Children’s Internet Use, Self-Reported Life Satisfaction, and Parental Mediation in Europe: An Analysis of the EU Kids Online Dataset

The present research examines how children’s time spent online is associated with their perceived life satisfaction accounting for their age, gender, socio-economic status (SES), emotional problems, country, and family environmental factors. This article is based on the data of the large scale cross-sectional EU Kids Online survey from 16 European countries with nationally representative samples of children aged 9–17 (N = 11,200, Mage = 13.3, SD = 2.36; 50.6% boys, 49.4% girls). The results indicated that the time children spent online appeared to have no considerable negative effect on their self-reported life satisfaction (SRLS). Comparatively, the positive effects of children’s SES and family environment accounted for 43% of the overall 50% of the variance in children’s SRLS scores. Considering that children’s SES alone accounted for 42% of the variance, children’s emotional problems, country of residence, and enabling parental mediation accounted for the remaining 3, 4, and 1% of the variance, respectively. In line with previous studies that urge caution when discussing the negative influence of time spent online on children’s mental health and overall wellbeing, the current findings suggest that social-ecological characteristics and how children use the Internet, need to be examined further.

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Self-Rated Health and Subjective Economic Status in Life Satisfaction among Older Chinese Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9030342 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 342

Author(s):

Bum Jung Kim ◽

Lin Chen ◽

Ling Xu ◽

Yura Lee

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Economic Status ◽

Chinese Immigrants ◽

The United States ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Older Chinese

This study examines the influence of self-rated health and subjective economic status on the life satisfaction of older Chinese immigrants in the United States. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 205 older Chinese immigrants aged 66 to 90 years living in Los Angeles and Honolulu. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis was employed to explore the independent effects of self-rated health and subjective economic status. The results demonstrated that self-rated health and subjective economic status were positively associated with life satisfaction. This cross-sectional study provides empirical evidence that self-rated health and subjective economic status are directly associated with subjective life satisfaction among older Chinese immigrants.

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Influence of maternal attitudes and parenting style on children`s dental caries experience

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association ◽

10.47391/jpma.01-085 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 71 (10) ◽

pp. 2325-2329

Author(s):

Zerrin Abbasoglu ◽

Senem Selvi Kuvvetli

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Family Environment ◽

Marital Conflict ◽

Parental Attitudes ◽

Significant Negative Correlation ◽

Caries Experience ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Five Factors ◽

Healthy Family

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect parental attitudes have on the dental caries experience in children. Methods: Cross-sectional observational data was collected via clinical examinations and questionnaires. The study included 258 mothers of children who came to Yeditepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Paediatric Dentistry for the treatment of their children. Multi-variable Poisson regression model was run to predict prevalence of dental caries (DMFT + dmft: decayed, missing, filled teeth in permanent and primary teeth, respectively). Mothers’ attitudes in family were measured by the Parental Attitude Research Instrument [PARI] questionnaire scores.. Results: Among the five factors of PARI scores, PARI Factor 3 (Rejection of Traditional House-Wife Role) and PARI Factor 5 (Level of Discipline) exhibited a statistically significant negative correlation with prevalence of caries. PARI Factor 4 (Level of Marital Conflict) had a statistically significant positive correlation with prevalence of caries. Conclusion: A healthy family environment and an empowering parental style have positive effects on the oral health of children. Continuous...

