scholarly journals The Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 Home Confinement and Physical Activity: A Structural Equation Model Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuehui Sang ◽  
Rashid Menhas ◽  
Zulkaif Ahmed Saqib ◽  
Sajid Mahmood ◽  
Yu Weng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Impacts

BackgroundCOVID-19 break out has created panic and fear in society. A strict kind of lockdown was imposed in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. During home confinement due to lockdown, people face multidimensional issues. The present study explored the psychological impacts of COVID-19 home confinement during the lockdown period and Wuhan’s residents’ attitude toward physical activity.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey was conducted to collect the primary data according to the study objectives. The population was Wuhan residents (+ 18 years) who were in home confinement. A total of 2280 participant’s reply to the online questionnaire survey and collected data after quantifying the data, about 2200 (96.49%); about (49.8%) female, about (49.4%) male, others about (0.2%), and about (0.6%) were not disclosed their gender participants responses were used for analysis. The collected data were analyzed through appropriate statistical techniques.ResultsAccording to results, H1 is supported with β = −40.793, t = 57.835, p = 0.000, which claimed a negative association between COVID-19 lockdown policy and behavior and attitude. Results for H2 reveals that the COVID-19 lockdown policy have negative influence on emotional control with β = −0.769, t = 46.766, p = 0.000 and it is supported. H3 documented a significant positive relationship between COVID-19 lockdown policy and lockdown period psychological impact, which means lockdown policy, is the main reason to increase the lockdown psychological impact. Further, COVID-19 lockdown policy have negative influence on physical activity (H4) and self-belief (H5) with β = −0.657, t = 32.766, p = 0.000 and β = −0.620, t = −6.766, p = 0.000 respectively. H6 stated that there is a positive impact of behavior and attitude toward physical activity. The results for H6, behavior, and attitude affecting the physical activity with β = 0.401, t = 10, p = 0.000, which is supported.ConclusionCOVID-19 home confinement created various psychological impacts, negatively affecting the emotional state due to depression and anxiety. Physical activity is the best strategy to manage human nature’s psychological issues, and people’s attitudes were positive toward physical activity during home confinement. However, the lockdown policy also affects physical activity participation negatively, and a sedentary lifestyle prevailed during home confinement.

scholarly journals Visual eWOM Usefulness and Credibility: The Antecedents and Consequences

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Whony Rofianto ◽  
Desta Atasyah Kornelys ◽  
Muhammad Rifkhansyah
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Communication Framework ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Nowadays the practice of spreading and utilizing eWOM increasingly prevalent. A lot of examination on eWOM effectiveness has been done, but it is still fragmented and overlook the potential of Visual eWom (VeWOM). Departing from the electronic word-of-mouth communication framework this research attempts to provide empirical evidence on the eWOM credibility-forming aspect and its implications toward eWOM adoption rate in the context of VeWOM video "unboxing". This research was conducted by a descriptive-explanatory approach using primary data, collected through a cross-sectional online survey. The hypothesis testing is performed by analyzing structural model estimation result through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach on 105 sample data of YouTube video-sharing site viewers. The proposed structural model involves three exogenous variables and three endogenous variables. The estimation results of the structural model indicate that VeWOM argument quality has a positive impact on VeWOM usefulness. Meanwhile, communicator expertise and trustworthiness proved to encourage the formation of VeWOM credibility. On the other hand, this study also proved the positive impact of VeWOM credibility on VeWOM adoption, however, the positive effect of VeWOM usefulness on VeWOM adoption was not proven in this study

An Exploration of Antecedents of Initial Trust in M-Payments

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-102
Author(s):  
Hemantkumar P. Bulsara ◽  
Esha A. Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Initial Trust ◽  
Cross Sectional

This study aims to investigate factors influencing the formation of consumers' initial trust in m-payments in a developing country such as India. Despite being considered a significant pre-adoption factor, initial trust in m-payments has remained underexplored. To fulfill this research gap, a cross-sectional survey of 1,087 respondents has been conducted, and the analysis has been done using factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Results indicate that consumers' awareness about m-payments and perceived integrity of mobile service providers positively influence initial trust, whereas perceived risks have a significant negative influence, and perceived opportunism of service provider has a marginally significant influence on the formation of initial trust. The findings will be helpful to the m-payment vendors, mobile network operators, and technology providers to enhance trust-building mechanisms in mobile payment systems that can have a positive impact on the adoption and usage of m-payments.

scholarly journals The Antecedents of Consumption Value and Its Impact on Customer Behavior; a Study of Batik Cloth on Non-Javanese Indonesian Millennials

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-58
Author(s):  
Ferdi Antonio ◽  
Putri Astika
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Epistemic Value ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Ethnic Culture ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Consumption Value ◽  
Ethnic Embeddedness

