scholarly journals Academic and Daily Life Satisfaction of Monbukagakusho Scholarship Students in Japan: The Case of Peruvian as International Students in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Jakeline Lagones
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
International Students ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Academic Satisfaction ◽  
Scholarship Students ◽  
Language Difficulties ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Definition Of

As the birth rate in Japan continues to decline, there is a growing need to ensure the availability of highly qualified foreign professionals. In order to attract more international students, it is necessary to understand the variables from the academic and daily life that international students face in Japan. This study shows the variables that influence academic satisfaction, daily life satisfaction and the relationship between these variables for Peruvian students serving as Monbukagakusho scholars in Japan. This study also describes the Monbukakusho scholars experience in their academic and daily life in Japan, which has a unique culture. Mix methodology was used in this study. The quantitative model based on individual data taken from a survey administered to Peruvian Monbukagakusho students, who were studying or are continuing their studies in Japan. The results show that the dependent variables and academic satisfaction are significantly related to language difficulties. Regarding the second dependent variable of, daily life satisfaction, we find a significant relationship between those who choose to study in Japan for cultural reasons and those, who study in shared laboratories and the type of scholarship received. Economic factors such as financial scholarship values are not related to dependent variables. A qualitative design of grounded theory was used as a framework to explore the experiences of Monbukagakusho students’ definition of academic and daily life satisfaction in Japan. Five relevant Japanese codes stand out from the interviews; cohai-sempai, tatemae, honne, omoiyari and aisowarai.

scholarly journals Assessing the wellbeing of Chinese university students: validation of a Chinese version of the college student subjective wellbeing questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Richard Carciofo
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
College Student ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
University Students ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Academic Efficacy ◽  
Academic Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Correlation

Abstract Background In response to the rising concern with promoting the wellbeing of university students and relative lack of domain-specific wellbeing measurement instruments in China, the current study aimed to validate a Chinese version of the College Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (CSSWQ), a 16-item self-report English-language rating scale assessing four aspects of wellbeing (academic satisfaction, academic efficacy, school connectedness, and college gratitude). Methods The Chinese translation of the CSSWQ, the Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the 10-Item Big Five Personality Inventory, and demographic questions were completed by 252 Chinese students at a university in Suzhou, China. Results Exploratory factor analysis found four factors each with the same four items as in the original English scale. Each subscale showed good internal consistency. Test–retest for a one-month interval showed generally moderate reliability. As predicted, Pearson correlational analysis found positive correlations between the Chinese CSSWQ and life satisfaction, positive affect, extraversion, and GPA, and negative correlations with neuroticism and negative affect. Monthly income had small negative correlations with academic satisfaction and academic efficacy, smoking had a small positive correlation with school connectedness, and exercise had a small positive correlation with academic efficacy. Conclusion Data for the Chinese CSSWQ in the current study showed validity and reliability, supporting the use of this instrument as a measurement of college student wellbeing in China.

scholarly journals The Effect of Older Adults’ Volunteering on Relational Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 408-408
Author(s):  
Meeryoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Relational Satisfaction ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Overall Life Satisfaction

Abstract Longevity is increasing in what is called the centenarian society. However, the average retirement age of Korea is the lowest among OECD countries. Because of increasing longevity, older adults need activities after retirement. Volunteering can be a substitute that allows Korean older adults to find a social identity. This study examined older adults’ volunteering and how many kinds of volunteering affected relational satisfaction differently. This study used the 6th additional wave of the Korean Retirement and Income Study (2016). The target population of this study was ages over 60 and the sample size was 280. For data analysis, multiple regressions were used. Demographic variables were controlled. As for independent variables, reasons for volunteering whether they were motivated for self or for others were used. For dependent variables, relational satisfaction, such as family, human relation and overall life satisfaction was used. Volunteers’ health is an important factor for relational satisfaction. If volunteering was self-motivated, satisfaction of both family and human relations were negatively affected. Reason for others also affected satisfaction of family and human relations negatively. Volunteering initiated by others increased satisfaction of family and human relations. Doing more than one kind of volunteering affected both satisfaction of family and human relations. For overall life satisfaction, the effect of volunteering for oneself was lower than other reasons. These findings implied that reasons for volunteering affected relational satisfaction differently. In addition, the activities of volunteering, such as taking part in one or more had different effects.

The Home at the core of Modernity, an optimistic architecture

2021 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Ana Tostões
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Single Family ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Modern Movement

Devoted to the theme of single-family houses, given the key role they played in the ideal definition of the Modern Movement architecture, as a symbolic and functional affirmation of the utopian turning of dreams into reality, the aim of this issue is to consider the transformation of daily life, and to address the architectural challenges that arose from the joy contained in what we might call the “architecture of happiness.” As we continue to endure a pandemic that has now lasted for more than a year, docomomo wishes to declare that “till the moment, the best vaccine to prevent contagion was invented by architects: the house”. Thus, in response to the question “How should we live?”, it is intended to debate the house and the home agenda as an important topic at the core of Modern Movement architecture. Nowadays, the growing emphasis on wellbeing goes beyond the seminal ideas that modern houses were “machines à habiter” and is closer to an idealistic vision of a stimulating shell for humans, which is shaped by imagination, experimentation, efficiency, and knowledge.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Investigation of e-REST: Teletherapy for Chronically Agrammatic Speakers

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Marina B. Ruiter ◽  
Toni C.M. Rietveld ◽  
Vera Hoskam ◽  
Marijn M.A. Van Beers
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Intensive Therapy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Sentence Production ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Aphasia Therapy ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Language Difficulties ◽  
Speech And Language Pathologists