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Entrepreneurs’ Competencies and Competitive Advantages: A Study on Malaysian Microenterprises

Global Business Review ◽

10.1177/0972150919854937 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 097215091985493

Author(s):

Syed Ali Fazal ◽

Abdullah Al Mamun ◽

Ghazali Bin Ahmad ◽

Muhammad Mehedi Masud

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Low Income ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Business Success ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Negative Effect ◽

The Government ◽

Relationship Competency

Considering the significance of relevant competencies towards business success and the dependency of socio-economical vulnerable micro-entrepreneurs on their enterprise income, this study examined the effect of entrepreneurs’ competencies (i.e., opportunity recognizing competency, strategic competency, organizing competency, relationship competency, conceptual competency and commitment competency) on the competitive advantage of microenterprises in Malaysia. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design and collected quantitative data from 300 randomly selected respondents from Peninsular Malaysia. The findings revealed significant positive effects of organizing and commitment competency on the competitive advantage with a significantly negative effect of relationship competency on the competitive advantage. Apart from enriching the current literature, this study offers significant policy implications for the government and socio-developmental organizations in Malaysia for improving the micro-entrepreneurship and uplifting large low-income groups from poverty.

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SYNERGY OR CONFLICT? THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY-RELATED INNOVATION PERFORMANCE, AND ECONOMIC INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s1363919620500048 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (01) ◽

pp. 2050004 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

DIETFRIED GLOBOCNIK ◽

ROMANA RAUTER ◽

RUPERT J. BAUMGARTNER

Keyword(s):

Negative Influence ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Competing Values Framework ◽

Competing Values ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Managerial Practices ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Economic Innovation

Despite the growing pressure to become more sustainable and the availability of managerial practices, organisations still struggle with being innovative without neglecting sustainability concerns. This paper approaches this issue from two perspectives: First, the organisations’ cultural DNA is assumed to explain differences in the sustainability-related innovation performance of firms. Drawing on the competing values framework, this research examines whether certain cultural types predispose some organisations to perform better. Second, the skepticism among managers about the economic benefits of sustainability-related innovation holds organisations back to consider sustainability concern in their innovation activities. Thus, the relationship between sustainability-related innovation performance and economic innovation performance is investigated to clarify whether they represent conflicting goals. Using multiple-respondent data of a cross-sectional firm sample and a comprehensive measure of sustainability-related innovation performance, the empirical data show that clan cultures have a negative influence on sustainability-related innovation performance, whereas hierarchy and adhocracy cultures exert positive effects. Furthermore, sustainability-related innovation performance has a moderately positive effect on economic innovation performance.

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THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDONESIA

Quantitative Economics Journal ◽

10.24114/qej.v8i1.19925 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dian Citra Amelia

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

International Trade ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Government Expenditure ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Negative Effect ◽

The Government ◽

Positive Effect

This research is based on the fact that the state of economic growth in Indonesia tends to fluctuate, even more often decrease. This is because the government policy is not appropriate to improve the economic growth of Indonesia. This study aims to determine and analyze the factors of foreign direct investment, inflation, international trade, and government expenditure that affect economic growth in Indonesia. The problem in this research is due to the limited fund in economic development both structure and infrastructure so that economic growth tends to decrease. Therefore, appropriate strategies must be taken to overcome the limitations in promoting economic growth. From this problem, this research aims to see how big influence of foreign direct investment (FDI), inflation (INF), international trade (NX) and government expenditure (GE) variable to economic growth. The data used in this study is secondary data (periodical data) in the period of observation 1996-2014 obtained from the World Bank and Statistics of Indonesia. To identify the influence of the variables used in this study used the VAR (Vector Autoregression) method. The results of this study show that equation regression shows that FDI (-1) has a negative influence on economic growth and FDI (-2) has a positive effect on economic growth, INF (-1) and INF (-2) have positive effects on economic growth , Variable NX (-1) has a positive effect on economic growth but NX (-2) has a negative effect on economic growth, and GE variable (-1) has a positive effect on economic growth while GE (-2) has a negative effect on growth Economy.

