UNDERTAKING TOURISM IN MOUNTAIN AREAS BY THE DISABLED AND THE LEVEL OF THEIR SELF-EVALUATION – A PILOT STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 95-115
Author(s):  
Marta Wieczorek ◽  
Aleksandra Sadziak ◽  
Wojciech Wiliński
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Sensory Disabilities

Purpose. The aim of the study was to determine the self-esteem level and its diversity depending on selected variables in persons with disabilities engaged in mountain tourism. Methods. The research method was diagnostic survey. For the purpose of determining the self-esteem level, quantitative analysis of data obtained on the basis of SES Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (in its Polish adaptation by Dzwonkowska, Lachowicz-Tabaczek and Łaguna) and qualitative analysis of statements made by subjects with disabilities were performed. 26 persons with motor and sensory disabilities took part in the study, all of whom were participants of the project "People with disabilities in the mountains – Together we Reach the Peaks". Findings. The study showed the great importance of the undertaken mountain tourism for raising their self-esteem and self-confidence, overcoming their own fears and acquiring social acceptance, which has contributed to the improvement of self-evaluation in the subjects and thus, improving their quality of life. Research and conclusions limitations. The small sample size does not allow for the presentation and generalisation of conclusions in relation to the whole population of those with disabilities. Practical implications. Defining the direction of action concerning the activities that can be organised to create the possibility of self-fulfilment and socialisation for people with physical and sensory disabilities. Originality. The study covered a special (unique) group of people with disabilities – participants of the project “People with disabilities in the mountains – Together we Reach the Peaks”. Type of paper. The article presents the results of empirical research.

Making High Committed Workplaces by Strong Organizational Values

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Zoltán Krajcsák
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Organizational Values ◽  
The Self ◽  
Motivational Strategies ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Value System ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
High Level

Organizational values determine the behaviour and norms expected in the organization. The more similar the attitude, the way of thinking and the value system among organizational members the stronger the culture is. The characteristics of personality can be well modelled with the concept of self-evaluation. The purpose of this article is to create a theoretical framework that reveals the relationships between self-evaluation dimensions, organizational values and employees’ commitment dimensions. Based on the results, affective commitment is supported by a high level of self-esteem and self-efficacy through the organizational values such as collaboration, trust, affiliation, achievement, autonomy, competition and growth. In contrast, professional commitment is supported by a high level of locus of control and emotional stability, through the organizational values such as routinization, attention to details, formalization, support, communication and consistency. The conclusions of the theoretical model can be used to determine effective motivational strategies for groups and organizations with strong cultures, as the results show that motivational tools used at group level can be successful as well, depending on the self-evaluation profiles.

What travel motivational factors influence Muslim tourists towards MMITD?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalilur Rahman ◽  
Suhaiza Zailani ◽  
Ghazali Musa
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Managerial Implications

Purpose The World Islamic Tourism Mart in Malaysia has been attracting Muslim tourists from all over the world to choose Malaysia as their Islamic tourism destination. This paper aims to implement the concept of the travel career ladder (TCL) with the main purpose of the antecedents of travel motivation toward Malaysia for Islamic tourism destination (MMITD). Design/methodology/approach The theoretical model was tested using the structural equation modeling technique with partial least squares. A self-administered questionnaire was designed, distributed and collected from 180 effective participants who had visited Malaysia. Findings The findings revealed that the Islamic compliance with self-esteem needs, the Islamic compliance with relationship needs and the Islamic compliance with physiological needs have significant effects on Malaysia My Islamic tourism destination. Research limitations/implications The scope of this research paper is limited to TCL including the Islamic compliance issues with self-fulfillment, self-esteem, relationship, safety and physiological needs. A small sample size was obtained with participants from the Muslim countries. A future study should be comprehensively conducted on larger and diverse sampling methods with participants from the Muslim and the non-Muslim major countries, as this paper particularly discusses the theoretical and managerial implications for the anticipated future studies. Originality/value The study yet attempts on the part of academicians in Malaysia, what travel motivational factors influence Islamic tourists to travel MMITD. Based on the previous literature and researcher’s experience, it is a new phenomenon and investigation on MMITD.

