scholarly journals Personality Characteristics, Psychological Wellbeing and Academic Success among University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 805-821
Author(s):  
Bamidele Emmanuel Osamika ◽  
Temitope Lawal ◽  
Adenike Esther Osamika ◽  
Arlette J. Vivian Hounhanou ◽  
Mofoluwake Laleye
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Attending university can be very stressful as students have to go through the process of adapting to new educational and social environments; this experience of difficult change affects student’s psychological wellbeing and subsequently their success in academics. This study examines personality characteristics, psychological wellbeing and academic success among Nigerian undergraduates.While cross sectional design and convenient sampling method were employed, 214 undergraduates were sampled. A structured questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic information, personality profile, psychological wellbeing and academic success was administered to the participants. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result reveals that agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience had a significant positive relationship with psychological well-being, while agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness had positive relationship with academic success; meanwhile, neuroticism had negative relationship with academic success. Furthermore on a regression model, personality characteristics did not independently but jointly predicted psychological wellbeing. Meanwhile personality characteristics independently and jointly predicted academic success. The study conclude that student’s personality characteristics are important for sound psychological wellbeing and effective academic success among Nigerian undergraduates

scholarly journals The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Grobler ◽  
Yvonne T. Joubert
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Ethical leadership is viewed as a challenge globally, with person-organisation fit, as well as hope and optimism, being regarded as an essential element of employee well-being and, ultimately, productivity.Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees’ perceived ethical leadership in the organisation and the employees’ person-organisation fit, hope and optimism.Setting: Employees of 30 organisations in South Africa were sampled and there were 1663 respondents.Methods: A typical positivist methodology – based on an empirical approach, using a cross-sectional design and the quantitative analysis of the data obtained from the surveys – was utilised in this study.Results: It was found that there is a strong, positive relationship between ethical leadership and hope and optimism (as a composite construct). It was further found that person-organisation fit mediates this relationship.Conclusion: Recommendations were made to enhance hope and optimism from an institutional (including human resources) as well as leadership level. Recommendations were also made for further research.

Determinants of Screen Time Among Children Under Five Years: A Cross Sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Raj ◽  
Norliza Ahmad ◽  
Nor Afiah Mohd. Zulkefli ◽  
Zalilah Mohd Shariff
Keyword(s):  
Screen Time ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Time Future

BACKGROUND Excessive screen time is detrimental to the child’s health. However, screen time situation among Malaysian children is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE This study aims to identify the prevalence and determinants of screen time among children under five years old using the latest WHO guidelines. METHODS A cross sectional design was used to randomly select 489 children from nine government health clinics. Total screen time and factors were assessed using validated self-administered questionnaires and analyzed using multiple logistic regression. RESULTS Results show an overall prevalence of 91.4% with a median of 3.00 hours (IQR: 1.36-5.04). Majority of children watched television (66%), followed by mobile phones (30%) and computers (4%). The determinants of screen time were Malay ethnicity, (AOR 3.56, 95% CI: 1.65-7.68), parental age of 30 years or more (AOR 3.12, 95% CI: 1.58-6.16), parental screen time exceeding 2 hours a day (AOR 2.42, 95% CI: 1.24-4.73), parent’s moderate self-efficacy to influence child’s physical activity (AOR 2.29, 95% CI: 1.01-5.20) and parent’s positive perception on influence of screen time on child’s cognitive well-being (AOR 1.15, 95% CI:1.01-1.32). CONCLUSIONS Parents played an important role in determining their child’s screen time. Future interventions that focus on the parents may ensure age appropriate screen time for their children.

Land Management for Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development: Farmers’ Perspective from Udayapur, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 612-627
Author(s):  
Ashish Rai ◽  
Niranjan Devkota ◽  
Udbodh Bhandari ◽  
Udaya Raj Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Crop Cycle ◽  
Inferential Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Entrepreneurship ◽  
Land Size ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study aims to explore farmers’ perspectives on land management for agricultural entrepreneurship in Udayapur, Nepal. The research is based on cross-sectional explanatory research design, and a structured questionnaire was administered for collecting the data from 297 farmers in Tiryuga, Chudandhigadhi, and Belaka municipalities in Udayapur. The results were derived with the help of descriptive and inferential analysis using STATA. The results show that agricultural training and market information play significant roles in gaining awareness about agricultural entrepreneurship and ideas on land management. Agricultural training, credit facilities, and market information have a positive relationship with an awareness of agricultural entrepreneurship and ideas on land management. In contrast, the age, land size, crop cycle, credit facility and agricultural subsidy have a negative relationship with them. This study suggests the need for increasing and enhancing the knowledge for farmers about agricultural entrepreneurship and proper land management in Nepal. The outcome of this study remains significant mostly in developing nations like Nepal and even in the developed ones to feed the growing population’s increasing food demand, as land area is limited on earth and the population living on it is swelling.

