scholarly journals Relationship between Collaboration in Work Support and Knowledge and Skills in Providing Support for Individuals with Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 585-591
Author(s):  
Kazuaki Maebara ◽  
Jun Yaeda
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Version ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Work Support ◽  
Low Degrees ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Postal Mail

Background: There has been growing hope for initiatives supporting the transition of persons with disabilities from employment-related welfare services to employees in companies. This is against the backdrop of a significant increase in employment among persons with disabilities in Japan. Objective: To improve the quality of this transition, this study examined the relationship between the collaboration of the Work Support Centers for Continuous Employment Type B (WSC-B) with vocational rehabilitation organizations (VROs) and knowledge and skills related to employment support. Methods: A survey including all 122 WSC-B in L-Prefecture was conducted by postal mail. The respondents were asked to rate items on the following six levels concerning collaboration with VROs and understanding of VROs. We used the Japanese version of the Self-Assessment for Students or Counselors (SASC-J) to assess knowledge and skills related to work support. Results: The t-test conducted on knowledge and skills status between WSC-B with a high degree of cooperation with VROs and those with low degrees confirmed significant differences among the various subsystems in VROs. Conclusion: Based on our results, we suggest that maximizing the use of collaboration in work support will enhance the support provided by WSC-B and promote transition support for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Individual quality of life and the environment – towards a concept of livable areas for persons with disabilities in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Grabowska ◽  
Radosław Antczak ◽  
Jan Zwierzchowski ◽  
Tomasz Panek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [1] highlights the need to create proper socioeconomic and political conditions for persons with disabilities, with a special focus on their immediate living conditions. According to the Convention, these conditions should be built to ensure that persons with disabilities have the potential to enjoy a high quality of life (QoL), and this principle is reflected in the notion of livable areas. The crucial aspect of this framework is the relationship between the individual QoL and the environment, broadly understood as the socioeconomic as well as the technical conditions in which persons with disabilities function. Methods The basic research problem was to assess the relationship between individual QoL for the population with disabilities as a dependent variable and livability indicators as independent variables, controlling for individual characteristics. The study used a dataset from the EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) survey carried out in 2015 in Poland. The research concept involved several steps. First, we created a variable measuring the QoL for the entire population with disabilities. To measure the multidimensional QoL, we used Sen’s capability approach as a general concept, which was operationalized by the MIMIC (multiple indicators multiple causes) model. In the second step, we identified the livability indicators available in the official statistics, and merged them with survey data. Finally, in the last step, we ran the regression analysis. We also checked the data for the nested structure. Results We confirmed that the general environmental conditions, focused on creating livable areas, played a significant role in shaping the QoL of persons with disabilities; i.e., we found that the higher the level of the local Human Development Index, the higher the quality of life of the individuals living in this area. This relationship held even after controlling for the demographic characteristics of the respondents. Moreover, we found that in addition to the general environmental conditions, the conditions created especially for persons with disabilities (i.e., services for this group and support for their living conditions) affected the QoL of these individuals. Conclusions The results illustrate the need to strengthen policies aimed at promoting the QoL of persons with disabilities by creating access to community assets and services that can contribute to improving the life chances of this population.

