Environmental Factors Affecting Cultural Adjustment Stress in Adolescent Immigrants : Focusing on Ecological System Model and Hierarchical Multiple Regression

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-202
Author(s):  
Eunjoo Seo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Cultural Adjustment ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
System Model ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Adolescent Immigrants

scholarly journals Environmental Factors Related to Non-compliant Health Behaviors in Urban-Dwelling Elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372
Author(s):  
Minkyung Park ◽  
Jisu Park ◽  
Sunhye Moon ◽  
Heejung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Activity Participation ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Particulate Matter Concentration ◽  
Matter Concentration

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore non-compliant health behaviors among urban-dwelling elderly and identify related environmental factors.Methods: This study analyzed integrated data from the 2017 Korean National Survey on the elderly and 2017 Annual Report of Air Quality in Korea (N=3,198). In this study, health behaviors included seven recommendations for promoting health. Social and physical environmental factors were selected based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecosystem theory, including air quality as an environmental factor. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data while controlling for general characteristics of the elderly.Results: The average score for non-compliant health behaviors was 3.05±1.03 among seven health behaviors. Hierarchical multiple regression showed the environmental factors related to non-compliant health behaviors were social activity participation (β=.15, p＜.001); interactions with friends, neighbors, and acquaintances (β=.06, p=.002); access to institutions and facilities (β=.06, p=.001); and particulate matter concentration (β=-.10, p＜.001).Conclusion: Our study findings emphasized that social activity participation, interactions with significant others, access to institutions and facilities, and particulate matter concentration should be considered when developing ecological interventions to improve health behaviors among the urban-dwelling elderly.

Factors Affecting Financial Literacy of Vietnamese Adults: A Case Study for Hanoi and Nghe An

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tue Nguyen Dang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Behaviors ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Literacy Level

This research examines the factors affecting the financial literacy of Vietnamese adults. Using a sample of 266 observations of adults in 2 big cities in Vietnam (Hanoi and Vinh in Nghe An Province), the author evaluates the literacy level of adults in these urban areas. The financial literacy of the interviewed people is low. The multiple regression results show that lower financial literacy levels associate with higher age and married status and higher financial literacy levels associate with higher education, more family members, the person making financial decisions and the person attending a useful financial course. This research also explores the association between financial literacy and financial behaviors of individuals employing logistic models. It is found that higher financial literacy associates with less probability of overspending and higher probability of saving money and careful spending. Higher financial literacy is also found to associate with higher probability of opening a savings account and making various investments. 

Association of multiple nucleotide variations in the pituitary glutaminyl cyclase gene QPC with low radial BMD in adult women.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lungwani Muungo
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Disequilibrium ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Genetic Variations ◽  
Strong Linkage Disequilibrium ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Haplotype Estimation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Glutaminyl Cyclase ◽  
Strong Linkage

Correlation between 13 genetic variations of the glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase gene andadjusted aBMD was tested among 384 adult women. Among 13 variations with strong linkage disequilibrium,R54W showed a prominent association (p ? 0.0003), which was more striking when examined among 309 eldersubjects (>50 years; p ? 0.0001). Contribution for postmenopausal bone loss was suggested.Introduction: Alterations in homeostatic regulation of estrogen through the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis(HPG axis) importantly affect the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis-susceptibility genes have beenproposed in this hormonal axis, such as estrogen receptor genes and the gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene(GnRH). Here we report another example of genes: glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase gene (QPCT), an essentialmodifier of pituitary peptide hormones, including GnRH.Materials and Methods: Analyses of association of 13 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the QPCT locuswith adjusted areal BMD (adj-aBMD) were carried out among 384 adult women. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) wasanalyzed by haplotype estimation and calculation of D? and r2. Multiple regression analysis was applied forevaluating the combined effects of the variations.Results and Conclusions: LD analysis indicated strong linkage disequilibrium within the entire 30-kb region of theQPCT gene. Significant correlations were observed between the genotypes of the six SNPs and the radial adj-aBMD,among which R54W (nt ? 160C?T) presented the most prominent association (p ? 0.0003). Striking associationwas observed for these SNPs among the 309 subjects ?50 years of age (R54W, p ? 0.0001; ?1095T?C, p ?0.0002; ?1844C?T, p ? 0.0002). Multiple regression analyses indicated that multiple SNPs in the gene might actin combination to determine the radial adj-aBMD. These results indicate that genetic variations in QPCT are theimportant factors affecting the BMD of adult women that contribute to susceptibility for osteoporosis. The datashould provide new insight into the etiology of the disease and may suggest a new target to be considered duringtreatment.J Bone Miner

Environmental factors affecting reproducibility of bioremediation field assays in Antarctica

2020 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 102915 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M. Martínez Álvarez ◽  
L.A.M. Ruberto ◽  
J.M. Gurevich ◽  
W.P. Mac Cormack
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 Stress and Association with Sociodemographic and Psychological Process Factors in Cases under Surveillance in a Frontline Worker Population in Borneo

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7210
Author(s):  
Nicholas Tze Ping Pang ◽  
Gracyvinea Nold Imon ◽  
Elisa Johoniki ◽  
Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim ◽  
Azizan Omar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Psychological Flexibility ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Psychological Process ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hierarchical Multiple Regression ◽  
Epidemiological Risk ◽  
Frontline Worker ◽  
Process Factors

COVID-19 stress and fear of COVID-19 is an increasingly researched construct in the general population. However, its prevalence and association with sociodemographic factors and psychological process variables has not been explored in frontline workers under surveillance in a Bornean population. This study was a cross-sectional study using a sociodemographic questionnaire incorporating two specific epidemiological risk variables, namely specific questions about COVID-19 surveillance status (persons under investigation (PUI), persons under surveillance (PUS), and positive cases) and the nature of frontline worker status. Furthermore, five other instruments were used, with three measuring psychopathology (namely depression, anxiety and stress, fear of COVID-19, and stress due to COVID-19) and two psychological process variables (namely psychological flexibility and mindfulness). Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests were performed to assess if there were significant differences in psychopathology and psychological process variables between sociodemographic and epidemiological risk variables. Hierarchical multiple regression was further performed, with depression, anxiety, and stress as dependent variables. There were significant differences in the fear of COVID-19 between positive cases, PUI, and PUS. The fear of COVID-19 scores were higher in positive cases compared to in PUS and PUI groups. Upon hierarchical multiple regression, mindfulness and psychological flexibility were significant predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress after controlling for sociodemographic and epidemiological risk factors. This study demonstrates that exposure to COVID-19 as persons under investigation or surveillance significantly increases the fear of COVID-19, and brief psychological interventions that can positively influence mindfulness and psychological flexibility should be prioritized for these at-risk groups to prevent undue psychological morbidity in the long run.

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