Zusammenfassung Emotionserleben und Emotionsregulation zählen zu den Schwerpunkten der gerontologischen Forschung. Die Bedeutung dieser Themen bei Älteren mit psychischen Erkrankungen ist jedoch wenig untersucht worden. Fragestellung und Methode: In der vorliegenden Studie wurde eine klinische Gruppe älterer PatientInnen (>60Jahre, N=37)) mit dem Fragebogen zu Emotionserleben und Emotionsregulation (EER) untersucht und mit einer klinischen Stichprobe im mittleren Alter (40–60Jahre, N=38) sowie einer gesunden Stichprobe älterer ProbandInnen (>60Jahre, N=46) verglichen. Ergebnisse: Die Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass sich klinisch auffällige Älterer in passiv-negativen Emotionen kaum von jüngeren Patienten unterscheiden, wohl aber in aktiv-negativen Emotionen, die bei älteren Patienten ähnlich gering ausgeprägt sind wie bei gesunden Älteren. Älteren Patienten gelingt es weniger gut, positive Emotionen zu maximieren. Schlussfolgerung: In der Therapie sollte ein besonderer Fokus auf die Reduktion passiv-negativer und die Generierung positiver Emotionen gelegt werden.
Despite affecting one in four hospitalised older adults, delirium remains under-recognised and undertreated. One reason for this is that health professionals are unaware of patients’ lived experience of terror and disorientation. Immersive virtual reality (VR) provides an innovative medium for experiential education, supporting engagement, reflection, and understanding of complex real-world situations. Building on earlier pilot study on VR-based empathy education, this study evaluated a VR delirium simulation created in partnership with delirium survivors and caregivers, focusing on its feasibility, safety, and educational impact. Over two years, four Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) partners (one delirium survivor, two family caregivers, one advocacy expert) co-designed scenario language, safety protocols, and reflection prompts alongside researchers and clinicians. We evaluated a 10-minute VR simulation reproducing delirium phenomenology paired with 25-minute structured reflection. Fifteen clinicians and educators (physicians, nurses, researchers) participated in an international empathy-in-healthcare symposium. Quantitative outcomes (perceived realism, empathy, communication, behavioural intentions) were analyzed descriptively; qualitative reflections were thematically analyzed to explore educational mechanisms and ethical implications. Participants rated VR realism and emotional salience highly (means 4.1–4.5, 80-100% agreement). All participants reported stronger perspective-taking, with intended changes including slower speech, environmental control, and caregiver inclusion. Thematic analysis identified affective immersion and cognitive reframing as key mechanisms, alongside risks of emotional overload and oversimplification. PPI-informed safety protocols (pre-briefing, opt-out, quiet space) prevented adverse effects; no withdrawals occurred. The VR simulation was a realistic, emotionally engaging, and educationally meaningful medium for delirium training. This approach may foster greater empathy and intentional changes in communication and care practices In delirium care. Future controlled studies should examine behavioural retention, patient outcomes, and equitable access across diverse learner populations.
Free AccessEditorialMeine Welt und mein Raum?Published Online:March 11, 2021https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9027/a000109PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditE-Mail SectionsMoreFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 52Issue 2March 2021ISSN: 1662-9027eISSN: 2235-4271 InformationNOVAcura (2021), 52, pp. 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9027/a000109.© 2021Hogrefe AG
This paper aims at demonstrating the advantages of the research on predominantly Greek loanwords in the Rabbinic literature, as employed in the Digital Dictionary of Loanwords in the Midrash Genesis Rabbah (DLGenR). This line of research can contribute to further elucidating a number of issues concerning language usage in the cultural context of Graeco-Roman Palestine and relevant lexicographical practice â to the benefit not only of Rabbinic studies but also of linguistics and historical disciplines. In particular, the present survey explores the etymological criteria which should be fulfilled by a historical dictionary specialized in borrowings and attempts to provide a maximal inventory of their deep encoding in electronic dictionaries (according to TEI Lex-0)
