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  • 9 - Managing Stress and Supporting Growth

  • from Part III - Relationship Maintenance
  • Theresa DiDonato, Loyola University Maryland, Brett Jakubiak, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book:
    The Science of Romantic Relationships
    Published online:
    17 August 2023
    Print publication:
    31 August 2023, pp 308-342

  • Summary

    This chapter explains the importance of social support for relationship maintenance and individual functioning. It first reviews common stressors (e.g., life events, low socioeconomic status, minority stress and stigma), their accompanying personal and relational costs, and the consequences of social support in adverse or stressful contexts. In particular, this section highlights the different consequences of perceiving support availability and actual support receipt during stress. Next, this chapter reviews the role of supportive relationships to facilitate personal goal pursuit and desired self-change in non-adverse contexts. Finally, this chapter considers social support from the perspective of the support provider and describes how caregiving can be both rewarding and costly.

  • What features of a nutrition resource are important to adolescents of a low socioeconomic status?

  • HC Scott, C Craddock, LCA Craig
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 23 / Issue 10 / July 2020
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 April 2020, pp. 1716-1725
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  • Objective:

    To identify the key features of a nutrition resource that are important to adolescents of a low socioeconomic status (SES).

    Design:

    Structured interviews were conducted to explore participants’ preferences relating to the features of a nutrition resource. Thematic framework analysis was used to determine key themes, subthemes and concepts from the data.

    Setting:

    Streetsport activity sessions, north-east of Scotland.

    Participants:

    Eighteen adolescents aged 12–17 years from a low socioeconomic background.

    Results:

    The overarching themes identified were barriers and facilitators to engagement with a nutrition resource. Adolescents expressed a preference for an app, and this was mainly attributed to convenience and low cost. There was also an emphasis on the integral role social media has in their lives. Aesthetics was a facilitator for both male and female participants, with a particular focus on weight loss. Behaviour change support, including reminders, access to simple recipes and adopting a ‘small change approach’, were identified as possible facilitators, whereas cost, environmental influences, and existing eating habits were identified as possible barriers to engaging with a nutrition resource.

    Conclusions:

    A number of subthemes, including aesthetics, cost and convenience, which have previously been reported in adolescents with a higher SES, were prominent in our research. The present study contributes to insights relating to behaviour change tools that should be considered when developing a nutrition resource targeting disadvantaged adolescents. Further research focusing on how mobile phone technology and social media can be utilised to support dietary behaviour change in low SES adolescents is recommended.

  • Predictors of Adherence in a Community-Based Tai Chi Program*

  • Suhayb Shah, Chris Ardern, Hala Tamim
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement / Volume 34 / Issue 2 / June 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 April 2015, pp. 237-246

  • This study examined factors affecting adherence in a 16-week tai chi program among multi-ethnic middle-aged and older adults living in a low socioeconomic environment in Toronto. Analysis was based on data collected from three tai chi program cohorts that took place from August 2009 to March 2012. The main outcome variable, adherence, was measured by the total number of sessions attended by each of the participants. Total sample size was 210 participants with a mean age of 68.1 ± 8.6. Based on the regression model, greater adherence was significantly associated with older age, greater perceived stress, higher education, and higher mental and physical scores of Short Form-36 components. Conversely, lower adherence was significantly associated with higher baseline weekly physical activity. Our findings suggest that we target less-educated individuals with poor mental and physical health to optimize adherence for future community-based tai chi programs.