scholarly journals Determinants Of Accounting Anxiety In Business Students

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Malgwi
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Computer Anxiety ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Survey Responses

The identification of the level of anxiety, especially in accounting among business students, have not been directly explored and recognized. This empirical study was conducted to ascertain any significant determinants of accounting anxiety among business students. An online survey questionnaire was administered to all registered students at Bentley College, the largest business University in New England. A new accounting anxiety rating scale (AARS) was developed based on a modified computer anxiety rating scale (CARS) by Broome and Havelka (2002). A total of 1,112 responses were received and analyzed, indicating a response rate of 30 percent, which is relatively significant considering similar online survey responses. ANOVA tests were applied to determine the significance in accounting anxiety, controlling for four variables, academic majors, degree levels, experience and gender. The results show that there are significant differences in accounting anxiety levels in all four tests among students with different academic majors, degree levels, work experiences and significant difference in accounting anxiety between male and female students, contrary to recent and similar study of computer anxiety in business students.

Criteria for Selection of an Academic Major: Accounting and Gender Differences

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1169-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana R. Lowe ◽  
Larry S. Lowe ◽  
Kathleen Simons
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Intrinsic Rewards ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students ◽  
Criteria For Selection ◽  
Selection Of

An instrument for selection of academic majors was administered to 638 undergraduate business students to assess selection criteria for accounting majors and to compare criteria with nonaccounting majors, including marketing, management, and finance. Analysis supported the common stereotype that accounting majors were more motivated by extrinsic rewards than nonaccounting students; female accounting majors were more influenced than male accounting majors by intrinsic rewards.

Privacy and trust in Facebook photo sharing: age and gender differences

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aqdas Malik ◽  
Kari Hiekkanen ◽  
Marko Nieminen
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Photo Sharing ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gender And Age Differences ◽  
And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine gender and age differences regarding various aspects of privacy, trust, and activity on one of the most popular Facebook activity – “photo sharing.” Design/methodology/approach The data were collected using an online survey hosted by a web-based survey service for three weeks during December 2014-January 2015. The target audience comprised of Facebook users over 18 years engaged in sharing their photos on the platform. Findings Women and young Facebook users are significantly more concerned about the privacy of their shared photos. Meanwhile, users from older age groups are less active in using the site, in sharing photos, and in taking privacy-related protective measures. Interestingly, despite having more privacy concerns, young Facebook users display higher trust levels toward the platform than older users. Overall, in the study, there was an extremely significant difference in privacy attitudes among people under and over 35 years of age. Originality/value The main contribution of this study is new knowledge regarding the gender and age differences in various privacy-related aspects, trust, and activity. Findings from the study broadens the overall understanding of how these issues positively/negatively influence the photo-sharing activity on Facebook.

Homocysteine levels in schizophrenia patients newly admitted to an acute psychiatric ward

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 336-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaria Di Lorenzo ◽  
Alessandra Amoretti ◽  
Samantha Baldini ◽  
Marcello Soli ◽  
Giulia Landi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Blood Levels ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Specific Marker ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Psychiatric Rating ◽  
Psychiatric Rating Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Acute Psychiatric Ward

ObjectiveAfter the discovery of ‘homocystinuria syndrome’, many studies have suggested that high blood levels of homocysteine may be associated with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between hyperhomocysteinaemia and schizophrenia.MethodsIn a population of inpatients suffering from exacerbated schizophrenic disorders (N=100), we evaluated homocysteine levels the day after their admission to an acute psychiatric ward and compared it with that of a non-patient control group (N=110), matched for age and gender. We statistically analysed the correlation between homocysteine levels and selected variables: gender, age, years of illness and number of previous psychiatric admissions as well as Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Positive Negative Syndrome Scale and Global Assessment Functioning (GAF) Scores.ResultsWe observed elevated homocysteine levels (an increase of 7.84 µM on average per patient) in 32% of the patients, but we did not find any statistically significant difference between the homocysteine levels of our patients and controls. Hyperhomocysteinaemia presented a positive statistically significant correlation with years of illness (p<0.005) and a negative statistically significant correlation with GAF score (p<0.001), but not with other clinical variables.ConclusionsHyperhomocysteinaemia, which occurred in our schizophrenia patients with poor social and relational functioning after many years of illness, could represent an effect of altered lifestyle due to psychosis, but not a specific marker for schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown

2021 ◽  
pp. 014362442110544
Author(s):  
Simone Torresin ◽  
Rossano Albatici ◽  
Francesco Aletta ◽  
Francesco Babich ◽  
Tin Oberman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Window Opening ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Home Workers

