scholarly journals Levels of Stress among Retired Civil Servants as Correlate of Their Adjustment Patterns in Anambra State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 92-99
Author(s):  
K. A. Agha ◽  
C. A. Nwankwo
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

Aims: The study determined the relationship between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of retired civil servants, the relationship between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of male retired civil servants, as well as the relationship between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of female retired civil servants in Anambra state, Nigeria.  Study Design:  The research design was a correlation survey. Place and Duration of Study: Anambra state secretariat office, March 2010 to February 2020. Methodology: The multistage sampling procedure was used to select a sample size of 513 retired civil servants from a population of 1500 retired civil servants in Anambra state (220 male and 252 female) (Source: Anambra state secretariat office, personal/accounts department, 2019). Levels of stress (LOS) and adjustment patterns questionnaires (APQ) were used to collect data which was administered through direct delivery approach. The validity of the questionnaires was carried out by three experts. The reliability coefficient for the levels of stress questionnaire (LSQ) was 0.78, while the reliability coefficient for adjustment pattern questionnaire was 0.85. Research questions 1, 2 and 3 were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r). The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test of correlation. Results: Findings from the study revealed among others that; the relationship between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of retired civil servants is high and positive (r=0.661/n=472), while the relationship between levels of stress and adjustment patterns based on gender of retired civil servants is positively high for male (r=0.703/n=220), and moderately positive for female retired civil servants (r=0.577/n=252). Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that male and female retired civil servants should be encouraged to engage in meaningful activities that will reduce their stress levels. Also, the federal government should look into disbursement of funds and the payment of retired civil servants, the prioritizing of retirees’ payment of pension and gratuities can promote this process. Through this, retired civil servants will meet up financial obligations of their families, and in turn reduce the level of stress they undergo. Conclusion: There is a high positive correlation between levels of stress and their adjustment patterns, it was also found that a high positive correlation between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of male and female retired civil servants in Anambra state. Furthermore, a statistically significant relationship was found between levels of stress and adjustment patterns of retired civil servants.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement of Male and Female Students at University Level in Pakistan: A Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Sadaf Tariq ◽  
Sumaera Mahmood . ◽  
Sarwat Mubeen .
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
University Level ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

Psychologists and educators believe motivation as a significant factor that has an effect on student learning and accomplishment. It is a general argument that suitable motivational orientations make learning easy while unsuitable ones obstruct it. Intrinsic motivation is a kind of motivation that approach from individual factors within a person rather than merely from some outside motives. Intrinsic motivation shows learners commitment in learning for its personal interest. In Pakistan, perhaps little research has yet been done in this field. The study was conducted to find the relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement of students at university level in province Punjab, Pakistan. The main objectives of study were, to finds out profiles of students with respect to intrinsic motivation and academic achievement, to find out difference among male and female students on intrinsic motivation and academic achievement. The population of the study comprised of 600 male and female students studying in universities of Punjab, Pakistan. The sample consisted of 300 male and 300 female students of universities selected through multistage sampling procedure. In order to measure intrinsic motivation of students, an adapted version of Harter’s (1981) intrinsic motivation scale was used. Academic achievement of students was measured through their university results. The scores on each variable were calculated and summarized through mean and standard deviation scores. The significance of difference between mean scores of male and female and BA and B.Sc students on the study variables were calculated by t-test (two-tailed). The relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement was computed by using Person ‘r’. The results of the study revealed no gender difference. Both male and female were found to be equal in intrinsic motivation and academic achievement.

scholarly journals UPLC-MS/MS Determination of Linezolid and Heme in Plasma of Infected Patients and Correlation Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Xuemei Ye ◽  
Qin Lan ◽  
Xiaofang Ke ◽  
Lufeng Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Haematological Toxicity ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Early Diagnose ◽  
The Relationship