scholarly journals The Tree Is My Anchor: A Pilot Study on the Treatment of BED through Nature-Based Therapy

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sus Corazon ◽  
Ulrik Sidenius ◽  
Katrine Vammen ◽  
Sabine Klinker ◽  
Ulrika Stigsdotter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Eating Disorder Examination

Binge eating disorder (BED), characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating with a subjective experience of lack of control, is the world’s most common eating disorder. The aim of the present pilot study was to examine the feasibility of implementing nature-based therapy (NBT) in the treatment of BED. The NBT intervention was compared to Support Group Meetings (SGMs), which are the only publicly available form of support for people diagnosed with BED in Denmark. Twenty participants with a BED diagnosis were included in the study, which had a mixed-methods design including Eating Disorder Examination interviews, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires measuring well-being (The Psychological General Well-Being Index) and self-esteem (Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale). Both the NBT and the SGMs showed positive results on all outcome measures (decreases in binge eating episodes and increases in general psychological well-being and self-esteem). The interviews indicated that the NBT context made the psychotherapeutic content more accessible to the participants and further helped them transfer the therapeutic gains to daily life after completing treatment. However, these results should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size—ideally, they would need to be tested on a larger, randomized sample.

Developmental Coordination Disorder and Self-Esteem: Do Occupational Therapy Groups Have a Positive Effect?

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 393-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve McWilliams
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Therapy Group ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Repeated Measure ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Coordination Disorder ◽  
Positive Effect

Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) have motor difficulties that impede the acquisition of both functional and academic skills and evidence suggests that these children may also have reduced self-esteem. One approach to treatment often adopted by occupational therapists is in the form of group therapy. Anecdotal evidence indicates that although these groups may produce little improvement in motor skills, there may be an associated increase in the children's self-confidence and self-esteem. This pilot study aimed to evaluate whether this was the case. A mixed methodology was used to evaluate the self-esteem of 12 children with DCD and to obtain the views of their parents/carers. A repeated measure design was used to assess the children using a validated measure of self-esteem, the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventories (CFSEI-2, Battle 1992), at initial assessment and pre and post therapy group. The parents/carers of the children were asked to complete a questionnaire during the last therapy group session and this formed the basis of a post-group interview. The results indicated that for this group of children the therapy groups did have a positive effect on their self-esteem in the majority of cases. Although it is unreasonable to draw definite conclusions from this pilot study because of the small sample size, possible implications for policy and practice are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.

scholarly journals PARTICIPANT AND CAREGIVER VIEWS OF SELF-DIRECTION OF HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES 15 YEARS AFTER CASH & COUNSELING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S231-S231
Author(s):  
Kevin J Mahoney ◽  
Michelle Putnam
Keyword(s):  
Unmet Needs ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Services ◽  
The Self ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Services And Supports

Abstract Results of the Cash and Counseling controlled experiment are now more than ten years old. This symposium, based on a recent Special Issue of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work on self direction of home and community-based services and supports for people with disabilities, begins with an overview of the status of self-direction in the United States where now over 1.1 million people are managing their own services and supports. After summarizing the six research studies in this Special Issue presenting feedback on the self-direction model from participants, their caregivers, and unpaid representatives followed by participant views on remaining unmet needs, the ideal and undesired characteristics of support brokers, and a research study to develop modules for training care managers and support brokers on person-centered planning and self-direction, papers will be presented focusing on two of these studies highlighting improvements needed in the self-direction approach if it is to become available to all persons with disabilities. The first paper is titled, “Unmet Needs Even When People Have Control of the HCBS Budget”; the second deals with the “Tasks and Characteristics of Supportive Support Brokers”; while the third paper looks at “Present Efforts and Recommendations for Training Support Brokers on the Principles, Values, and Skills to Assist People with Disabilities Who Wish to Direct Their Own Supports”. The session ends with a presentation on the program and policy implications of this research for federal agencies.