scholarly journals Understanding the relationship between postpartum depression one month and six months after delivery and mother-infant bonding failure one-year after birth: results from the Japan Environment and Children's study (JECS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruka Kasamatsu ◽  
Akiko Tsuchida ◽  
Kenta Matsumura ◽  
Moeko Shimao ◽  
Kei Hamazaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Bonding Failure ◽  
One Year ◽  
Adjusted Model ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractBackgroundPostpartum depression is a major mental health issue. It not only adversely affects the mother's quality of life, but also mother-infant bonding. However, the relationship between postpartum depression (at multiple points after childbirth) and mother-infant bonding failure one year after birth is not well understood. This study investigates the relationship between postpartum depression at 1-month and 6-month after birth and mother-infant bonding failure at 1 year after birth with a large cohort.MethodsData from 83 109 mothers from the Japan Environment and Children's Study were analyzed. Mother-infant bonding 1-year after delivery was assessed using the Mother-to-Infant Bonding Scale Japanese version (MIBS-J). Postpartum depression was measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at 1-month and 6-month after delivery. Twenty covariates during pregnancy and one month after delivery were controlled for deriving the odds ratios (ORs) describing postpartum depression to mother-infant bonding.ResultsEPDS Total Score crude ORs and adjusted ORs against the MIBS-J Total Score at 1-month and 6-month after delivery were calculated. Crude ORs were 1.111 (95% CI 1.110–1.112) and 1.122 (95% CI 1.121–1.124) respectively. In the fully adjusted model, ORs were 1.088 (95% CI 1.086–1.089) and 1.085 (95% CI 1.083–1.087), respectively.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated prospectively, in a large-scale cohort, that depression at multiple postpartum points, including associations with each EPDS and MIBS-J factors, may be a robust predictor of mother-infant bonding failure 1-year after birth.

scholarly journals КОМП’ЮТЕРНЕ МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ПРОЦЕСІВ В АТОМНОМУ ЯДРІ

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Maksym V. Khomutenko ◽  
Mykola I. Sadovyi ◽  
Olena M. Tryfonova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
First Approximation ◽  
Physical Experiments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

The article focuses on the use of teaching information and communication technology for physical experiments simulation on quantum physics, in particular, the study of the "valley of stability". The features of the processes occurring in the atom and affecting the nucleus stability and their location in the nucleus valley of stability are analyzed. The relevance of the study is the need to intensify the process of using models and simulations, abstraction and idealization and analogies in the educational process on physics. Idealized objects creation, in particular, the nucleus valley of stability, helps to reach a first approximation the truth and to improve the quality of mastering knowledge on physics, raise the level of success of the development of knowledge and skills, as it is directed on the formation of the relationship between physical concepts, theories and laws.

scholarly journals Perception of emotions as a predictor of social functioning and the quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
Branko Ristić ◽  
Borjanka Batinić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Perception Of Emotions ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Perception of emotions is an important aspect of social functioning and the quality of life, and its deficit has been consistently found in people with schizophrenia. Aim: To obtain better understanding of the relationship and predictability between the perception of emotions, social functioning and the quality of life in people with schizophrenia. Method: The sample comprised 64 respondents (the clinical and the control group consisting of 32 subjects each, equal in terms of gender, age and education). Perception of emotions was measured using the test of speed and accuracy of perception of facial expression, while social functioning and the quality of life were measured via self-assessment questionnaires. The research was exploratory and non-experimental correlational. Results: In both the clinical and control groups, the perception of emotions is positively correlated with social functioning and the quality of life. Still, the direction of predictivity remains unclear due to the complexity of relationships. Compared to the control group, there was a deficit in the domains of perception of emotional expression, social functioning and the quality of life in the clinical group. The deficit in the perception of emotions in patients with schizophrenia is global and affects all emotions, while it is most pronounced when it comes to the emotions of surprise and anger. Conclusions: The obtained findings indicate that the understanding of the lack of functioning in people with schizophrenia should be sought, among other things, in the relation between the perception of emotions, social functioning and the quality of life in order to gain a better insight into choosing the proper line of treatment with the aim of improving the overall well-being of the patients.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Psycholinguistic Features of Religious Words and Core Dimensions of Religiosity: A Survey Study with Japanese Participants

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshimune Kambara ◽  
Tomotaka Umemura ◽  
Michael Ackert ◽  
Yutao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Version ◽  
Emotional Arousal ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Public Practice ◽  
Religious People ◽  
The Core ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
The Relationship