scholarly journals Behavioral Health Risk and Resilience among International Students in the United States: A Study of Socio-demographic Differences

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 282-305
Author(s):  
Youn Kyoung Kim ◽  
Arati Maleku ◽  
Catherine M Lemieux ◽  
Xi Du ◽  
Zibei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
International Students ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Cross Sectional

Using a resilience framework, the current cross-sectional study examined indicators of behavioral health risk and resilience among U.S. international students (N=322) across key socio-demographic characteristics. A multimethod approach was used to collect data with both an online platform and paper-based survey instrument. Results showed that higher levels of acculturative stress were reported by older students, females, undergraduates, students who lived with their families, and those who had resided in the US longer than 2 years. Findings underscore the importance of culturally-relevant screening and prevention strategies that target resilience and other protective factors to reduce health risk and encourage well-being and academic success among international students.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress, Psychological Well being and Quality of Life among Indian Army Personnel

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Dolly Bansal ◽  
Vijendra Nath Pathak ◽  
J. Pradhan ◽  
Anu Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Army Personnel

The study aims to highlight the occupation level on occupational stress, psychological well-being, and quality of life of Indian Army Personnel. The study was conducted on one hundred fifty Indian male Army Personnel of different rank belonging to 25 years to 45 years of age group. The cross-sectional design was used. The sample was selected through the purposive sampling technique. The tools measures like the Occupational Stress Index, Psychological Well-Being Scale and WHO Quality of Life-BREF Hindi was individually administered. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. One way Analysis of Variance results revealed that there is a significant difference in occupational levels on occupational stress, psychological well-being, and quality of life among Indian Army personnel. Pearson product-moment correlations coefficient showed a significant negative relationship between occupational stress with psychological well-being and quality of life and showed a significant positive relationship between psychological well-being and quality of life among Indian Army Personnel.

scholarly journals Italian Children’s Well-Being after Lockdown: Predictors of Psychopathological Symptoms in Times of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11429
Author(s):  
Marcella Caputi ◽  
Barbara Forresi ◽  
Ludovica Giani ◽  
Giovanni Michelini ◽  
Simona Scaini
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Novelty Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The first Italian lockdown imposed to fight the spread of COVID-19 caused important disruptions in families’ everyday lives. The main aim of this research was to investigate the predictors of psychopathology in children aged 5–10 years, immediately after the national 2-month lockdown. A total of 158 Italian parents (148 mothers, 10 fathers, mean age = 41 years) were recruited and asked to complete an online research concerning their 158 children (76 boys, mean age = 7.4 years). Parents completed questionnaires on parent–child conflict, resilience, temperament, behavior, and previous adverse childhood experiences. Hierarchical regressions showed that children’s psychopathology was predicted by low child resilience, high novelty seeking and harm avoidance, adverse experiences, and high flooding levels. Moreover, girls exposed to adverse experiences appeared more vulnerable to psychopathology. The recruitment of a convenience sample, the small sample size, and the cross-sectional design of our study limit the generalizability and interpretation of the present findings. Nonetheless, this research extends our knowledge of children’s functioning in such an exceptional period. Shedding light on predictors of children’s psychopathology following prolonged quarantine can indeed guide effective psychological interventions now and in future similar situations.

scholarly journals Healthy Lifestyle Practice among a Selected Rural Community of Sirajganj District

KYAMC Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Sailendra Nath Biswas ◽  
Rubaiyat Farzana Hussain ◽  
Mohd Raisul Hasan ◽  
Taslima Akber Happy ◽  
Mahaidhe Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Balanced Diet ◽  
Protein Rich ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Healthy lifestyle is one which helps keeping and improving health and well-being. This means maintaining hygiene, eating balanced diet, getting regular exercise, avoiding tobacco and drugs and getting adequate rest and recreation. Objective(s): To assess healthy lifestyle practice among selected rural-community of Sirajganj district. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among people living in selected villages of Sirajganj. A total of 490 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Among the respondents 73.3% were female, mean age was 40.29 ± 15.84 years and 56.9% were literates. Mean monthly income was 10812.30±10039.63 taka. Majority (97.3%) said that they wash their hands 'before eating', 89.0% said 'after coming from washroom', 18.6% mentioned of 'after coming in contact with sick person', 3.9% said 'after playing and 3.1% mentioned of 'after holding coins'. About 84% used soap and water for hand washing. One third (33.9%) washed their hands for a period of more than 20 seconds. About 28% consume meat, fish, and egg daily. Majority (77.8%) consumed extra salt daily, 81.8% never took part in playing of doing exercises and 9.8% were current smokers. Conclusion: Subjects were ruralpeople and showed lack of many elements of healthy lifestyle. Proportion of tobacco-use was less. Yet a big proportion consumes extra salt, don't do any exercise, don't eat fruits and cannot eat protein rich food. KYAMC Journal Vol. 11, No.-4, January 2021, Page 193-198

scholarly journals Factors influence mental health in adolescents

PUINOVAKESMAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Alva Cherry Mustamu ◽  
Nur Hafni Hasim ◽  
Furaida Khasanah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Disturbances ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Simple Logistic

