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Set Recovery Goals
Published in Sandra Rasmussen, Developing Competencies for Recovery, 2023
Altruism is more than helping, more than service. Altruism is selfless, often an anonymous concern, compassion, and care for others, without personal benefit, and frequently at the expense of the giver. Altruism is the unselfish concern for other people: simply acting out of a concern for the well-being of other people, not because of obligation, duty, loyalty, or religious reasons.
The relationship between personality and career choice
Published in Janet Thomas, Understanding and Supporting Professional Carers, 2021
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others underpins care work and is an important factor for many voluntary workers. However, altruism may not be all that it seems. The rewards may include a salary, public approval and the satisfaction of meeting others’ needs. The invisible reward is the meeting of the worker’s psychological needs. In this sense it is closely linked to compulsive caring, which is explored later in this chapter. Compulsive carers care for others in order to satisfy their own psychological inadequacy. An altruist is able to tolerate the emotional imbalance of a caring role so long as she has other sources of ego satisfaction to compensate. The emotional energy expended on looking after others may be restored by praise from colleagues, friends and family, or by other recreational activities. In other words, altruists keep a balance in their life by developing ways of looking after themselves emotionally.
On Drug Prices
Published in Mickey C. Smith, E.M. (Mick) Kolassa, Walter Steven Pray, Government, Big Pharma, and the People, 2020
Such considerations are not simply altruism, although there is room for compassion in every strategy. The fact is, patients who are unable to afford a medication will often not take it. Compliance, both with the daily dosing and the length of therapy, is a growing concern and a source of significant unrealized revenue. It is not uncommon for 50% of patients prescribed a medication for a chronic disorder that is relatively asymptomatic to drop out in the first year. How much of this is due to failure to understand the importance of compliance versus inability to afford the medication is not yet known, but if a significant proportion of this can be eliminated with a lower Price, the product may earn more with a lower Price than a higher one.
Dysmenorrhea among hospital nurses and its effects on work life*,**,***
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2022
Zeynep Nilüfer Yöndem, Nevin Çıtak Bilgin
Humans are the focus of nursing care, and nurses act in accordance with professional values in their professional lives. In our study, even if nurses experienced dysmenorrhea, they were less willing to use leave, which may be associated with their altruistic attitudes. Altruism is one of the core values of nursing, a health discipline dedicated to the service of humanity (Milton, 2012). It was reported that altruism provides motivation for nurses to tolerate difficult situations and make sacrifices for their patients; in this way, the patients can access qualified services, and nurses increase their job satisfaction (van der Wath & van Wyk, 2019). In a study conducted in Iran, altruism was found to enable nurses to tolerate work stress and focus on their patients' pain and discomfort (Ravari et al., 2013). In this context, the results in our study could be interpreted by the fact that nurses act with altruistic values and ignore their own needs.
Barriers and Facilitators to Social Participation in Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review
Published in Clinical Gerontologist, 2021
Braedon G. Townsend, Jessamine T-H. Chen, Viviana M. Wuthrich
Considering the remaining individual motivations, altruism was identified in three articles as being an important facilitator of social participation (Adler, Schwartz, & Kuskowski, 2007; Jiang, Hosking, Burns, & Anstey, 2019; Jongenelis et al., 2020). Altruism speaks to motivations for outward contribution and is thus considered distinct from other more expected forms of personally fulfilling social activities. However, an overlap of these themes is certainly acknowledged, such as those who also utilize volunteering to make friends. Specific intrapersonal motivators identified included entertainment (Dare et al., 2018; Martinez et al., 2009), skill refinement (Boggatz, 2013; Papageorgiou et al., 2016; Solé et al., 2010), and the maintenance of autonomy and independence (David, Moos, & Kahn, 1981; Isherwood, King, & Luszcz, 2017; Menec & Chipperfield, 1997; Newall et al., 2009). One study found that increasing participants’ locus of control over typical barriers of aging promoted an increase in leisure participation (Menec & Chipperfield, 1997). Yet regardless of the driving motivation, maintaining stable activity levels was associated with greater feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction with social participation (Levasseur, Desrosiers, & Whiteneck, 2010). This is a clear demonstration of the interaction between frequency and quality of social contact evident in a cross-sectional sample. This may suggest that future research can conceptualize the resultant satisfaction from quality participation as its own motivator for persistent participation
Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes: Results from a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Lebanon during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2021
Fatima Msheik El Khoury, Farid Talih, Mohamad F El Khatib, Nadine Abi Younes, Midhat Siddik, Sahar Siddik-Sayyid
In our study, HCWs who reported anxiety and depression symptoms were more likely to perceive the risks of COVID-19. On the contrary, altruistic acceptance of risk was significantly negatively correlated with depression. This may indicate that altruistic acceptance of job-related risks may have protected some hospital employees against negative psychological outcomes following the COVID-19 outbreak. Our results were in line with a previous study that discussed altruistic behavior theory. It concluded that altruism is associated with reduced aggression and better psychological wellbeing [9]. This is supported by the social psychology theory, which posits that altruistic behavior gains dominance over fear and reduces stress caused by the fight-fight response in the face of perceived danger [27].