Browsing by Author "Lubenko, Jelena"

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    Domu par pašnāvību saistība ar depresijas simptomu izteiktības pakāpi un personības iezīmēm senioriem : pilotpētījuma rezultāti
    (Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, 2018) Lubenko, Jelena; Perepjolkina, Viktorija; Martinsone, Kristine; Rancans, Elmars; Stepens, Ainars; Lubkina, Velta; Šneidere, Kristīne; Ušča, Svetlana; Rīga Stradiņš University
    Healthy aging and the research on the related factors is one of the World Health Organization's priorities for the 2020-2030 years. Depression and suicidal ideation can adversely affect an individual's aging experience. Personality traits are important factors that allow to predict the individual's behavior in different situations, as well as the accurance of emotional difficulties. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between symptoms of depression, suicidal ideation and personality traits in elderly, and to determine whether the relationship between personality traits and suicidal ideation remains statistically significant after controlling the severity of depression symptoms. Thirty nine respondents aged 65 and over were included in the pilot study (M = 71.23; SD = 4.95). The Latvian Clinical Personality Inventory (LCPI) was used for data collection. The results indicate a statistically significant relationship between several personality traits, depression symptoms and suicidal ideation for elderly. Controlling the severity of depression symptoms, statistically significant correlations were found between suicidal ideation and personality traits such as distrust, social withdrawal, self-harm, dissociation proneness on facet level and introversion on domain level. The results of the pilot study largely coincide with the results of previous studies and indicate that certain personality traits, irrespective of the degree of severity of depression symptoms, can explain an additional variation in suicidal thoughts and, hence, the risk of suicide for elderly. It would be important to conduct a study with similar variables in a larger sample.
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    Illness Perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe : Predictors, Impacts and Temporal Evolution
    (2021-04-14) Dias Neto, David; Nunes da Silva, Ana; Roberto, Magda Sofia; Lubenko, Jelena; Constantinou, Marios; Nicolaou, Christiana; Lamnisos, Demetris; Papacostas, Savvas; Höfer, Stefan; Presti, Giovambattista; Squatrito, Valeria; Vasiliou, Vasilis S.; McHugh, Louise; Monestès, Jean Louis; Baban, Adriana; Alvarez-Galvez, Javier; Paez-Blarrina, Marisa; Montesinos, Francisco; Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles; Ori, Dorottya; Lappalainen, Raimo; Kleszcz, Bartosz; Gloster, Andrew; Karekla, Maria; Kassianos, Angelos P.; Psychology Laboratory
    Objective: Illness perceptions (IP) are important predictors of emotional and behavioral responses in many diseases. The current study aims to investigate the COVID-19-related IP throughout Europe. The specific goals are to understand the temporal development, identify predictors (within demographics and contact with COVID-19) and examine the impacts of IP on perceived stress and preventive behaviors. Methods: This was a time-series-cross-section study of 7,032 participants from 16 European countries using multilevel modeling from April to June 2020. IP were measured with the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Temporal patterns were observed considering the date of participation and the date recoded to account the epidemiological evolution of each country. The outcomes considered were perceived stress and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Results: There were significant trends, over time, for several IP, suggesting a small decrease in negativity in the perception of COVID-19 in the community. Age, gender, and education level related to some, but not all, IP. Considering the self-regulation model, perceptions consistently predicted general stress and were less consistently related to preventive behaviors. Country showed no effect in the predictive model, suggesting that national differences may have little relevance for IP, in this context. Conclusion: The present study provides a comprehensive picture of COVID-19 IP in Europe in an early stage of the pandemic. The results shed light on the process of IP formation with implications for health-related outcomes and their evolution.
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    The impact of government actions and risk perception on the promotion of self-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
    (2023-04-17) Alvarez-Galvez, Javier; Anastasiou, Andreas; Lamnisos, Demetris; Constantinou, Marios; Nicolaou, Christiana; Papacostas, Savvas; Vasiliou, Vasilis S.; McHugh, Louise; Lubenko, Jelena; Ruiz, Francisco J.; Paez-Blarrina, Marisa; Montesinos, Francisco; Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles; Merwin, Rhonda M.; Karekla, Maria; Gloster, Andrew T.; Kassianos, Angelos P.; Psychology Laboratory
    Introduction. We aim to understand the factors that drive citizens of different countries to adhere to recommended self-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. Survey data was obtained through the COVID-19 Impact project. We selected countries that presented a sufficiently complete time series and a statistically relevant sample for running the analysis: Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. To identify country-specific differences in self-protective behaviors, we used previous evidence and change-point detection analysis to establish variations across participating countries whose effect was then assessed by means of interrupted series analysis.  Results. A high level of compliance with health and governmental authorities’ recommendations were generally observed in all included countries. The level of stress decreased near the period when countries such as Cyprus, Greece or the United Kingdom relaxed their prevention behavior recommendations. However, this relaxation of behaviors did not occur in countries such as Germany, Ireland, or the United States. As observed in the change-point detection analysis, when the daily number of recorded COVID-19 cases decreased, people relaxed their protective behaviors (Cyprus, Greece, Ireland), although the opposite trend was observed in Switzerland.  Discussion. COVID-19 self-protective behaviors were heterogeneous across countries examined. Our findings show that there is probably no single winning strategy for exiting future health crises, as similar interventions, aimed to promote self-protective behaviors, may be received differently depending on the specific population groups and on the particular geographical context in which they are implemented.
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    To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic
    (2022-02-11) Haller, Elisa; Lubenko, Jelena; Presti, Giovambattista; Squatrito, Valeria; Constantinou, Marios; Nicolaou, Christiana; Papacostas, Savvas; Aydın, Gökçen; Chong, Yuen Yu; Chien, Wai Tong; Cheng, Ho Yu; Ruiz, Francisco J.; García-Martín, María B.; Obando-Posada, Diana P.; Segura-Vargas, Miguel A.; Vasiliou, Vasilis S.; McHugh, Louise; Höfer, Stefan; Baban, Adriana; Dias Neto, David; da Silva, Ana Nunes; Monestès, Jean Louis; Alvarez-Galvez, Javier; Paez-Blarrina, Marisa; Montesinos, Francisco; Valdivia-Salas, Sonsoles; Ori, Dorottya; Kleszcz, Bartosz; Lappalainen, Raimo; Ivanović, Iva; Gosar, David; Dionne, Frederick; Merwin, Rhonda M.; Karekla, Maria; Kassianos, Angelos P.; Gloster, Andrew T.; Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy
    The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that prosocial behavior was associated with better well-being consistently across regions. With regard to predictors of prosocial behavior, high levels of perceived social support were most strongly associated with prosocial behavior, followed by high levels of perceived stress, positive affect and psychological flexibility. Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior were similar across regions.
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    Web-based intervention for developing long-term health literacy of individuals : Possibilities and limitations
    (2016-06-01) Krumiņa, Aira Aija; Lubenko, Jelena; Rīga Stradiņš University
    Web-based interventions (WBI) are purposefully developed online programs designed for wide range of users (clients, patients, health care specialists, as well as medical practitioners) which allow obtaining and using information on various issues related to health maintenance and improvement. On the basis of the analysis of scientific literature, the article provides an overview of WBI types and components, as well as a structural model of WBI and its user in the context of environment factors. The possibilities of using WBI for developing long-term health literacy of individuals are specified. By summarising the main advantages and limitations of using WBI, the possible suggestions for the WBI use and development are offered.