scholarly journals Pet Humanisation and Related Grief: Development and Validation of a Structured Questionnaire Instrument to Evaluate Grief in People Who Have Lost a Companion Dog

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uccheddu ◽  
De Cataldo ◽  
Albertini ◽  
Coren ◽  
Da Graça Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Rights ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Dog Owners ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

People often develop strong emotional connections with their dogs and consider them to be members of the family. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel validated tool, the Mourning Dog Questionnaire, to recognise and evaluate the mourning process in people who have lost a dog. The research model was based on a grid of five different questionnaires: the Pet Bereavement Questionnaire, the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, the Animal-Human Continuity Scale, the Positivity Scale, and the Testoni Death Representation Scale. The Italian version of the survey was posted on social networks. A sample of 369 Italian dog owners filled in the questionnaire (mean age ± SD 42.00 ± 10.70 years). Reliability indices were good for all instruments. The total scores of the five questionnaires correlated with each other. The results from the Mourning Dog Questionnaire support the negative view of life after the death of a pet and people’s tendency to humanise their pet, since dog owners perceived animals no differently from humans in terms of emotions, needs and legal rights. Findings arising from the use of the Mourning Dog Questionnaire will help the implementation of rationality-based strategies to improve the wellbeing, resilience and quality of life of people in the world experiencing the loss of a pet.

scholarly journals Nacrt ekološke duhovnosti prema enciklici Laudato sì pape Franje

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-412
Author(s):  
Mladen Parlov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Visible Matter ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Ecological Spirituality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Internal Balance

In the wake of the Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato sì which talks about the Earth as a common home of all people, the author offers a draft of ecological spirituality. The beginning of true eco-spirituality is ecological conversion, which is nothing else but a renewed consciousness that from our faith and encounter with Jesus Christ we also ought to change our relationship with the world around us. Ecological conversion should help the faithful to repeatedly and correctly develop their awareness of having been created, of their own immersion into the world of creatures with which they are interconnected. Correct ecological attitude leads to internal balance of the man himself, to solidarity with others, to natural balance of all living beings and to spiritual balance with God. Ecological awareness can help not only to preserve the environment, which is one of the basic goals, but also to change the way of behaviour, which can raise the quality of life of both the individual and the family. Ecological spirituality understands and lives the sacraments in a new way, as a means of salvation and sanctification, because in the sacraments God uses the visible matter in order to communicate his (invisible) grace. Eco-spirituality calls for upbringing and adopting new attitudes in the lives of contemporary Christians which need to help them to properly treat the created world.

Development and Validation of an Inventory to Measure Satisfaction of Users of Family Medicine Clinics in Mexico

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 677-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma. del Carmen García-Peña ◽  
Blanca Hernández-Leyva ◽  
Ricardo Anzures-Carro ◽  
Sandra Reyes-Frausto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
The Family ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Care Evaluation

The object of this study was to construct and validate an inventory to measure the satisfaction of users of Family Medicine Clinics. The satisfaction construct was theoretically developed, then the semantic network technique was applied to write 45 items with a dichotomized response. The scale was validated for 4,134 users. Cronbach coefficient alpha was .78. In a factor analysis, 8 factors were obtained, which explained 43.3% of the variance. The content of the first factor referred to the Family Physician dimension, Factors 3, 4, and 5 to the Family Medicine Clinic, and Factors 2, 6, 7, and 8 to Other Services of the Clinic. The questionnaire is being integrated to the Quality of Care Evaluation System to assess satisfaction of users. It may be useful in other venues to assess cultural and organizational aspects of satisfaction with health care.

scholarly journals Assessing Computational Thinking: Development and Validation of the Algorithmic Thinking Test for Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Lafuente Martínez ◽  
Olivier Lévêque ◽  
Isabel Benítez Baena ◽  
Cécile Hardebolle ◽  
Jessica Dehler Zufferey
Keyword(s):  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Subject Matter Experts ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Ct Test ◽  
Psychometric Quality ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Algorithmic Thinking

This study describes the development and validation process of a computational thinking (CT) test for adults. The team designed a set of items and explored a subset of those through a couple of qualitative pilots. Then, in order to provide validity evidence based on the test content, a team of 11 subject-matter experts coded the initial pool of items using two different systems of categories based on CT components and contents. Then the items were piloted on a sample of 289 participants, 137 experts in CT and 152 novices. After a series of confirmatory factor analyses, a unidimensional model that represents algorithmic thinking was adopted. After analyzing the psychometric quality of the 27 items, 20 of them with excellent reliability indices were finally selected for the test. Thus, this study provides a tool to evaluate adults’ CT: the Algorithmic Thinking Test for Adults (ATTA), which was developed according to psychometric standards. This article also reflects on the nature of CT as a construct.

