Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand
Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand

Author: Pranee Liamputtong

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-01-13

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9400772440

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This volume examines contemporary Thailand. It captures aspects of Thai society that have changed dramatically over the past years and that have turned Thailand into a society that is different from what most people outside the country know and expect. The social transition of Thailand has been marked by economic growth, population restructuring, social and cultural development, political movements, and many reforms including the national health care system. The book covers the social, cultural, and economic changes as well as political situations. It discusses both historical contexts and emerging issues. It includes chapters on social and public health concerns, and on ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class. Most chapters use information from empirical-based and historical research. They describe real life experiences of the contributors and Thai people who participated in the research.

Thai Youth-mother Communication
Thai Youth-mother Communication

Author: Treenut Pummanee

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13:

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Research shows increasing rates of externalizing and internalizing problems among adolescents in Thailand. Studies in Western countries indicate that parent-child communication and youth pubertal timing are associated with youth behavioral problems. No studies to date have explored relationships among pubertal timing, parent-youth communication and youth mental health in Thailand. This study, guided by the Mediated Effect Model and the Circumplex Model, explored the association between, off-time pubertal timing (early and late) and Thai youth externalizing and internalizing problems and whether the quality of youth-mother communication mediated this association. A cross-sectional and correlational design was used. A total of 306 mother-youth dyads were enrolled from two high schools in Southern Thailand. Thai versions of the pubertal development scale and parent-adolescent communication scale were used to measure pubertal timing and youth-mother communication, respectively. The youth self-report checklist and the child behavioral checklist Thai versions were used to measure youth externalizing and internalizing problems. A path analysis with bootstrapping was used to analyze the data. Significant negative association was found between late pubertal timing and youth self-ratings of externalizing and internalizing problems among female (p

A Structural Equation Modeling of Spirtual Well-being, Depression,and Health-related Quality of Life Among Thai Adolescents with Cancer
A Structural Equation Modeling of Spirtual Well-being, Depression,and Health-related Quality of Life Among Thai Adolescents with Cancer

Author: Sureeporn Suwannaosod

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13:

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Adolescence is a time of significant and potentially stressful development during which constructing self-identity, continuing to develop autonomy, and exploring intimacy occur. Experiencing and dealing with cancer during adolescence has been shown to have an impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQOL). HRQOL is recognized as a crucial indicator of health outcomes of individuals in different age groups, both in the United States and Thailand. Studies in mixed-age groups of adolescents and other age groups with cancer showed that HRQOL could be predicted by age, gender, cancer type, treatment, time since diagnosis, spiritual well-being, and depression. Findings involving mixed-age groups can, however, blur the associations between quality of life and its predictors in adolescents. Few studies regarding quality of life and its predictors have been conducted in exclusively adolescents with cancer, particularly in Thailand where most of the population are Buddhists and consequently draw their predominant spiritual faith and references from Buddhism. As a result, Thai adolescents may view experiencing cancer differently than adolescents from other cultures and belief systems. Exploring the predictors of HRQOL in Thai adolescents with cancer will, therefore, broaden our understanding of HRQOL in this cultural context. Additionally, a model demonstrating predictors of HRQOL using structural equation modeling (SEM), capturing HRQOL as a latent variable and taking measurement errors into account, had not yet been utilized in adolescents with cancer. And so, this study applied SEM to examine the associations between HRQOL and age, gender, cancer type, treatment, time since diagnosis, spiritual well-being, and depression exclusively among Thai adolescents with cancer. A Conceptual Model of HRQOL (Ferrans, Zerwic, Wilbur, & Larson, 2005) was used to guide this cross-sectional, predictive, correlational study. The Spiritual Well-Being Scale for Thai Buddhist Adults with Chronic Illness (SWS-TBACI), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Score Scales (PedsQL 4.0), and Children Depression Inventory (CDI) were used to collect data among 140 Thai adolescents with cancer (12-18 years old) from four tertiary hospitals in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. The SWS-TBACI, PedsQL 4.0, and CDI indicated good internal consistency with Cronbach alphas of .81, .90, and .83, respectively. The Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) software Version 24.0 was applied to generate SEM results. Males comprised two-thirds of the study's participants. The participants' mean age was 14 years (SD = 1.73). About half of the participants (46.7%) were diagnosed with leukemia, and 47.7% of all participants were receiving chemotherapy. Participants' total mean score HRQOL was 70.4 (SD = 15.22). The total mean score of spiritual well-being in Thai adolescents with cancer was 54.2 (SD = 6.23) and 10.5 (SD = 6.38) for the CDI. Age, gender, diagnosis, treatment, and time since diagnosis were not significantly associated with HRQOL in the current study. Depression and spiritual well-being, however, significantly predicted HRQOL (ß = -5.16, p

The Depressed Child and Adolescent
The Depressed Child and Adolescent

Author: Ian M. Goodyer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-01-11

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780521794268

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In this new, thoroughly revised and updated edition, an international, interdisciplinary team of mental health experts draw together the latest findings in the psychopathology of depression in young people. Combining theory and practice, the psychological, neurochemical, and genetic causes are discussed and an account of the clinical characteristics and frequency of the condition is given. The key questions are fully addressed: the importance of life events and difficulties in the onset and continuation of depression; the efficacy of current psychological therapies and the role of medication; how depressed young people progress into adult life, and how depression arises and the effects it may exert on brain and behavior during this crucial developmental period. This book will appeal to child psychiatrists and psychologists, developmental psychologists, neuroscientists, and mental health professionals in clinical services.

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand
Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand

Author: Anjalee Cohen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1351127721

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Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism, state ideologies, and local culture. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic research, the book explores the impact of rapid urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary Thai youth, focusing on conspicuous youth subcultures, drug use (especially methamphetamine use), and violent youth gangs. Anjalee Cohen shows how young Thai people construct a specific youth identity through consumerism and symbolic boundaries – in particular through enduring rural/urban distinctions. The suggestion is that the formation of subcultures and “deviant” youth practices, such as drug use and violence, are not necessarily forms of resistance against the dominant culture, nor a pathological response to dramatic social change, as typically understood in academic and public discourse. Rather, Cohen argues that such practices are attempts to “fit in and stick out” in an anonymous urban environment. This volume is relevant to scholars in Thai Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Urban Studies, and Development Studies, particularly those with an interest in youth, drugs, and gangs.