Buffering Power of Spirituality against Death Anxiety

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Budhiraja ◽  
Punam Midha
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Buffering Power ◽  
Healing Power ◽  
High Level ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Purposive Sample

Spirituality, being a virtuous approach against dark materialistic world has an ability to transcend any phase of life. As a matter of fact during old age the fear of death generally overpowers elderly. They overcome this anxiety successfully by moving and focusing towards spirituality, which is considered a path leading to piousness and inner peace. Experience of spirituality helps them to think beyond this materialistic world, where old age is not considered as an end to life, but a preparation for the welcome of a new life. Thus with these ideas in mind, the present study was an attempt to explore the relation between spirituality and death anxiety among geriatrics. A purposive sample of 200 elderly both male and female with the age range of 60-80 years was drawn from Rohtak city, Haryana. The descriptive statistics indicated the high level of spirituality and average level of death anxiety among elderly. Further, correlational analysis showed that there existed a negative correlation between spirituality and death anxiety which indicates the healing power of spirituality among elderly.

scholarly journals Strengths among Contemporary Teenagers: A Comparative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu Rani ◽  
Punam Midha ◽  
Ankita Budhiraja
Keyword(s):  
Harmonious Society ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Signature Strengths ◽  
Fast Speed ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Purposive Sample

Male and female are two indispensible wheels of a chariot, thus both complement each other and this is a fact that without any one of them, it is just impossible to imagine the smooth continuation of the journey of life. India is a country where women were worshiped as Goddess. Though the society in which we live has been shaped historically by males. But recently the existing scenario appears to be changing with the realization of strengths among females. A harmonious society appears to be emerging with the fast speed of decline in gender-specificity. In order to empirically confirm these notions, the present researchers decided to explore and compare the profile of strengths of male-female adolescents. A test of Hindi adaptation of Value In Action (VIA) Inventory of Strengths for Youth by Shree and Singh (2013) was used. A purposive sample of 150 adolescents in which 75 were males and 75 were females with the age range of 13-17 years was drawn from Rohtak city, Haryana. The descriptive statistics was used to find out the mean differences in strengths of male and female adolescents. They differed to some extent in their profile of signature strengths. Further the profile of top five strengths also called “signature strengths”, the male and female differed in two out of five signature strengths. The similar signature strengths found in both male and female adolescents were such as judgment/critical thinking, appreciation of beauty and love, however they differed on two strengths such as zest and perspective were found in male while kindness and modesty were found in female. The inference drawn from the current study is that females are more humane than the male counterpart whereas males are found to be more courageous than females. The need to foster or enhance certain strengths in specific gender are discussed in the paper.

Convergent Validity of the Templer, Collett-Lester, and Arabic Death Anxiety Scales: Rejoinder

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1171-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Pearson Correlations

The Templer Death Anxiety Scale, the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety by Abdel-Khalek, and the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale were administered to a convenient sample of 81 male and female Kuwaiti undergraduates enrolled in social science courses ( M age = 22.0 yr., SD = 2.3). Pearson correlations between the total scores were significant and positive. Only one high-loaded factor was extracted and labeled General Death Anxiety, indicating good convergent and factorial validity of these scales.

Investigating the Iranian EFL Teachers and Learners’ Beliefs about Teacher Efficacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1097
Author(s):  
Ahmad Yaghoubi ◽  
Mojgan Nosrati Kordkandi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Age Range

The present study was an attempt to investigate Iranian EFL teachers and learners’ beliefs about teacher efficacy. For the purpose of the study, 200male and female learners, between 20 and 34 years old (Mage = 27) and 50 male and female teachers, with the age range of 48 from Roudehen Islamic Azad University and Ershade Damavand University ,and Tehran Cental Branch participated in the study. The participants’ beliefs about teacher efficacy were measured using Bandura’s teacher efficacy (1997). The results showed that students’ belief about teacher efficacy was significantly better (t = 2.980, p = 0.001 < 0.01). Inspection of the both teachers and students’ answers to each question was done by descriptive statistics and also interview was made to find the underlying differences. The results of this study have implications for students, teachers, and all those involved in the area of teaching and learning.

