The Impact of Suicide Utility Perception on News over Terminally Ill Patients’ Suicide Attitudes: A Pilot Study

Suicide represents a very important issue in public health. For approaching attitudes toward suicide, we have developed an instrument that, following previous recommendations, assesses specific thoughts related to the perception of suicide utility in the press. First of all, we will test the psychometric properties of the scale we created ad hoc for assessing suicide utility perception. After that, we expect to find that the suicide utility perception in the press will have a statistically significant impact on positive attitudes toward terminally ill patients’ suicide (Hypothesis 1). In addition, this relationship will be mediated by suicide legitimation (Hypothesis 2). This mediation will be moderated by depressive symptomatology (Hypothesis 3). The sample was composed of 66 Spanish participants. Suicide legitimation was significantly related to the positive evaluation of terminally ill people’s euthanasia. Finally, when the levels of depression’s psychological concomitants increased, the support for terminally ill people’s euthanasia increased as well. Implications and limitations have been discussed.

AIC Algorithm for Online Purchasing Intention

In recent years, the internet market in Vietnam has developed strongly, leading to many forms of electronic business being born and with rapid growth. Online shopping is seen as the solution to cost-effective, fast, and convenient shopping. This chapter was based on concepts and theoretical grounds related to behavior intention to accept and apply new technology to form the proposed research model. It consists of three independent factors—(1) utility perception, (2) trust, (3) social influence—and one dependent factor, online purchasing intention. This study reveals the optimal choice by the AIC algorithm.

Measurement Scales of Reactions to the Assessment of Graduate Programs: Evidences of Factorial Validity

The propose was to seek validity evidences of scales based on the model of reactions of higher education professors about the evaluation of graduate programs conducted by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (Capes). The scales of satisfaction, justice perception, utility perception, and accuracy perception were applied on 814 higher education professors, being 50.36% males, with a mean age of 47.66 years (SD = 9.34). Exploratory analysis indicated reliability of the four scales (alphas ranged from .69 to .97 and omegas are from .70). These and other psychometric indicators of the scales indicate that the measures are reliable, and the reaction model was confirmed by the strong correlation between the scales.

Scale to measure utility perception of mass media by the farm women

Due to non-availability of proper scale to measure utility perception of mass media by the farm women, it was thought necessary to construct a scale for this purpose. Keeping this in view an attempt has been made to develop a scale for measuring utility perception of mass media by the farm women. Normalized rank approach recommended by Guilford (1978) was used in this study for scale construction.

Distributing Computing Devices in Classrooms: Hedonic and Utilitarian Influences on Science and Technology Attitudes

While extensive efforts have been made to harness benefit of computing technologies in education, little attention focuses on how such efforts lead to students’ positive attitudes toward science and technology. Building on the technology acceptance model and motivation literature, the current study proposed that hands-on experiences with computing devices allow students to perceive their technology use as being useful and enjoyable, which in turn leads to positive attitudes toward science and technology in general. Data collected from a pedagogical intervention support our predictions regarding the role of utility perception and enjoyment. Furthermore, it is suggested that students’ prior attitudes toward science and technology and the type of device used in the intervention influence perceived usefulness and enjoyment of classroom computing. When using education-specific devices, students’ prior attitudes were positively associated with postintervention attitudes as well as with utility perception and enjoyment. When using general-purpose devices, however, students’ prior attitudes were not related to those outcomes. These results imply that distribution of technologies to schools may improve attitudes toward science and technology, particularly in populations that have been underrepresented in the fields of science and technology thus far.

Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Intensitas Perilaku Wajib Pajak Badan Dalam Penggunaan E-Filing Spt ( Studi Pada Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Raba Bima )

The recent study intends to uncover and analyze the effect of the issues relating to utility perception, practical perception, security and confidentiality, and taxpayers’knowledgeaboutinformation technology on the intensity of corporate taxpayers’behaviors in utilizing E-Filling. The study is conducted in three regencies, such as Dompu, Bima and the city of Bima. The population of the current study are 770 corporate taxpayers which are registered in Raba Bima Primary Tax Office and have utilized e-filling. There are 89 respondents involved which are generated by using SlovinTechnique. SPSS V.20 is applied to analyze data. The findings of the current study indicate that the issues relating to utility perception, practical perception, security and confidentiality have positive and significant impact on the intensity of corporate taxpayers’ behaviors in utilizing e - filling. Meanwhile, taxpayers’ knowledge about information technology has not positive and significant influence on the intensity of corporate taxpayers’ behaviors in utilizing e-filling. The implication of the current study for Raba Bima Primary Tax Office is that the tax office should consider the issues relating to utility perception, practical perception, security and confidentiality, and taxpayers’ knowledge about information technology in order to maximize the successfulness of utilizing e -filling and be adopted by entire corporate taxpayers.

Cognitive behavioural therapy training in Tanzania: a qualitative study of clinicians’ experiences

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in an effective technique used widely in Western countries. However, there is limited evidence as to the utility, perception and understanding of CBT in developing countries. This study describes and investigates the experience of CBT training and practice in a group of practitioners in Tanzania. A qualitative approach to the investigation was used, and seven participants from Tanzania’s only psychiatric hospital who had completed CBT training were interviewed. The resulting verbatim transcripts were analysed via interpretative phenomenological analysis. Five superordinate themes emerged from the analysis: ‘the medical model’, ‘novelty’, ‘practicalities’, ‘process’ and ‘therapist effects’. The two themes ‘therapist effects’ and ‘process’ are discussed in detail as these may be particularly relevant to the clinical application of the therapy in a new culture and context. The implications for future development of CBT in Tanzania are considered. In developing CBT for dissemination in Tanzania, specific cultural and clinical issues highlighted by indigenous clinicians need consideration.Key learning aims(1)To identify what range of factors may influence clinicians’ perception of and learning about CBT when CBT training is delivered in a mental health setting in Tanzania, or to those with East African origins.(2)To consider the use of qualitative research approaches to inform the early stages of adapting CBT for use in new settings and applications.(3)To be able to apply knowledge about cultural differences to standard CBT in order to promote culturally sensitive practice.

Utility Perception in System Dynamics Models

The utility perceived by individuals is believed to be different from the utility experienced by that individual. System dynamicists implicitly categorize this phenomenon as a form of bounded rationality, and traditionally employ an exponential smoothing function to capture it. We challenge this generalization by testing it against an alternative formulation of utility perception that is suggested by modern theories of behavioral sciences. In particular, the traditional smoothing formulation is compared with the peak–end rule in a simple theoretical model as well as in a medium-size model of electronic health records implementation. Experimentation with the models reveals that the way in which utility perception is formulated is important, and is likely to affect behavior and policy implications of system dynamics models.