Results of an online survey conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown among 848 home workers living in London (United Kingdom) and in Italy are reported with a focus on (1) the impacts of building services on the perception of the acoustic environment while working and relaxing at home and (2) the factors associated with window opening behaviour. The analyses showed no significant difference in soundscape appropriateness for relaxation depending on the heating, ventilation and cooling system typologies, and in soundscape appropriateness for working from home (WFH) based on the ventilation strategy. Higher soundscape appropriateness for WFH was associated with houses equipped only with radiant floors for heating in Italy and with air-cooling systems in London. In London, air systems resulted in higher perceived dominance of noise from building services compared to other systems. Overall, rooms with less dominant sounds from building services were evaluated as more appropriate for working and relaxing. The dominance of sky or buildings from the window view, outdoor noisiness, noise sensitivity, age and gender were not significantly associated with participants’ window opening behaviour while WFH. Differently, participants viewing more vegetation from windows in Italy were more likely (odds ratio: 1.279) to keep the window open while WFH.

scholarly journals Serum Leptin Concentrations in Turkish Parkinson’s Disease Population

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betul Ozdilek ◽  
Gulay Kenangil
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Clinical Prognosis ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Yahr Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Gender

Objectives. To investigate leptin levels and their relationship to body composition and demographic and clinical characteristics of Turkish patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD).Patients and Methods. Forty eligible PD patients and 25 healthy controls were included in the study. Body composition measurements (height, weight, waist circumference (WC), and body mass index (BMI)) of the whole sample and clinical findings of PD patients were evaluated in the on-state. A single 5 mL fasting blood sample was obtained from each participant in the morning. Severity of PD was evaluated using the Hoehn and Yahr scale and the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.Results. The mean age of the patients and controls was60.8±9.4and61.8±5.8years, while the mean BMI was30.17±5.10and28.03±3.23and the mean leptin levels were6.8±6.9and3.9±3.8 ng/mL, respectively. Only age and gender were correlated with leptin levels. There was a significant difference (P<0.001) in leptin levels between male (3.6±3.1 ng/mL) and female (14.3±7.7 ng/mL) PD patients. Among the male PD patients, older age and higher BMI and WC values were associated with higher mean leptin levels. There was not any significant relationship between leptin levels and clinical findings in PD patients.Conclusion. These results may suggest that leptin levels have no determinative role in the follow-up of PD patients with regard to the severity and clinical prognosis of PD.

scholarly journals Language Use by Staff Members in Saudi English Higher Education Departments: Beliefs and Gender Differences

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Suliman Mohammed Nasser Alnasser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
English Departments ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Gender

Educational language policies in Saudi Arabia have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. English departments in the country are comprised of male and female staff members who practise these language policies at departmental level and also outside the domain of the classroom and on a variety of occasions. There are several reasons for the use of English (a foreign language) alongside Arabic (the mother tongue) and these have an influence on the shape of current or future language policies. The effect of gender on the selection of particular reasons has not been investigated and this is the focus of the current paper. In the study referred to here, both quantitative (online survey) and qualitative (open-ended section) approaches to data collection were adopted. The context of the study was English departments in Saudi Arabian higher education establishments. The survey consisted of five items (statements) and two questions with open-ended sections. The data was collected from different regions of the country and included male (n = 67) and female (n = 143) staff members. The Chi-Square test of independence was administered to determine the significance of differences found between the two genders and only in one of the five items was a statistically significant difference found. It was, therefore, concluded that males and females in Saudi English departments share similar beliefs with regard to the use of language, with only slight differences between them. This paper discusses the implications of these findings as well as possible areas of investigation for future researchers.

National Institute of Nursing Research Grant Funding Recipients: Hispanic and Nurses of Color Are Lagging

2021 ◽  
pp. 154041532199872
Author(s):  
Thomas Kippenbrock ◽  
Jan Emory
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
White Female ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Research Workforce ◽  
Survey Responses

Introduction: National Institute of Health (NIH) stated in their strategic plan that a diverse research workforce is an important goal for the advancement of health care science; however, there is little evidence to show funding goes to National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) minority nurse scientists. The study’s aim was to determine NINR grant recipients’ race/ethnicity, gender, and licensed nurse status. Methods: A descriptive research design was used with NIH providing NINR award recipients’ names and employing organizations. An online survey with questions about their gender, race, ethnicity, and being a licensed nurse was sent to 619 award recipients. Results: Survey responses were collected from 135 NINR recipients receiving awards. Almost 50% NINR grant recipients were non-nurses. With licensed nurse recipients, White female was the dominate race and gender. Hispanic licensed nurses were 6.8% of the NINR grant recipients over the 3-year period. In addition, Asians and Blacks were the lowest race categories at 4.1% award percentage over the 3-year period. Conclusions: NIH strategic plan is for a diverse research workforce in order to advance health care science. NINR must lead the efforts to grow a diverse nursing workforce including Hispanic and underrepresented nurses in order to successfully compete in NINR grants and funding.