Previous studies have reported that religious words and religiosity affect mental processes and behaviors. However, it is unclear what psycholinguistic features of religious words (e.g., familiarity, imageability, and emotional aspects) are associated with each dimension of personal religiosity (intellect, ideology, public practice, private practice, and experience). The purpose of this study was to examine whether and how the above-mentioned psycholinguistic features of religious words correlate with each of the core dimensions of religiosity. Japanese participants evaluated four psycholinguistic features of twelve religious words using a 5-point Semantic Differential scale for familiarity and imageability and a 9-point Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) scale for emotional valence and emotional arousal. The participants also rated their own religiosity using the Japanese version of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (JCRS). The results of the study revealed that (1) the scales measuring the psycholinguistic features of religious words were statistically reliable; (2) the JCRS was reliable; (3) the familiarity, emotional valence, and emotional arousal of religious words and each mean dimensional score of the JCRS score correlated positively with each other; and (4) highly religious people had higher familiarity and higher emotional arousal to religious words than non-religious people, whereas highly religious people had higher emotional valence to religious words in comparison with non-religious and religious people. In addition, religious people had higher familiarity to religious words than non-religious people. Taken together, these findings suggest that psycholinguistic features of religious words contribute to the detection of religiosity.

scholarly journals POSITIVE EFFECTS OF PERIODIC SELF-REFLECTION USING "DAIFUKU-CHO" ON IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS'COMPETENCY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Yosuke Tohata ◽  
Akiko Takahashi ◽  
Hideyuki Kobayashi ◽  
Yoshiaki Rikitake ◽  
Yoshikatsu Kubota
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Relationship

KOSENs not only try to increase students’ engineering abilities and literacy, which is the ability to use knowledge and skills, but also their competency, which we consider is the ability to apply knowledge and skills to any problem that might arise outside the walls of school. So the present study analyzes the relationship between a teacher’s evaluation of students’ self-assessment by “Daifuku-cho,” which is used for teacher-and-student interaction in PE class, and their competency improvement using PROG test scores. The result confirmed that students’ daily self-reflection and teachers’ feedback on them are important, and the outcome of their daily self-reflection can quantitatively show the growth in their competency. In particular, we report that the interaction between students and their teacher through the use of “Daifuku-cho” enhanced their learning and also that by comparing what the students wrote in “Daifukucho,” their grades and the results of PROG test, we suggest that the better students reflected themselves using “Daifuku-cho,” the more their competency developed.

scholarly journals Perceived dysphonia by the clinician's and patient's viewpoint

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Celiane Ugulino ◽  
Gisele Oliveira ◽  
Mara Behlau
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Perceptual Analysis ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Vocal Quality ◽  
Patient’S Perception ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice

PURPOSE: To verify the relationship between the clinician's vocal evaluation and vocal self-assessment and voice-related quality of life. METHODS: Participants were 96 individuals: 48 with vocal complaints and voice deviation (VCG), mean age of 51 years, with diagnosis and indication of voice therapy; and 48 with no vocal complaints and healthy voices (NVCG), mean age of 46 years. All participants answered the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) questionnaire, performed a vocal self-assessment and were submitted to auditory-perceptual analysis of voice. RESULTS: Mean V-RQOL scores were different between groups for all domains. Self-assessment results also showed differences between groups, which was not the case in the auditory-perceptual analysis of sustained vowel and connected speech, showing that the patient's perception was worse than the clinician's. There was correlation between the V-RQOL domains (Socio-emotional and Physical: 76.8%; Socio-emotional and Total: 90.8%; Physical and Total: 95.8%), as well as between the Socio-emotional (-52.9%), Physical (-43.1%) and Total (-52.2%) domains and the self-assessment. However, no correlation was found between auditory-perceptual analysis and self-assessment measures, except for a weak correlation between vocal self-assessment and auditory-perceptual analysis of the sustained vowel (33.3%). CONCLUSION: The clinician's perception does correspond to the individual's self-perception of his/her vocal quality and the impact of a voice deviation on his/her quality of life, but not directly. The individual's perception about his/her vocal quality and voice-related quality of life complements the clinician's perception regarding the overall degree of the voice deviation.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON DEPRESSION LEVELS IN GREEK ADULT POPULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Gkatsou ◽  
Constantina Katsora ◽  
Stylianos Kaprinis
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Weekly Physical Activity ◽  
Study Support ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