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Life Satisfaction and Work-Related Satisfaction among Anesthesiologists in Poland

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2014/601865 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ewelina Gaszynska ◽

Michal Stankiewicz-Rudnicki ◽

Franciszek Szatko ◽

Andrzej Wieczorek ◽

Tomasz Gaszynski

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Health Status ◽

Social Life ◽

Economic Status ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Related Stress ◽

Work Related ◽

Related Stress ◽

The Impact

The aim of the study was to assess the level of life and job satisfaction of Polish anesthesiologists and to explore the impact of extrinsic-hygiene and intrinsic-motivating determinants.Materials and Methods.A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among consultant anesthesiologists in Lodz region. The questionnaire concerned patient care, burden, income, personal rewards, professional relations, job satisfaction in general, and life satisfaction. Respondents were asked to rate their level of satisfaction for each item on a seven-point Likert scale (1: extremely dissatisfied; 7: extremely satisfied).Results.86.03% of anesthesiologists were satisfied with their economic status, 77.94% found their health status satisfactory, and 52.21% viewed their personal future optimistically. In general, 71.32% of anesthesiologists were satisfied with their current job situation. Among the less satisfying job aspects were work-related stress (2.49; SD = 1.23), administrative burden (2.85; SD = 1.47), workload (3.63; SD = 1.56), and leisure time (3.09; SD = 1.44).Conclusions.Considerable work-related stress leads to job dissatisfaction among anesthesiologists. There is an association between job satisfaction and health status, social life, and economic status. Working for long hours by anesthesiologists results in a high risk of burnout.

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Effects of frontline employee role overload on customer responses and sales performance

European Journal of Marketing ◽

10.1108/ejm-01-2015-0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 282-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Subhash Jha ◽

M.S. Balaji ◽

Ugur Yavas ◽

Emin Babakus

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Customer Orientation ◽

Sales Performance ◽

Role Overload ◽

Frontline Employees ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Future Studies ◽

Work Related ◽

Negative Effect

Purpose Using the basic framework of the service profit chain, this study aims to develop an integrated model that explains the relationships among role overload (RO), customer orientation (CO), service interaction quality (IQ), customer satisfaction (CS) and sales performance. Design/methodology/approach A large-scale survey of 872 customers and 530 frontline employees across 50 branches of a major retail bank in New Zealand serves as the study setting. Findings The results indicate that RO has a significant negative effect on IQ. Nevertheless, CO mitigates the negative outcome of RO on IQ. IQ fully mediates the relationship between RO and CS. Additionally, the effect of IQ on branch sales is fully mediated by CS. Research limitations/implications The cross-sectional nature of the current survey does not permit causal inferences. Thus, future studies should adopt longitudinal designs. Also, future studies should explore the roles of other variables (e.g. job crafting, work-related self-efficacy) as possible moderators. Practical implications Results suggest that service managers should create a balance between the role requirements and organizational resources to mitigate the adverse effects of employee RO. To enhance IQ and CS, bank managers should coach employees about work overload and train them in CO while prioritizing the tasks. Originality/value Empirical research pertaining to employee–customer interaction through a nested framework accommodating data from customers, employees and firm performance is scarce. This study fills in the void.

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The Mindful Hedonist? Relationships between Well-Being Orientations, Mindfulness and Well-Being Experiences

Journal of Happiness Studies ◽

10.1007/s10902-021-00358-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nadine Richter ◽

Marcel Hunecke

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Well Being ◽

Search For Meaning ◽

Dispositional Mindfulness ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Moderation Effect ◽