The mental condition of adolescents and children in Indonesia is currently alarming. Adolescents are vulnerable to various problems at the stage of development such as mental and emotional problems related to emotional disturbances, depression, resistance and behavioral disorders. the behavior or actions that arise by each individual depends on the emotional and thought conditions that arise before they decide to do something. The research is a descriptive analytic study with cross-sectional design aimed to determine the conditions that affect mental health in 80 teenage students of SMK Negeri 1 Sorong. The measuring instrument used was a questionnaire. simple logistic regression analysis test results show that parenting style, motivation and discipline simultaneously have an effect on adolescent mental health with a significance value (0,000 <0.005). Discipline, learning motivation has an influence on adolescent mental health with a significance value (0,000 <0.005) but parenting does not affect adolescent mental health with a significance value (0.382> 0.005).  Adolescents need support including the environment to prevent mental disorders because it has a close relationship with academic success.

scholarly journals Quality Nursing Work Life Dan Burnout Syndrome Pada Perawat

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Dhina Widayati
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Salah satu SDM (Sumber Daya Manusia) di RS yang mempunyai waktu bersama pasien paling lama adalah perawat. Pada pemberian asuhan keperawatan yang berkualitas diperlukan suatau kinerja yang baik. Terdapat beberapa hal yang mempengaruhi kinerja, salah satunya adalah quality nursing work life (QNWL). Perawat dengan beban kerja yang tinggi dan desain kerja yang monoton rentan mengalami burnout syndrome (stres kerja). Penelitian ini mempunyai tujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan QNWL dengan burnout syndrome. Korelasional dan crosssectional menjadi desain dan pendekatan dalam studi ini. QNWL merupakan variabel independen dan burnout syndrome variabel dependennya. Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner. Besar sampel sejumlah 30 responden yang diperoleh secara purposive sampling. Analisa data dilakukan dengan Spearman Rank Test dengan p value 0,009 dan coefisien correlation -0,56 yang menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan dengan tingkatan sedang antara QNWL dengan kejadian burnout syndrome dengan arah hubungan negatif, artinya semakin baik QNWL maka semakin meminimalkan burnout syndrome. Salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi QNWL adalah lingkungan kerja yang kondusif, oleh karena itu diharapkan kepada perawat untuk dapat menjalin kerjasama yang baik antar tim agar tercipta suasana kerja yang harmonis dan lingkungan kerja yang harmonis, dengan demikian maka akan menurunkan kejadian burnout pada perawat. One of the HR (Human Resources) in a hospital that has the longest time with patients is a nurse. In the provision of quality nursing care required a good performance. There are several things that affect performance, one of which is quality nursing work life (QNWL). Nurses with high workloads and monotonous work designs are prone to experiencing burnout syndrome (work stress). This study aims to determine the relationship of QNWL with burnout syndrome. Correlational and cross sectional design was used in this study. QNWL is an independent variable and burnout syndrome is the dependent variable. Data obtained through a questionnaire. The sample size of 30 respondents obtained by purposive sampling. Data analysis was performed with the Spearman Rank Test with p value 0.009 and the correlation coefficient of -0.56 which showed that there was a moderate level of correlation between QNWL and the incidence of burnout syndrome with the direction of the negative relationship, meaning that the better QNWL, the more minimizing burnout syndrome. One of the factors that influence QNWL is a conducive work environment, therefore it is expected that nurses will be able to establish good cooperation between teams in order to create a harmonious work atmosphere and a harmonious work environment, thereby reducing the incidence of burnout to nurse

Promoting Athlete Mental Health: The Role of Emotion Regulation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Georgia A. Bird ◽  
Mary L. Quinton ◽  
Jennifer Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Managing Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
University Athletes

This study investigated the relationship between reappraisal and suppression with depression and mental well-being among university athletes. It was hypothesized reappraisal would associate with lower depression and greater mental well-being, whereas suppression would associate with greater depression and reduced mental well-being. Employing a cross-sectional design, 427 participants (Mage = 20.18, SD = 1.52; 188 males and 239 females) completed questionnaires assessing mental health and strategy use. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed reappraisal was positively associated, and suppression negatively associated with mental well-being, ΔR2 = 4.8%, ΔF(2, 422) = 17.01, p ≤ .001; suppression, β = −0.08, p = .028; reappraisal, β = 0.21, p ≤ .001, but neither were associated with depression, ΔR2 = 0.4%, ΔF(2, 422) = 1.33, p = .267; suppression, β = 0.06, p = .114; reappraisal, β = 0.03, p = .525. Results highlight reappraisal as correlated with mental well-being in student-athletes, and therefore, reappraisal could be beneficial for managing stress in sport. Reappraisal may implicate how well-being is promoted through sport, but future experimental research is needed to confirm causal relationships.

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