scholarly journals The relationship between psychological health and spiritual wellbeing in Iranian stoma patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Sup5) ◽  
pp. S18-S22
Author(s):  
Hossein Rafiei ◽  
Kazem Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Mohammad Javad Hoseinabadi-Farahani ◽  
Ladan Naseh ◽  
Ali Razaghpoor ◽  
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological problems and spiritual wellbeing in Iranian stoma patients. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 70 stoma patients who were enrolled through a convenience sampling method. Depression, anxiety and stress among patients were analysed using Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire and their spiritual wellbeing was analysed using the Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (SWS). Pearson's correlation test was used to determine the relationship between depression, stress and anxiety with the total spiritual wellbeing and its dimensions. Results: The results of Pearson's correlation test showed that there was an inverse and significant correlation between stress (RR -0.728; P<0.001), anxiety (RR -0.721; P<0.001) and depression (RR -0.740; P<0.001) with the total score for spiritual wellbeing. Conclusion: These results demonstrated that there is a relationship between psychological problems and spiritual wellbeing in ostomates. That is, patients with higher spiritual wellbeing reported lower levels of psychological problems. The results of the present study can be used for holistic nursing care in these patients.

2015 ◽  
Vol 116 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 564-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
RISHABH SHRIVASTAVA ◽  
Preeti Mahajan

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the study aims to investigate the relationship between the altmetric indicators from ResearchGate (RG) and the bibliometric indicators from the Scopus database. Second, the study seeks to examine the relationship amongst the RG altmetric indicators themselves. RG is a rich source of altmetric indicators such as Citations, RGScore, Impact Points, Profile Views, Publication Views, etc. Design/methodology/approach – For establishing whether RG metrics showed the same results as the established sources of metrics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated between the metrics provided by RG and the metrics obtained from Scopus. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were also calculated for the metrics provided by RG. The data were collected by visiting the profile pages of all the members who had an account in RG under the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India). Findings – The study showed that most of the RG metrics showed strong positive correlation with the Scopus metrics, except for RGScore (RG) and Citations (Scopus), which showed moderate positive correlation. It was also found that the RG metrics showed moderate to strong positive correlation amongst each other. Research limitations/implications – The limitation of this study is that more and more scientists and researchers may join RG in the future, therefore the data may change. The study focuses on the members who had an account in RG under the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India). Perhaps further studies can be conducted by increasing the sample size and by taking a different sample size having different characteristics. Originality/value – Being an emerging field, not much has been conducted in the area of altmetrics. Very few studies have been conducted on the reach of academic social networks like RG and their validity as sources of altmetric indicators like RGScore, Impact Points, etc. The findings offer insights to the question whether RG can be used as an alternative to traditional sources of bibliometric indicators, especially with reference to a rapidly developing country such as India.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Deniz Beste CEVIK KILIC

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the burnout levels of music teachers and their personalities. The research consisted of 278 music teachers who were selected from various places throughout Turkey via subjective, convenience sampling method. For data collection, the ‘Personal Information Form’, ‘Adjective Based Personality Test’ and ‘Maslach Burnout Scale’ were used. The research involved both quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data were analyzed by quantitative t-test, multiple regression analysis and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Data for the qualitative dimension of the research were obtained from semi-structured interviews conducted with 5 music teachers. Negative, significant relationships were determined between extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness and general burnout, while a positive, significant relationship was determined between neuroticism and general burnout. The burnout variable was found to have a statistically significant effect on the openness, neuroticism and conscientiousness dimensions of the personality types. The effects of conscientiousness and openness dimensions were not, however, found to be significant. The music teachers who had characteristics of extroversion and conscientiousness were found to have higher levels of burnout if they have the characteristics of neuroticism that reduce their exhaustion. The findings of the research show that the effect of personality types on burnout is important.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Annissa Chairum Soebandono ◽  
Levi Nilawati

This research was conducted for analyzing the effect of mediating variable that is individual task proactivity as one of the proactivities of behavior towards the relationship between self-efficacy and the employees’ performance in the logistics companies of shipping the goods. It uses convenience sampling, which is a non-probability sampling method for getting the sample of 52 employees. They were divided into two divisions, namely infrastructure and quality assurance. The questionnaire consists of two parts, in which some were assessed by themselves and others that were assessed by the supervisor. They were analyzed using path analysis using analytical tools developed by Hayes, Preacher-Hayes with the simple mediation models. It was found that employees have self-efficacy, individual task proactivity, and relatively high performance, in which individual task proactivity can be a mediating variable on the effect self-efficacy on performance.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Thabiso Sthembiso Msomi