Linezolid can cause serious haematological toxicity, such as thrombocytopenia and aneamia. Heme, composed of iron and porphyrin, is an important component of hemoglobin. In order to investigate the relationship between the concentration of linezolid and heme in the plasma of infected patients, a UPLC-MS/MS method that can determine the concentrations of linezolid and heme simultaneously was developed and validated. A total of 96 healthy subjects and 81 infected patients, who received blood routine blood tests, were included and determined by the UPLC-MS/MS method. The results showed that the concentration of linezolid was 5.08 ± 3.46   μ g / mL in infected patients who were treated with linezolid. The heme in healthy subjects was 7.05 ± 8.68   μ g / mL , and it was significantly decreased to 0.88 ± 0.79   μ g / mL in infected patients ( P < 0.01 ). Spearman correlation analysis showed that linezolid had a high negative correlation with platelet (PLT) ( R = − 0.309 ). Heme had a high positive correlation with hemoglobin (Hb) ( R = 0.249 ) in healthy subjects and infected patients. The ROC analysis showed that heme had diagnostic value to distinguish low Hb (110 g/L). In conclusion, there was a positive correlation between heme and Hb, and this correlation was also observed in infected patients. A high concentration of linezolid was inclined to decrease PLT. Monitoring of heme and linezolid helps in the early diagnose of low Hb and PLT.

scholarly journals Validity of Weight Estimation Models in Pigs Reared under Different Management Conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvelous Sungirai ◽  
Lawrence Masaka ◽  
Tonderai Maxwell Benhura
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Linear Measurements ◽  
Large White ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

A study was carried out to determine the relationship between linear body measurements and live weight in Landrace and Large White pigs reared under different management conditions in Zimbabwe. Data was collected for body length, heart girth, and live weight in 358 pigs reared under intensive commercial conditions. The stepwise multiple linear regression method was done to develop a model using a random selection of 202 records of pigs. The model showed that age, body length, and heart girth were useful predictors of live weight in these pigs with significantly high positive correlations observed. The model was internally validated using records of the remaining 156 pigs and there was a significantly high positive correlation between the actual and predicted weights. The model was then externally validated using 40 market age pigs reared under communal conditions and there was a significantly low positive correlation between the actual and predicted weights. The results of the study show that while linear measurements can be useful in predicting pig weights the appropriateness of the model is also influenced by the management of the pigs. Models can only be applicable to pigs reared under similar conditions of management.

Relation between Seizure Latency and Maze Activity in Rats

1963 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-728
Author(s):  
Richard H. O'Connell
Keyword(s):  
Audiogenic Seizure ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Complex Maze ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Subsequent Activity

A high positive correlation was found between audiogenic seizure latency and subsequent activity in a complex maze for 22 rats. The relationship appeared to be independent of the type of seizure, and it disappeared as familiarity with the maze increased. The maze activity of rats who failed to display seizure could not be predicted by considering them to be Ss with very long latencies.

scholarly journals Using Facebook and Its Relationship with the Psychological Resilience of a Sample of Orphaned Teenagers

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameh Awadallah Al Sayed ◽  
Mohammed Rizk Al-Beheiry
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Networking Website ◽  
The Relationship

This study describes a new idea for the relationship between orphaned adolescents using the social networking website Facebook and its relationship to psychological resilience. The study also compares orphaned adolescents, male and female, in their use of Facebook and their degree of psychological resilience. It also identifies the rate of use of orphaned adolescents (male and female) for Facebook. One hundred orphaned adolescents were used as samples in this study. The results indicated a statistically positive correlation between the use of the social networking website Facebook by orphaned adolescents and their psychological resilience. It also showed statistically significant differences between the average specimens of the study sample of male and female orphaned adolescents on the questionnaire using Facebook in the direction of males, and statistically significant differences between the averages of the study sample scores of male and female adolescents on the psychological resilience scale of adolescents in the male direction.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANXIETY, SELF-ESTEEM, OPTIMISM, AND PESSIMISM IN KUWAITI STUDENTS

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freih Owayed El-Anzi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Education College ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between academic achievement and the following variables: anxiety, self-esteem, optimism, and pessimism. The sample consisted of 400 male and female students in the Basic Education College in Kuwait. The salient findings of the investigation were the significant positive correlation between academic achievement and both optimism and self-esteem – whereas the correlations were negative between academic achievement and both anxiety and pessimism.

