Number Of Research Participants Research Articles

A Phenomenological Exploration of Pandemic Experiences Among Individuals with a History of Depression

Depressive disorders are a common psychiatric illness affecting 12% of adults worldwide. This disorder represents a major problem for the general health of society and is the third leading cause of disability worldwide. In addition, the prevalence of depression appears to have increased worldwide following the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to find out what experiences people with depression have had in the era of Corona. Methods: The present research was a qualitative study using an interpretative phenomenological method. The number of research participants was nine. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed in three stages with open, selective and central coding. Results: After reviewing and analyzing the data, five major themes, 10 secondary themes, and 19 primary themes were identified. The main themes included fear of death and illness, conscious acceptance of reality and improvement of lifestyle, the extent of communication, confusion of the social structure of the family economy and the use of coping strategies. Conclusion: The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought with it other problems such as anxiety, tension and loneliness, in addition to the impact on lifestyle, activities, habits, interests and mental health, in addition to the recurrence of the disease in depressed people.

Dynamic cross-border payment preferences: A qualitative study of Indonesian expatriates in Thailand and Malaysia

Along with the development of global digitalization, international financial transactions are also advancing. In response, Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) collaborated with Malaysia and Thailand by launching Local Currency Settlement (LCS) integrated with Quick Response (QR) codes to reduce the use of dollars in cross-border transactions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the Indonesian customer (Indonesian expatriates) preferences for payment methods provided by Bank Indonesia, specifically in the context of facilitating cross-border transactions. The number of research participants was 50 Indonesian expatriates (36 in Thailand, 14 in Malaysia), who were purposefully selected based on the criteria of being Indonesian traveling, studying, or residing in Thailand and Malaysia while maintaining Indonesian bank accounts. To identify these preferences, this study uses qualitative research using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Based on the Hierarchical analysis, the results show that the main alternatives in payment method preference in Thailand and Malaysia show that Visa is still the most dominant in cross-border transactions. Across hierarchical criteria, including trust, speed, usability, installment flexibility, timing, and offering interest-free installment plans, Visa consistently outperformed QR Codes and Cash. Nonetheless, it is essential to highlight that QR Codes scored the highest in the criteria of Ease of Use in Malaysia. While in Thailand, QR codes achieved the highest score in terms of cost-effectiveness.

Implementasi Gamifikasi pada Learning Management System Linsafe LPK Adiputra Purwokerto Berbasis Website

This study aims to apply gamification to the LPK Adiputra Purwokerto website-based learning management system (LMS) to increase participant motivation and involvement in the learning process. Gamification is a method of using game elements to influence the behavior of LPK Adiputra Purwokerto participants to achieve learning objectives. The research method used was a case study with participants consisting of LPK Adiputra students in Purwokerto using a quasi-experimental design and divided into two groups, The control group, and The experimental group. The control group took part in learning with an LMS without gamification elements, while the experimental group took part in learning with the application of gamification to an LMS. The number of research participants was 47 participants who took the LPK Adiputra Purwokerto driving course. During the research, the experimental group had access to an LMS that implemented gamification elements such as points, levels, rewards, challenges, and a ranking system. Experiment group participants are given the freedom to compete with themselves or other participants through the scoreboard and reach a certain level of learning. The results of the data analysis will later show that the experimental group that took part in gamification learning experienced a significant increase in motivation and engagement compared to the control group. It is hoped that this research can make an important contribution to the development of technology-based education and the use of LMS as an effective tool for increasing participant motivation and engagement. This study concludes that the implementation of gamification at the website-based LMS Linsafe LPK Adiputra Purwokerto will be effective in enhancing the learning experience of participants by incorporating game elements. LPK Adiputra Purwokerto participants should tend to be more motivated and actively involved in the learning process so that later they can improve the quality and overall learning outcomes.

Anger Management Program to Overcome Anger and Aggression: A Meta-Analysis Study

This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of an anger management program in reducing feelings of anger and aggression in individuals. The meta-analysis research method was used to see the effect size of anger management programs in 11 previous experimental studies, with a total of 501 participants with different demographic backgrounds. Effect size can be analyzed from the number of research participants (N), average score (mean), and standard deviation (SD) of each experimental and control group. The research results show a large effect size (Hedges' g equals -1.44; g greater than .8) and 95 percent CI equals -2.658 to -.219) from implementing the anger management program in reducing individual anger and aggression. There is publication bias (Egger's regression equal to -5.419; p less than or equal to .001), which is a weakness in this research, so that it can be a concern for future research.

