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Investigating the buying habits of compulsive buyers using a qualitative method
154-176Views:185Our study deals with the topic of compulsive shopping. In parallel with the spread of the Internet and the consumer society, the proportion of compulsive shoppers is also increasing. In our research, our goal was to explore the shopping habits of compulsive shoppers and the characteristics of problematic shopping using qualitative methods. We included six subjects in our study, who were considered compulsive shoppers based on the Shopping Behavior Questionnaire (QABB), and we reached them using the snowball method. We divided the presentation of the results into two parts. First, we deal with the shopping habits of compulsive shoppers, and then we examine some characteristics of shopping addiction in their case. During the examination of problematic shopping, we divided the respondents into three groups regarding the occurrence of financial problems, distinguishing between attentive, relapsed and resigned members.
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Career preferences of Roma young people
33-62Views:351The study presents and analyses the career preferences of young Roma people who have graduated or are currently graduating, and draws on quanti-tative and qualitative data from a comprehensive national survey to identify the patterns that characterise the Roma graduate population under study. The results of the questionnaire-based research will show the correlations bet-ween the qualifications, field of study, gender, age, place of residence, future plans, and the Roma linguistic/cultural group of the respondents in order to illustrate their career preferences. The qualitative research findings show that the experience of Roma identity plays a crucial role in young Roma peoples 39; s career preferences and future plans. Irrespective of their Ro-ma community affiliation, the main dimensions of the career preferences of the sample are exclusion, prejudice, self-perceived discrimination and the marginalised situation of the Roma communities.
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A phenomenological study of the lived experiences of teenage mothers in coping with complications of pregnancy in Khaddamari Ward, Jere Local Government Area, Borno State
73-84Views:246Objectives: Teenage pregnancy is a world-wide phenomenon and a public health issue so our aim was to identify the contributing factors, and to study perception, complications, effects, challenges and coping mechanisms.
Method: An explorative qualitative research design, snowball sampling, was used. Ten respondents were interviewed using an interview guide in Khaddamari Ward, Jere L.G.A. of Borno State.
Results: The major contributing factor to teenage pregnancy is ignorance and lack of proper sex education both at home and school. Few responses listed traditional roles, cultural expectations, using drugs and alcohol, age discrepancy in relationships, socio-economic factors, sexual coercion and abuse. Most of them perceived fear, guilt and stigmatization and only a few of them said they were excited, proud and accepted. Anemia, preterm labour, cephalo-pelvic disproportion, obstructed labour and vesico-vaginal fistula were common complications. Almost all of them dropped out of school.
Conclusion: Based on these findings of the study, a collaborative effort by all stakeholders involved should be employed in combating the complications of teenage pregnancy.
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Investigating Language Barriers in Public Healthcare Services: A Case Study of International Students in Budapest, Hungary
158-184Views:265Language barriers in healthcare impact the cost and quality of services, affecting international students in Budapest, Hungary. The study explores challenges faced by international students in understanding medical advice within the public healthcare system and identify strategies to overcome these challenges. A qualitative approach involving eighteen international students from various universities in Budapest was used for data analysis. While most participants did not face urgent health issues, those with more severe conditions encountered significant language barriers, signage issues, and access delays. The primary challenge identified was the language barrier, which complicated communication with medical staff. Participants utilized technology like Google Translate, interpreters, and non-verbal communication to overcome language barriers. The study emphasizes the need for policies to enhance communication between healthcare providers and international students for equitable access to quality healthcare services.
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A review of civil society organizations concepts through content analysis
89-107Views:362Day by day, civil society organizations (CSOs) are becoming an increasingly important factor in all areas of the socio-economic system. The interest in their study has also increased, although the place, role, and definition of their terminology and concepts, needs to be further clarified, as their meaning changes conditionally. Through content analysis, this article reviews the literature by addressing a sample of 136 journal articles published in the period 2015-2019 in two big databases. The findings show that CSOs literature is dominated by qualitative works of social sciences authors who mostly use the term Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). This paper is also elaborated on the main themes which dominate the text of the articles. Furthermore, the main concepts of this literature, development, organizations, international, local and other words are analyzed here. The significance of this study is that it aims to provide CSOs researchers with a clearer description of the terminology and concepts the most commonly used.
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A tanári pályaújraorientáció motivációs mintázatai a posztpandémiás szakmai tanárképzésben - egy kvalitatív modell bemutatása
153-176Views:24Teacher career choice has become a prominent field of research in educational sciences over the past decade, with increasing attention to motivations related to adult career change. This study examines the choice of the teaching profession from a life-course and reflexive perspective, employing the FIT-Choice model developed by Watt and Richardson (2007) exclusively as a deductive reference framework, while remaining open to the contextual specificities of Hungarian vocational teacher education. The empirical basis of the research consists of N = 187 motivation letters submitted by applicants to the engineering teacher and economics teacher education programmes at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The texts were analysed using qualitative methods with the support of Atlas.ti software, applying a combined deductive–inductive coding strategy. The analysis identified six major motivational dimensions, which partially correspond to the theoretical categories of the FIT-Choice model, while also revealing novel, context-specific motives embedded in the Hungarian higher education and societal environment. These findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of contemporary interpretations of the teaching profession within an increasingly unstable social context.
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Social Exclusion of Pervitin Users
60-66Views:364The article is based on a qualitative study using narrative interviews with 13 South Bohemian Pervitin users who visit the drug advisory centre. The goal of the article is to describe how social exclusion is subjectively experienced by Pervitin users. The data were processed with the help of grounded theory. The respondents feel to be excluded in a number of normal life areas: they are rejected by their family, friends, and also by public institutions - particularly by the police and by health care facilities. Social exclusion is accompanied by feelings of guilt and remorse for the users. They are also ashamed of their situation, feeling sorrow and disappointed themselves. In some cases, the users are angry with themselves, in other cases with their surroundings for rejecting them. In both variants, exclusion may constitute an important factor in reducing the users' chances of abstinence.
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The health status of people living in Roma settlements in Nyíregyháza
70-83Views:407Some former research have shown that Roma people living in settlements in Hungary generally rate their health status worse than the majority society, and do not really feel they could do anything to improve their health status. Our research, which combines quantitative and qualitative methods, was done in two settlements in Nyíregyháza with the aim to examine the subjective health status and health behaviour of people living there. This study presents the health status of the Husar and Eastern settlements and these data are compared with that of the general population of Nyíregyháza. The health status of persons in the sample was significantly impacted by their disadvantageous socialeconomic situation which must be tackled. Therefore further targeted and special health promotion programs of high priority are needed.