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0000-0002-4532-2519
Current Organisations
Flinders University
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University of South Australia - Mawson Lakes Campus
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-04-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 08-10-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-04-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2016
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 30-11-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FPSYT.2022.1047191
Abstract: The Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) is a 24-item self-report measure of alexithymia. Originally developed in English, it was designed to try to enable more comprehensive (i.e., facet-level and valence-specific) alexithymia assessments. This study aimed to introduce and validate a Polish version of the PAQ. Our s le were 1,008 people (69.44% females, 30.06% males and 0.50% non-binary) aged 18–78 ( M = 29.69, SD = 14.15) from the general community. The PAQ's factor structure was verified with confirmatory factor analysis, and convergent and ergent validity were assessed via relationships with other measures of alexithymia and mental health symptoms. Our results indicated strong factorial validity, conforming to the intended subscale structure. As expected, all PAQ subscales correlated in expected directions with another established alexithymia measure, and markers of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. The PAQ showed good discriminant validity in terms of measuring an alexithymia construct that was separable from people's current level of distress. Test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities were also good. Overall, the Polish PAQ therefore appears to have strong psychometric properties. Our findings add to a growing body of literature supporting the validity of the PAQ, and the multidimensional nature of the alexithymia construct, across different nations and languages.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 20-10-2023
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 14-04-2022
Abstract: See the validation paper here: Larionow, P., Preece, D. A., & Mudło-Głagolska, K. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy. 0.1007/s41811-023-00172-2
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.GERINURSE.2018.05.004
Abstract: The current study describes aged care workers' interpretation of the concept of person-centred care and identifies the barriers that exist to impede its practice, and the facilitators that encourage person-centred care practice. Data were collected from interviews with aged care workers from two residential aged care facilities providing both high and low care for residents with and without physical and psychological issues based in Australia. Data were analysed to identify and explore categories of meaning for barriers and facilitators. Analysis is grounded in Brooker's VIPS framework for person-centred dementia care which is utilised as a comparative tool for analysing participants' understanding of person-centred care. Findings revealed that aged care workers have a reasonable but incomplete understanding of person-centred care. Insufficient time and residents' dementia behaviours acted as barriers to care workers' provision of person-centred care. Teamwork was found to facilitate person-centred care by increasing instrumental and relationship resources.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 28-04-2021
DOI: 10.1177/00187208211010962
Abstract: The strategies adopted by personal care attendants (PCAs) to deliver quality care when faced with challenges potentially impacting clinical outcomes were assessed using phenomenological methods. In Australia, recent outcry of unsatisfactory standards of care in residential facilities has instigated a national public inquiry. This study investigated how PCAs adapted to challenges in stressful and ambiguous everyday work scenarios to deliver quality care. A phenomenological approach was used to obtain insights into PCAs’ experiences, perceptions, opinions, and decision processes for enacting care. Ten PCAs working in rural-based residential aged care were interviewed using a novel scenario construction task with thematic and co-occurrence network mapping applied to derive insights. Seven themes were identified, revealing that participants formed close relationships with residents, influencing care provision but blurring personal boundaries. Key contextual factors in scenarios highlighted inadequate staffing and procedures, inadequate training, challenging residents, time poverty, and low support. In idually directed adaptive strategies were used to alleviate dissonance and maintain emotional resilience, including dynamic risk assessment involving rule breaking. The findings suggest that in negotiating care delivery, PCAs strive to optimize rule-based compliance with safety, efficiency, and in idualized attention to provide “good enough” care with fluidity. Implications for policy and practice are considered. Findings have implications for workforce development in the context of ever-increasing industry pressures. Findings identified challenging scenarios and role complexity, with decision-making occurring as a fluid and ongoing process across a flexible boundary of risk assessment influencing interactions between PCAs, registered nurses, and clients.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 31-10-2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-07-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2019
Location: Australia
Location: Australia
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