Achieving Life Goals Research Articles

Psychological Well-Being in Married Individuals: Examining Role of Conscientiousness Personality Trait

This study investigates the influence of conscientiousness personality trait on psychological well-being of married individuals facing complex life issues. The attainment of psychological well-being is essential for individuals to cope and thrive during challenging times. Conscientiousness trait is known to promote commitment and a drive to achieve life goals, which can positively affect psychological well-being of married individuals. The study adopts a quantitative approach with 144 married participants (92 females and 52 males) aged 21-63 years. The primary analytical techniques use simple regression and correlation as additional analyses to examine the relationship between conscientiousness and psychological well-being, as well as the dimensions of both variables. The results show that conscientiousness has an influence on psychological well-being, and correlates with all aspects of the variable.

Pembagian Peran Suami dan Istri dalam Membangun Rumah Tangga Sakinah Menurut Syekh Nawawi Al-Bantani

Husband and wife in the household have their respective duties and roles in creating the goals of marriage, namely sakinah mawaddah and rahmah. However, lately many households have found it difficult to create and realize the goals of the marriage. This happened allegedly due to a lack of knowledge on the part of the wife and husband regarding their roles and duties in the household. One of the Indonesian ulama who has an interesting multidisciplinary scientific capacity to study is Syekh Nawawi Al-Bantani. Where he also concentrated on discussing munakahat fiqh to the point where he wrote the books Uqudul-lujjain and Nihayatu-z-Zain. In this study used a qualitative method with a library research approach. Researchers use descriptive methods to parse, interpret and analyze data. From the results of this study it was found that according to Sheikh Nawawi the rights and obligations of husband and wife are very important to understand in order to know the roles and duties of each in building a happy family of sakinah mawaddah wa rahmah as the goal and vision of marriage. In this division refers to the rights and obligations of husband and wife. On this basis, the husband's role is as a leader or head of the household, breadwinner, educator and teacher for his wife. Meanwhile, the wife's role is as a husband's companion who must obey except in disobedience, household managers, and husband's partners in achieving life goals.

Meaningful Life Orientations in the Prevention of Mental Health of Medical Workers, in Connection with the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The article highlights the features of life-meaning orientations of medical workers during the spread of COVID-19. The possibilities of prevention of psychological health as a way to reduce maladaptation and psychological problems among doctors and nursing staff are considered. The purpose of the article is to identify possible strategies of an individual approach within the framework of updating the life-meaning orientations of medical workers to reduce the impact of distress. In the theoretical part of the article, the experience of studying the characteristics of the emotional and personal sphere of medical workers is considered. The results of a study of 84 medical workers with more than 3 years of experience directly involved in working with patients with COVID-19 are described. Achieving life goals and paying attention to the process of life is significant for medical personnel, which indicates a commitment to future orientation, building plans and projects, perceiving the process of life as interesting and rich. Doctors pay significantly more attention to the development and construction of a picture of the future compared to the average medical staff, thus they are more focused on the future, development and achievements that will occur over time. The doctors had statistically more pronounced results, allowing them to note the orientation towards goals in life, while the average medical staff is distinguished by the orientation towards the result of life, a sense of how productive and meaningful the part of it was lived. The model of psychological prevention is based on the actualization of life-meaning orientations that allow to maintain balance and search for personal resources. The prevention program focused on teaching self-regulation methods and conducting group psychotherapy.

Patients’ experience with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for DLBCL in China: a qualitative study