Fear of Death and Fertility Reconsidered

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie J. R. Kinlaw ◽  
Richard D. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Age Range

Kastenbaum raised and examined the hypothesis that fear of death and fertility are directly related phenomena, concluding that procreation was one among several desirable forms of self-continuation. Re-examination of this hypothesis, using Templer's Manifest Death Anxiety Scale and a community sample (N=234) of reproductive and post-reproductive aged males and females, revealed that the hypothesis was confirmed among high school or less educated respondents. Within this subsample, confirmation was found among all females concerning their experienced, desired, and expected fertility. However, their male counterparts exhibited confirmation only with respect to desired and expected fertility, and only if they were within the reproductive age range.

scholarly journals The Knowledge about the Dangerous Effect of Opiates among Adolescent

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 05096
Author(s):  
A.S. Ishak ◽  
H. Hussin ◽  
Alia Asrani Azmi ◽  
M.H. Othman
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Drug Agency ◽  
Age Range

Statistics from the National Anti Drug Agency (AADK) showed an increase in adolescent who are in the age range 13 to 18 years involved in drug abuse. Realizing this problem, a study was conducted to examine the knowledge about dangerous effect of drug abuse on opiates among adolescent. There are four type of opiates were tested in this study such as opium, morphine, heroin and codeine. Respondent consisted 759 adolescent aged 16 years old. This quantitative study using the “Soal Selidik Kajian Pengaruh Dadah” as an instrument. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics to get the frequency and percentage. The result showed that both male and female adolescent know about the dangerous effect of drug abuse. Findings also identify the most popular drugs among adolescent is heroin followed by opium, codein and morphine.

scholarly journals DDAA and Maternal Reflective Functions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Frolli ◽  
Antonella Cavallaro ◽  
Stephen Oduro ◽  
Antonia Bosco ◽  
Agnese Lombardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Parent Training ◽  
Old Age ◽  
School Children ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioral Symptoms ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Regulatory Functions ◽  
Age Range

AbstractIn this study, we propose to examine two types of Parent Training (PT) under DDAA —behavioral and reflective types of PT. The central idea of our work is that the development of parenting educational skills cannot ignore the development of reflective and regulatory functions, which promote pre-mentalization, social cognition, and empathic skills. Because of the lack of studies on the efficacy of behavioral PT addressed to the parents of subjects with DDAA, this work took place. This study included 90 families whose children were diagnosed with the disorder of dysregulated anger and aggression (DDAA) according to criteria of CD 0–5 (2016). The sample included pre-school children aged between 2 and 3 years old (age range 2–3 years), who were equally divided into two groups based on the type of PT administered to the parents or caregivers. Our results indicate that the PT intervention, which is focused on the improvement of parental reflexive functions, helps in obtaining greater results even in the reduction of the externalizing behavioral symptoms. Additionally, results show that the intervention of PT with a behavioral matrix does not improve parental reflexive functions even if it guarantees a slight reduction of children’s behavioral problems.

scholarly journals High level of fatty liver index predicts new onset of diabetes mellitus during a 10-year period in healthy subjects

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukimura Higashiura ◽  
Masato Furuhashi ◽  
Marenao Tanaka ◽  
Satoko Takahashi ◽  
Masayuki Koyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Liver Index ◽  
Fatty Liver Index ◽  
History Of ◽  
Onset Of Diabetes ◽  
High Level ◽  
New Onset

AbstractFatty liver index (FLI), a predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, has been reported to be associated with several metabolic disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between FLI and new onset of diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated the association of FLI with new onset of DM during a 10-year period in subjects who received annual health examinations (n = 28,990). After exclusion of subjects with DM at baseline and those with missing data, a total of 12,290 subjects (male/female: 7925/4365) who received health examinations were recruited. FLI was significantly higher in males than in females. During the 10-year period, DM was developed in 533 males (6.7%) and 128 females (2.9%). Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models with a restricted cubic spline showed that the risk of new onset of DM increased with a higher FLI at baseline in both sexes after adjustment of age, fasting plasma glucose, habits of alcohol drinking and current smoking, family history of DM and diagnosis of hypertension and dyslipidemia at baseline. When the subjects were divided into subgroups according to tertiles of FLI level at baseline (T1–T3) in the absence and presence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), hazard ratios after adjustment of the confounders gradually increased from T1 to T3 and from the absence to presence of IFG in both male and female subjects. In conclusion, a high level of FLI predicts new onset of DM in a general population of both male and female individuals.