Gambaran Stereotype Gender di Wilayah Kabupaten Jember

The discussion about gender Stereotypes is something complex that occurs among the general public. Gender Stereotypes will greatly influence a person's perception and even behavior towards a particular gender. The focus of this research is to examine more deeply the depiction of gender Stereotypes that exist and develop in society, especially in the Jember Regency area. The number of research participants was 160 respondents aged 18 - 68 years, male and female, with a minimum education equivalent to high school. The research method used is a descriptive quantitative method. The sampling technique in this research used accidental sampling. Distribution of the questionnaire was carried out directly in hardcopy form and also online, namely with the help of Google form. The psychological measurement scale used was a modification of Firin which was adapted by Firdausia (2018). The results of the study showed a high score for gender Stereotype attitudes. This means that there is a strong belief or view regarding the ideal attributes, characteristics, functions, roles, responsibilities, characteristics among men and women that can be accepted by a group of people.

Self-improvement in Victims of Sexual Harassment on Social Media

Introduction: Sexual harassment is any action carried out with unilateral consent, the impact of which can cause psychological changes to the victims. Sexual harassment is often directed at women. One of the psychological effects for victims of sexual harassment is self-blame (self-blame), and continuous self-blame can hinder an individual's ability to take steps forward and develop oneself to achieve self-improvement (self-improvement). Objective: This study analyzes Self-Improvement in Victims of Sexual Harassment on Social-Media. Method: The Scale of Readiness for Self-improvement (SRSI) is the measuring tool used. The number of research participants was 115 respondents to female victims of sexual harassment on social media. Data analysis was performed using simple correlation and regression analysis. Result and Discussion: The results show that self-improvement for victims of sexual harassment on social media is highly categorized. Conclusion: There is a negative relationship between self-improvement and self-blame

The Development of TEFL Listening Materials Based on Local Wisdom Materials

Combining the indigenous values with the instruction material is away to attract student’s attention in listening course and give the local knowledge in multicultural education. The concept of the new approach is to help the teacher in teaching listening skills to build cultural competence. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a TEFL listening material model to empower the local wisdom values. The study focused on the instruction design of listening materials development based on the Muhammadiyah community values. The type of research was research-development and carried out the ADDIE type; it consisted of need analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The number of research participants =were 14 (sixteen) students at the fourth semester of the English department at Muhammadiyah University in the 2023 academic year. The research findings showed that there were six local topics being designed in listening textbook, three types of textbook activities, and the quality of the teacher’s book was 4.36, and the student’s book was 4.38. The textbook categories were valid. As a result, the valid books can be used for teaching integration model in learning process as the effort to improve student’s listening competence and to enhance student’s local wisdom knowledge.

Examining learning difficulties and alternative conceptions students face in learning about hybridization in organic chemistry

Chemistry education research has demonstrated that chemistry concepts are abstract, complex, and challenging for students to learn and understand. Chemistry is the branch of science that deals with the nature and behavior of atoms, and bond formation and hybridization both play a crucial role in the discipline. The concept of hybridization deals with the description of the formation of hybrid orbitals, the prediction of bond angles and molecular geometry, and the reactivity of some organic compounds. Development of conceptual understanding of hybridization is important for effective learning about bond formation, molecular structure, bond angle, acidity, and reactivity. This research study aimed to examine alternative conceptions that students hold; the challenges that students face in learning about hybridization; and the strategies that they use to solve hybridization problems. The investigation took place at the City College of New York, an urban, minority-serving institute. Our method of data collection comprised a survey made up of Likert-type, open-ended questions as well as a hybridization-related set of problems. The number of research participants was n = 103. Our research findings suggest that developing conceptual understanding of organic chemistry concepts such hybridization and resonance structures, then relating it to the structure of molecules, is crucial to its function. The presentation of concepts such as hybridization in an oversimplified manner and students’ reliance on memorization in learning can hinder students’ development of conceptual understanding and meaningful learning. Students misestimate their competencies and abilities which can negatively impact poor performers and prevent them from addressing deficiencies in learning about hybridization. We suggest that instructors present the topic of hybridization at the three levels of representations, provide students with opportunities for active learning and knowledge construction, and nurture students’ visualization of atomic and hybrid orbitals. Keywords: science education, alternative conceptions, hybridization, atomic orbitals