Positive Effects ◽

German Speaking ◽

The Relationship

AbstractOrientations to well-being, including personal values, motives and goals regarding one’s well-being are often related to the experience of well-being. At the same time, studies show positive effects of mindfulness on well-being. It is conceivable, that the strength of the connection between well-being orientations and experiences depend on the degree of dispositional mindfulness. To explore relationships between orientations and experiences of well-being as well as the potential moderation effect of mindfulness, two cross-sectional online studies with German-speaking participants were conducted. In Study 1 (N = 414) mindfulness moderated the relationship between life of pleasure (measured by the Orientations to Happiness Scale) and life satisfaction (β = −0.10, p = 0.017) as well as the relationship between life of meaning (β = −0.10, p = 0.028). As hypothesized, mindfulness moderated the connection between life of engagement and life satisfaction (β = −0.14, p = 0.001) as well as the negative relationship between search for meaning and life satisfaction (β = 0.15, p < 0.001). In Study 2 (N = 731) none of those effects were statistically replicated. Yet, mindfulness moderated the relationship between hedonia (measured by the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Action Questionnaire) and life satisfaction (β = −0.07, p = 0.048) as well as the relationship between search for meaning and psychological well-being (β = 0.07, p = 0.015). Overall, the results show that mindfulness has no substantial moderating effect on the well-being orientations and experiences relationship. Yet, in both studies, mindfulness and well-being orientations were consistently related to well-being experiences. This points out, that both are related to the experience of well-being, but beyond that not as interacting factors.

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THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDONESIA

Quantitative Economics Journal ◽

10.24114/qej.v8i1.23607 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Dian Citra Amelia ◽

Sri Fajar Ayu

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

International Trade ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Government Expenditure ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Negative Effect ◽

The Government ◽

Positive Effect

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Hepatitis C viraemic and seroprevalence and risk factors for positivity in northwest Cambodia: a household cross-sectional serosurvey

10.21203/rs.3.rs-15972/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Emily Lynch ◽

Gregoire Falq ◽

Chhorvy Sun ◽

PharmD Tek Bunchhoeung ◽

Helena Huerga ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Large Scale ◽

Blood Donation ◽

Economic Status ◽

Adult Population ◽

Models Of Care ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Routine Medical Care ◽

General Adult Population

Abstract Background: Despite a dramatic reduction in HCV drug costs and simplified models of care, many countries lack important information on prevalence and risk factors to structure effective HCV services.Methods: A cross-sectional, multi-stage cluster survey of HCV seroprevalence in adults 18 years and above was conducted, with an oversampling of those 45 years and above. 147 clusters of 25 households were randomly selected in two sets (set 1=24 clusters ≥18; set 2=123 clusters, ≥45). A multi-variable analysis assessed risk factors for sero-positivity among participants ≥45. The study occurred in rural Moung Ruessei Health Operational District, Battambang Province, Western Cambodia.Results: A total of 5,098 individuals and 3,616 households participated in the survey. The overall seroprevalence was 2.6% (CI95% 2.3-3.0) for those ≥18 years, 5.1% (CI95% 4.6-5.7) for adults ≥ 45 years, and 0.6% (CI95% 0.3-0.9) for adults 18-44. Viraemic prevalence was 1.9% (CI95% 1.6-2.1), 3.6% (CI95% 3.2-4.0), and 0.5% (CI95% 0.2 - 0.8), respectively. Men had higher prevalence than women: ≥18 years male seroprevalence was 3.0 (CI95% 2.5 - 3.5) versus 2.3 (CI95% 1.9 - 2.7) for women. Knowledge of HCV was poor: 64.7% of all respondents and 57.0% of seropositive participants reported never having heard of HCV.Risk factor characteristics for the population ≥45 years included: advancing age (p<0.001), low education (higher than secondary school OR 0.7 [95% CI 0.6-0.8]), any dental or gum treatment (OR 1.6 [95% CI 1.3-1.9]), historical routine medical care (medical injection after 1990 OR 0.7 [95% CI 0.6-0.9]; surgery after 1990 OR 0.7 [95% CI0.5-0.9]), and historical blood donation or transfusion (blood donation after 1980 OR 0.4 [95% CI 0.2-0.9]); blood transfusion after 1990 OR 0.7 [95% CI 0.4-1.1]).Conclusions: This study provides the first large-scale general adult population prevalence data on HCV infection in Cambodia. The results confirm the link between high prevalence and age ≥45 years, lower socio-economic status and past routine medical interventions (particularly those received before 1990 and 1980). This survey suggests high HCV prevalence in certain populations in Cambodia and can be used to guide national and local HCV policy discussion.

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