scholarly journals STRESSORS IN NURSING WITH DOUBLE OR MORE WORKING HOURS

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3259-3266
Author(s):  
Marlinir Bezerra De Lima ◽  
Lucilane Maria Sales da Silva ◽  
Francisca Cláudia Monteiro Almeida ◽  
Raimundo Augusto Martins Torres ◽  
Hanna Helen Matos Dourado
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

ResumoObjetivo: investigar os principais agentes estressores nos trabalhadores de enfermagem com dupla ou mais jornada de trabalho; verificar os principais sinais e sintomas indicadores de estresse. Métodos: estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa. Desenvolvido em um hospital público da região metropolitana de Fortaleza-CE. A amostra constitui-se de 30 profissionais, sendo 46,7% auxiliares de enfermagem, 33,3% enfermeiros e 20% técnicos. A coleta ocorreu de novembro a dezembro de 2008, por meio de questionário semi-estruturado. Resultados: 93,3% dos profissionais são do sexo feminino na faixa etária de 31-40 anos. O estudo revelou vários fatores levando ao estresse, com destaque para insatisfação salarial (83%), falta de lazer (73%) e sobrecarga de trabalho (60%), potencialmente prejudiciais à qualidade da assistência. Conclusão: percebeu-se a escassez de tempo que os trabalhadores de enfermagem dedicam ao descanso, ao lazer, ao convívio em família e à sua qualificação profissional.Descritores: Saúde mental, Estresse Ocupacional, Enfermagem, Ambiente de trabalho. AbstractObjective: To investigate the main stressors in nursing workers double or more working hours, check the main signs and symptoms indicative of stress. Methods: A descriptive study with quantitative approach. It was developed in a public hospital in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza. The sample consisted of 30 professionals, and 46.7% nursing auxiliaries, 33.3% nurses and 20% technical. The data was collected during November-December 2008, through semi-structured questionnaire. Results: 93.3% of professionals are women aged 31-40 years. The study revealed several factors leading to stress, especially wage dissatisfaction (83%), lack of leisure (73%) and workload (60%), potentially damaging the quality of care. Conclusion: it was perceived scarcity of time that the nursing staff dedicated to rest, leisure, living with the family and their professional qualifications.Descriptors: Mental Health; Burnout, Professional; Nursing; Working Environment.

scholarly journals Clinical Holistic Medicine: Social Problems Disguised as Illness

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 286-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Mohammed Morad ◽  
Isack Kandel ◽  
Joav Merrick
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Holistic Medicine ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behavior

Many of the diseases seen in the clinic are actually symptoms of social problems. It is often easier for the physician to treat the symptoms than to be a coach and help the patient to assume responsibility in order to improve quality of life, social situation, and relations. If the physician ignores the signs of the disease as a symptom of social problems, and treats the patient with pharmaceuticals, he can give the patient the best justification in the world not to do anything about the situation. It is very important that the physician is not tricked by the games the socially troubled patient, more or less unconsciously, is playing. A firm and wise attitude that confronts the patient with his or her lack of responsibility for solving social problems seems to be a constructive way out. The physician can give holding and support, but the responsibility must remain with the patient. Often it is better for the patient that the physician abstains from giving drugs that can remedy the symptoms and takes the role of a coach instead. Suffering is not necessarily bad, suffering is actually highly motivating and often the most efficient source of learning. Coaching can help the patient canalize his motivation into highly constructive considerations and behavior. A holistic approach thus gives the patient learning and helps him rehabilitate his social reality. Concerning children with recurrent or chronic pain, we have observed an overuse of painkillers, where we believe part is of a psychosomatic nature due to poor thriving in the family. Here the physician has an important job helping the parents to develop as persons, teaching them the basic holding of awareness, respect, care, acknowledgment and acceptance of their child. Most of the chronic pain and discomfort with children can be improved if the physician understands how to use the holistic medical toolbox.

scholarly journals Formas de exercer a paternidade em Belém e Évora

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Adelma PIMENTEL
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
The Family ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The World ◽  
Civil Status ◽  
Strong Performance