scholarly journals Who Stole Me? Identity Theft on Social Media in the UAE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Zeenath Reza Khan ◽  
Salma Rakhman ◽  
Arohi Bangera
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Identity Theft ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
The Self ◽  
Problem Type ◽  
Highly Active

Objective - This paper is a first attempt at investigating the self-reported number of instances of identity theft on social media among student population the U.A.E while providing an overview of its impact. Methodology/Technique - As a pilot, this study uses arithmetic analysis to record the first-such study of instances of identity theft among students and its impact on the respondents. Findings – The results of this study showed that students between the ages of 12 and 18 plus are highly active on social media. Although only 59% of the sample reported being victims of some form of SMIDT, in a small sample size of 128, 59% is considered quite high. Novelty - In late 2015, UAE users lost more than five billion dirhams due to cybercrimes such as identity theft (Sophia, 2015). However, little or no research has been conducted on the issue of identity theft on social media to begin to understand the depth of the problem. Type of Paper - Empirical Keywords: Cyberbullying; Facebook; Identity Theft; Social Media; Social Network. JEL Classification: D18, M31.

scholarly journals MOKYMOSI NEGALIĄ TURINČIŲ PAAUGLIŲ SAVĘS VERTINIMAS IR SUVOKTA SOCIALINĖ PARAMA

Psichologija ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 33-49
Author(s):  
Monika Skerytė-Kazlauskienė ◽  
Rasa Barkauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Domain Specific

Straipsnyje analizuojama mokymosi negalią turinčių paauglių savęs vertinimas, suvoktos socialinės paramos kiekis ir svarba, siekiama nustatyti, ar savęs vertinimo ir socialinės paramos sąveikos pobūdis šioje grupėje yra savitas, palyginti su vidutiniškai besimokančių bendraamžių grupe. Tyrime dalyvavo 188 paaugliai (tiriamoji grupė – 95 paaugliai, kuriems nustatyta mokymosi negalia, palyginamoji – 93 vidutiniškai besimokantys bendraamžiai) iš Vilniaus mokyklų šeštų–septintų klasių. Mokiniai pildė Vaikų savęs suvokimo skalę (Self Perception Profile for Children; Harter, 1985) bei Vaikų ir paauglių socialinės paramos skalę (Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale; Malecki et al., 2000). Mokymosi negalią turintys paaugliai blogiau save vertino visose matuotose savęs vertinimo srityse – akademinės kompetencijos, socialinio priėmimo, elgesio ir bendrojo savęs vertinimo – palyginti su neturinčiais mokymosi negalios bendraamžiais, tačiau gaunamos socialinės paramos kiekio ir svarbos vertinimai grupėse nesiskyrė. Grupės išsiskyrė savęs vertinimo ir socialinei paramai teikiamos svarbos sąsajų pobūdžiu: tiriamojoje grupėje nustatytos tiesinės sąsajos tarp tėvų, mokytojų, bendraklasių socialinei paramai teikiamos svarbos ir savęs vertinimo, o palyginamojoje grupėje tokių sąsajų neaptikta. Mokymosi negalią turintys paaugliai, kurie gaunamai socialinei paramai teikė mažai svarbos, statistiškai reikšmingai blogiau save vertino, palyginti su mokymosi negalių neturinčiais bendraamžiais, taip pat teikiančiais mažai svarbos gaunamai socialinei paramai.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: mokymosi negalia, socialinė parama, savęs vertinimas, paaugliai.Adolescents with learning disabilities: Self-evaluation and social supportMonika Skerytė-Kazlauskienė, Rasa Barkauskienė SummaryAlthough learning disability (LD) has a primary impact on academic achievement, its relation to problematic social and emotional life of children and adolescents has been well recognised. In addition, attention has been paid to self-evaluation of schoolchildren with LD; however, the results of studies are contradictory and can be attributed to various factors. This paper seeks to shed light on the association between self-evaluation and perceived social support in adolescents with LD. We used the multidimensional model of Susan Harter (1999) for understanding and measuring the global and domain-specific self-evaluations. The goals of the current study were to assess relations of self-evaluation to the perceived frequency and importance of social support received from various significant sources – parents, teachers, classmates and close friends in two groups of adolescents, those with LD and their classmates with average academic achievements.The participants were 188 Lithuanian-speaking adolescents from sixth-seventh grades of Vilnius schools, mean age 12.5 years (SD = 0.7). Ninety-five schoolchildren (64 boys and 31 girls) diagnosed as learning-disabled and 93 schoolchildren (58 boys and 35 girls) comprised an age- and sex-matched comparison group from the same schools with average academic achievements. The participants were assessed on Self-Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985) and Child and Adolescent Social Support scales (Malecki et al., 2000).The results revealed that the LD group rated themselves worse than average-achieving students on all domain-specific self-evaluations scales: scholastic competence (t = –5.88, p < 0.001), social acceptance (t = –3.08, p < 0.01) , behavioural conduct competence (t = –2.36, p < 0.05) and global self-evaluation (t = –2.30, p < 0.05). Both groups equally perceived social support, its frequency and importance. There were significant associations between self-evaluations and the perception of social support in both groups. However, there were more significant relationships in the LD group, the perceived importance of social support being significantly related to various self-evaluations among adolescents with LD only (correlations for the LD group ranged from 0.24 to 0.40). The further ANCOVA analysis revealed that the self-evaluation of adolescents with LD, who perceived social support as unimportant, tended to be lower than the self-evaluations of adolescents without LD who disvalued the importance of social support.Key words: learning disability, social support, self-evaluation, adolescents.