Measurement of Spontaneity: The Relationship between Intensity and Frequency of the Spontaneous Experience

2009 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A Kipper ◽  
Eva Buras
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Present Article ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Typical Day ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Order Of Administration ◽  
Very High

In the present article, the construct validity of one aspect of the definition of spontaneity is examined. Two ways of measuring spontaneity are presented. One involves the use of the revised version of a Spontaneity Assessment Inventory in which respondents are asked to indicate the intensity of the feeling of spontaneity they experience during a typical day. The second was a specially worded version of the Spontaneity Assessment Inventory–Revised: respondents were asked to indicate the frequency with which they experienced spontaneity during a typical day. 81 students responded to the two versions, which were given 1 wk. apart. The order of administration of the two versions was counterbalanced across the participants. The very high positive correlation between versions ( r = .84) suggests that either measure may be used as an estimator of spontaneity.

A Specific Gravity Method for Determining Fatness (Condition) in Herring (Clupea pallasii)

1939 ◽  
Vol 4b (5) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert L. Tester
Keyword(s):  
Specific Gravity ◽  
Oil Content ◽  
Female Fish ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Clupea Pallasii ◽  
Gravity Method ◽  
Seasonal Trends ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Soluble Material

Condition factors calculated on the basis of weight and length are not a satisfactory index of fatness and a new index called a "fat factor" (F) is described. This is related to the specific gravity (G) of a fish by the equation F = G/(G − 1). Seasonal trends in F and a high positive correlation between F and percentage oil content of individual fish demonstrate its superiority over other condition factors as an index of fatness. A difference in either the specific gravity of, or ether-soluble material in, male and female gonads is reflected in the F values of male and female fish as a whole.

scholarly journals REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF INCOME AND PROPERTY DECLARATION SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
Nurzhan KUANDYKOV ◽  
Aisulu NURKEY ◽  
Aigul KOSHERBAYEVA
Keyword(s):  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Correlation

The article provides an overview of the theoretical, regulatory and legal framework, as well as an analysis of international practice in the field of declaring income and property. The results of the analysis indicate a high positive correlation between corruption and the shadow economy. A review of international practice showed that the system mainly targets civil servants.

scholarly journals Relationship between personal and socio-economic characteristics of the cashewnut growers and their adoption level

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-327
Author(s):  
S. S. Raykar ◽  
Y. S. Ekhande ◽  
S.C. Holkar ◽  
V. A. Palkar
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Crop Management ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Annual Production ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The World ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Adoption Level ◽  
The Relationship

India is the largest producer of raw cashew in the world which ranks first in area under cashew (8, 55, 000 ha) with an annual production of 6.20 lakh MT. Nigeria ranks second in area under the cashewnut cultivation, but ranks first in cashewnut production with annual production of 6.36 lakh MT. In the year 2007-2008, India had exported 1,34,340 metrics tonnes of raw cashew valued Rs.11.97crore. The cashew production in Maharashtra is mainly concentrated in Konkan region particularly in Ratnagiri district. In Maharashtra, the area under cashew was 1.65lakh ha. In Ratnagiri, area under cashew was 88,612ha with production of 85,822 tonnes of cashewnuts. The exploratory survey research design was used for the present study. The study was conducted in Ratnagiri district of the Konkan region of Maharashtra state. Three tahsils namely, Khed and Dapoli were selected purposively on the basis of the maximum area under cashewnut cultivation. The main objective of this study is to study the relationship between personal and socio-economic characteristics of the cashewnut growers and their adoption level. It was observed during the study that, The relationship between selected characteristics of the cashew growers and adoption of recommended critical crop management practices for the cashew crop revealed that the characteristics namely age, family size, and number of bearing cashewnut trees were non-significantly related with the adoption level of critical crop management practices for the cashew crop. On the other hand, education, land holding, annual income, age of orchard, production from cashewnut tree, experience in cashew cultivation and market orientation were significantly related with adoption level. The present study was used as a multistage sampling procedure. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square.

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