Current lifestyle change has led millennial customers to have awareness about their cloth in daily life to accentuate their personality. In the other side batik cloth industry is growing rapidly and contribute to the domestic economic. Despite the advancement of cloth printing technology, business competition in the batik industry need to balancing their production with the essence of batik as an Indonesia ethnic product’s therefore preserve its soul as a valuable heritage of Indonesia culture. Understanding how the customer perceive the value of batik cloth contributes to the effective marketing approach especially for the local medium enterprises. This research was aimed to study the influence of customer diversity seeking and attitude toward ethnic culture to the purchase intention and willingness to share positive electronic word of mouth of the batik cloth, mediating by social value, emotional value and epistemic value as the focus of the research while moderated by ethnic embeddedness. The conceptual model was modified from the previous studies by added e-WOM as a relevance variable in digital era. The research model was implied on non-Javanese millennial customer of batik cloth to segregate the ethnicity perception. Primary data obtained by convenience sampling through the online questionnaire. The eligible sample was collected from 360 respondents who met the criteria. Data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and processed by SmartPLS 3.0. The result revealed that both customer diversity seeking and attitude toward ethnic culture have significant effect on the consumption value. All of the three value which are social, emotional and epistemic shown significantly positive impact on e-WOM and customer purchase intention while ethnic embeddedness proven to have the moderation effect on epistemic value and social value. Interestingly social value was found as the strongest predictor of purchase intention. This research provides new insights in understanding consumer behavior towards batik cloth product as well as suggested practical implications that could help batik producers to implement an effective marketing strategy through the digital channel.

scholarly journals MOA Framework and Website Quality as Creator of Attitude and Behavioral Consequences

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Whony Rofianto
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Website Quality ◽  
Moa Framework

This study aimed to examine the factors driving the establishment of user satisfaction on the campus website. The study focused on two exogenous constructs, namely website quality as the external aspects and the MOA framework (especially motivation and ability) as the internal aspects for users of the campus website. The study also tried to examine the dual implications of user satisfaction, toward the intention to revisit on one side, also toward attitude and word-of-mouth intention on the campuses itself on the other side. This study was conducted using descriptive research design approach. A total of 210 cross-sectional data collected through an offline and online survey on student sample of state and private universities in the JABODETABEK area. Data analysis and hypothesis testing was executed using Structural Equation Model. The analysis of empirical data indicates a positive impact of website quality on user satisfaction. Furthermore, user satisfaction proven to give positive implications toward revisit intention on the one hand, and the attitude toward the brand on the other side, which in turn encourages word-of-mouth intention. Meanwhile, opposite findings on the effect of the MOA framework on user satisfaction, it gives a new insight that amplify the urgency of the implementation of campus website by higher education providers.

Three broad parental feeding styles and young children’s snack intake

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha B Boots ◽  
Marika Tiggemann ◽  
Nadia Corsini
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Feeding Styles ◽  
Parent Feeding ◽  
Unhealthy Snack

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify broad overarching feeding styles that parents may use and their effects on pre-school-aged children’s healthy and unhealthy snack intake. Design: Cross sectional study Methods: Mothers ( n = 611) of children aged 2–7 years (mean age 3.9 years) completed an online survey assessing parent-feeding strategies and parent-reported child snack intake. Data were analysed in two phases. First, principal components analysis identified three major feeding styles that were labelled overt control, covert control and parent modelling. Then, structural equation modelling was used to see whether these factors were related differentially to reported child snack intake. Results: The intake of healthy snack food was associated with higher covert control and parent modelling and lower overt control. The reverse was true for unhealthy snack intake, with the intake of these foods associated with lower covert control and parental modelling, and higher overt control. Conclusion: Our findings show that parent-feeding styles that attempt to control the child’s environment seem to have a positive impact on snack intake, while styles aimed at controlling the child (overt control) seem to have a detrimental impact.

scholarly journals The Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Organizational Effectiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohanad Ali Kareem ◽  
Alaa Abdulameer Ahmed Alameer
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper aims to investigate the impact of dynamic capabilities constructs i.e. sensing capability, learning capability, and reconfiguration capability on organizational effectiveness in the selected Iraqi public universities context. This study adopted the survey method to collect primary data. An online questionnaire was distributed to around 342 employees, out of which 215 completed questionnaires were obtained. The data were collected during the period from 02-08-2018 to 03-10-2018. The reliability and validity of the dimensions are assessed through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the hypotheses are tested by using structural equation modeling SEM. The analytical results indicate that sensing capability does not have a positive impact on organizational effectiveness while learning capability and reconfiguration capability have a positive impact on organizational effectiveness. Thus, this study provides a better understanding of the effects of dynamic capabilities. The results of this study have the potential to help the decision-makers of universities to develop learning capability and reconfiguration capability, in turn, universities will be able to achieve superior organizational effectiveness.

scholarly journals Physical Activity and Life Satisfaction: An Empirical Study in a Population of Senior Citizens

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Wöbbeking Sánchez ◽  
Antonio Sánchez Cabaco ◽  
Beatriz Bonete-López ◽  
José David Urchaga Litago ◽  
Manuel Joaquím Loureiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Education