Delivering aphasia therapy via telecommunication may provide a means to deliver intensive therapy in a cost-effective way. Teletherapy, remotely-administered (language) treatment, may support the repetitive drill practices that people with chronic aphasia need to perform when learning to compensate for their lasting language difficulties. The use of teletherapy may allow speech and language pathologists (SLPs) to focus in-person sessions more strongly on the generalisation of therapy effects to daily life. This single subject study is an investigation whether a teletherapy application called e-REST meets the criteria of accessibility, user-friendliness, as well as effectiveness. e-REST, the teletherapy version of the Dutch and adapted Reduced Syntax Therapy, teaches chronically aphasic speakers of Dutch who experience difficulties in sentence production to convey their messages in a kind of telegraphic style. The results obtained suggest that it is reasonable to conduct a larger study into the user-friendliness, accessibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of e-REST.   

scholarly journals Quality of Life as A Predictor of Happiness and Life Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Langgersari Elsari Novianti ◽  
Esti Wungu ◽  
Fredrick Dermawan Purba
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Regression Tests

This study aimed to find correlations between the quality of life, happiness, and life satisfaction of the general population of Bandung city. There were 370 participants with averageage of 20.7 years, mostly male (55.7%) and with a secondary level of education (SMP-SMA; 57.0%) who completed three questionnaires: (i) WHOQOL-BREF to measure quality of life, (ii) Happiness Thermometer to measure happiness, and (iii) Self-Anchoring Cantril Striving Scale to measure life satisfaction. Multiple linear regression tests were used with happiness and life satisfaction as dependent variables and quality of life as an independent variable. The results showed that the psychological and physical domains of quality of life were significant predictors of happiness and satisfaction of life, where the psychological domain proved significant in predicting all four-time points: happiness today (β=0.039; p<0.05), happiness throughout life (β=0.043; p<0.05), current life satisfaction (β=0.034; p<0.05) and life satisfaction five years from now (β=0.017; p<0.05). Physical domain was similar to psychological except for current life satisfaction (β=0.029; 0.023; 0.014; p<0.05). The environmental domain had been shown to predict happiness throughout life significantly (β=0.019; p<0.05) and life satisfaction five years from now (β=-0.015; p<0.05). The social domain was not found to be a significant predictor. It can be concluded that improving the psychological and physical function of Indonesian people and their environmental conditions will lead them to a happier and more satisfying life.

scholarly journals Instagram as a tool for disseminating sustainable practices: an experience report

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. e2
Author(s):  
Yasmin Coelho de Freitas ◽  
Francisco De Assis Ferreira ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Batista Groner ◽  
Igor Tristão Azevedo ◽  
Jacqueline Rogéria Bringhenti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Network Profile ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
External Community

 The social isolation promoted by COVID-19 impacts the routine and habits of families with a reflection on the characteristics and generation of solid waste and consumption of natural resources. This situation has been identified as an opportunity for educational institutions to promote awareness actions with their internal and external community as a contribution to reduce such effects. In order to disseminate sustainable practices related to the daily life of the pandemic and to evaluate responses, the group of teachers and students developed activities which contributed to minimize the effects of the pandemic. The ease and speed of social media was used as a tool for actions. The methodological steps were: survey of the existing contents in the official networks of the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo related to the topic of interest, the definition of the InstagramTM social network, profile creation for the Ifes Biotechnology and Sustainability Laboratory (Labiotecs), increase of followers, creation and dissemination of content and publications analysis. The work is based on the Deming Cycle methodology in order to optimize its planning and execution. Among the results, 179 followers on the profile were reached, 10 posts were shared in the feed, 4 questionnaires and 5 polls applied until 06/17/2020. The effectiveness of the work was shown through the reach of publications and public acceptance. Also, the Deming cycle proved to be adequate and capable of being replicated.

Correlates of Reasons for Not Reporting Rape to Police

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy M. Cohn ◽  
Heidi M. Zinzow ◽  
Heidi S. Resnick ◽  
Dean G. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Police Reporting ◽  
Dominant Set ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Definition Of

Rape tactics, rape incident characteristics, and mental health problems (lifetime depression, PTSD, and substance abuse) were investigated as correlates of eight different reasons for not reporting a rape to police among women who had experienced but did not report a rape to police ( n = 441) within a national telephone household probability sample. Rape tactics (nonmutually exclusive) included drug or alcohol-facilitated or incapacitated rape (DAFR/IR; n = 119) and forcible rape (FR; n = 376). Principal Components Analysis (PCA) was conducted to extract a dominant set of patterns among the eight reasons for not reporting, and to reduce the set of dependent variables. PCA results indicated three unique factors: Not Wanting Others to Know, Nonacknowledgment of Rape, and Criminal Justice Concerns. Hierarchical regression analyses showed DAFR/IR and FR were both positively and significantly associated with Criminal Justice Concerns, whereas DAFR/IR, but not FR, was associated with Nonacknowledgment as a reason for not reporting to police. Neither DAFR/IR nor FR emerged as significant predictors of Others Knowing after controlling for fear of death or injury at the time of the incident. Correlations among variables showed that the Criminal Justice Concerns factor was positively related to lifetime depression and PTSD and the Nonacknowledgement factor was negatively related to lifetime PTSD. Findings suggest prevention programs should educate women about the definition of rape, which may include incapacitation due to alcohol or drugs, to increase acknowledgement and decrease barriers to police reporting.

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