Depression constitutes the most common mental disorder and is associated with problems of emotional, physical and cognitive nature, causing a decrease in well-being, placing a strain on mental health, which ultimately threatens the quality of life. In fact, it tends to become the second most important cause of morbidity and disability in the world after ischemic heart disease. At the same time, exercise and physical activity present as a viral determining factor in the effort to halt the prevalence of the disease. This study examined the relationship between weekly physical activity and depression levels in a sample of seventy Greek adult citizens. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ). The two questionnaires demonstrated high reliability, and participants who demonstrated a high degree of exercise showed a minimal degree of depression. Using linear regression, it was evident that the effect of physical activity on depression was statistically significant, as the increase in physical activity corresponded with a decrease in the degree of depression. The findings of this study support the view that exercise is an effective proposition for preventing and treating depression. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0716/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Relationship Between Health Literacy and Social Support and the Quality of Life in Patients With Cancer: Questionnaire Study

10.2196/17163 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. e17163
Author(s):  
Rei Kobayashi ◽  
Masato Ishizaki
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Colon Cancer ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
The Relationship

Background Low health literacy is associated with factors such as not taking medication as prescribed as well as poor health status and increased hospitalization and mortality risk, and has been identified as a risk factor for decreased physical function in older individuals. Health literacy is becoming an increasingly important issue because of the increased number of people affected by cancer who must make complicated treatment decisions. Health literacy has been shown to be positively associated with quality of life (QOL), and social support has been identified as important for addressing health-related problems and reducing the relative risk of mortality in patients with cancer. However, few studies have examined the relationship between health literacy, social support, age, and QOL. Objective The aim of this study is to examine the effects of health literacy, social support, and age on the QOL of patients with cancer. Methods An anonymous, self-administered online questionnaire was conducted from March 28 to 30, 2017, in Japan on patients with lung, stomach, or colon cancer that were voluntarily registered with an internet survey company. The survey covered basic attributes, health literacy, social support, and QOL. The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, a comprehensive measure of health literacy instrument, was used to measure health literacy; the Japanese version of the Social Support Scale was used to measure social support; and the Japanese version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (7-item version) assessment tool was used to measure QOL. Results A total of 735 survey invitations were randomly sent to patients with lung, stomach, or colorectal cancer, and responses were obtained from 619 (82.2% response rate). Significant effects on the QOL in patients with lung, stomach, or colon cancer were observed for health literacy, social support, and age, and for the interactions of health literacy and social support and of social support and age. Health literacy, social support, and the interaction between these variables also showed a significant effect on the QOL in patients 50 years or older, but not on those younger than 50 years. Conclusions The results of this study revealed that higher health literacy, social support, and age were associated with the QOL in patients with cancer. In addition, the relationship with QOL was stronger for social support than for health literacy. These findings suggest the importance of health literacy and social support and indicate that social support has a greater effect on QOL than does health literacy, while the QOL in patients with cancer aged younger than 50 years was lower than that of those 50 years or older. Therefore, elucidating the needs of these patients and strengthening social support based on those needs may improve their QOL.

scholarly journals CFO’s Working as The Board Secretary Concurrently and Corporate Disclosure Quality: Based on Empirical Evidence of Listed Companies in Shenzhen Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-104
Author(s):  
Xiang Rui ◽  
Qian Xing
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Government Intervention ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Corporate Disclosure ◽  
Disclosure Quality ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper took the selected data listed companies in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2008-2015 as samples to study the relationship between the CFO’s working as the Board Secretary concurrently and corporate disclosure quality, and also to examine the impact of different government intervention levels and nature of property rights. The results indicate that the CFO’s doubling as the Board Secretary can distinctly improve the quality of corporate disclosure in listed companies; the CFO’s holding concurrently the post of the Board Secretary can improve noticeably the disclosure quality of listed companies in regions with a high degree of government intervention; the CFO’s also serving as the Board Secretary can improve the disclosure quality of non-state-owned listed companies. Moreover, this paper presents a reasonable explanation for the phenomenon that increasingly more CFOs are serving as the Board Secretaries simultaneously via empirical study. Lastly, conclusions of this study can provide empirical evidence for the appointment of the Board Secretary in listed companies.

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