Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy among Undergraduate Students in Collectivistic Contexts: A Scoping Review

Career decision-making self-efficacy is the level of individual confidence in successfully making career decisions and is characterized by the ability to conduct self-assessments, gather information about one’s career, select goals, make plans, and solve problems. The purpose of this study is to describe career decision-making self-efficacy in students in a collectivistic culture, both in the form of internal and external factors that influence each other, so that it has an impact on a person’s career decision-making self-efficacy. This research method used the scoping review method. A systematic review was conducted with online databases, namely, Scopus, Springer, EBSCO, ProQuest, and Emerald Insight, using predetermined keywords. Then, the articles were filtered based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria so that 7 articles met the eligibility criteria for analysis and were published between 2013 and 2023. The findings of this study indicate that in a collectivistic culture, family influence and support affect the formation of internal factors in the form of emotional regulation both adaptively and maladaptively. Family influence and support also influence career adaptation, self-awareness, career search skills, campus life adaptation, academic satisfaction, work experience, personality, future perspectives, and self-competence, and these factors lead to high career decision-making self-efficacy

Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-Being among NonLocal Students: The Mediating Role of Resilience

Psychological well-being is one of the most essential aspects of the life of overseas students. To improve psychological well-being, students should have a positive attitude towards themselves and good resilience with the aim that they can live a life with good mental health and well-being. Therefore, this research aims to determine the role of resilience in the relationship between self-compassion and psychological well-being among non-local students in Indonesia. The study used the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS-18), the Indonesian Version of the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Nicholson McBride Resilience Questionnaire (NMRQ) on 142 non-local students. The results prove that resilience partially mediates the relationship between self-compassion and psychological well-being. It indicates that increasing resilience leads to an increase in self-compassion and it affects the development of psychological well-being. Non-local students who love themselves and accept their weaknesses and failures tend to be able to cope with stress and survive in every difficult condition experienced in their lives, which will lead them to reduce psychological distress

Exploration of Altruistic Behavior in Early Adult Volunteers: A Phenomenological Study

Altruistic behavior is a conduct that prioritizes the interests of others to alleviate their suffering and enhance well-being without expecting any reward for the actions taken. There are still unanswered questions from previous research regarding the motivations that underlie altruistic behavior in disaster relief volunteers. This study aims to explore and delve into the motivations behind altruistic behavior in Indonesian Red Cross volunteers. The phenomenological approach is employed in this research, using semi-structured interviews to gather data. The study participants are individuals aged 18 to 25 who are actively involved as Indonesian Red Cross volunteers in the city of Surakarta. The results of the research indicate that the motivations driving altruistic behavior include the desire to help others, a calling for humanity service to God, enrichment of social interaction, and the influence of family or circumstances. Further discussion is elaborated in this manuscript

The Role of Social Media on Subjective Well-Being of Adolescents: a Systematic Literature Review

The rapidly increasing use of social media among adolescents has attracted much research interest in recent years. This scoping review was conducted to examine the effects of social media on adolescents' subjective well-being, including the possible elements of positive effects, negative effects, and life satisfaction. The methodology used in this scoping review included gathering research articles from various databases from Publish or Perish and Scopus, spanning the years 2018 to 2023. After reviewing the selected 10 articles, it was found that seven of them supported the existing connection between social media use and adolescents' subjective well-being. On the contrary, three articles suggested no significant influence between social media and adolescents' subjective well-being

Hear My Voice in Silence: Exploring Psychological Well-Being in the Sandwich Generation through Photovoice

This research contributes to understanding adolescents' awareness of psychological wellbeing within the sandwich generation. The unique challenges faced by sandwich generation teenagers, due to the demands of balancing multiple responsibilities, heighten their vulnerability to mental health issues and suicidal ideation. The study involved eight participants who met specific criteria: active college students in Yogyakarta, aged 18 to 22, residing in Yogyakarta, employed in part-time, full-time, or freelance work, who had experienced thoughts of self-harm, and who were willing to participate. A qualitative approach was employed using the photovoice method, guided by the SHOWED framework (focusing on what is Seen, what is Happening, how it relates to Our lives, why it Exists, and what can be Done about it). Data analysis was conducted through content and thematic analysis, using both photographs and narratives as primary data sources. The study provides a comprehensive understanding of the psychological well-being of the sandwich generation, exploring dimensions such as perspective, environmental mastery, mood, life purpose, selfacceptance, autonomy, personal growth, and religiosity

Parent-Child Relationship and Smartphone Addiction: The Role of Self-Control and Fear of Missing Out as Mediators

This research aimed to analyze the phenomenon of smartphone addiction among Junior High School students, with a specific focus on parent-child relationship, self-control, and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). In addition, data was collected through Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Network of Relationship Inventory – Relationship Quality Version (NRI-RQV), Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS), and FOMO Scale. A total of 681 Adolescents aged 12-15 from Junior High Schools in Surabaya or Sidoarjo were sampled using convenience sampling, while Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was adopted for data analysis. The results showed that there was a direct and indirect impact of adolescents' relationship on the tendency to become addicted to smartphones. Furthermore, closeness and incompatibility of adolescents with fathers and mothers indirectly influenced smartphone addiction, mediated by self-control and FOMO, respectively. This reported the importance of enhancing warm relationship to reduce the risk of smartphone addiction in adolescents