PurposeThe experiences of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy have received little attention. This study aimed to explore the treatment experiences of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-cell lymphoma during CAR T-cell therapy in China.MethodsThis descriptive qualitative study was conducted using face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 21 DLBCL patients 0–2 years after CAR-T infusion. Two researchers independently coded the interviews in MAXQDA 2022, and the original data were analyzed by conventional content analysis.ResultsFour themes emerged from the transcripts: (1) physiological distress, (2) functional impacts, (3) psychological experience, and (4) support requirement. Participants expressed 29 short-term or long-term symptoms related to their disease and treatment, influencing their daily life and function in a social setting. The participants expressed different negative emotions, polarized expectations about efficacy, and over-reliance on authoritative medical care. Their major concerns and hopes were achieving life goals, being treated with respect, obtaining more information about CAR T-cell therapy, and receiving government financial sponsorship.ConclusionsThe patients experienced short-term and long-term symptoms of physical distress. Patients who have experienced failure in CAR T-cell therapy also experience strong negative emotions, such as dependency and guilt. They also require authentic spiritual and financial information that is authentic. Our study may guide the development of standardized and comprehensive nursing care for R/R DLBCL patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy in China.

Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.

Racially and ethnically marginalized US women experience unintended pregnancy at twice the rate of White women. Understanding contraceptive attitudes can help identify women at increased risk of contraceptive non-use and unintended pregnancy. We assessed the contraceptive attitudes of US-born and foreign-born Black women and examined differences by nativity. We used an electronic survey, implemented by Lucid LLC, a consumer research firm, to collect cross-sectional data from 657 reproductive-aged women. Analysis was limited to 414 Black women aged 18-44 years. The exposure variable was nativity (US-born or foreign-born), and the outcome variable was cumulative score on the 32-item Contraceptive Attitude Scale (CAS). Analysis included multivariable linear regression, adjusted for confounders. We also estimated separate models, stratified by nativity to identify predictors of contraceptive attitude among US-born Black women and foreign-born Black women, respectively. Three in four participants were US-born (76.6%). The average cumulative CAS score was 118.4 ±20.4 out of 160 indicating favorable contraceptive attitudes. In pooled analysis, foreign-born Black women had significantly lower contraceptive attitude scores compared to US-born women (adjusted regression coefficient (β)= -6.48, p=0.036). In nativity-stratified analysis, income, education, and perceived control over pregnancy timing were significant predictors of contraceptive attitudes for both US-born and foreign-born women. Other significant predictors of contraceptive attitude among US-born women were older maternal age, multi-parity, and perceived pregnancy risk; whereas, for foreign-born women, other significant predictors included marital status (married/cohabiting), language spoken predominantly at home (French), and perceived ability to have a baby and still achieve life goals (agree, neither agree nor disagree). In addressing the contraceptive needs of Black women, it is important to recognize the differences in attitudes towards contraception by nativity and provide culturally sensitive information and education.

ANALISIS KRITIS PENDIDIKAN AKHLAK BAGI PESERTA DIDIK (Bangun Rancang Pemikiran Hamka)

This article discusses a critical analysis of moral education for students (Prof. Dr.Hamka thinking design). Education today is experiencing a lot of moral decadence and a loss of social values which are marked by promiscuity, drinking, brawls, drugs, and many more things that come out of morality. This is part of deviant behavior among adolescents, youth and society. Furthermore, Hamka, an Indonesian scientist and intellectual figure, Prof. Dr. Hamka. As it is understood that character plays a very important role in shaping a person's attitude and behavior, both as an individual, society and nation, in order to achieve life goals in accordance with the right guidance. Character development becomes urgent, in the midst of developing attitudes and behaviors that conflict with values (norms), both religious and cultural values (norms). This research is library research (Library Research) where the data is obtained from reading and collecting books related to research, such as primary data and secondary data. After getting the data, then the data is processed using the reading method at the symbolic stage, namely reading that is not carried out thoroughly but captures the contents of the data, reading at the semantic level, namely reading in detail, decomposing, and capturing the essence of the data. Then these data were analyzed using the Verstehen, Holistic, and Interpretation methods. Character development based on monotheism values, both textually sourced from the Qur'an and al-Hadith as well as originating from the thoughts of Islamic scientists, such as Hamka reconstructing these thoughts and concepts aims to prepare humans, especially new Muslim scientists who always have an Islamic commitment, as guidelines for the right management of life