Keberbaktian Remaja pada Ayah: Pendekatan Indigenous Psychology

This study aims to explore how and why teenagers devoted to their fathers, in terms of gender. The research method used an indigenous psychology approach with the number of research participants were 406 teenagers in the city of Pekanbaru. Participants were asked to answer the question "What behavior do you do to serve your father?”, and “What are your reasons for being devoted to your father?". The results of this study indicate that adolescents who are very devoted to their fathers are shown to behave obediently (43.1%), prosocial (36.2%), respect (11.8%) and responsibility (4.4%). Meanwhile, the reasons why teenagers are devoted to their fathers are because fathers play a role (43.8%), emotional bonds (14.3%), subjective norms (12.1%), blood relations (9.4%), respect (8.9%), and character (7.9%). Teenage boys and girls are devoted to their fathers because the role of fathers is felt by teenagers.

Can the chokeberry juice be used as additional therapy for burning mouth syndrome in menopausal women?

The researchers’ aims were to evaluate the effects of chokeberry juice in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and oral discomfort in menopausal women. The following validated scales and questionnaires were used before and after treatment: questionnaire used for selection of research participants with xerostomia, the xerostomia inventory, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), localization of pain before and after treatment, short-form McGill pain questionnaire. There was statistically significant decrease in number of research participants who felt pain after therapeutic procedure (p < 0.05). Chokeberry juice, as additional therapy for BMS, reduced intensity of characteristic types of pain sensations and oral dryness feeling.

Perceived Organizational Support, OCB and Creative Behaviour among Millennial Generation Start-up Employees

Millennial generation employees were expected to have the ability to create and innovate. This ability will lead to creative behaviour particularly when companies support employee welfare which was strengthened by organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational citizenship behaviour as a mediator of perceived organizational support (POS) for creative behaviour. The number of research participants was 157 millennial generation employees from Indonesian start-up companies. Data were collected using the creative behaviour scale (α = 0.887), the POS scale (α = 0.945), and the OCB scale (α = 0.951). The results of the study based on the path analysis method showed that the indirect effect had a coefficient of 0.339 (p <0.05), which means that there was a positive relationship between POS and creative behaviour through OCB. The positive sign on the correlation coefficient showed the direction of a positive relationship, which means that the higher the POS employees have, the higher the employee's creative behaviour through OCB. OCB as a mediator contributed 46.4% to POS towards creative behaviour. Keywords: millennial generation, organizational citizenship behaviour, perceived organizational support, creative behaviour

Service-Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Service Quality and Customer Citizenship Behavior: Comparison of Implementation and Evaluation from the Perspective of Bank Customers

Purpose – This study aims to explore the e ect of service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (SOCB) on service quality and to compare SOCB, service quality, and customer citizenship behavior (CCB) be- tween two banks. Design/Methodology/Approach – The research meth- od is an associative and comparative approach involving 271 bank customers and 30 bank employees in a survey, using a questionnaire as the primary data collection tool. The analytical tool used is linear regression, with the Mann-Whitney employed to test the data from two independent samples. Findings and implications – This study proves that SOCB has a signi cant positive e ect on service qual- ity in all banks. There is no observable di erence in SOCB, service quality, or CCB assessment between the bank whose employees are given training and the bank whose employees are not given training. There is an in- crease in employee knowledge after attending the train- ing, speci cally an increase in the SOCB score. Changes in employee behavior and skills related to SOCB and ser- vice quality can also be observed. Limitations – This study focuses on SOCB and service quality only while not examining the relationship be- tween satisfaction and CCB, which should be done in theory. The number of research participants is not the same for the two banks. Originality – While the research study begins with cus- tomer evaluation of the banking employees’ SOCB and service quality, its results are then taken into consider- ation in training. The training results are nally re-evalu- ated by customers and compared with other banks.

