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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 10-05-2016
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 17-12-2018
Abstract: Despite the current prevalence of users performing musical activities on social media, and on Facebook in particular, little research has examined these behaviors from the perspective of consumer psychology. A cross-sectional, convenience s le of 400 participants ( M age = 22.56, SD age = 7.79) completed an online questionnaire. The findings illustrated that the constructs of opinion leadership, innovativeness, and self-efficacy within the consumer psychology literature were associated with performing music-related activities on Facebook, including the active creation/consumption of music content and use of music listening applications. Thus, music activities performed on Facebook have an overt consumer psychological component. These findings indicate that to understand music-related activities on social media, further research should consider psychological variables in explaining this common and economically important activity.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2019
Abstract: Burnout is a significant problem affecting the nursing workforce and is associated with significant personal suffering and high rates of nurse turnover. Efforts to further understand the variables that explain burnout are needed. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine both environmental and in idual factors that may explain burnout among nurses. We recruited 1848 Australian nurses to complete several online questionnaires measuring the practice environment (Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index), burnout (Professional Quality of Life Scale), trait negative affect ( Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y2) and resilience (Connor Davidson Resilience Scale). Correlational analysis as well as hierarchical regression was used to determine the relative importance of variables in explaining burnout scores. All of the practice environment scales were significantly related to burnout in the negative direction, and these relationships were above .3 for all except the relationship scale ( r = –.256) and the participation in hospital affairs scale ( r = –.285). Overall, the regression model accounted for 62% of the variance in nurse burnout scores. Trait negative affect, resilience and two aspects of practice environment (Manager sub-scale and Staffing sub-scale) all explained significant variance in burnout scores. The largest contribution came from the two in idual variables (resilience and trait negative affect) that together explained 55% of the variance in burnout scores. Findings suggest that health service administrators should provide nursing staff with education and support to build in idual resilience. Workplaces that attend to staffing and resource issues and have managers who provide high levels of support to their staff appear to be essential strategies to help prevent nurse burnout.
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 06-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-11-2018
DOI: 10.1002/ICD.2073
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-01-2021
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 25-03-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-10-2018
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 09-08-2019
DOI: 10.1111/JONM.12820
Abstract: This study re-examines the validity of a model of occupational resilience for use by nursing managers, which focused on an in idual differences approach that explained buffering factors against negative outcomes such as burnout for nurses. The International Collaboration of Workforce Resilience model (Rees et al., 2015, Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 73) provided initial evidence of its value as a parsimonious model of resilience, and resilience antecedents and outcomes (e.g., burnout). Whether this model's adequacy was largely s le dependent, or a valid explanation of occupational resilience, has been subsequently un-examined in the literature to date. To address this question, we re-examined the model with a larger and an entirely new s le of student nurses. A s le of nursing students (n = 708, Age The model upheld many of its relationship predictions following further testing. The model was able to explain the in idual differences, antecedents, and burnout-related outcomes, of resilience within a nursing context. The results highlight the importance of skills training to develop mindfulness and self-efficacy among nurses as a means of fostering resilience and positive psychological adjustment.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-12-2022
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 09-2021
DOI: 10.1037/PST0000351
Abstract: Existing literature examining burnout in psychotherapists has not adequately considered the contributing role of emotional labor. Similarly, emotional labor research has not sufficiently explored how this construct operates in the context of psychologists who provide in idual psychotherapy. To address these existing gaps in the literature, thematic analysis was conducted on interviews with 24 psychologists who provide in idual psychotherapy to determine the perceived consequences of emotional labor identified by the participants. Participants discussed personal growth, feeling depleted and exhausted, and craving space free from people and work-related emotion as consequences of emotion management in the context of providing in idual psychotherapy. The findings suggest that emotional labor can exert positive, negative, and neutral effects on psychologists providing psychotherapy and is worthy of attention as a variable in efforts to promote positive well-being. In the occupational group of psychologists providing in idual psychotherapy, performing emotional labor can lead to personal growth, emotional exhaustion, and a need to distance oneself from work-related emotion. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 07-2021
DOI: 10.1037/PAS0001011
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 24-08-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2015
DOI: 10.1111/AP.12103
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-09-2022
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 22-04-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2021
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 02-03-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0247914
Abstract: To understand the impact and causes of ‘Failure to Attend’ (FTA) labelling, of patients with chronic conditions. Nurse navigators are registered nurses employed by public hospitals in Queensland, Australia, to coordinate the care of patients with multiple chronic conditions, who frequently miss hospital appointments. The role of the nurse navigator is to improve care management of these patients. Evidence for this is measured through improvement in patient self-management of their conditions, a reduction in preventable hospital admissions and compliance with attendance at outpatient clinics. Failure to attend (FTA) is one measure of hospital utilisation, identifying outpatient appointments that are cancelled or not attended. The cohort for this study was patients with multiple chronic conditions, and nurse navigators coordinating their care. Data describing the concept of FTA were thematically analysed twelve months into this three year evaluation. Although the patient is blamed for failing to attend appointments, the reasons appear to be a mixture of systems error/miscommunication between the patient and the health services or social reasons impacting on patient’s capacity to attend. Themes emerging from the data were: access barriers failure to recognise personal stigma of FTA and bridging the gap. The nurse navigators demonstrate their pivotal role in engaging with outpatient services to reduce FTAs whilst helping patients to become confident in dealing with multiple appointments. There are many reasons why a patient is unable to attend a scheduled appointment. The phrase ‘Failure to Attend’ has distinctly negative connotations and can lead to a sense of blame and shame for those with complex chronic needs. We propose the use of the neutral phrase “appointment did not proceed” to replace FTA. This article advocates for further consideration of collaborative models that engage the patient in their care journey and for consideration of the language used within the outpatient acute hospital setting, proposing the term ‘appointment did not proceed.’