Objective: The specialised literature indicates that the two key aspects in active ageing are performing physical activity and life satisfaction. Regarding physical activity, this not only improves physical aspects of senior citizens, but also has a positive impact on mental well-being and satisfaction with one’s own life. The aim is to demonstrate the relationship between these two variables to explain healthy ageing.Method: In a sample of 300 senior citizen subjects, the influence of various sociodemographic variables (age, sex, institutionalisation, and level of education) on the performance of physical activity and life satisfaction, is analysed. The research design is a non-experimental study with two unique cross-sectional and correlational measurement groups.Results: An analysis of the results indicates that people with a higher level of education present differences in physical and motivational reserves. Furthermore, age and institutionalisation have an impact on physical reserves. Analysis using structural equation models allows key relationships between the variables analysed to be predicted, which can guide the implementation of active ageing.Conclusion: Motivational reserves affect healthy cognitive ageing through their positive impact on cognitive and physical reserves.

scholarly journals The distinctive capabilities system in the organizational performance of Portuguese fitness centers and gyms

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is from the concept of distinctive capacity, to highlight the importance of the system of distinctive capabilities in the overall, non-financial and financial performance of Portuguese fitness academies and gyms. As a secondary objective, the influence of the "adaptation" dimension on the system of distinctive capabilities. We develop and test hypotheses as to how adaptation impacts the distinctive capabilities system, and how this system impacts global performance, non-financial performance and financial performance. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey method to collect primary data. An online questionnaire was distributed to around 978 fitness gyms professionals, out of which 68 completed questionnaires were obtained. The hypotheses are tested by using partial least squares-path modelling. The analytical results indicate that adaption has a positive impact on distinctive capability system, while the system has a positive impact on the three dimensions of organizational performance. Thus, this study provides a better understanding of the impact of distinctive capabilities system in performance. The results of this study have the potential to call the attention of fitness gyms decision-makers to develop a distinctive capability system, in turn, fitness gyms will be able to achieve superior organizational performance.

Analysis of Natural Resources and Environment, Politico-Economic Conditions and their influences on Tourist Behavioural Intentions in Hunza: Mediating effect of Tourist Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Faqeer Muhammad ◽  
Kifayat Ullah ◽  
Rehmat Karim
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction

This study aims to explore the influence of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Politico-Economic Conditions (PEC) on Tourist Behavioral Intension (TBI) in Hunza, Pakistan. The study further investigates the mediating role of Tourist Satisfaction (TS) on the given variables. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique has been applied to conceptualize the research frame and to test the proposed hypotheses. Primary data was collected by using convenient sampling technique for analysis from 220 tourists who visited tourism nucleus sites of Hunza. The finding of the study reveals that Natural resources and Environment, Politico-and Economic Conditions have a significant positive impact on Tourist’s Behavioral Intensions. Moreover, Tourist’s Satisfaction partially mediates the positive relationships among Natural Resources and Environment, Political & Economic Conditions and Tourist’s Behavioral Intensions. The findings of the study extend the understanding that presence of natural resources along with healthy environment and stable political & economic conditions of a destination are the key determinants for sustainable tourism development.

Mental distress and its associations with behavioral outcomes during the COVID-19: A national survey of Chinese adults (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Ma ◽  
Liwang Gao ◽  
Joseph Tak-Fai Lau ◽  
Rahman Atif ◽  
Blair T. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Negative Consequences

BACKGROUND This study primarily aimed to evaluate the associations between mental distress and COVID-19-related changes in behavioral outcomes, and potential modifiers (age, gender, and educational attainment) of such associations. OBJECTIVE The COVID -19 pandemic has led to elevated levels of mental distress attributed to prolonged lockdowns, business closures, and social isolation. Its impact on behavioral outcomes is however less known. This study is designed to primarily evaluate the associations between mental distress and COVID-19-related changes in drinking, smoking, physical activity and body weight, and potential modifiers of such associations including age, gender, and educational attainment. METHODS An online survey using anonymous network sampling was conducted in China during April-May, 2020 using a 74-item questionnaire distributed through social media. A national sample of 10,545 adults in 31 provinces provided data on socio-demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related mental distress, and changes in behavioral outcomes. Structural equation models were used for data analyses. RESULTS About 13% of adults reported experiencing at least one symptom of mental distress. After adjusting for age, education, gender, ethnicity, marital status, residence, and number of chronic conditions, greater mental distress was associated with increased smoking and alcohol consumption (among current smokers and drinkers) and with both increased and decreased physical activity. Underweight adults were more likely to lose body weight (≥1 kg) whereas overweight adults were more likely to gain weight by the same amount. The association between mental distress and change in physical activity was stronger in adults aged 40 and above and those with high education. Mental distress was significantly associated with an increase in smoking in males but not females. CONCLUSIONS Mental distress was associated with increased smoking in males but not females. These findings inform the design of tailored public health interventions aimed to mitigate long-term negative consequences of mental distress on outcomes.

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