Examining the Use of PhET Simulations on Students’ Attitudes and Learning in General Chemistry II

Chemistry is considered difficult to students to learn because many of its concepts are abstract in nature and require visualization at the sub-microscopic level of representation. Physics Education Technology (PhET) offers students the ability to understand and relate both chemical systems and what is happening at the sub-microscopic level through dynamic visualization. Simulations like PhET can be used as a powerful transformative tool for the teaching and learning of science. The research design and paradigm goal is to investigate the students’ perceptions on the impact of PhET simulations on their learning and attitudes and to identify PhET’s most helpful features. The data gathering tool in this research project is a survey that comprised of Likert-type and open-ended questions that was handed out to students who have completed General Chemistry II and were acquainted with PhET simulations as part of their laboratory sessions. The research took place at the City College of New York, an urban, minority serving, and public college. The number of research participants is 158. The implications of the research findings are PhET interactive simulations have an overall positive impact on students’ attitudes and perceptions about learning, PhET simulations promote students’ development of conceptual understanding of chemistry concepts and content, PhET simulations seem to promote and facilitate learning and understanding of abstract concepts, and PhET simulations furnish learning opportunities that otherwise cannot be attained in a traditional laboratory setting. The data presented in this paper support the notion that there is a need to update and modify general chemistry laboratories to reflect emerging technologies such as PhET interactive simulations.

Accessible services for smart societies in learning

PurposeThis research study aims to evaluate the capacity and sustainability of an accessible society as a smart society and services with the help of MOOCs and assistive technologies within the learning analytics framework.Design/methodology/approachQualitative research was employed in this research that interview forms were conducted to get data from 60 participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data.FindingsResearch results revealed that MOOCs and assertive technologies are crucial for smart society and opens a map for open pedagogy. Accessible media, services and applications in smart societies are key elements for disabled people lives.Research limitations/implicationsResearch is limited to numbers of research participants in northern part of Cyprus.Practical implicationsEstablishing strategies and policies for the smart and accessible society and services are intensified need for the disabled people within the framework of learning analytics.Social implicationsAssistive technologies become medium of facilitating accessible and smart society and services for everyone.Originality/valueEducation plays a great role to enrich services of societies in order to create inclusive efforts to the life of disabled people. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) underline the main theme of making inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. In this respect, accessibility, inclusiveness, equity, equality, quality for lifelong learning are main components to foster accessible and smart society for everyone. Integrating the importance of learning analytics creates a value for understanding of being smart society.

Robotic Chinese language tutor: personalising progress assessment and feedback or taking over your job?

PurposeThe shortage of Chinese language teachers have been identified as a pressing issue globally. This paper aims to respond to the needs by investigating and designing the learning innovation with autonomous programmable robot, NAO.Design/methodology/approachBy thoughtfully embedding NAO robot into teaching basic Chinese language, this research demonstrates an inquiry qualitative case study of artificial intelligence design principles and learning engagement with rule-based reasoning and progress test design.FindingsThis state-of-the arts robot use its emotion recognition and body language automated (LED eye with various colours) to demonstrate the Chinese words, to increase learners’ understanding and enhance their memory of the words learned. The responses conclude that the novel learning experience is more fun and interesting, thus the engagement from the axis of novelty, interactivity, motivation and interest is enhanced.Research limitations/implicationsIt is recognised that the number of research participants was small, but the qualitative finding demonstrate key issues and recommendation that may inspire future empirical research.Practical implicationsToday, robotics is a rapidly growing field and has received significant attention in education. Humanoid robots are now increasingly used in fields such as education, hospitality, entertainment and health care. Educational robots are anticipated to serve as teaching assistants.Originality/valueThe learning engagement paradigm has shifted from manual engagement to personal response systems or mixed-reality on mobile platforms, and now with the humanoid robot, the recommendation of four principles and future work and for designing humanoid robot as a language tutor are discussed. The educational robot model can be changed to a newer robot such as CANBOT U05E.