Mental Health and Older Adults: A Narrative Synthesis of the Literature

The older adult population has been a growing concern in the global context calling for attention to aging processes, supportive measures and health care policies. In the Philippines, the population of older people is accumulating swiftly with a faster growth compared to the total population of the country. Thus, this calls for a closer attention on the overall wellness and the mental health of older adults that are more crucial in comparison to other ages in one’s lifetime. Generating a database search strategy for the last 10 years focused on the mental health of older adults, retrieved articles from APA PsycNet, ProQuest, SAGE, EBSCOHost and PubMed Central electronic databases were synthesized guided by the set inclusion and exclusion criteria and utilizing the PRISMA flowchart of the record selection process. This narrative synthesis rendered the Mental Health Orientations of Older Adults to illustrate an integrated framework to understand mental health and older adults.The findings of this research synthesized a portrait on how older adults give credence to their mental health in various concerns and needs which they directly and indirectly experience. These will be valuable in considering age-specific mental health needs aligned with the three orientations considering Philippine law provisions on mental health (RA11036 or the Mental Health Act) and on senior citizens (RA9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizen Act) in the continuing aim of providing access for mental health services and integrated mental health promotion strategies for the older adult population

Enhancing the Cancer Patients' Resilience and Motivation via the Nurse Educator Model Intervention

Cancer patients need health education as one of the important nursing interventions for adaptation to the deterioration in physical and psychological conditions associated with their quality of life. A quasi-experiment study with a post-test with a control group design has been conducted aiming to test the effectiveness of the Nurse Educator Model (NEM) on the motivation and resilience of cancer patients. A total of 38 people in the intervention group and 40 people in the control group of stage III and IV cancer patients from five chemotherapy units were involved. Motivation and resilience were measured using questionnaires and data were analyzed by independent t-test. The results showed a significant effect of NEM intervention on patient motivation and no significant effect on the resilience of cancer patients. Nurses need to ensure consistent application of NEM to increase cancer patients' motivation and consider other things that affect cancer patients' resilience

Breaking Social Norms: Lived Stories of The Unmarried Elderly

This study was conducted to uncover the lives of the unmarried elderly in the Southern Mindanao by providing useful information about their psychological well-being in terms of their positive thoughts, positive feelings, triumphs or successes, hopes or aspirations, and meaningful reasons for defying social norms. The study has ten (10) informants, composed of five unmarried men and five unmarried women carefully selected based on their predefined characteristics. In conducting the study, the researcher utilized a semi-structured interview guide questionnaire that was validated by three experts. The data were gathered through an in-depth interview with each of the informants, observations, and conversations with some key informants. All pertinent data were obtained using an electronic audio recorder and observational field notes. Consequently, all relevant data were transcribed, reviewed, and analyzed extensively through a thorough coding process and triangulation methods to come up with valid and reliable results. The results were discussed through a thematic analysis matrix to represent the data in an organized and comprehensive manner. After carefully examining the gathered data, this phenomenological inquiry has found significant findings. Particularly, their positive thoughts revealed three major themes, including individual functioning, social functioning, and a secured social network. Their positive feelings identified only one central theme, which is self-actualization. Only one main theme has emerged for their triumphs or successes, namely, their life accomplishments. For their hopes or aspirations, it also came up with one key theme: quality of life. Lastly, their meaningful reasons for breaking social norms have identified two significant themes: predetermination and self-determination. As indicated in the results of the study, the informants' positive attitudes across all aspects of their lives helped them understand their purpose or life's meaning. Thus, their optimistic view of life enabled them to function positively, which contributed significantly to their psychological well-being

What Do They Do with Their Phones? Teens' Smartphone Use Behavior Post Covid-19 Pandemic

The use of smartphones has significantly increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. Internet access in the family room has impacted teens' smartphone usage behavior and relationships between family members, particularly in family communication. This study aimed to describe teens' behavior while using smartphones and compare the quality of parent-child interpersonal communication based on teens' smartphone usage intensity post-pandemic COVID-19. A total of 515 teens aged 15-19 years participated in this research. The study revealed eight main activities that most teenagers engage in with their smartphones. These activities include recording pictures/audio/video of oneself, managing incoming messages (via messaging apps and email), playing games, accessing social media, listening to music, listening to the radio, editing photos/videos, and using search engines (such as Google) to search for information (browsing). The results also indicated significant differences in openness, empathy, positiveness, and overall family communication quality. Participants who used low-intensity gadgets exhibited the best quality in these dimensions. The implications of this research may help practitioners working with families design necessary interventions for family communication problems