Self-Concept and Perceived Social Support among College Students with and without Learning Disabilities

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merith A. Cosden ◽  
Joanne McNamara
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Campus Organizations ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
Students With Ld ◽  
Self Worth

This study examined the self-perceptions of college students with and without LD. Fifty college students with LD and 50 college students without LD were individually administered the Self-Perception Profile for College Students and People in My Life. Students with LD had lower grades, test scores, and perceptions of their scholastic and intellectual abilities than students without disabilities. However, students did not differ in their perceptions of global self-worth, the importance they placed on academic competence, or their ratings of domain-specific competencies. Students with LD reported more social acceptance and support, and more support from campus organizations, than did students without LD. Support from campus organizations was related to self-esteem for students with LD, while support from instructors was associated with self-esteem for students without LD. Other factors related to self-esteem are discussed.

Self-Esteem in the Presence of God

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
Christian Culture ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
Self Knowledge

Many individuals living in our post-Christian culture have placed the self in the position most cultures reserve for their god(s). Present cultural interest in self-esteem flows from this religious orientation. Unfortunately, the Christian church has not been entirely impervious to this non-Christian religious influence. While acknowledging the psychological importance of self-esteem, the author suggests that self-esteem is an unavoidably religious experience. An attempt is made to outline a Christian understanding of proper self-esteem: an affective response to the self-knowledge and self-evaluation that results from knowing God. The evaluative context of the Christian and non-Christian are also contrasted. The article concludes with some implications of the material for personal life and professional practice.

“I Would Just Feel Really Relaxed and at Peace”: Findings From a Pilot Prison Yoga Program in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 2531-2549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorana Bartels ◽  
Lisa N. Oxman ◽  
Anthony Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Goal Direction

International research provides support for yoga as a well-being intervention in prison. No systematic research has been undertaken in Australia to assess the effectiveness of prison yoga programs. In 2017, the authors, in partnership with Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Corrective Services and the Yoga Foundation, introduced a weekly pilot yoga program at the ACT prison. This article presents quantitative and qualitative findings from the program. Although the small sample size ( n = 8) is acknowledged, our findings indicate that participants attained statistically and clinically significant benefit from the program, demonstrated by improvements in their levels of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, goal-direction, negative affect, and non-acceptance. They also reported improved flexibility, sleep and relaxation, pain reduction, and identified improvements in their mental well-being, commenting that the program made them feel “calm” and “at peace.” The article concludes by advocating for the expansion of such programs in Australian prisons and further research on such programs.

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