And Then There Were “Nones”

Fifty percent of Catholic-raised individuals under the age of 30 identify as former Catholics (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018). Therefore, understanding the rationale of former Catholics leaving the faith is of the utmost importance to retention and ministry efforts. In this study, twelve participants, all identifying as former Catholics, were interviewed about their experience growing up Catholic and what led them to their current religious identity. Using the disaffiliation themes: “dissenter”, “injured”, and “drifters” (McCarty & Vitek, 2018) the interviews were coded and examined to determine if these three disaffiliation themes encompassed the narratives of the participants. The results from our qualitative analysis and implications will be discussed.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1108/thumbnail.jp

Defining God: Former-Catholic Young Adults Describe Their Relationship with God and Religious Identity

- Fifty percent of Catholic-raised individuals under the age of 30 identify as Former-Catholics (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018). - Of this group of Former-Catholics, 57.3% still believe in a higher power and 81% still pray occasionally (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018). - Therefore, understanding how Former-Catholics define and interact with their higher power is a question worth exploring.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1109/thumbnail.jp

My Office, My Clutter: Assessing Job Satisfaction with Employment Length

Little research has been done on the subject of Psychological Home. From the research that has been done on psych home and home clutter this has led us to look at office clutter and its’ effect on work outcomes. There has never been any research done on the topic before. As an emerging topic that has remained relatively untouched, there are a variety of aspects to explore. The outcomes that we were most concerned with were: employment length and job level and if they played a role in overall clutter scores, and job satisfaction scores. Data was collected by Dr. Catherine Roster using Prolific Academic in February 2018. The data collected contained demographic information as well as information on job satisfaction and office clutter impact. This research found significant results among job level and the office clutter impact scale.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1127/thumbnail.jp

Education Levels: Predicting Hope, Physical Activity, and Future Consequences

Unbeknownst to many there is an unlimited number of variables in our lives that affect the kind of person who we become today. Previous research findings support an intersectional viewpoint on one’s life as developmental factors affect one\u27s consideration for future consequences (CFC) specifically on the CFC model as developed by Joireman and colleagues (2006). An intersectional mindset carries over to other variables in people’s lives as well, such as their level of physical activity and even hope. Education is a fundamental right that is valued highly in society and is often hoarded by advantaged communities. With a degree not only equating status but power, lower SES individuals are at a distinct disadvantage. This study\u27s goal is to understand the reach of this effect, further shedding light to the disparities and severity of an ever growing problem by looking at the relationship of education level on health, hope, and CFC.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1129/thumbnail.jp

Building and Burning Bridges: How Adults Make and Break Youth Connections to the Catholic Faith

Catholic disaffiliation rates are rising, with youth at the most risk. A 10-year longitudinal study found only one in every two Catholic teenagers resurveyed still identify as Catholic (Manhlos-Weber & Smith, 2018). Previous research highlights the importance of familial and non-familial adult figures in Catholic youths’ lives. These connections made to religious adult mentors seems to play a substantial role in retention as religious mentors increased one\u27s sense of a connection to God (Lanker & Issler, 2010). With this in mind, looking further into how adults form connections between Catholic youth and their Catholic community could be of importance to retention efforts. This study looked into the religious journey of 24 Catholic raised youths, 12 currently Catholic and 12 former-Catholics. Themes around how youth can be connected to the Catholic faith were coded, further identifying how connections were created by adults and how other connections were prevented or created negatively.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1128/thumbnail.jp

Seeing is Believing: An Exploration of Supportive and Unsupportive Adult Faith Modeling Behaviors Described by Catholic-Raised Youth

Fifty percent of Catholic-raised individuals under the age of 30 identify as former-Catholics (Murphy, 2015). Such drastic retention rates call for exploration of faith formation norms within the Catholic Church to determine predictors of religiosity in adulthood. Research suggests adult-youth relationships play an instrumental role in developing faith identity among youth (Smith & Snell, 2009). Thus, the present qualitative study explores adult behaviors that may influence participants during their adolescent faith development. Twenty-four college students (12 Catholics and 12 former-Catholics) were asked to describe relationships with adults who played a role in their views and understanding of religion during their upbringing. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes regarding supportive and unsupportive behavior of adults modeling (or not modeling) a Catholic lifestyle. Findings include patterns and emergent themes in the data, as well as implications for mentoring Catholic-raised youth.https://via.library.depaul.edu/psychologynight/1154/thumbnail.jp

Long-term effects of systematic smoking cessation counselling during acute coronary syndrome, a multicentre before-after study.