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 04-2017
DOI: 10.1037/EDU0000212
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 25-04-2016
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 24-01-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-01-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S10734-022-00813-Z
Abstract: A significant number of university students are leaving their institutions before completing their degrees. The present research project applied embeddedness theory, from organizational research, to understand student retention in a tertiary student population, and develop a quantitative instrument that measured university student embeddedness. In Study One, a mixed-methods approach was employed to determine whether the Fit (similarity between the student and the university), Links (count of relationships at university), and Sacrifice (losses upon leaving university) dimensions of embeddedness related to students’ self-reported reasons for remaining enrolled at their university. Qualitative results from 15 undergraduate students indicated that intent to remain could be understood within the embeddedness dimensions of Fit, Links, and Sacrifice. These themes were employed to build the University Student Embeddedness (USE) scale. The measure was examined against Rasch measurement model assumptions for each of its subscales using data collected from 299 Australian tertiary students. Study Two sought to examine exploratory evidence of the concurrent validity of the scores from this developed measure. Responses from a separate s le of 196 Australian tertiary students showed only the Fit scale significantly related to student intentions to stay at university. All USE scales correlated with academic-related skills and motivations. These results suggest that the Fit scale may be valuable in identifying students at risk of dropout. Early identification of “at risk” students may lead to the development of targeted retention interventions. However, the USE’s role in detection requires further validation and the development of consistent findings within other student cohorts.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 16-02-2016
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 07-2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-04-2023
DOI: 10.1002/HPJA.724
Abstract: Adolescents are heavily exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements near schools, however, the marketing power of these advertisements among adolescents has not yet been explored. This study aimed to investigate the teen‐directed marketing features present and quantify the overall marketing power of outdoor food advertisements located near schools to explore any differences by content (ie, alcohol, discretionary, core and miscellaneous foods) school type (ie, primary, secondary, K‐12) and area‐level socio‐economic status (SES ie, low vs high). This cross‐sectional study audited every outdoor food advertisement (n = 1518) within 500m of 64 randomly selected schools in Perth, Western Australia, using a teen‐informed coding tool to score the marketing power of each advertisement. Outdoor alcohol advertisements around schools had the highest average marketing power score and number of advertising features present. Outdoor advertisements for alcohol and discretionary foods scored significantly higher in marketing power than core food advertisements ( P . 001). Outdoor alcohol advertisements around secondary schools scored significantly higher in marketing power than around primary and K‐12 schools ( P .001) and outdoor advertisements for discretionary foods in low SES areas scored significantly higher in marketing power than those in high SES areas ( P .001). This study found outdoor advertisements for unhealthy products, such as alcohol and discretionary foods, were more powerful than advertisements for core foods around schools. These findings strengthen the need for policies which restrict outdoor advertisements for non‐core foods near schools, to reduce adolescents' exposure to powerful alcohol and discretionary food advertisements.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-03-2019
DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1441439
Abstract: This study explored the predictors of the outcomes of turnover and occupation attrition intentions for speech-language pathologists. The researchers examined the mediating effects of job satisfaction and strain on the relationship between stress and the latter outcomes. Additionally, the researchers examined the importance of embeddedness in predicting turnover intentions after accounting for stress, strain and job satisfaction. An online questionnaire was used to explore turnover and attrition intentions in 293 Australian speech-language pathologists. Job satisfaction contributed to a significant indirect effect on the stress and turnover intention relationship, however strain did not. There was a significant direct effect between stress and turnover intention after accounting for covariates. Embeddedness and the perceived availability of alternative jobs were also found to be significant predictors of turnover intentions. The mediating model used to predict turnover intentions also predicted occupation attrition intentions. The effect of stress on occupation attrition intentions was indirect in nature, the direct effect negated by mediating variables. Qualitative data provided complementary evidence to the quantitative model. The findings indicate that the proposed parsimonious model adequately captures predictors of speech-language pathologists' turnover and occupation attrition intentions. Workplaces and the profession may wish to consider these retention factors.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 19-07-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-06-2019
DOI: 10.1111/JAN.14041
