Browsing by Author "Smith, Jacqueline"

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    A Comparison of Online Gamblers, Offline Gamblers, and Mixed Mode Gamblers on Gambling and Substance Use
    (2022-09) Slack, Braydon; McGrath, Daniel; Ellard, John; Hodgins, David; Smith, Jacqueline
    The rise in online gambling has led to greater research focus being directed toward the relationship between gambling modality and gambling behaviour. Such attention is warranted, given the significant increase in people turning to online gambling. It is currently known that mixed-mode gamblers (i.e., those who gamble online and offline) demonstrate the highest rate of disordered gambling and gambling frequency. Alcohol use has also been shown to be higher in mixed-mode gamblers, which presents a concern given the effects of alcohol on gambling behaviour. Further, mental health concerns have been shown to differ across gambling modalities. While research has begun to investigate gambling modality, more studies are required to better understand the relationship between gambling modality, substance use, and gambling behaviour. The present study explored the relationship between gambling modality, gambling behaviour, and substance use outcomes in greater depth. Specifically, 303 online, mixed-mode, and offline gamblers were surveyed on patterns of substance use, mental health concerns, and gambling severity, behaviour, and motives. Exploratory analyses were also conducted to investigate the role of COVID-19 in self-reported migration to online gambling. It was found that mixed-mode and online gambling are associated with greater gambling severity, frequency, and substance use. Further, scores on a gambling motives questionnaire were found to differ across gambling modality. Finally, results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic influenced gambling behaviour, such that many participants self-reported migrating to online gambling. Overall, the results of this study suggest that a relationship exists between gambling modality, substance use, and gambling behaviour.
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    Exploring How Alberta Health Services Nurses are Making Sense of Their Role in Relation to the Recent Changes to the Mental Health Act of Alberta
    (2024-04-30) Mustapha, Wafa; Smith, Jacqueline; Estefan, Andrew; Dimitropoulos, Gina; McCaffrey, Graham
    The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how Alberta Health Services nurses are making sense of their role in relation to the recent changes to the Mental Health Act of Alberta. The Mental Health Act (MHA) of Alberta was enacted to protect and ensure the rights of people suffering from mental disorders. The most recent MHA amendment, which was enacted in September 2020, includes expanded duties required of the hospital and health care providers. Social Constructivism, Carper’s Ways of Knowing theory, and Uncertainty theory will provide the theoretical framework for this study. A Thematic Analysis method was utilized to elicit responses using a semi-structured interview tool. Data analysis will be conducted using the six-step thematic analysis as introduced by Braun and Clarke (2006). The way nurses make sense of their role contributes to the composition of ethically informed, safe, and effective care within the scope of professional practice and current legislation. This study helps address this gap in the context of mental health nursing practice in Alberta.
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    How Undergraduate Nursing Students Cope with Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Description
    (2021-11) Park, Glennis Laurel; McCaffrey, Graham; Raffin Bouchal, Shelley; Smith, Jacqueline
    Stress is a critical issue globally in undergraduate nursing education with studies showing stress among undergraduate nursing students as a decades-old concern. The COVID-19 pandemic is a new stressor which has created changes and disruptions in undergraduate nursing educational programs. The purpose of this qualitative, Interpretive Description research study was to gain an understanding of the lived experiences of undergraduate nursing students during the exceptional context of the COVID-19 including their perceptions of stress and their identified coping strategies to manage stress amid their nursing program. Lazarus and Folkman’s (1984) Transactional Model of Stress and Coping was used as the theoretical foundation to guide this study. The setting for this study was the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Convenience and purposive sampling were used with voluntary participation from the undergraduate nursing students. Semi-structured, individual interviews were conducted to gather participant data. All data was transcribed verbatim, analyzed for themes, and reported in aggregate form. The perception of a stressor is unique to each individual, however, broad categories of stressors were found to be common amongst nursing students, along with new stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicated that the participants exhibited a common characteristic of strong personal motivation with a focused desire to succeed in the nursing program.
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    Recovering from Silence. Composing Self in Time, Spaces, and Friendships: A Narrative Inquiry with Four Mothers Supporting Adolescent Children through Long-Term Addictions Treatment
    (2015-08-26) Smith, Jacqueline; Estefan, Dr. Andrew; Caine, Dr. Vera; Ewashen, Dr. Carol; St. George, Dr. Sally
    Addiction is a complex and growing phenomenon that affects many people in many different contexts. Mothering a child through long-term addiction treatment is an under-researched context. This study is a narrative inquiry into the experiences of four mothers parenting children through long-term addiction treatment. Narrative inquirers explore experience by attending to features of temporality, sociality, and place as they feature in stories that are both lived and told. During 12 months of narrative inquiry fieldwork, four participants and myself inquired into their experiences as mothers of children with addictions. Four narrative accounts of these experiences are presented. These co-composed accounts speak powerfully to participants’ experiences on complex personal, familial, social, and addiction landscapes. The narrative accounts provide a basis for theorizing four narrative threads: navigating complexities; loud silences; living within one another’s stories, and; places, spaces, and the in-between. This dissertation concludes in the midst of participants’ lives. Recommendations for practice, research, and narrative inquiry fieldwork are made.