The objective of this study is to examine financial awareness for viable and sustainable smallmedium-enterprises in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban. In this study, the researcher examined factors for SME sustainability and viability as they influence organisational survival. The specific objectives are outlined as follows: to examine the influence of financial awareness on SME viability and sustainability; to establish the relationship between financial accounting skills and sustainable SMEs; to establish the relationship between financial awareness and financial accounting skills; and to determine the Influences of budgeting and financial awareness on SME sustainability. The quantitative research method was adopted for this study and the purposive sampling technique was chosen to select the participants for this study. The study collected primary data from respondents who are owners of SMEs in the retail, construction, manufacturing sectors, etc. Data was analysed using SPSS. A total of 310 research questionnaires was administered and 304 research questionnaires were returned for analysis (giving a 98% response rate). A regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation analysis were conducted to address the specific objectives of the study. The study identified access to market, access to finance and financial accounting skills as the independent variables, while SME sustainability was the dependent variable of the regression model. The findings suggest that access to finance has the largest absolute value (0.425), which indicates that access to finance uniquely accounts for the larger proportion of the variance in the regression model. The outcome of Pearson’s correlation shows moderate correlation (r value is 0.531) between financial accounting skills and sustainable SMEs. Moreover, there was a weak correlation (r value is 0.457) between financial awareness and financial accounting skills. The outcome of the regression analysis suggests that budgeting has the largest absolute value (0.372), which indicates that budgeting uniquely accounts for the largest proportion of the variance in the regression analysis. The Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed nine factors that are significant to ensure sustainability and viability. The implication of the outcome is that access to finance and budgeting accounts for SME sustainability. Based on the findings from this research, it is recommended that SMEs owners should pay much attention to access to finance and budgeting in running their businesses. Again, employee performance reviews contribute to enhancing the financial accounting skills and knowledge of staff of SMEs as well. They should seek expert or professional advice before taking a loan and they should avoid loan sharks as the interest charged by loan sharks are very high which may lead to potential debt trap. It is suggested that Government agencies should help SMEs to market their products and keep their businesses viable.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 323-332
Author(s):  
Samaneh Zareh Zardini ◽  
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Alireza Jafari ◽  
Mohammad Ghamari ◽  
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...  

Background: Infertility is one of the most painful experiences of life leads to marital burnout. Psychological, emotional, and social factors affect marital burnout of infertile women. This study was done to predict marital burnout based on feelings of loneliness and emotional divorce in infertile women. Methods: The method of the research was descriptive-correlational. The participants were women (aged 25-45) referring to Ibn-e Sina Infertility Clinic in 2019 in Tehran. A sample of 175 participants was selected by convenience sampling and completed the Marital Burnout questionnaire, Feeling of Longlines questionnaire, and Emotional Divorce questionnaire. Data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression using SPSS v. 22. Results: The results indicated that there was a significant and positive relationship between loneliness and its subscales (lack of intimacy and lack of social network) (r= 0.62) and also a positive and significant relationship was found between emotional divorce and its subscales (feeling of separation from each other, feeling of loneliness the need for a companion, boredom, and restlessness) and marital burnout (r= 0.65). Also, feeling lonely and its subscales and emotional divorce and its subscales could predict the marital boredom of infertile women (P<0.01). Conclusion: Feeling lonely and emotional divorce have a significant and positive relationship with marital boredom and can predict marital boredom in infertile women.


2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelise Gilmore ◽  
Melinda Coetzee ◽  
Dries Schreuder

The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of mentors and mentees with regard to the mentoring relationship in the South African organisational context. A convenience sampling method was used to involve mentors and mentees as participants (N = 10). Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyse data on the respondents’ experiences of the mentoring relationship. It was found that both mentors and mentees tend to prefer informal mentoring relationships because of the factors that contribute to the quality of the relationship. The implications of the findings are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Dekeng Setyo Budiarto ◽  
Yennisa Yennisa ◽  
Rohmyati Widyaningrum

Religiosity and love of money plays an important role in determining individual compliance with tax regulations in developing countries. This research examines the influence of love of money and religiosity on tax evasion. In addition, it studies the relationship between love of money, religiosity, and tax evasion based from a gender. The research data were obtained from 8 private universities in Special Region of Yogyakarta with 207 samples and it uses convenience sampling. The number of samples was determined by convenience sampling method. Analysis data uses regression analysis. The results indicate that love of money has significant effect on tax evasion, while religiosity has no significant effect on tax evasion. There is significant difference between love of money and tax evasion from a gender perspective. The conclusion of this research is tax evasion in Indonesia determined by love of money and not given by religiosity. Moreover, sex is not an indicator in tax evasion and love of money.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Very Julianto ◽  
Pipih Muhopila

The research aimed to understand the relation between fasting and the anger regulation. Subject’s researchs were 100 students of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung taken by random sampling. Subjects consist of 43 man and 57 woman. This research used quantitative method. Data was collected by questionare, and method of analysis was Pearson’s correlation test. The result has shown there is relation between fasting and the anger regulation with scale of correlation was 54%. Subject that often fasting, carbohydrate input was lower so that the subject had high level of anger regulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Siti Rapidah Omar Ali ◽  
Siti Norsuhaizam Norizan ◽  
Nur Shafini Mohd Said ◽  
Khalid Amin Mat ◽  
Fatanah Jislan

It is proven true that the main subjects addressed by every service industry nowadays are service quality and customer satisfaction. Hence, virtuous customers’ evaluation of services is crucial for the firms. Delivering good quality service is leading to attain today’s competitive environment. This study attempts to assess the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction in the hotel industry in Malaysia. SERVQUAL model of service quality has been used to measure the relationship between three independent variables namely Tangibility, Reliability and Responsiveness and a dependent variable that is customer satisfaction. A number of 217 hotel guests in a three-star hotel in Kuala Terengganu were selected as a sample by using a convenience sampling method. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument in a survey approach. The findings indicated that all three dimensions of service quality have a positive relationship with customer satisfaction. Responsiveness seems to be the most significant factor in satisfaction. This study contributes to the enhancement and standardization of service quality management in firms especially the hotel industry in Malaysia. The findings would offer better understanding and recommendations for hotel management transformation and practices.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi ◽  
Dumitru Baleanu ◽  
Shahab S. Band ◽  
Amir Mosavi

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between the counts of cases with Covid-19 and the deaths due to it in seven countries that are severely affected by the pandemic. First, the Pearson’s correlation is used to determine the relationships among these countries. Then, the factor analysis is applied to categorize these countries based on their relationships.


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