Abstract: With increasing age and chronicity in populations, the need to reduce the costs of care while enhancing quality and hospital avoidance, is important. Nurse-led co-ordination is one such model of care that supports this approach. The aim of this research was to assess the impact that newly appointed Navigators have on service provision social and economic impact nurses' professional quality of life and compassion fatigue and analysis of the change that has occurred to models of care and service delivery. A concurrent mixed-method approach was selected to address the research aims. The research project was funded in July 2018 and will conclude in December 2020. Several cohorts will be studied including patients assigned to a navigator, patients not assigned to a navigator, family members of patients assigned a navigator and a s le sized estimated at 140 navigators. This study provides a comprehensive international longitudinal and mixed method framework for evaluating the impact of nurse navigators on quality of care outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. IMPACT-WHAT PROBLEM WILL THE STUDY ADDRESS?: Even with specialty focused co-ordinated care, patients get lost in the system, increasing the incidence of non-compliance and exacerbation of condition. Navigators work with patients across service boundaries allowing for care that is patient responsive, and permitting variables in clinical, social and practical elements of care to be addressed in a timely manner. This novel nurse-led approach, supports hospital avoidance and patient self-management, while encouraging expansion and opportunity for the nursing and midwifery workforce.
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 04-10-2018
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to test the validity of the Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS Tangney, Baumeister and Boone 2004) including its dimensional structure based on competing one- and two-factor models, discriminant validity from the conceptually-related self-discipline construct, invariance across multiple s les from different national groups, and predictive validity with respect to health-related behaviors. S les of undergraduate students (total N = 1282) from four national groups completed the brief self-control scale, the self-discipline scale from the NEO-PI-R, and self-report measures of binge drinking, exercise, and healthy eating. Confirmatory factor analytic models supported a two-factor structure of self-control encompassing restraint and non-impulsivity components. The model exhibited good fit in all s les and invariance of factor loadings in multi-s le analysis. The restraint and non-impulsivity components exhibited discriminant validity and were also distinct from self-discipline. Structural equation models revealed that non-impulsivity predicted binge drinking in three of the s les, and restraint predicted exercise in two s les, with no role for self-discipline. Results point to a multi-dimensional structure for trait self-control consistent with previous theory separating impulsive- and control-related components.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-06-2023
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2082564
Abstract: Physical activity (PA) participation offers many benefits for persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Persons with MS are significantly less active than the general population however, there is insufficient evidence regarding the association between geographical remoteness and PA participation in persons with MS. We identify PA levels across levels of rurality in an Australian MS population. The Australian MS Longitudinal Study collects regular survey data from persons with MS in Australia, including demographic, clinical, and health behavioural data. Physical activity engagement was identified with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form and geographical remoteness was identified from participants' postcode using the Access and Remoteness Index for Australia. Hurdle regression analysis examined the relationship between remoteness and PA participation, and level of PA, after controlling for confounding. Data from 1260 respondents showed that 24% of persons with MS did not participate in any PA. Remoteness was not associated with the participation in any PA (OR 1.04 89% highest density probability interval (HDPI) estimate 0.88, 1.22). Amongst those with any PA ( Physical activity promotion does not need to differ based on geographical location. Implications for rehabilitationAlmost one quarter of persons with MS in our study recorded no participation in any physical activity (PA).Healthcare practitioners are encouraged to include the promotion of PA as part of MS management.Physical activity participation is similar for persons with MS across different geographical locations.Physical activity promotion does not need to differ based on geographical location.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-08-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-11-2017
DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1400589
Abstract: Numerous studies have reported a robust relationship between early phonological awareness (PA) and subsequent reading achievement, in addition to the critical role of the alphabetic principle in predicting and supporting later reading and spelling development. Given this association, there has been an increasing push to teach these skills to young children prior to word level reading and spelling instruction. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Cracking the Code (CtC) program with students aged 3 -5 . CtC is a teacher-implemented program, designed to explicitly target PA skills and alphabet knowledge. A pre-test post-test group design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Four schools in metropolitan Western Australia were randomly assigned to either the control or experimental condition within a parallel groups design. The control group participated in an alternative program matched for duration and frequency, targeting semantics and grammar. The children in the experimental condition improved significantly more in PA, alphabet knowledge and non-word reading, and spelling after intervention than the control group. These findings demonstrate that classroom-based, teacher-delivered PA and alphabet knowledge instruction can be effective for 3 -5 year-olds.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-09-2018
DOI: 10.1111/BJEP.12187