Life Goals of Youth and Ways to Achieve Them (a survey in the South-Western and Southern regions of Russia)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the value orientations of the youth of the regions of the South of Russia in the context of life goals, methods and conditions for their implementation. The hierarchy of young people's value priorities (life goals) is headed by family, health and material wealth. Self-realization is on the semi-periphery of the value hierarchy, service to society is on the periphery. At the same time, as factors of success in life, interpreted as instrumental values (means of achievement), social conformism (observance of the rule of law, adherence to moral standards), professionalism, good friends and family support come to the fore. Values associated with social responsibility (citizenship, helping others) are of medium importance in the hierarchy of life success factors (means of achieving life goals). The following contradiction has been fixed in the value picture of the world of young people: if life goals are formulated in the paradigm of privacy and traditionalism, then the means of achieving them are considered to a large extent through social conformism and professionalization. The most rational way to regulate the imbalance in the conditions for the realization of life goals that has developed in Russian society, young people consider territorial, including cross-border mobility.

THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND FINANCIAL PLANNING ON FINANCIAL SKILLS WITH POCKET MONEY AS A MODERATING VARIABLE IN GENERATION Z (CASE STUDY ON STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA)

In Indonesia, financial knowledge is known to improve welfare. However, it turns out that many still do not have and understand knowledge about excellent and correct financial Management. So they cannot plan and manage the use of money that can be used to achieve life goals. A mindset that does not care about financial concepts can have a harmful impact. The type of research used is quantitative research. The survey method was chosen as the primary data source. Financial knowledge and financial planning have a positive and significant effect on financial skills. And pocket money can influence financial knowledge and financial planning on financial skills. The results of this study contribute to understanding the impact of financial knowledge and financial planning on financial skills with pocket money as a moderating variable in Generation Z.

Prescribing tailored home exercise program to older adults in the community using a tailored self-modeled video: A pre-post study.

Community rehabilitation for older people after hospital discharge is necessary to regain functional ability and independence. However, poor adherence to exercise programs continues to hinder achieving positive health outcomes in older people. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of prescribing a tailored video self-modeled DVD-HEP for 6 weeks, on functional mobility, physical activity, exercise self-efficacy, and health-related quality of life, in a sample of frail older adults. A pre- and post-test intervention study design was conducted, with each participant acting as their own control. A convergent, parallel, mixed-methods approach involving quantitative, and qualitative data collection was used. Participants received an individualized assessment at baseline and subsequently were provided with a 30-min tailored 6-week self-modeled DVD-HEP that showed the physiotherapist instructing the participant. The physiotherapist phoned participants fortnightly to encourage engagement in the program and explore responses to it. Outcomes evaluated included functional mobility, balance, gait speed, and exercise self-efficacy. Participants (n = 15) showed clinically meaningful improvements at follow-up compared to baseline in functional mobility (TUGMCID = 3.4-3.5 s, 3-MWTMCID = 0.1-0.2 m/s) and gait speed (3-MWTMCID = 0.1-0.2 m/s). There were also significant improvements in balance and self-efficacy for exercise and a 2.5- and a 1.3-fold increase in moderate and light physical activity participation at follow-up compared to baseline. The deductive themes were: (i) Enjoyment, self-efficacy, and wellbeing; (ii) Achieving life goals; (iii) Background music as a motivator to adherence; and (iv) Enhanced motor performance and learning: Task goal mastery, multimodal feedback, autonomy to self-regulate learning. The new inductive theme was (v) Preference for in-person support for exercise. Future studies are warranted to compare a tailored self-modeled video HEP to face-to-face programs and other digital health modalities to evaluate older adults' adherence levels and functional improvement.