Variants of Cloze-Test Based Tasks and Vocabulary Achievement

Vocabulary is an integral part of a language and language education. In view of the close relationship between vocabulary knowledge and language learning, there is a significant need for language learners, especially in the ESL context, to develop, enrich and master their vocabulary in order to be proficient users of the language. ESL teachers could help learners acquire vocabulary knowledge if they have the pedagogical knowledge on how vocabulary may be learned and taught effectively. The study aimed to determine Malaysian primary school learners' vocabulary achievement by using cloze-test based tasks. A total of five primary schools from Sabah, Malaysia were selected in this study. The total number of research participants was 135 and they were at low to intermediate level of proficiency. This study made use of four different cloze-based passages as research instruments in assessing learners' vocabulary knowledge. This research primarily concerned on the descriptive data in the form of frequency and percentage of the learners' vocabulary achievement scores and qualitative data from semi-structured interview. The findings of this study revealed that the research participants scored well in the fourth task whereby cloze-based passages were given along with general pictures and multiple-choice items. A significant correlation between these four variants of cloze-based task with the learners' vocabulary achievement was established. The main pedagogical implication of the research is that teachers should ponder what type of variants to be used in vocabulary task as this could enhance ESL learners' vocabulary achievement.

Research digest: genetics in cardiometabolic disease

Some might argue that while considerable sums of research money have been invested in genetics over the past few decades, the translation to clinical benefit has been rather too limited. But might this be about to change? Certainly, the ability to map the genetic architecture has increased substantially over the past few years, while costs have plummeted such that a mere £30–40 can enable measurement of nearly a million genetic markers. Such developments have facilitated a dramatic increase in the numbers of research participants with reliably measured genotype data, leading in turn to heightened power to detect novel associations with disease outcomes. Consequently, two recent studies have revisited the ability of genetic signals to improve prediction of cardiovascular disease.

Analysis of Selected Recommendations of Parents for Improvement of Shared Care and Joint Custody After Parents/Partners´ Divorce/Separation

Abstract The content of this scientific study is based on the qualitative analysis of selected answers of parents, in the framework of semi-structured interview. The qualitative research is apart of bigger research work P-155/A, dealing with mental health of children in family and school settings. The main goal is to learn and analyse the empirical experience and views of participants, related to joint custody and shared care. The research sample consisted of randomly selected 9 participants who visited Výskumný ústav detskej psychológie apatopsychológie on behalf of some problems regarding custody after divorce/separation. In this contribution the parents´ attitudes towards mutual communication of former partners/parents, functioning of joint custody and shared care and some views related to some limits in this form of shared parenting have been analysed. Some valuable remarks with regard to the need of multi-professional team work, addressed to parents within the process of their divorce/separation proved to be very useful. Parents proposed they would extremely welcome some more help from mental health professionals and their crises intervention actions. On behalf of discussion we notice that the juridical institute of joint custody and shared care is a very important tool, however, some legislative changes of this law should be still done. Concluding the study, we state that in spite of some methodological problems – like a limited number of research participants, we believe that the results can serve as a basis for the next deeper research, bringing more proposals for improvement in this field.

The Clinical Practice Experience of Nursing Students

The purpose of this study is to understand the significance of clinical practice of nursing students by using a phenomenological method, and to provide a basic set of data for clinical practice and training programs for nursing students. The analysis method presented by Van Kaam for phenomenological studies were used as the basis. The number of research participants is reached when no further content comes out in interviewing, namely, repetitive statements on a phenomenon. The result was that of the total of 260 meaningful statements, 32 sub-themes and 5 themes, as well as 2 categories were determined. The results of this study can be summarized as follows: First, it is expected that nursing students will be able to use the experiences of the nursing practitioners and the experiences of patients who have been given medication practice. While reading repeatedly the original data that describes the nursing students’ experience of clinical practice, meaningless statements were abandoned.

“I had no idea this shame piece was in me”: Couple and family therapists’ experience with learning an evidence-based practice

AbstractThis study reports on the experience of shame while learning an evidence-based approach to working with couples or families. Couple and family therapists were interviewed about their experience with learning and using an evidence-based practice (EBP) and the data was analyzed using a phenomenological approach called interpretative phenomenological analysis. The theme of shame emerged from a number of research participants as part of their development with the EBP they were integrating into their practice. Starting with an exploration of the participants’ experiences and the impact of shame, the paper will then link these experiences with the psychological and sociological research literature about shame.