positive activities and to view shared activities more positively. In a pre-registered dyadic diary study of married couples (Study 1), greater affectionate touch on one day predicted increases in shared positive activities concurrently and prospectively. In a pre-registered dyadic experiment (Study 2), a brief affectionate touch intervention increased self-reported (but not observer-rated) shared positive activities immediately and increased shared positive activities over the following week for people who do not typically engage in such activities. Participants assigned to touch (particularly those low in attachment anxiety) also perceived their partners more positively during shared activities. These results suggest that touch may facilitate positive relationship experiences broadly and supports a theoretical model of affectionate touch.
Topics: Humans; Touch; Interpersonal Relations; Anxiety; Pleasure; Communication
PubMed: 35440257
DOI: 10.1177/01461672221083764 -
Current Topics in Behavioral... 2022The following essay addresses the evolution of the term "anhedonia" as a key construct in biological psychiatry, especially as it pertains to positive emotional and...
The following essay addresses the evolution of the term "anhedonia" as a key construct in biological psychiatry, especially as it pertains to positive emotional and motivational states central to mental health and well-being. In its strictest definition, anhedonia was intended to convey an inability to experience "pleasure" derived from ingestion of sweet tastes or the experience of pleasant odors and tactile sensations, among a host of positive sensations. However, this definition has proved to be too restrictive to capture the complexity of key psychological factors linked to major depression, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders it was originally intended to address. Despite the appeal of the elegant simplicity of the term anhedonia, its limitations soon became apparent when used to explain psychological constructs including aspects of learning, memory, and incentive motivation that are major determinants of success in securing the necessities of life. Accordingly, the definition of anhedonia has morphed into a much broader term that includes key roles in the disturbance of motivation in the form of anergia, impaired incentive motivation, along with deficits in associative learning and key aspects of memory, on which the ability to predict the consequences of one's actions are based. Here we argue that it is this latter capacity, namely predicting the likely consequences of motivated behavior, which can be termed "anticipation," that is especially important in the key deficits implied by the general term anhedonia in the context of neuropsychiatric conditions.
Topics: Anhedonia; Anticipation, Psychological; Depressive Disorder, Major; Humans; Motivation; Pleasure; Reward; Schizophrenia
PubMed: 35435641
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2022_317 -
The International Journal on Drug Policy Jul 2022GHB is used among some sexuality and gender diverse populations at elevated rates, however little qualitative research has explored GHB use among these populations with...
BACKGROUND
GHB is used among some sexuality and gender diverse populations at elevated rates, however little qualitative research has explored GHB use among these populations with regards to diverse contexts, settings, practices, and experiences of use. Internationally, harms relating to GHB overdose appear to be increasing. Research outlining consumers' experiences of GHB-related pleasures and their strategies to reduce harms may inform GHB education and intervention responses.
METHODS
N = 31 participants reporting three or more occasions of GHB use within the previous 12 months were recruited via digital advertising and snowball methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, data were transcribed and analysed in NVivo using a thematic framework analysis. Emergent themes were charted, and divergences and convergences were considered with regards to the sexuality and gender identities of participants.
RESULTS
Pleasures associated with GHB were described in relation to the sensation of the GHB high and experiences of intimacy, and connection. GHB was used to enhance socialising and sex in domestic, private, and commercial venues. Participants prioritised terminology of 'control' when describing their practices associated with GHB dosing, measuring, timing and peer moderation. Most participants reported personal experience of GHB overdose with loss of consciousness.
CONCLUSION
Participants' near-ubiquitous experience of GHB overdose highlights ongoing education needs around overdose prevention. Efforts must target people new to GHB use who appeared particularly susceptible to overdose. Inconsistencies in understandings around GHB overdose, the perceived severity of overdose and the differences between GHB and its precursors GBL and 1,4-BD, highlight potential focus areas of future education responses. Further research is required to better understand consumers' experiences of sexual violence in the context of GHB use.
Topics: Drug Overdose; Gender Identity; Humans; Pleasure; Sexual Behavior; Sexuality; Sodium Oxybate
PubMed: 35643047
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103747 -
International Journal of Environmental... May 2022The aim of this paper is to capture older adult women's experience of dance. To this purpose, a qualitative research study was carried out with members of the 'Gracje'...