Psychoeducation in Family with Clients Recovering from the Risk of Violent Behavior

Recovery is a change in which a person improves his health and well-being, lives in the direction of life he chooses,and strives to achieve life goals according to all his abilities. Recovery conditions are very necessary for everyclient with mental disorders (ODGJ), where strengthening hope, especially from within ODGJ itself, activates themto be active independently with family, friends, and the community in their environment. ODGJ with ViolentBehavior has anger that is expressed excessively and is not controlled verbally to the point of injuring others andor not harming the environment. Through this research with a pre-test-posttest control group design. The resultsfound in this study, it was found that the average recovery rate of ODGJ in the intervention group was 116.17 andthe average recovery rate of ODGJ in the control group was 94.03 so it can be concluded that the average recoveryrate of the intervention group was 22.14 greater than the control group with a significance of P-Value < 0.05. Theresults showed that there was a significant difference in the recovery rate of ODGJ in the intervention group andthe control group. There was also an increase in the recovery rate in the control group, this was possible becauseof other interventions to increase the recovery of ODGJ with the risk of violent behavior either in the form ofindividual, family, or community interventions. Thus, to take sides with all elements in the ODGJ environment,encourage a sustainable family psychoeducation program policy, and be accompanied by monitoring of familycapabilities, especially effective communication within the family in the form of regular family visits by utilizing atiered health facility system.

חוויית המעבר מעולם האקדמיה לעולם העבודה עבור בוגרי תואר עם מוגבלות

The inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market strengthens personal development and equal participation in society. Acquiring a higher education in today's modern world increases the likelihood of integrating in the world of work. For people with disabilities, participation in the workforce is strongly dependent on obtaining a higher education. Consequently, enhancing participation in higher education is of great importance. Recognition of the importance of higher education has led to the development of support services for students with disabilities. Nevertheless, success with respect to including students with disabilities in higher education institutions has not yet yielded adequate success with respect to their transition into employment. Students with disabilities rarely acquire preparation to cope with the transition to the world of work. Therefore, the current study examined the experience of students with disabilities as they transitioned from higher education into employment. Method: The study used a qualitative-phenomenological research approach in which 15 graduates with disabilities from five different academic institutions in Israel were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed and encoded in a multi-stage analysis. Results: Analysis of transcripts revealed three main themes: (1) The meaning of the academic studies; (2) The transition into employment; (3) The participants' life journey as people with disabilities. In all three themes, interviewees stressed the development of self-determination skills, such as active conduct, assertiveness, and self-advocacy for integrating into various aspects of life. Discussion: The research findings can be used as a basis for recognizing the factors that influence the integration of graduates with disabilities into employment. A significant research finding is the importance of skills in self-determination to achieving life goals. The skills in self- determination are conceptualized as a mediator between the graduates' self-perceptions of being like everyone else and being different from the mainstream. The research emphasizes the need for intervention in academic settings to support students with disabilities in their transition from higher education into employment, with an emphasis on their development of skills in self- determination. This study raises awareness about occupational therapists' potential to contribute during academic integration and transitions to work

Mediating role of perceived authenticity in the relationship between luxury service experience and life satisfaction

ABSTRACT In the service industry, customers achieve life goals through experiences. In this study, we examine the effects of customers’ luxury service experiences on their life satisfaction. Using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), multi-dimensional perceived values (i.e. hedonic, utilitarian, self-expressive) are examined as drivers of luxury hotel customers’ life satisfaction via enhanced perceived authenticity. This study found that perceived hedonic and self-expressive values influence the perceived authenticity of a luxury hotel brand among customers, which in turn drives life satisfaction. However, the direct effect of perceived utilitarian value on life satisfaction is only significant through brand authenticity. These results show that luxury service providers need to design services to maximize perceived authenticity to promote both brand performance and customer life satisfaction. As few studies have investigated the relationship between service experience and customers’ lives, in this paper we show how luxury service experiences can enhance customers’ quality of life.