Abstract: The elaborated environmental stress hypothesis (EESH) provides a framework that describes how motor skills may indirectly cause internalizing problems through various mediating psychosocial factors. While there is evidence to support this framework, little is known about how the proposed relationships may vary across different stages of development. This study aimed to investigate whether peer problems and perceived self-competence mediated the relationship between motor skills and internalizing problems in pre-primary children, and at 18-month follow up. A community s le of 197 pre-primary school children (M = 5.40 years, SD = 0.30 years 102 males, 95 females) participated at Time 1, with 107 completing the Time 2 follow-up. Standardized instruments were used to measure motor skills and verbal IQ. Perceived self-competence was measured using a self-report measure. Participant peer problems and internalizing problems were measured using teacher report. Age, gender, and verbal IQ were included as covariates. Mediation analysis using PROCESS showed that the relationship between motor skills and internalizing problems was mediated by peer problems at Time 1. At Time 2, the relationship was mediated by peer problems and perceived physical competence. The current results indicate the EESH may function differently across different periods of development. The transition from pre-primary to Grade 1 represents a time of important cognitive and psychosocial development, which has implications for how the relationship between motor skills and internalizing problems can be understood. These findings highlight potential age-appropriate targets for psychomotor interventions aiming to improve the emotional well-being of young children.
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 16-04-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JONM.12997
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2018
Abstract: Social network sites (SNS) allow for interaction between musicians and fans, including parasocial relationships. The present research approaches the topic from the perspective of psychology and particularly previous research concerning attachment styles, celebrity interest, and their correlates. Using an online survey ( N = 464), we considered whether psychological variables could predict whether in iduals interact with musicians on SNS, and their opinions about doing so. Findings demonstrate that users’ celebrity attitudes and relationship attachment styles are important in predicting the extent to which they utilize SNS to interact with musicians. Therefore, it seems that SNS music fan behaviors have an overtly psychological component, such that further research might adopt a psychological rather than technological approach in predicting commercial usage.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 28-02-2018
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-08-2021
Abstract: Currently, there are few robustly evaluated social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) measures available for use with Aboriginal youth in research, policy, and practice. As such, this study used a Rasch measurement approach to examine the psychometric properties of Strong Souls, a 25-item self-reported SEWB instrument, created for use with Aboriginal youth in the Northern Territory. Our s le (N = 154) included youth (15–25 years old) living on Whadjuk (metropolitan Western Australia N = 91) and Kamilaroi countries (rural New South Wales N = 63). Using Rasch modelling techniques, evidence for multidimensionality in the scale was observed, resulting in subsequent analyses conducted separately on two subscales: Psychological Distress and Resilience. The Resilience subscale did not meet the Rasch model assumptions, with poor person and item separation and reliability indexes suggesting the scale was not reliably differentiating between participants’ Resilience scores. The Psychological Distress subscale had mixed separation and reliability index results, with good construct validity implied but poorer ability to target the distress of participants. Our findings provide novel evidence demonstrating the functioning of Strong Souls in a contemporary s le of Aboriginal youth, suggesting further modifications of the instrument are required before it can be used with confidence as a reliable measure in this population group.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 17-02-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-09-2023
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-02-2020
DOI: 10.1111/BJEP.12268
Abstract: The self-concept of children has an impact on later behavioural development and psychopathology therefore, evidence of the accurate measurement of self-concept is important. Harter and Pike's (1984, Child Development, 55, 1969) commonly used measure of self-concept, the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Children, has demonstrated varying evidence of its construct validity and reliability, particularly with preschool- or kindergarten-aged participants. To examine the measurement properties of the Acceptance and Competence measures, and to substantiate the measures' adequacy within the latter participant age range. One hundred and ninety-seven preschool or kindergarten-aged children (M = 5.40 years, SD = 0.30) provided data as part of the Animal Fun study over three measurement periods. The study conducted a pair of Rasch analyses on the Acceptance and Competence measures described prior, with adherence to the assumptions of univariate measurement, item fit, item invariance, and response category adequacy examined as part of these analyses. While the Acceptance measure demonstrated adequate reliability outside of some potentially misfitting items, the study identified several limitations for the Competence measure, including potential gender-based and verbal IQ-based response biases. Practitioners and research applications of these subscales may benefit from the response recoding recommendations provided in this study for the Acceptance measure, as they improved the measure's properties. The study provides potential solutions to item adequacy concerns, and avenues for future research, involving these measures.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2020
DOI: 10.1111/AP.12434
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2016
DOI: 10.1111/AP.12114
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 07-2022
Amount: $371,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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