scholarly journals Work Motivation among Occupational Therapy Graduates in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siaw Chui Chai ◽  
Rui Fen Teoh ◽  
Nor Afifi Razaob ◽  
Masne Kadar
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Case Manager ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Job Position

Objective/Background Occupational therapy that focuses on servicing clients demands motivated workers for quality service delivery. The objectives of this study were: (a) to determine the level of work motivation among occupational therapy graduates in Malaysia and (b) to determine if there is a difference in work motivation among these graduates based on work sector, job position, length of work experience, and gender. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited occupational therapy bachelor's degree graduates using an online survey. The Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS) was used to measure level of work motivation. Results Responses from 82 (60.3%) graduates (male: 26.8%; female: 73.2%) were analysed. Sixty-two (75.6%) graduates worked locally and 20 (24.4%) worked in foreign countries. The average Work Self-Determination Index (W-SDI) score for WEIMS is +11.38 with 78 (95.1%) of graduates demonstrated a self-determined motivational profile and 4 (4.9%) demonstrated a nonself-determined profile. Graduates in the private sector (13.10 ± 6.47) show significantly higher W-SDI score compared to those in the public sector (9.40 ± 6.06), p = 0.01. W-SDI scores appeared higher among clinician (11.67 ± 6.40), case manager (13.33), and others (14.90 ± 8.23); and those with work experience of 5–6 years (13.11 ± 6.90) and less than one year (12.65 ± 7.12). Male (10.29 ± 6.86) and female (11.79 ± 6.39) graduates shared equally high score. There is no significant difference in W-SDI score based on job position, length of work experience, and gender. Conclusion Occupational therapy graduates have high work motivation as evident by their self-determined profile. Only work sector imposes difference in work motivation among these graduates. Copyright © 2017, Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).

scholarly journals The Knowledge and Use of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy in a Sample of Physical Therapists in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noa Mills ◽  
Mariah Elder ◽  
Molly Boyce ◽  
Matteo Evdokas ◽  
Stephen Ives
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
The United States ◽  
Blood Flow Restriction ◽  
Flow Restriction ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
It Education ◽  
Heavy Resistance Training ◽  
And Gender

Purpose: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT) is a rehabilitation technique that seems to elicit hypertrophy gains similar to heavy resistance training. Despite increased popularity of BFRT, the extent it is used in physical therapy (PT) is unknown. The purpose of the study was to examine the knowledge, and utilization, of BFRT by practicing Physical Therapists (PTs). Methods:  PTs were recruited to complete an online survey on their knowledge and use of BFRT. Results: From 159 participants, it was found that 88.1% (n=140) of participating PTs had heard of BFRT, with age and gender disparities, though only 38.6% (n=54) reported using BFRT on a patient. There was a significant difference between male and female PTs knowledge (98% vs 81%, p < 0.001) and use (48% vs 24%, p = 0.016) of BFRT. 98% of PTs who reported using BFRT indicated it was beneficial or very beneficial for their patients. Conclusions: There were apparent gaps between PTs knowledge of BFRT and inclusion in practice, though most of these clinicians would be open to consider use of BFRT. Nearly all BFRT practitioners believed it was efficacious and will continue using it. Education and training of PTs could improve utilization of BFRT and, perhaps, ultimately clinical outcomes.

scholarly journals Broadening Understanding: Students’ Perspectives on Respecting all Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities in University Classrooms

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Danielle Nadine Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Student Voices ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Diversity Orientation ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
University Classrooms

Oppression and marginalization of people who identify as LGBTQ+ persist on university campuses despite their right to be free of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code. In an attempt to highlight the real and detrimental impacts of normative heterosexual and cisgender ideologies on Ontarian students the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) has committed itself to elevating student voices on this issue. OUSA conducted a mixed-methods, primary research project to provide understanding of the opinions and experiences of LGBTQ+ identifying students. Student responses were collected using an online survey, which yielded 311 valid responses from university students across Ontario. While most results were positive, findings that a fifth of respondents felt uncomfortable in campus life, accompanied by responses implicating instructors as a source of this discomfort, suggest there is an on-going need for educators to work harder to incorporate diverse perspectives about both gender and sexual orientation into university curricula. Content analysis of open-ended survey responses was used to describe the barriers students experienced. Diversity orientation and course content were referenced most often among open-ended responses. Diversity orientation was also most often cited as a barrier and problematic assumptions were identified as barriers more often than course content. Training was most often identified as a solution, suggesting this is a strategy that faculty can adopt to increase their diversity orientation and decrease problematic assumptions. Educators must recognize their responsibility for facilitating safe, empowering classrooms; this research offers seven strategies for accomplishing this goal.

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