ESTIMATING THE DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MALAYSIA

Teachers play an important role in nurturing human resources. Old wisdom regards teachers as the “engineer of the human soul”. Teacher happiness is very important since a happy teacher is productive, allowing him/her to play his/her role effectively. We need to understand the determinants of teacher happiness to formulate better policies for teachers. The objectives of the study are to examine the level of happiness of primary school teachers in Malaysia and its determinants. Ordered logit models are estimated using data from a random sample of 1,510 primary school teachers in Perlis, Kedah, and Penang. The descriptive statistics analysis reveals that, on average, the teachers are happy with their life but with a substantial variance. Aspiration is found to be an important determinant of happiness. Other determinants of happiness include religiosity (strength in religion, all religions teach morality in schools), the interaction between aspiration and religiosity, targeted life goals, achievement of life goals, and school environment. To increase the happiness of primary school teachers, the government needs to focus on the teachers’ aspiration, their life goals, religiosity, and the school environment. Thus, tangible and non-tangible rewards are needed to improve teacher happiness.

Konsep Mardhatillah Metode Riyadhotun Nafs pada Maqamat Ahli Sufah


 
 Happiness is the hope and dream of every human being as the ultimate goal of everything, happiness and safety are the ideals in every life. But where can we find happiness? Some people argue that the source of happiness is abundant wealth, high positions, or a lot of knowledge so that mistakes in perspective make the human paradigm deviate from achieving life goals. For people who believe, they will know that the true source of happiness lies not in abundant wealth, high positions, or a lot of knowledge, but lies in the pleasure of Allah SWT. Therefore, the ultimate goal of a believer is to reach the pleasure of Allah SWT (mardhotillah), in achieving it to get mardhotollah is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand riyadhotun nafs method is one method in achieving mardhotillah, stages and lifestyles that are carried out consistently doing riyadhoh In Sufism it is called maqomat, while maqomat is the inner level in doing soul training towards the kholiq, Dusi expression (2015: 196)
 Keywords: mardhotillah, riyadhotun nafs, maqoma

Perception of current life situation and coping strategies in patients at the Narcological Clinic in Azerbaijan

IntroductionStudies show that coping skills are factors in successful rehabilitation.ObjectivesThe research is aimed to study the drug users` perception of the current life situation and their coping strategies.MethodsPatients at the Free Narcological Clinic in Azerbaijan (n=46; 37 men, 9 women, aged 18 to 59) participated in our study after 10-12 days (stage 1) of a rehabilitation program. We used a structured interview, projective drawings (“The image of change”, “My difficult life situation”), and a questionnaire, “Appraisal Criteria of the Difficulty of a Life Situation”. The control group consisted of 35 non-drug users. Content analysis and t-test were used.ResultsWhile the majority of patients (77%) failed to describe any coping strategy they use in difficult life situations, all of them assessed their difficult life situation as under control—an outlook that was significantly more optimistic than the evaluation of the control group (р=0.009). The most frequently mentioned life goals were avoiding the problem (39%) and regaining health (37%). However, analysis of obstacles to achieving life goals shows that 49% of drug users mentioned no obstacles or indicated that “there are no obstacles”. Drug addiction as an obstacle is mentioned in only 4% of the responses; “environment of drug addicts” occurs as the main obstacle in 20%.ConclusionsDrug users in stage 1 of the rehabilitation program have an unrealistic sense of control, few coping strategies, and do not perceive drug addiction as posing а serious obstacle to achieving their life goals. Funding: The study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-013-00838.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

Effect of Finger Print Mechanisms, Procedures, and Targets on Discipline of Vocational High School Students

Discipline is an important factor in educating vocational high school students to achieve life goals. One indication of student discipline is attendance to take part in learning activities at school. To get graduates who have a high discipline attitude so that later they can be applied in the real world of work. In this study, several variables were used, namely the finger print mechanism, finger print procedure, finger print achievement targets and student discipline. The data collection method used a questionnaire with a sample of 50 people who were taken randomly at 3 vocational high schools. This study aims to determine how much influence the variable finger print mechanism, finger print procedure and attendance achievement targets on student discipline. student discipline. This is evidenced by (t = 3.374, 2.093) > (table = 1.66515) and P Value (Sig) = 0.000 < 0.05 while the finger print mechanism variable has no positive and insignificant effect (t = 0.226 < 1.66515) and (Sig) = 882 > 0.05.