In the Special Program University Medicine-Acute Coronary Syndromes (SPUM-ACS) observational study (clinical trial registration: NCT01000701), a multicentre before-after clinical trial, we assessed 5-year outcome after acute coronary syndrome, comparing a systematic with an opportunistic smoking cessation counselling phase. We studied smokers who were hospitalised for acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and we assessed self-reported smoking cessation, incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality 5 years after hospital discharge. In the observational phase, from August 2009 to October 2010, only smokers who requested smoking cessation counselling received it during hospitalisation. In the interventional phase, from November 2010 to February 2012, hospitalised smokers with ACS were systematically offered intensive smoking cessation counselling including four telephone calls within 2 months of discharge. Because of the before-after design, the care givers were aware of study phase. The objective was to assess whether systematic counselling to every smoker with ACS has an impact on the long-term smoking cessation rate, incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality. Missing data on smoking cessation were analysed with multiple imputation. The study was not powered to assess differences in 5-year smoking cessation rates or cardiovascular outcomes. Overall, 458 smokers with ACS were included at baseline (225 during the intervention phase and 233 during the observation phase). At 5 years, 286 (62.4%) reported their smoking status (140 for the intervention phase and 146 for the observation phase) and 51 (11.1%) had died. There was no statistically significant difference in the abstinence rate between the interventional phase (75/140, 54%), and the observational phase (68/146, 47%), with a risk ratio with multiple imputation adjusted for age, sex, education and ACS type of 1.13 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.84-1.51, p = 0.4). The 5-year risk of major acute cardiovascular event was similar in the intervention phase as compared with the observational phase. The multivariate adjusted hazard ratio for all-cause mortality was 0.84 (95% CI 0.45-1.60, p = 0.6). In this controlled long-term interventional study, systematic intensive smoking cessation counselling in all hospitalised smokers with ACS did not increase 5-year smoking cessation rates, nor decrease cardiovascular event recurrence, as compared with opportunistic smoking cessation counselling during hospitalization

Long-term effects of systematic smoking cessation counselling during acute coronary syndrome, a multicentre before-after study

TRIAL DESIGN In the Special Program University Medicine-Acute Coronary Syndromes (SPUM-ACS) observational study (clinical trial registration: NCT01000701), a multicentre before-after clinical trial, we assessed 5-year outcome after acute coronary syndrome, comparing a systematic with an opportunistic smoking cessation counselling phase. METHODS We studied smokers who were hospitalised for acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and we assessed self-reported smoking cessation, incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality 5 years after hospital discharge. In the observational phase, from August 2009 to October 2010, only smokers who requested smoking cessation counselling received it during hospitalisation. In the interventional phase, from November 2010 to February 2012, hospitalised smokers with ACS were systematically offered intensive smoking cessation counselling including four telephone calls within 2 months of discharge. Because of the before-after design, the care givers were aware of study phase. The objective was to assess whether systematic counselling to every smoker with ACS has an impact on the long-term smoking cessation rate, incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality. Missing data on smoking cessation were analysed with multiple imputation. The study was not powered to assess differences in 5-year smoking cessation rates or cardiovascular outcomes. RESULTS Overall, 458 smokers with ACS were included at baseline (225 during the intervention phase and 233 during the observation phase). At 5 years, 286 (62.4%) reported their smoking status (140 for the intervention phase and 146 for the observation phase) and 51 (11.1%) had died. There was no statistically significant difference in the abstinence rate between the interventional phase (75/140, 54%), and the observational phase (68/146, 47%), with a risk ratio with multiple imputation adjusted for age, sex, education and ACS type of 1.13 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.84-1.51, p = 0.4). The 5-year risk of major acute cardiovascular event was similar in the intervention phase as compared with the observational phase. The multivariate adjusted hazard ratio for all-cause mortality was 0.84 (95% CI 0.45-1.60, p = 0.6). CONCLUSIONS In this controlled long-term interventional study, systematic intensive smoking cessation counselling in all hospitalised smokers with ACS did not increase 5-year smoking cessation rates, nor decrease cardiovascular event recurrence, as compared with opportunistic smoking cessation counselling during hospitalization

Safety profile of prasugrel and clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes in Switzerland.

OBJECTIVE: To assess safety up to 1 year of follow-up associated with prasugrel and clopidogrel use in a prospective cohort of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). METHODS: Between 2009 and 2012, 2286 patients invasively managed for ACS were enrolled in the multicentre Swiss ACS Bleeding Cohort, among whom 2148 patients received either prasugrel or clopidogrel according to current guidelines. Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) preferentially received prasugrel, while those with non-STEMI, a history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack, age ≥75 years, or weight <60 kg received clopidogrel or reduced dose of prasugrel to comply with the prasugrel label. RESULTS: After adjustment using propensity scores, the primary end point of clinically relevant bleeding events (defined as the composite of Bleeding Academic Research Consortium, BARC, type 3, 4 or 5 bleeding) at 1 year, occurred at a similar rate in both patient groups (prasugrel/clopidogrel: 3.8%/5.5%). Stratified analyses in subgroups including patients with STEMI yielded a similar safety profile. After adjusting for baseline variables, no relevant differences in major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events were observed at 1 year (prasugrel/clopidogrel: cardiac death 2.6%/4.2%, myocardial infarction 2.7%/3.8%, revascularisation 5.9%/6.7%, stroke 1.0%/1.6%). Of note, this study was not designed to compare efficacy between prasugrel and clopidogrel. CONCLUSIONS: In this large prospective ACS cohort, patients treated with prasugrel according to current guidelines (ie, in patients without cerebrovascular disease, old age or underweight) had a similar safety profile compared with patients treated with clopidogrel. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: SPUM-ACS: NCT01000701; COMFORTABLE AMI: NCT00962416