Dental Interns’ Perceptions of Their Training Experiences at Different Training Centers: A Look at Work Environment and Supervision

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Third ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
High Level

Abstract Background: the aim of this study was to explore dental interns perceptions on their learning environment and supervision. Methods: This survey was in form of questioner in which interns are required to fill and submit at the end of each training rotation. The questionnaire includes 20 items and was divided into three main parts: the first part of the questionnaire evaluated the interns perception toward the learning outcomes obtained from the field experience and their development. The second part of the study assessed the interns' perceptions toward their supervisors. The third part of the questionnaire investigated the interns' perceptions toward training centers facilities. Results: A total number of 234 questioners were filled and submitted by interns in which 134 from male intern (57.3%) and 100 from female interns (42.7%). In general, the interns from both genders appeared very satisfied with their training experience. With all the questionnaire 20 items, more than 75% of the obtained answers was either agree or strongly agree with similar obtained from both male and female interns. Conclusions: High level of satisfaction can be obtained when the the field experience outcomes is clearly explained to the dental interns. In addition, the availability of supervisors with full awareness of learning outcomes will improve the learning experience of dental interns.

IBSEN and the Suicide Enigma

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Shulman
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Continuous Dependence ◽  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Henrik Ibsen ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Reasonable Solution ◽  
High Level ◽  
Commit Suicide

The famous Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen died of natural causes in old age. Ibsen's life and his creative work strongly suggest suicidal tendencies never manifested in his behavior. Various factors in his personality are examined and contrasted with aspects of Ernest Hemingway, who did commit suicide. Although both men tended to move around through most of their lives, and to reject close emotional ties, Ibsen can be seen to be less compulsively self-sufficient. Although Ibsen's plays indicate an acceptance of suicide as a reasonable solution to difficult problems, the author maintained his stability; partly through keeping to a high level of creative quality, and partly through continuous dependence on his only wife. Since a suicide outcome is generally unpredictable, the study of lives such as Ibsen's may reveal factors of resiliency in suicidally-inclined people, and thereby reduce the unpredictability.

scholarly journals Developing and supporting coordinators of structured mentoring schemes in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Abbott ◽  
Xenia Goosen ◽  
Jos Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
People Development ◽  
Value Add ◽  
Purposive Sample ◽  
The Coordinator

Orientation: Mentoring is considered to be such an important contributor to accelerated people development in South Africa that structured mentoring schemes are often used by organisations. There are at present few sources of development and support for coordinators of such schemes.Research purpose: The aim of this research is to discover what the characteristics of coordinators of structured mentoring schemes in South Africa are, what is required of such coordinators and how they feel about their role, with a view to improving development and support for them.Motivation for the study: The limited amount of information about role requirements for coordinators which is available in the literature is not based on empirical research. This study aims to supply the empirical basis for improved development and support for coordinators.Research design and method: A purposive sample of 25 schemes was identified and both quantitative and qualitative data, obtained through questionnaires and interviews, were analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Main findings: Functions of coordinators tend to be similar across different types of mentoring schemes. A passion for mentoring is important, as the role involves many frustrations. There is little formalised development and support for coordinators.Practical/managerial implications: The study clarifies the functions of the coordinator, offers a job description and profile and makes suggestions on how to improve the development of the coordinator’s skills.Contribution/value-add: An understanding of what is required from a coordinator, how the necessary knowledge and skills can be developed and how the coordinator can be supported,adds value to an organisation setting up or reviewing its structured mentoring schemes.

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