The form of exert the paternity in the world is modifying itself. However living together in the same culture traditional and attempt of the establishing a new identity for the father. Brazil and Portugal are two countries whose the man’s cultural formation is still marked by patriarchal gender orientations that they set a strong performance of the man in functions less participation in the family, what resound in the affectionate estrangement and in the children’s education. This horizon based the accomplishment of the exploratory qualitative research accomplished in Belem, Para, Brazil and in Ever, Portugal, trying to delineate some characteristics in the ways that Brazilian and the Portuguese fathers exercise the paternity. Objective: To identify the self-perception of the paternity focusing models, functions, values and the conception of love of the informers. Procedures: Application of 89 questionnaires: 70 in Évora and 19 in Belem to the fathers of the children’s in kindergarten. Analyze were focalized for the singular and the intersubjetive. in the results we found: presence of the pater sense as nutritor, that is, the parents had the intention of to conceive the son and to form with them a stable entail; the civil status (married or stable union) it doesn’t mean that there is an united participation with the mother in the care with the children, in other words, in the healthy emotional development that requests the father’s presence or at least the quality of the coexistence.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN BUKU “KISANAK” SEBAGAI MEDIA PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER UNTUK SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
Maria Ulfa Julistiyana ◽  
Sripit Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Design Research ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Undergraduate Study ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Character education must be instilled continuously. The efforts to infuse character education in an educational environment could be made through the learning of drama. The teaching of drama conducted in the Undergraduate Study Program of Elementary School Teacher Education at Blitar Islamic University had not used drama scripts originating from the local wisdom around of Blitar; accordingly, the efforts to instill character through learning could not be maximally carried out. These efforts aimed to improve the quality of drama art learning through the development of the teaching materials based on the local wisdom in Blitar City and its surroundings. The local wisdom, in this case, encompassed both oral and non-verbal folklore around the City of Blitar. This research was a type of design research. The purpose of this research was to develop and provide product results that contributed positively to solve problems in the world of education. The product of this research was a collection of drama scripts originating from local wisdom around Blitar City. This study used a development model adopted from the Plomp research model

scholarly journals Assessing Computational Thinking: Development and Validation of the Algorithmic Thinking Test for Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Lafuente Martínez ◽  
Olivier Lévêque ◽  
Isabel Benítez Baena ◽  
Cécile Hardebolle ◽  
Jessica Dehler Zufferey
Keyword(s):  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Subject Matter Experts ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Ct Test ◽  
Psychometric Quality ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Algorithmic Thinking

This study describes the development and validation process of a computational thinking (CT) test for adults. The team designed a set of items and explored a subset of those through a couple of qualitative pilots. Then, in order to provide validity evidence based on the test content, a team of 11 subject-matter experts coded the initial pool of items using two different systems of categories based on CT components and contents. Then the items were piloted on a sample of 289 participants, 137 experts in CT and 152 novices. After a series of confirmatory factor analyses, a unidimensional model that represents algorithmic thinking was adopted. After analyzing the psychometric quality of the 27 items, 20 of them with excellent reliability indices were finally selected for the test. Thus, this study provides a tool to evaluate adults’ CT: the Algorithmic Thinking Test for Adults (ATTA), which was developed according to psychometric standards. This article also reflects on the nature of CT as a construct.

Development and validation of knowledge, attitude, practice questionnaire for hypothyroidism

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Aishwarya M ◽  
Akshata V S ◽  
Alba Rachel John ◽  
Anjitha Venu M ◽  
Parthasarathy G
Keyword(s):  
Expert Panel ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Panel Review ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The objective of the study is to develop and validate the knowledge, Attitude, Practice questionnaire of Hypothyroidism, carried out in The Oxford Medical College and Research Centre, , Bangalore. The questionnaire comprised of development and validation phases. The development phase encompasses a literature review, expert panel review and evaluation. The validation phase consisted of verifying the appropriateness of questionnaire by assessing the parameters such as clarity, simplicity, ambiguity, relevance based on provided by the expert panel members, lay personnel and patients. ’s alpha was calculated to measure consistency between responses to the individual questions and the questionnaire as a whole. The overall standardized alpha value for the questionnaire was 0.85 which acceptable score and indicates excellent homogeneity. The self-structured questionnaire consists of 27 , or don’t know questions, based on the patient’s knowledge, attitude and practice towards hypothyroidism. It emphasizes on knowledge about diseases, attitude of the patients towards medication taking habits. about the practice to improve the health related quality of life and the scoring is done based on .

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