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0000-0003-1922-9051
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Lingnan University
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 11-01-2022
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291721004980
Abstract: This study investigates associations of several dimensions of childhood adversities (CAs) with lifetime mental disorders, 12-month disorder persistence, and impairment among incoming college students. Data come from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative (WMH-ICS). Web-based surveys conducted in nine countries ( n = 20 427) assessed lifetime and 12-month mental disorders, 12-month role impairment, and seven types of CAs occurring before the age of 18: parental psychopathology, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect, bullying victimization, and dating violence. Poisson regressions estimated associations using three dimensions of CA exposure: type, number, and frequency. Overall, 75.8% of students reported exposure to at least one CA. In multivariate regression models, lifetime onset and 12-month mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders were all associated with either the type, number, or frequency of CAs. In contrast, none of these associations was significant when predicting disorder persistence. Of the three CA dimensions examined, only frequency was associated with severe role impairment among students with 12-month disorders. Population-attributable risk simulations suggest that 18.7–57.5% of 12-month disorders and 16.3% of severe role impairment among those with disorders were associated with these CAs. CAs are associated with an elevated risk of onset and impairment among 12-month cases of erse mental disorders but are not involved in disorder persistence. Future research on the associations of CAs with psychopathology should include fine-grained assessments of CA exposure and attempt to trace out modifiable intervention targets linked to mechanisms of associations with lifetime psychopathology and burden of 12-month mental disorders.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 22-03-2017
Abstract: The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a commonly used life satisfaction scale. Cross-cultural researchers use SWLS to compare mean scores of life satisfaction across countries. Despite the wide use of SWLS in cross-cultural studies, measurement invariance of SWLS has rarely been investigated, and previous studies showed inconsistent findings. Therefore, we examined the measurement invariance of SWLS with s les collected from 26 countries. To test measurement invariance, we utilized three measurement invariance techniques: (a) multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA), (b) multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (ML-CFA), and (c) alignment optimization methods. The three methods demonstrated that configural and metric invariances of life satisfaction held across 26 countries, whereas scalar invariance did not. With partial invariance testing, we identified that the intercepts of Items 2, 4, and 5 were noninvariant. Based on two invariant intercepts, factor means of countries were compared. Chile showed the highest factor mean Spain and Bulgaria showed the lowest. The findings enhance our understanding of life satisfaction across countries, and they provide researchers and practitioners with practical guidance on how to conduct measurement invariance testing across countries.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-01-2012
DOI: 10.1057/JIBS.2011.58
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01776F
Abstract: A one-step method to form gold nanostars on a polydimethylsiloxane film is proposed for highly-sensitive SERS substrates.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-11-2021
DOI: 10.1177/10870547211057275
Abstract: To examine the prevalence of ADHD and the association of comorbid disorders, and multivariate disorder classes with role impairment in college students. About 15,991 freshmen (24 colleges, 9 countries, WMH-ICS) (response rate = 45.6%) completed online WMH-CIDI-SC surveys for 6-month ADHD and six 12-month DSM-IV disorders. We examined multivariate disorder classes using latent class analysis (LCA) and simulated a population attributable risk proportions (PARPs) of ADHD-related impairment. About 15.9% had ADHD, of which 58.4% had comorbidities. LCA classified ADHD respondents to pure (42.9%), internalizing (36.0%), bipolar comorbidities (11.3%), and externalizing disorder classes (9.8%). ADHD, comorbidities, and multivariate disorder classes independently predicted severe impairment. PARPs: eliminating ADHD hypothetically reduced severe impairment by 19.2%, 10.1% adjusted for comorbidities, 9.5% for multivariate disorder classes. ADHD and comorbid disorders are common and impairing in college students. Personalized transdiagnostic interventions guided by multivariate disorder classes should be explored.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-07-2019
Abstract: (1) Background: Work-related stress is a major contributor to human error. One significant workplace stressor is job insecurity, which has been linked to an increased likelihood of experiencing burnout. This, in turn, might affect human error, specifically attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES) and the ability to detect errors. ARCES can be costly for organizations and pose a safety risk. Equally detrimental effects can be caused by failure to detect errors before they can cause harm. (2) Methods: We gathered self-report and behavioral data from 148 employees working in educational, financial and medical sectors in China. We designed and piloted an error detection task in which employees had to compare fictitious customer orders to deliveries of an online shop. We tested for indirect effects using the PROCESS macro with bootstrapping (3) Results: Our findings confirmed indirect effects of job insecurity on both ARCES and the ability to detect errors via burnout. (4) Conclusions: The present research shows that job insecurity influences making and detecting errors through its relationship with burnout. These findings suggest that job insecurity could increase the likelihood for human error with potential implications for employees’ safety and the safety of others.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-11-2018
DOI: 10.1002/MPR.1750
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-11-2018
DOI: 10.1002/MPR.1752
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-01-2019
DOI: 10.1002/MPR.1764
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-11-2007
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-08-2021
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN02011E
Abstract: Average decay time spectra can be used as a tool to characterize the spectral heterogeneity of DNA templated silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) and assess the s le preparation procedure.
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05420C
Abstract: A simple, fast, one-step fabrication of silver nanoparticles with atomically thin gold coatings on polydimethylsiloxane affords oxidation-resistant and highly sensitive surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-03-2015
DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-01-2015-0002
Abstract: – The recent economic crisis gave rise to job insecurity and had a seemingly greater effect on western than eastern countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine cross-cultural differences of the influence of job insecurity on employees’ wellbeing, innovative work behaviour (IWB) and safety outcomes in the form of attention-related cognitive errors (ARCES) in Germany as compared to mainland China. – S les from both Germany and China rate their job insecurity, work engagement, burnout, IWB and ARCES in a survey. – For both German and Chinese employees there was an indirect relationship between job insecurity and ARCES through burnout. In the German s le, there was an indirect relationship between employees’ job insecurity and IWB through work engagement. In contrast, the Chinese s le only showed the direct relationship between quantitative job insecurity and IWB, but not a mediation effect. – For organizations to be effective and their employees to work safely, it is essential to understand the nature and process of job insecurity in different national contexts. – The present research is unique by relating job insecurity to employee’ innovation on the one hand and safety outcomes on the other. Furthermore, these relationships are examined in the cultural contexts of Germany and China, contributing to the gap of research carried out in eastern contexts.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2010
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 08-2022
DOI: 10.1037/STR0000263
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-06-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2008
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