Youth and Migration Aspiration in Kerala

The emergence of oil production in Gulf countries and the subsequent oil boom in the 1970s led to massive migration from Kerala to Middle East Gulf countries as part of the post-industrial migratory order. The Gulf countries and their opportunities became an integral part of Kerala's youth life while developing future goals and aspirations. This paper provides insight into the migration aspiration of the youth from Kerala and their awareness of migration. A questionnaire survey was conducted in the second half of 2019 in Calicut, Kerala. The sample consisted of 491 students. Most youths are aware of gulf migration through their family, friends and media. Two out of three youths aspire to migrate abroad in future for a job and related activities. Surprisingly, in Kerala, youth with migrant fathers don't aspire to migrate than youth with non-migrant fathers. While having a migrant friend shows a higher likelihood of aspiration to migrate among youth. In the case of Kerala, in the coming 10 to 20 years, migration will continue as a potential life choice for achieving life goals for youth in Kerala. Policies should promote awareness about migration and facilitate a secure and safe migration for youths.

Older Migrants’ Life Satisfaction

Abstract. The paper focuses on the life satisfaction of older migrants. We inquire what lies behind their life satisfaction and what role satisfaction with the migration decision plays in their general life satisfaction. The paper draws on 56 in-depth interviews with older Italians and Germans living in Switzerland. Research participants were generally satisfied with their migration decision. Sources of life satisfaction were family, social relations, professional career, and financial stability. The same themes emerged in discussions of their satisfaction with the migration decision and overall life satisfaction, revealing that migration is a means to achieving life goals. Yet, respondents did not explicitly refer to migration when reflecting on their life satisfaction.

Digital Financial Services for Achieving Life Goals: Analysing Experiences of Rural Individuals in India

A well-developed financial system facilitates the financial inclusion and development of people. Digital financial technologies have the potential to reach disadvantaged communities by providing secure, affordable, and stable financial services. The extant research on digital financial services concentrates mainly on the adoption of mobile money applications. Although investigating adoption provides an analytical lens to understand the individual’s intention to use technology, this line of investigation does not scrutinise the actual use of digital financial services and how they contribute to people’s goals in life. This empirical study examines the mechanisms by which individuals use digital financial services to achieve their diverse goals. This research adopts a qualitative approach to analyse experiences, views and feelings of rural individuals living in the villages of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The preliminary findings from the ongoing fieldwork suggest that rural individuals use different digital financial services to meet their personal and professional objectives. While younger rural residents (i.e. 20-45 age group) believe that digital financial services can enhance their economic participation, senior rural community members perceive them as ‘messy’, ‘inconvenient’, and ‘tricky’. My presentation will include an overview of my research project, its significance, research methodology, analysis technique, preliminary findings, and pictures taken during my visits to the target villages.

Depressive symptoms in adolescence and quality of life 17 years later - follow-up study.

The answer to the question to what extent depressive symptoms which occur in the middle and late adolescence period affect the quality of life in adulthood. The sample group consisted of 308 adults out of 3,445 who had participated in a 2000 study of prevalence of depressive symptoms among students. 17 years later, letters were sent to all study participants with information about the purpose of the study and an original questionnaire, with quality of life and quality of social network scales (the Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe Social Network Index - COURAGE-SNI and WHOQOL-AGE) attached. The presence of depressive symptoms in the untreated population of adolescents is associated, in the case of women, with poorer education and fewer opportunities to work in adulthood compared to their non-depressive peers. In contrast, the men who were not depressive in adolescence take jobs in which they are more likely to earn a high income. An analysis of the quality of life showed statistically significant differences between men and women. In the group of non-depressive men, greater satisfaction with owned financial resources was observed. In the case of adult women, those who had been depressive in adolescence declared a sense of lower overall quality of life and satisfaction with the way of spending free time, satisfaction with achievement of life goals and owned financial means. Non-depressive women presented higher quality of social networks 17 years later. Long-term observation in our prospective study supports the hypothesis of a developmental character of adolescent depression.