The aim of this paper is to capture older adult women's experience of dance. To this purpose, a qualitative research study was carried out with members of the 'Gracje' dance group. The study used Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action as its theoretical underpinnings. The focus was on the models of action and validity claims expressed in language (narrative). In this theoretical framework, dancing activity has been shown as promoting not only physical health and mental wellbeing but also social involvement. Our study has found that, in and through dance, the older adults primarily realised their claims to pleasure, attractiveness, health and emancipation. This has considerably improved their bodily capacity and increased their self-esteem. However, what the older adults themselves find most important is that the realisation of these claims beneficially affects their interactions in family and neighbourly communities and facilitates their engagement in volunteer activities, helping people at risk of exclusion due to age and/or disability.
Topics: Aged; Dancing; Female; Humans; Pleasure; Qualitative Research
PubMed: 35627862
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106318 -
Global Public Health May 2021Pleasure is a key motivator for sex globally, while unsafe sex is the largest risk factor for young women's mortality and the second for young men. However, framing of... (Review)
Review
Pleasure is a key motivator for sex globally, while unsafe sex is the largest risk factor for young women's mortality and the second for young men. However, framing of sex education and sexual health programmes continues to be around avoiding danger, death and disease, rather than striving for pleasurable, satisfying, and safe sexual experiences. Omission of pleasure and sex-positivity goes against growing evidence that shows that people with more positive views of sexuality are more likely to practice safer sex, use contraception consistently, have higher sexual self-esteem and be more assertive.The Pleasure Project and Rutgers, with GH SRHR Alliance (Ghana) and SRHR Alliance (Kenya), conducted a qualitative pilot study of sexuality education under the Get Up Speak Out programme, analysing the extent to which they included sex-positive content, with recommendations to enhance sex-positivity. Data were collected through interviews with facilitators, focus group discussions with learners, observation of sessions, and curricula content analysis. Findings reveal possibilities of sex-positivity in restrictive contexts, illustrating ways for sexuality education to become more sex-positive and pleasure inclusive. This study enables the development of a new tool for a 'pleasure audit', with markers of high-quality, sex-positive and pleasure-inclusive sexuality education or sexual health programmes.
Topics: Female; Ghana; Humans; Kenya; Male; Pilot Projects; Pleasure; Sex Education; Sexual Behavior; Sexuality
PubMed: 32816645
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1809691 -
American Journal of Public Health Feb 2020
Topics: Global Health; Human Rights; Humans; Pleasure; Politics; Reproductive Health; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Health
PubMed: 31913674
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305497 -
Scientific Reports Oct 2023The surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on...
The surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on pinpointing the primary determinants of SNS addiction by introducing a theoretical framework centered on flow, perceived enjoyment, and habit. A sample of 282 SNS users from South Korea was surveyed, and the gathered data was assessed through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The evaluation revealed that positive affect closely relates to flow and perceived enjoyment, whereas negative affect amplifies flow but diminishes perceived enjoyment. Additionally, the research underscored that social influence significantly shapes habits and affects perceived enjoyment. Notably, flow demonstrated a strong connection to addiction, and perceived enjoyment influenced both flow and habit significantly. Habit was directly linked to addiction. These insights pave the way for more in-depth studies on SNS addiction patterns and offer a foundation for devising effective strategies to mitigate its adverse effects.
Topics: Humans; Social Media; Social Networking; Behavior, Addictive; Pleasure; Happiness
PubMed: 37794135
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43796-2 -
Global Public Health Jan 2023This commentary explores the missing discourse of sexual rights and sexual pleasure in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that purport to . The SDG propose a...
This commentary explores the missing discourse of sexual rights and sexual pleasure in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that purport to . The SDG propose a welcome focus on sexual health and human rights for all, expanding beyond the Millennium Development Goals. While promising in many ways for advancing global sexual and reproductive health, and reproductive rights, the omission of sexual rights is troubling. So too is the erasure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) persons, and sex workers, from the SDG discussions of social inequities. Illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate how a sexual rights focus could advance SDG 3 focused on healthy lives and well-being for all. First, sexual rights are presented as integral to realizing Target 3.3's focus on ending the HIV pandemic among LGBTQ persons and sex workers (and LGBTQ sex workers). Second, sexual pleasure is introduced as an integral component of sexual health and sexual rights that could facilitate the realization of Target 3.7's aim to provide universal access to sexual and reproductive health information and education. To truly and realize sexual health for all, the SDG need to begin from a foundation of sexual rights.
Topics: Female; Humans; Sustainable Development; Sexual Health; Pleasure; Homosexuality, Female; Transgender Persons; Reproductive Rights
PubMed: 34278957
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1953559